Sunday Podcast
A look at the ethical and religious issues of the week
Episodes to download
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Life after death survey, Workplace chaplains, Jorvik Viking centre.
Sun 9 Apr 2017
Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme presented by Edward Stourton.
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Bishop of Woolwich, Crucifixion row, 500-year-old carol recorded
Sun 2 Apr 2017
Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme.
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Henry VIII's mass; Converts to Islam; Renovations to the Tomb of Jesus.
Sun 26 Mar 2017
The Mass heard by Henry VIII; converts to Islam; the completed renovations at Jesus' tomb.
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Tuam babies, European workplace ruling, Jainism manuscripts
Sun 19 Mar 2017
Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme, presented by Martin Bashir.
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Child refugees' mental health, Sport hijab, Bishop Philip North reaction
Sun 12 Mar 2017
Addressing the psychological trauma of children from conflict zones.
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Bishop Row, International Women's Day, Lynne Reid Banks
Sun 5 Mar 2017
Edward visits Between Myth and Reality - an exhibition of sculpture by Chaim Stephenson.
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Guildford Cathedral planning crisis, Sanctuary churches in America, No swimming on the Sabbath
Sun 26 Feb 2017
Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme, presented by Edward Stourton.
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Homelessness, General Synod, Bats in churches
Sun 19 Feb 2017
Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme, presented by Edward Stourton.
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Child refugee programme, Faith and mental health, Archbishop of Canterbury
Sun 12 Feb 2017
Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme, presented by William Crawley.
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Marriage care, Russian cathedral row, Bishop of London
Sun 5 Feb 2017
Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme, presented by Edward Stourton.
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Crisis response chaplains help kidnapped seafarers; Archbishop Barry Morgan retires; Reaction to 'Shared Conversations'
Sun 29 Jan 2017
Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme, presented by Martin Bashir.
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Paul Flowers; the debutante nun; interfaith worship
Sun 22 Jan 2017
A Qur'an reading has sparked a debate on Christian buildings hosting interfaith worship.
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Peterborough Cathedral cash crisis; Church security; Did God create humanism?
Sun 15 Jan 2017
Peterborough Cathedral cash crisis; Church security; Did God create humanism?
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Clergy nursing home closure, The ethics and effectiveness of foreign aid and The Knights of Malta
Sun 8 Jan 2017
Clergy nursing home closure, the ethics of foreign aid and the Knights of Malta.
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Look ahead to 2017, Bishop James Jones, Hull's Year of Culture
New Year's Day 2017
Look ahead to 2017, Bishop James Jones, Hull's Year of Culture.
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A Christmas special from Hampton Court Palace
Christmas Day 2016
Edward Stourton goes back to Christmas 1516 and time of Martin Luther.
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Silence, Black Santa, Syrian Refugees
Sun 18 Dec 2016
Once in Royal David's City; Northern Ireland's Black Santa; Salford's Syrian refugees.
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Trafficked women refuge, Homeless Jesus, Singing carols for good health.
Sun 11 Dec 2016
Trafficked women refuge, homeless Jesus and singing carols for good health.
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The Forever Project, Cosmo Lang, Deaf organist
Sun 4 Dec 2016
The Forever Project; Cosmo Lang and the abdication; the deaf organist who can hear again.
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Escape from Isis; Tutu's Daughter's Call to Anglicanism; Religion and Fidel Castro
Sun 27 Nov 2016
Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme, presented by Sima Kotecha.
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Graves shed light on early Christianity, Salafi Muslim women, The ethics of cryonics
Sun 20 Nov 2016
What can an Anglo Saxon cemetery tell about early Christianity in the England?
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Canal chaplains, The religious vote in the US election, Epitaphs of the Great War
Sun 6 Nov 2016
Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme, presented by Edward Stourton.
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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.
All the colours of the rainbow
The Covid-19 rainbows painted by children today are part of a rich and ancient symbolism.
