Heart and Soul Episodes Episode guide
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Verses for Women: Egypt’s Quran Reciters
Salma El-Wardany meets the young Egyptian women reviving Quranic recitation traditions.
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‘Praise You’, a forgotten love letter to black men
The secret civil rights history of a dance anthem
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Buddhist revival in Mongolia
David Sneath travels to Mongolia to explore the story of a remarkable new reincarnation.
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Pulpit to Palace
From American Preacher to Nigerian King.
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The future of the Alawites
Emily Wither meets Syrian Alawites that have fled to Lebanon
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Waves and worship: Portugal's surf Church
Paddle, Preach, and Pray - we take you inside Portugal’s 'Surf Church'
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Musambwa: Snake Island
The male-only community of fisherman of Musambwa Island and their spiritual practices
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Malcolm X: Letter from Hajj
How Malcolm X's pilgrimage to Mecca in 1964 profoundly reshaped his worldview
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Praying for healing?
When his wife developed ME, theologian Prof David Wilkinson's faith came into sharp focus
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After Francis: What do Catholics want next?
After Pope Francis' death, Catholics look to Rome as the Church elects a new leader.
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Our Sacred Harp
Tim Eriksen takes us into the hair-raising sound of shape note singing
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Violence, children and Cambodia's monks
How Cambodia's Buddhist monks are working to end violence against children
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Guns, grief and god
Edward Stourton visits a church community following a school shooting.
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Guns, grief and god: Part 1
How a school shooting victim helped his community heal through faith and forgiveness
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Kai Höss: My Grandfather - the Commandant of Auschwitz
The grandson of Rudolf Höss, Commandant of Auschwitz, comes to terms with his family
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The mosque for Bangladesh’s transgender women
A community giving intersex and transgender individuals in Bangladesh a place to worship.
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Ayahuasca and the new spiritual tourism
A new wave of spiritual tourism is reshaping sacred ayahuasca practises in Peru
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Becoming a Buddhist Bhikshuni in Bhutan
The first Western Buddhist nun to be fully ordained in Bhutan tells us her story
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The only thing certain in life
Can we prepare or train for our own mortality in order to find peace with death?
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The caretaker of Bukhara
Abram Ishakov is the caretaker of the oldest synagogue in Central Asia
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Feminism is my jihad
How feminists in Turkey navigate Islam and activism
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Spirituality in Sin City
Rajeev Gupta learns about a spiritual movement in Las Vegas.
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Kaddish: Why we pray for the dead
Michael Goldfarb explores Kaddish, the Jewish prayer for mourning the dead
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The plight of Hindus in Bangladesh: Part two
Sahar Zand investigates the plight of Hindus in Bangladesh
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The plight of Hindus in Bangladesh: Part one
Sahar Zand investigates the plight of Hindus in Bangladesh
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From The Ashes: Notre Dame
Stories of hope and inspiration around the re-opening of Notre Dame Cathedral
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Antisemitism in Turkey
The rising antisemitism faced by the Jewish community in Turkey.
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Black Madonnas
Searching for the origins of these images and their global significance for black women
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At the end of the wall
At the end of America’s border wall, James Naughtie meets the people helping migrants