Location:
United Kingdom
Description:
Intelligent Christian broadcasting, by design.
Twitter:
@small_voice1
Language:
English
Contact:
447710149984
Website:
http://www.smallvoice.org.uk/
Episodes
sv podcast – ‘this isn’t my face, but these are my words’
4/14/2026
It’s April (finally!) and in this podcast we find out more about Seen and Unseen, as Holly & Darren chat about faith, politics and culture with Nick Jones who is the senior editor of the Seen & Unseen platform (although we still prefer ‘multiverse’). It’s an opinion website and associated …
Duration:01:11:06
sv podcast – songs of defiance & left-wing religion
3/12/2026
These EP tracks couldn’t wait; these songs were impatient to be out in the world. They are songs of defiance and dismay, of lamentation.” Bono In this month’s podcast, Darren & Holly wax lyrical about the brand-new EP, Days of Ash, from Irish rock legends, U2. It’s the first new …
Duration:00:46:52
sv podcast – put down in an another place
2/9/2026
It’s February and Lent is almost upon us …. We have a brief Lenty chat where Holly & Darren share what they might be doing, or not doing, for the season. (And what about you, dear listener? Are you giving Lent up for Lent? What are your practices? Let us …
Duration:00:51:06
sv podcast – predicting the year with Kelvin Holdsworth
1/12/2026
Happy New Year faithful listener! We hope that 2026 has good things in store for you. Well, we sort of hope that for all of us, as things are looking a bit scary out there just now. But in the winter gloom, we’re delighted to welcome Kelvin Holdsworth along to …
Duration:00:47:07
sv podcast – peace in your heart
12/9/2025
It’s starting to feel a lot like Christmas, and Holly and Darren have a selection box of festive good things for you in December’s podcast. They are joined by the power of the audio clip by a host of, well, not quite angels, but some of the lovely people who …
Duration:00:48:56
sv podcast – prisoners week
12/1/2025
Welcome to our latest ‘small voice’ feature where we seek out people and organisations which are small but make a big difference … Every year in Scotland, the third week in November is designated as ‘Prisoners Week’ and Margaret took the opportunity to devote this edition of smallVOICE to work …
Duration:00:33:03
sv podcast – repairing the world with Dave Tomlinson
11/12/2025
Mr ‘Bad Christian’ himself, Dave Tomlinson, is our special guest for November’s podcast! We’re delighted that Dave was able to join Darren and Holly to discuss some of the, well, frankly, more worrying things that have been happening recently in the world. Learn how good conversations might help us stave …
Duration:00:48:55
sv podcast – the counter-protest
10/21/2025
Welcome to our latest ‘small voice’ special feature – where our roving reporter, Margaret, finds people and organisations which are small but make a big difference. Margaret says, “Protests against asylum seekers seemed to be on the rise over the summer of 2025, but they were all in far away …
Duration:00:26:12
sv podcast – standup, murder & music
10/14/2025
It’s October, and in this podcast, Holly & Darren review the smash-hit true crime podcast, Wisecrack. Amazingly, it’s a true crime podcast that’s been topping the podcast COMEDY charts. (Spoiler: murder is not at all funny.) It’s an intriguing format which raises lots of interesting questions: Can people own their …
Duration:00:39:31
sv podcast – kindness as an act of courage
9/24/2025
In this September podcast, Holly and Darren review not one, but TWO recent political biographies – one by Nicola Sturgeon, former First Minister of Scotland and the other by Jacinda Ardern, the former Prime Minister of New Zealand. As far as politics is concerned, ‘kindness’ might be the aspirational touchstone …
Duration:00:52:27
sv podcast – Searchlight Theatre
9/1/2025
Our roving reporter, Margaret, had a good few days out at the Edinburgh Fringe this year, and one of the shows she saw was the inspiration for this ‘small voice’. Searchlight Theatre Company aims to be “a light on the Fringe” and with seven plays over two weeks, they had …
Duration:00:24:57
sv podcast – Don’t Forget We’re Here Forever
8/12/2025
In our podcast for August, we discuss the new book, Don’t Forget We’re Here Forever: A New Generation’s Search for Meaning by the writer and journalist Lamorna Ash. It came out earlier this year and has, it has to be said, made quite the splash in Christian church circles. Also …
Duration:01:09:14
sv podcast – easter eggs and bedtime stories
7/8/2025
Our latest ‘small voice’ features inspiring work at the Family Centre at Polmont Prison and Young Offenders Institution in central Scotland. Our roving reporter, Margaret, went there and spoke with Sasha Groves, the Manager of the Centre who told her about the range of support given to friends and families. …
Duration:00:22:59
Summer recommendations, ahoy!
6/10/2025
In this podcast we review recent film-of-the-book, The Salt Path, which stars Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs. It’s based on Raynor Wynn’s best-selling memoir of the same name which we read and reviewed in 2019. We liked the book a lot – will the film live up to it? And …
Duration:00:52:07
sV podcast – to be a Pilgrim …
5/5/2025
In our slow-but-sure working through the year, it’s now May and in this month’s podcast Darren & Holly review two BBC TV series currently broadcasting in the UK: Pilgrimage and Race Across The World. They are both series about people on a journey and the things they learn about each …
Duration:00:51:37
sv podcast – science and faith in conversation
4/7/2025
OK, time to have a proper conversation …. we’re delighted to be joined by a very special guest – long-time friend of the podcast and actual scientist, Dr Gavin Merrifield. He joins Holly and Darren for a discussion about science & faith, Christians working in science – and, what we …
Duration:00:47:20
sv podcast – small voices in Malawi
3/30/2025
According to the Scotland-Malawi Partnership, 64% of people in Scotland have a direct connection with Malawi or know someone who does. It sounds like an overestimate, but when small voice presenter Margaret thought about her own connections – the daughter of a friend doing a medical elective there; two midwives …
Duration:00:29:37
sv podcast – “I’m not racist, but …”
3/11/2025
In this podcast Darren and Holly review the recent Channel 4 programme Go Back To Where You Came From, a four-part series which deals with attitudes to immigration in a way that has polarised opinion. Go Back To Where You Came From is a kind of reality show in which …
Duration:00:48:37
sv podcast – all at sea …
2/12/2025
It’s February (we’re getting there, folks) and in this podcast Holly and Darren review the award-winning book Maurice and Maralyn by Sophie Elmhirst, the true-life story of a couple shipwrecked at sea. And, given, well, EVERYTHING, we just can’t ignore the Big Orange One. We discuss how we’re all getting …
Duration:00:44:56
sv podcast – how to be a lazy genius (and choose a pope!)
1/15/2025
It’s January 2025 – amazingly! – and we kick off the year with a couple of reviews. First up is the thrilling film, Conclave, which stars so many fantastic character actors we can’t even start to list them. Holly & Darren lead us through all the drama about how to …
Duration:00:56:59