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Art, Friendship and Trust Across the Israeli-Palestinian Divide | FeelBeit Founders

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Can Bourgeois Values Save Britain? James Vitali on Ownership and Obligation

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Preparing to Die, Then Learning to Live Again with Poet Christian Wiman

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Why We Need to Be in Our Bodies Together

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How to Belong When You’ve Always Been An Outsider with Rabbi Angela Buchdahl

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Why Are Our AI Conversations So Divided?

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The Ancient Wisdom in Fairy Tales | Dr Sharon Blackie

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The Economics of the Life We Want with Sam Bowman

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"I'm Painfully British": What it Means to be British and Muslim Right Now | Mehreen Khan

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Boarding School Britain and The Things We Normalise | Hugo Rifkind

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Psychedelics, Consciousness and Changing Your Mind | Michael Pollan

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Bake Off, Alopecia & Learning to Be Yourself with Jasmine Mitchell

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Why I’m Still Hooked On This Podcast (After 9 Years!)

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The Myth of the Neutral Human with Leah Libresco Sargeant

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

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

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

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Why Love, Not Wealth, Changes Everything with Jo Colman

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

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

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

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

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

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How We Lost the Art of Listening and How to Get It Back

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

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Documenting Cults, Killers & White Supremacists with Mobeen Azhar

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The Healing Power of Humour in Grief with Cariad Lloyd

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

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

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

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

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

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Ask Us a Question👇

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Why Connection Matters Most in Crisis

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From Republican Darling to Political Outcast with David French

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

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Seeking Goodness When Good is Losing with Christine Emba

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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From Foster Care to Olympic Gold with Kriss Akabusi

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

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Could Machines Ever Replace Mothers? with Chine McDonald

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Where Evangelicalism Went Wrong with Shane Claiborne

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Trailer: Motherhood vs The Machine

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Jameela Jamil: How Algorithms Are Breaking Society

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

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Do We Inherit Mental Illness? with ABC Journalist James Longman

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

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

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Rethinking Sin with Clementine Morrigan (Bonus Episode)

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Ask us anything

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

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

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Befriending the KKK and Dismantling Racism with Daryl Davis

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Porn, Feminism and Misogyny in the Media with Sarah Ditum

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Scandals, Faith Crises & the Spiritual Realm with Rod Dreher

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

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

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Becoming the People We Need at the End of the World with Sarah Wilson

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The Rise of Tarot, Astrology and New Age Spirituality with Psychic Dr Kate Tomas

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Can We Have Empathy in the Face of Evil? With Gwen Adshead

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What Does It Mean To Live Vulnerably? With Philosopher Sam Kimbriel

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Help Shape The Sacred Podcast: Take Our Quick Survey!

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Two Couples, One Roof: The Power of Communal Living

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Tim Dixon: Finding Common Ground in a Polarised World

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Subverting Culture Through Art with Lakwena Maciver

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Peter Hitchens: Is Post-God Britain Beyond Saving?

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Caroline Lucas: Could Imagination Solve Our Political and Climate Crisis?

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Leading Psychologist on The Transformative Power of Awe

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Luke Turner on Sexuality, Overcoming Shame, and Surviving Abuse

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Gretchen Rubin on How to Find Happiness in the Ordinary

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How to Become Fully Alive with Elizabeth Oldfield

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Elizabeth Oldfield on Values, Vulnerability, and the Limitations of Social Media

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Jonathan Haidt on Religion, Psychedelics and the Anxious Generation

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Sunder Katwala on Race, Identity and Reimagining Patriotism

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Elizabeth Alker on Fairness, Foster Care, and Accent Stigma

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Freddie Sayers on Political Tribalism and Questioning the Status Quo

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Katherine May on Everyday Wonder and How to Not Be a Guru

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Chris Packham on Love, Grief, and Autism

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Clementine Morrigan on Trauma, Alcohol Recovery, and Challenging Cancel Culture from the Left

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Greg Wise on the Transcendent Dimensions of Nature, Death, and Acting

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Sacred Dialogue: Elizabeth Answers Your Questions on Faith, Doubt, and Building Community

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Elizabeth Oldfield on Avoiding Labels and the Need for Good Formation | Sacred Reflection

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John Vervaeke on Fundamentalism Trauma, and Embodying Wisdom

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Iain McGilchrist on The Divided Brain and Perceiving the Sacred

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Tea Uglow on Doubt, Life Pre Transition, and the Shaping Power of Technology

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Anne McElvoy on Journalism's Power to Bridge Divides

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Tomiwa Owolade on Why Black Lives in Britain Matter

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James Marriott on Literature and the Art of Review

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Thordis Elva on sexual assault and the power of forgiveness

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Cole Arthur Riley on storytelling and learning to express anger

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Series Reflection: How Stories Shape Our Lives

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Satish Kumar on Life as a Jain Monk and Lessons from Decades of Peace Activism

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Martin Shaw & Felix Marquardt on Religious Conversion, Being Vulnerable, and the Power of Myths

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Wes Streeting MP on Growing Up in a Council Flat and Why Politics Matters