Joe Biden is the 46th president of the United States of America. And Kamala Harris is the first woman, and a black woman holding the office of vice president. However, Trump - the former president - doesn't want to concede. This is an unprecedented situation for the US. What America and the world will look like after these elections? Listen to this episode to know more...  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pietro-rossini/message

David Sulewski is a member of the Saint Egidio Community. This community is spread worldwide with the mission of bringing peace to the world. To know more listen to this episode and visit: https://www.santegidio.org/ For any feedback or comment about this episode: David Sulewski (speaker guest) - [email protected]  Pietro Rossini (host) - [email protected] --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pietro-rossini/message

Liseli A. Fitzpatrick is a Trinidadian-scholar in the field of African Diasporic cosmologies and sacred ontologies. In May 2018, Fitzpatrick made history as the first Ph.D. in the Department of African American and African Studies (AAAS) at The Ohio State University (OSU). Fitzpatrick is passionate about cultivating sacred consciousness, not limited to religiosity, and is a cultural enthusiast at heart. Her penchant for spirituality paired with her altruistic spirit informs her life path and dedication to humanity. Spirituality, family, altruism, and culture are, therefore, positioned at the epicenter of her existence. (source: https://www.wellesley.edu/africana/faculty/fitzpatrick) In this Mission Outlook's episode, Liseli explains what is African Cosmology and why it is so important for our society facing racism and division. Listen to the episode to know more... For any feedback on this episode, please, email: Liseli: [email protected] Pietro (podcast's host): [email protected] --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pietro-rossini/message

In a new documentary about his life, Pope Francis made this declaration: "Homosexual people have the right to be in a family. They are children of God and have a right to a family. Nobody should be thrown out or be made miserable over it. What we have to have is a civil union law—that way they are legally covered. I supported that.” With these words, Pope Francis formally supports civil union laws for gay couples. This is not the first time that he does it. However, it is the first time that he does it in front of the cameras. To know more about this story, listen to this episode... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pietro-rossini/message

The world of Social Media reshaped our daily lives.  Before their creation, our routine sounded very different.  They reshaped our outlook on life, our way to think about "sharing", and our management of time. But, what's behind Social Media? Why are they free? Why are they so popular? Why almost everybody has a social account? Who works behind the scenes? And what is their purpose? "The Social Dilemma" is a new documentary made by Jeff Orlowski on Netflix this year (2020).  This movie answers all these questions and much more. Many experts from Silicon Valley, creators of Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and others, explain how they would never guess what Social Media would have become today.  In this podcast episode, we try to understand what is Social Media? Are these tools, or place to live in? And what can we do to make these better places? What can we do to be less addicted to them? Listen to the episode to know more... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pietro-rossini/message

In the US, "the American Dream" represents the hope for everybody who came to this country to find a better life. However, "the American Sin" is a tremendous hurdle for who tries to reach this goal. Kitty Baker, an American educator, speaks about how racism affects people's lives in the US. She is from a biracial background, and she traveled across the country teaching in many different educational environments. In this exclusive interview, Kitty asks us to take action in changing this unfair system. Listen to the interview to know more... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pietro-rossini/message

Layli Maparyan, Ph.D., is the Katherine Stone Kaufmann ’67 Executive Director of the Wellesley Centers for Women and Professor of Africana Studies at Wellesley College. She is best known for her scholarship in the area of womanism and is the author of two groundbreaking texts in the field of womanist studies, The Womanist Reader (Routledge, 2006) and The Womanist Idea (Routledge, 2012); a third book is forthcoming. Maparyan has also published significantly in the areas of adolescent development, social identities, (including biracial/biethnic identity and the intersections of racial/ethnic, sexual, spiritual/religious, and gender identities), Black LGBTQ studies, Hip Hop studies, and history of psychology. Maparyan’s scholar-activist work interweaves threads from the social sciences and the critical disciplines, incorporating basic and applied platforms around a common theme of integrating identities and communities in peaceable, ecologically sound, and self-actualizing ways. (source: https://www.wcwonline.org/Active-Researchers/layli-philips-maparyan-phd) In this episode, I interviewed Layli about antiracism in the Baha'i faith. She shares with us a powerful approach to this issue accessible to everybody. Listen to the episode to know more... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pietro-rossini/message

In the history of Christianity, there are many lies about Christians, but there is one more than others that prevent us to achieve the true happiness. Mattew Kelly is s an internationally acclaimed speaker, author, and business consultant. His books have been published in more than 25 languages, have appeared on the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestseller lists, and have sold more than 40 million copies. In 2018, he wrote the book: "The Biggest Lie in the History of Christianity". In this book, he shares a very important insight that every Christian and every people should know to live a better life. Listen to this episode to find it out... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pietro-rossini/message

Indonesia is the country with the biggest number of Muslims in the world. Fr. Matteo Rebecchi, Xaverian Missionary, worked in the interfaith dialogue with Muslims for many years. In this episode, he shares with us powerful stories fruits of this dialogue. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pietro-rossini/message

Lucio Kangela is a Congolese activist. He works with people in need in his country. For this reason, he founded a national organization that improves the lives of many people with several projects. If you want to support him and your projects, please email him: [email protected] --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pietro-rossini/message