Ranked #1
#049: The Walking Quran: Insights from Islam in Africa w/ Dr. Bilal Ware
#049: The Walking Quran: Insights from Islam in Africa w/ Dr. Bilal Ware
Dr. Bilal Ware is a historian of Africa and Islam. He is professor at UC Santa Barbara. He earned his Ph.D. in 2004 at t... Read more
19 Nov 2019
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1hr 11mins
Ranked #2
#012: Living Sufism in North America: Tradition & Transformation w/ Rory Dickson
#012: Living Sufism in North America: Tradition & Transformation w/ Rory Dickson
W. Rory Dickson is Assistant Professor of Islamic religion and culture at the University of Winnipeg. His interests are ... Read more
19 Oct 2016
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1hr 57mins
Ranked #3
#009: Malcolm X, Islam & Hip Hop w/ Usama Canon, Alia Sharrief, One Be Lo, Brother Ali
#009: Malcolm X, Islam & Hip Hop w/ Usama Canon, Alia Sharrief, One Be Lo, Brother Ali
Usama Canon is the Founding Director of Taleef Collective, a community based non-profit focused on creating healthy soci... Read more
28 May 2016
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2hr
Ranked #4
#036: Holistic Islam w/ Kabir Helminski
#036: Holistic Islam w/ Kabir Helminski
Kabir Helminski is a Shaikh of the Mevlevi Order of Sufis, which traces its inspiration to Mevlana Rumi. He began his Me... Read more
1 Feb 2019
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1hr 41mins
Ranked #5
#047: The Inner Search: 45 Years on the Sufi Path w/ Shems Friedlander
#047: The Inner Search: 45 Years on the Sufi Path w/ Shems Friedlander
Shems Friedlander is the author of ten books, including a number of books about Rumi. He is a painter, photographer, des... Read more
17 Oct 2019
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1hr 21mins
Ranked #6
#029: Tawba: Turning & Re-turning to the Source w/ Michael Haroon Sugich
#029: Tawba: Turning & Re-turning to the Source w/ Michael Haroon Sugich
Michael Sugich is a native of Santa Barbara, California and studied at UCLA and the California Institute of the Arts. He... Read more
30 Oct 2017
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1hr 14mins
Ranked #7
#015: The Living Path of Rumi: Walking the Way of Mevlana in the Modern World w/ Kabir Helminski
#015: The Living Path of Rumi: Walking the Way of Mevlana in the Modern World w/ Kabir Helminski
Kabir Helminski is a Shaikh of the Mevlevi Order of Sufis, which traces its inspiration to Mevlana Rumi. He began his Me... Read more
13 Jan 2017
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1hr 3mins
Ranked #8
#032: One Love: The Sufi Path of Radical Love w/ Omid Safi
#032: One Love: The Sufi Path of Radical Love w/ Omid Safi
Omid Safi is an American Professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at Duke University, where he is the Director of D... Read more
5 Jul 2018
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1hr 25mins
Ranked #9
#028: The Poetics of Radical Love: Rumi, Hafez, & the Persian Sufi Tradition w/ Leonard Lewisohn
#028: The Poetics of Radical Love: Rumi, Hafez, & the Persian Sufi Tradition w/ Leonard Lewisohn
Leonard Lewisohn is an American author, translator and lecturer in the area of Islamic studies and a specialist in Persi... Read more
8 Oct 2017
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1hr 5mins
Ranked #10
#023: Ibn 'Arabi, Rumi, & The Spiritual Power of Art w/ Ali Hussain
#023: Ibn 'Arabi, Rumi, & The Spiritual Power of Art w/ Ali Hussain
Ali Hussain is a doctoral candidate in Islamic studies in the department of Near Eastern Studies, University of Michigan... Read more
18 Jun 2017
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1hr 40mins
Ranked #11
#048: 'Ayn al-Qudat's Tawhid of Iblis: In Defense of the Devil? w/ Mohammed Rustom
#048: 'Ayn al-Qudat's Tawhid of Iblis: In Defense of the Devil? w/ Mohammed Rustom
Mohammed Rustom is Associate Professor of Islamic Studies at Carleton University. He obtained a PhD from the University ... Read more
25 Oct 2019
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52mins
Ranked #12
#043: Knowledge of Self: An Islamic Model of the Soul w/ Abdallah Rothman
#043: Knowledge of Self: An Islamic Model of the Soul w/ Abdallah Rothman
You can link to the model that we discuss here: https://images.app.goo.gl/o9o5e1TqBHA26rEcADr. Abdallah Rothman is an Is... Read more
11 Jul 2019
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1hr 52mins
Ranked #13
#007: Decolonizing the Heart w/Dustin Craun
#007: Decolonizing the Heart w/Dustin Craun
Dustin Craun is the CEO and Founder of Ummah Wide, a digital media and film production startup telling stories that tran... Read more
16 Feb 2016
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1hr 17mins
Ranked #14
#041: Divine Happenings w/ Hakim Archuletta
#041: Divine Happenings w/ Hakim Archuletta
Hakim Archuletta has worked within the healing arts profession for over 30 years. He studied homeopathy and apprenticed ... Read more
4 Jun 2019
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1hr 18mins
Ranked #15
#004: The All-American Journey of the People's Imam w/ Imam Zaid Shakir
#004: The All-American Journey of the People's Imam w/ Imam Zaid Shakir
Imam Zaid shares his journey and offers his thoughts on the current anti-Muslim political climate in America.One of Amer... Read more
14 Dec 2015
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59mins
Ranked #16
#008: Studying The Study Quran w/Dr. Joseph Lumbard
#008: Studying The Study Quran w/Dr. Joseph Lumbard
Joseph E. B. Lumbard (General Editor of The Study Quran) is Assistant Professor in the Department of Arabic and Translat... Read more
19 Apr 2016
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1hr 10mins
Ranked #17
#030: Sacred Art, Sacred Science w/ Hunter Brown
#030: Sacred Art, Sacred Science w/ Hunter Brown
Hunter Brown studied Art History and Physics at UC Berkeley. His core areas of research are early Buddhist art and ancie... Read more
21 Dec 2017
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2hr 13mins
Ranked #18
#020: Living & Learning w/ Tamara Gray
#020: Living & Learning w/ Tamara Gray
Anse Tamara Gray is a scholar, translator, spiritual teacher, and publisher. She is the founder of Rabata, an organizati... Read more
11 Apr 2017
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1hr 8mins
Ranked #19
#021: Putting the Soul back in Psychology w/ Dr. Malik Badri
#021: Putting the Soul back in Psychology w/ Dr. Malik Badri
Professor Dr. Malik Badri was born in Rufa’a, Sudan in 1932. He obtained his B.A. (with distinction) and his Masters fro... Read more
5 May 2017
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1hr 58mins
Ranked #20
#025: The Art of Peace: Hip-Hop, Chess, and Martial Arts w/ Adisa Banjoko
#025: The Art of Peace: Hip-Hop, Chess, and Martial Arts w/ Adisa Banjoko
Adisa Banjoko aka The Bishop is an author and educator based in the SF Bay Area. In 2006 he founded the 501c3 non-profit... Read more
8 Aug 2017
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50mins