Holy Smoke

211 Episodes

1. How transformative has 2025 been for Christianity?

   Published: 12/24/2025
2. Why religious societies succeed – with Rory Sutherland

   Published: 12/16/2025
3. How was Commercial Christmas born?

   Published: 12/11/2025
4. Why is it left to Trump to highlight the persecution of Christians in Nigeria?

   Published: 11/25/2025
5. Why did the Danish PM call for a 'spiritual rearmament'?

   Published: 11/16/2025
6. Have the culture wars gone spiritual?

   Published: 11/9/2025
7. Is the cult of St Edward the Confessor justified?

   Published: 10/30/2025
8. Is the Anglican Communion dead?

   Published: 10/21/2025
9. How did faith shape Thatcher?

   Published: 10/19/2025
10. What does it mean 'to forgive'?

    Published: 10/12/2025
11. What can we expect from the first female Archbishop of Canterbury?

    Published: 10/3/2025
12. Reparations: the tyranny of imaginary guilt, with Nigel Biggar & Katie Lam

    Published: 9/25/2025
13. 800 years on, why is Aquinas Gen Z’s favourite philosopher?

    Published: 9/19/2025
14. Archbishop of Canterbury: who's on the shortlist?

    Published: 9/12/2025
15. Why the canonisation of the first millennial saint is a cause to celebrate

    Published: 9/6/2025
16. Which are the 'Twelve Churches' that made Christianity?

    Published: 8/28/2025
17. From the Bible to Tolkien: the risks & rewards of collecting rare books

    Published: 8/15/2025
18. How has John Henry Newman inspired Pope Leo XIV?

    Published: 8/8/2025
19. Massacres in Syria & the Congo: why aren't Western elites drawing attention to religious persecution?

    Published: 7/31/2025
20. Recovering the Sacred with Michael Gove, Revd Marcus Walker, Dr Cosima Gillhammer and many more

    Published: 7/14/2025