The F Word Podcast

Storytelling Podcasts

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...

Episodes

Ray Minniecon on the power of apology and why ideas around healing and forgiveness can be problematic for Aboriginal people

Mary Foley on faith, forgiveness, and how writing to her daughter’s killer brought her peace of mind

Pardeep Kaleka on finding forgiveness after his father was killed in one of America’s deadliest race-based hate crimes

Arno Michaelis on rejecting his racist past, and the role of unconditional forgiveness in creating a life after hate

Jo Berry and Pat Magee on finding healing through understanding in the aftermath of the Brighton bomb

Gill Hicks on the healing power of the arts and how seeking to understand has aided her recovery

Wilma Derksen on how forgiving can resuscitate and revive, as well as cause isolation and incite criticism

Geoff Thompson and Andrea Martinez on forgiveness, self-preservation and surviving sexual assault

Figen Murray on how forgiving her son’s killer has preserved her humanity

Michael Lapsley on racism, apartheid and when forgiveness requires repentance

Azim Khamisa on grieving, his spiritual practice and the importance of asking for forgiveness

Letlapa Mphahlele on prejudice, apartheid and the burden of being forgiven

Kia Scherr on traumatic loss and grief as a spiritual practice

Paul Kohler on how a brutal attack in his own home changed the course of his life

Lis Cashin on guilt, shame and self-forgiveness

Zak Ebrahim on the meaning of forgiveness in relation to extremist ideologies

Jacob Dunne on meeting the mother of the man he killed

Joan Scourfield on facing the man who killed her son

Bjørn Ihler on the power of personal storytelling, violent extremism and why it’s important not to dehumanize terrorists

Stephanie Cassatly on rage and the gift of remorse