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Beauty for Ashes

David Robertson discusses faith, culture and politics from a Christian perspective - this podcast was known as Quantum of the Wee Flea. Now it has been turned into a radio programme with Rhema FM.

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41:17

Quantum 258 - France, Fireworks and Freedom

Beauty for Ashes ·

2023/07/07

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

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36:32

Quantum 257 - Glastonbury, Ethical Porn, Morocco and...

Beauty for Ashes ·

2023/06/30

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.

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34:17

Quantum 256 - Dignity

Beauty for Ashes ·

2023/06/22

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

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37:24

Quantum 255 - 12 Big Questions

Beauty for Ashes ·

2023/06/16

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

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39:41

Quantum 254 - Are You Ok?

Beauty for Ashes ·

2023/06/09

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

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39:27

Quantum 253 - The Great Pretenders

Beauty for Ashes ·

2023/06/02

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

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40:45

Quantum 252 - Blessed are the Dead....

Beauty for Ashes ·

2023/05/25

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

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37:32

Quantum 251 - Bias - and the Boys from Brisbane and...

Beauty for Ashes ·

2023/05/18

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

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41:47

Quantum 250 - The Coronation - Beginning/End of an Era?

Beauty for Ashes ·

2023/05/11

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.

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42:58

Quantum 249 - AI, Humanity and Slavery

Beauty for Ashes ·

2023/05/05

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

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38:04

Quantum 248 - Hate speech and Misinformation

Beauty for Ashes ·

2023/04/28

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.

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48:10

Quantum 247 - Suffer the Children

Beauty for Ashes ·

2023/04/21

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

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41:26

Quantum 246 - The Nazis - The Answer

Beauty for Ashes ·

2023/04/13

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

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41:59

Quantum 245 - Easter Special - Arrested

Beauty for Ashes ·

2023/04/07

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

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46:31

Quantum 244 - Nashville

Beauty for Ashes ·

2023/03/31

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

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32:34

Quantum 243 - Identity

Beauty for Ashes ·

2023/03/23

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

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37:29

Quantum 242 - Cancelled!

Beauty for Ashes ·

2023/03/17

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.

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42:44

Quantum 241 - Free Bird.....

Beauty for Ashes ·

2023/03/09

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

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32:40

Quantum 240 - The Del Amitri One

Beauty for Ashes ·

2023/03/02

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.....

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35:42

Quantum 239 - The Outsiders

Beauty for Ashes ·

2023/02/24

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.

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