Interviews to which Beate invites guests to talk about their work and their passion for issues on community programmes, Social Justice, Interfaith Relations, Bible studies, or the Catholic Church.
Patrick Carolan points out that we need to be transformative: “We have to be in right relationship with all of Creation, and when we are in right relationship with Creation,…
What do all world religions have in common?Exploring Spirituality and Interspirituality and seeing how everything is interconnected when it comes to values of love, such as kindness, care and protection.…
Zacharia tells his story from searching for self-improvement to finding a purpose in life and meditating in holy places: https://youtu.be/lfFXs3B5rT8
Dr Joseph Grayland follows up on a presentation given for Titipounamu Study & Joy: Liturgical Inculturation - a dangerous concept?! Part 1: What is inculturation? https://youtu.be/OriKUgqhWvk Part 2: Liturgical inculturation…
During the month of October 2025 Muffin Talk presents a special series on interviews about Nostra Aetate. This Vatican II document was promulgated on 28 October 1965. Muffin Talk with…
Assisted dying or killing? Are the boundaries failing us?Misunderstandings of the current legal situation around Euthanasia often give the illusion that any decision about life is personal. Richard Harward shares…
Social Cohesion – a vision that is often described as feeling a sense of belonging, inclusion, participation, recognition and legitimacy for all people.Dr Melissa Derby, the current New Zealand Race…
"Make it a practice to judge persons and things in the most favorable light at all times and under all circumstances." (St Vincent de Paul) The volunteers of the Society…
Dr Joe Grayland, a New Zealand priest, introduces his book Horizons which is a series of essays on current issues in the Church that gather around synodality and its future,…
Prof Thomas O'Loughlin has been a frequent guest on Muffin Talk. Here are a few snippets from longer interviews recorded with him over the years. He is originally from Dublin,…