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Untold: Opus Dei

Financial Times

Financial Times reporter Antonia Cundy uncovers how a little-known group within the Catholic Church has come to wield outsized cultural and political influence in America. Opus Dei exists to help people get closer to God, but some members say they found other agendas – and unexpected harm – entangled in that spiritual mission. In this series, Antonia hears stories from insiders who describe how boundaries within Opus Dei are often blurred: how guidance becomes control, how privacy becomes secrecy

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33:30

Opus Dei, Ep. 3: Snow on the mountaintops

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2026/04/10

Over the past decade, elite universities have become home to a network of influential conservative think-tanks fighting against the “woke secular creed”. Meanwhile, at Opus Dei student centres, the next generation of ambitious leaders hear similar moral teachings creep into partisan politics. Is it just ideas that link the two – or more? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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30:58

Opus Dei, Ep. 2: Formation

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2026/04/01

Opus Dei’s founder taught his followers that spiritual formation is a continual development of character. But some find that the views spread by Opus Dei do not always match the Church’s official teaching – particularly its attitudes towards women and homosexuality. Insiders describe a complex youth recruitment network that offers some clues to the kind of person Opus Dei molds – and what kind of person it is interested in.Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See

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36:08

Opus Dei, Ep. 1: Whistling

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2026/03/25

We meet Sarah – a young girl drawn to Opus Dei’s message that professional work can be a path to holiness. At 18, Sarah says goodbye to her family and moves into an Opus Dei centre to learn how to make her work an offering to God. But what she experiences there feels different to the organisation she thought she knew. Sarah chafes at unexpected rules, unquestioning obedience and dehumanising treatment.Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more

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1:09

Introducing Untold: Opus Dei

Untold: Opus Dei ·

2026/03/11

Introducing Opus Dei, a new season of Untold from the Financial Times. Host Antonia Cundy uncovers the cultural and political influence of a controversial Catholic organisation in America. Opus Dei exists to help people get closer to God, but some members say they found other agendas – and unexpected harm – entangled in that spiritual mission. The first episode of Untold: Opus Dei launches on March 25.Listen onApple Podcasts,Spotify,Pocket Castsor wherever you get your podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See

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36:35

FT long read: The Broker

Untold: Opus Dei ·

2026/02/17

In this special bonus episode from The Financial Times, "The Broker" tells the story of how a failed baseball hopeful and disgraced stockbroker reinvented himself as one of America’s most consequential modern arms dealers.From a family-run warehouse in Virginia Beach, Will Somerindyke built his company into a crucial conduit in the Pentagon’s covert supply chains — sourcing Soviet-era weapons for wars in Syria and Yemen before emerging as a central player in Ukraine’s fight against Russia.As

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36:32

Tech Tonic: Defying death

Untold: Opus Dei ·

2025/12/31

How much do we really know about ageing? For decades, scientists have been trying to understand the biology of the ageing process - what happens to our bodies as we get older? And is it possible to slow that process down or even stop it all together?In this series of Tech Tonic, the FT’s Hannah Kuchler and Michael Peel look into the past, present and future of longevity - the wellness movement focused on extending and bettering your quality of life. Episode 1 follows Hannah as she speaks with UCL

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39:10

Swamp Notes: The Bethlehem Project

Untold: Opus Dei ·

2025/12/24

Swamp Notes: The Bethlehem Project is a new FT podcast series that tackles some of the US’s biggest political and economic issues through the lens of one city: Bethlehem Pennsylvania. The city is a politically divided area in a critical swing state, and reflects a lot of conversations happening nationally. The first episode tackles what happens when immigration enforcement comes to town, and the second episode explore what it's like growing up in Donald Trump's America.Subscribe to Swamp Notes

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27:40

Toxic Legacy, Ep. 3: The Whisper and Scream

Untold: Opus Dei ·

2025/11/05

A toddler in Leeds died from lead poisoning. Laura Hughes speaks to doctors in the UK to learn what must be done to prevent it from happening again. She learns that truly addressing the problem will be a massive undertaking. It would require a complete overhaul of the housing, environmental and food standards systems. But first, we need to find out where the lead is.Learn more about Untold: Toxic Legacy.For more information on how to live safely with lead, please visit the LEAPP Alliance

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28:39

Toxic Legacy, Ep. 2: Painted Over

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2025/10/29

The UK has some of the oldest housing in the world. Although the use of lead paint is banned, what happens to the paint already on your walls? Laura Hughes speaks to families fighting for answers and the children poisoned by their own homes. She learns that it’s not only old homes that pose a serious risk.For more information on how to live safely with lead, please visit the LEAPP Alliance website.Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more

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41:25

Toxic Legacy, Ep. 1: Silent Danger

Untold: Opus Dei ·

2025/10/22

Laura Hughes receives a tip that horses are dropping dead in Wales. As she investigates, she finds decades of academic studies researching the problem. She learns these aren’t isolated incidents. Something is spreading across the countryside. It’s undetectable to humans, nobody knows it’s there — until they fall ill.For more information on how to live safely with lead, please visit the LEAPP Alliance website.Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more

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2:16

Introducing Untold: Toxic Legacy

Untold: Opus Dei ·

2025/10/08

Introducing Toxic Legacy, a new season of Untold from the Financial Times. Host Laura Hughes uncovers a lead poisoning epidemic across the UK. You might be living with lead and not know it: the toxin is often invisible to the human eye, but wreaks havoc on our bodies once we’re exposed. The first episode of Untold: Toxic Legacy launches October 22.For information on how to live safely with lead, please visit the LEAPP Alliance website. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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0:30

Vote for The Retreat in the Signal Awards!

Untold: Opus Dei ·

2024/10/10

The Retreat has been nominated for a Signal Award in the Health and Wellness category! It's a listener choice award, which means we need your help. If you enjoyed The Retreat, please vote for the show to win here. We appreciate your support! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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0:32

Take our survey, win a prize!

Untold: Opus Dei ·

2024/08/01

The team is hard at work on another season–so stay tuned. Until then, we'd love to hear about you and what you think about the show. We're running a short survey and anyone who takes part before August 29th will be entered into a prize draw for a pair of Bose QuietComfort 35 Wireless Headphones.Click here to take the survey:https://www.feedback.ft.com/c/r/pods?show=untold.You can read our T&Cshere Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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40:33

The Retreat, Ep. 5: The Insiders

Untold: Opus Dei ·

2024/06/26

Since the podcast published earlier this year, Madison’s inbox has been filled with emails. Some were from former volunteers at the Goenka network who wished to speak out. In this bonus episode of The Retreat, they pull back the curtain on why they believe some people are not being supported when they come on retreats and find themselves psychologically unraveling.Translations of Sayagyi U Ba Khin’s discourses from Daniel M Stuart and Swe Swe Mon can be found in the paper: Local Cure, Global Chant:

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25:43

Power for Sale, Ep. 4: Business as Usual

Untold: Opus Dei ·

2024/06/05

With elections just weeks away, and news of more foreign interference scandals in the European parliament, the reporting team gives an accounting of where the investigation and the suspects are to date.Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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25:22

Power for Sale, Ep. 3: Belgiangate

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2024/06/05

It seemed like the Belgians had everything they needed to bring a case against the people involved with Qatargate, but the investigation hit a wall. Valentina and the reporting team speak to the prosecution side to find out why.Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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28:09

Power for Sale: Ocean’s Eleven

Untold: Opus Dei ·

2024/05/29

Through wiretap transcripts and surveillance footage, captured by Belgian intelligence, Valentina and the investigative reporting team learn just who is involved with this scandal and how it all worked.Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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29:42

Power for Sale: 'Bags full of money'

Untold: Opus Dei ·

2024/05/29

Valentina learns of raids and arrests at the European parliament and a scandal unfolds. They talk to the face of the scandal, Eva Kaili, and hear about the day of the raids through her eyes.Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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2:24

Introducing Untold: Power for Sale

Untold: Opus Dei ·

2024/05/16

Introducing Power for Sale, a new season of Untold from the Financial Times. In Untold: Power for Sale, host Valentina Pop and a team of FTcorrespondents from all over Europe investigate what happened in the Qatargate scandal, where EU lawmakers were accused of accepting payments from Qatar to whitewash its image.Untold: Power for Sale airs May 29. Follow wherever you listen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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45:09

Another Death

Untold: Opus Dei ·

2024/02/14

Madison Marriage hears of another death, one that happened five years before Jaqui’s. Was the Goenka network aware of the dangers of intensive meditation? Marriage asks what the organisation is doing, if anything, to protect people from harm.For support or more information about adverse meditation experiences, take a look at the Cheetah House website.If you are in need of urgent mental health support, please contact your local emergency services or reach out to a mental health helpline, such as the

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