{"id":1129,"date":"2020-04-14T15:13:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T15:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/media.episcopalchurch.org\/podcasts\/podcast\/jonathan-merritt-speaking-the-language-of-spirituality-in-and-outside-of-religious-spaces\/"},"modified":"2020-04-14T15:13:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T15:13:00","slug":"jonathan-merritt-speaking-the-language-of-spirituality-in-and-outside-of-religious-spaces","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/media.episcopalchurch.org\/podcasts\/podcast\/jonathan-merritt-speaking-the-language-of-spirituality-in-and-outside-of-religious-spaces\/","title":{"rendered":"Jonathan Merritt: Speaking the language of spirituality in and outside of religious spaces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jonathan Merritt is an award-winning writer on religion, culture, and politics. 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But we still had some great conversation!]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conversation with author and journalist Jonathan Merritt about sacred language and the future of spirituality in and outside of religious institutions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":1130,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_searchwp_excluded":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"https:\/\/traffic.megaphone.fm\/DFMS2194453659.mp3","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"00:43:27","filesize":"0.00M","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false},"tags":[],"series":[37],"class_list":["post-1129","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","series-radical-love-live"],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/media.episcopalchurch.org\/podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2020\/04\/uploads_2F1586877910986-macre8bn3dq-4ed3f4b8570a1c450736fae52e55f921_2Fjonathan_merritt.jpg","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/media.episcopalchurch.org\/podcasts\/wp-content\/plugins\/seriously-simple-podcasting\/assets\/images\/no-album-art.png","download_link":"https:\/\/media.episcopalchurch.org\/podcasts\/podcast-download\/1129\/jonathan-merritt-speaking-the-language-of-spirituality-in-and-outside-of-religious-spaces","player_link":"https:\/\/media.episcopalchurch.org\/podcasts\/podcast-player\/1129\/jonathan-merritt-speaking-the-language-of-spirituality-in-and-outside-of-religious-spaces","audio_player":"<a class=\"wp-embedded-audio\" href=\"https:\/\/media.episcopalchurch.org\/podcasts\/podcast-player\/1129\/jonathan-merritt-speaking-the-language-of-spirituality-in-and-outside-of-religious-spaces\">https:\/\/media.episcopalchurch.org\/podcasts\/podcast-player\/1129\/jonathan-merritt-speaking-the-language-of-spirituality-in-and-outside-of-religious-spaces<\/a>","episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/media.episcopalchurch.org\/podcasts\/feed\/podcast\/radical-love-live","embedCode":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"xfrow6iOJk\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.episcopalchurch.org\/podcasts\/podcast\/jonathan-merritt-speaking-the-language-of-spirituality-in-and-outside-of-religious-spaces\/\">Jonathan Merritt: Speaking the language of spirituality in and outside of religious spaces<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/media.episcopalchurch.org\/podcasts\/podcast\/jonathan-merritt-speaking-the-language-of-spirituality-in-and-outside-of-religious-spaces\/embed\/#?secret=xfrow6iOJk\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" title=\"&#8220;Jonathan Merritt: Speaking the language of spirituality in and outside of religious spaces&#8221; &#8212; TECcast\" data-secret=\"xfrow6iOJk\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! 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