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The Church Times Podcast — 405 episodes
From the podcast archive: Richard Harries on The Shaping of a Soul: A life taken by surprise
Lucy Sixsmith on When the Music Fades: Power, surrender and the Soul Survivor generation
Exclusive interview with the Archbishop of Canterbury
Malcolm Guite in conversation with Rachel Mann about Galahad and the Grail
Peter Hitchens on why he is an Anglican
Andrew Atherstone on his new book, 'Archbishop Sarah Mullally'
Where are we seeing growth in the Church of England?
Gordon Brown's quiet Christian faith, with James Macintyre
Podcast: Bishop of Gloucester on the need for justice in the West Bank
Memorable stories of 2025
Richard Holloway on Last Words
Archbishop of York reflects on visit to Israel-Palestine
Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde: Preaching truth to power
Selina Stone on A Heavy Yoke: Theology, power and abuse in the Church
Archbishop of Canterbury announcement: interview and reactions
What lies ahead for the next Archbishop of Canterbury?
What is the evidence for a ‘quiet revival’?
From the podcast archive: Elizabeth Oldfield on Fully Alive: Tending to the soul in turbulent times
Archbishop in Jerusalem interviewed at the General Synod
Alec Ryrie on The Age of Hitler and How We Will Survive It
John Harris on Maybe I'm Amazed: A story of love and connection in ten songs
Francis Spufford on Cahokia Jazz
Who will choose the next Archbishop of Canterbury?
Paul Vallely reflects on the life of Pope Francis
Sam Wells on Dietrich Bonehoeffer's Ethics
Chine McDonald on life, death, and faith at the edges of motherhood
Lent Poetry Podcast revisited: 'Paternoster' by Jen Hadfield
Edward Stourton: Can truth survive in a digital age?
Bishop of Leicester on the intercultural lessons for Living in Love and Faith
Reflections on a long and difficult General Synod
What is the right way forward for safeguarding in the Church of England?
Bishop of Chelmsford on the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal
Barbara Brown Taylor at the Festival of Preaching
A message from the new Editor
Does the future have a Church? The 2024 Theos Annual Lecture
Michael Coren on Heaping Coals: From media firebrand to Anglican priest
Ian Collins on Blythe Spirit: The remarkable life of Ronald Blythe
Makin review and the Archbishop of Canterbury's resignation announcement
Archbishop of York on Praying By Heart: The Lord’s Prayer for everyone
Book Club Podcast: Orbital by Samantha Harvey
Rupert Shortt on The Eclipse of Christianity
Book Club Podcast: The Bell by Iris Murdoch
Dr Guli Francis-Dehqani: Encouraging the weary with a word
Diarmaid MacCulloch on Lower Than the Angels: A history of sex and Christianity
John Cottingham in conversation with Andrew Brown
Book Club Podcast: Sarah Tarlow on The Archaeology of Loss
Bishop Andrew Rumsey and David Watson on the value of church buildings
Book Club Podcast: The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell
Can traditional and contemporary styles of worship exist in harmony?
Book Club Podcast: Isabelle Hamley on Struggling with God: Mental health and Christian spirituality
Bishop of Gloucester on listening to the voices of Palestinian Christians in the West Bank
Interview with the Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church
Stewart McCulloch, chief executive of Christians Against Poverty
Book Club Podcast: Karen Powell on Fifteen Wild Decembers
Elizabeth Oldfield on Fully Alive: Tending to the soul in turbulent times
Bishop of Chelmsford reflects on her visit to the Holy Land
Archbishop of York on music and the mission of God
Book Club Podcast: Elizabeth Fremantle interviewed about her historical novel Disobedient
Fr Alex Frost on why the C of E needs working-class leaders
Book Club Podcast: The Beginning of Spring by Penelope Fitzgerald
Fr Fadi Diab on the plight of Christians in the Holy Land
Marilynne Robinson on Reading Genesis
Lent Poetry Podcast revisited: Mark Oakley on ‘Love (III)’ by George Herbert
Book Club Podcast: Tish Delaney on her novel Before My Actual Heart Breaks
Debbie and Stephanie Hayton interviewed
Archbishop of Canterbury interviewed in Ukraine
Archbishop Yevstratiy interviewed in Ukraine
Book Club Podcast: The Second Sleep by Robert Harris
Canon Victoria Johnson and Hugh Morris on the value of church music
Bishop Philip North on the crisis in children’s social care
Book Club Podcast: Charlotte by David Foenkinos
Claire Gilbert: Following Julian of Norwich into the cell of the heart
Book Club Podcast: Akenfield by Ronald Blythe
Sam Wells on How to Preach
General Synod's vote on same-sex unions
James Macintyre's brush with death
Book Club Podcast: Richard Lamey on Two Storm Wood by Philip Gray
Andrew Rumsey on his folk album, Evensongs
Archbishop of Canterbury interviewed in Armenia
Book Club Podcast: Rachel Mann on Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen
Justin Brierley on The Surprising Rebirth of Belief in God
From the podcast archive: Queen Elizabeth II’s Christian faith
Nathan Munday on his debut novel and being ‘a minister who writes’
Yvonne Tulloch on why bereavement support needs more funding
Lee Stockdale, winner of the 2022 National Poetry Competition
Book Club Podcast: Mark Oakley on The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
What can the Church learn from test cricket's Bazball revolution? With Robert Stanier
How to make a title curacy work, with the Ven. Rick Simpson
Mark Oakley on John Donne's lessons for today's Church
From the podcast archive: Sir Terry Waite on Solitude: Memories, people, places
Interview with the Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church
Emily Rhodes on how walking book clubs can foster community and meaning
Book Book Club Podcast: Richard Lamey on My Father's House by Joseph O'Connor
Gaia Vince in conversation with John Pritchard at the Festival of Faith and Literature
Bishop of Colorado on the battle against gun violence in the US
Book Club Podcast: Merryn Glover on Of Stone and Sky
Listen again: Robin Dunbar on How Religion Evolved and Why It Endures
Richard Harries on The Shaping of a Soul: A life taken by surprise
Colin Heber-Percy in conversation with Andrew Rumsey at the Festival of Faith and Literature
Malcolm Guite's reflections and sonnets for Holy Week: Maundy Thursday
Book Club Podcast: The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak
Malcolm Guite's reflections and sonnets for Holy Week: Wednesday
Malcolm Guite's reflections and sonnets for Holy Week: Tuesday
Malcolm Guite's reflections and sonnets for Holy Week: Monday
Malcolm Guite's reflections and sonnets for Holy Week: Palm Sunday
Olivia Jackson on (Un)Certain: A collective memoir of deconstructing faith
The Revd Fergus Butler-Gallie on Touching Cloth: Confessions and communions of a young priest
Lent Poetry Podcast: Mark Oakley on Prayer by Zaffar Kunial
Lent Poetry Podcast: Mark Oakley on Winter Swans by Owen Sheers
Lent Poetry Podcast: Mark Oakley on Love (III) by George Herbert
Book Club Podcast: Alexander Faludy on For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
Lent Poetry Podcast: Mark Oakley on ‘Don’t give me the whole truth’ by Olav H. Hauge
Reactions to General Synod vote on Living in Love and Faith
Book Club Podcast: Rachel Mann on The Inseparables by Simone de Beauvoir
Symon Hill on The Peace Protestors: A history of modern-day war resistance
Cariad Lloyd on You Are Not Alone: A new way to grieve
Book Club Podcast: Omer Friedlander on The Man Who Sold Air in the Holy Land
Elizabeth Strout’s Maine, with Bishop Thomas J. Brown
Michael Coren on The Rebel Christ
James Runcie on his memoir, Tell Me Good Things
Book Club Podcast: The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Robert Harris on Act of Oblivion
Rowan Williams: What am I living for? A new heaven and a new earth
Book Club Podcast: Richard Beard on The Day That Went Missing
Jo Swinney on A Place at The Table: Faith, hope and hospitality
Theology Slam 2022 finalists' talks
Book Club Podcast: James Meek on To Calais, In Ordinary Time
Matt Rowland Hill on Original Sins: An extraordinary memoir of faith, family, shame and addiction
Dame Hilary Mantel at Launde Abbey
Queen Elizabeth II's Christian faith
Book Club Podcast: Jo Browning Wroe on A Terrible Kindness
From the podcast archive: the Revd Guy Hewitt on justice for the Windrush generation
Book Club Podcast: Colin Thubron on Night of Fire
Malcolm Guite on the faith and poetry of Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Andrew Atherstone on Repackaging Christianity: Alpha and the building of a global brand
Ali Campbell on ways to address the youth and children’s work crisis
Book Club Podcast: C. J. Carey on Widowland
Paul Kerensa on a century of Christian films
The Revd Richard Coles on his debut crime novel, Murder Before Evensong
Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, the Most Revd Mark Strange
Listen again: Theology Slam 2021 finalists' talks
Book Club Podcast: Jack by Marilynne Robinson
Sir John Major at the National Cathedrals Conference
Tom Holland interviews Sam Wells about Humbler Faith, Bigger God
Book Club Podcast: The Living Sea of Waking Dreams by Richard Flanagan
Nick Spencer on Science and Religion: Moving away from the shallow end
Robin Dunbar in conversation with Mark Vernon
Rowan Williams at Faith in Ukraine event
Sam Wells on how Psalm 23 speaks to the plight of the Ukrainian people
Cole Arthur Riley in conversation with Chine McDonald
Helen Bond and Joan Taylor on Women Remembered: Jesus' female disciples
Dr Leo Cheng on the life-saving work of Mercy Ships
Fr Luigi Gioia: Lent as the time of healing
Mpho Tutu van Furth at the Church Times Festival of Faith and Literature
Hugh Williamson on ordained ministry in the secular workplace
Listen again: Francis Spufford introduces and reads from Light Perpetual
Bishop Rose Hudson-Wilkin introduces her Lent course based on the musical Hamilton
Fergus Butler-Gallie reads 'In the end is my beginning'
Cole Moreton on interviewing the famous, the infamous, and the extraordinary
Is there hope for Myanmar? With Chris Mabey
Can the Church learn from Slimming World? With Katherine Price
Andy March talks about Loving the Enemy: Building bridges in a time of war
Paul Kerensa on Hark! The biography of Christmas
Peter Graystone: Advent with Shakespeare
Andrew Rumsey on English Grounds: A pastoral journal
Listen again: Malcolm Guite: O Come, O Come: A journey through the Advent antiphons
Does the parish need saving?
Stephen Hance on Seeing Ourselves as Others See Us: Perceptions of the Church of England
Green Church Showcase at COP26
Listen again: Everybody Now: Climate emergency and sacred duty
Joe Ware previews the COP26 climate-change conference
Peter Stanford on his new book If These Stones Could Talk
Andrew Graystone Smyth on his book Bleeding for Jesus: John Smyth and the cult of Iwerne camps
Lucy Winkett on Reading the Bible with your Feet
Jarel Robinson-Brown on "Black, Gay, British, Christian, Queer: The Church and the famine of grace"
The Archbishop of Canterbury talks to Madeleine Davies
Mark Vernon on Dante’s Divine Comedy: A guide for the spiritual journey
Listen Again: Susanna Clarke on Piranesi, illness, and faith
James Cary: The Gospel According to a Sitcom Writer
Mark Nam on supporting and empowering Chinese-heritage clergy
Listen again: Ysenda Maxtone Graham on British Summer Time Begins
How chaplains support Olympians, whether they win or lose, with Carolyn Skinner
Esther Swaffield-Bray on the global campaign to end slavery and human trafficking
Ways to ease mental-health worries post-lockdown, with Corin Pilling
Dave Walker's guide to cycling to church (and elsewhere)
The character of Gareth Southgate’s England team, with Peter Crumpler
Rowan Williams on Looking East in Winter: Contemporary thought and the Eastern Christian tradition
‘Betrayed by the heart’s need’: R. S. Thomas, pandemic, and lament - a talk by Mark Oakley
Miranda Threlfall-Holmes on How to Eat Bread: 21 nourishing ways to read the Bible
Paul Vallely on the cut to the international aid budget
Listen again: Stephen Tomkins on The Journey to the Mayflower
Chine McDonald on God Is Not a White Man: And other revelations
Pádraig Ó Tuama: Saved by the sonnet
How interim ministry can help parishes through change and difficulties
RSCM Music Sunday competition winning anthem, and creating worship that connects
Gareth Higgins on How Not to Be Afraid: Seven ways to live when everything seems terrifying
Claire Gilbert on Miles to Go Before I Sleep: Letters on hope, death and learning to live
Prince Philip's questioning faith
Listen Again Brian McLaren: Worship that destroys (and saves) the world
Sir David Suchet on reading St John's Gospel
John Pritchard on how pilgrimage can enrich our everyday lives
Theology Slam 2021: the finalists' talks
Mark Oakley's pandemic reading
Will the Budget help the most vulnerable? Justin Thacker assesses the evidence
Francis Spufford on Light Perpetual
Hannah Steele: a fresh perspective on evangelism
Rachel Mann: Lent with Elton John
Jarel Robinson-Brown: Prophetic rage: Fire shut in my bones
Bishop John Inge: how can bishops help clergy to thrive?
Simon Parke on Gospel: Rumours of Love
Bishop of St Albans on defending democracy and the harm caused by problem gambling
Why do people stop attending church? Robin Stockitt on the 'Donewiths'
Listen again: Madeleine Davies on her book Lights for the Path
Malcolm Guite: O Come, O Come: A journey through the Advent antiphons
Susanna Clarke on 'Piranesi', illness, and faith
Hannah Malcolm on Words for a Dying World: Stories of grief and courage from the global Church
Mixed-faith marriage and the search for spiritual community: Stina Kielsmeier-Cook interviewed
Mark Oakley: How to preach when you haven't got anything to say
The Bishop of Coventry, Dr Christopher Cocksworth, on Living in Love and Faith
How churches have embraced digital technology in lockdown: Adrian Harris and Amaris Cole
The Revd Lizzi Green on the reality of child food poverty
Everybody Now: Climate emergency and sacred duty
Tom Holland on Revolutionary: Who was Jesus? Why does he still matter?
Martyn Percy at the Festival of Preaching: The Verb of God made flesh
Bishop Graham Kings, Silvia Dimitrova, & Tristan Latchford on Nourishing Connections
A. D. A France-Williams reads from Ghost Ship: Institutional racism and the Church of England
Paul Vallely on Philanthropy: From Aristotle to Zuckerberg
Leroy Logan and Testament in conversation
Joseph Walsh on why Christians should consider kidney donation
Andrew Graystone on everyday activism
Listen again: Hilary Mantel and Diarmaid MacCulloch at Launde Abbey: Remembering Thomas Cromwell
Listen again: Tom Holland talks to Andrew Brown about Dominion: The making of the Western mind
Tara Isabella Burton talks to Vicky Walker about Strange Rites: New religions for a godless world
Karen Gibson on her mother's experience of discrimination — and an apology which brought healing
Malcolm Guite: Whole-hearted Loving: a poetic exploration of the love of God and neighbour
Ysenda Maxtone Graham on clergy holidays and the significance of the school summer break
How have churchgoers coped during the pandemic? Leslie Francis and Andrew Village
Jessica Martin: Scripture as conversation
Theology Slam 2020: the finalists' talks
Chine McDonald on the Church and Black Lives Matter, and her lockdown music, art, and books
Augustine Tanner-Ihm on racial inequality in the C of E, and the Black Lives Matter movement
Young people's mental health during lockdown: Gareth Sorsby of YMCA Exeter interviewed
Paul Vallely and Angela Tilby discuss the Dominic Cummings story and the bishops' reactions
Madeleine Davies on her new book, Lights for the Path: A guide through grief, pain and loss
Bishop David Wilbourne on Just John: The authorized biography of John Habgood
The Revd Steve Morris on the heroism and sacrifice of WWII Forces chaplains
Emma Major on disability, isolation, and how to include all people in churches
For the love of food, for the love of fat: Dr Hannah Bacon on feminist theology and dieting culture
Rachel Mann on art, literature, film, music, poetry, and prayer in self-isolation
Foodbanks and Covid-19 - Robin Ferris, CEO of Bankuet. Plus, Malcolm Guite's sonnet for carers
The Children's Society's Mark Russell on Covid-19's impact on charities
Cole Moreton talks to Angela Tilby about his debut novel The Light Keeper
Mark Oakley: 'Music on the wind': the love poetry of George Herbert and RS Thomas
Rhidian Brook on 20 years of Thought for the Day
Shakespeare's Dimensions of Love: Paul Edmondson at the Church Times Festival of Faith & Literature
Rory Stewart in conversation with Christian Aid
General Synod highlights: 2030 net-zero target; Windrush legacy; Living in Love and Faith
Paul Handley reflects on 25 years as editor of the Church Times
The House of Bishops' pastoral statement on civil partnerships
George Orwell and God: Alexander Faludy on the writer's complex relationship with Christianity
The Journey to the Mayflower: Stephen Tomkins on the illegal underground Separatists
Football lessons for the Church: Peter Crumpler on what is positive about the beautiful game
Faith formation in a secular age: Andy Root and Nick Shepherd in conversation
Archbishop of York designate Stephen Cottrell: press conference and Q&A
Bishop Emma Ineson on her book Ambition: What Jesus said about power, success and counting stuff
Micheal O'Siadhail reads from The Five Quintets
Outgrowing Richard Dawkins: Rupert Shortt on the missionary of atheism
The C of E's mission to turn around numerical decline: SDF Funding and resource churches
What difference is the C of E's national digital strategy making?
The fall of the Berlin Wall: the Revd Alexander Faludy and Dr Anna Rowlands in conversation
Theology Slam to return in 2020. The 2019 winner, Hannah Malcolm, on what to expect
Rachel Mann: Advent and Christmas with Christina Rossetti
What happened to the Millennium yew trees? Plus, the latest Statistics for Mission
James K. A. Smith: On the Road with St Augustine
Andrew Graystone on essential questions for digital Christians
Tom Holland talks to Andrew Brown about Dominion: The making of the Western mind
Dave Walker and Michael Leunig on the art cartooning
Brian McLaren at the Festival Of Preaching: Worship that destroys (and saves) the world
All-age preaching - what makes it work well? The Revd Ally Barrett interviewed
Back to faith's mystic roots: Jules Evans and Mark Vernon in conversation
Listen again: Michael-Ramsey Prize winner John Swinton: Becoming Friends of Time
Listen again: Guy Stagg on The Crossway
Listen again: Fergus Butler-Gallie talks to Tom Holland about A Field Guide to the English Clergy
Part 2: Hilary Mantel and Diarmaid MacCulloch at Launde Abbey: Remembering Thomas Cromwell
Hilary Mantel and Diarmaid MacCulloch at Launde Abbey: Remembering Thomas Cromwell - Part 1
Artificial Intelligence: should we be worried? Tom Chivers talks to Madeleine Davies
Hattie Williams talks to Paul Handley about covering the IICSA hearings
Ben Lindsay on why the Church needs to talk about race
Shane Claiborne on Beating Guns: Hope for people who are weary of violence
Barbara Brown Taylor talks to Martin Wroe about Holy Envy: Finding God in the faith of others
Jared Diamond talks to Nick Spencer about Upheaval: How nations cope with crisis and change
+ Graham Tomlin on the social legacy of Grenfell; Revd Nicholas Mercer on campaign against torture
Steve Chalke on The Lost Message of Paul
Walt Whitman's religious vision - Michael Robertson on the American poet's spiritual influences
Vicky Walker on Relatable: Exploring God, Love and Connection in the Age of Choice
Archbishop Justin Welby's William Temple Foundation lecture
A church making a difference on a Newcastle estate; 21 4 21: three young interfaith champions
ACC-17 - Paul Handley reports from Hong Kong
Gregg Ryan on reactions to murder of Lyra McKee; Paul Handley previews ACC meeting
Extinction Rebellion: Joe Ware on a radical climate movement. Plus, Malcolm Guite Easter villanelle
Pete Greig on prayer for normal people, Thy Kingdom Come, & banishing cynicism
John Swinton: God walks at three miles an hour
Does religion do more harm than good? Rupert Shortt on his new book
Taking the steam out of Brexit; Wales's first HTB-supported resource church; TAP Fund
Peter Stanford on Angels: A visible and invisible history
Theology Slam final - Hannah Barr, Sara Pratts, & Hannah Malcolm
What causes a person to lose their faith? Interview with "deconversion" expert Dr John Marriott
Marcus Green and Stanley Underhill, two gay priests of different generations, in conversation
Synod preview - evangelism top of the agenda. Plus, Rose Hudson-Wilkin on prayers in Parliament
Interviews with Damian Hind, the Bishop of Gloucester, and the Bishop of Liverpool
Meg Munn, first independent chair of the National Safeguarding Panel, talks to Hattie Williams
Brexit uncertainty - what are the bishops saying? Plus, news on the next Festival of Preaching
Critical moment for Brexit; Oxford clerics criticise bishops on sexuality; Theology Slam finalists
Church sexuality review – what Living in Love and Faith is up to
Justin Butcher on Walking to Jerusalem: Blisters, hope and other facts on the ground
John Pritchard on Five Events that Made Christianity
Fergus Butler-Gallie talks to Tom Holland about A Field Guide to the English Clergy
Archbishop Welby back in Blakeney - exclusive interview on his childhood, faith, & love of the sea
Andy Walton & Madeleine Davies talk church-plants and growth; & being on the road with Abp Welby
A parish remembers: Phillip Dawson on researching his parish's wartime history
Church Times Live: where are all the young people? A panel of youthworkers discuss
C of E Christmas campaign: Adrian Harris and Thomas Allain Chapman
Robert McCrum on Every Third Thought: On Life, Death and the End Game
Environment special - Richard Black of the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit
Clergy well-being; Conservative conference; Green Health Live - the healing power of gardening
Theology Slam; Corbyn and Labour's Christians; churches on council estates
Bishop of Leeds, Nick Baines, on why the Church should not stay silent on Brexit
Podcast: Church Commissioners defend multi-million-pound Amazon stake, and the religious life
Fr Nadim Nassar, the CofE's first Syrian priest, on his new book, The Culture of God
Dr Josiah Idowu-Fearon, Secretary General of the Anglican Communion
Rebecca Stott on her Costa Biography Prize-winning book In the Days of Rain
Dr Eve Poole on consumerism and theology
HTB plants, ethical letting at Church House, and Peter Crumpler on local newspapers
Ministry in the shadow of depression - Mark Meynell on his book When Darkness Seems My Only Friend
General Synod: key debates and highlights. Plus, a survivor of abuse on safeguarding and the Church
The Crossway - writer Guy Stagg on his 10-month walk from Canterbury to Jerusalem
Fossil-fuel companies and climate change; the theology of GA Studdert Kennedy, aka "Woodbine Willie"
Vicky Beeching on her new book Undivided: Coming Out, Becoming Whole, and Living Free From Shame
Rob Bell on life after Love Wins, preaching and comedy, Trump - and more
Welby's Europe speech; +Derby on car wash slavery app; & F.W. de Clerk at CCJ 75th dinner
Philip North on diocesan inequality; the Seal of the Confessional; and an Iftar in London
Dr Paula Gooder talks to Madeleine Davies about Phoebe
John Gray talks to Nick Spencer about Seven Types of Atheism
Mark Oakley - A Splash of Words: 'Why poetry'? - talk given at the Church Times Festival of Poetry
Bishops and Brexit; Bolton church helping drug addicts; & search for young interfaith champions
Is there an Evangelical takeover of the Church of England? Canon Angela Tilby & Fr Craig Huxley
Windrush - interview with Barbados High Commissioner Guy Hewitt, on the campaign for justice
Churches' response to Syria air strikes; vocations being missed; new Lambeth Palace Library
RAF Chaplain's Battle of Britain Diaries; Pope Francis's Apostolic Exhortation (Ep 54)
Signs of life in the rural Church and the Revd Dr Martin Luther King Jr remembered
Easter Podcast: Peter Stanford talks about his past interviews with high-profile figures
Loretta Minghella, First Church Estates Commissioner (Ep 51)
Andrew Davison on Stephen Hawking. Paul Vallely on Pope Francis's first 5 years (Ep 50)
Tom Wright – Paul: a biography (Ep 49). Prof N.T. Wright talks on the podcast about his new book
Episode 48 - Reimagining Britain, Ecumenical Marriage Bill, and Christian converts
Episode 47 - Billy Graham, theological colleges, and narcissistic priests
Episode 46 - exclusive interview with the Archbishop of Canterbury
Episode 45 - a round up of the General Synod in London
PODCAST EXTRA Episode 45 - the Archbishop of Canterbury on safeguarding
Episode 44 – Lord’s Brexit debate and Bishop of St Albans on gambling and marriage registers
Episode 43 - Malcolm Guite talks about his new book, Love, Remember
Episode 42 - the Cathedrals review and why teenagers leave church
Episode 41 – youth in the Church: a crisis. Plus CT editor Paul Handley on the paper’s new look
Episode 40 - an interview with Graham Tomlin on his new book
Episode 39 - interview with Bishop Sarah Mullally, the next Bishop of London
Podcast Extra - Bishop of London press conference
Episode 38 – Comedian Paul Kerensa talks about Hark! The biography of Christmas
Episode 37 - Anglo-Catholic growth; ministry in an affluent parish, and remembering Bernard Palmer
Episode 36 - the C of E's most deprived parish, royal engagement. Plus Angus Ritchie on preaching
Episode 35 - Terry Waite in conversation with Sarah Meyrick
Episode 34 – why churches need children’s choirs; the future of Welfare; Paddington at St Paul's
Episode 33 – US Christians on Trump; theological colleges and Dr Philip Lockley on good disagreement
Episode 32 - Neil MacGregor and Sam Wells in conversation about Living with the Gods
Episode 31 - why are so few children in church? Can social media help? Plus, Mike McHargue interview
Episode 30 - The Parish: Has it had its day? An event recorded this week at St Mellitus College
Episode 29 - Primates' Meeting, Las Vegas, and Paul Vallely on the Conservative Party Conference
Episode 28 - Primates' 'consequences' for the Scots, the Grenfell C of E school, & refugees in Libya
Podcast Extra - Paula Gooder at the Festival of Preaching
Episode 27 – the dire state of RE, Making Africa Work, and Adrian Harris on digital evangelism
Episode 26 - Sheffield fiasco unpacked, are clergy 'comfortable'? Plus Sir Hector Sants interviewed
Episode 25 - London v Lichfield: a special episode from the final of the Church Times Cricket Cup
Episode 24 - The Muslim fostering row, St Sepulchre's, and the Nashville Statement on sexuality
Episode 23 - Greenbelt special, with festival regulars, first-timers, speakers and organisers
Episode 22 - Charlottesville, Messy Vintage, Muslims at Greenbelt; plus Mark Vernon on Stoicism
Episode 21 - Bishops speak out on gambling, Brexit and the north-south divide; plus Paul Bayes
Episode 20 - Bishop North’s talk on CofE and poor, CNC elections & Bishop Baines on Sudan
Episode 19 – unrest among conservatives, artificial intelligence & is the Church too middle class?
Episode 18 - Steve Chalke on why Roman erotica means the Church should think again on LGBT issues
Episode 17 - sexuality shifts at Synod, stadium evangelism, and Andrew Rumsey on the parish
Episode 16 - ACNA "Missionary Bishop", Petertide Ordinations, & Bishop Mark Bryant on Broken
Episode 15 - General Synod preview, and Nell Goddard's tips for clergy kids and their parents
Episode 14 - Professor John Swinton talks about his new book, Becoming friends of time
Episode 13 - Grenfell Tower tragedy, Bishop of London consultation. Rachel Mann on her new book
Episode 12 - Election, London terror attack, Scottish marriage vote. Justin Brierley on his new book
Episode 11 - Thy Kingdom Come, multi-lingual churches, plus Andrew Davison on craftsmanship
Episode 10 - Reactions to Manchester, Commissioners results, plus Paul Vallely on the election
Episode 9 - Party leaders on overseas aid plus Stephen Bullivant on the rise of the 'nones'
Episode 8 - breakaway bishops in Jesmond, Welby denies endorsing May, and Justin Thacker on poverty
Episode 7 - Welby in the Holy Land, and resettling refugees. Plus, Dave Tomlinson on prodigals
Episode 6 - Cathedral finances on the brink. Plus, Nick Spencer on if politicians should 'do God'?
Episode 5 - HTB church plants, the snap election, and Dave Walker on Christian cartooning
Episode 4 - Peter Stanford on the 'Catholic dissident' Martin Luther
Episode 3 - Bombings in Syria, religion on the BBC, and the war on international aid
Episode 2 - Article 50, the Church in Europe, Llandaff row deepens, and how to become a priest
Episode 1 - the latest on Jeffrey John, Westminster terror attack and Malcolm Guite on Coleridge