Heart and Soul Episodes Episode guide
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The Mosque for Bangladesh鈥檚 Transgender Women
Bangladesh鈥檚 Transgender fight for inclusion in Islam
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Ayahuasca and the new spiritual tourism
Ayahuasca and new wave of spiritual tourism 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鈥檚 border wall, James Naughtie meets the people helping migrants
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An African missionary in France
How missionaries from Africa are helping to keep the Catholic faith alive in France
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The right thing: The human shield
Why an Australian journalist decided to try and stop Western powers bombing Iraq
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The Right Thing: The Arab Holocaust museum
.Why an Arab Israeli set out to educate his fellow Palestinians about the Holocaust
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How the war in Gaza helped me find God
Why the conflict in Gaza led a woman in Liverpool to become a Muslim
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Seeking justice from Opus Dei
Women who worked in Opus Dei centres say they endured emotional and spiritual abuse
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The dead are not dead
What is Enkumbi, a ritual practised in certain cultures in Uganda and across Africa?
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Reclaiming yoga
Yoga is big business but has it become disconnected from its spiritual roots?
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Losing my wife gave me a vocation: Fr Adamski
How a tragic loss inspired a pharmaceutical executive to become a Catholic priest
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Istanbul鈥檚 church of wishes
The sacred spring that unites people of all faiths in hope
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Indigenous healing on the party island of Ibiza
Creating a meeting point between Indigenous spirituality and a culture of excess in Ibiza
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Synagogue for sale
Polish anthropologist Alexandra Janus deliberates buying back a piece of her heritage
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Afghanistan 20 years on
Julia Paul discovers what happened to the young women she taught in Kabul 20 years ago
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Corruption in Curia
How the financial investigator who fell foul of the Vatican kept his faith
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Muslim sex education
The educators teaching Muslim women about healthy sex
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Digital grief
Are new digital technologies helpful in the grieving process?
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The Olympics: Wrestling for redemption in Jordan
The would-be Olympic champion who is now fighting to overcome his past traumas in Jordan