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This week we finally get round to looking at the question of abortion.  It is a really difficult subject but I hope you will find this helpful.   It includes....world abortion figures; what is abortion? abortion and the US election;  Biden, Trump, Warren and Harris;  partial-birth abortion; Planned Parenthood and the selling of baby body parts; billionaires promoting abortion in Michigan;  Stevie Nicks; Abortion in the UK; Keir Starmer on human dignity; Banning protests; Peter Hitchens; Babies surviving abortion in Australia; Louise Adsett; Dominic Perottet, abortion, politics and faith; Dr Joanna Howe; What about rape, incest, danger to the mothers life? Being pressured to have an abortion; Sylvester Stallone; Abortion in Malawi; Rev Rebecca Todd Peters, the PCUSA and abortion; Mother Teresa; the Secular Sacrament; and some personal stories.

with music from Bach, Fleetwood Mac, DC Talk, Survivor; Godsmack; Disturbed;  and the Sons of Korah.....

This week we look at joy in US politics, China's New Gas Field; Terrorist misogyny; LGBT Child Abuse; Country of the Week - Fiji; The SNP and Gaza; Drugs Deaths in Scotland; Scottish Education; Newcastle Goats; Tim Hawkins; The Churchless Church of England; Feedback; SEEK 48 - Christians Disunited; and Welcome to Country.  with music from Prelude, Rend Collective, the Ruts, Hillsong; Pearl Jam; and St Peters Free Church.

This week we look at Vaclav Klaus and Clement Attlee on the EU;  the new Dutch PM;  The UK election - Sunak on euthanasia; Rod Stewart on Ukraine;  Country of the Week - Colombia;  The Euros and French Football Wokery; Gay Sharks and Lions;  SNP Equalities Officer jailed;  Heterochronology; Don't 'Dal' Women Hill Walkers; Rising Perversity in Victoria; Word Alive closes; and  SEEK 39 - Forgiveness; with music from Bach, Del Amitri, Rod Stewart, Corelli, Pink Fong, EmmyLou Harris, Vivaldi and Alan Jackson.

Much is rightly said of the attack on women in today's world - but there is also an attack on men.  This week we look at some manifestations of this - including Classical Gas, Muddy Waters, Slow Train Coming, Biden and Dylan, Pregnant men, Rishi Sunak, Kemi Badenoch, Manmade Covid, Eminem, Manly Rugby, Scottish and Indian Cricket, Franklin Graham, Eloon Musk, Jordan Peterson, and Lecrae.

This week we look at how injustice wrecks chaos and havoc; and where real justice can come from.  WIth Lez Zepplin; Abortion in the US, Stacey Adams; Infanticide in Canada; Noel Richards;  Jeremy Hunt; Eritrea and Tigray; Ukraine war; Yo Soy La Locura; Race Shifters; Nigerian Floods; Woman refused hospital treatment; Keir Starmer and 'misgendering' hate crimes; Virginian attack on parents; Australian Christian Lobby; Mum's Drag Queen Speech; Tom Petty; Ricky Gervais on Gratitude; Matt Redman - 10,000 Reasons. 

The Peatbog Faeries; Ukraine war; German Recession; Saudi and the US; Copper; Manchester - Christian Heavy Metal; Covid - Pfizer exposed; China and PPE;  Vaccines;  'We own the Science;  Turbines; Sticking to Picasso; Sir Tom Moore; Coal is Booming; Johnny Cash; Anglea Lansbury; Mermaids; Transgender from the Womb;  Graham Norton and John Cleese;  Emma; Dan Andrews 'Kindness';  Ricky Gervais;  Fight the Good Fight

This week we look at our contrasting world - a world which is filled with hatred and yet also happiness.   We look at the ten songs that make you happiest; the Essendon affair; the Brazilian election; Chess cheating; Armenia, Russia and Ukraine;  North Korea, Kamala and Japan; US debt; Indonesian football deaths;  the Panthers v. the Eels; The Quiet Girl; Loretta Lynn; and City Alight

Has fascism returned to Italy?   We look at the reaction to the election of Giorgia Meloni;  plus women rioting in Iran; the UK budget blues; Primark safe spaces; the Sussex police; can we fly to Fiji?  Jacinda Ardhern and Free Speech; Averting Armageddon; Chess Scandal; Jerry Allison; Hilary Mantel; Brother Andrew; Coolio and How Great is our God.....

Using the music from the Queens funeral and the most watched sermon in human history - we look at the worlds news.  Including Sir Lindsay Hoyle; Muslims and Hinus in Leicester;  Trinity College, Dublin;  Daniel Andrews and Bush Walks; Bill Maher; Ukraine; Taiwan;  The Irish Times; Byzantium in Gaza;  King Charles and Christian Faith; Reaction to the Archbishop's Sermon; AN Wilson;  and Sir James Macmillan 

What will the death of Queen Elizabeth mean for the world?  We look at reactions and discussion on this.   With Queen, John Anderson, Charles Moore, The New York Times, Gavin Ashenden, Zadok the Priest, Ben Judah, Oliver Cromwell and Charles 1, Liz Truss, the Muir of Ord Chippie, Patrick Harvie, Adam Bandt, Caitlain Moran, an Aboriginal Elder, King Charles, St Giles, Karen Matheson, Tim Farron, Tim Keller, Keith Getty and Stuart Townend - and of course, the Queen! 

(News of the Queens death came through after this was recorded - we will reflect upon her life next week!)  - this week we reflect on the way that humans, including our leaders, often blame others....including George Thorogood, Liz Truss, the Cabinet of Cronies;  Russia Profits from War;  The Melbourne Mural;  Trump on Germany; Whole Lotta Folsom; Dai Le - Vietnamese Refugee turned Australian politician; Netflix grooming children; Peppa Pig; Top Gear; Teacher Jailed for refusing to comply with Irish court over gender pronouns; Somalia; Matt Chandler; Brian McLaren; Britney Spears turns Atheist;  New Life Community Choir - 

This week we try to see the bigger picture behind local stories - including Gorbachev; Russian Gas; Ukaine and the people;  Harrison Ford wants to rescue the planet;  Australian Nuclear;  Pakistan floods; Meghan Markle;  Women only University jobs;  Dan Andrews shuts out Parents;  Sex 'work' as a career?;  Inclusive Gardening; Healthy tea drinkers; Florence and the Machine; When Love Comes to Town - U2 and BB King. 

This week with the help of Supertramp, Gary Moore, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, and Stuart Townend we look at the illogicality of the world and the logical answer.  Including the War in Ukraine; Covid in Sweden;  The ABC and Illogical Bias; Sam Harris and Lying for the Truth;  Volcanoes;  Regretting Being a Slut;  Harari and 'Unnecessary' Humans; Christopher Hitchens on Morality;  Steve Chalke on God's Pronouns;  and You're the Word of God the Father...

This week we look at the EU elections, Germany, Italy, Austria, Country of the Week - France;  Nursing and Terrorism in Northern Ireland; The Korean Dirty War; A Story of Canadian Euthanasia; Women Won't Wheesht; Banning Radiohead; Maggie Chapman and Racist Motorways; The Prince of Kuwait; Jordan Peterson on Pride; SEEK 39=8 - Evidence Against God;  with music from Jethro Tull, the Bothy Band, Planxty, Van Morrison and the Chieftains; Radiohead; Capercaillie; Shane and Shane

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....

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. 

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...

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. 

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.

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. 

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.

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

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. 

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

This weeks Quantum is in memory of a young man whose funeral I took a few days ago.   Luke is someone who this podcast is for - interested in music, people, social justice, politics, religion and meaning in life.  The music was, with one exception, all played at the funeral.   This week we look at the election in India; the new Mexican president; the failure of the ANC in South Africa;  Nigel Farage; Michael Schellenberger on Trumps Trials; an open letter to Edinburgh students re 'apartheid' Israel; the trivialisation of American academia; Baltimore drug addiction;  Real Madrid and Liverpool; and SEEK 37 - What is God? with music from Oasis, Donna Target, Crowded House, the Beach Boys, the Proclaimers, the Frogs, Gerry and the Pacemakers, and Elevation. 

This week we look at the world through the eyes of Queen Elizabeth's 70th celebration.   Stories, Christianity, To Kiss the Water, and Paddington bear.  Queen.   Also Prince William on climate change;  EU directive on Executive jets;  defender of the faith; Yes Prime Minister;  a new blasphemy law in Britain; The Republicans response; The Sex Pistols; the BBC changes rape victim's testimony; Solzhenitsyn;  What is a Woman by Matt Walsh; Dire Straits - Alchemy; Peter Hitchen's radical idea; Handal's Messiah;

This week we have Van the man telling us about fodder for the masses; Johnny Depp and Amber Heard; Cannon fodder in Ukraine; Snow in Australia and Net Zero in North Sydney; Bristol Mayor's hypocrisy on Climate; U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday; Pronoun wars and God; Pride - Baylor, Nascar and Trueman;  Vangelis and Chariots of Fire.

This week we look at the Australian election, Norwegian feminist threatened; the Texas shooting; top ten concerts - UB40; Boris and Partygate; Monkeypox; Religious freedom in Hong Kong; SBC scandal; the Church of Scotland; Calvin Robinson; Noah Harari; and the Byrds

This week we look at Rangers in Seville; Jack Daniels; Idrissa Gueye; the Obcession with Sexuality; US womens football; Quantative Easing and Inflation; Runrig - Loch Lomond; Turkey blocks Sweden and Finland joining NATO;  Mariupol 'evacuation'; Nutbush and the Australian Election; Michelle Obama and Womxn; Justin Truedeau and 'Two Spirit'; Dr Who goes Trans; The Royal College of Nursing goes Drag; Undeceptions on Transgender; When is Bullying at School OK? Church of Scotland General Assembly; Syrian Rap with Ream Brazi; Amazing Grace with Jelle Bosfeld.

This week we look at the chaos in today's world - and the solution!  Ukraine, Finland, and tennis; Eurovision; the Australian election; Euthanasia in NSW;  Abolishing Legal Sex; The Blind Leading the Blind; Body Integrity Identity Disorder; The Energy Crisis; Beehoven's 7th; the Rich Man's World; BLM Hypocrisy; Decolonising Mozart; Covid in North Korea; Scottish Government's Power Grab; Cardinal Joseph Zen Arrested in Hong Kong; Be Still My Soul.

This week we look at Ukraine;  the Supreme Court and Abortion - Elizabeth Warren and Whoopi Goldberg; J D Vance; Elections in Scotland and Australia; Neil Oliver; Covid excess deaths;  Covid and the Super Rich; Elon Musk and Twitter; Transracialism; Van Morrison; Biden's Disinformation Board; Liverpool and Franklin Graham; Jordan Peterson on Life; Ruth Campbell - Jesus minds and understands.

In this final part of our three part examination of the Transgender issue - we catch up with some of the things have have happened, even in the past week - and we we look at what can be done - Including the Who; Biden;  The medical effects of transitioning; brainwashing children in Ireland; Soaring referrals of children in Scotland; Nickelodeon; Dr Brett Alderman; Pink Floyd; The Australian Election; Katherine Deves; Matt Kean and Ben Fordham;  men in womens prisons; The NHS and degrading anti female language; Apple's pregnant man emoij; JK Rowling death threats; The Beatles;  Shake On It;  Detransitioning; EBSWA; Dan Andrews; Jordan Peterson; Rob and Claire Smith; Trans suicides and murders; Resources; Carl Trueman; Rosario Butterfield; The Bible's answer; Psalm 8 Shane and Shane.

Last weeks part 1 looked at how the Trans ideology has taken over our cultural elites and gatekeepers.  This week we look at the consequences when Trans ideology takes hold in the culture.  It is a new religion...we look at women in prison,  J K Rowling;  changing crime statistics; abuse in hospitals; Kathleen Stock;  enabling child abuse and grooming; teenage suicides; girl guides; Brisbane girls think they are cats; destruction of language;  pronouns and the Soho House; women in sport - Lia Thomas;  Robert Winston; Homosexuality; Lorna Slater and the Scottish Greens; The Australian Election;  Californian Discrimination; Father Ted; Julie Bindel; Sharron Davies; Jamie Wallis;   including music from Shania Twain, Faye,  Madonna, Helen Reddy, the Beach Boys and Olivia Lane.   All links on the wee flea blog...www.theweeflea.com   

This week we had intended to make a one part special on the subject of transgender.  However it was so long we split it into two - in part one we ask the apparently unanswerable question -  'what is a woman?';  we define transgender;  and we show how this transgender ideology is being promoted through the civic institutions of Western cultural elites. Part 2 next week.

We have a lot this week!   Disney becomes a danger to children; Bonnie Synder; Pakistan elections; Orban returns in Hungary;  Israel under attack; Kiev Massacres; Dobson calls for Assassination; Myanmar churches burning; Shanghai Covid Crackdown; Covid Fraud in the UK;  Is Earth Warming? Save the Children; Etihad; Metallica in Moscow; Infanticide in California; Abortion in Oklahoma;  BLM buys Californian mansion; Gay Conversion double U-turn; Divorce in the UK;  Good news from Finland; the Foo Fighters; Twitter and Musk; North Macedonia and Italy; Buddy's 1,000 Goal; Dot Cotton; Gerald Coates; and the no.1 Worship Song! 

This week we look at the landslide in Papua New Guinea; The Greens and a Two State solution; the UK election;  Winston Marshall v. Nancy Pelosi; Country of the Week - Pakistan; Vaccination Decline; Dutch Euthanising the Depressed; Non-Christian Friends; Glen Scrivener on Celebrity Christians; with music from the Snuts, Alice Cooper, Mumford and Sons, the Pakistan Hallelujah Band, the Rembrandts; and Mother Kirk

This week we look at Twitter banning Babylon Bee; Will Smith and Chris Rock; China and the Solomon Islands; Brown Jackson; the French Election; Ukraine; Hunter Biden; Disney; Bernie Sanders; German Forests and Australian Coral Bleaching; The Seeker; and Casting Crowns.  

This week we look at the bad news - and the antidote to it - including Helen Reddy, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson; Madeline Albright; Ukraine; the coming food crisis; Boris's blunder?; Covid; Californian Dystopia; Cherry West; the South Australian Election;  Ash Barty; Brian Houston. 

This week we look at Ukraine, the Tik Tok war, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, Covid in China, Corsican Riots, Good Climate Change in Australia; the unself aware Trudeau; Woke Wordle; Apartheid Australia; Christian Today Editor's hypocrisy; Church building in Egypt; with music from Barry McGuire, John and Yoko, Lynyrd Skynard and Sujan Stevens..

This week we look at the way that our society polarises on almost everything.  We look at South Korea, Australian Floods; the Endurance; John Bercow; Ukraine - including Stan Grant, Kamala Harris, Zelenskky, Russell Brand, Aris Rousinnos, Nicola Sturgeon, Anastasia, How Great Thou Art; Apologising for Witches; and Swan Lake...Including music from Stevie Wonder, GNA, the Carpenters, the Beatles, Russian Praise and Tchaikovsky

War - what is it good for? This week we take a deeper look at what is happening in Ukraine....how do we know what is happening?  War - what is it good for?   We look at the propaganda, Biden, Mike Russell, Joy Behar, Gary Brooker; De Santis; Ngaire Woods; China; Melvin Tinker and Ukrainian Worship.

This week we look at the situation in Ukraine, Canada, Covid, the Barrier Reef, the Sultan of Brunei, Colombia and abortion; Billionaire divorce settlement;  Bamber Gascogne; the bizarre reaction to the death of Christopher Stalford; Growing old in Japan;  the Bible in China; Jordan Peterson on Evil; and a beautiful old folk Gospel song from Norma Waterson.  

This week we pick up the pieces of what is happening in our increasingly shattered world - the good, the bad and the ugly.  We give thanks for the Queen, look at the Woke world of the Universities, the director of Sydney's Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Supreme Court Judge; Covid news on Pfizer; Djokovic; the 11 year old girl and the NFL star; UK government enforced loans; David Attenborough on Evolution and God; P J O'Rourke; and Springsteen singing 'This Little Light'.....

This week we look at Canadian Convoys; Misfunding Charities; Rogan;  Covid fact checking;  Adelle; US LGBTQ;  Electric Cars; Religious Liberty;  White Bread and the Working Class; Neighbours; Brexit Bishops;  The Italian/Scottish job; Shane and Shane....

This week we look at Joe Rogan, Neil Young, Joni MItchell, Canadian Truckers, Covid lockdowns; Denmark - Covid, Christian Eriksen and Rock; Inflation; Whoopi Goldberg;  Wordle; And Chinese New Year 

This week we follow up the Covid special, look at Boris Johnson's troubles; a great interview with Steve Baker; Peng Shui; the persecution of Nigerian Christians; Ukraine; Racist Christianity;  Finnish MP prosecuted for quoting the Bible; Jordan Peterson citing Putin; Unbelievable and Jayne Ozanne;  Where will I find Joy? What a Friend! 

This week we look the death of Ebrahim Raisi; The Politics of the ICC; Salman Rushdie on 'Free Palestine'; Gazan casualties false figures; Joe Rogan;  Illiberal Liberals in the UK; Country of the Week - South Sudan; SEEK 35 - Maths;  the Collapse of the Church of Scotland; Creative Scotland's Perversion; and the Pope's Anti-Catholic Theology.    With music from Bryan Ferry, Radiohead, Monteverdi, T-Rex, the Peat Bog Faeries and the latest from City Alight. 

This weeks Quantum tries to take a broader look at Covid - where it began, how it was reported on, how various nations tried to deal with it and the response of the Church - with the BBC, the CCP, Adam Schwab, Sherri Markson, Anders Tegnall, Jordan Peterson, Tom Holland, Nicola Sturgeon,  Brazil, UK, USA, Australia, Germany,  - with help from the Beatles, Jackson Browne and Sons of Korah....

This week we look at Boris's apology; the VIP lane; the infantilisation of society;  Johnny Cash; Inflation; Myanmar; Twitter in Nigeria; Flo RIda; the Gay Cake Case; Disability and Abortion;Eminem and Ed Sheeran; Indiana Jones; Rewriting Enid Blyton;  Welsh Government, Speech and Singing; Don't Look Up; Sydney Poitier;  Scottish Baptist Heresy; The Archbishop of Canterbury's New Year Address; The Decline of Church; Michael McIntyre; Bread of Heaven....

For this first podcast of the New Year - we look ahead at what might happen in 2022.   We include - Russia, Ukraine, China, North Korea, Covid, Djokovic, Climate Change, the Gnostic Wars, the Who, Mexico, Cancel Culture, Israel, the US, the UK, Scotland, France, David Bowie, K-Pop, the Queen and finish with a great song from the Byrds. 

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