God Forbid
By ABC
Listen to a podcast, please open Podcast Republic app. Available on Google Play Store and Apple App Store.
Image by ABC
Category: Religion & Spirituality
Open in Apple Podcasts
Open RSS feed
Open Website
Rate for this podcast
Subscribers: 251
Reviews: 0
Episodes: 248
Description
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.
| Episode | Date |
|---|---|
|
Can we truly love AI? And can it love us back?
|
May 06, 2026 |
|
Addiction, God, and the origin of the twelve steps
|
May 01, 2026 |
|
Christian leaders talk war, the Pope, getting arrested, courage and empathy
|
Apr 24, 2026 |
|
Why do adults still need fairytales?
|
Apr 17, 2026 |
|
The Orthodox surge
|
Apr 10, 2026 |
|
Why are the Middle Ages are still relevant today?
|
Apr 02, 2026 |
|
Is your privacy sacred?
|
Mar 26, 2026 |
|
On judgement
|
Mar 20, 2026 |
|
Is the 21st century’s version of freedom liberating or a freedom trap?
|
Mar 13, 2026 |
|
International Women's Day special
|
Mar 06, 2026 |
|
Conversion — Why would anyone move from disbelief to belief?
|
Feb 27, 2026 |
|
The nature of evil, abuse and forgiveness
|
Feb 20, 2026 |
|
The pain of love and grief for our pets
|
Feb 13, 2026 |
|
Pawnbroking, bankruptcy, debt, usury & God!
|
Feb 06, 2026 |
|
If you could save a drowning child, would you?
|
Jan 30, 2026 |
|
The Antisemitism and Social Cohesion Royal Commission
|
Jan 23, 2026 |
|
Living simply in a complex world: how modern monks navigate AI, social media, and climate change
|
Jan 16, 2026 |
|
Coercion, control and worship: Where do we draw the line between a religion and a cult?
|
Jan 09, 2026 |
|
Did the human species invent the Bible?
|
Jan 01, 2026 |
|
Why do we fear fat?
|
Dec 25, 2025 |
|
Close encounters of the religious kind: how God and UFOs have both begun religious movements
|
Dec 18, 2025 |
|
What were the biggest religious stories in 2025? Ask the experts!
|
Dec 12, 2025 |
|
Religious Rebels 06 | Dorothy Day: Rebel for the poor, saint for the restless
|
Dec 05, 2025 |
|
Religious Rebels 05 | Malcolm X: Reborn in Mecca, killed in Harlem
|
Nov 28, 2025 |
|
Religious Rebels 04 | John Calvin: Reformed the faith, ruled with fire
|
Nov 21, 2025 |
|
Religious Rebels 03 | Táhirih: Unveiled the truth, paid with her life
|
Nov 14, 2025 |
|
Religious Rebels 02 | Giordano Bruno: Imagined the Infinite, Burned at the Stake
|
Nov 07, 2025 |
|
Religious Rebels 01 | Joan of Arc: Mystic, warrior and gender transgressor
|
Oct 31, 2025 |
|
Near-death experiences: myth or mystical?
|
Oct 23, 2025 |
|
Was Jesus a real person?
|
Oct 16, 2025 |
|
Why do human animals fly planes and build cities?
|
Oct 09, 2025 |
|
Could whales be Gods?
|
Oct 02, 2025 |
|
The ethics of witchcraft and hexing the far-right
|
Sep 26, 2025 |
|
Writing on the body: desecration or worship?
|
Sep 19, 2025 |
|
Why the origins of Christianity still matter today
|
Sep 12, 2025 |
|
Gen Y and Gen Z are finding God
|
Sep 05, 2025 |
|
God, the Big Bang & the fortunate universe
|
Aug 29, 2025 |
|
Truth and trust in a post-truth world
|
Aug 22, 2025 |
|
Can celibacy actually make us purer and closer to God?
|
Aug 15, 2025 |
|
Is God in the machine?
|
Aug 08, 2025 |
|
How should our leaders behave?
|
Jul 30, 2025 |
|
The language of God: Literacy, power, and the sacred word
|
Jul 25, 2025 |
|
Reality TV, Mormon wives, and guilty pleasures
|
Jul 18, 2025 |
|
We live in a world where horror is all too real. So why are horror movies breaking box office records?
|
Jul 11, 2025 |
|
What binds us together as Australians?
|
Jul 03, 2025 |
|
Can the Dalai Lama's Tibet ever be self-determined?
|
Jun 27, 2025 |
|
Hair...flow it, grow it, show it... as long as God allows it!
|
Jun 20, 2025 |
|
Leading with love: women are taking the church into the future
|
Jun 13, 2025 |
|
Monogamy: Is it still the gold standard of intimate relationships?
|
Jun 06, 2025 |
|
Stealing my religion: When does religious appreciation become appropriation?
|
May 31, 2025 |
|
Coercion, control and worship: Where do we draw the line between a religion and a cult?
|
May 23, 2025 |
|
Bodies bodies bodies: burial, belief and death across faith
|
May 16, 2025 |
|
The Devil you know: Satan’s journey from scripture to satire
|
May 09, 2025 |
|
BONUS: The history of the Papacy
|
May 03, 2025 |
|
What lies beyond the conclave for the Catholic Church
|
May 02, 2025 |
|
How powerful is the Muslim vote this upcoming election?
|
Apr 25, 2025 |
|
Why do we fear fat?
|
Apr 17, 2025 |
|
Week with Students: Does religion have a place in the modern Australian classroom?
|
Apr 11, 2025 |
|
Did the human species invent the Bible?
|
Apr 04, 2025 |
|
When is it okay to cut off your parents?
|
Mar 28, 2025 |
|
Doomsday or just good planning? The ethics of prepping
|
Mar 21, 2025 |
|
How are creators using TikTok to bring history to a new generation?
|
Mar 14, 2025 |
|
Pope Francis and the legacy he leaves behind
|
Mar 07, 2025 |
|
Mardi Gras special: on being gay and Godly
|
Feb 28, 2025 |
|
Religion, drugs, and the power of mind-altering substances
|
Feb 21, 2025 |
|
Close encounters of the religious kind: how God and UFOs have both begun religious movements
|
Feb 14, 2025 |
|
To bare or not to bare: why religion can't make its mind up about nudity
|
Feb 07, 2025 |
|
Living simply in a complex world: how modern monks navigate AI, social media, and climate change
|
Jan 31, 2025 |
|
The world's oldest hatred: how anti-Semitism found its way to Australia
|
Jan 24, 2025 |
|
The spirituality of fishing
|
Jan 17, 2025 |
|
The history of God
|
Jan 10, 2025 |
|
We know magic isn't real, so why does it still fascinate us?
|
Jan 03, 2025 |
|
Sawdust and the soul
|
Dec 27, 2024 |
|
Kindness — a radical idea?
|
Dec 20, 2024 |
|
Rebel fighters have overthrown the Assad regime in Syria, what does that mean for its people?
|
Dec 13, 2024 |
|
Faith, disability, and the trouble with 'healing'
|
Dec 06, 2024 |
|
Overbearing allies and Centrelink bureaucracy: what it's like having a disability in Australia
|
Nov 29, 2024 |
|
After newly released allegations of abuse, does the Anglican Church have a future?
|
Nov 22, 2024 |
|
Is adoption ethical?
|
Nov 15, 2024 |
|
How the U.S. election will shape abortion access in Australia
|
Nov 08, 2024 |
|
How billionaire media moguls could determine the U.S. election
|
Nov 01, 2024 |
|
Near-death experiences: myth or mystical?
|
Oct 25, 2024 |
|
Reality TV, Mormon wives, and guilty pleasures
|
Oct 18, 2024 |
|
What can an ancient Chinese boardgame teach us about human consciousness?
|
Oct 11, 2024 |
|
Is it ever okay to turn your back on suffering?
|
Oct 04, 2024 |
|
Sex work, religion, and double standards
|
Sep 27, 2024 |
|
Michael Muthukrishna, cultural evolution and a theory of everyone
|
Sep 20, 2024 |
|
Are people more important than the planet? The ethics of ecofascism
|
Sep 13, 2024 |
|
The case for faith in the fight against loneliness
|
Sep 06, 2024 |
|
What can religion teach us about being a dad?
|
Aug 30, 2024 |
|
Thou shalt not steal
|
Aug 23, 2024 |
|
David Baddiel, the reluctant atheist
|
Aug 16, 2024 |
|
Religious outrage at the 2024 Paris Olympics
|
Aug 09, 2024 |
|
Can religion help prevent domestic violence?
|
Aug 02, 2024 |
|
The cultural and scientific mystery of sleep
|
Jul 26, 2024 |
|
The power and perils of pilgrimage
|
Jul 19, 2024 |
|
The art of dying
|
Jul 12, 2024 |
|
The religious history of the Olympic Games
|
Jul 05, 2024 |
|
Can religion provide a path to peace in the Israel-Gaza conflict?
|
Jun 28, 2024 |
|
Kindness — a radical idea?
|
Jun 20, 2024 |
|
What does it mean to live in a multicultural society?
|
Jun 14, 2024 |
|
Population, Religion and the Environment
|
Jun 07, 2024 |
|
The fascinating phenomenon of consciousness
|
May 31, 2024 |
|
Spiritualism
|
May 24, 2024 |
|
Making peace
|
May 17, 2024 |
|
The ethics of keeping pets
|
May 10, 2024 |
|
How do you mend a broken heart?
|
May 03, 2024 |
|
Will evangelical voters be Trump's salvation?
|
Apr 26, 2024 |
|
Do religions die?
|
Apr 19, 2024 |
|
Sawdust and the soul
|
Apr 12, 2024 |
|
Is religious discrimination law reform too difficult?
|
Apr 05, 2024 |
|
No pain, no gain - why we make sacrifices
|
Mar 28, 2024 |
|
Straying from strict parents
|
Mar 22, 2024 |
|
Demonising the "dole bludger"
|
Mar 15, 2024 |
|
Is your privacy sacred?
|
Mar 08, 2024 |
|
Why adults still need fairytales
|
Mar 01, 2024 |
|
Faith, disability and the trouble with healing
|
Feb 23, 2024 |
|
What does it mean to be clean?
|
Feb 16, 2024 |
|
Holy bones - the enduring power of relics
|
Feb 09, 2024 |
|
The ethics of surrogacy
|
Feb 02, 2024 |
|
The spirituality of fishing
|
Jan 26, 2024 |
|
Summer: Love from ancient to modern times
|
Jan 19, 2024 |
|
Summer: The mystery of creativity
|
Jan 12, 2024 |
|
Summer: suffering, solitude and solace on the trail
|
Jan 05, 2024 |
|
Summer: The rise of the shamans
|
Dec 29, 2023 |
|
Summer: The ethical concerns and religious rules around eating meat
|
Dec 22, 2023 |
|
Talking truth to children
|
Dec 15, 2023 |
|
What have we got right and wrong in our schooling system?
|
Dec 08, 2023 |
|
Old pride, old prejudice – ageing and living well
|
Dec 01, 2023 |
|
100 years of reporting on religion
|
Nov 24, 2023 |
|
The cultural and scientific mystery of sleep
|
Nov 17, 2023 |
|
How should we view our relationship to work?
|
Nov 10, 2023 |
|
The fascinating phenomenon of consciousness
|
Nov 03, 2023 |
|
The seen and unseen: Belief in Jinns, Marian apparitions and Japanese yokai
|
Oct 27, 2023 |
|
Why the Middle Ages are still relevant today
|
Oct 20, 2023 |
|
Addiction, God, and the origin of the twelve steps
|
Oct 13, 2023 |
|
We know magic isn't real, so why does it still fascinate us?
|
Oct 06, 2023 |
|
Government and God: The blurring lines between theocracies and democracies
|
Sep 29, 2023 |
|
Kosher or carbon? The ethical concerns and religious rules around eating meat
|
Sep 22, 2023 |
|
Love from ancient to modern times
|
Sep 15, 2023 |
|
Religion as a weapon and shield in modern warfare
|
Sep 08, 2023 |
|
JRR Tolkien's religious legacy
|
Sep 01, 2023 |
|
Minority religions and their beliefs
|
Aug 25, 2023 |
|
Is TikTok the new religious pulpit?
|
Aug 18, 2023 |
|
The history of God
|
Aug 11, 2023 |
|
Who should teach our kids about sex?
|
Aug 04, 2023 |
|
Breaking the dinner table taboo topic: religion and politics
|
Jul 28, 2023 |
|
How Godly is money?
|
Jul 21, 2023 |
|
Modding our bodies in the name of God
|
Jul 14, 2023 |
|
Religion and prejudice
|
Jul 07, 2023 |
|
Does comedy use religion as a punchline or punching bag?
|
Jun 30, 2023 |
|
Lessons at the end of life
|
Jun 23, 2023 |
|
Can reading save us?
|
Jun 16, 2023 |
|
'Ghosting', deathbots, and rebirth in the digital age
|
Jun 09, 2023 |
|
The ethics of mum influencers, TraumaTok, and 'authenticity' online
|
Jun 02, 2023 |
|
Saving animals, saving ourselves
|
May 26, 2023 |
|
Hindu nationalism, Modi and the Australian Indian diaspora
|
May 19, 2023 |
|
A defence of human work in the age of AI
|
May 12, 2023 |
|
The Spiritual Summit
|
May 05, 2023 |
|
Andrew Tate and the 'manosphere'
|
Apr 28, 2023 |
|
Life after a religious upbringing
|
Apr 21, 2023 |
|
The gifts of neurodiversity
|
Apr 13, 2023 |
|
The mystery of creativity
|
Apr 06, 2023 |
|
Great expectations: Millennials at mid-life
|
Mar 31, 2023 |
|
Daily Rituals — suffering, solitude and solace on the trail
|
Mar 23, 2023 |
|
Daily Rituals — Fear, joy and recovery in the ocean
|
Mar 17, 2023 |
|
Daily Rituals — Why gardening is a journey of joy, frustration and healing
|
Mar 09, 2023 |
|
Protest and peace in Israel Palestine
|
Mar 02, 2023 |
|
The ethics of intervening
|
Feb 24, 2023 |
|
Towards Uncertainty
|
Feb 17, 2023 |
|
How can we age well?
|
Feb 10, 2023 |
|
A famine of peace
|
Feb 03, 2023 |
|
The rise of the shamans
|
Jan 27, 2023 |
|
Is it time to declare a war on devices?
|
Jan 19, 2023 |
|
Dark humour — why do we laugh at things that aren't a laughing matter?
|
Jan 12, 2023 |
|
A leap of faith: from religious deconstruction to reconstruction
|
Jan 05, 2023 |
|
Addiction, recovery and hitting rock bottom
|
Dec 29, 2022 |
|
A prayer or a pill? Exploring mental health science and religion
|
Dec 20, 2022 |
|
Conflict and peace building in Northern Ireland
|
Dec 17, 2022 |
|
The ethics of secrets — when should we keep a secret or reveal the truth?
|
Dec 08, 2022 |
|
Why neurodiversity offers us ways of seeing the world
|
Dec 02, 2022 |
|
Paganism: myths, magic, and nature conservation
|
Nov 26, 2022 |
|
Is there a role for religion in the classroom?
|
Nov 17, 2022 |
|
What's the purpose of protests — and are they effective?
|
Nov 11, 2022 |
|
The great unknown: Living with uncertainty
|
Nov 04, 2022 |
|
How we understand sin today
|
Oct 28, 2022 |
|
Developing an economics of kindness in uncertain times
|
Oct 21, 2022 |
|
How and why do we pray?
|
Oct 13, 2022 |
|
Looking inwards or facing outwards — how do you find who you are?
|
Oct 07, 2022 |
|
Addiction, recovery and hitting rock bottom
|
Sep 30, 2022 |
|
Is hope necessary?
|
Sep 23, 2022 |
|
Dark humour — why do we laugh at things that aren't a laughing matter?
|
Sep 16, 2022 |
|
Is it time to declare a war on devices?
|
Sep 09, 2022 |
|
The Death of Volunteering?
|
Sep 02, 2022 |
|
03 | The Lifespan in Modern Australia — marriage and relationships
|
Aug 27, 2022 |
|
02 | The Lifespan in Modern Australia — death and grief
|
Aug 19, 2022 |
|
01| The Lifespan in Modern Australia — Births and birthing
|
Aug 12, 2022 |
|
The cultural, ethical and spiritual dimensions of food
|
Aug 06, 2022 |
|
Artists and writers in exile
|
Jul 30, 2022 |
|
Discovering you are not who you thought you were
|
Jul 23, 2022 |
|
A Christian perspective on sacred texts
|
Jul 16, 2022 |
|
A Jewish perspective on sacred texts
|
Jul 09, 2022 |
|
NAIDOC Week: Torres Strait Islands
|
Jul 02, 2022 |
|
The big questions on AI — capability, morality and faith
|
Jun 25, 2022 |
|
Suffering and resilience
|
Jun 18, 2022 |
|
Church, God and guns
|
Jun 11, 2022 |
|
Caroline Jones - The Search for Meaning
|
Jun 04, 2022 |
|
Cultivating compassion: a radical idea
|
May 28, 2022 |
|
Praying for priests: the shortage of clergy in Australia
|
May 21, 2022 |
|
A leap of faith: from religious deconstruction to reconstruction
|
May 14, 2022 |
|
A prayer or a pill? Exploring mental health science and religion
|
May 07, 2022 |
|
Does Australia need a Bill of Rights?
|
Apr 30, 2022 |
|
Is the right to vote truly equal?
|
Apr 23, 2022 |
|
Jesus lived. So, who was he?
|
Apr 16, 2022 |
|
Billionaires are launching into space – is that a good thing?
|
Apr 09, 2022 |
|
Finding faith in fiction
|
Apr 02, 2022 |
|
Paganism: myths, magic, and nature conservation
|
Mar 26, 2022 |
|
Ukraine and Russia: religion and the politics of war
|
Mar 19, 2022 |
|
University chaplaincy in a changing world
|
Mar 12, 2022 |
|
Sydney's Mardi Gras: the complexities of Pride and faith
|
Mar 05, 2022 |
|
What if we lived with less?
|
Feb 26, 2022 |
|
The different dimensions of loneliness
|
Feb 19, 2022 |
|
How to form new habits — and break old ones
|
Feb 12, 2022 |
|
What do Pentecostals believe?
|
Feb 05, 2022 |
|
Does sci-fi transcend — or reveal — our human limitations?
|
Jan 29, 2022 |
|
How urban legends tell our story
|
Jan 22, 2022 |
|
Lessons in leadership
|
Jan 15, 2022 |
|
Fostering sacred creativity in a secular world
|
Jan 08, 2022 |
|
How technology is changing the way we grieve
|
Jan 01, 2022 |
|
The future of faith – ministry with Gen Z
|
Dec 25, 2021 |
|
Disagreeing well
|
Dec 18, 2021 |
|
The hot potatoes of 2021
|
Dec 11, 2021 |
|
Toward an inclusive society for people with disability
|
Dec 04, 2021 |
|
Reflections on consumerism: buying more, gaining less?
|
Nov 27, 2021 |
|
Fitness and body image: aspiration, inspiration, and transformation
|
Nov 20, 2021 |
|
Human kind — understanding kindness during tough times and beyond
|
Nov 13, 2021 |
|
To believe or not to believe: atheism on the rise
|
Nov 06, 2021 |
|
The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth
|
Oct 30, 2021 |
|
What brings the world’s religions together?
|
Oct 23, 2021 |
|
The Catholic Plenary – where to from here?
|
Oct 16, 2021 |
|
A Jewish perspective on sacred texts
|
Oct 09, 2021 |
|
Exploring achievement addiction and burnout
|
Oct 02, 2021 |
|
Food for thought — why do we eat what we eat?
|
Sep 25, 2021 |
|
Can playing games be a religious experience?
|
Sep 18, 2021 |
|
A Christian perspective on sacred texts
|
Sep 11, 2021 |
|
Examining fringe beliefs
|
Sep 04, 2021 |
|
Why do we give religious exemptions?
|
Aug 28, 2021 |
|
Billionaires are launching into space – is that a good thing?
|
Aug 21, 2021 |