Quantum - The Wee Flea Podcast

Quantum 344 - The Last Waltz and Fact Checking JD Vance

This week we fact check JD Vance's extraordinary Munich speech, and remember the movie of the Band's last concert; including Abortion in Scotland; the rise of the AFD;  Islamic organisations in Australia support anti-semitic nurses; the BBC, LGBT sailors and the importance of gender pronouns over death; why manufacturing is a sexist word; Trumps Ukraine error; Iain McWhirter on Keir Starmers troop promise; Online hate speech in Germany; Margaret Brennan on how Free Speech leads to Nazism; Japan goes nuclear; Dr Who goes Woke and Broke; French taxpayers pay for training to talk to plants;  Christianity Today accepts $1.8 million USAID money; West Yorkshire Police and Diversity Officers; Christians killed in Nigeria and the Congo; Feedback and Is the Resurrection for Real? with music from The Band, Eric Clapton, the Cox Family, Van Morrison, Bob Dylan, and Joni Mitchell 

Quantum 343 - Deutschland Uber Alles, Heresy in the White House and Lennon v.U2

This week we focus on Germany and the reasons for its decline as well as the ongoing Trump impact - including the rise of the AFD;  Richard Dimbleby and Belsen; Anti-semitic nurses in Australia; Paula White and the White House Faith Office;  David Fletcher and Liam Goligher;  Are surf boards sexist?;  Is Lego anti- LGBT? Keir Starmer takes a HIV test; Elections in Ecuador;  Joe Rogan on USAID;   USAID funds Islamic extremism;  Selling out Britain - Chagos; Julia Hartley Brewer and the 'kindness of Hamas';  German economy tanked by Green polices; Hunter Valley Coal; the new Super Bowl vibe; the history of wine and beer; clergyman claims Saviour is an offensive term; public to advise on next Archbishop of Canterbury; and Feedback  with music from Rammstein, Beethoven, the Beach Boys, The Polka Brothers,  John Lennon, U2,  and Bach.  

Coffee with John 72 - Faith and Love

1 John 5:1 - Faith and Love - the twins of real Christianity. What is faith? How does that work? What is the relationship with love?

The Lord's Prayer 7 - Yours is the Kingdom, the Power and the Glory

In our final part of the Lord's Prayer we look at the ending - which is actually missing in the Latin version....But the kingdom, the power and the glory is God's. What better place to look at what that means - than Revelation 22

Quantum 342 - The Maverick, the Moral Maze, Music and Myanmar

This week we look at Belinda Carlisle's view of heaven; the Moral Maze; French schools and wine; Trumps Tariffs, Crypto, Gaza plans and USAID; Death of the Aga Khan; Protecting womens sport in the US; Angela Rayner and Islamaphobia;  growth of LGBTQI youth numbers in the UK; Trans indoctrination in the UK; Sadiq Khan removes pronouns; Country of the week - Myanmar; Big Pharma funding Bernie Sanders; History of the Bagpipes; Joe Rogan on LA fires; Dale Vince gets his reward; Death of Jack Hemmings; persecution of the Church in China; Feedback and Psalm 27 with music from Belinda Carlisle, UB40,  the Beatles, Fred Morrison, the Peatbog Faeries; Marty Robbins; and the Gettys 

Quantum 341 - Like A Complete Unknown - The Year of the Snake, The Congo and DeepSeek

This week we reflect on the new Bob Dylan biopic - a complete unknown - including the UK's wind failure;  cost of electricity in Australia, Dale Vince's hypocrisy; CIA and Wuhan; The Year of the Snake; Emlilia Perez; Australian censor permits violent sex novels; Steve Smith reaches 10,000; DeepSeek; Remembering Auschwitz; Anti-Semitism in Australia; Ben and Jerries Woke Empire;  No Debating; Days off to Learn how to be anti-Racist in Scottish schools; Country of the week - Congo; Population of Earth in Christ's time; Preacher arrested for sign against Islam; and Feedback. 

with music from Bob Dylan, Johnny Wakelin, Joan Baez, Johnny Cash, John Williams and Pete Seeger

Quantum 340 - The President, the Bishop and the Indonesian Coal Magnate....

This week we look at the hysteria around Elon Musk;  Trump Executive's Order for women; Biden on Presidential Pardons; Bill Maher on the LA fires; Country of the Week - Indonesia; The Indonesian Coal Magnate; Dundee's Great Victory; Djokovic controversy in Australia - again!  James O'Brien blaming Amazon and Trump for the Southport Killings; UK police on hate speech; Trains cancelled in the UK because drivers can't walk on snow; Bishop Budde and the Washington sermon; Former Labour minister arrested after attacking Elon Musk; Feedback; and Belmont Christian School 

with music from Supertramp, Lee Dorsey, the Fiechters; Dan Fogelberg; Cash, Orbison, Perkins and Lewis; ZZ Top; and Walter Trout

Quantum 339 - California's Burning

This week we take a more in-depth look at the California fires including - the Gaza ceasefire;  DEI in the Fire Brigade;   No Birthday Cake in Scotland; 'Country of the Week' - California; The Politicians and the LA fires; Was Climate Change responsible?  The Babylon Bee on the Miracle of Meghan Markle;  Squid Game 2 v. All Creatures Great and Small 5; Nicola Sturgeon and Peter Murrell; New England's Darkest Day; Ron Carpenter - the AI pastor; Feedback - Muslim Rape gangs, why use the word 'Catholic', Jimmy Carter revisited and should a Christian listen to Iron Maiden?  Why are young men turning Orthodox?  with music from the Eagles, the Red Hot Chilli Peppers, the Beach Boys, Scott Mackenzie, the Mommas and Papas, Billy Joel, Tammy Wynette and the Porters Gate.

Quantum 338 - The Rape Gangs Scandal in the UK, Greece and the Oldest City in Europe

This week we look at what the Rape Gangs scandal is - including Louise Perry on Rotherham, Dominic Green, Keir Starmer, Jess Phillips, Tim Dieppe, Matt Goodwin;  Crimes of the Cross - The Anglican abuse scandal in Newcastle, NSW;  Transgender women in prison; The demise of Justin Trudeau; Government falls in Austria; The death of Jean-Marie Le Pen; Country of the Week - Greece; Earthquake in Tibet; Stornoway airport exists before plans fly;  Pete Seeger v Bob Dylan; Biden bans Nippon Steel; the oldest City in Europe; Feedback and the Orthodox Church with music from Jack White, Lady Gaga, Andre Rieu, Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, and Stephen McWhirter.

Quantum 337 - Happy New Year! Predictions for 2025

This week we look at predictions for 2025 - including Escape to the Country;  Luxury Travel;  The New Orleans Attack; Normalisation of Trans and Paedophilia; The Durrells;  The Simpsons;  Dawkins leaves the Freedom from Religion Foundation; German Elections;  The Ukraine War; Jimmy Carter;  Rotherham inquiry denied; Country of the Week - Colombia; Quasi Religious beliefs destroying Western Europe; Woke Hollywood;  The Greatest Song Ever - according to Bob Dylan;  Last Pearl Harbour Veteran dies;  The Declining Church;  Mark Driscoll Again; Feedback; John Webster;  and Christus Victor  with music from Peter, Paul and Mary, Lady Gaga, Alex Campos, Glen Campbell;  and the Gettys....