Soul Search

ABC

Soul Search explores contemporary religion and spirituality from the inside out — what we believe, how we express it, and the difference it makes in our lives

  1. 6 DAYS AGO

    Steve Biddulph on fear, faith and masculinity today

    Anyone who has raised kids knows it's hard work. We do our best, but it can confront us with how we were raised ourselves. Steve Biddulph is one of the world's best known parenting educators, and now in retirement, Steve has been reflecting on anxiety, the value of spirituality, and the challenges of masculinity today.

    54 min

  2. 30 OCT

    Medieval mystics and the climate crisis — St Francis, forest bathing and Ibn Arabi

    What do the mystics have to teach us about healing our external — and internal — landscapes?

    54 min

  3. 23 OCT

    Imagining the future — sci-fi, doomsday preppers and hope punks

    The way we imagine the future matters. Not only does it change how we feel, those feelings change how we live today — and that might just change how things actually turn out!

    54 min

  4. 16 OCT

    Life without money and the possibilities of the gift economy

    Imagine living life without money — cutting up your credit card, closing up your bank account, and finding new ways to feed and clothe yourself. On Soul Search, we examine what it might look like to step away from the cycle of getting and spending, and towards a gift economy.

    54 min

  5. 9 OCT

    Big Questions in Books – Negotiating the sacred in Australian literature

    The novelist Patrick White once said yes, religion was behind all his books – but his religious and spiritual identity was far from straightforward. In the final instalment of the Big Questions in Books series we explore the (sometimes ambivalent!) Australian expressions of the sacred in literature, from Helen Garner to Tim Winton.

    54 min

  6. 2 OCT

    Remembering ethnologist Jane Goodall, champion of hope

    The acclaimed scientist Jane Goodall has died on October 1st, at the age of 91. But Dr Goodall's legacy, along with her study of chimps, is arguably as much to do with hope – and the spiritual curiosity that underpinned her quest for hope in difficult times.

    54 min

  7. 25 SEPT

    How music and artmaking connect us to the divine

    Making art and music has been an endeavour for at least as long as humans have existed, and it has the power to connect us in all kinds of ways. From the mountains of the southern Philippines to urban Melbourne, people are creating things that connect us to each other — and the transcendent.

    54 min

  8. 18 SEPT

    The ancients on life, death and the cosmos, with John Behr

    What does it mean to live a good life? According to some of the earliest Christians, the answer has a lot to do with... death! Orthodox scholar John Behr tells the stories of some of these saints and martyrs, and unpacks what they are telling us today.

    54 min
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Soul Search explores contemporary religion and spirituality from the inside out — what we believe, how we express it, and the difference it makes in our lives

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  • Creator
    ABC
  • Years Active
    2005 - 2025
  • Episodes
    915
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2025, Australian Broadcasting Corporation. All right reserved.
  • Show Website
    Soul Search

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