Religion Media Centre Podcast

Jan 20 2025 84 ep. 45 mins 41
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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 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.

RMC Briefing: The place of religion in the US presidential election

Oct 29 2024 50 mins  
As the US presidential election campaign draws to a close, we use this opportunity to speak to faith leaders and election watchers to assess the importance of religion in the election campaign.

RMC Briefing: How faith groups including churches are providing health care in their communities

Oct 16 2024 55 mins  
The National Churches Trust has produced a report pointing out that churches provide health care which would otherwise cost the NHS £8.4 billion to deliver. Rosie Dawson hosts this discussion on the existing supply of services, how churches and faith groups collaborate with multiple public sector organisations, why their offer is essential to reach especially minority communities

RMC Briefing: The place of religion in the assisted dying debate

Oct 10 2024 57 mins  
A bill to allow assisted dying in England and Wales will be put before the Commons on 16 October, the first time in nine years that MPs will have had the chance to vote on the issue. This time, with a new intake of Labour MPs, and support from the Prime Minister for a free vote, there is hope among supporters that it will progress. But this Religion Media Centre briefing shows ther

RMC Briefing: Impact of 7 October attack and aftermath on British Muslims and Jews

Oct 02 2024 55 mins  
One year on from Hamas' attack on Israel, we brought together British Muslim and Jewish community leaders to find out how the war had impacted life in this country. Their discussion illustrates how each group "mirrored each other" with both communities having faced spikes in hate crime.