The Sacred
A podcast about the things we hold sacred, and how to talk to people different from ourselves.
Episode Archive
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Sam Byers on the role of a novel, freedom and why we need both compassion and anger
Sam is a novelist and author of ‘Idiopathy’, ‘Perfidious Albion’ and most recently ‘Come Join Our Disease’, which the Sunday Times has said confirms him as one of the most accomplished novelists...
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Chris French on skepticism and the psychology of paranormal beliefs
Chris is Head of the Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit in the Psychology Department at Goldsmiths University, a fellow at the British Psychological Society and a patron of Humanists UK.
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Grace Olmstead on rootedness, conservatism and what a consistent life ethic looks like
Grace is an American journalist. She has written for the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, the American Conservative among many others, and usually with a family or a...
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Guvna B on toxic masculinity and not fitting into boxes
Guvna B is a multi MOBO award-winning rapper, hip hop artist and author. He’s presented TV and radio documentaries for BBC, is a Sky Sports pundit and his most recent book is ‘Unspoken: Toxic Ma...
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Suzanne Moore on rebellion, the role of a journalist and why anger is a good thing
Suzanne is a journalist and columnist who for many years was at The Guardian, but has also written for the Mail on Sunday, Marxism Today and now writes for The Telegraph.
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Rachel Mann on the goodness of bodies, poetry and challenging assumptions about identity
Rachel is a poet and a priest in the Church of England. She lectured in philosophy before being ordained and has a PhD in 19th century women’s poetry and the Bible. Her most recent books include...
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Dina Nayeri on the experience of refugees and the nature of storytelling
Dina is a novelist and also the author of the non-fiction book ‘The Ungrateful Refugee’.
In this episode, she speaks about her childhood in war-torn Iran, refugee hostels in Rome and ev...
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Omid Djalili on his Baha’i faith, racism and serving humanity through comedy
Omid is a stand up comedian, actor, producer and writer. He grew up in Kensington with his Iranian Bahai family. He has appeared in Mamma Mia 2, Snatch, His Dark Materials and The Infidel among ...
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The Sacred re-launch announcement
Our sabbatical has lasted a little longer than expected, but we are so excited to be back very soon with some brand new episodes for you.
We will be celebrating our return with an event...
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The Sacred is taking a sabbatical
To everything there is a season and The Sacred needs a season change. The podcast is not ending but it is pausing so that we can reflect and refresh, and pop up again with new life and energy. W...