Our Guests
We aim, even if not always perfectly, to bring a wide range of voices into the same space. This includes journalists, faith leaders, advocates, and public figures who engage faith and politics from competing perspectives.
The guests highlighted here represent only a small sample of the conversations we host. Our goal isn’t balance for its own sake. It’s creating space for understanding across disagreement.
Featured Conversations
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Kevin Roberts, PhD
President, The Heritage Foundation
Leads one of the country’s most influential conservative policy organizations, shaping debates on governance, culture, and public institutions. Primary architect and the leading public face of Project 2025
Anthea Butler, PhD
Professor of Religious Studies, University of Pennsylvania, Author
A historian of American religion whose work examines race, evangelicalism, and the political uses of Christian identity. Author, White Evangelical Racism: The Politics of Morality in America
Stephen Wolfe, PhD
Political Theorist and Author
Known for advancing and defending a controversial framework that argues for a distinctly Christian vision of the nation-state. Author, The Case for Christian Nationalism
Rachel Laser, J.D.
President and CEO, Americans United for Separation of Church and State
Leads national efforts to defend church-state separation and counter the rise of Christian nationalism in public policy.
Faith & Politics
Public leaders engaging faith and political power from across the ideological spectrum.
Amanda Tyler
Executive Director, Baptist Joint Committee
Stephen Strang
CEO, Charisma Media
Peter Wehner
Former Speechwriter, Atlantic Contributor
Jemar Tisby
Historian, NYT Bestselling Author
Scholarship & Research
Research-driven voices studying religion, politics, and democracy
Andrew Whitehead
Author Sociologist
Samuel Perry
Author, Sociologist
Robert P. Jones
Author, President Public Religion Research Institute
Paul Djupe
Associate Professor of Political Science
Elected Leadership
Conversations with current and former elected leaders reflecting on governance, public responsibility, and the role of faith and values in public life.
Abigail Spanberger
Governor, Virginia
Jim DeMint
Fmr. Senator, South Carolin
John Kasich
Fmr. Governor, Ohio
Jennifer McClellan
Congresswoman, VA-04
Journalists covering faith and public life
Journalists and media voices covering faith, politics, and public life
Jack Jenkins
Religion News Service
Katherine Stewart
Investigative Journalist
Brian Kaylor
President Word & Way
Stephanie McCrummen
The Atlantic
Policy & Advocacy Leaders
Voices shaping public policy, democratic reform, and civic life.
Robert Doar
President, American Enterprise Institute
Navin Nayak
President, Center for American Progress Action Fund
Maya MacGuiness
President Word & Way
Meredith Sumpter
President & CEO, FairVote
Faith in Contested Spaces
These conversations focus on specific public debates where religious belief, moral reasoning, and public policy collide.
Matthew Vines
Author and Founder, The Reformation Project
A conversation on how faith communities have wrestled with same-sex marriage, biblical interpretation, and the real-world impact on LGBTQ Christians.
Beth Allison Barr,
Historian, Author, and Professor of History at Baylor University
An examination of power, gender, and authority in the church, and how patriarchy has shaped theology, leadership, and lived faith.
Isaac Villegas
Pastor and Author, Migrant God
A discussion on immigration through moral, theological, and policy lenses, exploring who we welcome and how faith informs public responsibility.
Jason Bedrick
Research Fellow, Center for Education Policy at The Heritage Foundation
A look at school choice debates, religious freedom claims, and the consequences for public education, equity, and church-state separation.
Constitutional Law & Religious Liberty
Legal scholars and advocates examining how the Constitution shapes faith, freedom, and public life.
Andrew Seidel
Constitutional Attorney and Author, Americans United for Separation of Church and State
Rachel Morrison
Senior Fellow, Ethics and Public Policy Center (EPPC)
Eric Berger
Professor of Law, University of Nebraska College of Law
Corinna Lain
Professor of Law, University of Richmond School of Law