Religion Media Centre Podcast

Mar 27 2025 88 ep. 45 mins 44
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The only podcast to sit firmly in the space where religion and the media collide. We ease that relationship, strengthen links that already exist, and be part of building new ones through chat, reflection, and comment, with a panel of regular contributors of journalists, broadcasters, writers, comedians, and experts.

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RMC Briefing: The Hybrid Church

Mar 27 2025 57 mins  
In this media briefing, our panel reviews the way churches have adapted worship and other activities to the online space, the benefits of online worship and the impact of this on the number of people attending church in person.

RMC Briefing: British Muslim Network launched to strengthen relations and build links with government

Feb 26 2025 42 mins  
The British Muslim Network is a new organisation which will talk to the government about issues affecting Muslim communities such as health, education, immigration, equalities and the economy. Successive governments have failed to engage formally with Muslim organisations since 2009, when links were broken with the Muslim Council of Britain, and the organisers of the Network say th

RMC Briefing: How the Church of England's parliament responded to a crisis

Feb 18 2025 32 mins  
The Church of England's General Synod has met for the first time since the Archbishop of Canterbury resigned and the Bishop of Liverpool retired, events related to safeguarding which have shocked the church. In this discussion, journalists who reported on the meeting reflect on how synod dealt with the crisis on its hands.

RMC Briefing: Bishop of Liverpool's departure and impact on city, church and nation

Feb 04 2025 56 mins  
The sudden and shocking departure of the Bishop of Liverpool, John Perumbalah, following allegations of sexual abuse and sexual harassment against two women, one of whom was a bishop, has stunned the Church of England. In this Religion Media Centre briefing, our panel discussed the impact of his retirement on the city of Liverpool, the wider Church of England and its standing in th

RMC Briefing: The 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and the restitution of lost music

Jan 20 2025 47 mins  
The 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, the Nazi concentration camp, will be commemorated across the world on 27 January. The images and stories of survivors are well documented, but less well known is that Auschwitz was home to at least six orchestras, formed of prisoners and commissioned by the SS. A young British musician, Leo Geyer, who has painstakingly restored a

RMC Briefing: The stories likely to bring religion into the headlines in 2025

Jan 15 2025 51 mins  
What stories about religion can journalists expect to make the headlines in 2025? That was the question for our first briefing of the year, when a panel of journalists and commentators gingerly made predictions for the year ahead.

RMC Briefing: Review of religion news 2024

Dec 10 2024 54 mins  
2024 turned out to be quite a year for news about religion and in our last briefing of the year, we looked back at some of the headlines, the arguments, the characters, and the public events that brought religion to the fore.

RMC Briefing: Where next for the Assisted Dying Bill?

Dec 03 2024 56 mins  
The Assisted Dying bill was passed in the House of Commons by 55 votes and now moves on for further consideration. In this Religion Media Centre briefing, a panel of religious leaders, academics and hospice chaplains consider the repercussions of the bill after a hotly contested debate that was highly emotional.

RMC Briefing: 'Seismic shock' as Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby resigns over abuse scandal

Nov 13 2024 57 mins  
The resignation of Justin Welby as Archbishop of Canterbury has left the Church of England reeling. There is consensus that he had no option after the publication of the Makin report which exposed the horrific abuse of young men and boys by the barrister, John Smyth, and a decades-long cover-up by the Church of England.

London summit considers how Christian organisations can ‘turbocharge’ their trillions ethically

Nov 11 2024 42 mins  
Ninety financial sector leaders and church leaders from sixteen countries, all of whom oversee significant investment portfolios, are taking part in a meeting in London this week to turbocharge the market for investments that fit Christian beliefs. Mr de Franssu, who talks of “turbo-charging the market”, estimates that Christian funding could be worth as much as $1.75 trillion.