Exploring a
Buddhist Worldview
A suite of podcasts exploring different worldviews
Key Podcast Details
Theme - Buddhism
Location - Cardiff, Wales
Dates - March 2025 to July 2025
School - St Paul's Church in Wales Primary School, Cardiff
With the help of - The Cardiff Buddhist Centre
Audio Play Synopsis
Knock Yourself Out
When rising wrestling star Jim wakes up in a hospital bed with a shattered spine, his world collapses. Stripped of his physical strength and public persona, he’s left alone with his anger, grief, and fear. But in the bed opposite lies Jojo, who has a deep commitment to Buddhism, and challenges everything Jim thought he knew about strength. As the hospital ward becomes their shared world, Jojo introduces Jim to Buddhist ideas of impermanence, suffering, and letting go, gently challenging Jim’s desperate need for control, identity, and certainty.
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Audio play starts from 00:00 to 16:00
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In Conversation
With the young people as interviewers, Gavin Fischer and
Padmabodhini Lotus provide honest, reflective answers about their worldview, how their faith helps them to live and celebrate, and the issues found
in the audio play.
In conversation starts at 16:00
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Soundscape
Recorded on Buddha day at the Cardiff Buddhist Centre, this soundscape explores sonic elements of community, worship, meditation and celebration that constitute the sounds of the Centre.
From chanting and singing to chatting and eating, this piece explores the sounds of our outer world and reflects on how they resonate within.
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Cameron Naylor - Sound Artist
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Soundscape starts XXXX to the end
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Education Pack
Each podcast has its own bespoke education pack filled with structured and progressing activities designed to assist the teacher in the classroom.
Links can be made with the RE and PSHE curriculum, as well as other curriculum areas.
Credits
Emily Bignell - Creative Director
Anna Clart – Writer
Emily Bignell – Drama Facilitator
Cameron Naylor- Sound Artist
David Brook - Audio Technician and Editor
Leanne Taylor and Anna Sandiford- Producers
Gillian Georgiou - RE Adviser
Lincoln Diocesan Board of Education - Education Pack
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Worldview partnership
The Cardiff Buddhist Centre
Actors
Cara Braia – Doctor
Jaimie Bremner – Jim
Pete Picton – JoJo
The following young people from St Paul's Church in Wales school also feature in the audio play:
Mila – cousin
Mackay – Barney
Matthew Wilson – Coach
Erin Adamson - mother
Nick Buckland – dad
A huge thanks to the Year 6 pupils and Mr Wilson.