Renovatio: The Podcast

renovatio@zaytuna.edu

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Booking Overview

Renovatio: The Podcast is a multimedia, multi-faith publication that explores ideas shaping the modern world through a Zaytuna College lens—often via reflective academic essays and deep thinkers on philosophy, literature, and spirituality. For PR, it’s a strong platform for scholars and authors engaging public audiences on religion, ethics, and cross-traditional understanding.

Metrics

Episodes: 59

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

YouTube: 28.2k subscribers

Contact Information

renovatio@zaytuna.edu

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Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high
Typical Credentials:  
University professors and recognized scholars in philosophy, comparative religion, ethics, literature, and history—often with expertise in Islamic thought and related traditions (also classical/ancient Greek and world literature).
Required Achievements:  
Academic professorship (tenured/department-level), Peer-reviewed scholarship or published books, Noted expertise in comparative religion/philosophy or Islamic humanities, Public-facing academic writing (essays published in established outlets)

Recent Guest Discussions

John Walbridge - Spiritual Journey; Comparison Of Two Works Across A Thousand Years; Themes Of Ascent And Inner Transformation

Sophia Vasalou - Wonder As A Mode Of Perception; Philosophy Of Emotion; Human Capacity To Seek Knowledge Beyond Utility; Perspective On Perception And Human Experience

Juan Cole - Forgiveness And Reconciliation In Rumi And Shakespeare (the Tempest); Comparative Religion/literature; Whether Reconciliation Requires Inner Transformation Or External Rectification

Recent Topics

Philosophy, Religion, Ethics, Comparative, Literature

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Renovatio: The Podcast
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How to Climb the Seven-Story Mountain by John Walbridge (Audio Essay)

May 01, 2026

How to Climb the Seven-Story MountainTwo Works, a Thousand Years Apart, Illustrate the Spiritual JourneyBy John Walbridge Classics by Marcus Aurelius and Farīd al-Dīn Attār, a thousand years apart, illustrate the spiritual journey.

To See the World for the First Time by Sophia Vasalou (Audio Essay)

April 16, 2026

What if you could take a pill that let you see the world with the wonder of Adam on the morning of creation? Aldous Huxley tried it—and his experiment reveals profound truths about wonder, meaning, and what makes us human.In 1953, Aldous Huxley ingested mescaline under supervision and sat back to experience the results. Colors became more intense, flaming out like precious stones. Ordinary things—chairs, tables, the folds of his trousers—took on miraculous aspect. Everything seemed charged wi...

Rumi and Shakespeare by Juan Cole (Audio Essay)

April 14, 2026

Two of humanity's greatest literary masters—separated by continents and centuries—share a profound interest in how seemingly intractable conflicts can be resolved through reconciliation. What can we learn by comparing their approaches to forgiveness?Scholar Juan Cole examines Rumi's tale of a grocer who kills his parrot in rage, only to be devastated by remorse when he learns the bird had saved his life—and Shakespeare's The Tempest, where the wizard Prospero uses magic to undo his brother's ...

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