State of Belief Producer
Ray Kirstein
Ray Kirstein has served as producer for The State of Belief since 2010. That’s somewhere in the area of 750 episodes and counting. Previously, Ray held diverse positions in radio including production, program director, and announcer at several country music stations, and leadership roles at Sirius Satellite Radio and the Air America Radio Network. (He’s also worked for the State Department at one point but that’s still kind of hush-hush.)
This all began early in his life with helping his parents produce a Lithuanian-language radio program for expats in Ray’s hometown of Rochester, NY. (First time on the air? Age 3, reciting a poem as the easter bunny…) The experience of building community using the spoken word in that setting has been a component of every job on his resumé – and nowhere more so than at Interfaith Alliance.
Ray’s been living in Germany since 2012, and loves being in nature, exploring new places in Europe, and telling everyone who will listen about how amazing his little dog is.
Congressman Jared Huffman: The Fight to Save Democracy From Christian Nationalism
The co-founder of the Congressional Freethought Caucus joins host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush to discuss how he's seen authoritarian impulses show up in our government and to share some of the insider stories featured in his best-selling new book, "No Prophets"
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