Bahá’í World News Service (BWNS)

Episode

• In Conversation: Local Spiritual Assemblies and the bonds of trust 05.06.2026 20mnt

  Counsellors explore how Bahá’í Local Spiritual Assemblies in three diverse settings—Kenya, Sri Lanka, and the US—are becoming sources of care, consultation, and service.
• Insights from the field: Podcast explores emerging patterns of community life across Sydney 08.05.2026 22mnt

  Counsellor Taraz Nadarajah shares stories from Sydney where families and young people are contributing to new patterns of community life.
• In Conversation: Fostering collective action in Canjavu village 05.04.2026 21mnt

  The latest podcast episode explores efforts in a DRC village to learn about addressing long-standing challenges in education, agriculture, and societal harmony.
• In Conversation: Exploring how youth across the globe are finding coherence through lives of service 13.03.2026 24mnt

  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.
• In Conversation: Podcast explores how youth in Canada are contributing to community life 20.02.2026 26mnt

  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.
• In Conversation: Contributions to social transformation in Kenya 05.02.2026 24mnt

  Podcast explores how in Kenya, participation in Bahá’í moral and spiritual education is raising consciousness about individual and collective responsibility.
• In Conversation: Fostering vibrant communities in the UK 22.01.2026 24mnt

  In settings across the UK, young people are discovering that their desire to serve others can become a powerful force for building peaceful communities.
• Insights from the Field: Uncovering early Bahá’í contributions to 19th century Iran—Part 2 30.11.2025 20mnt

  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 gradually developed new patterns of cooperation, decision-making, and service that contrasted sharply with the hierarchical norms of the time. These shifts unfolded patiently over decades, as Bahá’u’lláh and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá guided the community toward forms of collective action grounded in consultation, participation, and an ethos of service to all.
• Insights from the Field: Uncovering early Bahá’í contributions to 19th century Iran—Part 1 06.11.2025 20mnt

  New two-part podcast explores the largely hidden history of significant Bahá’í contributions to education, governance, and social reform in 19th century Iran.
• Insights from the Field: Application of spiritual principles to academic inquiry 11.10.2025 20mnt

  Participants at the annual ABS conference reflect on how spiritual principles can inform inquiry across diverse fields—from neuroscience to information technology.
• In Conversation: Fostering cohesive neighborhoods in the United States 23.09.2025 18mnt

  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.
• In Conversation: Hope inspires action in Central Asia 11.09.2025 18mnt

  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.
• In Conversation: Families foster belonging in Australian neighborhoods 07.08.2025 18mnt

  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.
• In Conversation: Advancing women’s education in Cambodia and Malawi 28.07.2025 16mnt

  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.
• In Conversation: Cultivating harmony in Azerbaijan for over a century 04.07.2025 16mnt

  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
• In Conversation: BIC Brussels on education and societal attitudes that empower youth 08.06.2025 18mnt

  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.
• In Conversation: BIC explores oneness and interdependence in governance 27.05.2025 24mnt

  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.
• Insights from the Field: Zambia communities empowered to reshape their future through education 13.05.2025 20mnt

  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 of humanity, the elimination of prejudice of all kinds, the equality of women and men, and the power of consultation as a tool for achieving collective vision and harmonious action.
• Insights from the field: Canadian youth re-envision life’s purpose 27.04.2025 15mnt

  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 in Montreal and as a member of Wordswell Association for Community Learning—a Bahá’í-inspired organization in Canada that empowers youth to develop their academic, intellectual, and moral capacities while contributing meaningfully to community transformation.
• In Conversation: Youth in the Canary Islands and living a coherent life 03.04.2025 36mnt

  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 Canary Islands, discuss how these educational programs are fostering a new understanding of the period of youth in communities throughout that region of Spain, one that contrasts sharply with prevailing societal narratives.