The Religion and Ethics Report - Separate stories podcast
ABC
The Religion and Ethics Report, where religion and ethics meet news and current affairs in Australia and around the world.
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Jan 15, 2025 • 32min
The gay Americans that cultivated support among Republicans
The largely untold history of gay Americans and the Republican party.
Jan 8, 2025 • 29min
The history and purpose of UK's Labour Party
In July 2024, British Labour cruised to victory, it won two-thirds of the seats in the House of Commons. But for one well-placed writer, there's a risk in such a triumph.
Jan 8, 2025 • 29min
The moral roots of the British Labour Party
A long-time British Labour MP rediscovers his party's religious and moral history.
Jan 1, 2025 • 29min
The stand-off between a cult and the FBI that gripped America
The 51-day stand-off between the FBI and the Branch Davidians cult that came to a fiery end.
Jan 1, 2025 • 29min
The FBI vs cult stand-off that influenced modern militias
It captivated America and much of the world. In 1993, a 51 day stand-off in Waco, Texas, between the FBI and a religious cult known as the Branch Davidians came, literally, to a fiery end. Those who died became martyrs — but martyrs to whom?
Dec 25, 2024 • 25min
The rise of cool Christianity
What's the line between faith and entertainment culture?
Dec 25, 2024 • 29min
What happens when celebrity culture and faith collide?
The hand waves, the music pumps, and the preacher wearing branded sneakers, skips across a stage. It's the face of modern religion, but where's the line between belief and entertainment?
Dec 23, 2024 • 6min
How did our diverse Christmas palate get its start?
How did Australia get its diverse Christmas palate?
Dec 23, 2024 • 10min
Is tech the new religion?
Is Silicon Valley cultish? Can we resist its influence?
Dec 23, 2024 • 8min
Laipianism: the indigenous faith that rivalled Christianity in Myanmar
How a monotheistic animist religion became a rival to Christianity in Myanmar.
