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The episode explores the rise of spiritual curiosity in a secular generation and discusses various cultural influences on faith.

We're back with Season 8 of the Being Human podcast! In this episode, Peter Lynas is joined by new co-host Katherine Brown to explore "spiritual curiosity" across popular culture. From feminists and historians to podcasters and footballers it seems like many people are curious about faith. They discuss the Bible Society’s “Quiet Revival” report and its retraction, while pointing to other research and many UK stories of people praying, buying Bibles, and simply showing up at church. The episode also highlights challenges like pick-and-mix spirituality and online-only discipleship and stresses the value of local church community. Finally, they introduce Ethos, a digital pathway which includes a quiz, personalised insights and suggested Christian practices to help spiritually curious people explore the way of Jesus. 00:00 Celebs are spiritually curious 01:19 Welcome to Being Human 01:42 Meet the new co-host 03:11 The Jordan Peterson effect 05:18 Theo Von and prayer 06:39 Bryan Johnson tries prayer 08:21 Steven Bartlett is spiritually curious 11:24 Feminist author Louise Perry becomes a Christian 13:11 Ayaan Hirsi Ali: from Islam to Christianity 15:08 The Alex O'Connor effect 17:02…

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