The F Word Podcast
Podrobnosti kanálu
The F Word Podcast
How do we cope with the worst things that have ever happened to us, and the most terrible things we have ever done? Reporting back from the edges of human experience, The F Word Podcast grapples with the thorny topic of forgiveness. Some have forgiven those who've harmed them, others are grappling w...
Nedávné epizody
21 epizod
Ray Minniecon on the power of apology and why ideas around healing and forgiveness can be problematic for Aboriginal people
Marina Cantacuzino talks to Pastor Ray Minniecon about the history of the Stolen Generations and the continuing pain of Aboriginals in Australia. Ray...
Mary Foley on faith, forgiveness, and how writing to her daughter’s killer brought her peace of mind
Marina Cantacuzino talks to Mary Foley about the impact that losing her teenage daughter to knife-crime had on her family, and how forgiving the young...
Pardeep Kaleka on finding forgiveness after his father was killed in one of America’s deadliest race-based hate crimes
Marina Cantacuzino talks to Pardeep Kaleka about how in the wake of his father’s murder in a Sikh temple in Winsconsin he found compassion and became...
Arno Michaelis on rejecting his racist past, and the role of unconditional forgiveness in creating a life after hate
Marina Cantacuzino talks to Arno Michaelis about his time spent in the white power movement and how he transformed his life to become an advocate agai...
Jo Berry and Pat Magee on finding healing through understanding in the aftermath of the Brighton bomb
Marina Cantacuzino talks Jo Berry and Pat Magee about the benefits and complexities of a relationship developed over 20 years. Despite the fact that P...
Gill Hicks on the healing power of the arts and how seeking to understand has aided her recovery
Marina Cantacuzino talks to author, musician and artist Gill Hicks who narrowly escaped death when she was horrifically and permanently disabled durin...
Wilma Derksen on how forgiving can resuscitate and revive, as well as cause isolation and incite criticism
Marina Cantacuzino talks to Wilma Derksen, author, therapist and advocate for healing justice. Ever since Wilma’s 13-year-old daughter Candace was fou...
Geoff Thompson and Andrea Martinez on forgiveness, self-preservation and surviving sexual assault
Marina Cantacuzino talks to Geoff Thompson and Andrea Martinez – both victims of child sexual abuse. Geoff Thompson is a filmmaker, prolific author an...
Figen Murray on how forgiving her son’s killer has preserved her humanity
Marina Cantacuzino talks to Figen Murray about what forgiveness means in the context of losing a child in a terrorist attack. In May 2017 her son, Mar...
Michael Lapsley on racism, apartheid and when forgiveness requires repentance
Marina Cantacuzino talks to Father Michael Lapsley, an Anglican priest, social justice activist and founder of the Institute for Healing of Memories i...
Azim Khamisa on grieving, his spiritual practice and the importance of asking for forgiveness
Marina Cantacuzino talks to Azim Khamisa who founded the Tariq Khamisa Foundation after his only son, Tariq, was shot and killed while delivering pizz...
Letlapa Mphahlele on prejudice, apartheid and the burden of being forgiven
Marina Cantacuzino talks to Letlapa Mphahlele about his role in the struggle against apartheid and how he came to meet the mother of one of his victim...
Kia Scherr on traumatic loss and grief as a spiritual practice
Marina Cantacuzino talks to Kia Scherr whose husband and 13-year-old daughter were both victims of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks. Kia is the co-found...
Paul Kohler on how a brutal attack in his own home changed the course of his life
Marina Cantacuzino talks to Paul Kohler whose story hit the headlines in 2014 when four men broke into his London home leaving him with severe facial...
Lis Cashin on guilt, shame and self-forgiveness
Marina Cantacuzino talks to Lis Cashin who as a child caused a fatal accident which cast an irreversible shadow over her life. Marina talks to her abo...
Zak Ebrahim on the meaning of forgiveness in relation to extremist ideologies
Marina Cantacuzino talks to Zak Ebrahim. When Zak was seven, his father shot and killed the founder of the Jewish Defence League, Rabbi Meir Kahane an...
Jacob Dunne on meeting the mother of the man he killed
Marina Cantacuzino talks to Jacob Dunne who aged 18 was convicted of manslaughter for killing a man with a single punch. This episode tells the story...
Joan Scourfield on facing the man who killed her son
Marina Cantacuzino talks to Joan Scourfield, the mother of James who in 2011 was killed when a young man called, Jacob Dunne, threw a fatal punch in a...
Stephanie Cassatly on rage and the gift of remorse
Marina Cantacuzino talks to Stephanie Cassatly, a writer, teacher, mother and wife from Florida. When Stephanie was 18, her mother was shot and killed...
Bjørn Ihler on the power of personal storytelling, violent extremism and why it’s important not to dehumanize terrorists
Marina Cantacuzino talks to 29-year-old Bjørn Ihler, a writer, filmmaker and ‘peace activist’ from Norway. Bjørn is a survivor of the attack on Utøya...
The F Word Podcast Trailer
The F Word is a new podcast series that examines the complex, messy, gripping subject of forgiveness. In each episode Marina Cantacuzino, a journalist...