Quantum - The Wee Flea Podcast

Quantum 353 - Italy, the Pope, and the Trans Hysteria

This week we look at Italy, Election in Canada, Australian Abortion; the retirement of Klaus Schwab; Terrorists kill Tourists in Kashmir; Is Katy Perry an Astronaut?  Are Irish hairdressers the key to climate change?  Ed Miliband's Hypocrisy; Teen Vogue on being Ecosexual; Is Have I Got News For You - funny?   The IMF forecast for global economy; The Minecraft Music; Reading Chickens; the death of the Pope; Allah Sees Everything - including how you vote in the UK; Maggie Chapman and Trans Hysteria;  Keir Starmer on Women - Before and After;  Banks Bullying Mumsnet; Brigend Council promotes perversion to school children; Two tier justice in the UK - Bradford and the Met Police; Catholic Church grows in France; Feedback and Final Word; Fraser Nelson on Religion in the UK;  with music from Blue Oyster Cult, Verdi, Elton John, the Barbershop Quartet, Jack Black, Warren Zevon, and the All Souls Orchestra. 

Quantum 352 - Australian Election and Easter Special

This week we take a look at the Australian election and Easter - with the UK Supreme Court judgement on what is a woman; Jodie Harrison NSW Minister for Women on what is a woman;  Australian judge slams 'trans experts';  the Australian General Election; Dr Joanna Howe; Maryka Groenewald - the Australian Christians Party;  Religion in Australia; Finance firms back away from carbon emissions scheme;  Hunter Valley Coal Mine to remain open; Steve Hughes on the Environment;  Universities - the only institutions in Australia where you don't need training to teach;  Carl Barron;  Australia's mineral exports; Christians banned from praying in NSW anti-conversion therapy laws; the story of Ross, Kathy and Jaadan Abraham;  Feedback and Final Word with music from Men at Work, Helen Reddy,  ACDC, Jimmy Barnes, Nick Cave, Kylie Minogue, Colin Buchanan, City Alight

Quantum 351 - South Sudan, Trumps' Tariffs and Mumford's New Psalm

This week we look at the Grooming Gangs scandal and Kim Lam MP; Anti-Hamas protests in Gaza; Muslim 'Reverts'; Non Binary Joan of Arc; Country of the Week - South Sudan; Locking up Lucy Connolly; the Rich can keep petrol cars; e-mail signatures kill people; Mumford's new psalm like song; Trump's Tariffs; New anti Christian laws in China; A 'quiet revival in the UK; Feedback and the Last Word - with music from Rodriguez, Teshreen Maekelele, Mumford and Sons, OMD, Tracy Chapman, Colin Buchanan and City Alight

Quantum 350 - Ten Threats to Democracy

This week is a special - we look at the ten main threats to democracy today - 1) Wealth imbalance - the Wisconsin election, Trump's Tariffs; 2) Islam - the BBC and Bradford, the Salaah, Cardiff city council promotes Islam; 3) Anti-Semitism - Douglas Murray; John Anderson with Mark Durie and Richard Shumack;  4) Misuse of the police - Parents arrested for criticising school in UK, Scottish politician and the non hate crime of criticising non-binary ideology, FBI ordered gag on Hunter Biden laptop; 5) Progressive Woke ideology - Shanna Kattari, Ross Greer, Toddler suspended for transphobia, Quality Street becomes Equality Street, two tier justice;  6) Lawfare - Country of the week - France, the banning of Marine Le Pen, Yanis Varoufakis, Guy Verhofstadt; 7) Net Zero - destroying virgin forest in Australia, Myanmar earthquake, - when did the 24 hour day begin? 8) A Censored Media - death of Val Kilmer, Adolescence, Celtic's Shame, 9) Education as an indoctrination business - 10) The Decline of the Church  - including Feedback and the Final Word with music from Leonard Cohen, ACDC, Edith Piaf, the Kingston Trio, Jim Croce, and Sovereign Grace 

Quantum 349 - Let it Go! Including Van Gogh, Jesus Christ Superstar and Turkey the new Superpower?

This week we look at Van Gogh with the help of Dr Who; Cynthia Erivo and Jesus Christ Superstar; the Snow White debacle; the death of George Foreman; What the collapse of 23andMe tells us; Japan bans the Moonies; a Mega Mosque in England's Lake District; Majoring in Decolonising Academia and Biological and Linguistic Futurity; Nurse abused by racist paedophile disciplined for not using 'correct' pronouns; Care Homes and Assisted Suicide;  Canadian and Australian Elections; Country of the Week - Turkey and Ekrem Imamoglu; Peace Deal in the Black Sea; The Emperor who went to war with the Sea; Net Zero increases carbon in the UK;  More Bibles sold in the UK; Feedback and the Final Wordwith music from Don McLean, Disney, Jesus Christ Superstar, Johnny Wakelin, the Rolling Stones, Turkish Orthodox Christian Music, Jimi Hendrix, and City Alight 

Quantum 348 - Africa's Only Christian Nation; Dylan on Music and Musk's Space Rescue

This week we look at Africa's only official Christian nation - Zambia;  Chinese pollution in Zambia;  Germany abandons debt ceiling and industry; Scottish Greens on Gender neutral toilets;  Dylan on machines making music; The Peat Inn for sale; the Dundee Derby; Newcastle United end trophy drought; SpaceX rescues astronauts; DOGE discovers 'Magic Money Machines'; Tesla and BYD batteries; Persecution of Christians in Syria and the Congo; Banning 'midwife'; New Jersey asks babies to self identify; Sydney rally against abortion; Ukraine ceasefire; The history of mail; C of E urges avoiding 'Eurocentric' prayers, Feedback  - with music from AGAM, Bob Dylan, the Magpie Geordie, the Rolling Stones, the Carpenters, and Ailsa Turner 

Quantum 347 - Another one Bites the Dust- Sturgeon, Canada's New Prime Minister, Rumania's Democratic Deficit and Syria

This week we look at Greenland's election;  Ukraine Ceasefire;  Canada's new Prime Minister;  Cancelling elections in Rumania - Vanis Varoufakis; Nicola Sturgeon leaving; Is Samoa Sinking? Vegan Friendly Films;  Amazonian Hypocrisy; Dolly Parton's husband dies; Dick McTaggart; Country of the Week - Syria; Hamas 'migrant' in the UK; Can a Black Woman play Jesus?  Woke RAF runs out of pilots; Canberra Church buildings; Christian inmate attacks death penalty before being executed; Street Preacher acquitted in UK; Feedback - including Donald Macleod on Gender; the Last Word - Pauls Conversion; with music from Elton John, the Who, Queen, Dolly Parton, Survivor, the Gene Band, Kenny Loggins, and Syrian Orthodox singers. 

Quantum 346 - Ethiopia, the White House Press Conference, Gene Hackman and Cox on the Universe and Humanity

This week we look at our country of the week - Ethiopia - Saudis shoot Ethiopian refugees, the Tigray civil war, coffee in Ethiopia, Ethiopian Jews,   The UK's National Death Service; Exploiting Sexual Abuse in Australia; Man becomes Sydney Woman of the Year;  Mardi Gras mockery of Christ; that White House Press Conference; Sharks in NSW; Mikey Madison and 'sex workers'; Germany rearms and refinances; Britain funds illegal Mexican abortion providers;  the death of Gene Hackman; Wes Streeting and Islamic freedom; Brian Cox on the Universe; Revival in the UK?  Feedback, an apology and Psalm 22 in Gaelic.  With music from Bob Marley, Helen Reddy, Nebiyou Elias,  Bob Dylan, and Bach Gaelic Psalm Singers. 

Coffee with John 87 - The Sin that Leads to Death

1 John 5:16-17 - Two of the most difficult verses in the whole Bible. What is the sin that leads to death and the sin that does not lead to death?

Quantum 345 - Scottish Values, French Censorship, Greenland....and more

This week we follow up with many things going on in the world - including Gillian Mackay admitting prayer could be banned;  John Swinney wants unity against 'the Far Right'; Islamism in Sydney schools; another Islamist attack in France;  BBC whitewashes Hamas documentary; Stonewall uses US funding; Blackadder on the causes of war; the German Election;  English Granny visited by police for criticising politicians;  Northern Irish Pastor arrested for preaching in buffer zone; ;  Country of the Week - Greenland; the Death of Roberta Flack; France closes TV stations - proving JD Vance right; Wildfires Decline;  BP loses big on Renewables;  New Disease in the Congo;  the death of Roberta Flack and JFK's bodyguard; and Psalm 3  with music from Brebach, Talsik, Nive Nielsen and the Deer Children; Roberta Flack, the Specials, Dreamers Circus and the Sons of Korah.