Rachael Kohn

Rachael Kohn AO FRSN (born 1953) is a Canadian-born Australian author and broadcaster[1][2] who from July 1992 to December 2018 produced and presented programs on religion and spirituality for ABC Radio National, including The Religion Report, Religion Today, The Ark and, principally, The Spirit of Things from 1997 to December 2018. Kohn retired from the ABC in December 2018.

Kohn has also produced many documentary features and New York Festival World Gold Medal award-winning features for Encounter, such as "In God We Trust: Civil and Uncivil Religion in America" (1999), "Coffee, Sex and Other Addictions: Health fads of the 19th Century" (2002) and, for The Spirit of Things, "The Monk and the Modern Girl" (2003). She has also produced and presented the ABC TV documentaries The Dead Sea Scrolls (2000) Buddhism East and West (2001) and Paws for Thought on animals and spirituality for Compass.[3][4]

Kohn is a frequent speaker on religion and spirituality in Australia. She is the author of The New Believers: Re-imagining God (HarperCollins 2003) and Curious Obsessions in the History of Science and Spirituality (ABC Books, now HarperCollins 2007, revised and updated with ATF Press, 2020).[5][6][7]

  1. ^ "Rachael Kohn". ABC News. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  2. ^ "A personal insight into Pope Francis from his former press secretary". Radio National. 15 May 2015. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  3. ^ "In God We Trust: Civil and Uncivil Religion in America". ABC Radio National. 24 June 2000. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Coffee, Sex and Other Addictions - Health Fads of the 19th Century". ABC Radio National. 22 July 2001. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Dr Rachael Kohn – 'The David Suzuki Of The Soul' | Scoop News". www.scoop.co.nz. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  6. ^ "Speakers & Presenters". Chaplains Global Conference 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  7. ^ "Dr. Rachael L.E. Kohn Honoured for Excellence in Broadcasting, Public Speaking, and Publications". www.rachaelkohn.net. Retrieved 7 December 2015.