podcast

God Forbid

by ABC

What were the biggest religious stories in 2025? Ask the experts!

12.12.2025 • 00:40:25

The big news for Christians is that this year we had BOTH a new Pope and – for the Anglican communion – the announcement of a new Archbishop of Canter...

Religious Rebels 06 | Dorothy Day: Rebel for the poor, saint for the restless

05.12.2025 • 00:54:06

A bohemian journalist who found God in the slums — and built a movement that unsettled both Church and State. Born in Brooklyn in 1897, Dorothy Day l...

Religious Rebels 05 | Malcolm X: Reborn in Mecca, killed in Harlem

28.11.2025 • 00:54:37

A street hustler turned minister whose faith transformed Black politics — and himself. Born Malcolm Little in 1925, Malcolm X rose to fame as a fiery...

Religious Rebels 04 | John Calvin: Reformed the faith, ruled with fire

21.11.2025 • 00:54:36

A French lawyer-turned-theologian who split from Rome — and built his own city of God. John Calvin fled Catholic France to lead a new Protestant move...

Religious Rebels 03 | Táhirih: Unveiled the truth, paid with her life

14.11.2025 • 00:54:36

A Persian poet and scholar who tore off her veil — and announced the dawn of a new religious age. In the 1840s, Táhirih became one of the first wome...

Religious Rebels 02 | Giordano Bruno: Imagined the Infinite, Burned at the Stake

07.11.2025 • 00:54:06

A former Dominican friar who dared to say the universe had no centre — and paid with his life. Born in 16th-century Italy, Giordano Bruno broke with ...

Religious Rebels 01 | Joan of Arc: Mystic, warrior and gender transgressor

31.10.2025 • 00:54:06

A teenage peasant who claimed to hear the voice of God — and changed the course of European history. At just seventeen, Joan of Arc convinced the Fr...

Near-death experiences: myth or mystical?

23.10.2025 • 00:54:07

What’s on the other side of the near-death experience?

Was Jesus a real person?

16.10.2025 • 00:54:07

Only half of all Australians understand Jesus to be a real person who lived at a time and place in history, according to the latest Australian Communi...

Why do human animals fly planes and build cities?

09.10.2025 • 00:54:07

What separates humans from other animals? It’s not our brain hardware. It’s our always changing brain software. For so long, humans believed our br...