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Heart and Soul

Each week, Heart and Soul explores and tries to explain personal experiences of spirituality and faith from around the world.

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Living side by side: Morocco’s Jews and Muslims
Exploring close neighbourly relations between Jews and Muslims in Morocco
09 Jan 2026,26 mins
Two families from Sarajevo
How two families, one Jewish, the other Muslim resuced each other from the horrors of war
02 Jan 2026,26 mins
The Lord and Dance: Michael Flatley
Irish dancer Michael Flatley reveals the role of faith in his life.
30 Dec 2025,28 mins
The lord and dance: Michael Flatley
Irish dancer Michael Flatley reveals the role of faith in his life
26 Dec 2025,26 mins
Prayers through the Checkpoints
We hear from Palestinians striving to reach places of worship amid increased security.
19 Dec 2025,26 mins
The divine gift of sex
Dr Rica Cruz is on a mission to destigmatise sex in the deeply Catholic Philippines
12 Dec 2025,26 mins,
Twin spirits: A lost bond that lives in dreams
How a twin brother lost at birth became one woman’s spiritual guide.
28 Nov 2025,26 mins
Navigating faith on the road
Faith on the road: Riding with Canada’s Sikh truckers.
21 Nov 2025,26 mins
Finding my true self through Druidry
Welsh witch and Druid Mhara finds belonging and peace with her true self through Druidry
14 Nov 2025,26 mins
The Right Thing: Confronting my abuser
The gymnast who confronted America’s top sports doctor for abusing hundreds of girls
31 Oct 2025,26 mins
The right thing: A deal with God
The North Korean defector who challenged God from a prison cell in Shanghai
24 Oct 2025,26 mins
Mamdani New York
Religion’s role in Zohran Mamdani’s meteoric rise in New York’s political scene.
17 Oct 2025,26 mins
Searching for hope as a hostage in Gaza
How being held captive in Gaza tested Israeli hostages and their families.
10 Oct 2025,26 mins
Orthodoxy or death: The fight for Mount Athos
Nikos Papanikolaou meets monks at the heart of a rift in Eastern Orthodox Christianity
03 Oct 2025,26 mins
Finding My Sikh Faith Against the Odds
A British Sikh’s journey from gambling addiction and shame to ultimate spiritual renewal.
26 Sep 2025,26 mins
Faith on the Russia-Ukraine frontline
We hear from military chaplains and priests on both sides of the war in Ukraine
19 Sep 2025,26 mins
My blessed boy: The millennial saint
How teenager Carlo Acutis became the world’s first Millennial Saint
12 Sep 2025,26 mins
Prayers through the Checkpoints
We hear from Palestinians striving to reach places of worship amid increased security.
05 Sep 2025,28 mins
Blessed with bread
The spiritual significance of bread in Italy
05 Sep 2025,26 mins
Digitally preserving Armenia’s Christian heritage
How drones and lasers are helping to digitally preserve Armenia’s ancient churches.
29 Aug 2025,26 mins
Gaudí: God’s architect
How Antoni Gaudí became God’s architect.
22 Aug 2025,26 mins
Freddie’s Second Verse
Freddie left fame behind to follow Buddhism and find stillness in Hong Kong.
08 Aug 2025,26 mins
Bergen-Belsen: Among graves, we were born
Susan Schwartz and Karen Lasky go back to their birthplace – Bergen-Belsen.
01 Aug 2025,26 mins
Rāgas and Redemption: Alam Khan’s spiritual legacy
A son's spiritual journey through music, legacy and the cosmic power of rāgas
25 Jul 2025,28 mins
Escaping North Korea
Danny Vincent meets North Korean defectors embracing Christianity in the South.
18 Jul 2025,26 mins
France’s new Christians
Why are so many more adults joining the church in France?
11 Jul 2025,26 mins
Verses for Women: Egypt's Quran Reciters
Personal approaches to spirituality from around the world.
04 Jul 2025,26 mins
Praise You: A forgotten love letter to black men
The secret civil rights history of DJ Fatboy Slim's dance anthem Praise You.
27 Jun 2025,26 mins
Buddhist revival in Mongolia
How a 10-year-old boy has been recognised as a reincarnation of major Buddhist leaders
20 Jun 2025,26 mins
Pulpit to palace
US preacher Ghandi Afolabi Olaoye quit pastoral work, to be king of Ogbomosho kingdom
13 Jun 2025,26 mins