This is an archived page from 2019. Find out more
On Preach, award-winning KUER religion reporter Lee Hale sits down with people from all walks of life and all religions to talk honestly about their doubts and beliefs, how they wrestle with life’s big questions, and the way spirituality intersects with their daily struggles and joys.
“We’re all hungry for more frank, fun conversations about how we make sense of life,” Hale said. “This is the best way I know how to learn about faith.”
Preach is produced by the Salt Lake City based public radio station KUER (NPR Utah). Its 10-episode season debuts Sept. 6, with new episodes released on Fridays.
Some bites from the first season:
• Actor Rainn Wilson (The Office) on returning to the religion of his childhood: “This chronic dissatisfaction just wouldn’t leave. Maybe when I jettisoned the Baha’i faith, maybe I threw the baby out with the bathwater.” • Snap Judgment host Glynn Washington on rebuilding his beliefs after growing up in an apocalyptic, white supremacist cult: “Even though I don’t believe in the religion I grew up with — even though that intellectual framework for having that sort of specialness, and that armor, is gone — sometimes I still feel special. And I don’t have any reason for it.” • Dr. Bat Sheva Marcus on tearing down taboos as a sex therapist for Orthodox Jewish women: “Things that I thought were wrong at the time, like women becoming rabbis, were really just social norm issues and nobody could really make a coherent case to me as to why that would be wrong from a religious standpoint.”
A trailer is now available HERE.