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The Sacred is a society podcast hosted by Theos. It has 237 episodes, with the latest published April 2026.

The Sacred is a podcast about our deepest values, the stories that shape us and how we can build empathy and understanding between people who are very different.Each episode features a conversation with someone who has a public voice, from academics to journalists, playwrights and politicians. We ask them where they have come from, what they are trying to do and what might help heal our very divided public conversations. The Sacred is hosted by Elizabeth Oldfield, former director of Theos. For more information about the people and ideas behind the podcast, visit https://www.theosthinktank.co.uk/about/who-we-are or follow us on Twitter @theosthinktank, @sacred_podcast and @ESOldfield.

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The Myth of the Neutral Human with Leah Libresco Sargeant

2

Are You Living a Life You Didn’t Choose? With Dr Rangan Chatterjee

3

I Don’t Believe in the Sacred | Doubt, Reading and Muddling Through with Stig Abell

4

Can We Save the Family by Abolishing It? With Sophie Lewis

5

Why Love, Not Wealth, Changes Everything with Jo Colman

6

The Cost of Integrity: Inside the Trump Administration with Elizabeth Neumann

7

George Monbiot on Exposing Power and the Fight to Save Our Planet

8

Let's Slow Down and Read Some Poems to See the Year Out | Elizabeth Oldfield

9

Why Good People in the Church Look Away: Abuse, Power and Protecting the Mission

10

Cathy Newman on Truth, Whistleblowing, and Holding the Powerful to Account

11

How We Lost the Art of Listening - and How to Get It Back | The Sacred Podcast TRAILER

12

The Strangeness That Makes Us: David Bennett on Queerness, Polarisation & God

13

Documenting Cults, Killers & White Supremacists with Mobeen Azhar

14

The Healing Power of Humour in Grief with Cariad Lloyd

15

Why We Need to Talk About Class, Privilege, and Race with Jeffrey Boakye

16

Trees, Magic, and Why Ancient Wisdom Still Matters with Philip Carr-Gomm

17

Immigration: Fear, Compassion and the Real Enemy with Rod Dreher and Elizabeth Oldfield

18

The Hidden Cost of Being a Content Creator | Jade Bowler (UnjadedJade) on Burnout, Loneliness & the Authenticity Battle

19

Ask Me Anything | Forgiveness, Comparison & Finding Community with Elizabeth Oldfield & Joe Downy

20

Ask Us a Question👇

21

Why Connection Matters Most in Crisis

22

From Republican Darling to Political Outcast with David French

23

What’s Driving Young Men to Conservatism? Daniel Turner on Masculinity, Abortion & A Crisis of Faith

24

Seeking Goodness When Good is Losing with Christine Emba

25

Why Western Wellness Can’t Heal Us: Fariha Róisín on Trauma, Islam & Capitalism

26

Why a Gay Atheist Still Believes Christianity Matters – with Jonathan Rauch

27

Caitlin Moran on the Masculinity Crisis, Raising Boys & the Manosphere

28

How to Find Meaning in the Life You Already Have | Joshua Luke Smith

29

Gen Z Christian Revival? What I Learnt Living Amongst Young Christian Converts

30

Don't Stop Listening to Conservative Voices: a Sacred Reflection

31

Israel-Gaza: Can two things be true? With Richard Allen Greene

32

From Foster Care to Olympic Gold with Kriss Akabusi

33

The Man Behind Brexit: Online Privacy, Business and Backlash in Public Life

34

Could Machines Ever Replace Mothers? with Chine McDonald

35

Where Evangelicalism Went Wrong with Shane Claiborne

36

Trailer: Motherhood vs The Machine

37

Jameela Jamil: How Algorithms Are Breaking Society

38

The Problem with DEI and Why I Voted for Brexit with Conservative Philosopher James Orr

39

Do We Inherit Mental Illness? with ABC Journalist James Longman

40

Why is Gen Z Having an Identity Crisis? With Freya India

41

Q&A: Faith vs Doubt, The Loneliness Crisis, Will I Convert to Islam?

42

Rethinking Sin with Clementine Morrigan (Bonus Episode)

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Ask us anything

44

Between God and Atheism with Alex O'Connor, Rowan Williams, Philip Goff and Jack Symes

45

Why we Stick to "People Like Us" (and Why That's a Problem) with Jon Yates

46

Befriending the KKK and Dismantling Racism with Daryl Davis

47

Porn, Feminism and Misogyny in the Media with Sarah Ditum

48

Scandals, Faith Crises & the Spiritual Realm with Rod Dreher

49

Father James Martin on Chastity, Controversy & Building Bridges with LGBTQ Catholics

50

Converting to Islam and the Pursuit of Meaning with Dr Timothy Winter (Abdal Hakim Murad)

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