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Insight with Karl Faase

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Hosted by Karl Faase, Insight delves into the big themes of life, faith, and culture through the power of story. Each conversation opens a window into the experiences of everyday people, leaders, thinkers, and creatives who have navigated life’s challenges and found hope along the way. Rooted in a Christian worldview but open to all, Insight aims to spark thoughtful reflection and encourage deeper engagement with the world around us.

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All Episodes

63:24

Tom Price: How a Philosophy Degree Led Him To Jesus

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2026/10/07

Tom Price was as far from Christianity as he could get - trying to cope with life by self-medicating and intentionally distancing himself from the religion of his parents. That was until a choking uncle and some late-night advice sent him down a path that led, eventually, to lecturing at the Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics.In this conversation, Tom talks with Karl Faase about why he thinks the New Atheists were never a serious intellectual movement, what's really behind Richard Dawkins'

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60:45

Noah Brierley: Getting Over Rejection - Lessons from...

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2026/09/30

At just fifteen, Noah Brierley watched a video he'd made - a lighthearted challenge asking baristas for 10% off, just to practise getting over the fear of rejection - get reposted by a huge Instagram meme page. The comments were filled with mockery. He messaged them, begging them to take it down. They didn't.Years later, that same account messaged him again: “congrats on the growth, man.” It's a small window into the ride Noah has been on since he started posting on TikTok during COVID lockdown as

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32:59

Katy Faust: From Anonymous Blogger to Global Voice...

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2026/09/23

Katy Faust’s own childhood - her parents’ divorce, split households, and years of quietly people-pleasing the new partners - sits behind the things she now advocates for in public. In this wide-ranging conversation, she traces that story through her conversion to Christianity, the rage that turned her into an accidental activist against gay marriage and the step to start an anonymous blog that attracted a lot of hate. Eventually, her identity was revealed and her greatest fears came true - they

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64:26

Sheridan Voysey: Learning To Let Go Of A Decade-Long...

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2026/09/16

How do you learn to let go of a dream - one that you have prayed for, hoped for and worked towards for more than a decade?Sheridan Voysey's story is marked by dreams - some that came to pass, and others that he had to let go of. As he shares his story with Karl, he speaks of his childhood in Queensland, how he started in radio broadcasting and the life he and his wife Merryn built. He then explores the infertility journey they endured, and what it took for them to walk away from a dream and a

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62:11

Glen Scrivener: It's Not My Life Given to Jesus, It's...

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2026/09/09

Two days after Glen Scrivener prayed a reckless, bravado-filled prayer — “God, if it means knowing you better, then bring on the suffering” — his girlfriend left him, his UK visa was refused, and a long-hidden family secret that would end his parents’ marriage broke into the open, all in the same week.In this vulnerable and insightful conversation, Glen tells the whole strange, funny and painful story of his life, faith, and ministry, and the times when God came and found him. From praying a

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51:56

Justin Brierley: Why Is Belief in God Making a Comeback?

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2026/09/02

Justin Brierley is the man who put doubt, dialogue and debate at the centre of Christian broadcasting with his groundbreaking UK radio show, ‘Unbelievable?’Justin had the idea for this radio show while working for Premiere Christian Radio. He wanted to invite Christians into conversations that would help them in their real lives by showing good dialogue between non-Christians and believers. Little did he know that he would launch the show right as the New Athiest movement was kicking off and his

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72:55

Scott Morrison: Highlights, Lowlights and The Faith...

Insight with Karl Faase ·

2026/08/26

Politics has a way of reducing people to headlines - the speeches, the elections, the controversies, the moments that dominated the nightly news. But behind every public leader is a private person, carrying the weight of decisions, the expectations of millions, and quiet questions about faith, family and purpose.For Scott Morrison, one of those quiet questions came into devastating focus on a February afternoon in 2020, when a mother named Layla Abdallah stood in front of a television camera -

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72:35

Stephen Driscoll: Made in Our Image: A Biblical...

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2026/08/19

When Stephen Driscoll's laptop started acting up, he asked an AI agent to take a look - twenty minutes later it had tracked down and fixed a problem that had been quietly running in the background for six months. It's a small, almost funny story, but Stephen uses it to make a much bigger point: AI has moved from mimicking us to genuinely acting on its own initiative, and the theological and ethical questions are moving just as fast. In this wide-ranging conversation, Karl Faase and Stephen dig into

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64:06

Dan Lyons: Sold for $500 - A Story of Abuse, Faith,...

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2026/08/12

"You can have Daniel and Lyndall for five hundred dollars." That’s the sentence Dan Lyons’ mother used when his father tried to gain custody of him and his sister - the price she put on her own children. In this raw and confronting conversation, Dan takes Karl Faase back through years of alcohol-fuelled domestic violence, a mother who turned her own pain into abuse against her son, and the homeless, drug-affected years that followed - before two schoolmates and a four-word prayer changed the course

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55:01

Tim Kelly: Finding Jesus at a Million Dollar Rodeo

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2026/08/05

Tim Kelly grew up on a dairy farm in northern NSW, learning to ride potty calves at five years old and by his late teens he was riding saddle bronc and bulls professionally, competing at the Calgary Stampede and winning the Saddle Bronc Junior World Championship. But behind the trophies, and the hard-partying rodeo lifestyle was a persistent emptiness Tim couldn't shake. In this episode of Insight, Tim shares his journey from rodeo arenas across Australia and Canada to a life-changing encounter at

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54:21

Graham Clarke: It's Gonna Be Okay - A Husband's Story...

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2026/07/29

If life were a film, most of us can point to the moment everything changed. For Graham Clarke, that moment came as a phone call from a radiologist about his wife, Christy - a call that changed everything that came after. In this raw and moving conversation, Graham shares the story of walking with Christy through a terminal cancer diagnosis, parenting three young kids through unimaginable loss, and discovering that faith doesn't mean pretending everything is fine - it means bringing your honest grief

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60:59

Rex Rigby: The Gospel Wrapped in Western Clothes

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2026/07/22

He was taken from his family before he could walk, told for years he'd had polio when it was actually malnutrition, and labelled "dumb" by a school system that never diagnosed his dyslexia. Decades later, Rev. Dr. Rex Rigby became the first Indigenous Australian to lead a national denomination.In this honest conversation, Rex sits down with Karl Faase to talk about childhood abuse, being removed from his family as a toddler, and the shame he carried for years - and how those wounds became the

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64:55

Melanie Downes: Two Decades in Malawi - The "Warm...

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2026/07/15

"I live in Africa - waiting is never an issue." That was Melanie Downes' response when a string of technical hiccups left her and her husband Tim sitting patiently in the studio long past schedule. It's a small window into a life shaped by nearly two decades as a missionary in Malawi - a life of nine-hour queues, two-day border crossings, and a faith forged in a place most of us will never see. In this episode, Karl Faase speaks with Melanie about the road that took a "goofy" Rockhampton girl to a

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71:10

Steve Davies: How Forgiveness Healed a "Trainwreck Life"

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2026/07/08

You've seen the Red Frogs at Schoolies, festivals and uni O-Week - the crew handing out lollies, walking people home, being the calm in the chaos. You might even know that Taylor Swift's team has called them in for support, or that Allen's donates 24 tonnes of frogs to the cause. What you don't see is the story behind one of the people who's helped build it and why he spends his life helping teens! In this episode, Karl Faase sits down with Steve Davies, whose childhood was, in his own words, a

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66:34

Dani Treweek: Rethinking Singleness and What the...

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2026/07/01

In many of our churches, there's an unspoken script: grow up, find someone, get married, have kids. And if that doesn't happen - or hasn't happened yet - it can leave people quietly wondering: Is there something wrong with me? Is this just a waiting room? Dr Dani Treweek has spent over a decade thinking, writing, and living these questions. In this episode of Insight with Karl Faase, she shares her journey of growing up in Sydney's eastern suburbs, studying at Moore Theological College, and

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71:26

Simon Smart: Boys, Bullying and the Manosphere

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2026/06/24

What does it take to raise a good man in a culture that can't decide whether masculinity is a problem to be solved or a strength to be celebrated? In this episode of Insight, Karl Faase sits down with Simon Smart - a teacher, writer and Director of the Centre for Public Christianity (CPX). This is a wide-ranging, deeply personal conversation about boys, bullying, fatherlessness, the manosphere, and what it actually means to be a good man. Drawing on his own brutal boarding-school years and his book

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57:05

Rod Best: Forgiveness Isn't Enough When It Comes To...

Insight with Karl Faase ·

2026/06/17

What happens when the church's greatest virtue becomes its greatest blind spot? In one of the most important conversations on faith and institutional responsibility you'll hear, Karl Faase sits down with Roderick Best - a Sydney lawyer who spent decades at the coalface of child protection, and ultimately served as Senior Solicitor for Australia's Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.Rod brings rare insight: the legal mind and perspective of someone who shaped national

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73:49

Simon Hood: The Recurring Question: "Will You Trust Me?"

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2026/06/10

This episode features Simon Hood, a passionate advocate for children's ministry and faith-based creativity, sharing his journey from a puppeteer in Hornsby to a global influencer in children's evangelism. However, alongside growing a global ministry, he and his wife travelled a long road through infertility, IVF, international adoption, and living through the joys and challenges of neurodiversity. During some of the most painful years, Simon felt God continue to ask him: "Will you trust me, even

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64:46

Louise Baur: Being a Christian in the Workplace is a...

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2026/06/03

Professor Louise Baur has spent decades helping children and families navigate the complex realities of obesity, body image, and health. In this episode of Insight, host Karl Faase explores the deeply personal and often misunderstood challenges surrounding childhood obesity - from biology and mental health to social media pressure and stigma.As both a leading pediatrician and a Christian, Louise shares how her faith shapes the way she approaches medicine, compassion, and care for vulnerable

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58:21

David Bennett: Truth Is Not A Concept, It's A Person...

Insight with Karl Faase ·

2026/05/27

How does a gay man find faith in Jesus? David Bennett's story is a must listen to. In this episode of Insight, Karl hears David share his story, which journeys from coming out as gay when he is a teenager in a Sydney private school - to studying and living in Oxford. The turning point of the story is when David meets someone in a pub who doesn't try to convince him that Jesus is the truth, but instead, embodies the compassion, presence and love of God. As she prays for him, something life-changing

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