Respecting Religion, Season 6: October 2024 – present

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S6, Ep. 06: Oral arguments in U.S. v. Skrmetti: Medical care for transgender youth and the Equal Protection Clause (Dec. 19, 2024)

S6, Ep. 05: Secularization and the fracturing of the American left w/ John Compton, Angela Parker, and David Gushee (Dec. 5, 2024)

S6, Ep. 04: Election Day 2024: What happened and where do we go from here (Nov. 21, 2024)

S6, Ep. 03: On the road with ‘How to End Christian Nationalism’ (Nov. 7, 2024)

S6, Ep. 02: Oklahoma and Texas try to force Bible teaching in public schools (Oct. 31, 2024)

S6, Ep. 01: The Supreme Court is back … and so are we (Oct. 17, 2024)

Respecting Religion, Season 5: October 2023 – May 2024

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S5, Ep. 30: Season finale (May 23, 2024)

S5, Ep. 29: LGBTQ rights and religious freedom (May 16, 2024)

S5, Ep. 28: Conscience protections in SCOTUS abortion cases (May 9, 2024)

S5, Ep. 27: 100 episodes and 100,000 downloads (May 2, 2024)

S5, Ep. 26: Archaic laws and new theories emerge from state abortion debates (April 25, 2024)

S5, Ep. 25: The crisis in teaching constitutional law (April 18, 2024)

S5, Ep. 24: Race, religion and citizenship (April 11, 2024)

S5, Ep. 23: The Bible doesn’t need Trump’s endorsement (April 4, 2024)

S5, Ep. 22: Spring break and religious holidays (March 28, 2024)

S5, Ep. 21: But … is it Christian nationalism? (March 21, 2024)

S5, Ep. 20: Attending the State of the Union (March 14, 2024)

S5, Ep. 19: Still smarting over Obergefell, Justice Alito calls for a new case (March 7, 2024)

S5, Ep. 18: A chief justice or chief theologian for Alabama? (Feb. 29, 2024)

S5, Ep. 17: The presidency and Christian nationalism (Feb. 22, 2024)

S5, Ep. 16: The trouble with *religious* charter schools (Feb. 15, 2024)

S5, Ep. 15: Black America’s changing religious landscape (Feb. 8, 2024)

S5, Ep. 14: Faith in elections (Feb. 1, 2024)

S5, Ep. 13: ‘God Made Trump,’ Biden campaigns at a church, and more news from the campaign trail (Jan. 25, 2024)

S5, Ep. 12: Rob Reiner and ‘God & Country’ director Dan Partland (Jan. 18, 2024)

S5, Ep. 11: The first celebration of MLK Day (Jan. 11, 2024)

S5, Ep. 10: The church-state legacy of Justice Sandra Day O’Connor (Dec. 21, 2023)

S5, Ep. 09: The trouble with school vouchers (part two) (Dec. 14, 2023)

S5, Ep. 08: The trouble with school vouchers (Dec. 7, 2023)

S5, Ep.07: Barbara Jordan’s 1986 speech on church-state separation resonates today (Nov. 30, 2023)

S5, Ep. 06: RFRA at 30 (Nov. 16, 2023)

S5, Ep. 05: An alarming push to put chaplains in public schools (Nov. 9, 2023)

S5, Ep. 04: A pivotal day in the U.S. House (Nov. 2, 2023)

S5, Ep. 03: SCOTUS is fixated on history. What’s prayer got to do with it? (Oct. 26, 2023)

S5, Ep. 02: Southern Baptist Convention president, ‘White Evangelical Racism’ author, and Respecting Religion co-host discuss Christian nationalism (Oct. 19, 2023)

S5, Ep. 01: Live Q&A with Holly and Amanda (Oct. 12, 2023)

Respecting Religion, Season 4: October 2022 – July 2023

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S4, Ep. 26: SCOTUS decides Groff and 303 Creative (July 6, 2023)

S4, Ep. 25: Religion in public schools: New federal guidance and the reality on the ground (June 8, 2023)

S4, Ep. 24: The myth of American ‘chosenness’ (part two) (June 2, 2023)

S4, Ep. 23: The myth of American ‘chosenness’ (June 1, 2023)

S4, Ep. 22: Inside the ReAwaken America tour (May 18, 2023)

S4, Ep. 21: 613 Commandments: James Talarico on his defense of church-state separation as a Christian (May 11, 2023)

S4, Ep. 20: The Ten Commandments (May 4, 2023)

S4, Ep. 19: Searching for common ground: SCOTUS hears Groff v. DeJoy (April 20, 2023)

S4. Ep. 18: Understanding Christian nationalism: New polling and media (April 13, 2023)

S4, Ep. 17: Is ‘de minimis’ enough? Previewing Groff v. DeJoy (April 6, 2023)

S4, Ep. 16: Biden, Trump and federal regulations (March 16, 2023)

S4, Ep. 15: Eric Adams, CPAC and Christian nationalism (March 9, 2023)

S4, Ep. 14: Public schools and Christian nationalism (March 2, 2023)

S4, Ep. 13: White supremacy and Christian nationalism: A conversation with the Rev. Dr. Jay Augustine (February 23, 2023)

S4, Ep. 12: Accusations of religious bias on campus and in Congress (February 9, 2023)

S4, Ep. 11: The National Prayer Breakfast and religious freedom (January 26, 2023)

S4, Ep. 10: A report, a prayer vigil, and a somber anniversary: Two years after January 6 (January 12, 2023)

S4, Ep. 09: Addressing Christian nationalism before Congress (December 15, 2022)

S4, Ep. 08: Hypotheticals, reeducation, and a preemptive claim: SCOTUS hears 303 Creative v. Elenis (December 8, 2022)

S4, Ep. 07: Does the Respect for Marriage Act protect religious liberty? (December 1, 2022)

S4, Ep. 06: Evaluating Christian nationalism as a political strategy (November 23, 2022)

S4, Ep. 05: Christian nationalism and the midterm elections (November 3, 2022)

S4, Ep. 04: A religious freedom right to an abortion? (October 27, 2022)

S4, Ep. 03: Lessons learned in 3 years of the Christians Against Christian Nationalism campaign (Oct. 20, 2022)

S4, Ep. 02: Justice Alito and religion at the Supreme Court: Previewing the new SCOTUS term (Oct. 13, 2022)

S4, Ep. 01: Still more to say: Review and updates on last term’s religious freedom cases from SCOTUS (Oct. 6, 2022)

Respecting Religion, Season 3 (October 2021 – July 2022)

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S3, Ep. 21: Not solving a problem, but creating one: Dissecting the Kennedy v. Bremerton decision (July 7, 2022)

S3, Ep. 20: Forcing states to fund religion: Carson v. Makin decision (June 30, 2022)

S3, Ep. 19: Gun culture and Christian nationalism in America (June 16, 2022)

S3, Ep. 18: Christian nationalism and election season 2022 (June 2, 2022)

S3, Ep. 17: Religious Freedom and our Indigenous neighbors: Save Oak Flat (May 19, 2022)

S3, Ep. 16: SCOTUS decision roundup: Shurtleff v. Boston, Ramirez v. Collier, and the leaked Dobbs draft (May 5, 2022)

S3, Ep. 15: The coach is the loudspeaker and the field is his classroom: Recapping the arguments in Kennedy v. Bremerton (April 28, 2022)

S3, Ep. 14: #NoPrayToPlay: Previewing the Kennedy v. Bremerton case (April 14, 2022)

S3, Ep. 13: Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation hearings: The historic, the outrageous and the awkward (April 7, 2022)

S3, Ep. 12: Christian nationalism and January 6 (Feb. 17, 2022)

S3, Ep. 11: Race and religious freedom (Feb. 10, 2022)

S3, Ep. 10: Supreme Court roundup (Jan. 27, 2022)

S3, Ep. 09: Reviewing the Biden administration’s first year in religious liberty (Jan. 20, 2022)

S3, Ep. 08: Flying the flag and Christian nationalism: Previewing Shurtleff v. Boston (Jan. 13, 2022)

S3, Ep. 07: Is religion really like soccer or book club? Responding to oral arguments in Carson v. Makin (Dec. 16, 2021)

S3, Ep. 06: Challenging misinformation: How to have productive conversations with friends and family (Dec. 9, 2021)

S3, Ep. 05: What’s the problem with government funding religious education? A preview of Carson v. Makin (Dec. 2, 2021)

S3, Ep. 04: Searching for sincerity and standards: SCOTUS on religious rites in the execution chamber (Nov. 18, 2021)

S3, Ep. 03: What’s going on with religious exemptions to COVID-19 vaccine mandates? (Nov. 4, 2021)

S3, Ep. 02: Out of the shadows and into the courtroom: Religion in the execution chamber (Oct. 28, 2021)

S3, Ep. 01: The fondness of magistrates: Is religion really winning at the Supreme Court? (Oct. 21, 2021)

Respecting Religion, Season 2 (October 2020 – December 2020)

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Bonus episode: When ministers become candidates

Ep. 06: What’s next? The Biden administration and religious liberty (Featuring Melissa Rogers)

Ep. 05: This Emotional Court

Ep. 04: Grading the Trump administration on religious freedom

Ep. 03: Religion and politics: Decision 2020 and beyond

Ep. 02: Religion vs. Religion at the Supreme Court

Ep. 01: Amy Coney Barrett hearings and the Supreme Court’s future

Respecting Religion, Season 1 (February 2020 – July 2020)

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Ep. 20: Supreme Court in July! (Season finale: July 16, 2020)

Ep. 19: SCOTUS disregards distinctiveness of religion in school funding decision (July 9, 2020)

Ep. 18: White supremacy and American Christianity (July 2, 2020)

Ep. 17: A landmark case for LGBTQ rights: What’s next for religious liberty? (June 18, 2020)

Ep. 16: When religious liberty covers racism (June 11, 2020)

Ep. 15: Protests, the president, and the photo op with a Bible (June 4, 2020)

Ep. 14: Finding the right response to reopening (May 21, 2020)

Ep. 13: Who’s a ‘minister’ and who gets to decide? (May 14, 2020)

Ep. 12: Not a charm: Contraceptive mandate returns to the Supreme Court for the third time (May 7, 2020)

Ep. 11: Christian nationalism during the coronavirus pandemic (April 30, 2020)

Ep. 10: Lawsuits challenging COVID-19 directives (April 23, 2020)

Ep. 09: Eboo Patel and interfaith collaboration (April 16, 2020)

Ep. 08: Religious freedom in the age of coronavirus (April 9, 2020)

Ep. 07: New laws – including the CARES Act – and houses of worship (April 2, 2020)

Ep. 06: Stay-at-home orders, religious freedom and RFRA (March 26, 2020)

Ep. 05: Supreme Court cases on employment discrimination (March 19, 2020)

Ep. 04: On the regs: Faith-based regulations from the Trump administration (March 12, 2020)

Ep. 03: Religion and public schools (March 5, 2020)

Ep. 02: Supreme Court case on government funding of religion: Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue (Feb. 27, 2020)

Ep. 01: Respecting Religion and the National Prayer Breakfast (Feb. 20, 2020)

Podcast Series Preview: Respecting Religion (Feb. 13, 2020)