Quantum - The Wee Flea Podcast

This week we remember the brilliance of Kris Kristofferson; Lebanon; the new Prime Minister of Japan; Country of the Week - Austria; Kemi Badenoch - are all cultures equally valid?; Resignation of Rosie Duffield; the US election - is the US importing thousands of murderers?;  Islamaphobia; George Carlin on changes in language; Convoy; Maggie Smith;  Fabian Cabellero;  and the Mike Pilivachi scandal with music from Kris Kristopherson, Janis Joplin,  the Sound of Music, Strauss, Johnny Cash; and Matt Redmann. 

This week we look at Sri Lanka; Taiwan; elections in Germany; Bill Maher on immigration in Sweden; Indian Midwives and Female Infanticide; George Carlin on language; Al Fayed and the Crown; Van Gogh; A Bridge too Far; Misinformation in Australia; Mark Zuckerberg's Confession of Censorship; Jordan Peterson on Woke Protestant Churches; Steve Lawson and Alistair Begg, with music from the Proclaimers,  Verdi, Miran Tharindu, Don Maclean, Fleetwood Mac, and Andrew Peterson.

This week we look at Scotland 10 years after the Independence referendum; the UK Liberal Democrat ban Christians; Exploding Phones in Lebanon; the Twisted Logic of Senator Chris Larson;  Does Abortion Kill Women? Truthiness with Mary Harrington; Ayyan Hirsi Ali on Immigration; Tucker Carlson, Daryl Cooper and Churchill; Country of the Week - Cuba; Sean Diddy; Huw Edwards; SEEK 52 - Knowing you a Christian; and  A Word from the Lord with music from the Proclaimers, Pibroch, Supertramp, Buena Vista Social Club, Sean Diddy; the Who and Steph Macleod 

This week we look at the collapse of journalism with Matti Friedman; the aftermath of the Presidential debate, Austalia banning social media for children; Aberto Fujimori; Deaths in Senegal; the Sale of the Spectator; Cancelling Morrisey; Decline of EV's; Gas Cookers in Victoria; Robert Kennedy on Ukraine; Under the Banner of Heaven; Abbe Pierre; Warren Goldstein; Apollo Quiboloy; the Heresy of Pope Francis; the Truth of Bishop Barron; and SEEK 51 - Effective Prayer with music from  Del Amitri, the Smiths, Morrisey, Mason Williams,  Bon Jovi, Cleine Dion and Andrea Bocelli. 

This week we follow up on abortion - including Kamala Harris, Abortion in India, Feedback, Cameron Fraser on evangelicals and abortion, Keswick Convention and Abortion; Country of the Week - Germany; Banning X in Brazil; France arrests Durov; Nuclear war with Russia; Queering Nuclear Weapons; A man wins womens Paralympics; Bank of England goes Woke; Scottish Womens Charity accepts men as workers; Swinney gives up on Conversion therapy; Gretchen WIttmer; Nigerian Massacres; Gaza hostages executed; Canadian coalition falls apart; Wolves in India' Canadian Forest fires; funding climate change and stopping winter fuel payments in the UK; Windfarms on Shetland; and Coldplays new 'Christian' song. with music from Del Amitri, Leonard Cohen, Kraftwerk, Rammstein, Oasis, Coldplay, and the Wartburg Choir. 

Ch. 2 v.13 - War is wearisome. Armies get exhausted. Great empires fall. And at a personal level we get exhausted.....What is the solution? And why is this ultimately encouraging?

This week we finally get round to looking at the question of abortion.  It is a really difficult subject but I hope you will find this helpful.   It includes....world abortion figures; what is abortion? abortion and the US election;  Biden, Trump, Warren and Harris;  partial-birth abortion; Planned Parenthood and the selling of baby body parts; billionaires promoting abortion in Michigan;  Stevie Nicks; Abortion in the UK; Keir Starmer on human dignity; Banning protests; Peter Hitchens; Babies surviving abortion in Australia; Louise Adsett; Dominic Perottet, abortion, politics and faith; Dr Joanna Howe; What about rape, incest, danger to the mothers life? Being pressured to have an abortion; Sylvester Stallone; Abortion in Malawi; Rev Rebecca Todd Peters, the PCUSA and abortion; Mother Teresa; the Secular Sacrament; and some personal stories. with music from Bach, Fleetwood Mac, DC Talk, Survivor; Godsmack; Disturbed;  and the Sons of Korah.....

This week we look at joy in US politics, China's New Gas Field; Terrorist misogyny; LGBT Child Abuse; Country of the Week - Fiji; The SNP and Gaza; Drugs Deaths in Scotland; Scottish Education; Newcastle Goats; Tim Hawkins; The Churchless Church of England; Feedback; SEEK 48 - Christians Disunited; and Welcome to Country.  with music from Prelude, Rend Collective, the Ruts, Hillsong; Pearl Jam; and St Peters Free Church.

This week we look at the meta narrative that our post -postmodern society is trying to feed us.  Including Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, Hunter Biden, Stephen Colbert, Elon Musk and the EU; Humza Yousaf;  Donald Trump and Musk; Tim Wlaz on misinformation; Alaister Campbell and Douglas Murray; Jailed for Facebook Posts; Labour Councillor calls for slitting peoples throats; Hope not Hate; Anti-Establishment rhetoric; Banning Dawkins; Olympic boss doesn't know what a woman is; Islamists and Taylor Swift; Country of the week - Japan; Giant Wind Turbines; Lawyers and the French Revolution; Closing Schools in the UK; the NHS and Pregnant men; SEEK 47 - Being Catholic; a listeners poem.... with music from the Manic Street Preachers, 4 Non Blondes, Pulp, Taylor Swift, Alphaville, Peter,Paul and Mary, the Bach Collegium; and Eric Bibb...

This week we take a look at the riots in the UK, Keir Starmer, is there dual policing?  Sunil Sahrma;  our country of the week is Bangladesh; Tim Walz;  Kamala Harris in the Cloud; African Martyrs; the Lord's Prayer in Victoria; Arisa Crew; David Miliband - charity millionaire; Fact checking the WHO; SEEK 46 - Jesus on Earth; Johnny Cash - Redemption of an American Idol with music from the Clash, George Harrison, Bryan Ferry,  Joan Osbourne, Johnny Cash

This week we look at how misinformation and lies have become the common currency of contemporary society - especially amongst those who claim to be against misinformation!   We look at Climate Change and Vaclav Smil's 'How the World Really Works';  Scottish Railways; Olympic intolerance, lies and spin; Far Left attacks on French rail; Adam Peaty's faith; Country of the Week - Venezuela; Weirdness and the US Democrats; Did Trump announce no more elections?  Trump lies;  Google manipulation; Fired by Forbes; the death and influence of John Mayell; Israel assassinates Hamas leaders; The Guardian and Kemi Badenoch; Christian Teacher fired; a Scottish Islamic Island?;  and Habbakuk.   With music from Buffalo Springfield, JJ Cale,  Radiohead, John Mayell, Andy Stewart, Crowded House, 

This week we look at the decline of President Biden and the rise of Kamala Harris; George Carlin on identity; can Kamala win;  Is World War 3 likely?  The accelerated decline of the West; Country of the Week - South Korea; the Sudanese Civil War; Riots in Bangladesh; China, Hamas and Fatah; Eric Liddell, the Olympics and Rangers FC; Excluding Christians in Scotland; Police Paid to Attend Pride Parades; An Ancient Joke Book; The PCUSA makes homosexual ideology a fundamental doctrine; SEEK 43 - Evangelism; with music from Del Amitri, Boy George, Red Hot Chilli Peppers,  PSY, Vangelis, Charles Jolly and Lecrae

This week we look at the extraordinary events surrounding Donald Trump and the consequences of his attempted assassination and his coronation at the Republican conference.   We also look at JD Vance; Newsome and Transgender families; the EU and X; Hamas Leadership; Russia bombing hospitals; Goldman Sachs; E scooters and e-bikes; First Minister of Wales resigns; SNP equalities officer jailed; Paying grandparents to babysit in Sweden; the death of Bob Newhart; Turkey and the Church;  Church of England changes gender language; SEEK 43 - Women in the Church; Freemasonary; With music from Metallica, Steve Earke, Corelli, the Mixtures, Clive Dunn, Shania Twain; and Eric Bibb

This week we try to understand the elections in France and Iran; the horror of the Ukrainian war;  Californian Democrats claim making purchasing children for sex a felony is anti LGBTQ!  The Trans Eunuchs;  12 year old investigated by terrorism unit for saying there are only two genders; Brian McClaren v Michael Shellenberg on Climate Change; Italy's Volcanoes;  Green MP opposes wind pylons; the fall of Candace Owens; the Rise of English Football;  Church of England Synod authorises same sex blessings;  John Lennox; SEEK 42 - God, Humanity and Angels; and for a change all our songs are cheerful - including Paolo Nutini, Leonard Cohen, yo Yo Ma Bach, the Proclaimers, T-Rex, and the Mississippi Mass Choir

This week we look at the UK General Election results and what it means - including votes; the rise of Islamist politics; Reform; Kris Kandiah; Farage and the Channel 4 actor; BBC hit job on Miriam Cates; Welsh Parliament to ban lying;  Yes Minister; The Blob wins; Biden meltdown; Australian Muslim Senator resigns; Christians massacred in Nigeria; Glastonbury borders; The religious Euros; Malen the Christian; Euthanasia in the Netherlands; SEEK 41 - The Devil and Hell with music from D:Ream, the Who, Coldplay,  Rameau,  the Rolling Stones and the Scottish Praise Gathering youth choir

This week we look at the UK election; Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson on Ukraine; Politicians gambling; John Swinney on Pride;  Biden, Kamala and Abortion;  Edinburgh and Taiwan; Country of the Week - Iceland;  Islamic Terrorism in Dagestan; More Nigerian Christians Murdered; Climate measures bite in the Netherlands and Victoria; The WEF on who will travel; Carla Denyer, Green Leaders, hypocrisy; The Euros; Afghanistan beat Australia; David Tennant v. Kemi Badenoch; Tik Tok bans Womens Sports group; Trans and Thomas the Tank Engine; Decolonising English Folk Music; Donald Sutherland; SEEK 40 - The Perfect God; Feedback; and Psalm 130 - with music from Grease; the Volfgang Twins; Orchestral Manouevres in the Dark; Steeleye Span; and the Getty's.  

This week we look at Vaclav Klaus and Clement Attlee on the EU;  the new Dutch PM;  The UK election - Sunak on euthanasia; Rod Stewart on Ukraine;  Country of the Week - Colombia;  The Euros and French Football Wokery; Gay Sharks and Lions;  SNP Equalities Officer jailed;  Heterochronology; Don't 'Dal' Women Hill Walkers; Rising Perversity in Victoria; Word Alive closes; and  SEEK 39 - Forgiveness; with music from Bach, Del Amitri, Rod Stewart, Corelli, Pink Fong, EmmyLou Harris, Vivaldi and Alan Jackson.

This week we look at the EU elections, Germany, Italy, Austria, Country of the Week - France;  Nursing and Terrorism in Northern Ireland; The Korean Dirty War; A Story of Canadian Euthanasia; Women Won't Wheesht; Banning Radiohead; Maggie Chapman and Racist Motorways; The Prince of Kuwait; Jordan Peterson on Pride; SEEK 39=8 - Evidence Against God;  with music from Jethro Tull, the Bothy Band, Planxty, Van Morrison and the Chieftains; Radiohead; Capercaillie; Shane and Shane

This weeks Quantum is in memory of a young man whose funeral I took a few days ago.   Luke is someone who this podcast is for - interested in music, people, social justice, politics, religion and meaning in life.  The music was, with one exception, all played at the funeral.   This week we look at the election in India; the new Mexican president; the failure of the ANC in South Africa;  Nigel Farage; Michael Schellenberger on Trumps Trials; an open letter to Edinburgh students re 'apartheid' Israel; the trivialisation of American academia; Baltimore drug addiction;  Real Madrid and Liverpool; and SEEK 37 - What is God? with music from Oasis, Donna Target, Crowded House, the Beach Boys, the Proclaimers, the Frogs, Gerry and the Pacemakers, and Elevation. 

This week we look at the landslide in Papua New Guinea; The Greens and a Two State solution; the UK election;  Winston Marshall v. Nancy Pelosi; Country of the Week - Pakistan; Vaccination Decline; Dutch Euthanising the Depressed; Non-Christian Friends; Glen Scrivener on Celebrity Christians; with music from the Snuts, Alice Cooper, Mumford and Sons, the Pakistan Hallelujah Band, the Rembrandts; and Mother Kirk