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News, interviews, book reviews, and discussion each week from the Church Times - the world's leading newspaper on faith and the Church.

Episode Date
Richard Holloway on Last Words
Nov 28, 2025
Archbishop of York reflects on visit to Israel-Palestine
Nov 20, 2025
Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde: Preaching truth to power
Oct 24, 2025
Selina Stone on A Heavy Yoke: Theology, power and abuse in the Church
Oct 10, 2025
Archbishop of Canterbury announcement: interview and reactions
Oct 03, 2025
What lies ahead for the next Archbishop of Canterbury?
Sep 19, 2025
What is the evidence for a ‘quiet revival’?
Aug 19, 2025
From the podcast archive: Elizabeth Oldfield on Fully Alive: Tending to the soul in turbulent times
Aug 08, 2025
Archbishop in Jerusalem interviewed at the General Synod
Jul 17, 2025
Alec Ryrie on The Age of Hitler and How We Will Survive It
Jul 04, 2025
John Harris on Maybe I'm Amazed: A story of love and connection in ten songs
Jun 06, 2025
Francis Spufford on Cahokia Jazz
May 22, 2025
Who will choose the next Archbishop of Canterbury?
May 16, 2025
Paul Vallely reflects on the life of Pope Francis
Apr 25, 2025
Sam Wells on Dietrich Bonehoeffer's Ethics
Apr 09, 2025
Chine McDonald on life, death, and faith at the edges of motherhood
Mar 28, 2025
Lent Poetry Podcast revisited: 'Paternoster' by Jen Hadfield
Mar 21, 2025
Edward Stourton: Can truth survive in a digital age?
Mar 14, 2025
Bishop of Leicester on the intercultural lessons for Living in Love and Faith
Mar 03, 2025
Reflections on a long and difficult General Synod
Feb 19, 2025
What is the right way forward for safeguarding in the Church of England?
Feb 07, 2025
Bishop of Chelmsford on the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal
Jan 23, 2025
Barbara Brown Taylor at the Festival of Preaching
Jan 17, 2025
A message from the new Editor
Jan 10, 2025
Does the future have a Church? The 2024 Theos Annual Lecture
Dec 13, 2024
Michael Coren on Heaping Coals: From media firebrand to Anglican priest
Dec 05, 2024
Ian Collins on Blythe Spirit: The remarkable life of Ronald Blythe
Nov 29, 2024
Makin review and the Archbishop of Canterbury's resignation announcement
Nov 14, 2024
Archbishop of York on Praying By Heart: The Lord’s Prayer for everyone
Nov 07, 2024
Book Club Podcast: Orbital by Samantha Harvey
Nov 01, 2024
Rupert Shortt on The Eclipse of Christianity
Oct 11, 2024
Book Club Podcast: The Bell by Iris Murdoch
Oct 04, 2024
Dr Guli Francis-Dehqani: Encouraging the weary with a word
Sep 27, 2024
Diarmaid MacCulloch on Lower Than the Angels: A history of sex and Christianity
Sep 20, 2024
John Cottingham in conversation with Andrew Brown
Sep 13, 2024
Book Club Podcast: Sarah Tarlow on The Archaeology of Loss
Sep 06, 2024
Bishop Andrew Rumsey and David Watson on the value of church buildings
Aug 09, 2024
Book Club Podcast: The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell
Aug 02, 2024
Can traditional and contemporary styles of worship exist in harmony?
Jul 19, 2024
Book Club Podcast: Isabelle Hamley on Struggling with God: Mental health and Christian spirituality
Jul 05, 2024
Bishop of Gloucester on listening to the voices of Palestinian Christians in the West Bank
Jun 28, 2024
Interview with the Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church
Jun 20, 2024
Stewart McCulloch, chief executive of Christians Against Poverty
Jun 13, 2024
Book Club Podcast: Karen Powell on Fifteen Wild Decembers
Jun 07, 2024
Elizabeth Oldfield on Fully Alive: Tending to the soul in turbulent times
May 23, 2024
Bishop of Chelmsford reflects on her visit to the Holy Land
May 16, 2024
Archbishop of York on music and the mission of God
May 10, 2024
Book Club Podcast: Elizabeth Fremantle interviewed about her historical novel Disobedient
May 03, 2024
Fr Alex Frost on why the C of E needs working-class leaders
Apr 26, 2024
Book Club Podcast: The Beginning of Spring by Penelope Fitzgerald
Apr 04, 2024
Fr Fadi Diab on the plight of Christians in the Holy Land
Mar 28, 2024
Marilynne Robinson on Reading Genesis
Mar 21, 2024
Lent Poetry Podcast revisited: Mark Oakley on ‘Love (III)’ by George Herbert
Mar 15, 2024
Book Club Podcast: Tish Delaney on her novel Before My Actual Heart Breaks
Feb 29, 2024
Debbie and Stephanie Hayton interviewed
Feb 20, 2024
Archbishop of Canterbury interviewed in Ukraine
Feb 15, 2024
Archbishop Yevstratiy interviewed in Ukraine
Feb 09, 2024
Book Club Podcast: The Second Sleep by Robert Harris
Feb 01, 2024
Canon Victoria Johnson and Hugh Morris on the value of church music
Jan 19, 2024
Bishop Philip North on the crisis in children’s social care
Jan 12, 2024
Book Club Podcast: Charlotte by David Foenkinos
Jan 04, 2024
Claire Gilbert: Following Julian of Norwich into the cell of the heart
Dec 08, 2023
Book Club Podcast: Akenfield by Ronald Blythe
Nov 30, 2023
Sam Wells on How to Preach
Nov 24, 2023
General Synod's vote on same-sex unions
Nov 17, 2023
James Macintyre's brush with death
Nov 10, 2023
Book Club Podcast: Richard Lamey on Two Storm Wood by Philip Gray
Nov 02, 2023
Andrew Rumsey on his folk album, Evensongs
Oct 19, 2023
Archbishop of Canterbury interviewed in Armenia
Oct 12, 2023
Book Club Podcast: Rachel Mann on Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen
Oct 05, 2023
Justin Brierley on The Surprising Rebirth of Belief in God
Sep 28, 2023
From the podcast archive: Queen Elizabeth II’s Christian faith
Sep 08, 2023
Nathan Munday on his debut novel and being ‘a minister who writes’
Aug 31, 2023
Yvonne Tulloch on why bereavement support needs more funding
Aug 25, 2023
Lee Stockdale, winner of the 2022 National Poetry Competition
Aug 10, 2023
Book Club Podcast: Mark Oakley on The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
Aug 03, 2023
What can the Church learn from test cricket's Bazball revolution? With Robert Stanier
Jul 21, 2023
How to make a title curacy work, with the Ven. Rick Simpson
Jul 11, 2023
Mark Oakley on John Donne's lessons for today's Church
Jun 30, 2023
From the podcast archive: Sir Terry Waite on Solitude: Memories, people, places
Jun 23, 2023
Interview with the Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church
Jun 15, 2023
Emily Rhodes on how walking book clubs can foster community and meaning
Jun 13, 2023
Book Book Club Podcast: Richard Lamey on My Father's House by Joseph O'Connor
Jun 01, 2023
Gaia Vince in conversation with John Pritchard at the Festival of Faith and Literature
May 19, 2023
Bishop of Colorado on the battle against gun violence in the US
May 11, 2023
Book Club Podcast: Merryn Glover on Of Stone and Sky
May 04, 2023
Listen again: Robin Dunbar on How Religion Evolved and Why It Endures
Apr 28, 2023
Richard Harries on The Shaping of a Soul: A life taken by surprise
Apr 21, 2023
Colin Heber-Percy in conversation with Andrew Rumsey at the Festival of Faith and Literature
Apr 13, 2023
Malcolm Guite's reflections and sonnets for Holy Week: Maundy Thursday
Apr 06, 2023
Book Club Podcast: The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak
Apr 06, 2023
Malcolm Guite's reflections and sonnets for Holy Week: Wednesday
Apr 05, 2023
Malcolm Guite's reflections and sonnets for Holy Week: Tuesday
Apr 04, 2023
Malcolm Guite's reflections and sonnets for Holy Week: Monday
Apr 03, 2023
Malcolm Guite's reflections and sonnets for Holy Week: Palm Sunday
Apr 02, 2023
Olivia Jackson on (Un)Certain: A collective memoir of deconstructing faith
Mar 30, 2023
The Revd Fergus Butler-Gallie on Touching Cloth: Confessions and communions of a young priest
Mar 24, 2023
Lent Poetry Podcast: Mark Oakley on Prayer by Zaffar Kunial
Mar 23, 2023
Lent Poetry Podcast: Mark Oakley on Winter Swans by Owen Sheers
Mar 16, 2023
Lent Poetry Podcast: Mark Oakley on Love (III) by George Herbert
Mar 09, 2023
Lent Poetry Podcast: Mark Oakley on ‘Don’t give me the whole truth’ by Olav H. Hauge
Mar 02, 2023
Book Club Podcast: Alexander Faludy on For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
Mar 02, 2023
Lent poetry podcast: Mark Oakley on Paternoster by Jen Hadfield
Feb 23, 2023
Reactions to General Synod vote on Living in Love and Faith
Feb 10, 2023
Book Club Podcast: Rachel Mann on The Inseparables by Simone de Beauvoir
Feb 02, 2023
Symon Hill on The Peace Protestors: A history of modern-day war resistance
Jan 27, 2023
Cariad Lloyd on You Are Not Alone: A new way to grieve
Jan 20, 2023
Book Club Podcast: Omer Friedlander on The Man Who Sold Air in the Holy Land
Jan 05, 2023
Elizabeth Strout’s Maine, with Bishop Thomas J. Brown
Dec 16, 2022
Michael Coren on The Rebel Christ
Dec 08, 2022
James Runcie on his memoir, Tell Me Good Things
Dec 01, 2022
Book Club Podcast: The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Dec 01, 2022
Robert Harris on Act of Oblivion
Nov 25, 2022
Rowan Williams: What am I living for? A new heaven and a new earth
Nov 17, 2022
Book Club Podcast: Richard Beard on The Day That Went Missing
Nov 03, 2022
Jo Swinney on A Place at The Table: Faith, hope and hospitality
Oct 21, 2022
Theology Slam 2022 finalists' talks
Oct 13, 2022
Book Club Podcast: James Meek on To Calais, In Ordinary Time
Oct 06, 2022
Matt Rowland Hill on Original Sins: An extraordinary memoir of faith, family, shame and addiction
Sep 29, 2022
Dame Hilary Mantel at Launde Abbey
Sep 23, 2022
Queen Elizabeth II's Christian faith
Sep 16, 2022
Book Club Podcast: Jo Browning Wroe on A Terrible Kindness
Sep 01, 2022
From the podcast archive: the Revd Guy Hewitt on justice for the Windrush generation
Aug 26, 2022
Book Club Podcast: Colin Thubron on Night of Fire
Aug 04, 2022
Malcolm Guite on the faith and poetry of Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Jul 29, 2022
Andrew Atherstone on Repackaging Christianity: Alpha and the building of a global brand
Jul 21, 2022
Ali Campbell on ways to address the youth and children’s work crisis
Jul 07, 2022
Book Club Podcast: C. J. Carey on Widowland
Jun 30, 2022
Paul Kerensa on a century of Christian films
Jun 24, 2022
The Revd Richard Coles on his debut crime novel, Murder Before Evensong
Jun 16, 2022
Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, the Most Revd Mark Strange
Jun 11, 2022
Listen again: Theology Slam 2021 finalists' talks
Jun 02, 2022
Book Club Podcast: Jack by Marilynne Robinson
May 26, 2022
Sir John Major at the National Cathedrals Conference
May 19, 2022
Tom Holland interviews Sam Wells about Humbler Faith, Bigger God
May 13, 2022
Book Club Podcast: The Living Sea of Waking Dreams by Richard Flanagan
May 05, 2022
Nick Spencer on Science and Religion: Moving away from the shallow end
Apr 28, 2022
Robin Dunbar in conversation with Mark Vernon
Apr 21, 2022
Rowan Williams at Faith in Ukraine event
Apr 14, 2022
Sam Wells on how Psalm 23 speaks to the plight of the Ukrainian people
Apr 07, 2022
Cole Arthur Riley in conversation with Chine McDonald
Mar 31, 2022
Helen Bond and Joan Taylor on Women Remembered: Jesus' female disciples
Mar 24, 2022
Dr Leo Cheng on the life-saving work of Mercy Ships
Mar 18, 2022
Fr Luigi Gioia: Lent as the time of healing
Mar 11, 2022
Mpho Tutu van Furth at the Church Times Festival of Faith and Literature
Mar 03, 2022
Hugh Williamson on ordained ministry in the secular workplace
Feb 25, 2022
Listen again: Francis Spufford introduces and reads from Light Perpetual
Feb 17, 2022
Bishop Rose Hudson-Wilkin introduces her Lent course based on the musical Hamilton
Feb 10, 2022
Fergus Butler-Gallie reads 'In the end is my beginning'
Feb 03, 2022
Cole Moreton on interviewing the famous, the infamous, and the extraordinary
Jan 27, 2022
Is there hope for Myanmar? With Chris Mabey
Jan 20, 2022
Can the Church learn from Slimming World? With Katherine Price
Jan 14, 2022
Andy March talks about Loving the Enemy: Building bridges in a time of war
Jan 06, 2022
Paul Kerensa on Hark! The biography of Christmas​
Dec 17, 2021
Peter Graystone: Advent with Shakespeare
Dec 10, 2021
Andrew Rumsey on English Grounds: A pastoral journal
Dec 02, 2021
Listen again: Malcolm Guite: O Come, O Come: A journey through the Advent antiphons
Nov 25, 2021
Does the parish need saving?
Nov 19, 2021
Stephen Hance on Seeing Ourselves as Others See Us: Perceptions of the Church of England
Nov 11, 2021
Green Church Showcase at COP26
Nov 04, 2021
Listen again: Everybody Now: Climate emergency and sacred duty
Oct 29, 2021
Joe Ware previews the COP26 climate-change conference
Oct 21, 2021
Peter Stanford on his new book If These Stones Could Talk
Oct 14, 2021
Andrew Graystone Smyth on his book Bleeding for Jesus: John Smyth and the cult of Iwerne camps
Oct 08, 2021
Lucy Winkett on Reading the Bible with your Feet
Oct 01, 2021
Jarel Robinson-Brown on "Black, Gay, British, Christian, Queer: The Church and the famine of grace"
Sep 24, 2021
The Archbishop of Canterbury talks to Madeleine Davies
Sep 17, 2021
Mark Vernon on Dante’s Divine Comedy: A guide for the spiritual journey
Sep 10, 2021
Listen Again: Susanna Clarke on Piranesi, illness, and faith
Sep 03, 2021
James Cary: The Gospel According to a Sitcom Writer
Aug 26, 2021
Mark Nam on supporting and empowering Chinese-heritage clergy
Aug 19, 2021
Listen again: Ysenda Maxtone Graham on British Summer Time Begins
Aug 12, 2021
How chaplains support Olympians, whether they win or lose, with Carolyn Skinner
Aug 05, 2021
Esther Swaffield-Bray on the global campaign to end slavery and human trafficking
Jul 30, 2021
Ways to ease mental-health worries post-lockdown, with Corin Pilling
Jul 22, 2021
Dave Walker's guide to cycling to church (and elsewhere)
Jul 15, 2021
The character of Gareth Southgate’s England team, with Peter Crumpler
Jul 08, 2021
Rowan Williams on Looking East in Winter: Contemporary thought and the Eastern Christian tradition
Jul 01, 2021
‘Betrayed by the heart’s need’: R. S. Thomas, pandemic, and lament - a talk by Mark Oakley
Jun 25, 2021
Miranda Threlfall-Holmes on How to Eat Bread: 21 nourishing ways to read the Bible
Jun 17, 2021
Paul Vallely on the cut to the international aid budget
Jun 10, 2021
Listen again: Stephen Tomkins on The Journey to the Mayflower
Jun 04, 2021
Chine McDonald on God Is Not a White Man: And other revelations
May 28, 2021
Pádraig Ó Tuama: Saved by the sonnet
May 21, 2021
How interim ministry can help parishes through change and difficulties
May 13, 2021
RSCM Music Sunday competition winning anthem, and creating worship that connects
May 07, 2021
Gareth Higgins on How Not to Be Afraid: Seven ways to live when everything seems terrifying
Apr 30, 2021
Claire Gilbert on Miles to Go Before I Sleep: Letters on hope, death and learning to live
Apr 22, 2021
Prince Philip's questioning faith
Apr 15, 2021
Listen Again Brian McLaren: Worship that destroys (and saves) the world
Apr 09, 2021
Sir David Suchet on reading St John's Gospel
Apr 01, 2021
John Pritchard on how pilgrimage can enrich our everyday lives
Mar 26, 2021
Theology Slam 2021: the finalists' talks
Mar 19, 2021
Mark Oakley's pandemic reading
Mar 12, 2021
Will the Budget help the most vulnerable? Justin Thacker assesses the evidence
Mar 05, 2021
Francis Spufford on Light Perpetual
Feb 25, 2021
Hannah Steele: a fresh perspective on evangelism
Feb 18, 2021
Rachel Mann: Lent with Elton John
Feb 11, 2021
Jarel Robinson-Brown: Prophetic rage: Fire shut in my bones
Feb 04, 2021
Bishop John Inge: how can bishops help clergy to thrive?
Jan 28, 2021
Simon Parke on Gospel: Rumours of Love
Jan 21, 2021
Bishop of St Albans on defending democracy and the harm caused by problem gambling
Jan 14, 2021
Why do people stop attending church? Robin Stockitt on the 'Donewiths'
Jan 07, 2021
Listen again: Madeleine Davies on her book Lights for the Path
Dec 31, 2020
Malcolm Guite: O Come, O Come: A journey through the Advent antiphons
Dec 18, 2020
Susanna Clarke on 'Piranesi', illness, and faith
Dec 10, 2020
Hannah Malcolm on Words for a Dying World: Stories of grief and courage from the global Church
Dec 03, 2020
Mixed-faith marriage and the search for spiritual community: Stina Kielsmeier-Cook interviewed
Nov 26, 2020
Mark Oakley: How to preach when you haven't got anything to say
Nov 20, 2020
The Bishop of Coventry, Dr Christopher Cocksworth, on Living in Love and Faith
Nov 13, 2020
How churches have embraced digital technology in lockdown: Adrian Harris and Amaris Cole
Nov 05, 2020
The Revd Lizzi Green on the reality of child food poverty
Oct 30, 2020
Everybody Now: Climate emergency and sacred duty
Oct 19, 2020
Tom Holland on Revolutionary: Who was Jesus? Why does he still matter?
Oct 15, 2020
Martyn Percy at the Festival of Preaching: The Verb of God made flesh
Oct 08, 2020
Bishop Graham Kings, Silvia Dimitrova, & Tristan Latchford on Nourishing Connections
Oct 01, 2020
A. D. A France-Williams reads from Ghost Ship: Institutional racism and the Church of England
Sep 25, 2020
Paul Vallely on Philanthropy: From Aristotle to Zuckerberg
Sep 17, 2020
Leroy Logan and Testament in conversation
Sep 11, 2020
Joseph Walsh on why Christians should consider kidney donation
Sep 04, 2020
Andrew Graystone on everyday activism
Aug 28, 2020
Listen again: Hilary Mantel and Diarmaid MacCulloch at Launde Abbey: Remembering Thomas Cromwell
Aug 20, 2020
Listen again: Tom Holland talks to Andrew Brown about Dominion: The making of the Western mind
Aug 13, 2020
Tara Isabella Burton talks to Vicky Walker about Strange Rites: New religions for a godless world
Aug 06, 2020
Karen Gibson on her mother's experience of discrimination — and an apology which brought healing
Jul 31, 2020
Malcolm Guite: Whole-hearted Loving: a poetic exploration of the love of God and neighbour
Jul 24, 2020
Ysenda Maxtone Graham on clergy holidays and the significance of the school summer break
Jul 17, 2020
How have churchgoers coped during the pandemic? Leslie Francis and Andrew Village
Jul 10, 2020
Jessica Martin: Scripture as conversation
Jul 03, 2020
Theology Slam 2020: the finalists' talks
Jun 26, 2020
Chine McDonald on the Church and Black Lives Matter, and her lockdown music, art, and books
Jun 19, 2020
Augustine Tanner-Ihm on racial inequality in the C of E, and the Black Lives Matter movement
Jun 11, 2020
Young people's mental health during lockdown: Gareth Sorsby of YMCA Exeter interviewed
Jun 04, 2020
Paul Vallely and Angela Tilby discuss the Dominic Cummings story and the bishops' reactions
May 28, 2020
Madeleine Davies on her new book, Lights for the Path: A guide through grief, pain and loss
May 21, 2020
Bishop David Wilbourne on Just John: The authorized biography of John Habgood
May 15, 2020
The Revd Steve Morris on the heroism and sacrifice of WWII Forces chaplains
May 07, 2020
Emma Major on disability, isolation, and how to include all people in churches
May 01, 2020
For the love of food, for the love of fat: Dr Hannah Bacon on feminist theology and dieting culture
Apr 24, 2020
Rachel Mann on art, literature, film, music, poetry, and prayer in self-isolation
Apr 17, 2020
Foodbanks and Covid-19 - Robin Ferris, CEO of Bankuet. Plus, Malcolm Guite's sonnet for carers
Apr 09, 2020
The Children's Society's Mark Russell on Covid-19's impact on charities
Apr 03, 2020
Cole Moreton talks to Angela Tilby about his debut novel The Light Keeper
Mar 26, 2020
Mark Oakley: 'Music on the wind': the love poetry of George Herbert and RS Thomas
Mar 19, 2020
Rhidian Brook on 20 years of Thought for the Day
Mar 12, 2020
Shakespeare's Dimensions of Love: Paul Edmondson at the Church Times Festival of Faith & Literature
Mar 05, 2020
Rory Stewart in conversation with Christian Aid
Feb 27, 2020
General Synod highlights: 2030 net-zero target; Windrush legacy; Living in Love and Faith
Feb 13, 2020
Paul Handley reflects on 25 years as editor of the Church Times
Feb 06, 2020
The House of Bishops' pastoral statement on civil partnerships
Jan 31, 2020
George Orwell and God: Alexander Faludy on the writer's complex relationship with Christianity
Jan 24, 2020
The Journey to the Mayflower: Stephen Tomkins on the illegal underground Separatists
Jan 16, 2020
Football lessons for the Church: Peter Crumpler on what is positive about the beautiful game
Jan 10, 2020
Faith formation in a secular age: Andy Root and Nick Shepherd in conversation
Jan 02, 2020
Archbishop of York designate Stephen Cottrell: press conference and Q&A
Dec 17, 2019
Bishop Emma Ineson on her book Ambition: What Jesus said about power, success and counting stuff
Dec 12, 2019
Micheal O'Siadhail reads from The Five Quintets
Dec 05, 2019
Outgrowing Richard Dawkins: Rupert Shortt on the missionary of atheism
Nov 28, 2019
The C of E's mission to turn around numerical decline: SDF Funding and resource churches
Nov 22, 2019
What difference is the C of E's national digital strategy making?
Nov 14, 2019
The fall of the Berlin Wall: the Revd Alexander Faludy and Dr Anna Rowlands in conversation
Nov 07, 2019
Theology Slam to return in 2020. The 2019 winner, Hannah Malcolm, on what to expect
Nov 01, 2019
Rachel Mann: Advent and Christmas with Christina Rossetti
Oct 24, 2019
What happened to the Millennium yew trees? Plus, the latest Statistics for Mission
Oct 17, 2019
James K. A. Smith: On the Road with St Augustine
Oct 10, 2019
Andrew Graystone on essential questions for digital Christians
Oct 03, 2019
Tom Holland talks to Andrew Brown about Dominion: The making of the Western mind
Sep 26, 2019
Dave Walker and Michael Leunig on the art cartooning
Sep 19, 2019
Brian McLaren at the Festival Of Preaching: Worship that destroys (and saves) the world
Sep 12, 2019
All-age preaching - what makes it work well? The Revd Ally Barrett interviewed
Sep 06, 2019
Back to faith's mystic roots: Jules Evans and Mark Vernon in conversation
Aug 30, 2019
Listen again: Michael-Ramsey Prize winner John Swinton: Becoming Friends of Time
Aug 23, 2019
Listen again: Guy Stagg on The Crossway
Aug 16, 2019
Listen again: Fergus Butler-Gallie talks to Tom Holland about A Field Guide to the English Clergy
Aug 09, 2019
Hilary Mantel and Diarmaid MacCulloch at Launde Abbey: Remembering Thomas Cromwell - Part 1
Aug 01, 2019
Part 2: Hilary Mantel and Diarmaid MacCulloch at Launde Abbey: Remembering Thomas Cromwell
Aug 01, 2019
Artificial Intelligence: should we be worried? Tom Chivers talks to Madeleine Davies
Jul 25, 2019
Hattie Williams talks to Paul Handley about covering the IICSA hearings
Jul 19, 2019
Ben Lindsay on why the Church needs to talk about race
Jul 11, 2019
Shane Claiborne on Beating Guns: Hope for people who are weary of violence
Jul 05, 2019
Barbara Brown Taylor talks to Martin Wroe about Holy Envy: Finding God in the faith of others
Jun 27, 2019
Jared Diamond talks to Nick Spencer about Upheaval: How nations cope with crisis and change
Jun 20, 2019
+ Graham Tomlin on the social legacy of Grenfell; Revd Nicholas Mercer on campaign against torture
Jun 14, 2019
Steve Chalke on The Lost Message of Paul
Jun 07, 2019
Walt Whitman's religious vision - Michael Robertson on the American poet's spiritual influences
May 30, 2019
Vicky Walker on Relatable: Exploring God, Love and Connection in the Age of Choice
May 23, 2019
Archbishop Justin Welby's William Temple Foundation lecture
May 16, 2019
A church making a difference on a Newcastle estate; 21 4 21: three young interfaith champions
May 09, 2019
ACC-17 - Paul Handley reports from Hong Kong
May 03, 2019
Gregg Ryan on reactions to murder of Lyra McKee; Paul Handley previews ACC meeting
Apr 26, 2019
Extinction Rebellion: Joe Ware on a radical climate movement. Plus, Malcolm Guite Easter villanelle
Apr 18, 2019
Pete Greig on prayer for normal people, Thy Kingdom Come, & banishing cynicism
Apr 11, 2019
John Swinton: God walks at three miles an hour
Apr 04, 2019
Does religion do more harm than good? Rupert Shortt on his new book
Mar 28, 2019
Taking the steam out of Brexit; Wales's first HTB-supported resource church; TAP Fund
Mar 22, 2019
Peter Stanford on Angels: A visible and invisible history
Mar 15, 2019
Theology Slam final - Hannah Barr, Sara Pratts, & Hannah Malcolm
Mar 08, 2019
What causes a person to lose their faith? Interview with "deconversion" expert Dr John Marriott
Feb 28, 2019
Marcus Green and Stanley Underhill, two gay priests of different generations, in conversation
Feb 15, 2019
Synod preview - evangelism top of the agenda. Plus, Rose Hudson-Wilkin on prayers in Parliament
Feb 08, 2019
Interviews with Damian Hind, the Bishop of Gloucester, and the Bishop of Liverpool
Feb 01, 2019
Meg Munn, first independent chair of the National Safeguarding Panel, talks to Hattie Williams
Jan 25, 2019
Brexit uncertainty - what are the bishops saying? Plus, news on the next Festival of Preaching
Jan 18, 2019
Critical moment for Brexit; Oxford clerics criticise bishops on sexuality; Theology Slam finalists
Jan 11, 2019
Church sexuality review – what Living in Love and Faith is up to
Jan 04, 2019
Justin Butcher on Walking to Jerusalem: Blisters, hope and other facts on the ground
Dec 21, 2018
John Pritchard on Five Events that Made Christianity
Dec 14, 2018
Fergus Butler-Gallie talks to Tom Holland about A Field Guide to the English Clergy
Dec 07, 2018
Archbishop Welby back in Blakeney - exclusive interview on his childhood, faith, & love of the sea
Nov 22, 2018
Andy Walton & Madeleine Davies talk church-plants and growth; & being on the road with Abp Welby
Nov 16, 2018
A parish remembers: Phillip Dawson on researching his parish's wartime history
Nov 09, 2018
Church Times Live: where are all the young people? A panel of youthworkers discuss
Nov 02, 2018
C of E Christmas campaign: Adrian Harris and Thomas Allain Chapman
Oct 25, 2018
Robert McCrum on Every Third Thought: On Life, Death and the End Game
Oct 19, 2018
Environment special - Richard Black of the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit
Oct 11, 2018
Clergy well-being; Conservative conference; Green Health Live - the healing power of gardening
Oct 05, 2018
Theology Slam; Corbyn and Labour's Christians; churches on council estates
Sep 28, 2018
Bishop of Leeds, Nick Baines, on why the Church should not stay silent on Brexit
Sep 20, 2018
Podcast: Church Commissioners defend multi-million-pound Amazon stake, and the religious life
Sep 14, 2018
Fr Nadim Nassar, the CofE's first Syrian priest, on his new book, The Culture of God
Sep 07, 2018
Dr Josiah Idowu-Fearon, Secretary General of the Anglican Communion
Aug 31, 2018
Rebecca Stott on her Costa Biography Prize-winning book In the Days of Rain
Aug 24, 2018
Dr Eve Poole on consumerism and theology
Aug 17, 2018
HTB plants, ethical letting at Church House, and Peter Crumpler on local newspapers
Aug 10, 2018
Ministry in the shadow of depression - Mark Meynell on his book When Darkness Seems My Only Friend
Jul 26, 2018
General Synod: key debates and highlights. Plus, a survivor of abuse on safeguarding and the Church
Jul 13, 2018
The Crossway - writer Guy Stagg on his 10-month walk from Canterbury to Jerusalem
Jul 06, 2018
Fossil-fuel companies and climate change; the theology of GA Studdert Kennedy, aka "Woodbine Willie"
Jun 29, 2018
Vicky Beeching on her new book Undivided: Coming Out, Becoming Whole, and Living Free From Shame
Jun 22, 2018
Rob Bell on life after Love Wins, preaching and comedy, Trump - and more
Jun 14, 2018
Welby's Europe speech; +Derby on car wash slavery app; & F.W. de Clerk at CCJ 75th dinner
Jun 08, 2018
Philip North on diocesan inequality; the Seal of the Confessional; and an Iftar in London
Jun 01, 2018
Dr Paula Gooder talks to Madeleine Davies about Phoebe
May 25, 2018
John Gray talks to Nick Spencer about Seven Types of Atheism
May 24, 2018
Mark Oakley - A Splash of Words: 'Why poetry'? - talk given at the Church Times Festival of Poetry
May 17, 2018
Bishops and Brexit; Bolton church helping drug addicts; & search for young interfaith champions
May 10, 2018
Is there an Evangelical takeover of the Church of England? Canon Angela Tilby & Fr Craig Huxley
May 03, 2018
Windrush - interview with Barbados High Commissioner Guy Hewitt, on the campaign for justice
Apr 27, 2018
Churches' response to Syria air strikes; vocations being missed; new Lambeth Palace Library
Apr 20, 2018
RAF Chaplain's Battle of Britain Diaries; Pope Francis's Apostolic Exhortation (Ep 54)
Apr 13, 2018
Signs of life in the rural Church and the Revd Dr Martin Luther King Jr remembered
Apr 06, 2018
Easter Podcast: Peter Stanford talks about his past interviews with high-profile figures
Mar 29, 2018
Loretta Minghella, First Church Estates Commissioner (Ep 51)
Mar 23, 2018
Andrew Davison on Stephen Hawking. Paul Vallely on Pope Francis's first 5 years (Ep 50)
Mar 16, 2018
Tom Wright – Paul: a biography (Ep 49). Prof N.T. Wright talks on the podcast about his new book
Mar 09, 2018
Episode 48 - Reimagining Britain, Ecumenical Marriage Bill, and Christian converts
Mar 02, 2018
Episode 47 - Billy Graham, theological colleges, and narcissistic priests
Feb 23, 2018
Episode 46 - exclusive interview with the Archbishop of Canterbury
Feb 16, 2018
Episode 45 - a round up of the General Synod in London
Feb 12, 2018
PODCAST EXTRA Episode 45 - the Archbishop of Canterbury on safeguarding
Feb 09, 2018
Episode 44 – Lord’s Brexit debate and Bishop of St Albans on gambling and marriage registers
Feb 02, 2018
Episode 43 - Malcolm Guite talks about his new book, Love, Remember
Jan 26, 2018
Episode 42 - the Cathedrals review and why teenagers leave church
Jan 19, 2018
Episode 41 – youth in the Church: a crisis. Plus CT editor Paul Handley on the paper’s new look
Jan 12, 2018
Episode 40 - an interview with Graham Tomlin on his new book
Jan 04, 2018
Episode 39 - interview with Bishop Sarah Mullally, the next Bishop of London
Dec 22, 2017
Podcast Extra - Bishop of London press conference
Dec 18, 2017
Episode 38 – Comedian Paul Kerensa talks about Hark! The biography of Christmas
Dec 15, 2017
Episode 37 - Anglo-Catholic growth; ministry in an affluent parish, and remembering Bernard Palmer
Dec 08, 2017
Episode 36 - the C of E's most deprived parish, royal engagement. Plus Angus Ritchie on preaching
Dec 01, 2017
Episode 35 - Terry Waite in conversation with Sarah Meyrick
Nov 23, 2017
Episode 34 – why churches need children’s choirs; the future of Welfare; Paddington at St Paul's
Nov 17, 2017
Episode 33 – US Christians on Trump; theological colleges and Dr Philip Lockley on good disagreement
Nov 10, 2017
Episode 32 - Neil MacGregor and Sam Wells in conversation about Living with the Gods
Nov 02, 2017
Episode 31 - why are so few children in church? Can social media help? Plus, Mike McHargue interview
Oct 20, 2017
Episode 30 - The Parish: Has it had its day? An event recorded this week at St Mellitus College
Oct 13, 2017
Episode 29 - Primates' Meeting, Las Vegas, and Paul Vallely on the Conservative Party Conference
Oct 06, 2017
Episode 28 - Primates' 'consequences' for the Scots, the Grenfell C of E school, & refugees in Libya
Sep 29, 2017
Podcast Extra - Paula Gooder at the Festival of Preaching
Sep 26, 2017
Episode 27 – the dire state of RE, Making Africa Work, and Adrian Harris on digital evangelism
Sep 22, 2017
Episode 26 - Sheffield fiasco unpacked, are clergy 'comfortable'? Plus Sir Hector Sants interviewed
Sep 15, 2017
Episode 25 - London v Lichfield: a special episode from the final of the Church Times Cricket Cup
Sep 08, 2017
Episode 24 - The Muslim fostering row, St Sepulchre's, and the Nashville Statement on sexuality
Sep 01, 2017
Episode 23 - Greenbelt special, with festival regulars, first-timers, speakers and organisers
Aug 28, 2017
Episode 22 - Charlottesville, Messy Vintage, Muslims at Greenbelt; plus Mark Vernon on Stoicism
Aug 18, 2017
Episode 21 - Bishops speak out on gambling, Brexit and the north-south divide; plus Paul Bayes
Aug 11, 2017
Episode 20 - Bishop North’s talk on CofE and poor, CNC elections & Bishop Baines on Sudan
Aug 04, 2017
Episode 19 – unrest among conservatives, artificial intelligence & is the Church too middle class?
Jul 28, 2017
Episode 18 - Steve Chalke on why Roman erotica means the Church should think again on LGBT issues
Jul 21, 2017
Episode 17 - sexuality shifts at Synod, stadium evangelism, and Andrew Rumsey on the parish
Jul 14, 2017
Episode 16 - ACNA "Missionary Bishop", Petertide Ordinations, & Bishop Mark Bryant on Broken
Jul 07, 2017
Episode 15 - General Synod preview, and Nell Goddard's tips for clergy kids and their parents
Jun 30, 2017
Episode 14 - Professor John Swinton talks about his new book, Becoming friends of time
Jun 23, 2017
Episode 13 - Grenfell Tower tragedy, Bishop of London consultation. Rachel Mann on her new book
Jun 16, 2017
Episode 12 - Election, London terror attack, Scottish marriage vote. Justin Brierley on his new book
Jun 09, 2017
Episode 11 - Thy Kingdom Come, multi-lingual churches, plus Andrew Davison on craftsmanship
Jun 02, 2017
Episode 10 - Reactions to Manchester, Commissioners results, plus Paul Vallely on the election
May 26, 2017
Episode 9 - Party leaders on overseas aid plus Stephen Bullivant on the rise of the 'nones'
May 19, 2017
Episode 8 - breakaway bishops in Jesmond, Welby denies endorsing May, and Justin Thacker on poverty
May 12, 2017
Episode 7 - Welby in the Holy Land, and resettling refugees. Plus, Dave Tomlinson on prodigals
May 05, 2017
Episode 6 - Cathedral finances on the brink. Plus, Nick Spencer on if politicians should 'do God'?
Apr 28, 2017
Episode 5 - HTB church plants, the snap election, and Dave Walker on Christian cartooning
Apr 21, 2017
Episode 4 - Peter Stanford on the 'Catholic dissident' Martin Luther
Apr 13, 2017
Episode 3 - Bombings in Syria, religion on the BBC, and the war on international aid
Apr 07, 2017
Episode 2 - Article 50, the Church in Europe, Llandaff row deepens, and how to become a priest
Mar 31, 2017
Episode 1 - the latest on Jeffrey John, Westminster terror attack and Malcolm Guite on Coleridge
Mar 24, 2017