30 episodes

An examination of religion's role and the ethical dimensions behind top news headlines.

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    • Religion & Spirituality
    • 3.9 • 15 Ratings

An examination of religion's role and the ethical dimensions behind top news headlines.

    • video
    Looking Back: Kim Lawton

    Looking Back: Kim Lawton

    “Across the US and around the world, I’ve witnessed the many ways people worship, express their spirituality, seek the sacred, and build community. The perseverance of faith and hope, even in the most difficult circumstances, continues to inspire me.”

    • 9 min
    • video
    Looking Back: Lucky Severson

    Looking Back: Lucky Severson

    “I see it all the time,” says Father Michael Doyle, a Roman Catholic priest in Camden, New Jersey, “a beauty that’s deep and wonderful and sometimes tragic, but beauty absolutely, I do. Their faces are there with their burdens and their wrinkles and their difficulties and so forth, but beauty that’s just jumping at you.

    • 8 min
    • video
    Looking Back: Rituals

    Looking Back: Rituals

    “Any ritual should have the capacity to deepen your mindfulness,” says University of Virginia professor Vanessa Ochs. It helps you “deal with the chaos of life.”

    • 5 min
    • video
    Looking Back: Bob Abernethy

    Looking Back: Bob Abernethy

    “What makes me a believer,” says writer Frederick Buechner, “is that from time to time, going back almost as far as my memory will go back, there have been glimpses I had, sometimes literally a glimpse, which have made me suspect the presence of something extraordinary and beyond the realm of the immediate."

    • 10 min
    • video
    Looking Back: Tim O’Brien

    Looking Back: Tim O’Brien

    “In the last 20 years,” says correspondent Tim O’Brien, “we’ve seen five vacancies on the Supreme Court and changing attitudes on a wide range of social issues. Times do change, and so do the justices. For better or worse, what the Constitution really means would seem to have changed over the years right along with them.”

    • 3 min
    • video
    Looking Back: Fred de Sam Lazaro

    Looking Back: Fred de Sam Lazaro

    “Many of my stories have concerned human suffering,” says correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro, “and one of the most effective ways to tell these is through the work of social innovators and entrepreneurs, many driven by deep faith.”

    • 3 min

Customer Reviews

3.9 out of 5
15 Ratings

15 Ratings

gdluehosh ,

good content, spotty service

The program itself is solid, but the podcast is sometimes unreliable. Videos break up, shows are weeks late sometimes. But definitely worth the wait!

Gordian Caesar ,

Shallow Reporting of Trendy Topics

None of those being interviewed are asked tough questions. Topics have little depth-just trends of the day.

Brunius ,

Thanks to PBS...

This is my favorite show, and only PBS could air a program like this. I'm glad it has continued through so many seasons. Can't wait for the new iPhone app to be released.

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