National Secular Society Podcast

Opinion Out Loud brings you a selection of the National Secular Society’s opinion pieces in audio format. Helen Nicholls reviews The Reluctant Gay Activist, the revised memoir of former NSS president Terry Sanderson. Read this original opinion piece: https://www.secularism.org.uk/opinion/2021/10/terry-sandersons-memoir-shows-that-gay-and-secularist-activism-often-go-hand-in-hand

It’s that time of year again, when we look forward to a break and reflect on the year that’s been. Read the full message: https://www.secularism.org.uk/opinion/2021/12/a-message-from-the-chief-executive

A ground-breaking case on the right to a pluralistic education in Northern Ireland is currently being considered by the High Court. Full shownotes and subscriber information: https://www.secularism.org.uk/podcast/2021/12/ep-63

An interview with journalist Kunwar Khuldune Shahid on Islamist ideology and jihadism, blasphemy, and the importance of free speech.   Full shownotes and subscriber information: https://www.secularism.org.uk/podcast/2021/12/ep-62

Opinion Out Loud brings you a selection of the National Secular Society’s opinion pieces in audio format. The Armed Forces must dismantle their institutional Christian privilege if they are truly committed to inclusivity, says Megan Manson. Read this original opinion piece: ‘Inclusive language’ in the army is meaningless without inclusive culture – National Secular Society (secularism.org.uk)

Looking to explore the currents of thought behind secularism? Here are nine books to begin with. Full shownotes and subscriber information: https://www.secularism.org.uk/podcast/2021/11/ep-61

In an increasingly secular country, why does the British army retain its exclusively Christian practices?    Full shownotes and subscriber information: https://www.secularism.org.uk/podcast/2021/11/ep-60

Opinion Out Loud brings you a selection of the National Secular Society’s opinion pieces in audio format. A new government fund exclusively for faith groups threatens to embed religious privilege into public services, warns Megan Manson. Read this original opinion piece: https://www.secularism.org.uk/opinion/2021/09/beware-the-governments-new-normal-of-faith-based-public-services

Should organisations be entitled to tax breaks and other privileges solely on the basis that they ‘advance religion’? Full shownotes and subscriber information: https://www.secularism.org.uk/podcast/2021/10/ep-59

Opinion Out Loud brings you a selection of the National Secular Society’s opinion pieces in audio format. As a bill to reform collective worship progresses in parliament, Stephen Evans argues that the time has come for lawmakers to recognise that laws mandating worship have no place in modern Britain. Read this original opinion piece: https://www.secularism.org.uk/opinion/2021/09/schools-should-be-liberated-from-the-compulsion-of-worship