Heart and Soul

Each week, Heart and Soul explores and tries to explain personal experiences of spirituality and faith from around the world.

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The Missionary Soldier
A self-described missionary soldier on faith, fear, and the cost of going towards gunfire
05 Jun 2026,26 mins
Jamaica’s sacred heartbeat
Jamaica’s revivalists preserve faith, healing, and identity through sacred traditions.
29 May 2026,27 mins
Fighting for the Children of Chernobyl
Adi Roche, whose faith inspired a lifetime helping children affected by the disaster
22 May 2026,26 mins
Speaking from the heart
The story of Anna, a Christian who at the age of 25 became “locked in” after a stroke
15 May 2026,26 mins
Befriending the man who killed my family
In Rwanda, survivors face the return of men who killed their families
08 May 2026,26 mins
A Church without Walls
Johannesburg pastor builds a Church for those excluded by traditional faith
01 May 2026,26 mins
Faith and revolution in the Philippines
How Catholicism helped overthrow a dictator and restored democracy to the Philippines.
24 Apr 2026,26 mins
Jamaica: Shaken, not broken
How volunteers are salvaging Jamaica’s 1,600 sacred spaces destroyed by Hurricane Melissa
17 Apr 2026,26 mins
God, grief and the chatbot
A mother’s grief, a son’s chatbot and the faith that sustained her.
03 Apr 2026,26 mins
Deaf Umrah
An inclusive pilgrimage with deaf Muslims from the UK
27 Mar 2026,26 mins
Can yoga be Christian?
Can yoga be Christian? We meet practitioners and teachers debating a new type of practice.
20 Mar 2026,28 mins
Can yoga be Christian?
Can yoga be Christian? We meet practitioners and teachers debating a new type of practice
20 Mar 2026,26 mins
The naked monks
In parts of India, Jain monks permanently renounce all possessions, including clothes
13 Mar 2026,26 mins
Leaving Isis: Is redemption possible?
A former Isis recruit reflects on radicalisation, faith, regret and redemption.
06 Mar 2026,26 mins
When music became a prayer
The Chinese pianist who discovered God after hearing Vivaldi’s Gloria.
27 Feb 2026,26 mins
‘Oasis of peace’ in wartime
The challenges faced by Israeli Jews and Arabs living together in a unique community
20 Feb 2026,26 mins
The Gaudí code
How Spain’s Sagrada Família went global
13 Feb 2026,26 mins
From American Pastor to Whirling Dervish
Former US Christian pastor Ismail Fenter fell for Rumi and became a whirling dervish.
06 Feb 2026,26 mins
Jesus in a shop doorway
A former addict and gangster turns his past into a life of faith.
30 Jan 2026,26 mins
Daughters of thunder
Exploring the transformative work and faith of black female pastors in the American south
23 Jan 2026,26 mins
Eternal horizons
In the Nepalese Himalaya, one of the rarest funeral rites, the Sky Burial, is practised
16 Jan 2026,26 mins,
Living side by side: Morocco’s Jews and Muslims
Exploring close neighbourly relations between Jews and Muslims in Morocco
09 Jan 2026,26 mins
Two families from Sarajevo
How two families, one Jewish, the other Muslim resuced each other from the horrors of war
02 Jan 2026,26 mins
The Lord and Dance: Michael Flatley
Irish dancer Michael Flatley reveals the role of faith in his life.
30 Dec 2025,28 mins
The lord and dance: Michael Flatley
Irish dancer Michael Flatley reveals the role of faith in his life
26 Dec 2025,26 mins
Prayers through the Checkpoints
We hear from Palestinians striving to reach places of worship amid increased security.
19 Dec 2025,26 mins
The Divine Gift of Sex
Sex and faith are intertwined, sex therapist Dr Rica Cruz explains why.
12 Dec 2025,26 mins,
Twin spirits: A lost bond that lives in dreams
How a twin brother lost at birth became one woman’s spiritual guide.
28 Nov 2025,26 mins
Navigating faith on the road
Faith on the road: Riding with Canada’s Sikh truckers.
21 Nov 2025,26 mins
Finding my true self through Druidry
Welsh witch and Druid Mhara finds belonging and peace with her true self through Druidry
14 Nov 2025,26 mins