This weekend, 5th / 6th July (10th Muharram), sees many Shia Muslims all over the world mark the Day of Ashura.  A commemoration of the martrydom of Muhammad's grandson, Husayn who died standing up for justice. In 2025 this fight is still ...

This week, I speak with Alexandra Brown, RE Teacher, speaker, poet, and researcher.Her unique intersection between race, gender, neurodiversity, and sexuality has caused many people to put up barriers as she attempts to put her research ...

If you are like me and really struggle to engage in and with REsearch, or know someone who does, then listen to this episode.  I have left in parts I usually edit out to give you a sense at how vulnerable I was making this episode, and you...

This year we lost an legend. Words will never be able to capture everything that Dawn was to the RE Community or to her friends and family. But I hope this episode goes some way to pay tribute to the incredible person who was Dawn Cox ,and to s...

This Friday will see the release of a special episode celebrating the life and career of the late Dawn Cox.  

Think RE is irrelevant in the 21st Century or think it is only for religious people or can only lead to a career as a vicar or an RE teacher? Think again.  RE A-level is dynamic, challenging and essential for life in modern Britain! Just l...

If you have not ever heard of this trial or it's significance to the RE classroom then don't miss this episode.  It underpins our teaching of fundamentalism, science and religion, diversity of worldviews and cur...

In 2020 while the world went on lockdown, something incredible emerged to support us teaching remotely - Oak National Academy.  Teachers from all over the country created online lessons along with videos which students could watch, pause, ...

Calling all teachers of Religion, Crime and Punishment. This weeks guest is Dr. Evelyn Svingen who's specialist subject is criminology.  We discussion reasons for crime, aims of punishment, types of punishment, the history of punishment, t...

I LOVED this chat with Dr. Martin Pickup so much.  He is an associate professor in Philosophy at the University of Birmingham and Director of the Birmingham Centre for Philosophy of Religion.  His particular specialism is metaphysics ...

As we continue to recognise diversity in faith traditions within our worldviews curriculums, I interview Dr. Rhiannon Grant about diversity in the Quaker tradition. Senior lecturer at the University of Birmingham, her specialism is modern Quake...

*Please tweet along with us LIVE this Sunday as we watch the first episode of the new BBC Pilgrimage series BB2 Easter Sunday 9pm*Welcome to this very special Easter Episode of The RE Podcast where I am on location in London at th...

If you have never been to Strictly RE before, then it is the biggest RE Conference in the country, organised by NATRE and RE Today, where RE teachers from all over the country, from all settings join together and geek out on all things RE. ...

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A pentecostal and a person from the charismatic movement were in a room... it sounds like the beginning of a joke doesn't it? But I wonder what might surprise them about the other?In this week's episode, Wolfgang Vondey generously enligh...

I've had this episode ready to release for a while and I have been so looking forward to it.  I knew so little about the Tao until this chat but was entirely curious about it. So I invited Bob Martin to awaken me, all the way from South Am...

On the 13th February the General Synod met and discuss 'Living in Faith and Love' which is mentioned in today's episode (link below).  A decision still had not been made on and three more months has been requested.  What stance...

To continue with the theme of inclusive education, I speak to Dr. Wouter Peeters about the moral importance of EDI.  This is a great episode for RE teachers, for EDI leads in schools and SLT.https://www.wouterpeeters.info/We ...

This week I continue my conversation with Dr U-Wen Low from the University of Birmingham about how to read the stories in the new Testament without a colonial lens. We focus in this episode on the book of revelation.The episode is going ...

To continue on our theme of making our schools and curriculum representative and inclusive, I speak to Dr U-wen Low from the University of Birmingham about how to read the stories in the new Testament without a colonial lens. We focus in this e...

1st February was National Hijab Day!  This episode is a detailed exploration of Islamophobia with Bismha Afzal, Schools Coordinator with Educate Against Islamophobia (EAI). We talk about what Islamophobia, what it looks like in modern Brit...

Have you heard of Don Cupitt? Of Big Ideas for RE? Or maybe you have used the In Converstations webinars!  This only skims the surfaces of what the Sea Of Faith Network does to support the RE Community!The Sofia publication, regional m...

Today's episode is a delightful chat with Stacey Burman and Carrie Alderton about all things interfaith.  And when I say all things, I mean ALL THE THINGS!The history and purpose of Interfaith Week and why it is so important.How we...

This chat is just what we need to reinvigorate us as we start a new term,  cold, exhausted from festive celebrations, still arriving and leaving in the dark, with depleted VItamin D reserves.  This episode will give you an hour to be ...

Happy New Year 2025 and the 5th year of The RE Podcast. And welcome to season 14 of The RE Podcast which is shaping up really nicely.  The first half of the season will focus on how we embrace a multi-religious society looking at Islamopho...