The Rt. Rev. V. Gene Robinson, vice president of religion and senior pastor at Chautauqua Institution, joins the podcast this episode to share his remarkable faith journey — including his path to being the first openly gay man to be elected bishop in the high church traditions of Christendom — and a preview of the Department of Religion's 2018 programs and initiatives in interfaith engagement.

Robinson is the former Episcopal bishop of New Hampshire, and currently serves as a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and Auburn Seminary. He is known as an activist in the area of full civil/human rights for the LGBT community, in the U.S. and abroad. Follow him on Twitter at @BishopGRobinson.

For more on Chautauqua's 2018 season, visit chq.org/2018.