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

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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In Conversation: Exploring contributions of the BIC to the discourse on societal harmony

January 15, 2025 • 23 mins
In the latest Bahá’í World News Service podcast episode, representatives of the Bahá’í International Community (BIC) from offices in Brussels, Cairo, Geneva, and New York explored approaches to building societal harmony amid contemporary challenges. The representatives examined how foundational principles found in the Bahá’í teachings—particularly an understanding of the essential oneness of humanity and the inherent nobility of ...
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Insights from the field: Contribution of the Bahá’ís of Uzbekistan to society

December 21, 2024 • 20 mins
In a recent podcast episode from the News Service, Farrukh Rasulov, a member of the Bahá’í Office of Public Affairs of Uzbekistan, explores contributions of the Bahá’ís of that country to social progress over the past decades. The Bahá’í Faith has been present in what is now Uzbekistan since the 19th century, when it was part of the same broader region as Ashgabat (in present-day Turkmenistan), where the first Bahá’í House of Wor...
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Insights from the field: Bahá’í Chair examines conditions essential for lasting peace

November 18, 2024 • 24 mins
In the latest podcast episode of the Bahá’í World News Service, Hoda Mahmoudi—holder of the Bahá’í Chair for World Peace at the University of Maryland—discusses the Chair’s distinctive approach to promoting dialogue and understanding and its research with programs on peacebuilding and development.
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Insights from the field: Contribution of the Bahá’ís of Iran to the advancement of society

October 28, 2024 • 27 mins
In the latest podcast episode from the Bahá’í World News Service, Mina Yazdani—a professor of history at Eastern Kentucky University in the United States—explored the profound contribution of the Bahá’í community in Iran to their society. Dr. Yazdani shared some accounts of these contributions in several areas, including health, agriculture, and education. She explained how the Bahá’ís of Iran, despite relentless persecution, ...
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Insights from the field: Exploring annual conference of the Association for Bahá’í Studies

October 2, 2024 • 20 mins
A new podcast episode of the Bahá’í World News Service explores the rich discussion and collaborative spirit that characterized the recent 48th annual conference of the Association for Bahá’í Studies (ABS) in North America. The conference, held in Atlanta, Georgia, brought together nearly 2,000 participants from diverse fields of study to explore the application of Bahá’í teachings to contemporary discourses on humanity’s well-b...
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In Conversation: Exploring contributions of the BIC to the discourse on global governance

September 19, 2024 • 23 mins
In the latest Bahá’í World News Service podcast episode, two representatives of the Bahá’í International Community (BIC)’s New York Office, Bani Dugal and Liliane Nkunzimana, discussed the BIC’s contributions to the discourse on global governance ahead of the UN Summit of the Future.
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In Conversation: Stories from temple dedication in Papua New Guinea

August 1, 2024 • 20 mins
In the latest podcast episode of the Bahá’í World News Service, we are transported to the dedication of the Bahá’í House of Worship in Papua New Guinea, hearing firsthand accounts from three participants of the historic occasion. Full story on: news.bahai.org/story/1743/
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