Beyond Identity Politics: The Mamdani Method in New York
What happens when a Muslim mayor-elect treats identity as a bridge, not a brand? In this episode of Complexified , Amanda Henderson explores the story of Zoran Mamdani , New York City’s first Muslim mayor-elect—a politician w...
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Beyond Identity Politics: The Mamdani Method in New York
What happens when a Muslim mayor-elect treats identity as a bridge, not a brand? In this episode of Complexified , Amanda Henderson explores the story of Zoran Mamdani , New York City’s first Muslim mayor-elect—a politician w...
Chainsaws, Catechism, and Courage: How One Parish Grew Through Crisis
In a dusty parking lot, worship meets organizing as a community faces ICE—and refuses to disappear. In Vista, California, a Catholic parish that worships outdoors has become a refuge and a rallying point: 13,000 people on a w...
Televangelists to Deepfakes: Who Defines the Sacred in the Age of AI…
When outrage wins the algorithm, what does faith become? This live conversation from the RNS Symposium at Trinity Commons wrestles with a bracing question: when faith, power, and platform collapse into the same feed, who gets...
Cease-Fire Isn’t Peace: Inside the Vatican’s Quiet Work on Gaza
When peacemaking is quiet, stubborn, and deeply human. In this conversation, host Amanda Henderson sits with RNS reporter Claire Giangravè to open the door on Vatican diplomacy during the Gaza cease-fire. We hear about priest...
Willow Creek’s Midlife Reckoning: How a Seeker Church Became the Mega…
How the “church of the future” grew up—and owned its past. In the fall of 1975, a youth pastor rented a suburban movie theater and swapped hymns for rock, sermons for storytelling, and pews for folding chairs—calling it seeke...
Baptizing the Battlefield: Pete Hegseth’s Holy War at the Pentagon
What happens when the Pentagon becomes a pulpit?
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