Beyond Belief Podcast
Series exploring the place and nature of faith in today's world
Episodes to download
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Cultural Religiosity
Tue 22 Apr 2025
Giles Fraser and the panel explore what it means to be culturally religious.
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Claiming Christianity
Tue 15 Apr 2025
Giles Fraser and the panel explore right-wing appropriation of Christianity.
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Mixed Blessings
Tue 1 Apr 2025
Giles Fraser is joined by guests to discuss the complexities of interfaith marriage.
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Pharisees: a byword for hypocrisy?
Tue 14 Jan 2025
Giles Fraser and guests explore how the Pharisees became a byword for hypocrisy.
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Divine Comedy
Tue 7 Jan 2025
Giles Fraser and guests explore why religion is such rich territory for comedy.
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The Religion of Detection
Tue 31 Dec 2024
Why do religion and detective fiction share many noble pursuits in common?
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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’s 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.
Six things you might not know about chanting
Here are six things we learned from Beyond Belief’s exploration of the power of chanting.
