In his recent book, Hearts Ablaze: Parables for the Queer Soul, our guest Rolf Nolasco looks at ten selected parables of Jesus, that expand the scope of interpretation of each story to highlight God's extravagant welcome of all people.

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Filmmaker Martin Doblmeier returns to Things Not See to discuss his wonderful new documentary, Sabbath, available now from Journey Films

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Our guest Daniel J. Denk invites us on a journey to explore the shape and possibility of human flourishing, as he discusses his recent book, An Invitation to Joy

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Professor Miguel De La Torre returns to Things Not Seen to discuss his recent book, Resisting Apartheid America

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Over the past decades, America and other nations have ceded the mantle of space exploration to private firms and the wealthy buccaneers who run them. Our guest Mary-Jane Rubenstein helps us understand what we have sought to gain from such a Faustian bargain, and what we have lost. We talk about her recent book Astrotopia: The Dangerous Religion of the Corporate Space Race.

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Author and educator David Dark returns to Things Not Seen to discuss the reframed and expanded edition of his book, Life's Too Short to Pretend You're Not Religious.

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Our guest, Union Theological Seminary professor Pamela Cooper-White, discusses how to overcome the polarization that has gripped American communities, both politically and religiously

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Our guest, Cole Arthur Riley, talks to us about her brilliant recent book, This Here Flesh, which weaves together four generations of lived experience into a book that is both a theological meditation and a memoir of loss and liberation.

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We are delighted to welcome back to the show our guest, philosopher J. Aaron Simmons. He talks about his ongoing project, Camping with Kierkegaard, and the ways he is trying to bring philosophical reflection into public conversation.

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In her recent book, The Aesthetics of Solidarity, our guest, professor Nichole M. Flores, explores how Our Lady of Guadalupe has been used as a symbol in democratic campaigns ranging from the Chicano movement and United Farm Workers' movements to contemporary calls for just immigration reform.

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