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The Sacred #38: Ash Sarkar

The Sacred #38: Ash Sarkar

In the 38th episode of The Sacred, Elizabeth Oldfield talks to the broadcaster and journalist Ash Sarkar. 01/05/2019

Ash Sarkar is a writer, broadcaster, journalist and lecturer. She is a Senior Editor at Novara Media, an independent left wing media organisation, and regularly appears as a pundit on television and radio.

In this episode she discusses her sacred value of human life, being a ‘red diaper baby’, rediscovering Islam and her worries that adversarial debates are shaping us in unhealthy ways.

This podcast is a project of Theos Think Tank (@theosthinktank) and is hosted by Elizabeth Oldfield (@theoselizabeth).

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Elizabeth Oldfield

Elizabeth Oldfield

Elizabeth is host of The Sacred podcast. She was Theos’ Director from August 2011 – July 2021. She appears regularly in the media, including BBC One, Sky News, and the World Service, and writing in The Financial Times.

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Posted 1 May 2019

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