Unbelievable: The Interview

The Interview is the Premier Unbelievable? series that looks beyond headlines and hot takes to explore the people and ideas shaping today’s world.

Hosted by Luke Martin, the show features a wide range of writers, scholars, and cultural thinkers whose work engages with faith, culture, and the search for meaning.

Each conversation goes deeper than the surface, exploring not only the guest’s ideas but the story behind them: the turning points, challenges, and convictions that have formed their worldview.

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    Peter Hitchens: Is Britain Finished? Faith, Family and National Decline

    2026-08-11T17:00:00+01:00

    Peter Hitchens joins Luke Martin for an honest conversation about Britain’s decline, the erosion of Christian faith, and what hope - if any - remains for the nation. He shares his journey from Marxism to Christianity, reflects on his relationship with his late brother Christopher, and tackles tough questions about free speech, family, justice, and Britain’s future.

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    Os Guinness: Can Christianity Renew the West?

    2026-07-28T17:00:00+01:00

    Os Guinness joins Luke Martin to discuss why he believes the West is facing a profound civiliational moment. Speaking during his visit to London for ARC, Guinness reflects on his childhood in China, the death of his brothers during famine, his memories of Communist terror, and how C S Lewis and Francis Schaeffer shaped his Christian faith and public thought.

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    From Hindu monk to Christian: Rahil Patel on karma, grace and finding Jesus

    2026-07-14T17:00:00+01:00

    Former Hindu monk Rahil Patel joins Luke Martin to share his extraordinary journey from strict spiritual discipline and karma to discovering grace and faith in Jesus. They discuss the challenges of moving between worldviews, what Christians often miss about Hinduism, and the deeper questions of spiritual longing, religious pluralism, and the search for God.

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    Why I am not a Christian Nationalist | Dr Brian Brock on Christianity, Politics and Meaning

    2026-06-30T17:00:00+01:00

    Dr Brian Brock joins Luke Martin to discuss why so many are searching for God and meaning today. They explore Christianity’s role in politics, the risks of “Christian nationalism,” and how disability theology redefines dignity, success, and what it means to be made in God’s image.

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    Is Christianity Making a Comeback? Andy Bannister on Faith, Islam and AI

    2026-06-16T17:00:00+01:00

    In this wide-ranging episode of Unbelievable? The Interview, host Luke Martin speaks with Christian apologist, author and Islam specialist Dr Andy Bannister about the big questions shaping our cultural moment. 

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    John Lennox on Dawkins, Meaning, AI and the Return of the Sacred

    2026-06-02T17:00:00+01:00

    Oxford mathematician and Christian apologist John Lennox joins Luke Martin on Unbelievable? The Interview to reflect on his extraordinary life, the rise and fall of New Atheism, and why the big questions have shifted from “science vs faith” to meaning, purpose and the sacred.

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    Does God Exist? Joshua Sijuwade’s Philosophical Case for Christianity

    2026-05-19T17:00:00+01:00

    Philosopher Dr Joshua Sijuwade joins Luke Martin to make a fresh philosophical case for Christianity, from the existence of God and the problem of evil to the Trinity and atonement. He also shares his own conversion story and discusses why apologetics matters in today’s world.

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    Christians Have Been Wrong About Satan | Jared Brock

    2026-05-05T17:00:00+01:00

    Is everything we think we know about the devil wrong? Author Jared Brock joins Luke Martin to explore whether “Lucifer” is actually the devil’s name, what the Bible really says about Satan and demons, and how cultural myths have shaped Christian beliefs about evil. They dive into deliverance, temptation, and why focusing on Christ matters most in spiritual warfare.

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    When I consider the heavens - A doctors reasoning for God | Dr Antony Latham

    2026-04-21T15:49:00+01:00

    Dr Antony Latham, a retired GP and bioethicist, joins Luke Martin to discuss his book When I Consider Your Heavens. They explore how science, cosmology, ethics, and the fine-tuning of the universe point beyond materialism and offer compelling reasons for God.

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    Can You Rewire Your Brain? Neurosurgeon Dr Lee Warren on PTSD, Trauma, Faith & “Self Brain Surgery”

    2026-04-07T23:45:00+01:00

    Neurosurgeon and war veteran Dr Lee Warren joins Luke Martin for a moving conversation on trauma, PTSD, grief, and the power of “self brain surgery.” Can we really rewire our brains and reshape our lives? Lee shares his journey from the battlefield to deep loss, explains why neuroscience alone isn’t enough, and reveals how faith and intentional thinking can help us heal and grow.

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    Iain McGilchrist on faith, meaning and the crisis of modern culture

    2026-03-24T15:00:00+00:00

    In this episode, Luke Martin speaks to psychiatrist, neuroscientist and bestselling author Iain McGilchrist about the ideas that have made him one of the most influential thinkers of our age.

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    Are Gen Z becoming more open to Christianity? Glen Scrivener on meaning, identity & the search for faith

    2026-03-10T17:23:00+00:00

    Luke Martin’s special guest this week is Glen Scrivener, talking about the surprising new openness to Christianity in Britain and beyond.

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    Are We More Than Our Brains? Dr Sharon Dirckx on Mind, Meaning & the Mystery of Being Human

    2026-02-24T16:05:00+00:00

    Luke Martin is joined by Dr Sharon Dirckx, Cambridge-trained brain-imaging scientist and sometime Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics speaker, for a wide-ranging conversation on the mind, meaning and what makes us human.

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    From Jordan Peterson to Bible Sales: What’s Behind the New Interest in Christianity?

    2026-02-10T17:57:00+00:00

    Christianity is back in the conversation, and Dr Andrew Ollerton thinks it’s more than a moment. In this episode of Premier Unbelievable? The Interview, Luke Martin sits down with the Bible Society theologian, pastor, and creator of The Bible Course to explore the “Quiet Revival” and why Gen Z (and big-name podcasters) are re-opening the Bible.

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    Surrogacy, IVF, and the Rights of Children | Katy Faust

    2026-01-28T17:00:00+00:00

    Katy Faust is the Founder and President of Them Before Us, a global movement advocating for the fundamental rights of children to be raised by their own mother and father. In this wide-ranging conversation with Luke Martin, Katy challenges some of the most contested assumptions of modern family life, asking what happens when adult fulfilment takes priority over child welfare.

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    The World Isn’t Disenchanted - We Are | Malcolm Guite

    2026-01-13T18:00:00+00:00

    Malcolm Guite joins Luke Martin for a wide-ranging Unbelievable: The Interview conversation on poetry, faith, and the power of imagination. 

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    Nigel Biggar on Christianity, Politics, Free Speech & the Future of the West

    2025-12-16T18:00:00+00:00

    Lord Nigel Biggar joins Premier Unbelievable? – The Interview host Luke Martin for a wide-ranging conversation on Christianity, politics, and the moral foundations of Western society. A priest in the Church of England, Emeritus Regius Professor of Moral Theology at Oxford, and now a Conservative peer in the House of Lords, Biggar has become one of the UK’s most prominent public intellectuals.

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    Is Patriarchy Actually Biblical? Medieval Historian Beth Allison Barr Responds

    2025-12-02T17:00:00+00:00

    Luke Martin sits down with medieval historian and pastor’s wife Prof Beth Allison Barr (Baylor University) to explore how her research on women in late medieval England reshaped her views on “biblical womanhood”. 

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    Kathy Keller on Tim Keller’s Legacy, Idolatry and the World’s Deepest Problem

    2025-11-18T18:00:00+00:00

    “You were built to run on God.” Kathy Keller joins Luke Martin for a personal and illuminating conversation about faith, grief, cultural change and the theological ideas she shared with her late husband, Tim Keller.

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    Keith & Kristyn Getty: Why Congregational Singing Matters

    2025-11-04T18:00:00+00:00

    In our inaugural episode of Premier Unbelievable: The Interview, host Luke Martin sits down with modern hymn writers Keith and Kristyn Getty - the duo, alongside Stuart Townend, behind the global hymn “In Christ Alone.