Podcast

OUR 7 NEIGHBORS

SEASON 4 Coming fall 2024!

Diversifying the Narrative: Immigration and Religion in America

Hosted by Dr. José Francisco Morales Torres

With currently 281 million migrants worldwide and our own country frozen in inaction on the issue, the situation grows more tenuous by the day. Through an intersectional lens of Latinx voices, this season explores themes of immigration, mass migration and colonization and how diverse faith traditions can and do affect the story we tell.



 

Season Three

Season 3 Trailer!

Take a peek into Season 3 of OUR 7 NEIGHBORS! Season 3 is hosted by Rev. Brian E. Smith and centers stories gathered for our Rev. Jesse Jackson oral archive project. Each episode includes segments from our Chicago Civil rights leaders interviews, paired with voices from modern community, faith and social justice movements.

Season 3 Ep. 1 A Family Based Movement

Hosted by Rev. Brian E. Smith, this season centers stories gathered for our Rev. Jesse Jackson oral archive project. Each episode includes segments from our Chicago Civil rights leaders interviews, paired with voices from today’s faith, community and social justice movements. This episode features a charming interview with Mrs. Betty Massoni, wife of late Chicago activist Gary Massoni. Then our host gets into conversation with Mrs. Jackie Jackson, activist and wife to Rev. Jesse Jackson.

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Season 3: Ep. 2 Decolonizing Your Imagination

Hosted by Rev. Brian E. Smith, this season centers stories gathered for our Rev. Jesse Jackson oral archive project. Each episode includes segments from our Chicago Civil rights leaders interviews, paired with voices from today’s community, faith and social justice movements. This episode features a piece from an interview with Rev. David Wallace, one of the primary organizers of the Chicago Breadbasket Movement. Then Brian gets into conversation with Rev. Dr. Otis Moss, Pastor of the Trinity United Church of Christ.

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Season 3: Ep. 3 How a Grocery Store Can Create Equity

Hosted by Rev. Brian E. Smith, this season centers stories gathered for our Rev. Jesse Jackson oral archive project. Each episode includes segments from our Chicago Civil rights leaders interviews, paired with voices from today’s faith, community and social justice movements. This episode features a part of an interview with Rev. Martin Deppe. Deppe was instrumental in implementing the Chicago Breadbasket Movement. Then our host gets into conversation with Jim Seidler, Grocery Sales Manager for Jewel Foods.
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Season 3: Ep. 4 Trailblazers

Hosted by Rev. Brian E. Smith, this season centers stories gathered for our Rev. Jesse Jackson oral archive project. Each episode includes segments from our Chicago Civil rights leaders interviews, paired with voices from modern community, faith and social justice movements. This episode features a part of an interview with Rev. Dr. Janette Wilson, Advisor to Rev. Jesse Jackson and Director of PUSH Excel. Then our host gets into conversation with Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie, a retired bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. In 2000, McKenzie became the first woman to be elected as bishop in the denomination’s history.

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Season 3: Ep. 5 Media in the Movement

Hosted by Rev. Brian E. Smith, this season centers stories gathered for our Rev. Jesse Jackson oral archive project. Each episode includes segments from our Chicago Civil rights leaders interviews, paired with voices from modern community, faith and social justice movements. This episode features a part of an interview with Ms. Hermene Hartmann, founder of Chicago’s leading Black magapaper N’DIGO, host of N’DIGO Studio and one of the few African American women in publishing. Then our host gets into conversation with Brandis Friedman, co-anchor and correspondent for “Chicago Tonight” on WTTW.

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Season 3: Ep 6 Legacy

Hosted by Rev. Brian E. Smith, this season centers stories gathered for our Rev. Jesse Jackson oral archive project. Each episode includes segments from our Chicago Civil rights leaders interviews, paired with voices from modern community, faith and social justice movements. This episode features a part of an interview with Rev. Jackson, leader in the Civil Rights Movement, Rainbow PUSH Coalition and the Chicago Breadbasket Movement. Then our host gets into conversation with the new president of PUSH, Rev. Dr. Frederick Haynes III, pastor, passionate leader and social activist.

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Season Two

Season 2 Trailer

Join us for another season of OUR 7 NEIGHBORS. This season we feature stories from the Black spiritual diaspora, hosted by Dr. Kameelah Mu’Min Rashad, brought to you by The InterReligious Institute at Chicago Theological Seminary, Muslim Wellness Foundation and Bayan Islamic Graduate School.

Season 2: Ep.1 Crosstown With Kalia

Featuring Kalia Abiade in story and conversation with host, Dr. Kameelah Mu’Min Rashad. Kalia Abiade is the Vice President of Programs at Pillars Fund, where she advocates for equity and racial justice in media, policy, and philanthropy. She is also a big fan of Jimi Hendrix.

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Season 2: Ep. 2 The Boxing Buddhist Bishop

Featuring Shonin Myokei Caine-Barrett in story and conversation with host, Dr. Kameelah Mu’Min Rashad. Shonin Myokei is the Resident Priest at Myoken-ji Temple in Houston, TX. She shares how a boxer and belly-dancer became a Bishop.

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Season 2 Ep. 3 From Mississippi to Egypt

Featuring Rabbi Tamar Manasseh in story and conversation with host, Dr. Kameelah Mu’Min Rashad. A powerhouse conversation on racism, Judaism and changing the world.

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Season 2: Ep. 4 Passports and Parents

Featuring Imam Abdul-Malik Merchant in story and conversation with host, Dr. Kameelah Mu’Min Rashad. Imam Merchant is a scholar in Practical Theology and Resident Imam at the MAS Community Center in Alexandria, VA. Listen to how a passport helped form his identity.

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Season 2: Ep. 5 Spiritual Food

Featuring dynamic filmmaker Najaa Young in story and conversation with host, Dr. Kameelah Mu’Min Rashad examining missing black characters and voices in literature and film. Find out why Geordi LaForge was never allowed to fall in love! (Hint: Racism)

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Season 2: Ep. 6 The 2 R Words

Featuring Sar Ahmadiel Ben Yehuda, Minister of Information & National Spokesman for the African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem in story and conversation with host, Dr. Kameelah Mu’Min Rashad. Sar Ahmadiel shares a deeply engaging and profound journey of coming home.

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Season One

Trailer

A quick peek into the podcast “Our 7 Neighbors”

Episode 1: Roadtrips & Allyship

Featuring a story from Lela Ali, Muslim Women For; an interview with Catherine Orsborn, Shoulder to Shoulder; and a conversation between scholar and peacemaker Najeeba Syeed and Rabbi Dr. Rachel Mikva, Chicago Theological Seminary. Hosted by Kim Schultz.

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Episode 2: Acting Local

Featuring a story from Okolo Rashid, founder and President of International Museum of Muslim Cultures; an interview with Ted Terry, former Mayor of Clarkston, GA; and a conversation between Susan Thistlethwaite, author and theologian and Rabbi Dr. Rachel Mikva, Chicago Theological Seminary. Hosted by Kim Schultz.

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Episode 3: Immigrant Matters

Featuring a story from Somayye Maqsoudi; an Interview with Hoda Katebi, Blue Tin Productions; and a conversation with Suzanne Sahloul, Syrian Community Network and Dr. Rachel Mikva, Chicago Theological Seminary. Hosted by Kim Schultz. 

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Episode 4: Female While Muslim

Featuring a story from Sameera Qureshi; an interview with Nadiah Mohajir of HEART Women and Girls; and a conversation with Saadia Yacoob, Professor of Religion, Williams College and Dr. Rachel Mikva, Chicago Theological Seminary. Hosted by Kim Schultz.

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Episode 5: Confronting the Hate

Featuring a story from Abdul Jabar, Rohyngan refugee; an interview with Madihha Ahussain, Muslim Advocates; and a conversation with Jihad Turk, Bayan Islamic Graduate School and Dr. Rachel Mikva, Chicago Theological Seminary. Hosted by Kim Schultz.

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Episode 6: At the Intersections

Featuring a story from Amirah Kahera, Atlanta; an Interview with Sana Syed, IMAN Chicago; and a conversation with author and activist Saleemah Abdul-Ghafur and Dr. Rachel Mikva, Chicago Theological Seminary. Hosted by Kim Schultz.

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Episode 7: Changing the Narrative

Featuring a story from Sarvin Haghighi, artist; an interview with Kristian Ramos, Autonomy Strategies; and a conversation with
Zainab Chaudary, Big Canvas PR and Dr. Rachel Mikva, Chicago Theological Seminary. Hosted by Kim Schultz.

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