Holy Smoke

185 Episodes

1. Welby resigns: crisis at the Church of England

   Published: 11/12/2024
2. Did Christianity create secular humanism?

   Published: 11/8/2024
3. Sale of the century: why is the Kirk selling off hundreds of churches so cheaply?

   Published: 10/25/2024
4. The Pope announces 21 new cardinals. Is he trying to pack the conclave?

   Published: 10/18/2024
5. Could religious voters in the swing states decide the US election?

   Published: 10/4/2024
6. How pistols in St Paul’s Cathedral shaped the science of sound

   Published: 9/20/2024
7. Losing faith: will Labour’s VAT policy hit religious schools hardest?

   Published: 9/6/2024
8. From the archives: An atheist goes on a Christian pilgrimage. Why?

   Published: 8/29/2024
9. A Habsburg Archduke explains how not to be nasty on Twitter

   Published: 7/19/2024
10. Walsingham and the musical grief of the Reformation

    Published: 7/1/2024
11. Calm fire: the consolation of listening to Bruckner

    Published: 5/23/2024
12. The problem with cringe-making funerals

    Published: 4/24/2024
13. How the Church of England patronises African Christians

    Published: 3/15/2024
14. How much did Pope Francis know about Fr Marko Rupnik?

    Published: 2/26/2024
15. How liberal bishops are squeezing the life out of the Church of England

    Published: 2/9/2024
16. Does Trump have evangelical Christians to thank for his second coming?

    Published: 1/26/2024
17. Gay blessings and theological porn: why leading cardinals are distancing themselves from Pope Francis

    Published: 1/15/2024
18. Raymond Arroyo on the joys of a Sinatra-style Christmas

    Published: 12/22/2023
19. The strange appeal of Integralism

    Published: 12/15/2023
20. How light filled the first Roman Churches: a conversation with Dr Elizabeth Lev

    Published: 11/13/2023