Quantum - The Wee Flea Podcast

This week we look at the world through the eyes of Eurovision - including European anti-semitism, Edinburgh University staff hypocrites; paganism;  sexual perversity;  John Swinney defines what a woman is;  Armenia; Country of the week - Singapore; The Netherlands; Slovakian assassination attempt;  Zhan Zhang in China; Warren Smith; Archbishop Julian Porteous of Tasmania; Apple's disastrous ad; United Methodists fall apart; Trans vivar in Church of England denies Christ; Rico Tice on why Lloyd Jones was right; SEEK 34 - Music; with music from Abba, Eden Golan, Bambi Thug; The Waterboys; Nemo; Olly Alexander; Sanidi Shaw; Ladaniva; Sionaid O'Connor.

This week we look at a North Korean TikTok hit; Milel's Argentina; Country of the week - Sudan;  Kate Forbes becomes Deputy First Minister;  Pete Wishart speaks in Mosque; Gender Balance and the Garrick Club; the too macho Australian Army;  NSW Council bans Same Sex Parenting Book;  Astra Zeneca Vaccine Withdrawn;  Michael Palin's Nigeria; Trans Darts; Dog ice cream; Islamic Housing in London;  Church of Scotland on 'cusp of revival';  and Breathless.....with music from Planxty, Ahla Minik, Mason Williams, Marcello,  Bach and Nick Cave....

This week we look at the NHS sees sense over Trans; THe NYT doesn't; Misgendering pets; Lord Winston banned on TikTok;  Resignation of Humza Yousaf and persecution of Kate Forbes; Indian Council's Incredible Letter; Tracy Ullman; Frank Field; Domestic Violence in Australia; Pausing Biden; Seinfield on unfunny comedy; Cicadia one in a 200 year event; SEEK 33- Art; Rico Tice leaves the Church of England; Russell Brand gets baptised; with music from Del Amitri, Bach, Lindisfarne, Duane Eddy, 10CC; Vivaldi; and Handal

This week we look at the slow creep in Western Society towards authoritarianism - with Os Guinness; censorship in Australia; pre crime in Canada; student surveillance in the UK; rewriting history in Scotland; WEF appointee controls social media in Australia; Kathreen Maher and NPR's rejection of Truth; Bidens scripted 'interviews';  Biden redefines women and cancels title 9; Banning Jews on London streets;  Scotland cancels 'legally binding' Climate Change targets;  Scottish government says non women can have menopause; man transitions toddler;  Green politician in Australia defends bestiality; Did Jesus eat Bananas?; Jordan Peterson on Science and Truth;  and SEEK - the Second Coming. with music from Del Amitri; Leonard Cohen; Peat Bog Faeries; Louis Prima; Bach; and Larry Norman.

This week we look at euthanasia/assisted suicide/mercy killing - examining the reasons why this is being pushed - especially in the Western world - including Shakespeare and Laurence Oliver;  Reasons for Euthanasia;  History; Belgium; Matthew Parris; Kevin Yuill; France; the Netherlands; Africa, Asia and the Middle East; Maid in Canada; Australia;  South America; the UK; Claire Fox; Debating Euthanasia; The Church; Archbishop Kanishka Raffel; Hitler; the Christian Answer.  with music from MASH; Ralph Stanley; Disturbed; Ed Sheeran ; Bach; Casting Crowns; and St Peters Free Church.

This week we seek to bring you truth in the midst of the lies -  Perth Museum and the Return of Paganism to Scotland; Banning wood burning stoves; adulterous MP leads SNP campaign; Dundee FC match cancelled by Climate Change;   the Cass Report;  Country of the Week - Hungary;  South Korean Elections;  Brazil censors X;  Douglas Murray in Australia; French politician wants to prosecute priest for bible teaching; Chrislam in Bristol Cathedral; British Muslims and Gaza; Islam in Italy; Coleman Hughes gives the best explanation of Gaza to Joe Rogan; the worlds oldest man; Germany and the Botswanan elephants; SEEK 30 - What happens when you die; Feedback; with music from Wolfstone;  Booker T;  Supertramp; Del Amitri; Bach; Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Haydn.

This we week we look at the earthquake in Taiwan; country of the week - Senegal; killing of aid workers in Gaza; British police and Swastikas; JK Rowling destroys Scottish Hate Crime Act; Islam in Scotland; Is Richard Dawkins an Islamaphobic Christian? Modern Educashun with Neil Kothatkar; President of Guyana schools the BBC on Climate Change;  Dutch Trans Darts; Steve McAlpine and the four stages of the Sexualar State; SEEK - God and the Devil;  and Is there a Christian Revival in Britain? with music from Supertramp, Ismael Lo, the Zombies, De Dannan, Bach, the Rolling Stones, Del Amitri, and Shane and Shane.

The week we look at the world through the eyes of Easter - including the Baltimore bridge; The Rest is History;  Hot Cross Buns; Easter in the West; Resurrecting the Dead Today; Blaming the Jews; Country of the Week - Israel; the New Religion in the West;  False Christs; Making Silent Prayer illegal in Scotland; Russel Brand gets closer to the Cross; and SEEK 28 on Predestinationwith music from Simon and Garfunkel, U2 and BB King, the Hatikva, Johnny Cash, Nazareth, and the Gettys.

This week, as we reach our millionth download,  we remember the great Steve Harley; Lee Mack on comedy; The Qu'ran on British Rail; Haiti; Zimbabwe; Indonesia; Leo Varadkar Resigns;  Wales new First Minister;  Trump and the Bloodbath;  Australia's Press Council orders people to lie; Nadine Dorris on Abortion;  Scottish 'Separated' not Scottish Widows;  Woke Unhappiness;  Titanic Lessons;  Duty, Honour and Country no more in the US military;  SEEK 27 - Islam; You're the Word of God the Father.....with music from Steve Harley

This week we look at good news on the Irish referendum; Portugal - Country of the Week;  Hate Crime in Spain, Scotland and Australia;  NSW introduces Extremist Conversion Laws;  The UK bans trans puberty blockers on the NHS;  Angela Eagle is on the Wrong Side of History; Hollyoaks promotes Grooming;  Woke Doritos; Ukrainian Deaths; Judith Butler defends Hamas; Spanish Basketball Boss fined for cheating on disability; Fascist Romans; University College London bans academic from discussing modern slavery in China; Taylor Swift's 'kind summer' at a Presbyterian youth Camp; Joe Rogan on Jesus; and  SEEK 26 on Heaven with music from Bach, Pink Floyd, Simon and Garfunkel; Taylor Swift; Vivaldi, and KRS-One

This week we look at the danger from extremists in the world today...including Islamic war memorials; George Galloway; Extremism laws in the UK and Canada; Trans extremism; The WPATH report; mutilation in Australia; West Riding Girls Football - no more; Germany chops down forests to save the environment; Lewis giant windfarms;  Abortion Extremism in France and the US; Racial Extremism; Jeremy O Harris and Apartheid theatre; Sam Melia; Sam Kerr; Qualifications are Microaggression; Deconstructing Whiteness in the Church of England; Church of England apologises for questioning African pagan practices; Thomas Sowell; Good News from Northern Ireland; SEEK - 666; and Extremist Christian!with music from John Prine, Christy Moore, Van Morrison and the Chieftains, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Bach, Iron Maiden and Bob Dylan

This week we look at Islamism in Britain; Lee Anderson;  Charlotte Church; Scott Morrison; Google, Gemini and Black Nazis; Canada and 'Gender inclusive de mining; the Argentinian economy; Gaza and Biden; Ukraine and Navalny; Coal Exports from Australia; Mary Poppins; Cannibalism; Abortion in the UK; Marrying a Hologram; Fertility confusion; Guinness Records for Sale;  John Lennon's Bullet;  The Unfaithfulness of Ian Blackford;  Justin Currie and Parkinsons; SEEK - do you believe in talking snakes?  Young Sheldon and the Fine Tuning Argument; Psalm 43 with music from Vivaldi, Leonard Cohen, Mark Knopfler, Bach, John Lennon, Del Amitri, Psalm Singers.

This week we look at the courage and Christianity of Navalny;  Mongolia; France outlaws vaccine criticism; Islamist intimidation in the House of Commons; Steve Wright no more; Fani WIllis, Mark Steyn and US justice; Virgin Island; John Lewis's Identity; Dr Phil on Trans; BBC promotes male 'breastfeeding'; Multiple Sclerosis Society bans elderly woman for saying men can't become women; Lyles and the Lion; The Lying Celebrity Vicar; Rave in the Nave; and the funeral of Glen Millburn with music from Talking Heads, The Hu, Del Amitri, Borodin, Planxty; Jean Baptiste Lully and Corey Voss

This week we examine the news/culture through the eyes of the Super Bowl and Taylor Swift - including John Cleese; French farmers; Sensationalist weather reporting; Rotterdam's coal imports; genocide in the Congo;  500 Christians murdered in Nigeria; The Rohingya; Country of the week - Indonesia; Biden's memory;   Boris Johnson, Tucker Carlson and Ukraine;  Rafah, hostages and billionaire Hamas leaders;  Parental Rights in Canada; Clare Rewcastle Brown and Malaysia; Messi upsets China; Comedian expels Jew from theatre; the Aromantic flag; trans male sures for return of genitals from fridge; British countryside is racist; Peta and carousel horses; Doctor who calls for Hammersmith to be 'Jew free' is not racist; trans Anglo Saxons; Crossroads church kicks bible into touch; Regis banqueting; and SEEK - the Iphone Bible; with music from Taylor Swift, Bryan Ferry, Pink Floyd; Mahler; Albinoni and Sons of Korah

This week we look at the positives about Scotland, King Charles's Cancer; EU caves into farmers; Biden and 'Mitterand'; Nicky Haley in Nevada; Michelle O'Neill; Corruption in the EU parliament; Ecocide;  the growth of BRICS; El Salvador's NAyib Bukele; James Marriot on egalitarian, elitist, education; Woke Comedy; 'Gas the Jews', BBC 'Holohoax' employee fired; Police ban singing Christian songs outside church; Newcastle ban lesbian Terf;  'Don't tell them Pike'; The misinformation of Prof Dame Juliet Gerrard; Environment Agency bans 'mother and father';  Electricity; The Church and fake asylum seekers; SEEK 22; with music from Big Country, the Wurzels, Led Zeppelin; Simon and Garfunkel; the Magpie Geordie; Lindisfarne;  OMD; and the Spooky Mens' Chorale.

This week we look at the history, culture, and politics of Scotland.  There are lessons for all of us in seeing how Scotland has changed, been blessed and declined.   We look at Scottish influence on the world; from psalms to paganism; Braveheart; the history of Scotland;  John Knox; Education; Abortion; Sir James MacMillan; The Chief Apologises; Woke Scotland; Nicola Sturgeon; Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre; Pregnant Men; Conversion Therapy; Authoritarian Scotland; The New Highland Clearances; Eilish McColgan and Andy Murray; the decline of the Church; and hope for the future.With music from the Peat Bog Faeries, Slim Dusty, St Peters Free Church, the Battlefield Band; Sir James MacMillan; the Average White Band; Deacon Blue; RunRig; Nazareth; and Steph Macleod.

This week we look at the most chilling political campaign in recent decades; Chinese censorship and Dr K in the UK; No human rights says Harari; Jo Pheonix wins Trans discrimination case; the ignorance of anti-Semitism; Bach's Coffee Cantata;  Port Talbot - a casualty of Net Zero; 'Drill Baby Drill"; Norman Jewison 'Fiddler on the Roof"; Russell Brand; IHOPKC, Mick Bickle, John Paul Jones and eating grass in St Andrews; SEEK 21 - the Book of Job; I know that my Redeemer Liveth...with music from the Beatles, Aerosmith, Pink Floyd, Bach and Handal

This week we look at volcanos in Iceland; climate change as the word of the year; the Panama Canal; Country of the Week - Denmark - immigration policy, religion, Babette's Feast, economy;  Taiwanese, Bangladeshi, Azerbaijani, Russian, American and North Korean elections;  John Cleese on liberalism;   Five Coffee facts;  Turks arrest Israeli footballer; Gary Linekar calls for ban on Israel in football; South Africa suspends cricket captain because he is Jewish; The World at War; Religion and Wars;  Richard Dawkins, Atheists and Augustine; 'Prophet' TB Joshua; SEEK 20 and Nothing Else Matters with music from Jefferson Airplane, the Danish National Anthem, Neil Young, U2 and BB King, Dire Straits, Dave Alvin, the Who and Metallica...

This week we look at beating Tetris; Cyclones; Proof of higher temperatures 2,000 years ago; the Scottish hybrid electric ferry; Taiwan; Ecuador; Ethiopia; Somaililand; Dutch Immigration; The US election and Donald Trump; Rewriting Robin Hood; One Life;  Covid origins; Choosing your religion and sex in the NHS; David Warner; JPR Williams; The Kaiser; David Soul; The Hairdressers who ask 'is it ok if I touch you?; Firefighters and gender; the Aztecs; Konstantin Krisin and 'Latinx'; Massacre in Nigeria; Rev Deanna Dudley; Bob Akroyd; SEEK 19 - Other Holy Books; 10,000 Reasons....with the help of Bach, Robert Plant and Patty Griffin, George Thorogood and the Destroyers, the Beatles, the Corries and Matt Redman

A new year means a new beginning - and a revamp for Quantum.   This week we look at Nostradamus predicting an earthquake in Japan; upcoming elections in the US, UK, Germany, France; immigration in Denmark; wars in Ukraine, Yemen, Israel, Lebanon; Claudine Gay resigns; Progressive media and the return of Ted Lasso; The trans bubble bursts in the US; England will win Euro 2024; Novak speaks Chinese; Luke Littler and the rise of darts; The Oscars go full woke; Munroe Bergdof represents British women;  the importance of Augustine; Pope Francis and Argentina;  with my Spotify top 100.....including music from Del Amitri, Bach, Christy Moore, Alena Cherny, Gustav Holst and 1,000 Israeli musicians and singers....

This week we review the major stories we covered in the past year - including Nicola Sturgeon; King Charles; The Voice; Geert Wilders; Ukraine; Climate Catastrophising; Trans fightback; Harvard Collapse; AI; Israel/Gaza - with sport (Australian cricket); Music (Taylor Swift) and Culture (Oppenheimer) and the Church (Tim Keller)....and the poetry of Joshua Luke Smith.   With help from Status Quo, Tina Turner, Armin Van Buren, Beethoven and Taylor Swift.

Luke 2:21 - Jesus is circumcised.  Why?   Why is that good news for us?  And what is there in a name?  With Our Emmanuel from Dave Henderson and Friends.....

Luke 2:20 - The Shepherds respond to what they have seen and heard. A response of praise and glorifying. With the carol Silent Night from Dave Henderson and Friends....

This is our Christmas special....looking at the bad news in the world, in the light of the good news of Christmas!   Icelandic Volcanoes; Spanish Olives; Egypt's President; Ghana's mystery presidential candidate; Confusing Congo election; Genocide in Darfur - again; the Suez Canal; Wasted Covid Vaccines; The Spirituality of Kandinsky; Temple Universities abusive intersectionality; Islamic sermons in Australia; Hamas plots to kill European Jews; the heresy of Jayne Ozanne; Pope Francis goes full Woke; SEEK 18 - Mistakes in the Bible; and Louise Perry on Sin. With appropriate Chrismas music from Chris Rea, John Lennon, Bing Crosby and David Bowie, Boney M,  Mike Oldfield, Chris de Burgh and Bach!

We look at some predictions and trends that have come true....the dumbing down of elite Universities; Bill Maher; the rise of anti-Semitism; the lengthy war in Ukraine; Covid - lockdown and masks; the EU Empire; Why Net Zero is not going to happen; The Woke World; Kemi Badenoch v. Kate Osbourne; Ryan O'Neal and Love Story; The Photographer Graeme Hutton; Squid Game reality show;  Human beings used to live longer; Church of England divorces from the Bible; SEEK 17 and Stephen Fry; with music from Fishermen's Friends, Marvin Gaye, Edwin Starr, Gary Numan, Pentatonix,  and Dan Vasc

This week we look at media self-censorship in Ireland;  Venezuela and Guyana; the dumbing down of Scottish and Australian teenagers; Volcanoes in Indonesia; Janita Castro; Kim Jong-Un on raising children;  buying supermodel babies; Hamas on the Balfour Declaration; Islamic sermons; Harvard and Penn leaders on calling for genocide against Jews; progressive feminists silence on abuse of Jewish women; the Two Ronnies on confused sport; King Charles and the theology of climate change; Robot preachers; and cancelling Christmas in Bethlehem; with music from Shane McGowan and Kirsty McColl, Cuatrombone, Brenda Lee, Status Quo, Kraftwerk, Jeremy Camp and Theocracy!

This week with the help of Status Quo we look at Climate Change (Joe Biden pumps more oil, Aussie protesters at the largest coal port in the world, green vandals cleared, Net Zero costs in the UK, Humza Yousaf at COP28) ; Ireland (Senator O'Reilly, Leo Varadkar on Israeli hostages, assaults and riots in Dublin, Conor McGregor, 'too white' Ireland, the Irish economy); Israel/Gaza (Kay Burley, American progressives supporting Hamas, Australian Senator Mehreen Faruqi and Jews in the Bin, the Chilling Owen Jones); the Woke World (Dr Who,  Furries on the BBC, NHS trans row); Hypocrisy (Oxfam and Socialist teens); World News (NSW euthanasia, Kissinger's death, Ukraine, Burkina Faso) ; Church (persecution in India and the TikTok Quran fashion); SEEK 16 - the death of a child; Behold the Man..

This week we look at elections in Argentina and the Netherlands; the cease fire in Gaza; BBC coverage of Gaza; Sex education in Scotland; Scotland's Jews;  closing Grangemouth;  Finland's Pavi Rasanen; The Crown and the Cult of Diana; Staffordshire Police police language; the Trans Roman Emperor; the Archbishop of Canterbury and Hinduism; Australia win cricket world cup;  No more lads and lasses at Newcastle FC; the rich and climate change; Guardian funding....and our featured album is Leonard Cohen's 'Popular Problems' with other music from Julie Covington and the Laughing Policeman - Enjoy...!

This week's is a special - we look at the recent big conference held in London - the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship - with contributions from Paul Marshall on capitalism; Niall Ferguson on democracy; Bjorn Lomberg on climate change;  Erica Komisar on raising children; Samuel Andreyev on music; Jordan Peterson on heaven and hell; Jonathan Pageau on the supreme Good; and Makoto Fujimura on art. With music from Pink Floyd, Leonard Cohen; John Lennon; Mumford and Sons; Bob Dylan and Sovereign Grace

This week we look at the Beatles new song; the White Album; Gaza/Israel; Netanyahu and the Amalekites; Ben Shapiro answering Oxford students;  Australian Islamism; Cancelling Anne Frank in Germany; Met Police advisor; Ohio abortions; Swifties and BTS in Argentinian politics; featured country - Jordan; Woke bird watchers; Problematic books in Cambridge libraries; Maxwells Magic; SEEK 15 - Euthanasia; Remembrance Sunday and Abide with me.

This week we reflect on the death of Matthew Perry; Kamala Harris and AI; the rise of anti-semitism; featured country - Egypt; banning picnics; Scottish judges and women; South Africa win the rugby world cup; Seek 14 - Why is my family not Christian?;  Joshua Luke Smith at the ARC conference; with music from Pink Floyd, the Cave Church, Bing Crosby and the Gettys.

This week we look at the issue of creating a brave new world - through transhumanism.  Belgium's deputy PM argues for Brave New World;  Argentina - country of the week; Pierre Polievre schools a journalist; Bill Maher on elitist US universities; Pauline Hanson goes progressive on SSM; Bobby Charlton; the one day cricket world cup; Ronnie Barker; Ben Shapiro and the 'A-woman' congressman;  SEEK 13 - The Good Lie - and the Hiding Place; Here we Stand...With music from Lindisfarne; David Essex and Jeff Wayne;  Iron Maiden; Dave Whitcroft.....

This week we hear an extraordinary testimony of a nurse in Israel;  who bombed the hospital in Gaza?  Is Australia racist?  Misinformation about misinformation; Looking at New Zealand; Five Times August - There ain't no Rock and Roll; Tusk returns in Poland; Jailing for misgendering; Pastor Greg Locke's heresy; Andy Bathgate....with our featured album - The Greatest Hits of Simon and Garfunkel....

This week we look at the dreadful events in Israel and Gaza....how should we respond? Psalm 23;   Including news from France, Afghanistan, Myanmar; Album of the Week; Rivkah Brown; Ross Greer; Banning Smoking in the UK; Net Zero being abandoned; Keir Starmer's speech; Australian Jews under attack; The Voice;  Harvard's anti-Semitism; BLM supports terror; Hilary and deprogramming; Candace Owens; Lawrence Fox; The Exorcist; Neighbours; The Roman Empire; Michael Palin; The Rugby World Cup - Scotland and Ireland; SEEK 12; and Psalm 122 with music from the Cranberries, Beethoven, Led Zeppelin; and Free Church singers.

This week we consider the ethics of war,  Canadian Masectomies; Armenians ethnically cleansed;  Sweden calls in the Army; Slovakia is our featured country; UK economy outperforms France and Germany; Sextember at the University of New South Wales; US government finally stop funding Wuhan lab; McCarthy falls; Being kind to Rats in Paris; Album of the week - Out of the Wind, into the Sun; French Gynaecologist criticised for refusing to see a man; Nominalgender and Xenogender; Chinese Chat GPT; Insuring Electric cars; the Ryder Cup; SEEK 11 - a post truth society; Pope Francis backslides again; with music from Slovakia, Europe, Ella Fitzgerald, the Bothy Band, Radiohead; the Manic Street Preachers and Maureen Macleod.

This week we look at some of the problems in society - and the solutions!  With a special focus on Canada - Trudeau, Nazis, Religion, Protests and Monty Python;  Ukraine;  Azerbaijan and the ethnic cleansing of Nagorno-Karabakh;  Album of the Week - the Bends; Australia - Murdoch and Andrews retire, Jacinta Price, Abortion in WA and Qantas; Ethiopian woman beats marathon record; Macron and gas boilers; Lawrence Fox and Ava-Santina; Oxford Uni and the LGBT anti Church hit squad; Death of the whistler; David McCallum; SEEK 10 - Education, intelligence and faith; Ange Postecoglou; Be Thou my Vision...with music from Van Morrison, Radiohead and Roger Whittaker.

This week we look at the trial by media of Russell Brand; Rishi Sunak's change on net zero; Fiji; Azerbaiijan amd Ngorno-Karabakh; Japanese Fictosexuals; NHS 'diveristy and inclusion' officers; Black Britain; Book removals in Canada; Cancelling Roisin; Astral Weeks; Ronaldo gets baptised; SEEK - Obeying the government; Brian Cox on the meaning of life; with music from Gary Numan; Ken Ishii;  Rosin Murphy; Dream Nails; Van Morrison; David Bowie and Fijian worship.

This week we our featured country is Morocco - we also look at the Canadian Catholic Schools murder hoax; BBC Verify verified? Marica Langton and the Voice; Duck hunting in Victoria; Putin and Kim; Libyan floods; Woke Museums; Djokovic - again!;  Scottish football; Ben Stokes; the Rugby world cup; Christian Jazz band wins the Mercury Prize; The return of Neighbours; Van Gogh painting returned; Dundee Contemporary Arts centre;  Where the wild things are; SEEK - Abortion; Oliver Anthony evangelises Jordan Peterson; and we finish with an incredible song from the dying Bruce Guthro - other music from RunRig, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, the Ezra Collective, Don McClean and the Troggs.

The great principles that Paul teaches in Colossians are worked out amongst the people. Jesus Justus is one of them. A Jew named Jesus who follows Jesus....

This week we look at The Voice in Australia; the Bible in Finland;  Banning the Lord's Prayer in Victoria; the EU and freedom of speech; Misinformation; US government tries to silence Twitter; the Hate Police in Britain; 'Punch a Terf' not hate speech; Sound of Freedom; China and CO2; North Korea and Russia; Norway buys up grain; Denmark bans burning the Quran; featuring Peru; SEEK - being patriotic; Alice in Wonderland; Queer nature; Oliver Anthony and Ben Shapiro.with music of John Farnham, Disturbed; Dire Straits; Andre Rieu; Jefferson Airplane; John Rutter; and the Gettys, Shane and Shane

This week we look at how lies affect every area of our culture....India is our featured country.  With news on Vishnal Mangalwadi; Tim Keller; the war in Ukraine; Tucker Carlson and Donald Trump;  Joe Biden and election interference; Sharri Markson; Sadiq Khan and London pollution; the Co-Op and theft and banking; OnlyFans; Greek Surrogacy factory; Julia Gillard; Gender Reassignment for severely disabled; Jordan Peterson's re-education; Conservative councillor arrested for hate crime; Is the world on fire?  Church lies; Lord of the Rings; Ecclesiastes - and music from Johan Bloom; JJ Cale; Sabaton; the Eagles; Alice Cooper; Carlos Santana; Oliver Anthony and Corey Voss

This week we look at the world through the eyes of Oliver Anthony; Sweden: Chinese Green jobs; BRICS in South Africa; Chinese and UK depopulation; Murdering Babies; Pornography in nurseries; Australian police go binary; Snow not so White; Pippi Longstocking; Parkinson; Spanish womens football and racist England; Chess for women; Churches burning in Pakistan; Tim Keller's Memorial; SEEK 6 - Black Lives Matter; Lyle Shelton and the Drag Queens; The Jesus Revolution;  with music from Oliver Anthony, Abba, Amaon Amrath; Tom Petty and Larry Norman.

In this weeks Quantum we look at the long way to the top that exists - especially when so much of our society seems to be heading the other way - we look at Ecuador; BonFest; Moises Caicedo;  Californian Teachers perversity; Fife Teachers intolerance; Judith Curry; Wind turbines, solar panels and heat pumps in Scotland; Nuclear in Belgium;  Farmers milking the renewal industry;  Whales and cows being sacrificed to the Green gods;  Danielle Smith in Alberta; carbon footprint of electric cars; Father Ted;  David Greg apologises;  JK Rowling airbrushed again; Celebrity Masterchef Drag Queen;  Queering the Mary Rose; Twitter and Threads; Health and writing letters; Saudi Sports washing; Australian Womens football; Pastor Michael Flynn's heresy; Brian Houston; Jeremy Marshall; Lawyers and Thanksgiving; The Little Prince; SEEK 5 - factory farming; the God of Grace - with the help of ACDC, Eric Clapton, the Carpenters and the Gettys.

This week we look at Cambodia; Robbie Shepherd and Robbie Robertson; Education in Scotland; the Woke Scouts;  Labouring in France; Tesla cars; AI social influencers; How many steps should you walk?; Covid boosters in the UK; Costa Coffee; Climate change in China; Hot Sydney and Tasmanian energy crisis; a tale of theological alien paranoia; Barbie adverts; Greenbelt school of drag; Boasting about abortion; SEEK 4 - Why does God permit disease? and Psalm 91 - with music from the Animals, the Band, Pink Floyd, Queen,  Black Sabbath, the Who, and Sons of Korah

This week we take it to the limit and reflect on the life of Sinead O'Connor; Randy Meisner; Climate Change, John Kerry, IPCC, Antonio Gutteres; Nat West Bank; Colombia; Babies Born Alive in Australia; Niger; UFO's; The Ashes; Spirit in the Sky; The Hobbit; the Beano; SEEK - Capitalism or Communism; and Psalm 130 - with music from the Eagles, Sinead O'Connor, Jeff Wayne, Norman Greenbaum and the Getty's.

This week comes to you from a castle in Scotland!  With guest Al Smith.  Including Oppenheimer; Israel limits Supreme Court; George Alagiah; the Spanish Election; Russians bomb Odessa;  Greece; World fires; Trevor Francis, Mbappe and Messi;  X; Sesame Street; a new Transgender crime in the UK; the BMA's hypocrisy; Elevation church ; Preaching with a Scottish accent; Alaister Begg; Trans abortions; SEEK 2;  Bob Dylan sells his Scottish mansion....with music from Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, the Greek national anthem, Peter, Paul and Mary; Iron Maiden; Shania Twain and Bob Dylan.

This week we ask is it the end of the world - and look at the climate crisis and how it is reported...plus the chicken crossing the road in Dundee, the Sound of Freedom and Cuties; Democrats and Disney oppose laws against child slavery and child pornography;  Nigel Farage's bank account; Covid vaccines in Germany;  Ukraine grain deal breaks down; South Korea floods; David Cameron and SSM; Is God a concept? Time Blindness; the end of the Commonwealth Games; the Barbie film; The Northern Lights; SEEK question 1with REM, the Beatles, Leonard Cohen, John Lennon, U2, Aqua and David Kaufman

Colossians 3:1 - If we have died with Christ - we are also raised with him....and that is where we should set our hearts....with a little help from U2

This week we look at the reactions to The Sound of Freedom; North Korea; Misinformation; the Moral Maze and what news is important; Biden visiting the UK; the US sends cluster bombs to Ukraine; Jill Biden wants a woman to be head of NATO; Dutch Government falls; Iceland; Spains Socialist Environment minister rides her bicycle; JP Morgans wants land nationalised; France and censorship; Threads; Miss Netherlands won by a man; Trans violence in London; the ABC makes trans cartoon for children; Melbourne schools compelled propaganda; Rainbow cricket stumps; The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; The 'problematic' Lord's Prayer; the Gospel in Wales; with music from Phil the Voice, the Who, Soul Limbo; and U2....

This week we look at riots in France; banning 4th of July fireworks; misinformation bill in Australia; hate crime in Ireland; banning Nigel Farage; Rev Richard Fotheringill and the Yorkshire Building Society; Political climate change hypocrisy; 75th anniversary service for the NHS and Dr John Ellis; man gets lectured on 'woke' clothing for his toddler; Colonel Kelvin Wright forced out of army; Cricket hypocrisy; Highway 61 revised; Winnie the Pooh; Canberran government takes down the Cross; Woke US church; Miriam Cates; Psalm 130 -  with the help of the Clash, Bruce Springsteen, Status Quo,  Dave Alvin, and the Gettys.

This week we look at Glastonbury with Elton John, Debbie Harry and Rick Astley;  younger South Koreans; Sweden's about turn on climate policy; the WEF's car and plane hypocrisy; AI's new religion; Ethical Porn; Teens fight back against Trans ideology; Pornography for children; Winnie Ewing; Morocco; Cricket Lessons; Taylor Swift; Charlotte's Web; the Queering of the Church in the US; the Byrds.

In the words of Deacon Blue we think of a 'ship called dignity' and look at this weeks news in the light of human dignity....looking at banning discussion on covid; Target; Dark Mojo; Implanting Wombs; Monty Python; Teacher threatens pupil for stating only two genders; win for Christian teaching assistant; US funds drag queens in Ecuador; the Ashes; Death of Shane Warne;  the Central African Republic; the Titan; Bonny M; Honduras; Matilda; Cromwell's Prayer book; Atheist converts;  the Gettys; with music from Deacon Blue, Booker T and the MGs; , Boney M, the CAR, the African Children's Choir,  and the Gettys.

This week we look at 12 big questions from this weeks news  - 1) Is football good for us? 2) Is Pride the new state religion? 3) Does disagreeing with Trans ideology mean you are killing people? 4) Should abortion be decriminalised? 5) Are all politicians corrupt? 6) Are women under attack? 7) Are Canadian fires a sign the world is burning? 8) Where did covid come from? 9) Are refugees bad for us?  10) Are we returning to Satanism? 11) Will the Church survive? 12) Is there any hope?   With music from Liverpool, U2, Don McLean, Coldplay, Danny Kaye and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

This week we ask Holly's question - Are You Ok?   With Holly Willoughby; the Dam Busters; Ukraine - who blew the Nova Kakhovka Dam? ; Is Roger Waters a Nazi?;  Utah Schools Ban Bible; Moray Drag Queen; BBC Casualty; Norway stops Trans surgery for children; Kathleen Stock; Scottish Universities declare that defending academic freedom is suspect; Stuart Waiton; Frank Furedi; Cancelling Chaucer; Pre-Historic Non-Binary; The Tories and the New Test Act; Abortion falls in the US; Blondie;  Indian Offical Drains Dam for Phone; 100 Greatest Childrens Books; Neal Morse;

Our world is filled with people who pretend to be something they are not - this week we look at a few examples as well as world news.   With Tina Turner;  Philip Scofield; Freddy Mercury;  Erodgan reelected in Turkey;  Conservatives win elections in Spain;  Tunisia turns away from democracy;  Germany's recession; the Pretenders; BLM's financial collapse;  Target misses the mark; Kathleen Stock; Kylie Minogue; Jane Fonda and Climate Change;  Verifying the BBC;  The Rolling Stones;  Satanism;  Andy Stanly; Matt Papa and the Getty's.

This week we reflect on the deaths of Tim Keller, Donald Macleod, Harry Reeder, Rolf Harris, Martyn Amis and Jeremy Clarke.   We also look at Taiwan and the WHO; Elections in Greece; Running out of Sand; Ed Davey; Trans indoctrination in schools; Senator Machaela Cavanaugh; The Decline of Radio 4; Hatun Tash; Dave Mustaine's testimony; Review of Paul Simon's 'Seven Psalms';      With music from Leonard Cohen, Zorba the Greek, the Beach Boys;  Megadeath, Paul Simon and Clive Parnell

This week we look at what part bias plays in our culture - with the boys from Brisbane.  Pride and Prejudice; Chat GPT;  Indonesia and the Voice of Baceprot; Turkey election;  Thai election; anti-Christian violence in India; Sudan civil war; Glen Miller; the ABC;  Bluey; Napoli Champions; Dundee Champions; Austin Killips and trans athletes; Bryan Ferry; the Australian Greens; Moira Deeming;  Shutting down Catholic hospitals; Fred Nile;  Is religion the answer? Living and Bill Nighy; the Christ Hymn,.

This week we spend the whole episode looking at the issues arising out of the Coronation.   The Bible as the Word of God.  Maintaining the Protestant Reformed Religion.  A Hindu reading that Jesus is the only Creator.  A disappointing sermon.  Great music.  The anointing of the Holy Spirit.  Marriage and hypocrisy.  The rehabilitation of Queen Camilla.   Prince William and the new Civic Religion. Humanists UK.  The Right to Protest.  NIck Cave.  The True Cross.  Psalm 24.

This week we look at the world of AI and what it has to say about being human.  Are we moving towards being slaves of the machine?  With Kraftwerk; Stephen Hawking, Elon Musk and Geoffrey Hinton; The Terminator; Rage Against the Machine; Hate Speech Law in Ireland; Twitter changes Rules;  Education;  Does the Bible Advocate Slavery?  Tucker Carlson; Dr Aseem Malhotra and Joe Rogan on the Vaccines; Ed Sheeran v. Marvin Gaye; Dutch Farmers v. the Greens; Brecon Beacons no more; Gordon Lightfoot; Jerry Springer; King Charles; Alice Cooper; The Matrix; Wilberforce;  Amazing Grace with Chris Tomlin.

This week we look at hate speech and misinformation - including Elon Musk and the BBC; The Australian Electoral Commission;  Harry Belafonte; Barry Humphries; U2; Dr Laura Favaro; Brendan O'Neill; India Willoughby; Dianne Abbott; Queensland prostitution; President Biden; Alice Cooper;  Ukrainian Grain; Eco Toffs and Snooker; Kenyan Chess Cheater;  Murray Head; UK Emergency Signal; Larry Norman.

This week our focus is on children featuring - John Lydon, Guns 'n' Roses, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young; Rod Liddle on what is the best childcare? Dr John Campbell on sanctity of life; Euthanising children in the Netherlands; Jethro Tull; War children in Sudan and Ukraine; Indoctrination in schools; Hormone blockers in NZ schools; Non-binary children in Scotland; The Singing Kettle; Teacher apologises for calling girls girls in a girls school; why do drag queens want to be with children?  Teenage abuse; Peter and the Wolf; Paedophilia - Peter Tatchell, the UN and the Kentler Project; Iron Maiden; Surrogacy; the Kinks; Super Mario Brothers; George Verwer; City Alight and Colin Buchanan.

This week we reflect on what is going on in the world today, through what went on in the world in the 1930's and 1940's - we look at the Jews; the man who escaped Auschwitz; Robert Hebras - the last survivor of Oradour; Ben Ferencez - the last Nuremberg prosecutor; the war in Ukraine; the threat to the dollar; Keith Reid and a Whiter Shade of Pale; Switzerland and Covid; Woke Grease; Queensland Trans legislation;  Hobart Uni bans Catholic group; Deni Todrovic's misogyny;  Jennifer Bilek and the link between transgender, big business and transhumanism; Katherine Deves and the new religion; Church of England churches close; Greg Sheridan on Easter; and Classic FM's no.1 piece of music - Rachmaninov's 2nd Piano Concerto.

This week we reflect on Easter, the arrests of Donald Trump and Peter Murrell; the Wisconsin Supreme Court election;   Os Guinness; the Finnish election; Kenyan riots; Kemi Badenoch on Trans; Canada outlaws protests against Drag Queens; Dylan Mulvaney and Nike; Oli London converts; Prime Minister of New Zealand can't define women; the new religion in Australia; World Athletics Association bans Trans in womens sport; The FT defends lying; A Dutch trans ageist; Abba Wigs banned; Cancel Mozart; Should churches host Iftars? The man on the middle cross - and See what a morning!   With music from Korpiklaani; Abba, Mozart and the Gettys.   Apologies for a slight drop in the quality of sound...

This week we take a longer look at the issues arising out of the Nashville shooting - including transgender, media, the police, politicians, Kelly-Jay Keen in Australia and New Zealand; guns; violence;   the American lecturer advocating killing 'homophobes and transphobes',  Cenk Uygur;  John Pesutto and Joe Biden, Humza Yousaf,  education, women, the Church; with music from U2, Emmy Lou Harris, George Strait,  Brantley Gilbert, Dolly Parton, the Who and the Gettys.  Apologies for this being a bit longer than usual but the issues are so important I did not want to cut it.

This week we look at the question of identity - including X Ray Spex; Lt Gov Peggy Flanagan; Enid Blyton; Girl Guides new guide to language; Women's identity; Humza and Ukrainian men; the Human League; Apotemnophilia; Cycling in decline; Is Alan West Black?;  Dutch Farmers Party; Ben Bradshaw and Parliamentary control of the Church of England; Dr Aaron Edwards fired for teaching the Bible; Rhiannon Giddens;  the ABC guidelines; The Newsboys

This week we look at cancel culture - ironically having prepared this theme I was 'cancelled' on Monday by Twitter (please feel free to tweet this out on our behalf!)  - including Eminem; Submarines (Australia) ; Sex education (England); Dr Jeret Kok (Tasmania); Van Morrison; Paul Murphy (Ireland); Joe Biden on Trans (US);  Bernard Randall (UK); Jack the Colorado Baker (US); the Oscars;  the London Review of Books; and Hillsong.

This week we look at Indonesia; Kampuchea's Killing Fields; Mongolian Heavy Metal; Brussels farmers; the Common People; Conversion Therapy; International Woman of the Year is a Man; Liberal Attitudes; an all Women's Bible; Kenneth Copeland's 'cheap' plane; the Mercy Seat; and Psalm 124  with the help of Buffalo Springfield, the Hu, Pulp, Lynard Skynyrd and Nick Cave

This week we look at the world with the help of Del Amitri - we look at the Nigerian election; the Danes exchanging prayer for weapons; Rail tragedy in Greece; Rishi Sunak's new Brexit deal; Betty Boothroyd; Faith, Politics and Humza Yousaf; Marriage and Calvin Robinson; Singaporean sues woman who refuses to date him; Misgendering in Canada; Roll to Christ.....

This week we look at Gaelic women;  Kate Forbes; Aaron Edwards; Putin and Pronouns; Biden in Ukraine; Budgies; John Williamson; Banning Statues; Does reading CS Lewis and Tolkien mean you are a Terrorist? Re-writing Roald Dahl; ZZ top; Pregnant Men; Jordan Peterson on Pornography and AI; the Zombies; John Macarthur; Gaelic Psalm 46.

This week we look at Sturgeon's resignation, JK Rowling ban fails; Shooting Balloons;  Are Aliens Invading? The Woke Language Police;  Lilt, the totally tropical taste;  Did Bob Marley become a Christian? the first 100 days of Meloni;  Prevent fails to Prevent; He Gets Us adverts;  and The Asbury Revival

Why does the modern world treat everything as black and white and insist we have to be on one side or the other?    This week we look at this - including the earthquake in Turkey; the Church of England and SSM; Ukraine;  the evidence for masks; Burt Bacharach; Covid Vaccines; Taylor Swift and Abortion; Bill Maher on Revolution; Sam Smith and the Highway to Hell;  the Right Side of History - with music from Antrim Mennonites; B J Thomas; Taylor Swift; the Beatles; Sam Smith; ACDC; and Equip

This week we look at how ideologies can cause so much harm....and why love is the answer....including Jordan Peterson on the lies women are told; the murder of Tyre Nichols; Pakistan bomb; Ukraine - tanks and Russia's economy; Israel bombs Iran; Canada legalises heroine; that Pfizer tape; Bill Maher on Climate Change; Novak Djokovic; NHS Director for Lived Experience; Levels of Caffeine in Coffee; All Creatures Great and Small; Sandi Toksvig and the Archbishop of Canterbury;  with music from Seasick Steve, Peter Green, Humble Pie, Jethro Tull, U2 and BB King...

This week we look at the extent of failed promises.   Jacinda Ardern; the decline of Japan; Is China spying on you?; Wagner v's Mozart; Al Gore's meltdown; Beyonce falls out with LGBT; does Biblical teaching lead to Trans suicides?; Dave Crosby - teach your children well; Malta and where Conversion Therapy laws are going; Scooby Doo goes Woke; Rejecting Biblical teaching on sex doesn't lead to happiness; Alice Springs and Alcohol; George Thorogood;  Andy Murray and Darvel; Sister Lucille Randon and the promise of eternal life; Immortal, Invisible.

This week we look at the population fall in China;  the last King of Greece; a bombed Church in the Congo; the last Mafia boss arrested in Italy;  Davos, the WEF and conspiracy theorists; Nick Cave on Robotic Music; Canadian's who killed a non mask wearer go free; Keir Starmer's values; Penny Mordaunt tells Church to change its doctrines; Steve Baker comes out as a LGBT ally; Caroline Noakes on being born in the wrong body; Trans murderer stands for parliament; Konstantin Kisin at the Oxford Union; the Banishees of Insherin;  the Melbourne Open; and the 25oth anniversary of Amazing Grace.     With music from Buffalo Springfield, Greece, the Godfather, Nick Cave, Prelude and Jelle Boesveld.

This week we remember Jeff Beck, look at the LGBT census figures for the UK; The Met police enforcing ideology; the Transage community;  Fun Boy Three;  Mohammed the most popular UK name;  Cardinal George Pell; Tim Minchin;  Child Abuse in the US;  Dutch Transgender Study;  Biden's Classified Documents; Leonard Cohen; Congressman swears on Superman comic; India and Coal; the World and Oil; Wind Shortage in the UK; Sinne Eeg; Hezekiah's Royal Inscriptions; The Experience in Nigeria;  and some Christian Metal from Norway with Heidre....

Here are 10 predictions for 2023 - plus a few more - and a great hope for us.  We look at energy, transport, the WEF, AI and ChatGPT, the destruction of language and the rewriting of history; climate change, immigration, paedophilia, liberal authoritarianism,  the seekers, and meditating with Isaiah....with the help of OMD, Gary Numan, the Beatles, Hank Nelson, the Specials, the Dali Lama, Peter Tatchell, Isabel Vaughan Spruce, the Who, and Maureen Macleod.

In this last podcast of the year we look at ten of the main world events in ten countries - through ten songs from my top 20 Spotify songs for 2022...The UK (The Imagined Village) , Pakistan (ZZ Top) , The Netherlands (Pink Floyd, South Africa (Bach), the USA (Barry Macguire), Iran (Leonard Cohen),  Argentina (Runrig), Australia (Christy Moore), Ukraine (the Rolling Stones) and China (George Thorogood).....and we finish with Bach's St Matthews Passion.

This week as we approach Christmas we see the need for the Messiah.   With the help of Handal we look at Armenia, Scotland, New Zealand, England, the US, India, China and Israel....including war, womens rights, Transgender, free speech, the woke church, Roger Federer, a new government in Israel and Ronald Reagan!

This week we look at shadowbanning - including Elton John, the Twitter Files, Ian MacWhirter, Senator Nancy Mace, Yo Yo Ma and Alison Krauss, Child pornography, Abortion, Nuclear Fusion, Letter re Climate Change,  Welby stays neutral on SSM, Theocracy, EU corruption, Dan Andrews funds Islam, the Respect for Marriage Act, Lady Haldane's Scottish Trans ruling, NHS accuses women of racism, Julia Hartley-Brewer, Cambridge dictionary redefines women, J K Rowling and a new womens centre, and Dave Henderson's 'Our Emmanuel'.....all links on www.theweeflea.com

In this weeks Quantum   we look at the hopeless direction we are heading in Western society - and what can be done - with Glen Miller, Jordan Peterson, Talking Heads, Royal Racism, Twitter Expose, Abortion - Hilary Clinton,Heidi Crowter, Spiked, Malta, Ralph Warnock,  and the Bill Gates Foundation;  Pearl Harbour, Sinta Klaas, Dutch Farmers, French Fines, Oxford Restrictions, Senator Alex Antic, Adultery in Indonesia, Chaos in Peru, Corruption in South Africa, Christianity at the World Cup and Nick Cave.

This week we look at what happens when we go our own way...with Boney M, Fleetwood Mac, Youth Indoctrination, Sex education in schools,  the Bad Law Show, Belenciaga,  Cambridge Students, Shetland, The Day of the Dead Parade, The World Cup, Japan, Australia, Men at Work, Jiang Zemin, Hawaiian Volcano, Ukraine, Nick Fuentes, Anti-Semitism,  Church Attendance in England, Marie Curie Chaplain and Mary's Boy Child.

This week we have Bryan Ferry, the Crown, the Iranian and Welsh national anthems at the World Cup, Saudi and Japan, Gianni Infantino, religion in Qater, Twitter Hysteria, Personal Carbon Credit, the Dutch 'carnival is over', Covid in Nicaragua,  T-Rex, Mental illness and vaccines in Canada, Gambling, Earthquake in Indonesia,  War in Ukraine, Shooting in Colorado, Scottish Independence, The Bible not suitable for modern society,  and BitterSweet Symphony

This week we focus on the economy including -   how we look at news, Status Quo, John Lee Hooker, the Crypto scam, James Melville and narratives of virtue, Prof Jeffrey Sachs, Christy Moore, Schellenberger and Climate Change, Jordan Peterson, the G20, Keith Levene and the Clash, Corporate controls on advertising, the Qatari world cup and the Welsh, and the Spooky Men's Chorale

This week we examine the US mid-terms, Sweet Home Alabama, Democrats supporting Trumpists; De Santis and Trump;  Ethiopian Peace Deal; Cop 27; the Flying Lizards;  China and Billionaires Emissions; Greta and Get Oil Out; Gene Cotton;  Striking Nurses; ABC and Grooming; Senator Alex Antic; Church of England and SSM; Calvin Robinson and Chris Bryant; RC Priest suspended for preaching Catholic doctrine; Master and Commander; The Rest is History; Ian Wright's Teacher; Every Grain of Sand.

This week we look at hypocrisy throughout the world - and the solution!  With Hans Zimmer, Pascal, John Lennon, Brazilian Election, Israel, Denmark, the US Elections, Hilary Clinton, Pelosi, Led Zeppelin, Immigrants, Suella Braverman, Lord Frost on Abortion, Matt Hancock, South Korea, Sunwoojunga, Monty Python, Drax, Dutch Gas, the Simpsons, Sunak and Hinduism, Mormon Billions, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Si Knightly

Much is rightly said of the attack on women in today's world - but there is also an attack on men.  This week we look at some manifestations of this - including Classical Gas, Muddy Waters, Slow Train Coming, Biden and Dylan, Pregnant men, Rishi Sunak, Kemi Badenoch, Manmade Covid, Eminem, Manly Rugby, Scottish and Indian Cricket, Franklin Graham, Eloon Musk, Jordan Peterson, and Lecrae.

This week we look at how injustice wrecks chaos and havoc; and where real justice can come from.  WIth Lez Zepplin; Abortion in the US, Stacey Adams; Infanticide in Canada; Noel Richards;  Jeremy Hunt; Eritrea and Tigray; Ukraine war; Yo Soy La Locura; Race Shifters; Nigerian Floods; Woman refused hospital treatment; Keir Starmer and 'misgendering' hate crimes; Virginian attack on parents; Australian Christian Lobby; Mum's Drag Queen Speech; Tom Petty; Ricky Gervais on Gratitude; Matt Redman - 10,000 Reasons.

The Peatbog Faeries; Ukraine war; German Recession; Saudi and the US; Copper; Manchester - Christian Heavy Metal; Covid - Pfizer exposed; China and PPE;  Vaccines;  'We own the Science;  Turbines; Sticking to Picasso; Sir Tom Moore; Coal is Booming; Johnny Cash; Anglea Lansbury; Mermaids; Transgender from the Womb;  Graham Norton and John Cleese;  Emma; Dan Andrews 'Kindness';  Ricky Gervais;  Fight the Good Fight

This week we look at our contrasting world - a world which is filled with hatred and yet also happiness.   We look at the ten songs that make you happiest; the Essendon affair; the Brazilian election; Chess cheating; Armenia, Russia and Ukraine;  North Korea, Kamala and Japan; US debt; Indonesian football deaths;  the Panthers v. the Eels; The Quiet Girl; Loretta Lynn; and City Alight

Has fascism returned to Italy?   We look at the reaction to the election of Giorgia Meloni;  plus women rioting in Iran; the UK budget blues; Primark safe spaces; the Sussex police; can we fly to Fiji?  Jacinda Ardhern and Free Speech; Averting Armageddon; Chess Scandal; Jerry Allison; Hilary Mantel; Brother Andrew; Coolio and How Great is our God.....

Using the music from the Queens funeral and the most watched sermon in human history - we look at the worlds news.  Including Sir Lindsay Hoyle; Muslims and Hinus in Leicester;  Trinity College, Dublin;  Daniel Andrews and Bush Walks; Bill Maher; Ukraine; Taiwan;  The Irish Times; Byzantium in Gaza;  King Charles and Christian Faith; Reaction to the Archbishop's Sermon; AN Wilson;  and Sir James Macmillan

What will the death of Queen Elizabeth mean for the world?  We look at reactions and discussion on this.   With Queen, John Anderson, Charles Moore, The New York Times, Gavin Ashenden, Zadok the Priest, Ben Judah, Oliver Cromwell and Charles 1, Liz Truss, the Muir of Ord Chippie, Patrick Harvie, Adam Bandt, Caitlain Moran, an Aboriginal Elder, King Charles, St Giles, Karen Matheson, Tim Farron, Tim Keller, Keith Getty and Stuart Townend - and of course, the Queen!

(News of the Queens death came through after this was recorded - we will reflect upon her life next week!)  - this week we reflect on the way that humans, including our leaders, often blame others....including George Thorogood, Liz Truss, the Cabinet of Cronies;  Russia Profits from War;  The Melbourne Mural;  Trump on Germany; Whole Lotta Folsom; Dai Le - Vietnamese Refugee turned Australian politician; Netflix grooming children; Peppa Pig; Top Gear; Teacher Jailed for refusing to comply with Irish court over gender pronouns; Somalia; Matt Chandler; Brian McLaren; Britney Spears turns Atheist;  New Life Community Choir -

This week we try to see the bigger picture behind local stories - including Gorbachev; Russian Gas; Ukaine and the people;  Harrison Ford wants to rescue the planet;  Australian Nuclear;  Pakistan floods; Meghan Markle;  Women only University jobs;  Dan Andrews shuts out Parents;  Sex 'work' as a career?;  Inclusive Gardening; Healthy tea drinkers; Florence and the Machine; When Love Comes to Town - U2 and BB King.

This week with the help of Supertramp, Gary Moore, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, and Stuart Townend we look at the illogicality of the world and the logical answer.  Including the War in Ukraine; Covid in Sweden;  The ABC and Illogical Bias; Sam Harris and Lying for the Truth;  Volcanoes;  Regretting Being a Slut;  Harari and 'Unnecessary' Humans; Christopher Hitchens on Morality;  Steve Chalke on God's Pronouns;  and You're the Word of God the Father...

This week our main subject is food - using grain for fuel;  what food is good for you; espresso v cappuccino;   the argumentum hystericum; Kenya; the Norwegian Walrus; Woke Corporations; The RAF halts recruiting white men; California v. Florida - education; the Langya virus; Irish media rules; new UK cycling laws; Graeme Souness on the Man's Game; Hungarian Christian Rally;  Australian Anglican Schism; Nicky Gumbels farewell sermon - with music from Queen, the Beatles, Oliver, Weird Al Yankovich, Top Gun, Pinter Bela and Dave Henderson....

This week we look at the world through the lens of Leonard Cohen and the documentary Hallelujah!  Kenyan elections; which country is warming faster?;  the Great Barrier Reef; Carbon Offsetting; Rain in Seoul; Olivia Newton John and Judith Durham; self-identifying disabled authors; trans and non trans athletes; Woke jobs for the 'Brahmin Left; Tracy Ullman's Woke Self Help Group; Glen Scrivener and Lousie Perry; June Spencer; Lauren Daigle; Spotify Playlist....with music from PSY, Barwick Green, Kenya, the Lord's Prayer, the Seekers, Grease and of course Leonard Cohen.

This week we look at the Commonwealth Games, England's women winning the European championships, Ube Zeller, Pelosi in Taiwan, Ukraine grain; energy in the UK, Germany and Australia; Ayman al-Zawahiri; David Trimble; Ron Sider; Tavistock; Nuclear War; the Lambeth Conference; with music from Ukraine, the Beatles, Elvis, the Stones, Christian black metal from Crimson Tide and the new song from City Alight...

Nudge theory is one of the most important tools that governments use to try and control.  This week we examine it with the help of Susan Michie; Radiohead; the WHO; Monkeypox; Climate Change; Measuring Temperatures; JJ Cale; Glen Frey; Inflated LGBT numbers; Albo and ScoMo; The Manly Seven; Yolanda Adams; the Lord's Prayer in the Australian Parliament; Chestfeeding, Stonewall and Trimble; Mark Knopfler;  Cannibalism; Ricky Gervais and Weak Atheist Arguments; Happiness; The Edwin Hawkes Singers.