The Religion and Ethics Report - Separate stories podcast

Does the overthrow of the brutal Assad regime strengthen or threaten religious minorities?

As Donald Trump names more controversial figures to his second-term administration, Democrats are wondering how they lost to such an unorthodox figure. And, have Democrats been showing contempt for working-class voters who were once part of their base? 

Newly uncovered letters reveal just how deep the crisis over "The Satanic Verses" became. And in the US, have Democrats abandoned their working-class base?

It was the novel that sparked a geopolitical crisis. Now, newly uncovered letters reveal just how deep the crisis over "The Satanic Verses" became. 

Even those who don't buy into Orban's project recognise how successful the Hungarian prime minister has been at creating a nationalist model. He's attracted admiration from the right — and even segments of the left.

Join The Religion and Ethics Report in Hungary. The country is currently the centre of Europe's culture wars, especially on issues of immigration, gender, and sex. But why is Prime Minister Viktor Orban popular in the nation, and even beyond?

The Religion and Ethics Report is in Hungary. The country is the centre of Europe's culture wars, especially on issues of immigration, gender, and sex. And Prime Minister Viktor Orban's model of nationalism has attracted admiration from the right — and even segments of the left.

Dr Sarah Irving-Stonebraker says that, today we live in an "ahistoric age," where history is being reduced to ideology, and used to fight in the culture wars.

What role did religion play for Latin Americans at the polling booth? Plus, we hear from one of the world's first female Orthodox rabbis, and a historian who says we're living in an "ahistoric age."

White evangelicals came out in force for Donald Trump in 2016, and again in 2024. Now, it seems, there are other religious voters to add to his base — Latino evangelicals. So, what role did religion play in the voting booth for them?