With Gerald Russell, former British and United Nations diplomat, who spent 14 years representing Britain in the Middle East. His book Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms: Journeys into the Disappearing Religions of the Middle East is featured as part of the Letters and Politics Religion Pack Interviews offered on the current KPFA fund drive.
Other interviews featured on the Religion Pack:
Karen Amstrong – A History of Religious and Violence
Reza Aslan – Jesus and the Roman Occupation of Palestine
David Kertzer – The Pope and Mussolini
Kevin Kruse – The Political Marriage of Capitalism and Christianity
Edmund Gharib – The History of the Ancient sites destroyed by ISIS
Jonhaton Lyons – Scientific Advancements of the Islamic Caliphates
Hatem Bazian and Iman Muhammad Ali – Shia Sunni Divide
Denise Spellberg – Jefferson’s Quran
Blase Bonpane – Liberation Theology
Sandra Blair – The History of the AME Church
Benjamin Zeller – Heaven’s Gate
Bart Ehrman – Forgeries in the Bible
John Julius Norwich – History of the Vatican
Mark Epstein – Buddhism
Reza Zarghamee – Ancient Persia
Peter Stanford – Judas Iscariat