Ck Stead
Feature Guest - CK Stead
NZ writer and critic talks about his new book when not interrupted by a fire alarm. Audio
My Name Was Judas by CK Stead - Part 13
Judas witnesses the crucifixion and is angry at himself and the others for not talking Jesus out of his suicidal course of action. The crucifixion shakes Judas and convinces him there is no god. God… Audio
My Name Was Judas by CK Stead - Part 12
Jesus prays in the Garden of Gethsemane and is arrested. Only Simon Peter and Judas follow him -- the others flee. Jesus is interrogated by the priests and the High Priest as Judas looks on. Pontius… Audio
My Name Was Judas by CK Stead - Part 11
Jesus and the other disciples trash the money changers' tables in the temple. Judas tries to get Jesus to run away and, indeed, leave Jerusalem, but Jesus stays. At the last supper Judas realises with… Audio
My Name Was Judas by CK Stead - Part 10
Jesus heads to Jerusalem. On the way the other disciples are asked to preach and Judas notices how the less talented ones, when lost for what to say, fall to retelling stories of miracles as crowd… Audio
My Name Was Judas by CK Stead - Part 9
Judas admits to understanding how people might have been swayed by Jesus' oratorial skill and his message of hope for the poor. But Judas also acknowledges his own rationality and intelligence. Judas… Audio
My Name Was Judas by CK Stead - Part 8
Ptolemy, the old, blind prophet visiting Judas' village is revealed as Bartholomew, one of the original disciples and the only other living follower who was there with Jesus. Although Bartholomew… Audio
My Name Was Judas by CK Stead - Part 7
Jesus meets Mary Magdelene and she joins his followers. Judas gives his account of the meeting and tries to explain what he thinks was the nature of Jesus' love. Jesus also meets the other Mary -… Audio
My Name Was Judas by CK Stead - Part 6
Jesus' fame spreads. He's uneasy about the claims people are making concerning his miraculous powers but, despite this, the tales become exaggerated and refined as they are told and retold. Judas… Audio
My Name Was Judas by CK Stead - Part 5
Jesus attends Judas' wedding in Nazareth and tells of his time in the caves near the Dead Sea with the Essenes. As part of his initiation he has spent 40 days and nights fending for himself in the… Audio
My Name Was Judas by CK Stead - Part 3
Jesus changes teachers and moves away from Nazareth. Judas and he do not meet again until Judas' wedding. Jesus seems to simply disappear for some time. His old teacher believes he's gone to join a… Audio
My Name Was Judas by CK Stead - Part 2
As schoolboys Judas and Jesus visit the temple in Jerusalem where Jesus frees a dove instead of killing it as a sacrifice. Jesus claims 'God told me to do it.' The 70 year old Judas also explains how… Audio
My Name Was Judas by CK Stead - Part 1
Forty years after Jesus' death we visit Judas, living under an assumed name. Judas begins to give his account of his personal friendship with Jesus, his school mate. He describes his own family life… Audio
My Name Was Judas by CK Stead - Part 4
Judas's father tries to arrange a suitable marriage for Judas but Judas waits until his father goes travelling and changes all the arrangements so he can marry the one he loves - Judith. The blind… Audio
25th April: a true fiction by Dean Parker
What was? What could have been? The past is the past, but 25th April might have been remembered each year for very different reasons, if only... Audio