Quantum - The Wee Flea Podcast

Quantum 261 - World news and views from a Scottish Castle

This week comes to you from a castle in Scotland!  With guest Al Smith.  Including Oppenheimer; Israel limits Supreme Court; George Alagiah; the Spanish Election; Russians bomb Odessa;  Greece; World fires; Trevor Francis, Mbappe and Messi;  X; Sesame Street; a new Transgender crime in the UK; the BMA's hypocrisy; Elevation church ; Preaching with a Scottish accent; Alaister Begg; Trans abortions; SEEK 2;  Bob Dylan sells his Scottish mansion....with music from Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, the Greek national anthem, Peter, Paul and Mary; Iron Maiden; Shania Twain and Bob Dylan. 

Quantum 260 - The End of the World - As We Know It

This week we ask is it the end of the world - and look at the climate crisis and how it is reported...plus the chicken crossing the road in Dundee, the Sound of Freedom and Cuties; Democrats and Disney oppose laws against child slavery and child pornography;  Nigel Farage's bank account; Covid vaccines in Germany;  Ukraine grain deal breaks down; South Korea floods; David Cameron and SSM; Is God a concept? Time Blindness; the end of the Commonwealth Games; the Barbie film; The Northern Lights; SEEK question 1with REM, the Beatles, Leonard Cohen, John Lennon, U2, Aqua and David Kaufman 

Coffee and Colossians 79 - Set Your Hearts

Colossians 3:1 - If we have died with Christ - we are also raised with him....and that is where we should set our hearts....with a little help from U2

Quantum 259 - The Sound of Freedom

This week we look at the reactions to The Sound of Freedom; North Korea; Misinformation; the Moral Maze and what news is important; Biden visiting the UK; the US sends cluster bombs to Ukraine; Jill Biden wants a woman to be head of NATO; Dutch Government falls; Iceland; Spains Socialist Environment minister rides her bicycle; JP Morgans wants land nationalised; France and censorship; Threads; Miss Netherlands won by a man; Trans violence in London; the ABC makes trans cartoon for children; Melbourne schools compelled propaganda; Rainbow cricket stumps; The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; The 'problematic' Lord's Prayer; the Gospel in Wales; with music from Phil the Voice, the Who, Soul Limbo; and U2....

Quantum 258 - France, Fireworks and Freedom

This week we look at riots in France; banning 4th of July fireworks; misinformation bill in Australia; hate crime in Ireland; banning Nigel Farage; Rev Richard Fotheringill and the Yorkshire Building Society; Political climate change hypocrisy; 75th anniversary service for the NHS and Dr John Ellis; man gets lectured on 'woke' clothing for his toddler; Colonel Kelvin Wright forced out of army; Cricket hypocrisy; Highway 61 revised; Winnie the Pooh; Canberran government takes down the Cross; Woke US church; Miriam Cates; Psalm 130 -  with the help of the Clash, Bruce Springsteen, Status Quo,  Dave Alvin, and the Gettys. 

Quantum 257 - Glastonbury, Ethical Porn, Morocco and Taylor Swift

This week we look at Glastonbury with Elton John, Debbie Harry and Rick Astley;  younger South Koreans; Sweden's about turn on climate policy; the WEF's car and plane hypocrisy; AI's new religion; Ethical Porn; Teens fight back against Trans ideology; Pornography for children; Winnie Ewing; Morocco; Cricket Lessons; Taylor Swift; Charlotte's Web; the Queering of the Church in the US; the Byrds. 

Quantum 256 - Dignity

In the words of Deacon Blue we think of a 'ship called dignity' and look at this weeks news in the light of human dignity....looking at banning discussion on covid; Target; Dark Mojo; Implanting Wombs; Monty Python; Teacher threatens pupil for stating only two genders; win for Christian teaching assistant; US funds drag queens in Ecuador; the Ashes; Death of Shane Warne;  the Central African Republic; the Titan; Bonny M; Honduras; Matilda; Cromwell's Prayer book; Atheist converts;  the Gettys; with music from Deacon Blue, Booker T and the MGs; , Boney M, the CAR, the African Children's Choir,  and the Gettys.   

Quantum 255 - 12 Big Questions

This week we look at 12 big questions from this weeks news  - 1) Is football good for us? 2) Is Pride the new state religion? 3) Does disagreeing with Trans ideology mean you are killing people? 4) Should abortion be decriminalised? 5) Are all politicians corrupt? 6) Are women under attack? 7) Are Canadian fires a sign the world is burning? 8) Where did covid come from? 9) Are refugees bad for us?  10) Are we returning to Satanism? 11) Will the Church survive? 12) Is there any hope?   With music from Liverpool, U2, Don McLean, Coldplay, Danny Kaye and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. 

Quantum 254 - Are You Ok?

This week we ask Holly's question - Are You Ok?   With Holly Willoughby; the Dam Busters; Ukraine - who blew the Nova Kakhovka Dam? ; Is Roger Waters a Nazi?;  Utah Schools Ban Bible; Moray Drag Queen; BBC Casualty; Norway stops Trans surgery for children; Kathleen Stock; Scottish Universities declare that defending academic freedom is suspect; Stuart Waiton; Frank Furedi; Cancelling Chaucer; Pre-Historic Non-Binary; The Tories and the New Test Act; Abortion falls in the US; Blondie;  Indian Offical Drains Dam for Phone; 100 Greatest Childrens Books; Neal Morse; 

Quantum 253 - The Great Pretenders

Our world is filled with people who pretend to be something they are not - this week we look at a few examples as well as world news.   With Tina Turner;  Philip Scofield; Freddy Mercury;  Erodgan reelected in Turkey;  Conservatives win elections in Spain;  Tunisia turns away from democracy;  Germany's recession; the Pretenders; BLM's financial collapse;  Target misses the mark; Kathleen Stock; Kylie Minogue; Jane Fonda and Climate Change;  Verifying the BBC;  The Rolling Stones;  Satanism;  Andy Stanly; Matt Papa and the Getty's.