Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message!On 2nd May The RE Council has published its Draft Handbook for the Religion and Worldviews in the Classroom: developing a Worldviews Approach project.This is an historic day for the RE community. But,

S12 E4: The One With Mary Myatt

12 days ago 29m 59s

Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message!The wonder woman of the RE world! This incredible advocate of RE has worked tierlessly to champion RE, from her own teaching, to leading, training and supporting, advising, inspecting, writing and speak

S12 E3: The One About Humanist Funerals

19 days ago 1h 7m

Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message!Have you heard of Ed Finch? You may know him from BrewEd or as a Primary Head Teacher? Well, he now is training to become a Humanist Celebrant. Following the death of his wife, he was introduced to th

S12 E2: The One About Sources Of Authority In Islam

26 days ago 1h 7m

Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message!If you teach GCSE Islam, then you will know how important sources of authority are. In this episode, Waqar Ahmedi, Zameer Hussain and I discuss sources of authority in Islam. We explore The Qur'an, Th

S12 E1: The One About REvision

Apr 19th, 2024 26m 34s

Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message!It's a few weeks until the first GCSE RE exam and so here is a bitesized episode to help support revision. I look at different revision methods and some top tips for the exam. This won't replace the v

S11 E12:The One With The Children - Ramadan Special

Mar 26th, 2024 36m 53s

Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message!On 9th March 2024, millions of Muslims around the world begin a month fasting between the hours of sunlight.During past Ramadans we have spoken from men and women Muslims, and now it's the children's tu

S11 E11:The One About BBC Pilgrimage and True Tube

Mar 22nd, 2024 1h 15m

Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message!Did you know that the people who bring you TRUETUBE also bring you BBC PILGRIMAGE and SONGS OF PRAISE? CTVC are a media company behind all of these amazing things and was started by ARTHUR RANK!To cele

S11 E10:The One About Social Catholic Teachings

Mar 15th, 2024 46m 11s

Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message!What a delightful topic and a delightful guest. Oli Aston awakens us to how radical Catholic teachings are, particularly in terms of social justice. We look at their link to Jesus, famous catholics who

S11 E9:The One About The National Content Standard

Mar 8th, 2024 46m 50s

Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message!In the absence of a National Curriculum, Culham St Gabriel CEO, Kathryn Wright and Deborah Weston have written a National Content Standard. But what is it? Why do we need it? And, Should there be a Nat

S11 E8:The One About NATRE

Mar 1st, 2024 1h 23m

Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message!I spent so much of my career not knowing about NATRE and I don't want any RE teacher to miss out on what this amazing organisation has to offer. From training, to support to resources, this organisatio

S11 E7:The One With Lat Blaylock

Feb 23rd, 2024 53m 30s

Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message!Lat Blaylock became an RE teacher over 40 years ago. As he takes semi-retirement we look back over his extensive career and celebrate this wonderful subject. I ask him why he committed himself entirely

S11 E6:The One About Quakerism

Feb 9th, 2024 51m 39s

Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message!This week I interview Mathew Guest about Quakerism. If you have the February blues then this episode will really cheer you up. Mathew enightens us about the history of the Quakers but also about the f

S11 E5:The One About The Vedas

Feb 2nd, 2024 54m 24s

Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message!A fantastic chat with Molly Acharya about the Vedas - a set of four holy texts in Hindu Dharma.The Rig VedaThe Yajur VedaThe Sama VedaThe Atharva VedaThese books are full of such wisdom that weaves so m

S11 E4:The One About The REQM

Jan 26th, 2024 41m 29s

Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message!Hands up if you knew that there was an RE Quality Mark? Who thinks their department deserves one? Who would like to know how to get one? All these questions and more are asked in my chat with Indy Notta

S11 E3:The One About The Sermon On The Mount Part 3 The Rest

Jan 19th, 2024 52m 56s

Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message!In my final episode in my mini series on The Sermon On The Mount, I dive into the rest of the Sermon On The Mount. It meanders around a variety of subjects;Fulfillment of the LawMurderAdulteryDivorceOa

S11 E2:The One About The Sermon On The Mount 2 - Prayer

Jan 12th, 2024 25m 54s

Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message!To start 2024 I am doing a little mini series on the Sermon On The Mount. This was the first piece of teaching of Jesus recorded in the gospels. Jesus has been baptised, he's fasted and prayed and bee

S11 E1: The One About The Sermon On The Mount Part 1 - The Beatitudes

Jan 5th, 2024 32m 36s

Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message!So excited to be starting a new year with Season 11 of The RE Podcast. In the next few episodes I am going to delve into the Sermon On The Mount. This week I look at the Beatitudes, and next week I wi

YULETIDE SPECIAL: The One About Paganisms

Dec 21st, 2023 52m 23s

Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message!To celebrate the winter solstice 21st December 2023, I have had a lovely chat with Tara and Linda. We discuss all things Pagan! How has ininfluenced British culture today, where it came from, the relat

S10 E12: The One About The Parable Of The Prodigal Son

Dec 11th, 2023 38m 20s

Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message!In the last in my series on the parables of Jesus, James Holt joins us to discuss 'The Parable Of The Prodigal Son'. We discuss why he loves the parable so much, the significance at the time and the var

S10 E11: The One About The Parable Of The Good Samaritan

Dec 1st, 2023 18m 30s

Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message!This is my favourte of Jesus' parables. Quite simply this is because it makes someone in authority look stupid, and it elevates the little guy - the outcasts. But what does the Parable of the Good Sama

S10 E10: The One About The Parable of the Sheep And The Goats

Nov 24th, 2023 24m 28s

Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message!The parables of Jesus were stories he told to a specific group of people for a specific reason. In this new mini series, I unpack a couple of Jesus's parables starting with the parable of the sheep and

S10 E9: The One Where We Find Our Religion Part 2

Nov 10th, 2023 52m 59s

Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message!Some of you might have heard of Fiona Spargo Mabbs - founder of the DSM Foundation. The Foundation was named after Daniel Spargo Mabbs, Fiona's youngest son who tragically lost his life after taking ecs

S10 E8: The One Where We Find Our Religion Part 1

Nov 3rd, 2023 50m 57s

Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message!I have just finished a mini series on people who have lost their religion. In the last episode, I spoke to someone who had lost and then found their faith again. That is a nice segway into a new mini

S10 E7: The One Where We Lose And Find Our Religion

Oct 27th, 2023 48m 11s

Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message!Now I know that I don't usually put out an episode during holidays but I really wanted to finish my Losing My Religion series without a break!But this is an interesting one as this is someone who lost a

S10 E6: The One Where We Lose Our Religion Part 3

Oct 20th, 2023 46m 14s

Please send The RE Podcast a Text Message!In this episode, Head of RE, NATRE exec Neil McKain talks about his gradual journey from Roman Catholicism to being the Vice Chair of Humanism UK, and why humanism appeals to him. We discuss unbaptised