Sould we try to run Catholic Answers Live on NPR?

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Does anyone think this would be a good idea? And publicize it enough that its an open forum for non-Catholics?
 
I think this would be better if posted in the Radio forum.

My opinion, they will never let it on the air since it is not the “correct” type of “Open Forum”.

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I would be shocked if NPR allowed a Christian apologetics program on their network.
 
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I would be shocked if NPR allowed a Christian apologetics program on their network.
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If they allowed Catholic Answers, then any number of other Christian groups would be asking for air time.
It’s better IMO if secular radio and religious radio kept separate.
 
What would be interesting is if you had the top announcers of the various Christian radio stations gather together on one of the NPR shows to compare notes and debate teachings.

I listened to a similar ‘round-table’ on Relevant Radio once, but it was a gathering of converts to Catholicism from various denominations and religions, so the main topic was still Catholicism. Not quite the same as what I was proposing.

But it would be interesting to have a round table of well-known and respected apologists discussing gay marriage, or just war, or social justice (death penalty, perhaps), stem cell research, etc.

Of course, it would have to be very well moderated - and that’s the part I can’t trust.
 
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Does anyone think this would be a good idea? And publicize it enough that its an open forum for non-Catholics?
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I don’t foresee this happening. Ever. It doesn’t really fit in with the type of programming one expects from NPR.
 
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Yes it’s a good idea. It would bring the Catholic message to NPR audiences which are generally academic, and lean toward liberal politics. I say lean because I am politically conservative, yet enjoy NPR. I think it would improve dialogue and understandign.
 
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If they allowed Catholic Answers, then any number of other Christian groups would be asking for air time.
It’s better IMO if secular radio and religious radio kept separate.
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Maybe you are right, it would be very enjoyable to have an Orthodox Catholic, Proestant, A Rabbi or a few Jewish scholars, perhaps have various guests and members of various religions, Hindu or Muslim experts in a round table discussions once a week, or even once per day.
 
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What would be interesting is if you had the top announcers of the various Christian radio stations gather together on one of the NPR shows to compare notes and debate teachings.

I listened to a similar ‘round-table’ on Relevant Radio once, but it was a gathering of converts to Catholicism from various denominations and religions, so the main topic was still Catholicism. Not quite the same as what I was proposing.

But it would be interesting to have a round table of well-known and respected apologists discussing gay marriage, or just war, or social justice (death penalty, perhaps), stem cell research, etc.

Of course, it would have to be very well moderated - and that’s the part I can’t trust.
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Scott Thomas, afternoon host on WYLL in suburban Chicago does this regularly. He calls it “The Pastors Roundtable”. The guests aren’t necessarily prominent apologists, but local Chicago pastors. Scott isn’t Catholic, but he’s sincere about “dialogue, not monologue”, and welcomes some Catholic guests on as part of that from time to time. He even went out of his way to host Rosalind Moss for an entire hour once or twice, when the Archdiocese wasn’t forthcoming in offering him an articulate Catholic guest. Give him a listen sometime. He has a good show:

wyll.com/Nafternoons.asp
 
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