Radio & TV Appearances
Radio
Unity.fm Radio – June 30, 2010 – Interview by David Matthew Brown
David Matthew Brown talks with Bishop Desmond Tutu and Robert V. Taylor on redefining peace.
KKNW Radio 1150 AM, Seattle, WA – June 10, 2010 – Interview by Marie Manuchehri
Sent to the United States in 1980 by his mentor, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, to avoid imprisonment for his anti-apartheid activity, Robert V. Taylor has spent a lifetime integrating personal spirituality with the question of how we each leave a footprint of compassion in the world. His new book New Ways to be Human offers a path to an integrated life of purpose. Robert’s leadership of one of the largest Episcopal congregations in the United States was known for engaging spirituality with implications for personal and public action. In his own life this has been expressed in more than 20 years of work to end homelessness in New York and Seattle.
KOUW Radio 94.9 FM, Seattle, WA – May 20, 2010 - Stories of Faith
Religious faith can be a life vest in the storm for people, but maintaining faith can be difficult. When it comes to your spirituality, have you always been confident in your beliefs? A new play at Seattle’s Intiman theater explores what it means to be human and remain connected to the divine.
KUOW Radio 94.9 FM, Seattle, WA – April 30, 2008 – Robert Taylor’s Public Ministry
When Robert Taylor was appointed Dean of Seattle’s St. Mark’s Cathedral in 1999, he became the highest ranked gay Episcopal clergyman in the United States. Taylor led St. Mark’s into the city’s public life, inviting the homeless to set up tents and getting involved in interfaith dialogues. Taylor doesn’t have a congregation anymore, but he still has his own personal public ministry. How does his faith drive his work in the public sphere? How has the church changed for gays and lesbians in the past decade?
KUOW Radio 94.9 FM, Seattle, WA – March 14, 2008 – The Exile Project and Hip Hapa
The Very Reverend Robert Taylor describes living with apartheid as a child in South Africa. And, the stories of men and women in the Washington State Prison system.
KUOW Radio 94.9 FM, Seattle, WA – November 1, 2007 – Journeys to Seattle, From South Africa to Saigon
Rev. Robert Taylor reflects on growing up in South Africa under apartheid and serving as the dean of a local church as an openly gay man.
KUOW Radio 94.9 FM, Seattle, WA – August 15, 2005 – Dean Robert Taylor
What is the role of religion in public life? How do moral values fit into public life? And what is Seattle’s brand of spirituality? Dean Robert Taylor leads St. Mark’s Cathedral in Seattle. The church has hosted a Tent City and has provided a location for community gatherings and peace vigils. How do those activities fit into the church’s mission? Dean Taylor talks with host Eric Liu.
KUOW Radio 94.9 FM, Seattle, WA – August 19, 2004 - Very Rev. Robert Taylor
Rev. Robert Taylor is the Dean of St Mark’s Cathedral on Capitol Hill. A protege of Desmond Tutu and the first openly gay leader of an Episcopal cathedral, Rev. Taylor is one of the nation’s voices of spirituality and social justice.
KUOW Radio 94.9 FM, Seattle, WA – October 31, 2003 – Childless: A Choice for More Women
A record number of girls and women, ages 15 to 44, are childless or as some like to say, child free. That’s nearly 44 percent of women in that age group. They’ve decided to delay having children or not have children at all. Guests Michael Tooley, University of Colorado at Boulder and the Very Reverend Robert Taylor, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church discuss this trend and the choices that go into the decision to have children.
KUOW Radio 94.9 FM, Seattle, WA – August 11, 2003 - Saint Mark’s Robert Taylor on Gay Episcopal Bishop
People who go to Episcopal churches around the region heard sermons yesterday about the election of the world’s first openly gay Episcopal bishop. KUOW’s Cathy Duchamp spoke with Saint Mark’s Cathedral Dean Robert Taylor about the sermon he wrote for his congregation.
KUOW Radio 94.9 FM, Seattle, WA – September 11, 2002 - September 11th Mourning Loss
An interview with Robert Taylor and other guests about the meaning of 9-11 and how we deal with the aossciated emotions – public gatherings, avoidance, humor, art, and conversation. The show centers on the complex emotions of personal loss, emotions we all encounter in our life and emotions we all face on this day of public grief.
KUOW Radio 94.9 FM, Seattle, WA – September 11, 2002 - Peace and Reconciliation
A discussion after 9-11 with Robert Taylor on the South African Peace and Reconciliation Committee and others about how they confronted violence by searching for reconciliation.
Television
Seattle’s King 5 TV (NBC), Seattle, WA, July 8, 2010 – Growing Empathy in our Kids, Margaret Larson talks with Robert V. Taylor on new Day, KING5
Robert Taylor talks to host Margaret Larson of New Day (KING % TV NBC, Seattle, WA) about how to encourage the expression of greater empathy in young people.
Seattle’s King 5 TV (NBC), Seattle, WA, June 14, 2010 – Interview by Margaret Larson of the New Day program
Margaret Larson talks with Rev. Robert V. Taylor about spirituality and his time as an anti-Apartheid activist in South Africa under Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
Seattle’s King 5 TV,. Seattle, WA – Interview with Robert Taylor
