BBC Sounds - Beyond Belief - Available Episodes

Christmas through the eyes of a convert

Series exploring the place and nature of faith in today's world.

23 Dec 2025,28 mins

Faith and the climate crisis: ten years since Laudato Si

Series exploring the place and nature of faith in today's world.

16 Dec 2025,28 mins

Nigeria and Religious Persecution

Series exploring the place and nature of faith in today's world.

09 Dec 2025,28 mins

René Girard: The Catholic thinker influencing Silicon Valley

Series exploring the place and nature of faith in today's world.

02 Dec 2025,28 mins

Consciousness

Does faith, spirituality, and relational depth require left or right-brain thinking?

14 Oct 2025,28 mins

Prison Conversions

The power and complexity of religious conversion in prison.

07 Oct 2025,28 mins

Have religions forgotten the working class?

Host Giles Fraser leads the panel to discuss 'have religions forgotten the working class?'

30 Sep 2025,28 mins

Faith versus Fear

What is the ‘Christian’ response to migrants?

23 Sep 2025,28 mins

Cultural Religiosity

Giles Fraser and the panel explore what it means to be culturally religious.

22 Apr 2025,28 mins

Claiming Christianity

Giles Fraser and the panel explore right-wing appropriation of Christianity.

15 Apr 2025,28 mins

Faithful Food

Mona Siddiqui and the panel explore the role food plays in religion.

08 Apr 2025,28 mins

Mixed Blessings

Giles Fraser is joined by guests to discuss the complexities of interfaith marriage.

01 Apr 2025,28 mins

Pharisees: a byword for hypocrisy?

Giles Fraser and guests explore how the Pharisees became a byword for hypocrisy.

14 Jan 2025,28 mins

Divine Comedy

Giles Fraser and guests explore why religion is such rich territory for comedy.

07 Jan 2025,28 mins

The Religion of Detection

Why do religion and detective fiction share many noble pursuits in common?

31 Dec 2024,28 mins

Blue Christmas

Do religions do enough for those grieving at times of collective merriment?

24 Dec 2024,28 mins

Do our pets go to heaven?

Giles Fraser and guests explore, do our pets go to heaven?

17 Dec 2024,28 mins

Armour of God

How can religious belief be balanced with military action leading to loss of life?

10 Dec 2024,28 mins

Religious Freedom

Giles Fraser and guests explore the impact of globalisation on religious freedom.

03 Dec 2024,28 mins

The Gift of the Garden

Giles Fraser visits the rooftop Islamic Gardens at the Aga Khan Centre in Kings Cross.

20 Aug 2024,28 mins

Religion in the therapy room

Giles Fraser explores the role of spirituality and religion in psychotherapy.

13 Aug 2024,28 mins

A Suffering God

Does God suffer, as human beings suffer, and why does it matter?

06 Aug 2024,28 mins

Wine of the Gods

Is wine a spiritual gift or a very earthly pleasure?

30 Jul 2024,28 mins

Poetry: Reaching for Divine Heights

A panel of poets explore how poetry has tried to bridge the gap between ourselves and God.

23 Jul 2024,28 mins

Spreading the Word

Evangelist Marios Kaikitis explains why he stands on Leicester Square talking about Jesus.

16 Jul 2024,28 mins

Why We Walk

Why is walking spiritual a spiritual act?

09 Jul 2024,28 mins

More Than One Wife

Giles Fraser meets a British Muslim woman in a polygamous marriage.

02 Jul 2024,28 mins

Monsters and Gods

For centuries, monsters have snarled out of religious writings at us. Why?

14 May 2024,28 mins

Spiritual Seekers

Astrology, shamanism and sound baths: exploring the spiritual, but not religious.

07 May 2024,28 mins

Ayodhya’s Ram Mandir: Religion and Politics in India

What a new Hindu temple tells us about religion and politics in India.

30 Apr 2024,28 mins