[Unedited] Reza Aslan with Krista Tippett

On Being with Krista Tippett

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🗓️ 20 November 2014

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Reza Aslan is the founder of Aslan Media, a social media network for news and entertainment about the Middle East and the world. A scholar of religions, he is currently professor of creative writing at the University of California, Riverside. His books include “Beyond Fundamentalism: Confronting Religious Extremism in the Age of Globalization,” “No God But God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam,” and “Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth.” This interview is edited and produced with music and other features in the On Being episode “Reza Aslan — Islam’s Reformation.” Find more at onbeing.org.

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0:00.0	This is On Being's Unheard Cut. I'm Krista Tippett. You're listening to my
0:04.3	unedited conversation with Reza Aslan. He's the founder of Aslan Media, a scholar of religions,
0:10.5	and professor of creative writing at the University of California at Riverside.
0:14.9	I spoke with him on October 28, 2014, from Kaliapaya Studio at On Being on Loring Park.
0:22.2	He was in the studios of WESA in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Download the MP3 of my
0:27.6	producer show with Reza Aslan at On Being.org.
0:34.6	Yeah, I can hear it.
0:37.2	Okay, we are here in present and accounted for.
0:40.6	That's great. How are you, Reza? Can you hear me?
0:44.4	I sure can. It's so good to meet you.
0:47.0	It's great to meet you too. I'm such a fan of your work and a great fan of the show. I'm so
0:52.0	glad to be on it. Well, that means a lot. I knew I'd want to have you. I knew we'd get you
0:58.8	at some point and I just want to...
1:02.7	The moment is right.
1:06.4	Because I usually don't generally do book. I mean, I really don't as a rule do book. Do people
1:12.8	on book tour and you publish so much, but I wanted to. And so what I don't want to do today is
1:20.0	talk about Bill Marr or, you know, Sam Harris. But what I just feel like it's such an
1:29.2	interesting moment to talk about our collective encounter with religion in general and Islam in
1:36.5	particular, you know, over this decade and a half. And I think that I just feel like you're
1:43.6	going to be a wonderful person to do that. Kind of pull back the lens, you know, from this
1:48.5	news cycle. I mean, again, this stuff may come in, but but really speak about this moment in time,
1:54.0	this century in time and in your life and your writing as kind of a prism.
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