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How can studying Religion help you navigate our diverse and complex society?  A panel of future, current and former students discuss how learning about the religions of the world helps to understand a wide range of issues in society today. Topics covered include religion and psychology, health…

Recent Humanities Graduate Yuliana Calvillo Solis speaks to us from Paris where she is pursuing a Master's Degree in Diplomacy and International Law at the American University. We talk about her thesis work at CSU Chico analyzing medieval French and Spanish epic poems that deal with the relations b…

We spoke with Spencer McNairn who graduated from the Religious Studies program at CSU, Chico in 2021. He is now a student at Syracuse University in New York working on his Master's degree in the esteemed International Relations program there. We talk about the role of religion in International affa…

We stopped by the Phoenix Nest Center in Chico to speak with our recent Religious Studies graduate Alexandra Kriz about her fascinating work promoting healing through non-traditional therapies. The Phoenix Nest is the first center in Chico to use Ketamine, a commonly used anesthetic that in certain…

Dr. Jason Clower talks with us about the key role of Fire in the Vedic rituals and imagery of Ancient India and we examine how Buddhists refigured that central metaphor. We then think about the role of Fire in China and look at the tradition of self-immolation that has been part of Buddhist practic…

Dr. Sarah Pike, who researches New Religious Movements and Environmental Activism, talks to us about Burning Man, a week long Art, Creativity and Self-Expression Festival that takes place each year in the Nevada desert and culminates in the burning of a human effigy that many attendees see as a dee…

In August 2021, the United States left Afghanistan after twenty years of conflict and nation building only to see the fledgling democracy fall into the hands of the Taliban. I look in detail at this geo-political conflagration with Dr. Yousefi and examine the roots of Islamism and its effects on th…

Philosopher Dr. Randy Larsen, who fled the Camp Fire that devastated Paradise in 2018, talks to us about some Native American attitudes towards the Environment. We discuss how they have traditionally dealt with fire, and examine their conceptions of the relationship between humans and the natural w…

Dr. Jason Clower joins us to discuss the history and theory of social justice in Asia and in particular China. We look at Confucian ideas of Human Rights, differences in conceptions of the just society in China and India, racism in Modern China and other parts of Asia, and the history of slavery in…