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Bigger Than Belief is a weekly podcast exploring faith, belief, and religion – all through the stories of believers. With an emphasis on understanding belief through personal experience, we aim to create a conversation about faith that is fair, honest, and easy to understand - regardless of what you do (or don't) believe. We'll also take a journalistic approach to concepts and questions that are difficult to understand, while helping to make sense of current events impacting believers in our communities.© CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. Portions Recorded. Politique et gouvernement Spiritualité
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  • Has Politics Replaced Religion as America's Defining Identity?

    Has Politics Replaced Religion as America's Defining Identity?
    Oct 29 2026
    As we near the midterm elections, it's becoming harder to deny to connection between faith, politics and personal identity - but has it always been this way? On this episode of Bigger Than Belief, Adam sits down with Dan Hofrenning, longtime political science professor at St. Olaf College, to examine the role religion plays in American politics, and what happens when political identity begins to rival, or even transcend, religious belief. With the midterms approaching, this is a conversation about more than candidates and campaigns. It's about the values that shape us, the identities that divide us, and whether faith can help Americans approach politics with a little more humility. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    55 min
  • Is AI Becoming Our New God? Theologian Noreen Herzfeld on Anthropic, Faith and the Human Soul

    Is AI Becoming Our New God? Theologian Noreen Herzfeld on Anthropic, Faith and the Human Soul
    Oct 22 2026
    Artificial intelligence is becoming more human-like by the day. But what happens when the people building it start asking religious leaders for moral guidance — and even raising questions about whether AI could one day deserve moral consideration of its own? On this episode of Bigger Than Belief, Adam Duxter sits down with Professor Noreen Herzfeld, a theologian and computer scientist who has spent decades exploring the intersection of artificial intelligence, faith and the human spirit. Herzfeld breaks down why Anthropic, the company behind Claude, has been turning to religious thinkers for guidance — and why she believes there's more happening than a simple search for moral advice. She explains the controversial idea that AI could represent the next step in human evolution, why creating machines in our own image could change how we understand ourselves, and what Christianity teaches about the soul, the body and what makes us human. Could AI become a substitute for pastors, priests or other spiritual leaders? Can a chatbot offer meaningful spiritual guidance if it's designed to agree with you? And what should Christians and people of faith make of a technology that increasingly sounds, thinks and responds like us? Herzfeld offers a pointed warning about becoming too attached to AI — and a reminder that our deepest calling may have little to do with technology at all. Because as artificial intelligence advances, the most important question might not be whether machines can become more human. It's whether we're forgetting what makes us human in the first place. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    30 min
  • Meet the Coconut Oil Company Changing Lives in the Philippines

    Meet the Coconut Oil Company Changing Lives in the Philippines
    Oct 15 2026
    What if the best way to fight poverty isn't simply giving people what they need, but helping them build something of their own? On this episode of Bigger Than Belief, Erik Olson, CEO of Dignity Made, unpacks the company’s unconventional mission: to help coconut farmers in the Philippines escape crushing debt and poverty by creating jobs and bringing their products to consumers in the United States. Rather than relying solely on traditional aid, Erik and his team helped build a business around the resources the community already had: coconuts. The result was Dignity Made, a company that combines economic opportunity with a commitment to human dignity. We also explore a bigger question: What does it look like to live out your faith through your work? And how do you make a difference without making yourself the hero of someone else's story? It's a conversation about faith, business, humility, and the power of helping people build a future they can call their own. Learn more about Dignity Made at https://dignitymade.com. Use code BIGGER20 for 20% off your first purchase, as mentioned in the episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h et 3 min
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