Expert Interviews
In “Free Exercise: America’s Story of Religious Liberty,” host and award-winning author Richard Brookhiser takes viewers on an epic journey spanning 500 years and two continents. While the film is the most comprehensive documentary ever produced on the history of religious freedom in the United States, there’s much more to discuss than can be shared in two hours.
Explore additional insights from some of the experts, historians, professors and religious leaders featured in “Free Exercise.”
Mark Rienzi
Becket Fund and Catholic University of America
Pamela Nadell
American University
Jacqueline Rivers
Seymour Institute for Black Church and Policy Studies
Cardinal Timothy Dolan
Archbishop of New York
Jonathan Sarna
Brandeis University
Marcus Cole
Notre Dame School of Law
Akhil Amar
Yale University School of Law
Dennis Dickerson
Vanderbilt University
Michael Helfand
Pepperdine University School of Law
Kathleen Flake
University of Virginia
Eboo Patel
Interfaith America
Mitt Romney
U.S. Senator
Patrick Kelly
Knight of Columbus
Douglas Laycook
University of Virginia School of Law
Dallin Oaks
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Adrian Weimer
Providence College
John Garvey
Catholic University of America
Nathan Hecht
Supreme Court of Texas
Benjamin Park
Sam Houston State University
Michael McConnell
Stanford University School of Law
Evan Young
Supreme Court of Texas
Philip Hambuger
Columbia University School of Law