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Advertising Creative Director Chas Bayfield takes you on a road trip through the Bible, leaving one significant item of baggage at home- religion. He tells the story from Genesis to Revelation and explains how this more than any other book has impacted western culture. Wholly Buyable is a podcast for people who might never normally pick up a Bible but who feel they should perhaps know a little more about it than they currently do. After all, the Bible is a book for everyone, not just believers

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167: Adam's Other Wife (Isaiah 35-41)

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2025/08/19

In this episode, we identify Lilith, a Jewish myth figure believed to have been married both to Adam and the Angel of Death. Isaiah also appears to predict New Testament holy man, John the Baptist, writes my favourite verse in the entire Bible, gets embroiled in a plagiarism battle and appears to hand his quill to another scribe. Quite an episode. Written and produced by Chas Bayfield Music by Michael Auld and Jon Hawkins Music Cover art by Lisa Goff Send any comments or feedback to contact...

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166: Swimming in the Cesspool (Isaiah 24-28)

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2025/08/12

As the title suggests, Isaiah doesn't pull any punches. If graphic and repulsive use of bodily fluids as a metaphor get his readers' attention, the prophet is all in. However, anyone looking for action and adventure may be disappointed; in Isaiah's book, the drama is all in the writing. If you want a quintessential raging Old Testament prophet so incandescent that he tips into apocalyptic language, look no further.

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165: Drunken Vomit (Isaiah 19-23)

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2025/08/04

Isaiah's tirade against Israel's neighbours continues, and with it come vivid descriptions of Near Eastern Mediterranean trade in the eighth century BC. But God's fury doesn't stop with pagan kingdoms and empires; Judah too is in the firing line. Oh, and in this episode, the prophet also strips naked, and remains "au naturel" for three years. Truly, there is nothing in the Bible quite like the Book of Isaiah!

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164: Night Terror (Isaiah 10-18)

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2025/07/29

If you picture in your head a robed, beared prophet raging with florid language at at a nation that isn't listening to him, you are probably thinking of Isaiah. In this episode, he launches a broadside against nations who he believes are enemies of God. These are Israel's near neighbours and the prophet foresees disaster for each and every one of them. Enjoy the schadenfreude. WARNING: THIS EPISODE MENTIONS RAPE AND INFANT DEATH Written and produced by Chas Bayfield Music by Michael Auld an...

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163: Whiplash (Isaiah 9-11)

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2025/07/22

"Wonderful Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace." It's no wonder that these words written some 800 years before the birth of Jesus make the prophet Isaiah such a favourite with Christians, especially at Christmas. However, before Jesus arrives to save the day, things are going to get worse for Israel. Much, much worse. Written and produced by Chas Bayfield Music by Michael Auld and Jon Hawkins Music Cover art by Lisa Goff Send any comments or feedback to contct@wh...

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162: The Ruined and the Rich (Isaiah 5-8)

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2025/07/15

It's easy to see the Bible as fable, a kind of religious fairy tale with a moralistic sting in its tail. Passages like this one show that much of the book is rooted in actual historical events. These chapters are a snapshot of the late eighth century BC Middle East. The prophet Isaiah is begging the king of one of these nations (Ahaz of Judah) not to enter an alliance with two others (Israel and Aram) against the threat of an invasion from the Assyrian Empire. Instead, Ahaz should rely on God...

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161: Real Housewives of Jerusalem

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2025/07/07

The poetry books are over and now it's time for the prophets to step up. These are the maverick outsiders, the truth tellers who appear able to channel the word of God and to warn their nations of the danger of turning their backs on him. Of all the men who rage through the pages of these books, Isaiah is perhaps the most quintessential, and certainly the most poetic. He is also much beloved of Christians, as he makes what appear to be pin sharp predictions of Jesus sone seven hundred years b...

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160: The Lovemakers (Song of Songs 1-8)

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2025/07/01

How this book made it into the Bible is a mystery. Why it rarely gets a outing in church services us not surprising.; The Song of Songs is steamy stuff, so much so we've had to put an 'explicit content' warning on this episode. Some see the book as a metaphor for God's love for his church, others see a gentleman delighting in the aromatic fruits of a lady's garden as a wholly different kind of metaphor. Enjoy Written and produced by Chas Bayfield Music by Michael Auld and Jon Hawkins Music ...

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159: A Little Bird (Ecclesiastes 9-12)

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2025/06/24

In a book that rarely veers away from blank negativity and abject realism, the Teacher in Ecclesiastes gives readers yet another reality check: The fast don’t always win the race nor are the strong guaranteed to prevail in battle. The wise don’t always have enough to eat, the brilliant aren’t always rich and everyone is subject to the vagaries of time and chance. We simply make the most of the cards we are dealt and find joy where we can. (It'll come as no surprise that Ecclesiast...

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158: The Man with 100 Children (Ecclesiastes 4-8)

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2025/06/17

Suffering is part of the human condition. But is it part of God's plan for his people? Why, if he is all powerful, doesn't he stop it? Yes listeners, we go there. Written and produced by Chas Bayfield Music by Michael Auld and Jon Hawkins Music Cover Art by Lisa Goff

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Special: The Bible of the Handmaid's Tale

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2025/06/13

Gilead. Marthas. Handmaids. Eyes. They sound biblical but if they are, where and what do these references mean? Are actual slave women co-opted as surrogate baby providers in the Bible? Do they truly lie in their mistresses' laps to conceive and give birth? What do the Handmaids mean by "Blessed be the fruit"? And who was the original Jezebel? Fans of the show need look no further. This is the Bible of the Handmaid's Tale. Written and produced by Chas Bayfield. Music by Michael Auld and Jon H...

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157: A Time to Die (Ecclesiastes 1-4)

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2025/06/10

Meaningless! Meaningless! There aren't many books in the Bible or otherwise that begin as bleakly as this one. And, plot spoiler, the vibe doesn't lift much as Ecclesiastes progresses. There is no point to life it seems than for a person to eat, drink and take what pleasure they can from work, as a human lifespan is as brief as it is pointless. Furthermore, the dead are soon forgotten. Enjoy!

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156: The Leech's Daughter (Proverbs 29-31)

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2025/06/03

Unexpectedly, given that the only women described in the Book of Proverbs so far have been an adulteress and a quarrelsome wife, the book's finale is a eulogy to a character referred to as "the Wife of Noble Character". This woman is a striking example of smartness, industry, economy, care and moral support, and also provides a fascinating insight into the independence of ancient Near Eastern woman at a time when many assume wives were second class citizens. Instead, this woman is as essentia...

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155: Tough Love (Proverbs 27-29)

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2025/05/27

Death and Destruction are never satisfied, a fool can be crushed into powder yet still not lose his foolishness, and good friends sharpen each other with honest feedback. The Bible's proverbs are universal and speak to people outside of any religion as well as those who revere the Bible as their holy book. They can be read as advice from a father to his son, a mandate from God to his people or simply as timeless poetry. If it's 3000 year old wisdom you're after, step this way. Written and p...

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154: A Little Sleep, a Little Slumber (Proverbs 24-26)

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2025/05/20

The wisdom of other ancients continues in the second part of the Thirty Sayings of the Wise. A later king of Israel, Hezekiah then adds some more of Solomon's proverbs. Fools, sluggards, neighbours, messengers and wives all come under the spotlight in sayings rich with everyday references: sparrows, honey, donkeys, a thornbush, lions and a golden apple. Oh, and a dog returning to its vomit... Written and produced by Chas Bayfield Music by Michael Auld and Jon Hawkins Music Cover art...

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153: The Guilty and the Greedy. (Proverbs 21-23)

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2025/05/13

Loose tongues cost lives, a bribe pacifies the angry and those with a fondness of wine will never be rich. Many of Solomon's wise sayings are as true today as when they were written three millennia ago. In this episode, the rhythm changes a little as the book segues from Solomon's own wisdom to what he refers to as 'The Thirty Sayings of the Wise', many of which still resonate with readers today.

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152: The Sluggard (Proverbs 18-20)

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2025/05/06

The wealthy person who loses friends when they lose their money. The gossip who betrays a friend's confidence. And the person who is too lazy to lift their spoon to their mouth. The torrent of timeless, poetic and sometimes comical proverbs continues. Written and produced by Chas Bayfield Music by Michael Auld and Jon Hawkins Music Cover art by Lisa Goff Send any questions or feedback to contact@whollybuyable.com

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151: The Wicked and the Wise (Proverbs 16-18)

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2025/04/29

Gracious words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones. Pride comes before a fall. Grey hair is a crown of splendour. Even the fool who keeps silent is seen as wise. The proverbs that populate his book are as honest as they are poetic; much needed truths in a world that is craving authenticity and wisdom. Enjoy the podcast and send any questions or feedback to contact@whollybuyable.com Written and produced by Chas Bayfield Music by Michael Auld and Jon Hawkin...

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150: Bone-Rotting Envy (Proverbs 14-15)

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2025/04/21

Sometimes terse, sometimes poetic, sometimes enigmatic, these often two-line sayings balance the good against the bad, the preferable against the undesirable. Some of these proverbs offer wisdom, others state the blindingly obvious. Either way, readers are left with accurate insights into a world of relationships, work, commerce and politics that are as familiar in the twenty first century as they were in Solomon's Israel. Written and produced by Chas Bayfield Music by Michael Auld an...

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149: Death Snares (Proverbs 11-13)

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2025/04/15

A beautiful woman who shows no discretion is like a pig with a ring in its nose. Morally upstanding people care for their animals. And those who spare the rod ruin their children. The Book of Proverbs is not afraid to pull punches and the aphorisms that flow from Solomon's pen are nothing if not colourful. Enjoy the wisdom! Written and produced by Chas Bayfield Music by Michael Auld and Jon Hawkins Music Cover art by Lisa Goff

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