Starting in 1991 as Calvin Forum, Inner Compass (2000-2013) sought to provide refreshingly candid conversations with articulate people who have thought broadly and deeply about issues that matter. It served as a venue to allow for the exploration of how people use faith and ethics to guide them through the critical issues of the day and was "unafraid of wide territory, knowing everything belongs to God." The program was a public service to the community and Calvin's constituents and guided viewers through ethical decisions as Inner Compass promoted a belief in the absolutes of right and wrong while using one's conscience and having the openness to challenge one another on ethical judgments. Starting as a public access program, Inner Compass moved to WGVU, a local PBS affiliate, where it was aired nationally for 15 years, eventually being syndicated on about 60 PBS stations. It was the only public television series in the country offered by a Christian College.

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Submissions from 2010

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Season 10 Episode 5: Ethics of Young Adult Literature, Gary Schmidt and Karen Saupe

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Season 10 Episode 6: Passing the Plate: Tithing Practices, Patricia Snell and Shirley Hoogstra

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Season 10 Episode 7: Accomodating the Autism Spectrum, Laurel Falvo and Shirley Hoogstra

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Season 10 Episode 8: Pornography’s Destructive Path, Michael Leahy and Karen Saupe

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Season 10 Episode 9: Ethics of Hostage Negotiation, Jim Botting and Shirley Hoogstra

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Season 11 Episode 10: Making it to College, Brandy Johnson and Karen Saupe

Season 11 Episode 11: An Unexpected Parenthood, Faye Knol and Shirley Hoogstra

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Season 11 Episode 12: Speaking of Faith, Krista Tippett and Karen Saupe

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Season 11 Episode 13: Justice for Cambodians, Theary Seng and Shirley Hoogstra

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Season 11 Episode 14: Creativity & Cultural Power, Andy Crouch and Shirley Hoogstra

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Season 11 Episode 15: Transforming Troubled Schools, Sajan George and Karen Saupe

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Season 11 Episode 16: Female Asian-Americans: Finding a Voice, Nikki Toyama-Szeto and Karen Saupe

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Season 11 Episode 17: Exchanging Gangs For Jobs, Greg Boyle and Shirley Hoogstra

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Season 11 Episode 18: All Kinds of Minds, Temple Grandin and Karen Saupe

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Season 11 Episode 19: Starting a Free African School, Twesigye "Jackson" Kaguri and Shirley Hoogstra

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Season 11 Episode 1: Justice for Hondurans, Kurt Ver Beek and Shirley Hoogstra

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Season 11 Episode 20: "Look at Me!" Narcissism or Self-Esteem?, Jean M. Twenge and Shirley Hoogstra

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Season 11 Episode 21: U.S. Environment: Our History with the Land, Donald Worster and Karen Saupe

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Season 11 Episode 22: Making Globalization Work, John Tiemstra and Karen Saupe

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Season 11 Episode 23: Democracy & Sharia Law: Can They Coexist?, Jim Skillen and Shirley Hoogstra

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Season 11 Episode 2: Lies About Ourselves, Anneshia Freeman and Shirley Hoogstra

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Season 11 Episode 3: America's Christian Roots?, Mark Noll, George Marsden, and Skot Welch

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Season 11 Episode 4: Defining The Good Life, James K.A. Smith and Karen Saupe

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Season 11 Episode 5: Premarital Sex in America, Mark Regnerus and Shirley Hoogstra

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Season 11 Episode 6: U.S. Slavery in the North, Katrina Browne, Juanita Brown, and Karen Saupe

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Season 11 Episode 7: An Orphan's Story, Rob Mitchell and Shirley Hoogstra

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Season 11 Episode 8: Navigating Conflict, Bob Hall and Karen Saupe

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Season 11 Episode 9: Engaging with Art, Sheila Wyne and Karen Saupe

Submissions from 2009

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Season 10 Episode 1: When Groups Play: Flash Mobs & Urban Experiments, Rob Bliss and Karen Saupe

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Season 10 Episode 2: Forsaking the Fast Track, John Rodden and Karen Saupe

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Season 10 Episode 3: Religion & Reporters: Oil & Water?, Michael Cromartie and Shirley Hoogstra

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Season 10 Episode 4: Enfolding Ex-Prisoners, Harold Dean Trulear and Karen Saupe

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Season 9 Episode 12: The Gifts of Art, Jim Southerland and Karen Saupe

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Season 9 Episode 13: Middle East Christianity, Victor Makari and Shirley Hoogstra

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Season 9 Episode 14: What Marriage Does, John Witte Jr. and Karen Saupe

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Season 9 Episode 15: Presidential Character: An Ethical History, Richard Norton Smith and Shirley Hoogstra

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Season 9 Episode 16: Microfinance Miracles, Robert Rooy and Karen Saupe

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Season 9 Episode 17: Are Christians Losing Touch?, David Kinnaman and Shirley Hoogstra

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Season 9 Episode 18: Plotting Paths to Power, Michael Lindsay and Shirley Hoogstra

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Season 9 Episode 19: Connecting Cancer and the Environment, Sandra Steingraber and Karen Saupe

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Season 9 Episode 20: Freeing Today's Slaves, Sharon Cohn Wu and Shirley Hoogstra

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Season 9 Episode 21: True Community Development, John Perkins and Shirley Hoogstra

Submissions from 2008

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Season 8 Episode 10:Religion's Place in International Relations, Chris Seiple and Shirley Hoogstra

Season 8 Episode 11: Space Exploration: What's it Worth, Michael Griffin and Shirley Hoogstra

Season 8 Episode 12: Altering the Disabled: the "Pillow Angel" Controversy, Douglas Diekema and Shirley Hoogstra

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Season 8 Episode 13: Does Humanitarian Relief Relieve?, William Garvelink and Shirley Hoogstra

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Season 8 Episode 14: The Changing Face of Illegal Immigration: Mothers and Children, Sonia Nazario and Shirley Hoogstra

Season 8 Episode 15: Nuclear Power: Promise or Peril?, Sigval Berg and Karen Saupe

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Season 8 Episode 16: Who is Gospel Music For?, James Abbington and Karen Saupe

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Season 8 Episode 17: Is More Better? Rethinking Consumption, Bill McKibben and Karen Saupe