Quantum - The Wee Flea Podcast

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.