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RAD RELIGION

Cale Hubble

Charting the borderlands between religion and pop culture

religion & spirituality

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Segment 24B – Money and Capitalism

RAD RELIGION ·

2012/12/06

Could we say that capitalism is the religion of modernity? Or at least a part thereof? For the final topic of Rad Religion, we chatted about how money and capitalism could be ‘religious’. Hear us chat here: We also played … Continue reading →

Segment 24A – Thai Buddhist Pop

RAD RELIGION ·

2012/12/06

I recently visited Thailand and was impressed by the richness of Thai popular religious traditions. We played a couple of Thai pop songs as part of this week’s segment. It was the first half of a double feature to mark … Continue reading →

Segment 23 – American Buddhist Folk

RAD RELIGION ·

2012/11/15

Guitar-pickin’ monks and bluesy Buddhists are our topic today. Listen to us chat about the cultural flexibility of Buddhism here: We played a couple of American Buddhist folksy tracks: ‘Yashodara‘ from the Venerable Heng Sure; and ‘Zen Gospel Singing‘ from … Continue reading →

Contemporary Torii Gates

RAD RELIGION ·

2012/10/24

Torii gates are a distinctive feature of Japanese architecture, and in recent years some of them have been updated with elements of contemporary design; they’ve also become inspiration for other constructions. Image credits: Kanazawa Station; Odaiba Island; a torii in … Continue reading →

Segment 22 – Romantic Love

RAD RELIGION ·

2012/10/18

Today we looked at what might be the most widespread myth in Western culture: the myth of romantic love. Hear us chat about it here: We played ‘This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)’ by Natalie Cole – which my girlfriend reliably … Continue reading →

Spontaneous Shrines

RAD RELIGION ·

2012/10/11

Image credits: Princess Diana; Colombia; September 11; Aurora. Just a brief post this week, nodding towards an interesting new mourning ritual that has emerged in the West over the last twenty years or so. We’ve all seen the assemblages of flowers, candles, pictures, poems … Continue reading →

Segment 21 – Sikh Rock

RAD RELIGION ·

2012/10/04

Christians aren’t the only ones rockin’ in God’s name – today we looked at the Sikh bands who are doing the same thing. Listen to some tracks and our discussion here: We listened to ‘Tu Kaun Hai‘ by The Roving … Continue reading →

Segment 20 – Day of the Dead

RAD RELIGION ·

2012/09/27

Today we tried to get ourselves immersed in Mexican culture with the quirky traditions of la Día de los Muertos. Hear us chat about it here: We played a couple of traditional Mexican tunes to get in the mood: ‘Cruz … Continue reading →

Segment 19 – Zen Jazz

RAD RELIGION ·

2012/09/20

Flow, oneness, connection, selflessness, immediacy – all of these notions are central to both Zen Buddhism and jazz improvisation. Hear us chat about the links here: Tracks we played were ‘Rita‘ by Jazztronik, and ‘Kogun‘ by Toshiko Akiyoshi. Zen is … Continue reading →

Segment 18 – Hindu Rap

RAD RELIGION ·

2012/09/13

Take some Indian mythology and put it to a beat, and you’ll get today’s topic – Hindu rap. Listen to the segment here: (NB: The tracks are now included in the audio here, due to changed agreements between community broadcasters … Continue reading →

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