Beauty for Ashes

Quantum 137 - The Podcast for Ordinary People and Radicals!

This edition looks at the fallout from the Oprah interview, explosion in Equatorial Guinea, the face coverings ban in Switzerland, Jayne Ozanne and Conversion Therapy;  The horrific results of believing lies; The Archbishop of Canterbury's attack on the Archbishop of Nigeria; several examples of the madness of the world elitist culture at the moment; Muppet warning; Apartheid graduate ceremonies; Tom Holland on Empires and the Bible; and two great protest songs from The Imagined Village and Christy Moore.  All links on the website. www.theweeflea.com   

 

 

Quantum 136 -Zombies - Bombing Syria, the Pope in Iraq, K-Pop, Rand and Levine, Throple Dads; Mad World; Zaha; Luis Palau; Dolly; Ferlinghetti; Salmond and Sturgeon

This week it seems like a Zombie world - in the words of the Cranberries great song - Biden bombs the Middle East, the Pope goes to Iraq, K-Pop and Climate change; Rachel Levine refuses to condemn genital mutilation, God's Will and Congress; Adoption and Throple dads;  Harry and Meghan; Penny Mordaunt and Transmen; The Turf War in Melbourne;  Zaha rejects BLM; Luis Palau nears death; Dolly Parton gets vaccinated; Lawrence Ferlinghetti dies; Salmond and Sturgeon; and the Cranberries

 

Quantum 135 - Mars, Covid, Scotland, The Pirate Party, Mexico, Harvard,Amazon, Amnesty, Nick Cave, American Pie.

This week we visit Mars, look at the good and bad news about Covid, the scandal in Scotland, The Pirate party in Czech, the Church in Mexico, Harvard says slavery reparations would cure Covid, Amazon censors, Amnesty bans Navlany, Nick Cave - the Good Son, the 50th anniversary of American Pie. 

All the links to these are in the blog - www.theweeflea.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quantum 134 - Unfriending Australia, World News, Max Lucardo, Nepal, London, Estonia, Mourid Barghouti; Rush Limbaugh; Tim Keller,

This week we look at Facebooks unfriending Australia; Nelson Mandela's chaplain, Max Lucardo's apology, the growth of the church in Nepal, Changing London's street names, is classical music racist?  Does Scott Morrison not know that rape is bad?  Margaret Thatcher's old college goes Woke, Humza Yousaf doesn't know how many sexes there are;   The Palestinian poet Mourid Barghouti, Rush Limbaugh, Tim Keller,  and a great song from Dave Alvin....

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quantum 133 - Happy Chinese New Year; Nigeria, Dutch Feminism, Sir James, Steve Hughes, Scottish Rugby, Banning Prayer, A Mad World, Mary Wilson, and The Rolling Stones

This week we cover sport, comedy, news, music, religion - Chinese New Year, Nigeria, Dutch Feminism, Sir James Macmillan, Steve Hughes, Scottish Rugby,  Victorian Anti Gay Conversion, its a Mad World,  Kylie Moore-Gilbert, Handsworth Council, Planned Parenthood, and the Rolling Stones

 

 

 

Quantum 132 - Myanmar, Italy, EU Vaccine, Soul, Gamestop, Scottish Church Closures, AirBnB, Wellerman, Captain Tom and Bridgerton

This weeks Quantum looks at the situation in Myanmar, Italy, the EU vaccine debacle;  Disneys new movie about life and death; Blind Willie McTell; Gamestop;  The Scottish Church closures; Airbnb and Trans; Honduras and Abortion; Denmark and Sermon Censorship; Australian Wine in the UK; The Wellerman phenonmenon; Captain Tom and 'the cult of white British Nationalism';  Bridgerton; Orwell on the irradication of history;  and Grant Parsons - in my hour of darkness. 

All links on theweeflea.com

Quantum 131 - Poland, Big Tech, Influencers, Transphobia, Specism, Dutch Riots, Carl Lentz, South Korea, Larry King and Brian Cox

This week we look at Poland and Big Tech; Sheridan; Trans influencers; Petra; Specisim, Carl Lentz, South Korean Justice Party, Chinese peace;  Biden on abortion; Australian murder case, Larry King, Dutch Riots; Portuguese Schools, Brian Cox and the Soul; Rory Feek 

-All the links at www.theweeflea.com

 

Quantum 130 -Ethiopian, Biden, Spector, Navalny, China, Benn, Deck of Cards, the Archers and Wytch Hazel

This week we look at a massacre in Ethiopia, the new American President,  when Bob Dylan met Jimmy Carter, Phil Spector, Alexei Navalny, Human Rights in China, Tony Benn, Multiracial Whiteness, Deck of Cards, a vaccine for MS, the Archers, and Wytch Hazel.  As usual all links are on the blog. 

Quantum 129 - Big Tech; IRA; Sturgeon; Cliff Richard; Kyrygyzstan; Covid; Atheist Children; Indian Persecution; The National Trust Personhood of Water and Gerry Marsden

We look at some key issues - Big Tech and Donald Trump; Trans Rights; U2 the IRA and Bloody Sunday;  Nicola Sturgeon and Katie Forbes; Cliff Richard; Kyrygzstan; Covid News; The National Trust and Children; Atheist Indoctrination; Indian Persecution; Is Water a Person?!; Gerry Marsden. 

All links are on the blog - www.theweeflea.com

Quantum 128 - The World in Three Prayers - The Hubristic President, the Hypocritical Politician, the Heretical Pope and the Holy Mother

This week we look at the world through three prayers - the first is that of a congressman in the US, the second of the Pope, and the third is Marys Magnificat.    Through this we look at the current desperate situation in the US, the state of the Church, China and North Korea, Covid, the Woke Police, and a perverse 'Messiah'....