Speaking in Tongues

Episode 1

Episode #1.1

John Safran and Father Bob examine Islamic temporary marriages with former prostitute Kate Holden and Islamic scholar Rachel Woodlock; ex-Jemaah Islamiah author Tawfik Hamid discusses his book about jihad and why he lives in hiding; and the hosts play Matchmaker for a Zoroastrian bachelor who wants to date within his faith.

Episode 2

Episode #1.2

This week John and Bob talk to Buddhist and MS sufferer Jocelyn Hughes about karma; Tuba Boz explains the role of cosmetics in Islam; and we meet Ziggy Darwish, a young Druze man on the lookout for love.

Episode 3

Episode #1.3

This week John celebrates bringing victory to the Socceroos; Indigo child Solreta Antaria speaks in Star Language; Crikey's Stephen Mayne discusses the tax-free perks of religious businesses; and the Salvos' Lt. Cate Daniels looks for her perfect match.

Episode 4

Episode #1.4

After years of asking John to euthanase him - should the need arise - John's father Alex meets euthanasia advocate Dr Philip Nitschke; Raelian Roy Tyrell discusses aliens and his search for a Raelian bride. The true meaning of last week's Star Language speech by Indigo child Solreta Antaria is; Let light and love surround us. This is a message to awaken the star ones. A confirmation, and to tell them to not be afraid to be themselves.

Episode 5

Episode #1.5

In this week's program, Father Bob and John discuss the recent Vatican ruling on gay priests; John's best friend's father Imi Weinstein tells why Jews should marry within their faith; and Daman Pal Singh Sarna explains Sikhism and what's he's looking for in a Sikh girl.

Episode 6

Episode #1.6

This week John accuses Father Bob of smoking; David Oakes demonstrates how Reverse Speech can uncover the hidden meanings in what we say; and the matchmakers try to find a match for a Jainist.

Episode 7

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In the aftermath of the Cronulla riot, this week's Speaking in Tongues gets controversial: Scientist Gerard Tarulli uses genetics to explain why we're all basically the same; Macquarie's Public Law academic Andrew Fraser calls for the return of the White Australia Policy; and in our matchmaking segment, Ibrahim Al-Sabahi, Mandaean and former asylum seeker, tells us what he's looking for in a Mandaean girl.

Episode 8

Episode #1.8

This week in Speaking in Tongues: Mary Rodwell tells us about the many alien abductees she's counselled, whilst her former client Rochelle D'Elia gives John a healing; Sione Crawford, advocate for drug users, challenges our ideas about heroin; and Tony Momcilovic, a gay Serbian Orthodox Christian, describes his perfect match in our matchmaking segment.

Episode 9

Episode #1.9

This week Andrew Bolt, Herald Sun columnist, argues social justice is better served by conservative politics; an interview with Father Bob's dog Franklin is facilitated by Dog Channeler Deb McBride; and in our matchmaking candidate segment 'speaking in tongues' is finally explained by Wayne Bawden, who's looking for a Pentacostal Christian bride.

Episode 10

Episode #1.10

This week Catholic writer John Heard tells us why he shouldn't act on his same sex attraction if he wants to be faithful to his church; we ask academic Steven Angelides whether homophobia is a symptom of latent homosexual tendencies; Jaki Sainsbury, recent convert to Seventh Day Adventism, describes her perfect match; and, finally, proof that Bob's Billboard actually exists.

Episode 11

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This week US Author Jim Goad - fresh from a 2 year stint in the Oregon State Penitentiary for assaulting his girlfriend - discusses domestic violence from his perspective; Comedian Austen Tayshus, pro-Zionist Jew, versus journalist Antony Loewenstein, anti-Zionist Jew; and Anna Koefman, Messianic Jew, sheds light on Jews who are into Jesus in our matchmaking segment.

Episode 12

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