Religion: it’s at the centre of world affairs, but profound questions still remain. Why are you here? What happens when you die? Does God matter? God Forbid seeks the answers.
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Transgressor Podcasts
The tech-nomadic video blog from Eklektro / SolarSonic, since 2002. Whether breaking beats via electrified RV, streaming solar-sonic jams orbiting LA with a webcam, or space-walking the world with a loaded Mac in the backpack; Eklektro and friends deliver cyber-rhythmic spontaneity from the streets, wilderness and cultural coordinates of cyberspace! From the urban jungle to the Amazon; Eklektro is eclectic electronics... everywhere!
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Each week evangelist Kevin Presley brings a new sermon from God's Word.
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Close encounters of the religious kind: how God and UFOs have both begun religious movements
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Looking towards the heavens for meaning doesn’t always mean looking to God. UFOs (and the modern moniker UAPs) have long been the food for thought of sceptics, theologians, and astrobiologists alike. But what does belief in these mysterious phenomena have in common with religion? And what implications does life outside Earth have for the existence …
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What were the biggest religious stories in 2025? Ask the experts!
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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 Canterbury. For Catholics, of course, Leo was the surprise choice at the papal conclave in May. The first pope from the United States. And the first from the Order of Saint Augustine. And Dr Sarah Mullally …
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Religious Rebels 06 | Dorothy Day: Rebel for the poor, saint for the restless
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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 lived many lives: radical writer, suffragist, single mother, and eventually Catholic convert. In the midst of the Great Depression, she co-founded the Catholic Worker movement, opening houses of hospita…
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Religious Rebels 05 | Malcolm X: Reborn in Mecca, killed in Harlem
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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 preacher in the Nation of Islam, calling for Black self-determination “by any means necessary.” But after his pilgrimage to Mecca, he embraced Sunni Islam and a universal vision of justice that transc…
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Religious Rebels 04 | John Calvin: Reformed the faith, ruled with fire
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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 movement in Geneva during the 1500s. His ideas about predestination and the absolute authority of Scripture reshaped Christianity and inspired the Reformed and Presbyterian traditions. Yet under his rule, …
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Religious Rebels 03 | Táhirih: Unveiled the truth, paid with her life
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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 women to preach in public in Iran. As a leading figure in the Bábí movement — a precursor to the Bahá’í faith — she argued that revelation had not ended and that women should be free to study, speak, and le…
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Religious Rebels 02 | Giordano Bruno: Imagined the Infinite, Burned at the Stake
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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 Church teachings to imagine an infinite cosmos filled with countless worlds. To him, God was not confined to heaven or hierarchy but alive in every corner of creation. The Inquisition saw it differentl…
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Religious Rebels 01 | Joan of Arc: Mystic, warrior and gender transgressor
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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 French prince to let her lead an army against the English, turning the tide of the Hundred Years’ War. But her victories came at a price: captured, accused of heresy, and burned alive at nineteen. Was she…
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Near-death experiences: myth or mystical?
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What’s on the other side of the near-death experience?By Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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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 Community Survey. Two in 10 Australians said Jesus was a mythical or fictional character while three out of 10 didn’t know. Their doubts stand in contrast to those of ancient historians, classicists and New …
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Why do human animals fly planes and build cities?
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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 brain power separates us from animals: since the earliest human species, our brain size has tripled. But our brains haven’t grown for 30,000 - probably 300,000 years. So, why are we the ones who build citi…
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In the Pacific Ocean right now grey, humpback and southern right whale populations are increasing. This is important for us all ecologically. But for some of us, even more is at stake. Because around the world, from the equator to the Arctic, from Russia to New Zealand, throughout history and today, humans revere whales, as spiritual ancestors and …
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The ethics of witchcraft and hexing the far-right
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Two days prior to the assassination of right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk, a group of writers at US-based feminist magazine, Jezebel, published an article stating that they 'Paid Some Etsy Witches to Curse Charlie Kirk’. The magazine has since pulled the article, on the advice of their lawyers, so as not to cause any confusion about their s…
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Writing on the body: desecration or worship?
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The art of marking the body, by piercing the flesh and pushing ink into the wound, the tattoo, has had an uneasy relationship with religion. It's sometimes seen as a desecration of the body, but equally, the tattoo is venerated as a rite of passage and as a form of worship. Then there are tattoos in the secular context. They are so common in Austra…
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Why the origins of Christianity still matter today
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Two thousand years ago, Christianity was an obscure movement with no wealth, power, or friends in high places. Yet within a few centuries, its radical commitment to human dignity, charity and non-violence transformed the Roman world and helped shape the civilisation we live in today. How did a powerless sect became the most influential religion on …
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It’s hard to believe that one in three young Australian adults go regularly to worship services – more than any other age group. But it’s true and men are leading the charge. It’s a puzzle, because it breaks two longstanding rules of religion: believers are typically female and old. Remember back in 2000. Even the most optimistic priest wouldn’t ha…
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God, the Big Bang & the fortunate universe
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We live in a universe that sustains life – but what are the chances of that? And scientists now believe that if the laws of physics were different by just a fraction – our universe would be either empty, simple, or long ago extinct. If the strength of gravity or the mass of an electron was different by even the tiniest amount, the universe as we kn…
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Truth used to be something we argued about. Now we can’t even agree on what it is. In a world of fake news and alternate facts, we each claim our personal truth, our own competing version of reality. So, how does science, religion, and philosophy help us navigate truth when certainty is elusive? What does it mean to live in a time when truth itself…
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Can celibacy actually make us purer and closer to God?
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Can celibacy actually make us purer and closer to God? What is it about sex that gets in the way of our divinity? What do some of the world’s major religions say about celibacy or even require of it’s devotees? And, with the very noticeable global decline in the birth rate, are we already seeing a trend towards a more chaste life? If so, can abstin…
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Can we know God through machines? Can machines know God? And could machines, one day, become godlike themselves? While AI is still in its infancy, it is evolving at lightning speed, and ingraining itself in our lives. From writing our emails, creating our budgets and even serving as our therapists, society is embracing AI as part of our everyday li…
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With the Coldplay "kiss cam" fiasco and two corporate careers in tatters we ask the question: Should leaders be held to a higher personal standard than the rest of society? Beyond the memes and outrage, what does this moment reveal about how we expect leaders to behave — not just at work, but in public and online? And what does ethical leadership l…
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The language of God: Literacy, power, and the sacred word
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Is God multilingual? Does the divine speak Hebrew? Arabic? Latin? Or is it something more mysterious? This week on God Forbid, we’re asking: who gets to speak the language of God? And what happens when only a select few can read the sacred texts? From ancient scrolls to colonial classrooms, religion has often been shaped — and controlled — by langu…
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Reality TV, Mormon wives, and guilty pleasures
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What do dancing Mormons, blind dates, and superyachts have in common? They've all featured on so-called ‘reality TV’ shows. But just how ‘real’ are they? Some argue reality tv is anti-feminist – yet the genre is consistently popular with young women, and a new reality TV show is breaking records with religious women at the centre of it – The Secret…
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We live in a world where horror is all too real. So why are horror movies breaking box office records?
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55 horror movies came out last year - more than one a week - the most of any year this century. But why would make-believe horror double its box office share in a decade which has seen real existential fear: wars, pandemics, and natural disasters. And what do movies that scare us have to do with religions that comfort us? Well, they’re both interes…
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The Prime Minister says our cultural diversity is a strength and calls for "progressive patriotism". But global turmoil is making it's way to our shores in the form of demonstrations and violence on our streets. What does the future hold for the ties that bind us together? And what IS progressive patriotism anyway? GUESTS: Prof, the Rev Peter Kurti…
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