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Has the first one hundred days of Pope Leo XIV been as exciting as the last 80 years of papacy?

20 augusti | 29 min

Catholic influencers meet in Rome, and could artificial intelligence become Godly?

30 juli | 31 min

Troubling Korean religious cults

23 juli | 14 min

The hero of Gallipoli with a shovel and a Bible

23 juli | 23 min

South Korean cults, and the hero chaplain at Gallipoli

23 juli | 37 min

Armenian clerical arrests, the global baby surrogacy business, and #momtok; Morman wives and influencers pushing back against their own church

16 juli | 35 min

The government of Armenia takes on the Apostolic Church

16 juli | 11 min

Should we legalise commercial surrogacy?

16 juli | 11 min

Morman Wives push back against their church

16 juli | 13 min

The Dalai Lama's successor and the challenge for the Trump administration

9 juli | 8 min

The geopolitical forces behind The Dalai Lama's reincarnation

9 juli | 9 min

Charismatic preacher Jimmy Swaggart dies aged 90

9 juli | 16 min

How The Dalai Lama's decision will test Trump, a crackdown on Russian propaganda in the Orthodox Church, and the legacy of the contraversial and charismatic preacher Jimmy Swaggart

9 juli | 33 min

Are there spying nuns in the Russian Orthodox church in Europe?

9 juli | 9 min

The first Muslim Mayor of New York? Israeli settlers threaten a Christian village in the West Bank, and The Pope's Peruvian experience

2 juli | 33 min

Israeli settler and Christian conflict in the West Bank

2 juli | 8 min

How did Zohran Mamdani get so many Jewish New Yorkers to vote for him?

2 juli | 9 min

The Pope's learning curve in Peru; speaking truth to power

2 juli | 15 min

Andrew West interviews the Dalai Lama in 2013

29 juni | 60 min

A shaky ceasefire; where now for Iran's leadership? And Stan Grant's new life on country

25 juni | 29 min

Are the US and Israel attempting to force regime change in Iran?

25 juni | 18 min

Iran: Could Israeli bombardment lead to regime change?

18 juni | 12 min

Netanyahu: will his government fall over the issue of ultra-Orthodox military service?

18 juni | 20 min

Are Bibi and the Ayatollah both teetering?

18 juni | 32 min

Hajj wraps up for another year in Mecca

11 juni | 10 min

Islam is booming globally despite lower Hajj numbers this year. And can a new Anglican Archbishop revive the Melbourne church?

11 juni | 30 min

Irreligion AND Islam is globally on the rise

11 juni | 9 min

Can the new Melbourne Anglican Archbishop revive a shrinking church?

11 juni | 17 min

The Russian Orthodox Church and Putin, why the vote for the Archbishop of Canterbury has taken so long, and philosopher Joseph Pearces transformation from racist thug to renowned biographer

4 juni | 33 min

Vladimir Putin and Russian Christian nationalism

4 juni | 16 min

Why, after nearly seven months, is there still no Archbishop of Canterbury?

4 juni | 5 min

The life and times of Joseph Pearce; from racist thug to renowned author

4 juni | 22 min

A new Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne

28 maj | 5 min

The ethics of commemorating the dead of the Third Reich

28 maj | 15 min

Australian Catholic Bishops want a fair wage for Australia's working people

28 maj | 11 min

How a Pope's words in 1891 could influence the push for a fair wage in 2025, Melbourne has a new Archbishop, plus burying the dead of the Third Reich

28 maj | 32 min

Is Silicon Valley having a religious revival?

21 maj | 13 min

The quest for peace between Palestine and Israel, the new religiosity in Silicon Valley

21 maj | 31 min

How Israel and Palestine can reach a peace agreement

21 maj | 17 min

One major succession down and another in play; how the Chinese could try to control the next Dalai Lama

14 maj | 29 min

An Australian Ukrainian perspective on Leo XIV

14 maj | 18 min

What's in a Pope's name?

14 maj | 13 min

Could the Dalai Lama be reincarnated in Australia?!

14 maj | 9 min

What will be in Pope Leo's inbox and what will he prioritise?

14 maj | 9 min

The New Pope: Radio National Special Broadcast

8 maj | 24 min

Austen Ivereigh on the Secrecy, Intrigue and Drama of the Conclave

7 maj | 13 min

Deacon George Peich Meat met Pope Francis in South Sudan

7 maj | 15 min

A look from Rome at the Papal frontrunners; Ex NSW Liberal premier Barry O'Farrell on the election result

7 maj | 29 min

Noel Debien with the latest politicking from the Vatican

7 maj | 7 min

Ex NSW premier Barry O'Farrell on why the election was a wipe-out for the Libnat coalition

7 maj | 11 min

Claire Giangrave with the latest conclave news from Rome

7 maj | 11 min

A view of the 2025 federal election from Parramatta Square, plus the machinations of a Papal conclave

30 april | 29 min

The conclave to choose a new Pope

30 april | 11 min

The Funeral of Pope Francis

26 april | 208 min

Mark Shriver's search for the real Pope Francis

24 april | 10 min

The lead up to a papal conclave

24 april | 11 min

Rome: A pope's funeral rite or a geo-political event?

24 april | 7 min

A funeral in Rome. The discreet conversations for a new Pope begin. Mark Shriver on his search for Pope Francis.

23 april | 29 min

Special Broadcast in memory of Pope Francis

20 april | 55 min

The call for "good colour blindness"

18 april | 25 min

Rebuilding the relationship between Palestine and Israel

18 april | 25 min

Easter Week: A report from war-torn Congo, relief work in Myanmar, and how Christians should engage politically

16 april | 29 min

Students Week panel, and are pious students doing better at school?

9 april | 29 min

The Religion and Ethics Report student panel

9 april | 17 min

What impact will religion have on the 2025 election?

2 april | 9 min

The impact of religion on the 2025 election. Sacrilege laws. What exactly are religious attitudes to usury?

2 april | 29 min

Religious attitudes to usury

2 april | 10 min

What place do sacrilege laws have in 21st C Australia?

2 april | 9 min

As Istanbul demonstrations continue, how does President Erdogan stay in power?

26 mars | 29 min

A welfare agency gives their response to the budget. Despite the turmoil roiling in Istanbul, Turkiye's President Erdogan has been in power for 22 years. How?

26 mars | 29 min

A faith-based welfare agency's verdict on the budget

26 mars | 10 min

What does a High Court ruling mean for the employment conditions of the clergy?

19 mars | 9 min

Pilgrims mark Jubilee year in Rome with prayer for pope Francis

19 mars | 6 min

Conservatism in the age of Trump

19 mars | 25 min

Are clergy staff or office holders? Jubilee year and the pope, and is Trump style conservatism desirable for conservatives?

19 mars | 29 min

What are the implications of the recent violence in Syria?

12 mars | 13 min

Why pope Francis' message resonates in the global South

12 mars | 9 min

David Polson and the work of the Sisters of Charity when HIV AIDS was taboo

12 mars | 7 min

Implications of violence in Syria, remembering David Polson, and why the pope's message resonates in the South

12 mars | 29 min

Dealing with the uncertainty of the pope's illness

5 mars | 12 min

Is wokeness social justice for the comfortable?

5 mars | 29 min

Dealing with the uncertainty of the pope's illness and is the use of the word woke, social justice for the comfortable?

5 mars | 42 min

Pope Francis' legacy in the church and global politics

26 februari | 15 min

What the rise of the far-right means for Germany

26 februari | 13 min

What is Pope Francis' legacy and his impact on Gaza

26 februari | 29 min

Pope Francis and JD Vance clash over Catholic teaching

19 februari | 9 min

Which countries support religious nationalism?

19 februari | 10 min

Preventing children from accessing porn online

19 februari | 32 min

NSW inquiry into the impact of porn on young people

19 februari | 12 min

Plans to reconstruct Gaza after the war

12 februari | 11 min

Seeking solutions for peace in Israel Palestine

12 februari | 31 min

The future of Gaza — building a way forward after conflict

12 februari | 43 min

What is the future of Lebanon's political system?

5 februari | 16 min

Re-envisioning politics and religion in Lebanon

5 februari | 29 min

Susan Hawthorne on her memoir 'Lesbian'

29 januari | 12 min

The mixed legacy of Cold War liberalism

29 januari | 29 min

The secular Jewish thinkers who embraced a "Cold War Christianity"

29 januari | 29 min

Pope Francis slams Trump's immigration plan

22 januari | 15 min

How influencers are shaking up Indonesian politics

22 januari | 10 min

Frictions between the Pope and Trump, plus Indonesia's influencers

22 januari | 34 min

92 per cent of homes in Gaza have been damaged

22 januari | 9 min

The untold history of gay Republicans

15 januari | 32 min

The gay Americans that cultivated support among Republicans

15 januari | 32 min

The history and purpose of UK's Labour Party

8 januari | 29 min

The moral roots of the British Labour Party

8 januari | 29 min

The FBI vs cult stand-off that influenced modern militias

1 januari | 29 min

The stand-off between a cult and the FBI that gripped America

1 januari | 29 min

What happens when celebrity culture and faith collide?

25 december 2024 | 29 min

The rise of cool Christianity

25 december 2024 | 25 min

How did our diverse Christmas palate get its start?

23 december 2024 | 6 min

Is tech the new religion?

23 december 2024 | 10 min

Indigenous religion in Myanmar, tech as a religion and how cultural diversity is changing Australia's food rituals

23 december 2024 | 25 min

Laipianism: the indigenous faith that rivalled Christianity in Myanmar

23 december 2024 | 8 min

Why American Judaism is at a crossroads

18 december 2024 | 29 min

Is the golden era of American Judaism ending?

18 december 2024 | 29 min

How cultural diversity has become the backbone of Australia's Christianity

11 december 2024 | 38 min

Syria's religious minorities, Jews and Palestinians standing together and Australia's multicultural Christianity

11 december 2024 | 31 min

How safe should religious minorities feel in Syria?

11 december 2024 | 13 min

Standing Together: A vision for peace between Palestinians and Jews

11 december 2024 | 7 min

How Democrats betrayed their working-class base

4 december 2024 | 18 min

Newly revealed letters on The Satanic Verses controversy

4 december 2024 | 19 min

Have Democrats lost touch with their traditional supporters?

4 december 2024 | 37 min

Why Orban's nationalism is gaining global traction

27 november 2024 | 16 min

What makes Hungary an "illiberal democracy"?

27 november 2024 | 14 min

Hungary special — Orban's popularity and the rise of illiberal democracy

27 november 2024 | 30 min

Why history education matters today

20 november 2024 | 14 min

Challenging times for Jews and Muslims since the Gaza war

20 november 2024 | 8 min

The religious Latinos who voted Republican

20 november 2024 | 10 min

Latino evangelicals at the polling booth

20 november 2024 | 29 min

The Archbishop of Canterbury resigns, and death from overwork in Japan

13 november 2024 | 29 min

The exploitation of domestic workers in Australia

13 november 2024 | 9 min

In Japan, death from overwork is on the rise

13 november 2024 | 10 min

What's next after the Archbishop of Canterbury's resignation?

13 november 2024 | 9 min

The siege at the Grand Mosque of Mecca, 45 years on

13 november 2024 | 9 min

The latest trial tearing France's social fabric

6 november 2024 | 8 min

The dark side of AI chatbots

6 november 2024 | 10 min

Pursuing interfaith environmentalism in Indonesia

6 november 2024 | 10 min

Free speech vs religion, the ethics of chatbots, and interfaith environmentalism

6 november 2024 | 29 min

The Mormon missionaries in remote Indigenous communities

30 oktober 2024 | 5 min

What's next for Türkiye’s Gülen movement?

30 oktober 2024 | 10 min

The US evangelicals campaigning against Trump

30 oktober 2024 | 8 min

Should celebrities weigh in on the presidential race?

30 oktober 2024 | 8 min

Outback Mormons, political celebrities, and Evangelicals for Harris

30 oktober 2024 | 31 min

The true cost of ultra-fast fashion

23 oktober 2024 | 8 min

Why the Mormon vote matters in the US elections

23 oktober 2024 | 29 min

Why Mormon voters play a vital role in swing states

23 oktober 2024 | 11 min

Sayed Ammar Nakshawani on promoting peace in Lebanon and beyond

23 oktober 2024 | 10 min

The forgotten middle ground in US politics

16 oktober 2024 | 27 min

Why is the King of Bhutan in Australia?

16 oktober 2024 | 7 min

The spiritual significance of Bhutan's King

16 oktober 2024 | 35 min

Nazi gold — the stained fortune of Germany's richest man

9 oktober 2024 | 17 min

Fr Frank Brennan warns of a new Indigenous assimilationist policy

9 oktober 2024 | 15 min

The dark secret of Germany's richest man

9 oktober 2024 | 34 min

How Nasrallah's assassination will affect the Middle East

2 oktober 2024 | 9 min

A flicker of hope amidst the Gaza conflict

2 oktober 2024 | 13 min

The increasing political divide in the US

2 oktober 2024 | 14 min

How will Israel's assassination of Nasrallah affect the Middle East?

2 oktober 2024 | 35 min

Who will be the next archbishop of Canterbury? and the Rwandan genocide, 30 years on

25 september 2024 | 29 min

The contest for the next archbishop of Canterbury

25 september 2024 | 15 min

Will the Vatican tackle issues around women's leadership and sexuality?

25 september 2024 | 12 min

Seeking reconciliation after genocide, Rwanda 30 years on

25 september 2024 | 15 min

Pope Francis criticises both presidential candidates

18 september 2024 | 11 min

Is there a crisis of modern manhood?

18 september 2024 | 17 min

Pope Francis' dramatic intervention into US politics

18 september 2024 | 30 min

Over half of Sudan's population at risk of starvation

11 september 2024 | 31 min

Politics, church, power, and same-sex marriage in Greece

11 september 2024 | 12 min

Why some US Christians are taking up arms

11 september 2024 | 10 min

Sudan's forgotten crisis

11 september 2024 | 9 min

Pope's longest overseas trip begins in Jakarta

4 september 2024 | 29 min

Could Sweden ban fathers walking daughters down the aisle?

4 september 2024 | 8 min

Countering child sexual exploitation on tech platforms

4 september 2024 | 10 min

What roadblocks could Pope Francis face on his historic trip?

4 september 2024 | 10 min

Why is the pope visiting Indonesia?

28 augusti 2024 | 9 min

How does religion affect migration trends?

28 augusti 2024 | 9 min

The pope's visit to Indonesia, and how religion affects migration

28 augusti 2024 | 29 min

Navigating religious conscience in a secular society

28 augusti 2024 | 11 min

Yazidi survivors seek to bring Islamic State to justice

21 augusti 2024 | 29 min

The Yazidi survivors seeking justice

21 augusti 2024 | 10 min

Aid workers around the world need more protection

21 augusti 2024 | 8 min

Religious and racial fractures after the UK riots

21 augusti 2024 | 10 min

What Italy's hard-right PM thinks of the pope

14 augusti 2024 | 33 min

Do Italy's far-right PM and the pope get along?

14 augusti 2024 | 12 min

Brazil's secret missionaries in the Middle East

14 augusti 2024 | 20 min

Professor John Carroll fears 'clash of civilisations'

7 augusti 2024 | 10 min

Peter Khalil appointed special envoy for social cohesion

7 augusti 2024 | 13 min

Religious tensions after ousting of Bangladeshi Prime Minister

7 augusti 2024 | 6 min

Religious instability in Bangladesh, and preserving social cohesion in Australia

7 augusti 2024 | 29 min

The moral calculus of war

31 juli 2024 | 30 min

Why France has banned headscarves for its own Olympic athletes

31 juli 2024 | 10 min

Religious controversy at the Olympics, and the moral calculus of war

31 juli 2024 | 29 min

Why the World Council of Churches won't expel the Russian Orthodox Church

24 juli 2024 | 19 min

JD Vance's interfaith marriage draws international attention

24 juli 2024 | 8 min

Religious diversity on the US ballot

24 juli 2024 | 9 min

JD Vance's interfaith marriage, and the World Council of Churches on religious freedom

24 juli 2024 | 29 min

Will the decline of the Black church cost Biden votes?

17 juli 2024 | 9 min

Did God protect Donald Trump?

17 juli 2024 | 9 min

The Muslim country that's banning the hijab

17 juli 2024 | 11 min

US evangelicals respond to attempt on Trump's life

17 juli 2024 | 30 min

Pope Francis excommunicates rebel cleric

10 juli 2024 | 10 min

Could Muslim Vote UK replicate its electoral success in Australia?

10 juli 2024 | 9 min

Dr Jamal Rifi on the prospect of Muslim Vote candidates in western Sydney

10 juli 2024 | 8 min

Muslim Vote targets western Sydney, and the Pope excommunicates a cleric

10 juli 2024 | 29 min

Educating for a diverse Australia

3 juli 2024 | 45 min

Live event — Educating for a diverse Australia

3 juli 2024 | 45 min

Serious questions raised over Australian troops during Iraq war

26 juni 2024 | 13 min

Serious questions raised over Australian troops during Iraq war

26 juni 2024 | 29 min

The long fight for the soul of the UK Labour party

26 juni 2024 | 29 min

How an FBI stand-off with a cult influenced modern militias

19 juni 2024 | 27 min

Religion and immigration in the French elections

19 juni 2024 | 10 min

The FBI and cult stand-off that gripped America

19 juni 2024 | 29 min

Why did the Voice referendum fail

12 juni 2024 | 16 min

How caste politics impacted India's election result

12 juni 2024 | 29 min

Is Hindu Nationalism coming to an end?

11 juni 2024 | 13 min

Religious parties and the South African elections

5 juni 2024 | 9 min

The untold history of the gay right in America

5 juni 2024 | 31 min

Elections in South Africa, and the history of gay Republicans

5 juni 2024 | 41 min

How Beijing has co-opted Tibetan Buddhism

29 maj 2024 | 13 min

Hungary's PM styles himself as a defender of Christendom

29 maj 2024 | 14 min

Why Hungary's PM is evoking Europe's Christian past

29 maj 2024 | 29 min

Could Raisi's death lead to reform in Iran?

22 maj 2024 | 9 min

Iran after Raisi's death, and the Vatican's take on the supernatural

22 maj 2024 | 31 min

The Vatican's new guide to the supernatural

22 maj 2024 | 9 min

Unrest in Jordan over the Gaza war

22 maj 2024 | 13 min

Foreign aid funding falls short of targets

15 maj 2024 | 8 min

What age is too young to visit Auschwitz?

15 maj 2024 | 9 min

The Vatican's involvement in the birth of IVF

15 maj 2024 | 11 min

Pope Pius XII and the secret history of IVF

15 maj 2024 | 29 min

Pope's statement on dignity joins the left and right

8 maj 2024 | 10 min

A psychiatrist's view on terrorism

8 maj 2024 | 10 min

How the sacking of a French nun caused church state tensions

8 maj 2024 | 29 min

French nun case ignites church state tensions

7 maj 2024 | 9 min

Safeguards to prevent child sexual abuse in churches

1 maj 2024 | 7 min

Urgent calls for age restrictions to online porn

1 maj 2024 | 10 min

Cool Christianity — when celebrity culture collides with faith

1 maj 2024 | 17 min

Age verification for porn content, and what is cool Christianity?

1 maj 2024 | 33 min

American Judaism at a crossroads, plus ritual and belonging

24 april 2024 | 36 min

The untold history of gay Republicans

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Has the first one hundred days of Pope Leo XIV been as exciting as the last 80 years of papacy?

Could the UN actually send forces into Gaza?

Vinnies suggests how the government can tackle poverty. Will Chalmers listen?

Trumps' man in Malaysia causing waves

Could the UN send in the "Blue Helmet" peacekeepers to Gaza?

An investigation into the Toowoomba cult called The Saints

The CCP targeting religious communities in Australia

Are Gaza food drops enough to relieve famine conditions?

Does Queensland have a religious cult problem?

The rise and rise of the Catholic influencers

AI, ethics, and human identity: the new religious frontier

Catholic influencers meet in Rome, and could artificial intelligence become Godly?

Troubling Korean religious cults

The hero of Gallipoli with a shovel and a Bible

South Korean cults, and the hero chaplain at Gallipoli

Armenian clerical arrests, the global baby surrogacy business, and #momtok; Morman wives and influencers pushing back against their own church

The government of Armenia takes on the Apostolic Church

Should we legalise commercial surrogacy?

Morman Wives push back against their church

The Dalai Lama's successor and the challenge for the Trump administration

The geopolitical forces behind The Dalai Lama's reincarnation

Charismatic preacher Jimmy Swaggart dies aged 90

How The Dalai Lama's decision will test Trump, a crackdown on Russian propaganda in the Orthodox Church, and the legacy of the contraversial and charismatic preacher Jimmy Swaggart

Are there spying nuns in the Russian Orthodox church in Europe?

The first Muslim Mayor of New York? Israeli settlers threaten a Christian village in the West Bank, and The Pope's Peruvian experience

Israeli settler and Christian conflict in the West Bank

How did Zohran Mamdani get so many Jewish New Yorkers to vote for him?

The Pope's learning curve in Peru; speaking truth to power

Andrew West interviews the Dalai Lama in 2013

A shaky ceasefire; where now for Iran's leadership? And Stan Grant's new life on country

Are the US and Israel attempting to force regime change in Iran?

Iran: Could Israeli bombardment lead to regime change?

Netanyahu: will his government fall over the issue of ultra-Orthodox military service?

Are Bibi and the Ayatollah both teetering?

Hajj wraps up for another year in Mecca

Islam is booming globally despite lower Hajj numbers this year. And can a new Anglican Archbishop revive the Melbourne church?

Irreligion AND Islam is globally on the rise

Can the new Melbourne Anglican Archbishop revive a shrinking church?

The Russian Orthodox Church and Putin, why the vote for the Archbishop of Canterbury has taken so long, and philosopher Joseph Pearces transformation from racist thug to renowned biographer

Vladimir Putin and Russian Christian nationalism

Why, after nearly seven months, is there still no Archbishop of Canterbury?

The life and times of Joseph Pearce; from racist thug to renowned author

A new Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne

The ethics of commemorating the dead of the Third Reich

Australian Catholic Bishops want a fair wage for Australia's working people

How a Pope's words in 1891 could influence the push for a fair wage in 2025, Melbourne has a new Archbishop, plus burying the dead of the Third Reich

Is Silicon Valley having a religious revival?

The quest for peace between Palestine and Israel, the new religiosity in Silicon Valley

How Israel and Palestine can reach a peace agreement

One major succession down and another in play; how the Chinese could try to control the next Dalai Lama

An Australian Ukrainian perspective on Leo XIV

What's in a Pope's name?

Could the Dalai Lama be reincarnated in Australia?!

What will be in Pope Leo's inbox and what will he prioritise?

The New Pope: Radio National Special Broadcast

Austen Ivereigh on the Secrecy, Intrigue and Drama of the Conclave

Deacon George Peich Meat met Pope Francis in South Sudan

A look from Rome at the Papal frontrunners; Ex NSW Liberal premier Barry O'Farrell on the election result

Noel Debien with the latest politicking from the Vatican

Ex NSW premier Barry O'Farrell on why the election was a wipe-out for the Libnat coalition

Claire Giangrave with the latest conclave news from Rome

A view of the 2025 federal election from Parramatta Square, plus the machinations of a Papal conclave

The conclave to choose a new Pope

The Funeral of Pope Francis

Mark Shriver's search for the real Pope Francis

The lead up to a papal conclave

Rome: A pope's funeral rite or a geo-political event?

A funeral in Rome. The discreet conversations for a new Pope begin. Mark Shriver on his search for Pope Francis.

Special Broadcast in memory of Pope Francis

The call for "good colour blindness"

Rebuilding the relationship between Palestine and Israel

Easter Week: A report from war-torn Congo, relief work in Myanmar, and how Christians should engage politically

Students Week panel, and are pious students doing better at school?

The Religion and Ethics Report student panel

What impact will religion have on the 2025 election?

The impact of religion on the 2025 election. Sacrilege laws. What exactly are religious attitudes to usury?

Religious attitudes to usury

What place do sacrilege laws have in 21st C Australia?