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The Sacred

Elizabeth Oldfield

Booking Overview

This is an interview-led values and public discourse podcast featuring conversations with academics, authors, journalists, religious leaders, and political or cultural figures about moral formation, faith, social division, and how people can engage across differences. Credible pitches include established public intellectuals, authors, scholars, clergy, policymakers, and journalists with substantive ideas or lived experience relevant to religion, ethics, politics, technology, or civic life; booking difficulty is high because guests generally have significant public profiles and recognized expertise.

Metrics

Episodes: 250

Frequency: Every two weeks

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1,000 - 10,000

Listener location: United Kingdom

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

thesacredpodcast@gmail.com

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Host

Elizabeth Oldfield - Writer and broadcaster who hosts long-form conversations about values, faith, public life, and the challenges of engaging across deep social and political differences.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high
Typical Credentials:  
Established public intellectuals, authors, academics, journalists, religious leaders, policymakers, and cultural figures with recognized expertise, a significant body of work, or meaningful public influence.
Required Achievements:  
Published books or substantial creative work, Senior leadership in a religious, academic, political, or policy institution, Recognized expertise in public debates about values, faith, ethics, or society, A notable personal or professional perspective connected to social division and public life

Recent Guest Discussions

James Vitali - Ownership, Responsibility, Servant Leadership, Conservatism, Localism, And The Moral Foundations Of Politics.

Christian Wiman - Poetry, Faith, Cancer, Mortality, Attention, Suffering, And The Relationship Between Sound And Meaning.

Angela Buchdahl - Mixed Identity, Religious Belonging, Tokenism, Religious Humility, And The Role Of Religious Communities In A Divided Society.

Recent Topics

Society, Public Discourse, Religion, Ethics, Political Philosophy

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
The Sacred
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Art, Friendship and Trust Across the Israeli-Palestinian Divide | FeelBeit Founders

October 07, 2026

What Does It Take to Create a Shared Home in a Divided City?In Jerusalem, two women from opposite sides of the Israeli-Palestinian divide, Riman Barakat and Karen Brunwasser, have spent more than a decade building FeelBeit, a shared arts and cultural space where Israeli and Palestinian artists and communities are invited to ‘feel at home’ together.In this moving conversation, recorded live at Aspen Ideas Festival, we explore what it takes to build trust across a profound divide—and what happe...

Can Bourgeois Values Save Britain? James Vitali on Ownership and Obligation

September 23, 2026

Can you really vote your way to a good society - or does it have to be built house by house, street by street?Dr James Vitali - Head of Political Economy at Policy Exchange, a Sandhurst-trained army reservist, local councillor, and author of The Ownership Society: How Bourgeois Values Can Save Britain - talks about the Dorset church at the heart of his childhood, what military service taught him about sacrifice and leadership, and why he believes Britain's real crisis is moral, not econom...

Preparing to Die, Then Learning to Live Again with Poet Christian Wiman

September 09, 2026

What does it mean to prepare to die—and then discover that you need to prepare to live again?In this conversation, poet Christian Wiman reflects on faith, poetry, love, mortality, and his experience of living for more than 20 years with cancer. He talks about his turbulent childhood, how poetry transformed his anger into something creative, and why he believes poems can open us to something beyond ourselves.The conversation also explores:Wiman’s journey from economics to poetryWhat a poem act...

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Frequently asked questions

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The Sacred
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How do I get in touch with The Sacred?

The Sacred is hosted by Elizabeth Oldfield. Its publicly listed email is thesacredpodcast@gmail.com. For guest bookings, the host or producer is usually the best person to reach. Podseeker helps you find direct host and producer contacts and pitch from your own inbox.

What is the email for The Sacred?

The publicly listed email for The Sacred: thesacredpodcast@gmail.com.

How many listeners does The Sacred have?

Podseeker estimates The Sacred reaches 1,000 to 10,000 listeners per episode. Only the publisher has exact numbers.

Who is an ideal guest for The Sacred?

The Sacred typically books well-known public figures. Typical guest background: Established public intellectuals, authors, academics, journalists, religious leaders, policymakers, and cultural figures with recognized expertise, a significant body of work, or meaningful public influence. Common among recent guests: Published books or substantial creative work; Senior leadership in a religious, academic, political, or policy institution; Recognized expertise in public debates about values, faith, ethics, or society. Recent guests include James Vitali, Christian Wiman, and Angela Buchdahl.

How hard is it to get booked on The Sacred?

High. It mostly books established leaders in its field.

What topics does The Sacred cover?

Recent episodes cover Society, Public Discourse, Religion, Ethics, and Political Philosophy. Pitch an idea tied to one of these topics and mention a recent episode.

Publicly listed emails

thesacredpodcast@gmail.com

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