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Engaging with social justice is complicated and messy, and yet it's the invitation for all Christians. 20 Minute Takes breaks down the big and complicated and brings it into everyday life. Whether through interviews with people on the frontlines or breaking down the concepts in the headlines, 20 Minute Takes helps Christians to stir the imagination for what faithfulness and living justly can look like. 20 Minute Takes is hosted by Nikki Toyama-Szeto, executive director of Christians for Social Action.
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Signup to Generate a PitchEngaging with social justice is complicated and messy, and yet it's the invitation for all Christians. 20 Minute Takes breaks down the big and complicated and brings it into everyday life.
Recent episodes include "Jesse Rudy: What Does Justice for Widows and Orphans Look Like?" (27 October 2026, 22 minutes), "Randy Woodley: How Western Christianity Got it Wrong" (20 October 2026, 22 minutes), and "Kat Armas: Embracing Friction & Resisting Empire" (13 October 2026, 23 minutes).
20 Minute Takes publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 23 minutes across 105 episodes.
Booking probability for 20 Minute Takes is 32%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. 20 Minute Takes requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. 20 Minute Takes's contact route on record: public web form.
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20 Minute Takes is a religion podcast with 105 episodes published.
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Episode #4
This week on 20 Minute Takes, Nikki Toyama-Szeto talks with Jesse Rudy. Jesse is the founder and CEO of Redeem International , an organization that works in Uganda and Zambia to protect widows and orphans from the...
Episode #2
This week on 20 Minute Takes, Nikki Toyama-Szeto talks with Kat Armas. She's a Cuban American writer, speaker, and theologian, and the author of the recently released book "Liturgies for Resisting Empire Seeking...
Episode #1
Welcome to Season 9 of 20 Minute Takes! We kick off this new season with a conversation with public scholar, author, and community activist, Dr. Terence Lester. He's the executive director and founder of Love Beyond...
Episode #6
What does it mean for Christians to be accountable to their tradition's entanglement with racism, white supremacy and anti-Blackness? On this episode of 20 Minute Takes, Nikki Toyama-Szeto talks with musician and...
Episode #5
This week, Nikki Toyama-Szeto talks with Zakiya Jackson of the Expectations Project. They talk about the spiritual practice of being a good neighbor, and how good neighboring goes beyond individual relationships to...
Episode #4
<p>Faith communities have the power to help give shape to people's lives, for better, and sometimes for worse. On this episode of 20 Minute Takes, Nikki Toyama-Szeto talks with Erina Kim-Eubanks. She's the co-pastor of...
Episode #4
Faith communities have the power to help give shape to people's lives, for better, and sometimes for worse. On this episode of 20 Minute Takes, Nikki Toyama-Szeto talks with Erina Kim-Eubanks. She's the co-pastor of...
Episode #3
<p>Eschatology refers to the area of theological reflection that makes meaning of "the last things;" it often conjures up notions of apocalypticism, heaven, judgment, or even the book of Revelation. On this episode of...
Episode #3
Eschatology refers to the area of theological reflection that makes meaning of "the last things;" it often conjures up notions of apocalypticism, heaven, judgment, or even the book of Revelation. On this episode of 20...
Episode #2
<p>This week on 20 Minute Takes, Nikki Toyama-Szeto talks with Jemar Tisby. He's a bestselling author, historian, and producer of the recently released documentary: <b>Jesus Was A Migrant</b>, directed by Lauren Vernea...
Episode #1
<p>20 Minute Takes is back with a new episode featuring Kristin Lee. She's the author of the recently released book: We Mend with Gold: An Immigrant Daughter's Reckoning with American Christianity. In this conversation...
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<p>On this special episode of 20 Minute Takes, Nikki Toyama-Szeto talks with Rev. Dr. Gabriel Salguero of the National Latino Evangelical Coalition (NaLEC) about the current state of immigration in the United States...
Episode #11
<p>Can a tech company be a good neighbor? In this final episode of Season 7, Nikki Toyama-Szeto talks with Chi-En Yu, Product Manager of Dayspring Technologies. They discuss how Dayspring has committed to think about...
Episode #10
<p>This week on 20 Minute Takes, we are sharing a part of Nikki Toyama-Szeto's conversation with Jemar Tisby and Mark Labberton on a new project and podcast: Credible Witness. They discuss the changing landscape of our...
Episode #9
<p>This week on 20 Minute Takes, we talk Avril Speaks. Avril is an accomplished film producer, showrunner, and director. She serves as Senior Program Director for Christians for Social Action's Storytellers Collective...
Episode #8
<p>On this episode of 20 Minute Takes, we speak with Eugene Cho, the President and CEO of Bread for the World—"a nationwide Christian advocacy organization that educates on hunger and equips people to advocate for...
Episode #7
<p>This week on 20 Minute Takes, Nikki Toyama-Szeto speaks with Lauren Kim, National Organizer and Spokesperson for Young Evangelicals for Climate Action. In this conversation, Lauren shares about how climate action...
Episode #6
<p>This week on 20 Minute Takes, Nikki Toyama-Szeto talks with Malcolm du Plessis and Jalen Seawright of Common Hymnal, a songwriting collaborative that writes music of praise and protest, centering especially the...
Episode #5
<p>This week on 20 Minute Takes, Nikki Toyama-Szeto talks with Michael Kim-Eubanks. Michael is a musician and co-pastor of Bethel Community Church in San Leandro, CA. They discuss the passage and signing into law of...
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activist, scholar, author, teacher, wisdom-keeper, Eloheh Indigenous Center for Earth Justice
storyteller, public scholar, speaker, community activist, author, Love Beyond Walls
author of All The White Friends I Couldn't Keep, PerseveringThroughPurpose
New York Times bestselling author, national speaker, public historian, The Witness: A Black Christian Collective
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