2017 Programs

Author and activist Haroon Moghul is an articulate commentator and incisive critic. He first came on our show in 2010 to discuss Oklahoma’s so-called “Sharia ban.” This month, Haroon is releasing [...]

Host Rev. Welton Gaddy will be joined by Dr. Pearson Cross, Associate Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, and former head of the Political Science [...]

Across the South, attempts to end the veneration of the Confederacy in the public square have brought to light long-hidden racist and even white supremacist convictions. This week on State of [...]

Finally, Welton will be joined by Bishop Karen Oliveto, the first openly gay person to serve as a bishop in the United Methodist Church. The highest court of the church recently found her to be [...]

As part of his whirlwind overseas tour, President Trump met last week with Pope Francis in the Vatican. Photographs resulted, but did anything of substance happen? Welton will pose that question [...]

Host Rev. Welton Gaddy will be joined by Kathy Miller, president of the Texas Freedom Network, which is on the front lines of defending Texans’ constitutional rights against encroachment by [...]

With all eyes on the drama unfolding around the Trump administration, radical efforts to roll back equal rights for LGBT people are advancing in Texas. This week on State of Belief, Interfaith [...]

Finally, our nation’s less-than-diplomatic President has set off on his first foreign trip. With stops in Saudi Arabia, Israel and the Vatican, what could possibly go wrong? We’ll get [...]

The Chautauqua Institution, founded in 1874 in upstate New York, began with a focus on – and continues to offer – religion-themed programming. We were thrilled to learn this week that retired [...]

Host Rev. Welton Gaddy will be joined by Michael Signer, mayor of Charlottesville, VA. Home to the University of Virginia and just over 100 miles from the nation’s capital, [...]