Best Judiasm Podcasts (2026)

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S16 E18 The One About GCSE RE Islam practices Jihad and festivals 27:46

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Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! Explain two ways Muslims practice jihad. One way is though lesser Jihad which is the military struggle to defend Islam. This must be carried out according to strict and clear cut rules, for example you can’t harm children Another way is greater jihad, which is the personal struggle of every Muslim to live …

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S16 E17: The One About GCSE RE Islam practices Zakah and Hajj 22:42

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Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! Explain two ways Muslims give alms One way is through Zakah,which is 2.5% of wealth This money is given to those in need. Another way is through khums which involves Shia Muslims giving 20% of their savings This is given to those in need and charitable causes Explain two ways Muslims give Zakah One way is …

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S16 E16: The One About GCSE RE Islam Practices: Salah, Saum, Night of power 27:35

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Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! Explain two ways Muslims perform Salah. One way is when performing ablution. This is known as wudu, which involves washing specific body parts before praying. Another way is by completing the rakkah which are prayer movements. These involve standing, reciting, bowing, prostrating and kneeling Explain two w…

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S16 E15 The One About GCSE RE Islam Practices: Five Pillars, Ten Obligatory Acts, Shahadah 21:13

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Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! 4-markers Explain two ways the shahada is used by Muslims. One way is to recite it if someone wishes to become a Muslim They are expected to verbally say the Shahada to declare their faith. Another way is to try to make the shahada their final words before death. This is so that their faith is strong befor…

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S16 E14 The One About GCSE RE Islam beliefs Predestination and Life After death 31:38

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Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! GCSE RE Islam beliefs Predestination and Life After death 4-markers Explain two ways that a belief in predestination influences Muslims. One influence is to trust Allah's plan. This is because Muslims believe that the Allah may have a better plan than one of the ones that made for themselves. Another influ…

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S16 E13: The One About GCSE RE Islam beliefs Angels and Holy books 38:16

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Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! This episode is going to cover Angels, their nature and role, including Jibril and Mika’il. The holy books: Qur’an: revelation and authority, the Torah, the Psalms, the Gospel, the Scrolls of Abraham and their authority. 4-markers Explain two ways in which belief in angels influences Muslims today One infl…

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Curriculum And Assessment Review Special 46:51

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Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! On 5th November 2025, a landmark recommendation was revealed for RE as a result of the Curriculum and Assessment Review. They proposed that RE become part of the National Curriculum for the first time in it's history. Then one day later, the DfE announced it's plans to bring RE into the humanities alongsid…

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S16 E12: The One About GCSE RE Islam beliefs Prophethood and Imamate 24:02

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Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! This episode is sponsored by Reimagining Education https://reimaginingeducation.uk/ Hope you all had a lovely half term! This episode is going to cover Prophethood, focussing on Adam, Ibrahim (Abraham) and Muhammad, plus the Imamate - an often weak area in the exam. 4 markers Explain two ways in which beli…

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S16 E11: The One About GCSE RE - Islam beliefs 6 articles 5 roots Nature of Allah 34:45

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Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! This episode is sponsored by Reimagining Education https://reimaginingeducation.uk/ Hope you all had a lovely half term! Over the summer, I recorded a series of episodes to support GCSE RE - specifically AQA Islam and Christianity. Suppose you are a student of GCSE RE, or a teacher of GCSE RE who is new to…

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S16 E10: The One About GCSE RE Christian Practices Mission, Evangelism & Church Growth + 12-marker masterclass 33:35

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Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! Explain two different ways Christians go on mission. One way is by going to other countries to spread the gospel. This is in obedience to Jesus’ Great Commission. A different way is by going to other countries to provide aid. For example, they might help build churches or schools or provide medical care. E…

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S16 E9: The One About GCSE RE Christian Practice - Local and worldwide role of Christians 30:49

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Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! For the role of the Church in the local community you need to know about street pastors and food banks and the role of the worldwide Church you need to know about working for reconciliation, how Christian churches respond to persecution or the work of an international charity like Catholic Agency For Overs…

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S16 E8: The One About GCSE RE Christian Practice - Pilgrimage And Festivals 30:45

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Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! 4 markers Explain two different ways Christians practice pilgrimage. One way is by going to Iona an Island off the coast of Scotland. this is known as a thin place as the veil between heaven and earth is at its thinnest. a different way is by going to Lourdes, which is a place in France. This place is beli…

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S16 E7: The One About GCSE RE Christian Practice - Prayer, Worship and Sacraments (Baptism and Holy Communion) 31:23

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Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! This episode is sponsored by Reimagining Education https://reimaginingeducation.uk/ Over the summer, I recorded a series of episodes to support GCSE RE - specifically AQA Islam and Christianity. Suppose you are a student of GCSE RE, or a teacher of GCSE RE who is new to teaching GCSE, or new to AQA, or you…

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5-Year Anniversary Episode Of The RE Podcast 15:39

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Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! To celebrate 5 years of The RE Podcast, I have collected some of your funny stories from the RE classroom! Support the show Find out more; Twitter: @TheREPodcast1 Insta: @TheREPodcast Webiste: www.therepodcast.co.ukBy Louisa Jane Smith

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5 Year Anniversary Special - Season 15 Reel 15:03

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Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! To count down to the 5 year anniversary of the RE Podcast, here is a celebration of Season 15. We had episodes on; BBC pilgrimage 2025 LIVE Diversity within Quakerism. Metaphysic Criminology Oak national The scopes trials The importance of RE in the 21st Century Barriers to research Pilgrimage to Karbala A…

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5 Year Anniversary Special - Season 14 Reel 13:47

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Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! To count down to the 5 year anniversary of the RE Podcast, here is a celebration of Season 14. We had episodes on; AI Freedom of religion or belief Interfaith week The sea of faith network Educate against Islamophobia Decolonising the New Testamen EDI Homosexuality in the Anglican Church The Dao Pentecosta…

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5 Year Anniversary Special - Season 13 Reel 13:59

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Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! To count down to the 5 year anniversary of the RE Podcast, here is a celebration of Season 13. We had episodes on; God is not a white man. Sikhi The importance of RE Social media theology Mental Health and faith. The Institute for the impact of faith in life. Tisha'bav The Wolf Institute The psychology of …

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S16 E6: The One About GCSE RE Christian Beliefs: Afterlife, Judgement And Problem Of Evil 27:20

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Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! This episode is sponsored by Reimagining Education https://reimaginingeducation.uk/ Over the summer, I recorded a series of episodes to support GCSE RE - specifically AQA Islam and Christianity. Suppose you are a student of GCSE RE, or a teacher of GCSE RE who is new to teaching GCSE, or new to AQA, or you…

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S16 E5: The One About GCSE RE Christian Beliefs Sin, Salvation And Atonement 29:40

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Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! This episode is sponsored by Reimagining Education https://reimaginingeducation.uk/ Over the summer, I recorded a series of episodes to support GCSE RE - specifically AQA Islam and Christianity. Suppose you are a student of GCSE RE, or a teacher of GCSE RE who is new to teaching GCSE, or new to AQA, or you…

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S16 E4: The One About GCSE RE - Incarnation, crucifixion, resurrection, ascension 20:50

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Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! Do your students get confused between these four events, or mention reincarnation? Such a common misconception. I hope this episode clarifies these key events in the life of Jesus, helps students understand the significance of them and apply them to 4 & 6 markers. Over the summer, I recorded a series of ep…

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S16 E3: The One About GCSE RE Creation and the role of the Word and the Spirit 24:10

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Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! Welcome back to a new school year and a new season of the RE Podcast. Over the summer, I recorded a series of episodes to support GCSE RE - specifically AQA Islam and Christianity. Suppose you are a student of GCSE RE, or a teacher of GCSE RE who is new to teaching GCSE, or new to AQA, or you are a teacher…

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S16 E2: The One About GCSE RE Christian beliefs Nature of God and Trinity 25:09

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Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! Welcome back to a new school year and a new season of the RE Podcast. Over the summer, I recorded a series of episodes to support GCSE RE - specifically AQA Islam and Christianity. Suppose you are a student of GCSE RE, or a teacher of GCSE RE who is new to teaching GCSE, or new to AQA, or you are a teacher…

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S16 E1: The One about GCSE AQA Paper 1 37:13

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Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! Welcome back to a new school year and a new season of the RE Podcast. Over the summer, I have recorded a series of episodes to support GCSE RE - specifically AQA Islam and Christianity. If you are a student of GCSE RE, or a teacher of GCSE RE who is new to teaching GCSE, or new to AQA, or you are a teacher…

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S15 E12: The One About the Aulre and Areiac Conference 1:11:02

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Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! To finish off the school year in style, I am celebrating the recent Aulre and Areiac conference which took place in Exeter University on 26th and 27th June 2025. We speak with Pat Hanan, Ruth Marx, and Katie Gooch about the history of the two organisations and the planning that went into the conference. I …

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S15 E11: The One About The Pilgrimage To Karbala 1:07:51

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Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! This weekend, 5th / 6th July (10th Muharram), sees many Shia Muslims all over the world mark the Day of Ashura. A commemoration of the martrydom of Muhammad's grandson, Husayn who died standing up for justice. In 2025 this fight is still poignant. Zam Hussain has already done an episode on Ashura which if …

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S15 E10: The One About Barriers to Research Part 2 - Alexandra Brown 1:09:50

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Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! This week, I speak with Alexandra Brown, RE Teacher, speaker, poet, and researcher. Her unique intersection between race, gender, neurodiversity, and sexuality has caused many people to put up barriers as she attempts to put her research into practice. At great personal cost, she has had to navigate these …

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S15 E9: The One About My Barriers To Research 51:17

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Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! If you are like me and really struggle to engage in and with REsearch, or know someone who does, then listen to this episode. I have left in parts I usually edit out to give you a sense at how vulnerable I was making this episode, and you will here at the end my leg bouncing with nerves. I have ADHD, so I …

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S15 E8: The One About Dawn Cox 1:13:24

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Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! This year we lost an legend. Words will never be able to capture everything that Dawn was to the RE Community or to her friends and family. But I hope this episode goes some way to pay tribute to the incredible person who was Dawn Cox ,and to say thank you. We hear written and spoken tributes from Rachael …

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Dawn Cox Tribute Advert 2:27

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Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! This Friday will see the release of a special episode celebrating the life and career of the late Dawn Cox. Support the show Find out more; Twitter: @TheREPodcast1 Insta: @TheREPodcast Webiste: www.therepodcast.co.ukBy Louisa Jane Smith

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S15 E7: The One About The Importance Of A-Level RE 1:30:07

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Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! Think RE is irrelevant in the 21st Century or think it is only for religious people or can only lead to a career as a vicar or an RE teacher? Think again. RE A-level is dynamic, challenging and essential for life in modern Britain! Just listen and find out. If you are a parent of a student who wants to tak…

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S15 E6: The One About The Scopes Trial 48:39

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Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! If you have not ever heard of this trial or it's significance to the RE classroom then don't miss this episode. It underpins our teaching of fundamentalism, science and religion, diversity of worldviews and curriculum freedom. It also shines a light on global issues and polarisation. As we approach the 100…

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S15 E5: The One About Oak National Academy 37:19

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Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! In 2020 while the world went on lockdown, something incredible emerged to support us teaching remotely - Oak National Academy. Teachers from all over the country created online lessons along with videos which students could watch, pause, re-watch and learn. These were lessons created by teachers for teache…

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S15 E4: The One About Criminology 1:40:39

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Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! Calling all teachers of Religion, Crime and Punishment. This weeks guest is Dr. Evelyn Svingen who's specialist subject is criminology. We discussion reasons for crime, aims of punishment, types of punishment, the history of punishment, the death penalty, women in prison, and the relationship between foriv…

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S15 E3: The One About Metaphysics 56:50

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Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! I LOVED this chat with Dr. Martin Pickup so much. He is an associate professor in Philosophy at the University of Birmingham and Director of the Birmingham Centre for Philosophy of Religion. His particular specialism is metaphysics and the Philosophy of Religion so we had a lovely chat about these two thin…

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S15 E2: The One About Diversity In Quakerism 50:29

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Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! As we continue to recognise diversity in faith traditions within our worldviews curriculums, I interview Dr. Rhiannon Grant about diversity in the Quaker tradition. Senior lecturer at the University of Birmingham, her specialism is modern Quaker thought. Following on from the episode with Matthew Guest on …

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S15 E1: The One With The BBC Pilgrimage Cast 2025 EASTER SPECIAL 1:21:45

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Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! *Please tweet along with us LIVE this Sunday as we watch the first episode of the new BBC Pilgrimage series BB2 Easter Sunday 9pm* Welcome to this very special Easter Episode of The RE Podcast where I am on location in London at the press screening of the new BBC Pilgrimage series set to air on Easter Sund…

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S14 E12: The One About Strictly RE 44:13

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Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! If you have never been to Strictly RE before, then it is the biggest RE Conference in the country, organised by NATRE and RE Today, where RE teachers from all over the country, from all settings join together and geek out on all things RE. There are keynote speeches, panel discussions, seminars, resources …

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Strictly RE REEL 0:51

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Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! Advert for the full episode Support the show Find out more; Twitter: @TheREPodcast1 Insta: @TheREPodcast Webiste: www.therepodcast.co.ukBy Louisa Jane Smith

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S14 E11: The One About Pentecostalism and the Charismatic Movement 1:05:07

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Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! A pentecostal and a person from the charismatic movement were in a room... it sounds like the beginning of a joke doesn't it? But I wonder what might surprise them about the other? In this week's episode, Wolfgang Vondey generously enlightens us on that. We define what we mean by Pentecostalism and the Cha…

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S14 E10: The One About The Tao 1:18:55

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Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! I've had this episode ready to release for a while and I have been so looking forward to it. I knew so little about the Tao until this chat but was entirely curious about it. So I invited Bob Martin to awaken me, all the way from South America! We discuss the best terminology and spelling, what exactly The…

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S14 E9: The One About Homosexuality And The Anglican Church 53:09

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Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! On the 13th February the General Synod met and discuss 'Living in Faith and Love' which is mentioned in today's episode (link below). A decision still had not been made on and three more months has been requested. What stance should the Anglican Church take on homosexuality? Dr. Susannah Cornwall from the …

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S14 E8: The One About EDI 1:06:52

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Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! To continue with the theme of inclusive education, I speak to Dr. Wouter Peeters about the moral importance of EDI. This is a great episode for RE teachers, for EDI leads in schools and SLT. https://www.wouterpeeters.info/ We discuss; the purpose of EDI initiatives in terms of Human Rights the benefits to …

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S14 E7: The One About Decolonising The New Testament Part 2 - Revelations 51:22

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Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! This week I continue my conversation with Dr U-Wen Low from the University of Birmingham about how to read the stories in the new Testament without a colonial lens. We focus in this episode on the book of revelations. The episode is going to take a hermeneutical look at the book of Revelations and what it …

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S14 E6: The One About Decolonising The New Testament Part 1 53:31

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Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! To continue on our theme of making our schools and curriculum representative and inclusive, I speak to Dr U-wen Low from the University of Birmingham about how to read the stories in the new Testament without a colonial lens. We focus in this episode on Jesus and Phliemonand will do a further episode on th…

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S14 E5: The One About Islamophobia 50:19

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Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! 1st February was National Hijab Day! This episode is a detailed exploration of Islamophobia with Bismha Afzal, Schools Coordinator with Educate Against Islamophobia (EAI). We talk about what Islamophobia, what it looks like in modern Britain and how we as educators can tackle it. It is a whole school thing…

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S14 E4: The One About The Sea Of Faith Network 49:50

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Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! Have you heard of Don Cupitt? Of Big Ideas for RE? Or maybe you have used the In Converstations webinars! This only skims the surfaces of what the Sea Of Faith Network does to support the RE Community! The Sofia publication, regional meetings, the Sea of Faith conference, Solarity... We are so lucky to hav…

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S14 E3: The One About Interfaith Week 1:15:36

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Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! Today's episode is a delightful chat with Stacey Burman and Carrie Alderton about all things interfaith. And when I say all things, I mean ALL THE THINGS! The history and purpose of Interfaith Week and why it is so important. How we can get involved as a community a school and a teacher. Where we can go fo…

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S14 E2: The One About FoRB (Freedom of Religion or Belief) 53:25

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Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! This chat is just what we need to reinvigorate us as we start a new term, cold, exhausted from festive celebrations, still arriving and leaving in the dark, with depleted VItamin D reserves. This episode will give you an hour to be reignited and reinvigorated about the amazing work we all do and what is po…

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S14 E1: The One About AI 1:01:31

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Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! Happy New Year 2025 and the 5th year of The RE Podcast. And welcome to season 14 of The RE Podcast which is shaping up really nicely. The first half of the season will focus on how we embrace a multi-religious society looking at Islamophobia, Interfaith week, Freedom of Religion or belief and the Sea of Fa…

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S13 E12: The One About Motherhood (Christmas Special) 53:23

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Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! To help you celebrate the end of the longest term of the year, to get you in the festive spirit, to shine a beacon to parents, particularly mothers, as we focus on the amazing story of Mary, the mother of Jesus and the central role she plays in the Christmas story, I bring you tidings of great joy! This la…