From what began as
a pilot in 1999, Speaking of Faith started
broadcasting weekly programs to a
national audience in July 2003. Listeners
from across the country have called
it "paradigm breaking," "engaging" and "profound." Each
week, Speaking of Faith focuses on
a different theme, asking writers,
thinkers and theologians to discuss
how religion shapes everyday life.
It offers intelligent, nuanced reflection
on the many facets of faith, using
a thoughtful and inclusive approach.
The program fosters informed religious
tolerance by creating a new forum
for understanding people of a variety
of faiths, appreciating and developing
compassion for what motivates them.
The Speaking of Faith Team
Speaking of Faith host and writer
Krista Tippett is a journalist
and former diplomat with a Master
of Divinity degree from Yale University.
Tippett says, "The human religious
and spiritual impulse is present
in all of the most important and
intriguing challenges before us.
Our goal is to treat religious
people and religious ideas with
the same curiosity, intelligence
and seriousness with which public
radio treats every other fundamental
aspect of human life."
Producer Marge Ostroushko is a Peabody
Award-winning broadcast veteran.
Says Ostroushko, "The Speaking
of Faith approach sidesteps the minefields
of traditional religion coverage
and opens the subject wide, making
it inviting and compelling to people
of all faiths—even those who
are not religious in any traditional
sense."
Speaking of Faith's executive producer
is Bill Buzenberg, senior vice president
of News for Minnesota Public Radio.
An award-winning journalist, he has
worked in public radio for the last
25 years. His distinguished career
at National Public Radio includes
work as an NPR foreign affairs correspondent,
NPR's bureau chief in London, and
vice president of NPR's News and
Information.
Awards
Speaking of Faith received a 2004
Religion Communicator's Council
Wilbur Award for "Progressive
Islam in America" and "Religion
in a Time of War." The show
also won a 2002 Gracie Allen Award™ from
the Foundation of American Women
in Radio and Television, Inc. for "Religion
and Disaster," the three-part
series in response to events of
September 11, 2001. The series
featured the programs: "Where
Was God?" "The Spirit
of Islam," and "Justice
and a Just War."
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Speaking
of Faith is an hour-long program that explores
topics and perspectives of faith through
intelligent conversation and evocative sound
and music. It reaches beyond the basic tenets
of religions to reveal how perspectives of
faith can illuminate the important issues
we face—from how we raise our children
to how we wage war.
