Quantum - The Wee Flea Podcast

Quantum 212 - Food, Failures and Fellowship

This week our main subject is food - using grain for fuel;  what food is good for you; espresso v cappuccino;   the argumentum hystericum; Kenya; the Norwegian Walrus; Woke Corporations; The RAF halts recruiting white men; California v. Florida - education; the Langya virus; Irish media rules; new UK cycling laws; Graeme Souness on the Man's Game; Hungarian Christian Rally;  Australian Anglican Schism; Nicky Gumbels farewell sermon - with music from Queen, the Beatles, Oliver, Weird Al Yankovich, Top Gun, Pinter Bela and Dave Henderson....

Quantum 211 - Hallelujah!

This week we look at the world through the lens of Leonard Cohen and the documentary Hallelujah!  Kenyan elections; which country is warming faster?;  the Great Barrier Reef; Carbon Offsetting; Rain in Seoul; Olivia Newton John and Judith Durham; self-identifying disabled authors; trans and non trans athletes; Woke jobs for the 'Brahmin Left; Tracy Ullman's Woke Self Help Group; Glen Scrivener and Lousie Perry; June Spencer; Lauren Daigle; Spotify Playlist....with music from PSY, Barwick Green, Kenya, the Lord's Prayer, the Seekers, Grease and of course Leonard Cohen. 

Quantum 210 - Games and Wars, Heresy and Hope

This week we look at the Commonwealth Games, England's women winning the European championships, Ube Zeller, Pelosi in Taiwan, Ukraine grain; energy in the UK, Germany and Australia; Ayman al-Zawahiri; David Trimble; Ron Sider; Tavistock; Nuclear War; the Lambeth Conference; with music from Ukraine, the Beatles, Elvis, the Stones, Christian black metal from Crimson Tide and the new song from City Alight...

Quantum 209 - Nudge Theory

Nudge theory is one of the most important tools that governments use to try and control.  This week we examine it with the help of Susan Michie; Radiohead; the WHO; Monkeypox; Climate Change; Measuring Temperatures; JJ Cale; Glen Frey; Inflated LGBT numbers; Albo and ScoMo; The Manly Seven; Yolanda Adams; the Lord's Prayer in the Australian Parliament; Chestfeeding, Stonewall and Trimble; Mark Knopfler;  Cannibalism; Ricky Gervais and Weak Atheist Arguments; Happiness; The Edwin Hawkes Singers. 

Quantum 208 - London’s Burning - and Prince Harry, the Saviour of America

This week we look at the heatwave in the UK; Prince Harry's speech at the UN; Russia, Turkey and Iran ally; 'Respect of Marriage' Act in the US; Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon expose corrupt corporatism;  A Law Professor attacks law, reason and biology; Webster's dictionary changes meaning of 'female'; Drag Queen abuse; Victoria gambles; Japanese cults; Bono on 'faith'; and In Christ Alone.

Quantum 207 - The Great Reset

This week we consider the Great Reset - nutty conspiracy theory or global reality?  We use the best dystopian rock songs to examine whats going on in the world - Barry Maguire, the Rolling Stones, the Doors, the Who, the Cranberries, and Bob Dylan.  Including Prince Charles, Klaus Schwab; Mark Rutte; Climate Change;  The Tory Leadership election; Sri Lanka; the Uber Files; Japan Abe Assassination; the Telford Inquiry; School Sex Lessons in Washington; The Church of England and Women; the Homophobic Telescope; Matthew Parris; Christ's Great Reset; and Celtic Worship. 

Quantum 206 - Luxury Beliefs

This week's 'special' is a bit longer than usual - we look at the whole concept of 'luxury beliefs' - ideas that only the wealthy and powerful can afford.   Including Dutch farmers and the green ideology; the Sydney floods; Boris Johnson; Negative gearing; destroying Scrabble; Woke Scouts; Guardian Fascists; Abortion extremism; What is America? Pride Police;  Teenage Birds; Jordan Peterson on Pride; Queensland gender reforms; Maya Forstater; I don't care if you are a Christian; Sam Brinton; Wesley's chapel; Lana Murphy; Casting Crowns.

Quantum 205 - Glastonbury and the Supreme Court

This week we hear the 80 year old Paul McCartney and Peat and Diesel at Glastonbury; Lily Rodrigo; The Supreme Court - Abortion and Prayer; Nancy Pelosi; Justin Trudeau;  Islamist Terrorism in Norway; The Who - Concert for New York; Ukraine and a Failed Strategy; Boris, Putin and Toxic Masculinity; Dutch Coal; Racist Puppets;  SSM in Japan; Trans Skateboarder;  NZ Uni Indoctrination;  BBC, the Halifax and the Royal College of Midwives promote Trans ideology; Noisy Edinburgh Church;  Christianity in Australia; Florence and the Machine

Quantum 204 - O Brave New World!

Our politicians and progressives think they are building a Brave New World....this episode looks at how that is going.   Including abortion, Joe Biden on conversion therapies; children indoctrinated; Ricky Gervais; a drag queen gardener; Tickle v. Grover; removing women from government publications in Scotland; Sharron Davies on trans and swimming; Peter Fitzsimmons v. Steve McAlpine; Kate Bush; Peter Tatchell on getting rid of family;  Australian politician complains about abusive teaching in primary schools; fertility and freezing eggs; Blinken and LGBT rights; Coal returns to Germany and powers Australian governments; Parkinson not acceptable;  Madam Butterfly;  Sadio Mane; Maverick, Lightyear and Operation Mincemeat; Dvorak. 

Quantum 203 - You Got Me Singing! - The Cohen Episode

Leonard Cohen helps us look at interest rate rises; crony corporate capitalism; the energy crisis; Katy Perry's hypocrisy; the most dangerous and safest countries; Rwanda flights, Calvin Robinson and the Bishops; Scottish independence; Australia, Redmayne and the Wiggles; What is a Woman?; Dolly Parton sermons; and Jordan Peterson on the Bible as truth