Introducing: Unholy Histories The Humanist Heritage Podcast from Humanists UK

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Unholy Histories is the new Humanist Heritage Podcast from Humanists UK and inspired by the research of the Humanist Heritage Project.

Join Andrew Copson and Madeleine Goodall as they uncover the rebels, reformers, and freethinkers who shaped a more open and compassionate Britain.

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Music: Small Things by Simon Folwar

Transcript

Andrew Copson 0:01

Welcome to Unholy Histories, the Humanist Heritage Podcast brought to you by Humanist UK. I'm Andrew Copson, Chief Executive of Humanist UK.

Madeleine Goodall 0:09

And I'm Madeleine Goodall, head of the Humanist Heritage Project.

Andrew Copson 0:13

We're the hosts of this new podcast series where we will be speaking with experts about Britain's humanist history, uncovering the people, events, and ideas that have shaped both humanist thought and our national life.

Madeleine Goodall 0:23

They were rabbles, they were heretics.

Speaker 0:25

He had admirers far and wide in both the literary world and radical world.

Madeleine Goodall 0:31

Each episode will be unearthing the underappreciated legacy of the sceptics, free thinkers, and reformers who challenged convention and helped build a more open, compassionate society.

Speaker 4 0:40

I was so struck by it. By the depth of thinking, the amount of hope, the amount of inspiration, the vision, something which a lot of people comment that we seem to lack today, just about everywhere, at a time when it is almost the last thing you would think they'd be devoting their energies to.

Andrew Copson 1:00

From ancient atheism and the sceptics from before the Enlightenment through to modern-day secularism and 21st century human rights campaigners will explore how humanists and humanist ideas have evolved and endured across the centuries.

Speaker 1:14

The more pronounced milestone moments in the history of philosophy and science, but can be unearthed from people who have been marginalised, overlooked, but whose evidence remains.

Lizzi Collinge MP 1:25

Kindness is a core humanist quality, and I think kindness is something we need as much as possible of in the world.

Andrew Copson 1:34

We'll be uncovering the stories, the voices, and the people behind Britain's humanist heritage, those who questioned, created, and changed the world around them.

Madeleine Goodall 1:43

Join us as we unearth the often hidden and unholy history of the UK.

Andrew Copson 1:50

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