{"podcast":{"title":"Faith Matters","slug":"faith-matters-329292","podcast_index_feed_id":329292,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/719454.rss","website_url":"https://faithmatters.org","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/lwd42a1zmrnfjefpv214abb0jouj?.jpg","author":"Faith Matters Foundation","episode_count":333,"summary":"Faith Matters offers an expansive view of the Restored Gospel, thoughtful exploration of big and sometimes thorny questions, and a platform that encourages deeper engagement with our faith and our world. We focus on the Latter-day Saint (Mormon) tradition, but believe we have much to learn from other traditions and fully embrace those of other beliefs.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/faith-matters-329292"},"episode":{"title":"Torn: A Conversation About Who We're Losing and Why, with Jeff Strong","slug":"torn-a-conversation-about-who-we-re-losing-and-why-with-jeff-strong","published_at":"2026-05-03T06:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/faith-matters-329292/torn-a-conversation-about-who-we-re-losing-and-why-with-jeff-strong","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/faith-matters-329292","url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/719454/episodes/19092436-torn-a-conversation-about-who-we-re-losing-and-why-with-jeff-strong.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/719454/episodes/19092436-torn-a-conversation-about-who-we-re-losing-and-why-with-jeff-strong.mp3","summary":"Today, we’re really excited to share a special episode with Jeff Strong on his new book, Torn: Why People We Love Are Leaving the Church and What We Can Learn From Them. Research suggests that roughly 40% of formerly active, faithful members have stepped away from the Church in the last twenty-five years—and the pace is accelerating. Jeff Strong is asking why. Drawing on hundreds of interviews, he’s found that, again and again, disaffiliation is rooted in unmet spiritual needs, strained trust...","meta_description":"Today, we’re really excited to share a special episode with Jeff Strong on his new book, Torn: Why People We Love Are Leaving the Church and What We Can L…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4794,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/faith-matters-329292/episodes/torn-a-conversation-about-who-we-re-losing-and-why-with-jeff-strong/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/faith-matters-329292/torn-a-conversation-about-who-we-re-losing-and-why-with-jeff-strong.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}