Heart and Soul Podcast
Each week, Heart and Soul explores and tries to explain personal experiences of spirituality and faith from around the world.
Heart and Soul is a weekly half-hour programme that has the scope and understanding to explore different experiences of spirituality from around the world.
Whether examining religious faith or any other belief-system, the programme talks to believers and non-believers, and tries to get beyond superficial notions of spirituality and religion.
Episodes to download
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An Equal Partnership?—500th Anniversary of the Reformation
Fri 20 Oct 2017
Can mixed prayer groups lead to the 鈥榮piritual nourishment鈥� some Jewish women would like?
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Are Muslims Ready for a Female Imam like Seyran Ates?—500th Anniversary of the Reformation
Fri 13 Oct 2017
Female Imams are starting to lead prayers and question some traditional roles of women
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Underground Islam in Italy
Fri 29 Sep 2017
How do Muslims practise in a country that doesn鈥檛 recognise their faith?
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Fighting for Their Forest Faith
Fri 22 Sep 2017
Rebecca Henschke meets the Orang Rimba, people of the jungle, who have converted to Islam
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A Square Dance in Heaven
Fri 15 Sep 2017
The Rev Lucy Winkett finds out how Luther鈥檚 Reformation influenced Johann Sebastian Bach.
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The Tree Spirits: The Bodhi Tree—The Tree Spirits
Fri 18 Aug 2017
Climate change and security concerns are threatening one of Buddhism's most sacred sites
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Faith in the Fire
Fri 11 Aug 2017
Religious communities of all faiths provided support and practical help at Grenfell Tower
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The Jamaican Bible Remixed
Fri 4 Aug 2017
Should Jamaicans embrace a new Patois Bible as part of a fight against the colonial past?
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Spirit of the Midnight Sun
Fri 21 Jul 2017
The spiritual bond between the Sami people of northern Europe and the land, sea and air
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Diary of a Pakistani Atheist
Fri 14 Jul 2017
The dangers of calling yourself an atheist in Pakistan.
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Giving Death Back to the People
Fri 23 Jun 2017
An intimate portrait of a funeral director committed to doing death differently鈥�
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Good Without God?
Fri 2 Jun 2017
The son of Americas most famous Christian preacher who turned his back on God.
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Sacred Songs of the Sikhs
Fri 28 Apr 2017
Nina Robinson explores the resurgence of Kirtan, an ancient form of Sikh worship
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Duterte's Drug War
Fri 7 Apr 2017
The clash between the Catholic church in the Philippines and the President over drugs
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The Return of the Heathens
Sun 26 Mar 2017
John Laurenson explores why Icelanders are returning to Paganism
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Searching for the Spirit of Benin
Sun 19 Feb 2017
Ed Davy explores the roots, fervour and magic of Voodoo in Benin
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Standing Trial for Blasphemy
Sun 12 Feb 2017
Rebecca Henschke investigates the use of Indonesia鈥檚 blasphemy laws
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Bah谩'i - The World's Faith
Sun 15 Jan 2017
Lipika Pelham meets members of the Bah谩'i to find out more about their faith
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Off the Derech
Sun 8 Jan 2017
The charity helping Orthodox Jews who want to break away from their faith
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Nepal's Living Goddess
Sun 4 Dec 2016
A young Buddhist girl is chosen to host the Hindu goddess Taleju
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Trump and the Evangelical Vote
Sun 13 Nov 2016
Evangelicals voted for Donald Trump in huge numbers what next for the religious right?
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Out of the Silence
Sun 6 Nov 2016
Samira Ahmed in conversation with Terry Waite exploring his faith while a hostage
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Power of the Word
Fri 28 Oct 2016
Faith leaders from around the globe choose a book that has inspired their spiritual lives
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America's Muslim Town
Fri 21 Oct 2016
Jennifer Chevalier takes to the streets of Hamtramck, America's Muslim City
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Wrestling with God
Fri 14 Oct 2016
What is it like to wrestle with your faith and still stay true to your sexuality?
