The RE Podcast

Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! To celebrate PRIDE month I humbly and gratefully introduce Seven Graham - who has been all letters of the LGBTQIA community at some point!  For anyone who doesn't know what intersex means, or is interested in issues of gender, who wants to understand the harsh reality of how intersex people have been and are being treated...well actually erased, and...

Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! In our change to look at Religion and World Views, we are also encouraging our students to look at these through three lenses; Theological, philosophical and Social sciences.  In this episode I try and tackle philosophy!  What is it? when did it start? Whe are the main philosophers and what did they say? From Plato to the logical positivists!  How do we l...

Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! So the Bible is pretty long, most people haven't got time to read the whole thing so here is a summary of it in 20 minutes.  I outline the structure, how to read it, what each book is about and respond to criticisms levelled against it! Warning - I sing quite a lot in this episode! Support the show Find out more; Twitter : @TheREPodcast1 Insta : @The...

Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! RE is changing! The Commission on Religious Education (CoRE 2018) means that by law religious education has to to include teaching about non-religious worldviews alongside religions. So the RE Podcast is here to help you out!  In this episode I talk to Director of Understanding Humanism, Luke Donnellan. Together we explore what humanism is, what they beli...

Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! In the last episode when we spoke to Eran Dror he mentioned something called 'Sunday Assembly' in the context of religion for atheists. So I got hold of Stuart Holdsworth from Sunday Assembly to tell us more.  We discuss what Sunday Assembly is, how and why it started and what do expect when you get there. I also got the opportunity to go to a s...

Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! Wow! I cannot believe how many things I dip into with Eran Dror!  AI consciousness, Buddhism, sense of self, the future of religion, the ethics of algorithms and how we counter this, and religion for atheists!  We really unpack what it means to be human, what our needs and our weaknesses are and what we need to be our best self, the need for connection. ...

Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! If you haven't come across Paster Mick Flemming then you are not doing to want to miss this episode!  A man who humbly uses tragedy in his own life as inspiration to love othes.  The incredible human embodies what it means to be a Christian in the 21st century and live out the teachings of Christ.  His work in the community with addicts and the homel...

Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! In the last episode Rev Jeff Cuozzo enlightened us about what prophecy is and specific prophecies in the Bible? This week he is back to focus on the book of Revelation.  What are the signs of the end of the age?  What is the rature? What will happen to Satan?  What will happen when Jesus returns?  Exciting stuff.  It feels like we only scratched the surfa...

Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! Welcome to season 6!!!! And to start off the season I have a fascinating chat with Jeff Cuozzo about prophecies in the Bible.  We find out what prophecies are and what their purpose is, why they are significant and get deep into some really specific prophecies in the Bible about the current conflict between Russia and Ukraine! Jeff will be back next week...

Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! Ever wondered the answers to any of these questions? 1) What is The Church of Jesus Christ of  Latter Day Saints and how does it differ from other parts of Christianity?  2) What do the Church of the believe that God is like 3) What difference does your beliefs make to your life? 4) Who is Joseph Smith and what is his place within The Church of Jesus Chri...

Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! Now, I don't have any inside knowlege (other than what AQA have released) but I think Ashura is going to come up in the GCSE exam, and might even be the 12-marker... So this chat with Zameer Hussain will give your children so much RICH KNOWLEDGE about this commemoration.  What is it and what is the story behind it?  Is it a festival or a commemoratio...

Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! ALL RE TEACHERS MUST LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE with Claire Clinton @ClaireClinton67 and Katie Gooch @goochkt !   Are you an RE teacher that wants help in considering your future career?  Do you feel a bit stale and need some inspiration?  Do you sometimes think about leaving teaching all together?  Did you know that there is a Leadership programme just for R...

Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! Paul Karensa was invited to take part in a parliamentary roundtable on the future of RE.  He, poiticians, RE teachers and RE students, representatives from Natre and REOnline were also present. Paul Karensa is a children's author, stand up comic, broadcaster and comedy writer for the BBE Christians and father of children who study RE so I was really...

Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! I thought we needed a bit of cheering up at the moment so I am looking at love!  What different types of love are there, love in the Bible, the history of Valentine's Day, use of Love your neighbour in exam questions!  Hope this brings a bit of light in the darkness! Support the show Find out more; Twitter : @TheREPodcast1 Insta : @TheREPodcast Webis...

Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! When most of your year 11 get 0 on the question about something in their mock, you KNOW you're teaching it wrong.  This was the experience of my department with RECONCILIATION!  So we got together to replan our lesson on this with the hope of improving this.  Such a measurable target.  This week I am delighted to welcome MY BOSS Pete Bowdery to the R...

Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! As we check the news for updates regarding Russia and Ukraine, I take a look at the topic of Peace and Conflict.  A popular theme in the GCSE, I consider what war is, different types and causes of war.  Is war sometimes our moral duty or is all war is immoral?  I look at inspirations from some of the world religions consdering the Old Testament God and th...

Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! In rememberance of LGBTQIA History Month! In this GLORIOUS chat with Rev. Andy Fitchet, we look at the damage that traditional and literal interpretations of Genesis have had on women and LGBTQIA Christians. Andy talks openly about his own difficult journey and the dangerous practices of the Church to heal people of 'gayness'.  We discuss homose...

Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! In this episode I interview identical twin brothers, Mark and Bryan from the US.  Mark is a baptist and Bryan is a Buddhist.  Their podcast 'The Baptist and the Buddhist' have the two of them chatting openly for the first time about their different faiths.  'Same DNA, different faiths. It is so mutually respectful and models what good dialo...

Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! This is a very powerful and very emotional and authentic chat with former Islamist - Sohail Ahmed. His story is true, honest and relatable as he tells us what led him to become an extremist and what eventually led him to leave that life behind.  It's linked to identity, sexuality, atonement, purpose and belonging! It reveals the misconceptions regard...

Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! A heart-breaking, straight-talking episode that speaks of the heartbreak of the holocaust and the unfathomable increase in anti-semitism that is happening today as you read this.  In the wake of the recent anti-semitic comments by Wiley, I chat to Freddy Naftel, about his personal experiences of anti-semitism, his incredibly personal history and the exper...

Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! For us oldies, ECT stands for Early Career Teacher!  In this episode Louisa chat to three RE teachers who have just finished their training and embark on their first jobs!  Why did they decide to become RE teachers?  Why is RE such an important subject? What was the training like? What advice would you give to people thinking about training to be a teache...

Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! This is going to be my last episode this season so I have saved a really special conversation for you.  The Rev. Canon Liz Sherclif is the Director of Studies for Readers of the Diocese of Chester, Agent of Change nominee for the 2022 Northern Power Awards, author of 'Preaching Women: Gender, Power and the Pulpit and 'Out of the Shadows' pr...

Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! In the next of my collaboration with Ash Kundi on decolonising the curriculum, we chat to previous guest Rabbi Binyamin Sheldrake.  In a frank and fascinating discussion we consider the best language to use when teaching Judaism, handy tips to making our teaching more authentic and advise on whether to and how to teach the Holocaust.   We look at the Chri...

Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! In this episode I chat to Fazal Ahmed - an expert on Ancient Religions.  We really delve deep into the connection between the religions and consider the fact that different groups of people from different places who have never met came independently to the same religious beliefs. We challenge the difference between beliefs known as religions because they...

Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message! Anthony G Reddie is a black liberation theologian, author, fellow of both Oxford and Cambridge, proud son of the windrush generation and the first black man to achieve an A rating from the University of South Africa. In this powerful conversation, he talks about the devestating impact of empire on Western Christianity.  He reminds us of the brown Jesus wh...