Episodes
In Episode 8, Cameron talks to novelist Tova Mirvis about her journey of spiritual deconstruction, the costly decision to walk away from both her Orthodox Jewish faith and her marriage, and the tension that remains in raising children who are still connected to the world she left behind.
Published 12/05/17
In Episode 7, Cameron interviews Houston-based artist and writer Ian Cion, founder of the Art and Medicine program at the Children's Cancer Center at MD Anderson. Ian talks about the risk of art, and the heartbreaking yet profound experience of art-making with terminally ill children.
Published 11/28/17
In Episode 6, Cameron talks to singer-songwriter/ producer Latifah Alattas about body image, ethnicity, ambition, grief, and faith. Plus, listener emails are answered!
Published 11/21/17
In Episode 5, "Scientific-ish," Cameron talks to oceanographer and climate scientist Chris Piecuch about the warming of the earth's oceans, the tension between science and religion, and the importance of storytelling in regards to climate change.
Published 11/14/17
In Episode 4, “Happy-ish,” Cameron Dezen Hammon talks to artist, writer, and performer Scott Erickson about the alchemy of depression and art, the wisdom of an 8th century Sufi mystic, and the magic of “I’m going to try.”
Published 11/07/17
In Episode 3 of The Ish, author and interfaith activist Saadia Faruqi talks to Cameron Dezen Hammon about raising Muslim kids in America post Trump, the necessary inconvenience of the hijab, and the power of storytelling.
Published 10/31/17
In Episode 2 of The Ish, Cameron Dezen Hammon is joined by author Mandy Len Catron, whose New York Times essay about a little known, 36 question psychology experiment, “To Fall in Love with Anyone, Do This,” started an international conversation about romantic love. “We really value our willful ignorance when it comes to love, but I think that’s changing.” Cameron and Mandy talk about what it means to fall, the brain chemistry of infatuation, and why we think so much but know so little about...
Published 10/24/17
In this, the debut episode of The Ish, Cameron Dezen Hammon interviews millennial author and thinker Adrian Shirk about her book "And Your Daughters Shall Prophesy" (Counterpoint Press, 2017). The two discuss their respective unlikely spiritual journeys, and the tension they feel in identifying as "religious-ish."
Published 10/17/17
A brief introduction to The Ish, with host, Cameron Dezen Hammon.
Published 09/16/17