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What If the Most Powerful American in the World Isn't Who You Think?

The playbook for dismissing a pope just stopped working. Trump called Pope Leo weak. Catholics — including some of Trump's own — aren't buying it. Vatican reporter Claire Giangravé joins Amanda Henderson to explain why Leo, a...

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What If the Most Powerful American in the World Isn't Who You Think?
April 15, 2026

What If the Most Powerful American in the World Isn't Who You Think?

The playbook for dismissing a pope just stopped working. Trump called Pope Leo weak. Catholics — including some of Trump's own — aren't buying it. Vatican reporter Claire Giangravé joins Amanda Henderson to explain why Leo, a...

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He Survived Conversion Therapy. The Supreme Court Just Made it Legal Again.
April 6, 2026

He Survived Conversion Therapy. The Supreme Court Just Made it Legal …

Tim Schrader Rodriguez spent eight years trying to "pray out the gay". He modulated his voice. He stopped listening to music with female lead singers. He sat weekly with a therapist who watched him come apart — and said nothi...

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The Myth of  Sudden Change: How the First Woman Archbishop Got There
March 30, 2026

The Myth of Sudden Change: How the First Woman Archbishop Got There

When Sarah Mullally was installed as Archbishop of Canterbury, it looked like a breakthrough. It was. But it didn't happen by accident. In this episode, Amanda Henderson talks with Catherine Pepinster, a journalist who report...

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Are You a Starseed? The Search for Meaning, Rewritten
March 23, 2026

Are You a Starseed? The Search for Meaning, Rewritten

Inside a growing spiritual movement built around awakening, ascension, and the search for something bigger At a packed conference in Los Angeles, thousands of people gathered to explore a different way of understanding realit...

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Texas Created a Program to Fund Religious Schools. So Why Are Muslim Schools Missing?
March 17, 2026

Texas Created a Program to Fund Religious Schools. So Why Are Muslim …

Muslim families in Texas are asking: does school choice include us? A Houston father went to enroll his kids in Texas's new school voucher program and discovered his school wasn't on the list — along with every other Islamic ...

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Baptizing the Battlefield: Pete Hegseth's Holy War at the Pentagon
March 10, 2026

Baptizing the Battlefield: Pete Hegseth's Holy War at the Pentagon

Troops are maybe being briefed for Armageddon. We saw this coming. Unit commanders are reportedly telling troops the Iran war is God's plan to trigger the rapture. The Military Religious Freedom Foundation has received 200+ c...

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