This week on Sunday Night Safran: Dr Benjamin Penny takes the lid off Falun Gong and explains why the Chinese Government is so afraid of them. John Follain author of The Last Godfathers reveals the religious beliefs of the mafia. John and bob get the goss on Nepalese politics and hardcore punk Zen Buddhist Brad Warner is in for religious song of the week.
updated: 27/07/2008
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20/07/2008
This week on Sunday Night Safran: Politics, Religion and Hoochies
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14/07/2008
This week on Sunday Night Safran: Politics, Religion and Hoochies
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06/07/2008
This week on Sunday Night Safran: Politics, Religion and Hoochies
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29/06/2008
This week on Sunday Night Safran: Paramedic, guerilla filmmaker and author Ben Gilmour talks about hanging with the Pashtun’s in Northern Pakistan. Bernard Korbman and Rabbi Shamir Caplan reveal the Jewish influence in the history of comic books. Former bee keeper Father Bob interviews Grace Pundyk about the connections between honey, terrorism and the Russian mafia. Religious song of the week is from Rudra a Vedic metal band from Singapore.
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22/06/2008
This week on Sunday Night Safran: Maysoon Zayid, the Palestinian Muslim Comedian from New Jersy with cerebral palsy talks down the tensions between Israelis and Palestinians on the set of Adam Sandler's new movie. Roy Williams used to be an atheist and now he's so Christian he wrote a book about it, he explains how that happened. Damien Thompson is the head cynic at counterknowledge.com and author of the book of the same name, he'll tear most conspiracy theories to shreds and Simon Landid, leader of St Bakhitas Choir, presents a Sudanese Religious Song Of The Week.
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15/06/2008
This week on Sunday Night Safran: This week on Sunday Night Safran: Half Japanese scientist Michiko Smith talks Blood type prejudice in Japanese culture. Srinivas Krishna explains "Calender Art" and why Hindu art looks like it does. John archer finally turns up and talks about water being God and fluoride being bad. Religious Song of the Week features Tim Maddren and Andrew Koblar with a song from the new musical Altar Boyz.
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08/06/2008
This week on Sunday Night Safran: author of A Burqa and a Hard Place Sally Cooper talks about leaving a comfy Australian life to go and work in Afghanistan. Weezer have a version of a Shaker hymn on their new album. Brother Arnold Hadd is one of the 4 remaining shakers, he explains what's going on with shakers. Paul Carey will be in for Religious song of the week and to talk about Thelema the OTO.
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01/06/2008
artist YVETTE COPPERSMITH discusses eroticism in religious art, the censorship of bill henson and painting John. TONY AYRES; Director and contributor to the book Growing up Asian points out a few different groups of Chinese Australians. John and Bob get to meet RANA DAMIAN, a real life Uygur and also Senegalese Moslem LAMINE SONKO belts out a solo vocal Religious Song Of The Week live in studio.
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25/05/2008
PAUL DILLON actually turns up this time and talks drugs and religion. Was Jesus high? RICHARD WALSH discusses eulogies. JAMES RESTON JR reveals the religious influences of Richard Nixon and FATHER STAN FORTUNA the rapping Franciscan Friar from the Bronx drops mad rhymes in respect for the late JPII in Religious Song Of The Week.
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18/05/2008
RODNEY SYME, author of A Good Death talks about the intersection between euthanasia and religion. MARK WAKELY, Author of Sweet Sorrow: A Beginner's Guide to Death discusses odd rituals for when you kick the bucket. DAN GARNER, talks about Aum Shinrikyo (Supreme Truth), the Japanese religious cult obsessed with the apocalypse. AAMER RAHMAN and NAZEEM HUSSAIN, are the comic duo behind, Fear of a Brown Planet and they join us for Religious Song of the Week.
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