Bahá’í World News Service (BWNS)

Bahá’í World News Service (BWNS)

Reporting on major developments and endeavors of the global Bahá’í community.

Episodes

In Conversation: Fostering collective action in Canjavu village

April 5, 2026 • 21 mins
The latest podcast episode explores efforts in a DRC village to learn about addressing long-standing challenges in education, agriculture, and societal harmony.
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In Conversation: Exploring how youth across the globe are finding coherence through lives of service

March 13, 2026 • 24 mins
Four Counsellors from different regions discuss how Bahá’í educational programs are helping young people discover a new identity and purpose through service to society.
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In Conversation: Podcast explores how youth in Canada are contributing to community life

February 20, 2026 • 26 mins
This podcast episode explores how youth in Canada are learning to reorient their lives around service, discovering in the process a deeper sense of purpose.
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In Conversation: Contributions to social transformation in Kenya

February 5, 2026 • 24 mins
Podcast explores how in Kenya, participation in Bahá’í moral and spiritual education is raising consciousness about individual and collective responsibility.
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In Conversation: Fostering vibrant communities in the UK

January 22, 2026 • 24 mins
In settings across the UK, young people are discovering that their desire to serve others can become a powerful force for building peaceful communities.
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Insights from the Field: Uncovering early Bahá’í contributions to 19th century Iran—Part 2

November 30, 2025 • 20 mins
The second part of this two-episode conversation in the Insights from the Field podcast continues a discussion with Moojan Momen, drawing on themes from his recent paper, “The Bábí-Bahá’í Revolution in Iran,” published in the Iranian Studies journal of Cambridge University Press. Building on the historical foundations introduced in Part 1, Dr. Momen explains that beginning in the late 19th century, the early Bahá’í community gra...
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Insights from the Field: Uncovering early Bahá’í contributions to 19th century Iran—Part 1

November 6, 2025 • 20 mins
New two-part podcast explores the largely hidden history of significant Bahá’í contributions to education, governance, and social reform in 19th century Iran.
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Insights from the Field: Application of spiritual principles to academic inquiry

October 11, 2025 • 20 mins
Participants at the annual ABS conference reflect on how spiritual principles can inform inquiry across diverse fields—from neuroscience to information technology.
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In Conversation: Fostering cohesive neighborhoods in the United States

September 23, 2025 • 18 mins
The latest podcast episode explores how youth in the US, inspired by spiritual principles, are discovering the joy of serving together for the common good.
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In Conversation: Hope inspires action in Central Asia

September 11, 2025 • 18 mins
The latest podcast episode explores how young people in Central Asia are overcoming social barriers and contributing to the betterment of their communities. In the latest podcast episode of “In Conversation,” four members of the Board of Counsellors explore efforts to contribute to social progress in several countries across the Caucasuses and Central Asia, from neighborhoods in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, to Tbilisi, Georgia.
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In Conversation: Families foster belonging in Australian neighborhoods

August 7, 2025 • 18 mins
The latest podcast episode explores how neighbors and groups of families in Australia are learning to support one another by applying spiritual principles to daily life.
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In Conversation: Advancing women’s education in Cambodia and Malawi

July 28, 2025 • 16 mins
The latest podcast episode explores how Bahá’í educational programs in Cambodia and Malawi are empowering women to transcend traditional roles and contribute to progress.
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In Conversation: Cultivating harmony in Azerbaijan for over a century

July 4, 2025 • 16 mins
Members of Azerbaijan’s Bahá’í community reflect on how efforts to foster harmonious relationships at the grassroots have informed national discussions on pressing issues
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In Conversation: BIC Brussels on education and societal attitudes that empower youth

June 8, 2025 • 18 mins
In the latest podcast episode of the Bahá’í World News Service we hear from Rachel Bayani and Alessandro Benedetti, representatives of the Brussels Office of the Bahá’í International Community (BIC), who explore conditions that enable young people’s capacities for meaningful social contribution to flourish.
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In Conversation: BIC explores oneness and interdependence in governance

May 27, 2025 • 24 mins
The latest podcast episode from the News Service explores the need for global governance that recognizes humanity as an interdependent whole rather than competing units.
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Insights from the Field: Zambia communities empowered to reshape their future through education

May 13, 2025 • 20 mins
In a recent podcast episode from the News Service, we hear from Musonda Kapusa-Linsel, member of the Board of Counsellors in Africa, as she reflects on the transformation fostered through Bahá’í material and spiritual educational initiatives in Zambia over the past four decades. Mrs. Kapusa-Linsel explains that, over time, educational programs created spaces where participants could explore concepts such as the essential oneness ...
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Insights from the field: Canadian youth re-envision life’s purpose

April 27, 2025 • 15 mins
In a recent podcast episode from the News Service, Ilya Shodjaee-Zrudlo from Canada explores how Bahá’í moral and spiritual education programs in that country are inspiring young people to see their lives through a new lens—one where service to humanity becomes the central organizing principle that brings coherence to all aspects of life. Dr. Shodjaee-Zrudlo, draws on experiences as a collaborator of Bahá’í training institutes ...
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In Conversation: Youth in the Canary Islands and living a coherent life

April 2, 2025 • 36 mins
The latest podcast episode of the Baháʼí World News Service explores how a growing number of young people in the Canary Islands are learning to live a more coherent life centered on service to their society through their participation in Bahá’í moral and spiritual educational programs. Orlando Ravelo Hernández, member of the Board of Counsellors in Europe, and Alejandro Sarmiento González, member of the Auxiliary Board in the Can...
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In Conversation: Exploring spiritual foundations of equality of women and men

March 9, 2025 • 30 mins
In the latest Bahá’í World News Service podcast episode, representatives from the Addis Ababa, Brussels, Cairo, and New York Offices of the Bahá’í International Community (BIC) reflected on the advancement of women and the spiritual foundations of equality.
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In Conversation: Contributing to prevalent discourses in Kazakhstan

February 3, 2025 • 22 mins
In the latest podcast episode of the Bahá’í World News Service, Lyazzat Yangaliyeva and Timur Chekparbayev, members of Kazakhstan’s Bahá’í Office of Public Affairs, shared insights from their participation in some of the prevalent discourses in their country over the years, particularly those related to societal harmony.
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