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Since 2014 The Spiritual Edge has explored the shifting landscape of religion and spirituality. We’ve brought you three podcast seasons: Sacred Steps, Becoming Muslim, and A Prayer for Salmon.
We want to bring you Season Four.
To make it happen we need your help.
Up to this point we have relied on grant funding and now we need our listeners’ support.
The Spiritual Edge offers stories of people and communities in the best public radio style: sound-rich formats that highlight personal narratives and in-depth interviews. This is journalism driven by curiosity and backed by strong research.
The Spiritual Edge has won numerous awards and honors, validating the high standards and excellence of our work. Stories for the 2021 Becoming Muslim series took first and third place for the Religion News Association podcast awards. Becoming Muslim was also named best podcast by the Northern California Society for Professional Journalists. Becoming Muslim’s lead reporter Hana Baba also won the prestigious Goldziher Prize for Journalists. Stories from the 2020/2021 Sacred Steps series won first and third place for the Religion News Association radio awards in 2022 and first, second and third place in 2021. In addition, reporter Monique Parsons was awarded Best In-Depth Multimedia Journalism by the American Academy of Religion for her work on the Sacred Steps series.
We have won competitive grants from multiple funders, including California Humanities, the Templeton Religion Trust and The Water Desk, an independent journalism initiative based at the University of Colorado Boulder’s Center for Environmental Journalism.