Earlier on in our history we hosted a lot more shows on inner spirituality; the kind of thing you hear listening to "On Being." Nowadays I turn down about 90% of the requests I get for themes like this. As you can probably see by later episodes, we are much more interested in how religion and spirituality intersect with society.

All that said, I do remember enjoying these 2004 conversations with Meredith Jordan, the author of "Embracing the Mystery." No real surprises here, but it is interesting to remember the landscape of the day. Theme music "Nigal."