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triple j's Sunday Night Safran: 31 January 2010

Author Geoff Pike aka Pai Kit Fai and Chinese culture / Tanya Oziel keeps the faith in the healing power of AFL / Playwright Penelope Bartlau dissects puppetry and the belief system Singer and songwriter Husky Gawenda is this weeks Religious Song of the Week.

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Author Geoff Pike aka Pai Kit Fai and Chinese culture / Tanya Oziel keeps the faith in the healing power of AFL / Playwright Penelope Bartlau dissects puppetry and the belief system Singer and songwriter Husky Gawenda is this weeks Religious Song of the Week.

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Creative Director of the Hillsong Church Joel Houston starts the I-HEART revolution / Opera Conductor Richard Gill relishes the legend of Faust / Capoeira dancer Bruno Schvidah reveals why he is a warrior of Brazil / Mormon rocker Alan Sparhawk is this weeks Religious Song of the Week.

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Author Arthur Goldwag discusses the Freemasons, Illuminati and more / Co-founder and President of CLAN Leonie Sheedy / Writer/director of British comedy In the Loop Armando Iannucci / Matthew Peet aka Mistery and Religious Song of the Week

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This week wordsmith Matt Baglio talks people possessed by demons. Editor Russell Blackford assesses the potential damage done in the crusade to promote 'faith'. Documentarians Gus Berger and Luciano Blotta discover a world of racism, homophobia and sexism in the Jamaican reggae scene and Palestinian singer/actress Amal Murkus lends her voice to 'Religious Song of the Week'.

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This week we find out about the art of happiness through author, Howard C. Cutler. We get the lowdown on God from social commentator, Catherine Deveny. We explore the food, music, sport and culture of the Carribbean community in Oz. And we get experimental for Religious Song of the Week with musicians, Robbie Avenaim and Oren Ambarchi.

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This week we meet the man who juggled a life of crime and acting, Aboriginal icon, Jack Charles and the other man who made a film about him, director, Amiel Courtin-Wilson. We find out about the spear-weilding heavy metal gangs that drew Hannah Brooks and Briony Wright to travel to the remote Aboriginal township of Wadeye. We find out what it takes to go on hunger strike through fellow protestors, Marcella Brassett and Paul Connor from the Climate Justice Fast. And we find a voice of unity ...

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This week we revisit some of the stand-out moments on the program in 2009, with THE BEST OF SUNDAY NIGHT SAFRAN. You'll hear about tragic Australian stories from the past and present, facts about dying languages, ways to reverse circumcisions and juvenile offenders finding God.

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This week we hear from a Californian pyschologist whose work has been likened to classical Nazism. We exlore interreligious understanding at the Parliament of the World's Religions. We examine the conditions of detained Asylum Seekers in Indonesia. And we hear a classical symphony track for, .

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This week we speak to Neville Muir, co-founder for Deaf Ministries International, and go behind the lens of My Tehran For Sale with Iranian filmmaker Granaz Moussavi. We chat to Evolutionary Scientist Dr Andrew Parker and find out how to make it to heaven through the Seventh Day Adventist Samoan Choir, Brothers in Christ.

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This week we journey to Mecca with film director, Jonathan Barker. We unravel the billion year contract of ex-scientologist, Nancy Many. We hear the Godless whimsy of UK comedian, Catie Wilkins, contributor to an . And they receive an invite from musician, Simon Starr, of National Living Treasures to join him for a wordless musical prayer.

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This week we venture onto the 'Wrong Side of the Bus' with filmmaker Rod Freedman. We find out about seeing dead people from internationally famous medium, John Edward. We dissect what it means to be an Aussie bloke with actor, Ben Mendelsohn and director, David Caesar. And Pakistani Muslim chart-topper, Mahmood Khan sings for Religious Song of the Week.

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This week with a Halloween themed show we venture into the afterlife and talk ghosts, we cast a spell of witchcraft, we ask why Vampires still thrill and we find out why Purim is sometimes nicknamed the Jewish Halloween.

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This week we explore traditional notions of femininity in the exhibition, Women in the Bible: Tricksters, Victors and (M)others. We find out if there is a link between racism and mental health issues. We find out more about the small stage Australian classic, The Christian Brothers. And we talk about Gospel songs for Religious Song of the Week.

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This week we find out the racial nuances of the Arabic culture through West Bank Hip Hop act, Ramallah Underground. We bathe in the Finnish sauna culture, in the no-zone between Christianity and Paganism. We find out about the roots of Ethnographic filmmaking. And Gordon Brown of ABC TV's Collectors fame joins us for Religious Song of the Week.

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This week we speak to visionary artist, Peter Greenaway about his re-creation of Leonardo Da Vinci's, The Last Supper. We hear an Australian cult story through the eyes of two brothers. We find out about the superstitions surrounding Africa's child wizards and witches. And Christ's seven last words on the cross make Religious Song of the Week.

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This week we get amidst the chaos of Mao's Cultural Revolution, film director Anthony Fabian talks about an apartheid story no one would screen, we discover the secular life of the Pipe Organ, and The Mountain Goats talk about the religious tone of their new album.

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We speak to Ming-Zhu Hii of the Melbourne Fringe Festival performance Attract/Repel. Comedian / broadcaster Fiona Scott-Norman traces the religious rituals of smoking while Martin White, creator of The Suicide Show, talks men's mental health.

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This week we chat to Xia Rong from Chinese punk rock band Brain Failure and discuss Salvador Dali and nuclear theory. Doctor Howard Goldenberg talks about his experiences as a physician in Aboriginal communities and indigenous theatre director Wesley Enoch discusses the archetypical story of a child lost in the bush.

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This week John Safran and Father Bob dare to question the skin colour and racial identity of Aboriginal photographer, Bindi Cole. They enter the domain of, The Brotherhood, through the eyes of its Chaplain, Father Jeff O'Hare. They get a glimpse of Australia's racial divide through, David Field, AFI nominated actor and director of The Combination. And they talk to musicians Jayden and Michael from INDA SCENE who open up about their belief for Religious Song of the Week.

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