Education Episodes

Janet Ellis, the Blue Peter presenter, actress, novelist and new President of Humanists UK, talks to James Hodgson about how she came to humanism, why she finds real comfort in the fact that life is finite, and how to find joy without guilt in anxious times. She discusses her Humanists UK film All We Have Is Each Other, grief after losing her husband, whether Blue Peter was quietly humanist, talking to children about belief without indoctrination, the joy of writing, assisted dying, and why more humanists should say so openly.

“The highest value, the most precious value we have is not peace—it’s freedom.” — Michael Bauer This week on Humanism Now, we’re joined by Michael Bauer, CEO of Germany’s Humanistische Vereinigung—a 175-year-old humanist organisation offering professional community services without religion, grounded in ethics, dignity, and freedom. From ceremony to solidarity, Bauer shows how organised humanism is more than a philosophy—it’s a movement of services, institutions, and action. Dis...