Beyond Belief Podcast
Series exploring the place and nature of faith in today's world
Episodes to download
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Blue Christmas
Christmas Eve 2024
Do religions do enough for those grieving at times of collective merriment?
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Do our pets go to heaven?
Tue 17 Dec 2024
Giles Fraser and guests explore, do our pets go to heaven?
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Armour of God
Tue 10 Dec 2024
How can religious belief be balanced with military action leading to loss of life?
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Religious Freedom
Tue 3 Dec 2024
Giles Fraser and guests explore the impact of globalisation on religious freedom.
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The Gift of the Garden
Tue 20 Aug 2024
Giles Fraser visits the rooftop Islamic Gardens at the Aga Khan Centre in Kings Cross.
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Religion in the therapy room
Tue 13 Aug 2024
Giles Fraser explores the role of spirituality and religion in psychotherapy.
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Poetry: Reaching for Divine Heights
Tue 23 Jul 2024
A panel of poets explore how poetry has tried to bridge the gap between ourselves and God.
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Spreading the Word
Tue 16 Jul 2024
Evangelist Marios Kaikitis explains why he stands on Leicester Square talking about Jesus.
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More Than One Wife
Tue 2 Jul 2024
Giles Fraser meets a British Muslim woman in a polygamous marriage.
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Monsters and Gods
Tue 14 May 2024
For centuries, monsters have snarled out of religious writings at us. Why?
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Spiritual Seekers
Tue 7 May 2024
Astrology, shamanism and sound baths: exploring the spiritual, but not religious.
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Ayodhya鈥檚 Ram Mandir: Religion and Politics in India
Tue 30 Apr 2024
What a new Hindu temple tells us about religion and politics in India.
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Embracing Neurodiversity
Tue 23 Apr 2024
A mum of two boys describes how their neurodiversity affects their faith practice.
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Faithful Feet
Tue 16 Apr 2024
The story of a firewalker introduces the theme of feet as a path to spiritual connection.
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Assisted Dying
Tue 9 Apr 2024
How faith influences our perspective on the legal right to choose when and how to die.
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Interfaith: Can We Still Talk?
Tue 2 Apr 2024
Giles Fraser hears about pressure on interfaith networks and why they should be saved.
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What's so funny about faith?
Mon 12 Feb 2024
Should religion be joked about, or are some subjects too sacred for satire?
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What Should We Teach in RE?
Mon 29 Jan 2024
The quality of RE teaching is a 'postcode lottery'. What needs to change?
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Women in Charge?
Mon 22 Jan 2024
A female imam tells Aleem Maqbool about her pioneering work and the reaction she's had.
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Stem Cell Steaks and the Scriptures
Mon 15 Jan 2024
The CEO of a lab-grown meat company describes the place of his Jewish faith in his work.
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Faith In The Psychedelic Renaissance
Mon 8 Jan 2024
Aleem Maqbool meets Richard, who explored a connection to Jesus on a ayahuasca retreat.
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Sacred Sounds
New Year's Day 2024
A university student wanders into a cathedral and is transformed by the music he hears.
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Witches, Druids and Pagans
Mon 25 Sep 2023
Aleem Maqbool speaks to Richard about his pagan spirituality.
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Behind Bars
Mon 18 Sep 2023
Aleem Maqbool speaks with Michael Emmett about how he found faith in prison.
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Ashes to Ashes
Mon 11 Sep 2023
What the human body in death tells us about our beliefs about the body and the afterlife.
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Faith and Politics
Mon 4 Sep 2023
Aleem speaks with MSP Kate Forbes on why she feels people of faith are fearful of politics
Six things you might not know about chanting
Here are six things we learned from Beyond Belief鈥檚 exploration of the power of chanting.
