Sunday Podcast
A look at the ethical and religious issues of the week
Episodes to download
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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 蜜芽传媒 Music Day
Sun 29 May 2016
Review of Sharia law in the UK; Scientology buildings vacant; bells for 蜜芽传媒 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?
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How to remember the Easter Rising, Methodist Conscientious objectors, Religious freedom in India
Sun 13 Mar 2016
Religious and ethical news.
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Plight of migrant children, Rabbi Lord Sacks, St Paul's Mosaic and Darwin
Sun 6 Mar 2016
What needs to be done to support unaccompanied child migrants to the UK?
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Modesty goes mainstream, Christian perspectives on the EU debate, Cardinal Pell faces his critics.
Sun 28 Feb 2016
Christian perspectives on the Europe debate, presented by Edward Stourton.
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Jehovah's Witness investigation, Mental health chaplains, The art of being still
Sun 14 Feb 2016
Katy Watson reports from Mexico City as Pope Francis begins his historic trip there.
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Catholic worship returns to Hampton Court, Womens' prayers at the Western Wall, the Pope and the Patriarch
Sun 7 Feb 2016
Catholic worship returns to Hampton Court. Sunday is presented by Edward Stourton.
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Cathedrals, 4th-Century Bible, Human Nature and God
Sun 31 Jan 2016
Cathedral costs, a 4th-century Bible and whether it is human nature to believe in God.
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Seeking sanctuary in Germany, Anglican primates 2016, Monks cook 18th-century curry
Sun 17 Jan 2016
Sanctuary in Germany; Anglican primates meet in Canterbury; monks cook 18th-century curry.
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'Last roll of the dice' for the Anglican communion, The pope's new book, The rising cost of kosher living
Sun 10 Jan 2016
Is it the 'Last roll of the dice' for the Anglican communion? Edward Stourton presents.
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New Year's resolutions: the theology, and do they make us happy?
Sun 3 Jan 2016
What is the theological meaning behind new year's resolutions?
All the colours of the rainbow
The Covid-19 rainbows painted by children today are part of a rich and ancient symbolism.
