KRFC Faith in Progress

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Faith in Progress explores people, organizations, issues, and events in Northern Colorado from a multi-faith perspective.

Your host, Hillel Katzir, is a retired rabbi and former lawyer who has returned to radio after a 45-year absence, who hosts and produces Faith in Progress on KRFC 88.9 FM Radio Fort Collins. He is passionate about bringing people together across religious and other lines, to work together toward a better world for all.

Faith in Progress explores people, organizations, issues, and events in Northern Colorado from a multi-faith perspective.

18hr 25min

District Attorney Gordon McLaughlin discusses the recent drastic increase in hate crimes.

June 23, 202525min 17sec60.71 MB

Dexter Beasley, Executive Director of FoCo Cafe, tells us about how members of the community can help other community members who may be experiencing homelessness, and enjoy a good meal at the same time.

July 28, 202524min 52sec59.71 MB

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Jason Morgan of the Fort Collins Office of Church World Service talks about the Service's work resettling refugees in Northern Colorado.

June 2, 202531min 33sec75.74 MB

A member of Heart of the Rockies Christian Church describes the Heartside Hill project at Lemay and Trilby in Fort Collins

May 12, 202520min 18sec29.26 MB

Prof. Joel Bacon of CSU speaks about the recent passing of Pope Francis and the coming election of his successor.

May 5, 202522min 47sec32.84 MB

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Talk by Arpi Miller, Exec. Dir. of ISAAC, about current immigration issues

April 14, 202544min 52sec64.64 MB

Volunteer chaplains assist victims of local disasters, and police and fire personnel

March 31, 202520min 17sec29.22 MB

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Conversation with Alison Jones-Lockwood, Executive Director of SAVA

March 17, 202526min 51sec38.69 MB

CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) of Larimer County

March 4, 202531min 31sec45.41 MB

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Guests of the Interfaith Council program "Our Neighbors' Faith" speak on their faith

February 18, 202544min 35sec64.22 MB

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Larimer Chorale is performing Annelies based on the Diary of Anne Frank

February 3, 202529min 47sec10.74 MB

Loveland SafeLot Parking

January 20, 202528min 43sec41.36 MB

Arab Israeli Conversation

December 9, 202422min 38sec32.61 MB

Lesley Struc, Curator of Fort Collins Archive at Fort Collins Museum of Discovery

November 12, 202440min 33sec58.42 MB

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Interfaith Council's new program "Our Neighbors' Faith" hosts members of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

October 28, 202425min 53sec37.29 MB

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I speak with two members of the staff at the Fort Collins Museum of Discovery about two upcoming exhibits at the Museum that complement each other on the shared topic of race and bias: Skin: Living Armor, Evolving Identity, and The Bias Inside Us.

October 8, 202428min 36sec41.21 MB

Teen Self-Care Fair w/ Fort Collins Museum of Discovery and Alliance for Suicide Prevention of Larimer County

September 26, 202420min 49sec29.99 MB

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Cross-Cultural Communication is the topic of a class to be offered on October 9 by the Fort Collins Human Relations Commission. Barb Kistler, vice-chair of the Commission and one of the program's facilitators, tells us about what to expect when we join the class, and how to register for the free event.

September 16, 202427min 45sec39.99 MB

Conversation with The Center for Public Deliberation at CSU

September 5, 202434min 30sec49.7 MB

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With the new school year beginning, I speak with Delhia Mahaney, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Co-ordinator with the Poudre School District, about her work to keep students feeling safe from hate incidents while at school.

August 15, 202432min46.1 MB

Parents Circle Families Forum

August 5, 20241hr 10min101.02 MB

The Human Library

July 19, 202424min 25sec35.17 MB

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CSU Prof. Lumina Albert tells about the Symposium on Human Tafficking, held this past Spring at CSU.

July 9, 202428min 46sec41.45 MB

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A conversation with Brad Rhoda, director of Outreach Fort Collins, a non-profit meeting the homeless where they are and connecting them to the services that they need.

July 9, 202435min 22sec50.94 MB

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Conversation with Kristy Beachy-Quick, head of a recently opened Fort Collins office of Church World Service, an international refugee resettlement agency.

June 20, 202424min 3sec34.65 MB

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Barbara Bennett, Chief ScamBuster at the Larimer County Sheriff's Office, talks about how to recognize a scam when we ae targeted, and what to do afterward if we fall for a scam.

June 7, 202430min 28sec43.9 MB

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I recently spoke with Scott Levin of the Anti-Defamation League about the recent sharp increase in anti-Semitism in the country and in Colorado, including steps people can take if they feel they have been targeted, or have witnessed acts of anti-semitism or other forms of hate.

May 31, 202435min 56sec51.77 MB

Safe Families for Children

May 13, 202422min 1sec31.73 MB

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This podcast presents the Keynote program for the new CSU Multifaith and Belief Initiatives, given by author and activist Valarie Kaur, based on her book See No Stranger, A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love.

May 2, 202453min 54sec77.65 MB

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The Larimer County Office on Aging is holding its first annual Community Fair on May 1, to provide older Americans and their caregivers with information about services available to seniors. Rabbi Hillel talks with Tiffany Ballew, a supervisor in the Office on Aging.

April 17, 202428min 14sec40.68 MB

ChildSafe Executive Director, Kathleen Baumgardner

April 8, 202429min 33sec42.57 MB

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Rabbi Hillel speaks with Jamie Moyer, J.E.D.I. (Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion) at CSU Health Network about successes in this work, and how we can all contribute to further progress.

April 2, 202427min 36sec6.77 MB

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Dawn Kirk of Alliance for Suicide Prevention in Larimer County discusses what to do if we think a friend or family member is thinking about suicide.

March 21, 202443min 52sec10.76 MB

Interview with co-directors of UpRootColorado, a non-profit seeking to reduce food waste in Colorado by helping to glean farmers' fields and distributing the food to those in need.

March 12, 202434min 19sec49.44 MB

The podcast re-airs an interview from 2021 with an Israeli and a Palestinian who work together for peace in an organization called Combatants for Peace.

February 8, 202431min 51sec7.81 MB

Hate Crimes

June 23, 202525min 17sec

Hate crime statistics have gone up drastically in recent months, both nationally and here in Colorado. And the recent attack in Boulder against Jewish demonstrators has brought the hate crimes issue close to home. In this podcast, District Attorney Gordon McLaughlin talks about prosecution of hate crimes by his office, and by state and federal agencies.