We’re thrilled to share our latest production for a mutli-partner international project— the new podcast series, Big Questions About the Human Being: Bioscience and Islam in Dialogue, hosted by Dr. Aasim Padela.

Across six episodes, leading scientists and scholars explore humanity’s most profound questions—from evolution and consciousness to free will and even the possibility of intelligent life beyond Earth.

The world premiere is Sept 14 at 3 PM Chicago / 9 PM London on YouTube Live. We hope you’ll join us!

Watch here:  https://www.youtube.com/live/BKtizyX0Kbg
Learn more: https://medicineandislam.org/

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Martin Redfern officially studied Geology at UCL, but cheerfully admits to having devoted at least as much time to producing—and designing sound and lighting for—student theatre. First joining the BBC as Studio Manager, he became Science Producer for BBC World Service then Chief Producer, BBC Radio Science Unit. He produced over 1000 radio documentaries and podcasts, winning 3 ABSW/Royal Society radio awards. Writing widely on science's 'big questions' (New Scientist, The Economist, The Guardian, Sunday Times), he was among the first to report significant scientific and medical advances, from the discovery of the AIDS virus and the cloning of Dolly the sheep to the first black hole identified and the discovery of dark energy. He authored 5 books and contributed to others, and was shortlisted for the the Royal Society Science Book Prize. Formerly :Templeton Cambridge Journalism Fellow in Science and Religion ; Deputy Chair of the Association of British Science Writers. Currently: Chair of the Music Mind Spirit Trust, for which he has provided audio engineering, including live performances and audio installations of Sir John Taverner’s composition Towards Silence. He lives in rural Wales where he is a Citizen Scientist, monitoring river health and light pollution. He provides audio recording and engineering for the Presteigne International Festival and the Knighton Festival. He produces broadcasts and podcasts for several organisations including the BBC and provides media and podcast training.

Kirsten Dwight’s earliest memories of radio are the dits and dahs of Morse code, as her Dad occasionally volunteered to patch ham radio messages from Alaskans in remote communities through to their relatives. Local and National Public Radio connected her childhood home in Alaska to the wider world—so working in radio felt like a natural choice. Kirsten started in radio as a freelance factual Researcher, then latterly Producer, making award-winning (Sandford St Martin, Radio 4's Pick of the Year) documentaries for BBC Radio 4 and the World Service, and was awarded a National Endowment of Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) grant for Radio. A passionate advocate of open education, she taught Humanities, The Open University (OU). and represented the OU in its BBC partnership, co-commissioning award-winning (Mind Mental Health; Learning On Screen ) BBC television documentaries on Health and Social Care. She created accompanying digital resources for OU learning platforms and degree curricula (shortlisted , Japan Prize for educational media). Leading the OU’s activities within the British Council's partnership Belief in Dialogue project, she created digital resources on Science, Modernity and Belief.Together with British Council partners, she co-convened and facilitated an impactful online intercultural dialogue between students at Al Azhar University (Cairo) and the OU (UK & Europe) about citizenship, in the aftermath of the 25 January revolution. In recent years she has provided Quality Assurance for assessment processes for Humanities, Lifelong Learning, Prifysgol Aberystwyth / Aberystwyth University. She has been a personal assistant to people with disabilities, and provided care and advocacy for people living with dementia. She is an aspiring Welsh language learner.