Finally, Welton takes on Dr. Ben Carson of the Neurologist Tea Party and his recent nightmarish comparison of American political discourse to Nazi Germany. A Gestapo state where free speech is [...]
Welton takes a moment out of this week’s show to wish a happy anniversary to a man he is proud to call brother: Pope Francis. This week marks the end of Pope Francis’ first year in office, and [...]
He may have lost his collar over a decade ago, but Rev. Jimmy Creech’s work to fully include lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals in the United Methodist Church may finally be [...]
Every year, the Conservative Political Action Conference provides us with plenty of bewildering claims about the state of religion and politics in America and – as veteran journalist Sarah Posner [...]
Welton will welcome back an old friend of the show, the Rev. Dr. Amos C. Brown, the president of the San Francisco branch of the NAACP and longtime pastor at Third Baptist Church. Rev. Brown will [...]
We’re excited to bring back Bishop Minerva Carcaño, a Los Angeles leader who is the first Hispanic woman to serve as a United Methodist Bishop. She and Welton will examine issues ranging from [...]
As the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan wind down and the nation looks to a different kind of conflict in places like Syria and Ukraine, a debate is raging in Washington over the size and budget of [...]
Over the past weeks the American media have been full of contradicting reports on the nature of the uprising in Kiev, with some saying it’s a pro-EU fight for freedom that was brutally repressed [...]
Welton welcomes back to the show the incredibly sharp Rev. Dr. Susan Thistlethwaite – Professor at Chicago Theological Seminary and frequent Huffington Post contributor – to discuss the latest [...]
Last week, Welton talked about the hypocrisy of state bills – like the one rightfully vetoed this week in Arizona – that permit bigotry and discrimination under the guise of religious [...]