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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Sarah Langford on the importance of meaningful work, and how not to change someone's mind
Sarah Langford is a criminal and family barrister gone farmer, and the author of the best-selling book ‘In Your Defence: True Stories of Life and Law’. Her most recent book, 'Rooted: Stories of ...
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Zara Mohammed on her muslim faith and the challenges of being a young woman leader
Zara Mohammed is Secretary General for the Muslim Council of Britain. When elected, she was the youngest and first woman to lead the organisation.
She spoke about her childhood, her musl...
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Sathnam Sanghera on his Sikh faith, colonialism, and dealing with online abuse
Sathnam Sanghera is journalist for The Times, and best-selling memoirist. His most recent book, Empireland: How Imperialism Has Shaped Modern Britain, has been showered with awards and endorseme...
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Paul Kingsnorth on environmentalism, converting to Christianity and his concerns about authoritarianism
Paul is an award winning novelist and essaying, currently best known for his Substack - The Abbey of Misrule.
He spoke about his deep environmental commitments, his conversion to the Ort...
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Sacred Reflection: Queen Elizabeth II and her role in reconciliation
The United Kingdom, Commonwealth and indeed the entire world were sent into shock after Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II died on Thursday 8 September at the age 96, and after 70 years on the thron...
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Jenny Odell on attention, where we put it, and how it can polarise society
Jenny Odell is an American multi-disciplinary artist, former art teacher at Stanford University and author of the New York Times best selling book, How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Eco...
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Kate Maltby on her Jewish heritage, identity issues and the power of live theatre
Kate Maltby is a columnist for The i Paper, theatre critic and senior research associate at Jesus College Cambridge.
She spoke about her Jewish heritage, the power and (almost) sacrednes...
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Francesca Stavrakopoulou on vegetarianism and studying theology as an atheist
Francesca is Professor of Hebrew Bible and Ancient Religion at the University of Exeter, and a patron of Humanists UK. Her latest book is called God: An Anatomy.
She spoke about her vege...
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Christie Watson on humour, compassion and why nursing and writing belong together
Christie is an award-winning novelist, memoirist and professor of medical and health humanities at UEA. She was a registered pediatric nurse for 20 years spending most of her career in pediatric...
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Danny Kruger MP on conservatism, Christianity and why running a charity is hard work
Danny Kruger MP is a Conservative Member of Parliament for the Devizes constituency in Wiltshire. He and his wife founded and ran Only Connect, a charity that works with men and women in prison ...