The Spiritual Edge is a multimedia and podcast project from KALW Public Radio exploring the shifting, dynamic nature of the religion and spirituality. We offer stories of people and communities who balance a commitment to long-held beliefs with an active modern life. Often an emotional subject, the lens of religion offers profound insight into the world’s cultures. It plays a role in many of the world’s conflicts, art, health and the way all humans search for meaning.
The Spiritual Edge began as a radio series on KALW in 2014 and is now a podcast. This page offers an archive of our radio stories.
Visit The Spiritual Edge Podcast page. Season 1 of the podcast is Sacred Steps. We'll take you around the world to meet some remarkable people who lean on their values and faith as they challenge the status quo. Episodes drop Sundays, starting May 23, 2021.
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For more information visit the project's website at thespiritualedge.org.
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This year, Sunday marks the end of Women’s history month and the Christian holiday known as Easter. So, today we are bringing you a story about a woman who’s leading her church to be a refuge — not just for Christians, but for all people.
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While the majority of the world’s Christians celebrate Christmas on December 25th, a number of Orthodox sects follow an older-than-Gregorian calendar. They celebrate every year on January 7th.
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Three hours north of San Francisco, just east of the ocean, rise the steep, green hills of Cazadero. It’s an idyllic setting: open space with farms, a…
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Living in a multi-cultural city yields all sorts of surprises. On a corner in Oakland just east of Lake Merritt, a small Buddha has helped bring neighbors…
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For many liberal Jews, it can be hard to imagine a time when a woman's role was mostly in the home. But it wasn't so long ago, only men could become…
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The Spiritual Edge is a new reporting project from KALW that explores innovation in religious belief and practice in the Bay Area. And as we plan the next…
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Hypertension. Sixty-seven million Americans have been diagnosed with the condition, more commonly known as high blood pressure.Before they hit age 50,…
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Elizabeth Beltran-Larios struggled with her identity for much of her childhood. Beltran-Larios was born in Oakland, but she was raised in a small town…
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Some people who take dance classes regularly have a saying: “Dance is my church.”Dancer Stella Adelman says just that about going to Afro-Cuban folkloric…
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Growing up, BJ Miller understood what it meant to live with a disability. His mother had polio. But until a college accident, Miller never imagined he…
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In the dining room of her San Francisco home, Maria Eitz shows off her priestly attire -- a beautiful red, embroidered stole.It is the only accessory that…
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When someone is dying, sometimes the best medicine is not medicine at all. And sometimes what needs to be healed, is not the body, but the mind. That is…