African American poet, historian, and activist Dr. Anthony Lee has built his life around words, the excavation of buried narratives and the fight to free America of the baneful legacy of racial hatred. Learn more on BahaiTeachings.org

Dr. Anthony Lee and the Excavation of Buried Racial Narratives

Aug 6th, 2021 1h 16m

Kathleen Cross: Claiming Her Identity as a Mixed Race Woman

May 16th, 2021 1h 3m

Kathleen Cross lives in spaces of intersectionality. As a woman of mixed racial heritage – the daughter of a White mother and a Black father – she was raised by her single mother in Pasadena, California on a street inhabited mostly by African A

A Conversation About Race With My Father

Jan 15th, 2021 38m 56s

Our host Masud Olufani welcomes a very special guest, his dad, Milton John Bolds. On this episode Masud and his father re-examine an experience they had together when he was just a boy driving across the country with his father.Learn more at Ba

Black Fathers Raising Black Roses

Dec 1st, 2020 38m 52s

Dr. Anthony Outler and Nasif Habbeb-ullah tell us how the Baha’i Faith influences their approach to raising Black children in a racist society.Learn more at BahaiTeachings.org

Dr. William Smith: Founder of the National Center for Race Amity

Dec 1st, 2020 44m 52s

In this episode of America’s Most Challenging Issue, I sit down with Dr. William Smith to discuss his journey to the Baha’i Faith and the social and political upheavals of the 1960’s that seeded his investigation. We also look at his work as a

Jamila Canady: A Woman of Remarkable Insight

Jan 17th, 2020 38m 28s

Jamilia Canidy, gatherer of souls, facilitator of spiritual discourse, convener of seeking hearts, has insight and wisdom to spare – and we’d like to share it with you. In the nearly thirty years that I have known her, Jamilia has always evince

Homa Tavangar: Raising Children To Be At Home in The World

Dec 14th, 2019 38m 28s

In this episode of America’s Most Challenging Issue, I sit down with Homa Tavangar to discuss her advocacy for a unified humanity through equity, inclusiveness, relationship building and respect for the spiritual endowment of every human being.

Come Along on the Great American Race Unity Road Trip

Nov 15th, 2019 38m 17s

In this episode of America's Most Challenging Issue we sit down with Eric and Genevieve Dozier, who along with their daughters Justice and Worthington, are making a musical trek across the length and breadth of America to foster racial reconcil

Ymasumac on Being Both the Colonized and the Colonizer

Aug 16th, 2019 49m 27s

In this episode we sit down with Ymasumac Maronan Davis—a counselor and a listener; an educator and a student; a healer and a disruptor; a poet and an interrogator of languages--joins us on America’s Most Challenging Issue to talk about the spi

Cynthia Barnes Slater: Fearlessly Fostering Spaces of Inclusion

Aug 2nd, 2019 40m 6s

In this episode of America’s Most Challenging Issue we discuss Cynthia’s life and work, focusing on her childhood in the diverse city of San Francisco.Learn more at BahaiTeachings.org

Jack Gordon: Deepening Our Shared Spiritual Identity

Jul 5th, 2019 43m 2s

In this episode of America’s Most Challenging Issue, BahaiTeachings.org engages with filmmaker and podcast host Jack Gordon in a lively discussion about the work of building bridges across cultural and religious divides. Jack unpacks the advant

Sahar Sattarzadeh: How Racism Migrates Across Cultures

Jun 14th, 2019 36m 57s

In this episode of America’s Most Challenging Issue, we sit down with Dr. Sattarzadeh to talk frankly about her life, research and role as a protagonist in the effort to eliminate racial and gender discrimination. In addition, we will examine h

From Sit-ins to Spirituals: The Baha'i Activism of Van Gilmer

May 23rd, 2019 48m 50s

In this episode BahaiTeachings.org interviews Baha’i National Center Choral Director Van Gilmer. Van reflects on his life as a Baha’i and his career in gospel music, focusing on his experiences with racism and how the Baha’i teachings helped to

Bahia Overton: Revealing the Latent Potential in Children

May 14th, 2019 36m 9s

This week on America's Most Challenging Issue we interview, Bahia Overton, who demonstrates in both her professional life, and her community service, a profound dedication to the spiritual and material well-being of children.Learn more at Bahai

Justin de Leon: The Internal and External Realities of Race

May 14th, 2019 55m 44s

In this episode of America’s Most Challenging Issue, BahaiTeachings.org sits down with the innovative educator, scholar, public speaker, and filmmaker Justin de Leon, to discuss how his multidisciplinary practice--which investigates oppressive

Michael O’Neal: Empowering Healthy Families by the Thousands

May 14th, 2019 43m 4s

In the first episode of America’s Most Challenging Issue, Michael O’Neal, the founder and director of the Savannah-based Parent University, analyzes the circumstances that led him to develop this innovative community building initiative. O’Neal

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