Sunday Podcast
A look at the ethical and religious issues of the week
Episodes to download
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Archbishop Vincent Nichols; Muslim Lifestyle Expo; Church of the Ragamuffins
Sun 30 Oct 2016
Archbishop Vincent Nichols discusses the Santa Marta anti-trafficking conference.
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The Young Pope, Holiday hunger, Scientology
Sun 23 Oct 2016
The new movie The Young Pope, plus hunger over the holidays and a new book on Scientology.
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Patriarch Kirill, The Nun from Aleppo, England's Cathedrals
Sun 16 Oct 2016
Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme, presented by Edward Stourton.
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Prison's Week, Sikh Army Regiment, James MacMillan and the Stabat Mater
Sun 9 Oct 2016
Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme, presented by Edward Stourton.
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The Battle of Cable Street, Animal Welfare Sunday, Exorcism
Sun 2 Oct 2016
Trevor Barnes reports on the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street.
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A Diverse Church?; Action on Ashes; Religious tattoos
Sun 25 Sep 2016
Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme, presented by William Crawley.
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'Earth-walker' Satish Kumar, Sikh weddings row, the 'religion of human rights'
Sun 18 Sep 2016
Edward Stourton talks to journalist Christopher Lamb about Pope Francis's visit to Assisi.
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Ability Sunday, LGBT chaplaincy, Icelandic elves
Sun 11 Sep 2016
Ability Sunday, LGBT chaplain in Wales, Icelandic elves; Are C of E bishops too 'safe'?
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Mother Teresa's canonisation, British bell ringer shortage, Ben-Hur review
Sun 4 Sep 2016
Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme, presented by William Crawley.
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Cultural genocide; Greenbelt festival; Handel in Italy
Sun 28 Aug 2016
Edward Stourton asks if cultural destruction should be classed as a war crime.
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Does God mean gold, Eruv opposition, Church clown
Sun 21 Aug 2016
Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme, presented by Caroline Wyatt.
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Elvis, Canvey Island Jews, The Olympic effect
Sun 14 Aug 2016
Looking at Elvis the icon, and the Orthodox Jews moving to Canvey Island.
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Women deacons, Faith and comedy, Friends Ambulance Unit at the Somme
Sun 7 Aug 2016
Pope Francis appoints a commission to consider women deacons.
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World Youth Day, Erik Satie, Life after ebola
Sun 31 Jul 2016
Edward Stourton looks at Catholic Tim Kaine, Hillary Clinton's running mate.
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Rio Archbishop, Church PokeStops, Trump's religious sidekick.
Sun 24 Jul 2016
Rio archbishop, Church PokeStops, Trump's religious sidekick. With Edward Stourton.
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Sunday in Nice; Canada's disputed sacred islands; The Jewish vinyl Jewkbox
Sun 17 Jul 2016
Services held in Nice after the Bastille Day terror attack.
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St Olav's Way, C of E vision for education, Jewish intermarriage
Sun 10 Jul 2016
St Olav's Way, the Church of England's Vision for Education, and Jewish intermarriage.
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Shrouds of the Somme, Anti-Semitism Report, A Chaplain's Week at Westminster
Sun 3 Jul 2016
The artist who created a memorial for every man killed on day one of the Somme.
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Bob Holman, Lindisfarne dig, Referendum and beyond
Sun 26 Jun 2016
Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme, presented by William Crawley.
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Flat-pack Byzantine church, John Sentamu, Muslim attitudes to homosexuality
Sun 19 Jun 2016
Flat-pack Byzantine Church; John Sentamu on the murder of MP Jo Cox; Disability theology.
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Football, 1975 referendum, The Queen
Sun 12 Jun 2016
Footballers and their faith, religion and the 1975 Referendum, and the Queen's faith.
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Grandson of Hamas; Asylum report; Carly Paoli 'Ave Maria'
Sun 5 Jun 2016
Ed Stourton talks to John Calvin, grandson of the co-founder of Hamas.
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Review of Sharia courts, Scientology buildings vacant, Bells for BBC Music Day
Sun 29 May 2016
Review of Sharia law in the UK; Scientology buildings vacant; bells for BBC Music Day.
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Jordan refugee camp, John Sentamu's pilgrimage, Sermon of the year competition
Sun 15 May 2016
Trauma counselling for refugees and the Archbishop of York's pilgrimage.
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Katy Perry, Digital legacies, Christian music
Sun 8 May 2016
Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme, presented by Edward Stourton.
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Politics and anti-Semitism, The Christian convert, Have faith in Leicester City FC
Sun 1 May 2016
Looking at politics and anti-Semitism, the Christian convert, and Leicester City FC.
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Is sushi permitted at Passover? Prince the Jehovah's Witness, The row over religious education in the UK
Sun 24 Apr 2016
Sushi for Passover, Prince the Jehovah's Witness and the row over religious education.
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Shakespeare's religion, Pope in Lesbos, What do Muslims really think?
Sun 17 Apr 2016
William Crawley hears reaction to Pope Francis's visit to Lesbos.
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The Pope and the family, God and the Gulag, Justin Welby's parentage
Sun 10 Apr 2016
Edward Stourton looks at the Pope's Exhortation on the Family.
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Cathedral money makers, Donald Trump and the religious right, Managing Britain's mosques
Sun 3 Apr 2016
Should cathedrals host pop concerts to raise money for the building?
All the colours of the rainbow
The Covid-19 rainbows painted by children today are part of a rich and ancient symbolism.
