| Inner Compass interview show |
This show explores how people make decisions about ethical, religious, and social justice issues.
In its seventh season, Inner Compass has featured guests such as Hari Singh, Laurie Cirivello, Dave Goetz, Randal Jelks, Stephen Thompson, Darwin Glassford, Judge Michael McConnell, David Livermore, John Francis, Jose Casanova, Michael Shuman, S. Frederick Starr, Richard Lapchick, Lauren Winner, Brenda Salter McNeil, Gerrard Straub, NT Wright, Miroslav Volf, Jeff Shaara, Peter Okaalet, June Hamersma, Leonard Van Drunen, Donna Allen, Sharon VanderKodde, and David Schuringa.
It is produced by Calvin College in Grand Rapids Michigan.
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We hide prisons off the highways and hope those who are sent there stay forever. But most return to their communities, in worse shape than ever. We paid heavily for their incarceration; how much more do we pay for not helping them succeed a...
What goes into the process of sending your son or daughter off to war? How does it change your child, your relationship, your self? Donna Allen and Sharon VanderKodde, mothers of soldiers who have served/are serving in Iraq, tell host Shirl...
Inner Compass 723 featuring Donna Allen and Sharon VanderKodde will be netcast on May 13th.
Have you ever skimmed through a list of companies your investment money is supporting, and wished you hadn't? But what other options are there? Calvin College business professor Leonard Van Drunen, who has worked in investment banking in Ne...
Imagine the job of offering a free 15-day liberal arts education to your community using the world's best lecturers. Where would you begin? Who would you invite? June Hamersma, director of the award-winning daily lecture series called The J...
AIDS information coming to African citizens from untrusted sources is close to useless. Calvin College January Series guest and Ugandan physician & theologian Peter Okaalet, who works in Nairobi as Director of Health and HIV/AIDS policy for...
What do you think of when you see a civil war monument? If you?re not the type to run up and read the text, Calvin College January Series guest and historical novelist Jeff Shaara might change all that. He describes for host Karen Saupe his...
It?s not always easy to trace the motives for the gifts we give. Where in our hearts do they come from? Might we look there too for one of the greatest gifts--that of forgiveness for a harm done? January Series guest and theologian Miroslav...
There?s a lot of talk about the Bible--especially those ?unincluded? books--but not so much reading of the included books. January Series guest and leading New Testament scholar NT Wright, Bishop of Durham for the Anglican Church, shows gue...
Imagine walking away from a successful Hollywood soap opera producer's desk to the leper colonies of Brazil and the garbage heaps of the Philippines. Calvin College January Series guest Gerry Straub is a filmmaker, photographer, and author ...
Inner Compass 716 featuring Gerrard Straub will be netcast on February 26th.
Christ's cross gave us the route to repaired relationships with God and with each other. Why do we hear so little emphasis on the horizontal peace? Calvin College January Series guest Brenda Salter McNeil, co-author of The Heart of Racial J...
Is dating an appropriate practice for Christians? Which aspects should be questioned, redefined, or thrown out? Calvin College January Series guest and religious historian Lauren Winner, contributer to 5 Paths to the Love of Your Life: Defi...
Inner Compass 715 featuring Brenda Salter McNeil will be netcast on February 19th.
Inner Compass 714 featuring Lauren Winner will be netcast on February 14th.
How many college athletes go on to pursue a professional career using the degree they earn at the college? January Series guest Richard Lapchick, of the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport at University of Central Florida?s DeVos Sp...
Inner Compass 713 featuring Richard Lapchick will be netcast on February 5th.
Afghanistan was a flourishing center of trade for 2,500 years. If the area can again prosper through the sharing of resources and ideas, there will be room for stability and peace. January Series guest S. Frederick Starr of the Central Asia...
Inner Compass 712 featuring Frederick Starr will be netcast on January 29th.
Is that cheap pair of sneakers really a better price when its lifespan is a third of the more expensive pair? Michael Shuman, author of The Small-Mart Revolution: How Local Businesses are Beating the Global Competition, shows host Karen Sau...
Inner Compass 711 featuring Michael Shuman will be netcast on January 22nd.
Many immigrants to the U.S. find themselves practicing their religions more devoutly than they did back home. Jose Casanova, Chair and Professor of Sociology at The New School for Social Research in New York City, explains to host Shirley H...
When a songwriter wants to convey a message, when does it become propaganda? It?s OK to be influenced by other fine musicians, but when does imitation set in? Host Karen Saupe enjoys a conversation with Philadelphia singer/songwriter John F...
Inner Compass 709 - "Activism Through Music" will be released Monday Nov 20th.
Four million Americans take short-term mission trips out of the country every year, with churches spending as much on these trips as they do on long-term missionaries. David Livermore of the Global Learning Center at Grand Rapids Theologica...
Inner Compass 708 - Short Term Missions Helpful to Whom? will be released Monday Nov 13th.
How did the First Amendment come to be interpreted as self-contradictory, and how did ?freedom of religion? turn into ?freedom FROM religion?? Judge Michael McConnell of the U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, and widely recognized expert ...
Why do many teens seem unapproachable, while surveys show that they highly value relationships with adults? Darwin Glassford, Associate Professor of Church Education at Calvin Theological Seminary, discusses with host Karen Saupe the ways a...
People are far more likely to call the police when they have been robbed than when they have been raped. Why is the reporting rate for sexual assault only around 5%? Stephen Thompson, Associate Professor and Sexual Aggression Services Coord...
Once upon a time Grand Rapids had among the highest number of ladies literary clubs in the country. Thursday meetings (maids' day off!) featured speakers such as Langston Hughes and W.B. DuBois. Randal Jelks of the Calvin College history de...
If you live in the suburbs, you see SUVs, large yards, and the latest greatest tractor mowers. But you don't see poor people struggling to keep their kids from dropping out of school or worse. Dave Goetz, author of Death by Suburb: How to K...
Grand Rapids is a model in the community access world, largely because of a rare variety of services and true sense of vision. Laurie Cirivello, the new executive director of the Grand Rapids Community Media Center, tells host Karen Saupe w...
Research in the fields of business, economics, and psychology reveals surprising tendencies regarding how people make decisions. Hari Singh of Grand Valley State University Siedman School of Business describes for host Shirley Hoogstra the ...
Research in the fields of business, economics, and psychology reveals surprising tendencies regarding how people make decisions. Hari Singh of Grand Valley State University Siedman School of Business describes for host Shirley Hoogstra the ...
By 2050, white Christians will represent 1/5 of the world?s Christian population. The priorities of the new Latin American, African, and Asian churches?combinations such as charismatic renewal, exorcism, and the liberation of women?will sur...
Why is it that so many women order salads at restaurants, while men order whatever looks filling & delicious? Why do women use the word ?should? more regarding their eating? Calvin College philosophy professor Christina Van Dyke shares idea...
America is trying to convince regimes in the Middle East to allow freedoms for the press, women, minority religions, and dissenting voices. What is getting in the way of our success? Diplomat and professor David Long, author of The Anatomy ...
Those who looked the other way when the Industrial Revolution came were left in the dark ages economically. Those ignoring the Digital Revolution are starting to feel the same. Wait till you see what happens with the Genomic Revolution, say...
Even after all the wrongful convictions coming to light recently, why are juries more trusting of eyewitness accounts than even fingerprints? January Series guest James Doyle, author of True Witness: Cops, Courts, Science, and the Battle Ag...
Easter Sunday claims the year?s highest attendance at most churches. Why doesn?t the miraculous story of Christ?s resurrection and its implications bring everyone back for more the following week? Fleming Rutledge, parish priest and speaker...
Why is it that many who know the Bible best seem more interested in using it to bash others than in letting it transform their own lives? January Series guest Eugene Peterson, most recently author of Eat This Book, describes for guest host ...
Why do very intelligent students sometimes fail in school? Could it be that our educational system is geared toward those with stronger left brain hemispheres, leaving the big picture thinkers out of luck? Psychologist Linda Silverman descr...
With all of the organizations fighting disease in the poorest nations, why are 17 million people still dying every year of avoidable causes? Medical anthropologist Paul Farmer tells host Shirley Hoogstra about his program, Partners In Healt...
In the U.S., anyone with the money can buy a TV station and broadcast their views to the country. This rare freedom may actually be stealing freedom from viewers, argues January Series guest Tim Dean, formerly of the British Broadcasting Co...