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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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41:15

Beauty for Ashes 3 - Sorrow and Songs - a Mother's...

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2025/10/30

This week's is a special in memory of my mother - including Kathren Maher on the truth; Ukraine war; John Lennon's relationship with his mother; Child abuse in Australia; Matt Redman on suffering; Birth rates throughout the world; and Proverbs 31 with music from Duncan Chisholm; Deep Purple; John Lennon; Ray Davies; Matt Redman; Capercaillie; and Warren Haynes

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43:42

Beauty for Ashes - Conversations - No. 1 Matt Redman...

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2025/10/28

Beauty for Ashes Conversations is an offshoot of the Beauty for Ashes Podcast, featuring interviews we do with the famous and the not so famous. Our first conversation is with Matt Redman - the Christian songwriter. We discuss his early life, his songwriting and some of the sufferings he has experienced....with some of his best known songs....enjoy!

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41:31

Beauty for Ashes 2 - Bias, Birmingham, Sweden and...

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2025/10/24

In episode 2 we look at the question of bias; are Jews welcome in Birmingham? Birmingham Imam instructs congregation on how to stone women; Jewish children in Germany need armed guards to go to school; Victorian police have had enough of Far Left rioters; Robbing the Louvre; ChatGPT goes 'adult'; Dundee beat Celtic; Country of the Week - Sweden; Bill Maher on Swedish immigration; Robert Irwin and LGBT symbols; Nottingham University wants to decolonise Lord of the Rings; Anglicans Split; Is

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49:40

Beauty for Ashes 1 - A New Beginning.....

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2025/10/17

Welcome to the first episode of Beauty for Ashes - in conjunction with Rhema Newcastle we are putting out a weekly radio programme and then this podcast. It will follow the same pattern as Quantum of the Wee Flea - looking at news, culture, religion, sport and music from throughout the world. This week we look at Trump's Gaza piece; Drugs in Estonia; Indoctrination in a Dorset school; JK Rowling on Changing her mind and God; Senator Clare Chandler and Andy Cody; Country of the Week -

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59:58

Quantum 375 - The Islam Special....for all time!

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2025/10/12

This is a special edition of the Islam special....we have removed the localised and time limited references and a bit of the music....so that it is something that can be used as an ongoing resource. Tom Holland on the incompatibility of Islam with Western liberal democracy; Douglas Murray and James Orr on Muslim immigration; Mousa Kadri; Spencer Fildes on the new blasphemy law; What happens if you leave Islam? The genocide against Christians in Nigeria; Country of the Week –

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50:59

Quantum 377 - The Church Special

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2025/10/09

In this weeks final Quantum (before we change into Beauty for Ashes), we take a look at the church throughout the world including the Pope blessing a block of ice; Vishnal Mangalwadi and Christian Education; US school vouchers; Church and State; Ofcom vetting sermons; The Church in China; the Church in South Korea; Bill Maher on Nigeria and the Persecuted Church; Spanish Priest arrested for Islamaphobia; The Weak Church - Jim Davies's response to Charlie Kirk; The Apostate Church - pastor takes

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3:45

Coffee with Jesus 104 - The Witness of the Father

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2025/10/03

John 5:37-38 - Jesus's third witness is the big one! The Father. What does this mean?

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54:18

Quantum 376 - Changing Your Mind - the EU, Israel,...

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2025/10/02

In this Quantum I look at 12 times I have changed my mind about something.....the EU; Israel and the Jews; Democracy; Scottish Independence; Immigration; Socialism; Education; Climate Change; Islam; Transgender Ideology; Equality before the Law; Netflix. And the final word from Acts 28. with music from Europe, Dave Alvin, Leonard Cohen; Dougie Maclean, Pink Floyd; Supertramp; and Robert Plant.

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62:49

Quantum 375 - The Islam Special

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2025/09/25

This week, in our final Quantum (before we change to Beauty for Ashes) we take a deeper look at Islam. Tom Holland on the incompatibility of Islam with Western liberal democracy; Douglas Murray and James Orr on Muslim immigration; Mousa Kadri; Spencer Fildes on the new blasphemy law; What happens if you leave Islam? The genocide against Christians in Nigeria; Country of the Week - Afghanistan; Israel and Gaza; Sharia Law in the UK; Islam in Australia; The Rape Gangs; Islamic Education;

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49:16

Quantum 374 - Is Charlie our JFK moment? Marching in...

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2025/09/18

This week we look at the fallout from the Charlie Kirk assassination; Yes Minister; Students in Amsterdam; the Oxford Union President; Mental Health worker in Australia; Borussia Dortmund; AI books exploit death; What does the London March mean? Sir Trevor Phillips; Net Zero in Australia; Andrew Hastie; the growth of ASEAN; The Decline of Germany; Theresa May on Euthanasia; Christians slaughtered in the Congo; Banning Prayer in New South Wales; Finnish school pupils v English Uni students;

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49:03

Quantum 373 - Charlie Kirk, Norway, Nepal and Silicon...

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2025/09/11

This week we reflect on the assassination of Charlie Kirk; Apocalypse Now; Iryna Zarutska; AI and medicine; Riots in Nepal; Asylum Seekers in the UK; Top restaurant in the UK - Texas Steakhouse; Zarah Sultana and Trans; Stephen Ireland and Surrey Pride; the racism of the New York Times; Country of the Week - Norway; French government collapses; UK police arrest a man for causing anxiety on social media; Peter Mandelson; Attacking Jerusalem; Hamas's wealth in Qatar; Anglican Dean of Newcastle and

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54:46

Quantum 372 - Britains Father Ted Moment; Ghana and...

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2025/09/04

This week we look at Britain's Father Ted moment; Kirralie Smith and Australia's court mandating lying; NHS and 'people with a cervix'; Schindlers List; Keir Starmer and Islamaphobia; The Afghanistan earthquake; Three Scots row across the Pacific; The Racist English countryside; Babylon Bee and Hitler; Dominic Sandbrook on Triggernometry; Aristotle and Alexander the Great; France in danger of crashing the world economy; The UK's global talent visa and Turkish drag queens; The trans shooter in

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58:10

Quantum 371 - Questions, Questions, Questions

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2025/08/28

This week we look at some of the questions that we face in our societies....What are the dangers AI fake news? What's going on in the UK? What's wrong with flying the flag? Who is Lucy Connolly? Is saying 'we love bacon' a crime in the UK? Why was Iran expelled from Australia; What's going on in our Country of the week - Burkina Faso? ; Why is the ocean warming? Who is burning coal? Why is Norway opening new oil fields? Why has John Fogerty released a new album? Why have Cracker Barrel

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59:08

Quantum 370 - There will always be an England! ...

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2025/08/21

This week we continue to look at AI and its impact on our society; AI friends; The Stepford Wives; Edinburgh University Press on Black and white; National Library of Scotland censors Women Won't Wheesht; Men giving birth in South Australia; Country of the Week - England; The Magna Carta; The Significance of Flags; Christianity in England; Ceasefires; Triggernometry and Netanyahu and Tommy Robinson on Mohammed and Jesus; The Matrix; Geoffrey Hinton and AI Sub Goals; French Muslims ban Barbie;

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46:33

Quantum 369 - The AI Special

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2025/08/14

This week we look at the subject of AI - Artificial Intelligence. What is it? How will it impact us? Are AI companions for real? Ethical issues - plagiarism, deepfakes and bias; Is humanity doomed? AI weapons; Was Hiroshima necessary? AI and jobs; AI and money; AI and Climate Change; Country of the Week - South Korea; AI and the Church; Fake Bible characters; Our Future is AI Serfdom - B.Duncan Moench; The biblical answer to AI....With music from Kraftwerk; Christy Moore; Styx; OMD;

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58:32

Quantum 368 - Kate Forbes, India, Spurgeons College...

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2025/08/07

This week we look at communion on the moon; banning Jews in Edinburgh; Kate Forbes resigns; Lord of the Rings; England v. India; Country of the Week - India; Prison Officers compelled to lie; Chinese spies in the UK; Angela Rayner and Muslim Heritage Month; Brisbane Anglicans reject Scripture; the Dutch self-generating sea wall; the Chinese Vertical Forest City; The News Agents on the Quiet Revival; the closure of Spurgeons College and Trinity; Feedback on Gaza; Niall Ferguson on genocide;

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44:33

Quantum 367 (2) - Trump in Scotland, Genocide in...

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2025/08/02

Apologies - this is version 2 - we needed to change the format so that Spotify could accept it.....This week we look at Corbyns new party; the Russian earthquake; Proof that Australia pays women to abort babies; the Climate Crisis and Colonisation; Cleo Laine; Netflix's Pride and Prejudice; Gladiator; Trump in Scotland; Why are Rapes in Poland so low compared with other European countries?; Trump's Tariff triumphs; Robyn Williams on Golf; Sydney Sweeney and the Nazi Blue Jeans; JK Rowling on the

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03:37

Coffee with Jesus 64 - Christ, the Spirit and the...

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2025/08/01

John 3:33-34 - How do we know the truth? When we acknowledge Christ. He is the one given the Spirit without measure....and we are given him. When we believe....

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42:10

Quantum 367 - Trump in Scotland, Algeria, Genocide in...

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2025/07/31

This week we look at Corbyns new party; the Russian earthquake; Proof that Australia pays women to abort babies; the Climate Crisis and Colonisation; Cleo Laine; Netflix's Pride and Prejudice; Gladiator; Trump in Scotland; Why are Rapes in Poland so low compared with other European countries?; Trump's Tariff triumphs; Robyn Williams on Golf; Sydney Sweeney and the Nazi Blue Jeans; JK Rowling on the Sandi Peggie Case; Country of the Week - Algeria; Israel and Gaza; Keir Starmer and Palestine;

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46:30

Quantum 366 - Black Sabbath, Danny Kruger, Cambodia...

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2025/07/26

This week we look at the death and significance of Ozzy Osbourne; Danny Kruger's Speech to Parliament; King Charles and Islam; Christopher Hitchens warning about Islam; The Epping Protests; Australian Government pays mothers to kill their babies; the health benefits of coffee; Hulk Hogan; England v Italy womens football; The Argentinian economic miracle; Ireland's record abortion figures; Country of the week Cambodia; Thai/Cambodian war threat; Children voting in the UK; Kathleen Madigan on being

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