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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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53:51

Finding the holy in Hollywood

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2017/12/03

As dark and dystopian shows ride a wave of popularity, the sexual abuse crisis engulfs the media industry. Is there any part of popular media which can be redeemed?

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08:20

Nell and the Rituals of Popular Culture

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2017/12/02

She’s known simply as Nell, and she's a Sydney-based visual artist, and AC/DC-loving Buddhist whose work is a search for meaning through the rituals and iconography of popular culture.

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Rock's creation myth

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2017/11/18

Creation myths aren’t confined to religion. Rock music has its own foundational myth - the musician selling their soul at a crossroads at midnight. It’s a motif that runs from early blues singers to rock giants like the Stones and Led Zeppelin.

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The myths that make us

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2017/11/18

From Homer’s Odyssey to Luke Skywalker in Star Wars, the hero myth is ubiquitous. Sacred stories are fundamental to the major religions, too. So, how relevant are these ancient myths in modern society?

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Reformation, globalisation and going viral

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2017/10/29

The Reformation was a seismic event that changed Christianity, politics and even modern day music.

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09:54

Luther’s Music

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2017/10/28

Imagine a world without the sublime music of Bach?It was Luther's influence on church music that gave us this composer's works of art.

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David Bridie and 'a Bit na Ta'

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2017/10/21

Musician David Bridie’s latest project, ‘a Bit na Ta’, reveals the musical and ceremonial life of the indigenous Tolai people of Rabaul in Papua New Guinea.The Tolai have long nurtured their own spiritual connections with the environment.

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Why the environment matters to people of faith

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2017/10/21

Former prime minister Tony Abbott says climate change activism is like a post-Christian religion, but is he right according to his own Catholic faith? Join our guests for a lively conversation about the role religion plays in environmental activism.

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George Gittoes: Blood Mystic

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2017/10/14

Australian artist and director George Gittoes believes that you can change society through art. And he says humans are spiritual beings who should stop killing each other.

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"Thanks be unto God who gave us the victory" - the...

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2017/10/14

War? This week a Guardian Essential poll revealed most Australians fear war between the United States and North Korea.

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Compassion

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2017/09/30

Two of Australia’s finest musicians, composer and conductor Nigel Westlake and singer-songwriter Lior, recently completed a unique musical work called Compassion, sung in Arabic and Hebrew.

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Yom Kippur, the day of atonement

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2017/09/30

Yom Kippur is the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.Join us as our guests take us through history and culture, and some fun along the way.

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53:52

Crossing Over

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2017/09/10

Our worlds are crushed when we lose someone we love.We reach out to our friends and family, beliefs and rituals to get us through.How do we say goodbye?

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08:19

The Requiem

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2017/09/09

The Requiem, or Requiem Mass, the traditional Catholic Mass for the Dead, has provided a ritual framework for grief for almost 1000 years. Since the 19th century however, composers and musicians have taken the Requiem out of the church, reflecting our changing attitudes to death.

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10:25

Music from the Goddess

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2017/09/02

It's an instrument that was played by the Hindu Goddess of learning--Saraswathi, and it resembles the human body to many. World-renowned veena musician, Nirmala Rajasekar speaks with Geoff Wood about her passion for the instrument that's fascinated her since childhood

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Are religious partitions futile?

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2017/09/02

The partition of India left a million dead in the violence which followed the division of the country. Why, when the mainly Hindu and Muslim populations lived generally in peace, was the partition so bloody?

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09:22

Borobudur: A very different place

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2017/08/27

Throughout Asia, pilgrimage sites can be counted in the thousands, ranging from the most famous Indian centres associated with the Buddha's life to temples in Korea, China, Japan and South-East Asia.

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Is pilgrimage about looking for the best part of...

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2017/08/27

Many pilgrims say their experience is a profound, life-changing one. Is it a human urge to find the part of ourselves that is good?

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10:25

A modern day Witch

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2017/08/20

Fiona Horne is a best-selling author, radio and TV personality. She's also a commercial pilot, and the face of modern Witchcraft.

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Dispelling myths about Witchcraft, Paganism and Satanism

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2017/08/20

Join our panel of expert cauldron stirring, spell casting sorcerers who will use all manner of wizardry to explain it all

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