Unholy Histories: The Humanist Heritage Podcast from Humanists UK

Join Andrew Copson and Madeleine Goodall—alongside a host of expert guests—as they uncover the hidden histories and untold stories of the people, places, movements, ideas, and events that helped shape British humanism, secularism and freethought.

From radical reformers to forgotten dissenters, Unholy Histories explores how reason, skepticism, science, and activism helped build modern Britain—and how these values still shape our society today.

Unholy Histories is a Humanists UK Podcast, showcasing the Humanist Heritage Project and produced by Humanise Live.

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Guest

Neil Kinnock

Lord Neil Kinnock is one of the most significant figures in modern British political life. Born in Tredegar, South Wales, in 1942, the son of a coal miner and a district nurse, he served as Member of Parliament from 1970 to 1995. He was Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition from 1983 to 1992, before serving as a European Commissioner and Vice-President of the European Commission from 1999 to 2004. He entered the House of Lords as Baron Kinnock of Bedwellty in 2005. A lifelong defender of the welfare state and public services, Lord Kinnock has spent his career arguing for the moral and practical case for collective provision and social solidarity.

Guest appearance on:

Building the common good: humanism and the British welfare state with Neil Kinnock