Beauty for Ashes

This week we look at the AFD shock in Germany; the Green politician who married a Nazi; Country of the Week - Thailand; Leonard Cohen on Woke culture; Scottish boys being asked if they are pregnant; White privilege in the Scottish Ambulance service; The civil servant who identifies as a cat; White women explains why Muslims don't like dogs; Rapist appointed to police by diversity panel, rapes again; surrogacy in Australia; Dundee Uni suspends philosophy;  Top ten classical - no 6 - Mozart; Wendall Berry; Cassandra Wilson; The Rest is History in the New York Times; African Savannah greens; Kale - the hyped 'superfood'; Feedback; Chaplains at Download; Joel Osteen's 1, 000th sermon;  The MercyMe child sponsorship scam; and the Final Word - Psalm 13. With music from Phil Ochs; Bird Thongchai;  Leonard Cohen; Mozart; Cassandra Wilson;  The Imperials; Cabbage; Supertramp;  Sovereign Grace Music; Guns and Roses; 

This week we celebrate the life and legacy of Dolly Parton; look at the tragedy in Nepal; Iceland as country of the week; the Cambridge professor of education attacking Western education;  Belfast City Council celebrating abortion;  the death of Yayoi Kusama;  the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation banning 9/11 being described as terrorism;  No.7 classical top ten - Saint Saens; The British tea spy in China; the real cost of Ed Millibands Net Zero; Feedback; Stella O'Malley on suicide; the decline of Paula White; and the Final Word - with music from Dolly Parton, Bjork; Sigurbrornson; Saints Saens;  and The Sensational Alex Harvey Band. 

This week we look Norway removing benefits from immigrants; the debts of the US, UK, Australia and China; Iran kills doctors for treating the wounded;  Sepher Amierzadeh; Ukraine war; Brazilian elections; Ebola in the Congo; Country of the week - Russia; Humza Yousafs sister promotes Islam in Scotland;  Colin Brazier on Bradford; Chelsea Clinton on abortion; Indigenous Australia attacked for being a 'Zio'; Shania Twain and Harry Styles; Bike speed limit introduced in Cambridge; Death of Frank Beard; More  archaeological evidence for the Exodus; Solar farm in Scotland destroys arable land; The world is greening;  Coal mines in the Hunter Valley extended; How did Fauci lie?  Song of the week - Bob Dylan; Feedback; Is sugar and milk coffee anti male?  The pimping out of Brisbane cathedral;  Hypocritical minister in Scotland denounced during a service by his wife; and the Final Word - Habakkuk 2:14 with music from Dire Straits; Shakila; Metallica; Red Army Choir;  Shania Twain; Henri De Bailley;  ZZ Top; Bob Dylan; Rachmanninov; 

This week we look at the Solar Eclipse; Earthquakes in Colombia and Indonesia; Is there famine in Gaza?  Islam in Tajikistan;  Country of the Week - Afghanistan; Islam in the US and the UK; Swedish injustice;  Ireland's anti-semitism grounds planes; German swimming pool apartheid; Australia's Maoist school children; Miatta Fahnbulleh's private school hypocrisy; fraud within the UK education,  health and justice systems; Edwina Currie suggests government provided brothels for illegal immigrants; Italian works of art recovered; Ritchie Blackmore feud with Deep Purple ends after 33 years;  Top ten classical - no. 9;  the death of Jason Arday; The great Isaiah Scroll; good news from Australia about the environment; Song of the Week - where do you go to my lovely? Feedback; 'prophetess' Katie Souza claims that her eggs have been harvested by Aliens; the Final Word - Psalm 63.  with music from  Elton John; Carole King; Aryana Sayeed ;  Pink Floyd; Don McLean; Deep Purple; Shostakovich;   NEEDTOBREATHE;  Peter Sarstedt;  and Wes Bayliss. 

IN this weeks podcast  we look at David Starkey's analysis of what went wrong with the UK;  Delhi push for EV's;  Irish anti-semitism; Canadian Granny euthanised without consent; Country of the week Hungary;  The Cambridge fantasy; The Green rape apologist;  the Democrats move to the lunatic left in Michigan; Unsung Hero; the death of Rod Liddle; Top ten classical - no. 10 Brahms; China's population history;  AI Generates virusus ; Cutting down the Ecuadorian Amazon to save the Amazon; Song of the Week; Feedback; Benny Hinn; John Lennox; and the final word from Titus. with music from Jethro Tull, Mohammed Rafi, Marta Sebestyen; Hungarian Reformed Church; Bryan Ferry; Brahms; the Kinks; Bob Seger; and the Gaithers. 

This week we look at the craziness going on in some of the worlds top universities - including the Ceuta invasion; Country of the Week - South Korea;  The Oxford Union Islam debate; Humza Yousaf on Islamic dominance;  Police and Schools encourage Isalmism;  Boy George supports Israel;  The Walter Mitty world of Prof Jason Arday;  Left Wing Terrorism;  Women v. Men in sport; the death of Bill Oddie;  Fauci's silence; Bill Anderson on Bureaucracy; Feedback and The Final Word - Matthew 12:36-37 - and Johnny Cash's most important song.  with music from The Proclaimers; Johnny Cash; Supertramp; Boy George; BTS; The Blues Band; Coldplay

This week we look at Lucy Powell's view of education; Elon Musk v. the Economist; Injustice in Finland; Two tier policing re BLM protestors; Country of the Week - the Faroe Islands; Trump makes billions in first year; the weird world of Woke; Islamist attack on Pride in Berlin; Gil and Hartig - the Smithsonian; Stirling Pride and the Churches; The UN appoints dictatorships to supervise human rights; NGO's funded by governments; more than 1,000 men in NSW 'become' women;  The ABC promotes sexual violence against Gina Reinhardt, and adultery; Megan Rapinoe and Sophie Cunningham; Kevin Keegan; Christopher Nolan's Oydssey; Classical composers and Murray Campbell; What's causing the heat in Europe?  Cairngorm fires;  Feedback; Why is there a 'no religion' campaign for the Australian census?  and the Final Word - the Lord's Prayer. with music from Chuck Berry; Eivor; Dire Straits; Tchaikovsky; The Spinners; John Mayer Trio; Etta James and the Latvian people. 

This week we look at whats going on in the world through the eyes of the Yackandandah mens camp!  Including Starmers farewell; the UK bans Paivi Rasanen; the World Cup ends; Josh Kerr breaks world record; Country of the Week - South Africa; Jillian Spencer vindicated;  Amnesty International against Human Rights; Scottish teacher banned for answering question about abortion;  Reproductive violence taught at University training course;  Sam Neill dies;  Feedback;  Niall Ferguson admits failure on anti-semitism; the Church of England fails on anti-semitism;  and the Final Word; with music from Chuck Berry, the Battlefield band, POD, the Soweto Gospel Choir, JJ Cale,  ZZ Top, the Wurzels, the J Geils Band, and the Byrds 

This week we look at the murder of Anne Widdecombe; the death of Lord Mackay; the World Cup and religion; Norway v. England;  Are Argentina being supported by a Zionist plot? Are Brazil too evangelical?  Should Dundee have played Maccabi Haifa; Country of the week - Spain; Indonesia warns about LGBTQ culture; The UK Health Secretary now says that women can't have penises; the death and faith of Bonnie Tyler;  no. 1 guitarist - Mark Knopfler; Edinburgh ditches Knox's bonnet ceremony;  Kate Forbes at the ARC;  Jennifer Aniston on Religion; with music from Otis Redding;  Dire Straits; Bonnie Tyler; The Beatles; The Three Tenors; Lynard Skynard; Ruth Naomi Floyd

This week we look at the 250th anniversary of the founding of the US - its culture, religion and population; Angela Mackenzie on the Founding Fathers;  Muslims at the World Cup; Trump's Red Card;  Taylor Swift's Marriage; German influence in the US;  Germany's sick economy;  NY Pride goes after Children; The BBC and Trans athletes in the US; Yanis Varoufakis on AI; Feedback; King Charles stops defending the faith;  Stephen Furtick preaches a different faith;  and the Final Word - Revelation 3:7-10. with music from. Jimi Hendrix; Simon and Garfunkel; Taylor Swift;  Duke Ellington;  BB King; Connie Francis; and the Mississippi Mass Choir 

This week we look at the Venezuelan earthquake; Ukraine war;  New York forgets 9/11; Religion and the World Cup; Country of the Week - Austria: Imam mob leader gets police award; Reem Alsalem, UN Raporteur does not believe all women; NSW education department want white men out of science; Pyra Lara Bird-Leakey and the new SNP; The National cancels Kate Forbes;  A new Bach song? ; Skillet's monster no 1 Christian song on Spotify; Eric Clapton - no.2 guitarist; Belgium goes nuclear;  EU Aircon for the bosses but not the workers; Feedback; Bishop of Manchester supports draconian anti-lgbt conversion therapy;  Geoffrey Donaldson;  and the Final Word - Rev 22:12-15  with music from Eric Clapton; Skillet;  Bach;  The Who; Strauss;  The Sound of Music; ACDC;  Johnny Cash.

In this weeks podcast we reflect on Keir Starmer, the Iran peace deal; Change in Colombia; Fauci lied about Covid; The UK grooming gangs report; Ayaan Hirsi Ali on why all cultures are not the same;  The World Cup - the nations of the world; Best fans of the world cup; Cape Verde; Country of the Week - Japan;  Ideologies that kill - Humanism; Pauline Hanson on abortion; Men in womens prisons in Australia;  California reserves government contracts for gay companies only; West Midlands police inspector spared jail; Indoctrination of children in Scottish Highlands schools;  Disclosure - the Church and Aliens ;  The Hawkstone Farmers Choir wins BGT;  James Burrows dies;  Bob Newhart; No. 3 guitarist - Robbie Robertson; Starbucks Korea have an AI disaster; Feedback;  The NSS report a Church for its preaching;  the Final Word - Reveleation 7:9with music from The Hawkstone Farmers Choir; Baccara;  Oasis; Nick Morgan; Neil Diamond; Deep Purple; Robbie Robertson and Eric Clapton; Maasaki Suzuki; and Roy Turner  

This week we look at the Iran/USA peace deal; John Healy resigns; The Global Justice Report; Elon Musk the worlds first Trillionaire; the World Cup - Scotland, Australia and Curaco; Killer Ideology of the week - Paganism; Dark Mofo in Tasmania; Dr Who - Goes Woke and Broke;  Peter Hitchens - Remembering Poetry; AI - Model Collapse?; the state of Coal in the world; Argentina and AI companies; Feedback; 'Sophie from Dundee';  AI writing sermons; Simon Guilleband and Tim Hughes; the Final Word - 1 Timothy 4:8  including music from Dave Alvin; Tim Hughes; Izaline Calister; Jethro Tull;  Glenn Campbell; The Proclaimers; 

This week we are looking at the ideologies that kill in our society and the antidote to them.    Including anti-racism; Queer and Trans; Anti-Semitism; Autonomy - euthanasia and abortion; Statism, Facism and Communism; Islam; The Green ideology; Christian Heresies;  and the solutions given by Christ, the Gospel and the Church, Schaeffer on No Little People' and the Final Word - Colossians 2;8 with music from Coldplay, Gary Moore; Paul Macartney and Stevie Wonder; U2;  Leonard Cohen; Dean Martin and Helen O’Connell;  Bob Marley; Geoff Bullock; 

This week we look the Murrell/Sturgeon scandal in Scotland;  Ireland and Iran;  The British Museum cancels Israel; Country of the Week - Cambodia;  Australian Sex Discrimination Commissioner wants to protect pregnant men;  Pride returns to Sodom and Gomorrah;  The racist death of Henry Novak;  Transgender Extremist who plants bomb in Melbourne spared jail;  the Pope on AI; Newcastle Knights; Married at First Sight;  Top ten guitarists - no. 6 Jimmy Page;  Feedback; Iain McGilchrist on the need for Christianity; Jesus turns up on the Gold Coast; and the Final Word - Genesis 11:5-9 -   with Bachman Turner Overdrive;  Sinn Sisamouth; Preah Ang La Hor; Mike Zito; Kraftwerk;  Led Zeppelin and Dave Henderson 

This week we look at the subject of freedom - including why we are no longer on Christian radio; freedom from the rush of the modern world; the Australian Christian Freedom Index; Country of the Week- Afghanistan;  Morrisey on Diversity; Worlds Top Ten Guitarists; Feedback;  The Fall of the Plymouth Brethren; Freedom of Religion; and the Final Word - Psalm 124  with music from Lynyard Skynard; Faryad Darya; the Smiths; Carl Perkins; Dave Henderson; Disciple; Mateus Asato;  and the Sons of Korah. 

This week we look at whether the world is burning, Guy Macpherson and Roger Pielke; Polygamy in the UK; Hamas and women;  Father Ted and Eurovision; Tickle v. Giggle; Scotland and Misgendering; Country of the Week - Cuba; Feedback; Green Lamborghini hypocrisy; Zack Polanski and tax avoidance; Negative gearing and Australian government ministers; the Drewitt-Barlow scandal; the decline of Latin and Greek in Princetown Classics; Blasphemy and Churchill; and the Final Word.with music from the Ruts, Trio Mandili, Celia Cruz, the Bottle Rockets, Andromeda, Dara, BB King, Seven Nation Army in Attic Greek, and Petra

This week we ask what is your Weltanschaung; the UK Elections; Green overseas trans student elected to govern Scotland; Holland and Sandbrook on non conformist Protestantism in UK politics; One Nation in Australia; Country of the Week - India; Pete Townsend and John Entwhistle;  The battle that was won by cats; Feedback;  Some of the Oldest things in the world; Sam Alberry;  Christians slaughtered in the DRC; and the final word - Matthew 23:27-28  with music from Bob Dylan, Ma Rewa, Yeshua Ministries, the Who, Squeeze, Mozart, and Stephen McWhirter....

This week we look at Trigger Warnings; King Charles; the Scottish Elections; the anti-Christian Lib Dems; the SPLC funds Hate groups they oppose;  Country of the Week - the United Arab Emirates; Feedback; Trevor Phillips on Anti-Semitism; The Top Ten Rock Guitarists - Billy Gibbons; Ausustinos Saaman in Egypt;  Ben Sasse; and the Last Word John 15:18-20 with music from the Corries, Steeleye Span, Hussain al Jassmi, Hazidim, Blue Oyster Cult, and Dues Metallicus 

This week we look at the life of Moya Brennan; the attempted assassination of Donald Trump; The Brainwashing of Silent WItness; Male doctor registered as female doctor in Australia; Country of the Week - Mali; Feedback; Francis Schaeffer; More Sex Ed in the UK parliament; Meghan and Harry in Australia; Kim Ledbetter's euthanasia bill fails; Iran made president of UN committee on human rights by Western countries; Record grain group in Australia; Sabastian Sawe;  the Sagrada Familia; Alex O'Connor on Ricky Gervais; and Psalm 67 with music from Moya Brennan, Shania Twain, Salif Keita, Tina Turner and  Steeleye Span. 

This week we look at some of the more positive things going on....including the Pope vs the President; the fightback against assisted suicide; the return of chocolate; Britain returning to oil; John Cleese recognising the persecution of Christians in Nigeria; Country of the week - Algeria; Feedback;  Deep Purple in Japan; You are not a Victim - Konstantin Kisin; Student outreach in Armenia; Dame Jud Dench on Shakespeare; and the Final Wordwith music from Ian Dury and the Blockheads, Babymetal, Farrell,  Tarwaan n Darwed, Reformed and Dangerous, Deep Purple and Handal

This week we look at the controversial subject of Cultural Marxism - what is it?  Is it a real thing?  Or just an anti-semitic conspiracy?   Cultural Marxism and the Scottish Tories; What is Classic Marxism?  What is Cultural Marxism? CM and anti-Christianity; CM and morality and the family; The Canadian politician and MMIWG2SLGBTQQIA+; CM and changing the language; Jaden Ivey; CM and Intolerance; Brodie Mitchell and the Palestinian tea towel; Jacinda Adhern and Free Speech; CM and Education; The SNP and indoctrination; CM and deconstruction; Sweden; Caesar Chavez; CM and Hypocrisy; CM against the Poor; Valdo Calocane; and the Final Word - Including music from the the Beatles, Sister Sledge, The Jackson 5, the Who, Bob Dylan, Jimmy Barnes, 

This week we look at Artemis; a Daring Rescue;  Fuel in Australia; Country of the Week - Nepal;  Feedback; BTS;  Jessee Buckley; the Gays of Hormuz; Paula White; Marmalade and the EU; Euthanasia in Canada; The Colour Blue; and the Final Word - Ezekiel 1:25 with music from David Bowie, Pink Floyd, Balen Shah, Prakash Lopchan, the Wolfe Tones, Marmalade, the Who, and Stephen McWhirter. 

This week we look at the subject of hypocrisy - the UN calling transatlantic slavery the gravest crime against humanity;  Islamophobia - Alyn Smith and Tariq Ramadan;  Albanese and the danger of right wing extremism;  Finland and Paivi Rasanen;  Canada criminalises the Bible;  Ed Balls and Anti-semitism; Saudi Arabia and Iran; Feedback; Ireland - Don't wear Green - preach Christ; Spain - the death/murder of Noelia Castillo; The Netherlands - the death/murder of Milou; Meta and YouTube fined; the sense of smell; Sarah Mullally appointed Archbishop of Canterbury; The Quiet Non-Revival; and the Final Word - Proverbs 13:17 - with music from Unspoken;  Thin Lizzy; Tom Petty;  Cage the Elephant; Nazareth; Nirvana; Jimmy Clifton  

This week we look at the influence of Paul Ehrlich; the latest trendy virtue signalling - robbing supermarkets; Nicole Kidman at the Oscars; Pam Duncan-Clancey, Jeremy Balfour, Humza Yousaf and Joni Eareckson-Tada on Euthanasia; Iran and the death of Ali Larijani; Country of the Week - Ireland; Feedback; Greta and Cuba; BTS return to Seoul; the death of Len Deighton; Death of Chuck Norris;  Grace Tame;  Iranian women football players; Albo visits West Sydney Mosque; Peter Atkins and William Lane Craig; and the Final Word - Psalm 40; with music from Genesis, Clannad, the Cranberries, BTS, Christy Moore, and U2.    

This week we look at Fake Iran news; Jury Trials in the UK; Upskirting in Melbourne; Country of the Week - Russia;  Feedback; The importance of oil; Death of Gary Habermas; Banning music and childrens art in English schools; a new Green religious education curriculum in Saxony; Banning potatoes; Bible sales in the UK growing; the Free Church Youth Conference; the Final Word - Judges 10 - with music from  the Valaam Monastic Choir; Metallica; The Wiggles;  Tchaikovsky; Eurythmics; Jimi Hendrix; The Kinks; Elton John. …

This week we look at the increasing madness in the world (and the solution!) - with Ian Plimer;  a Rapper wins Nepalese election;  the Iran war;  Yes Minister; Paula White and Trump's spiritual advisors;  Ayaan Hirsi Ali and John Anderson on Islam;  Scottish government sponsors a pro Islamist group; the Tottenham Islamic call to prayer;  Sydney Iman threatens Chris Minns;  the Iranian womens team;  Euthanasia in Canada;  Zara Larsson glorifies Abortion;  Country of the Week - Mexico;  Company Values;  Brendan O'Neill on Morrisey;  Joe McDonald; Dick Van Dyke - the Cheerful Hollywood Calvinist;  The strange death of Christian Scotland;  the Christian faith of Ben Gannon Doek; and the Final Word - Proverbs 29:18.  with music from Tears for Fears, Jo McDonald, Zara Larsson,  Capercaillie, the Mariachis, Dick Van Dyke and the Red Clay Strays 

This week we focus on the Iran war; the death of Khamenai;  Iranian celebration; Western protests;  Mothin Ali;  the EU reaction; Rory Stewart and Alaister Campbell; Simon Sebag Montefiore;  German train rules changed after migrant killing;  Immigrant gets sex change treatment on the NHS; the Manchester byelection; Tim Stanley;  Leeds fans boo Ramadan break in match;  Terror attack in Texas; Feedback; Feminist Glaciology; West Midlands Police; Your Party goes for gender inequality; JK Rowling v Nicola Sturgeon; Christian support for the SNP declines; Hamit Coskun wins Islamic blasphemy case; Christian persecution in Ethiopia, Yemen, and Pakistan; Andy Bannister, the Archbishop of Canterbury and Islam; and the Last Word - Psalm 72. with music from Neil Sedaka; Vahid Norouzi; Shania Twain; Lynyrd Skynyrd and Sovereign Grace. 

This week we concentrate on the key subject of immigration - from a Christian perspective.   We use seven basic propositions about immigration; what kind of immigration do we need; the dangers of Islamic immigration; the role of the Church;  Ayaan Hirsi Ali; Jim Ratcliffe and Colonisation;  Birmingham the benefits capital of Britain; Immigration in Sweden; Glasgow the Asylum capital of Europe; The Coalitions new immigration policy in Australia;  Spains new policy on immigration;  Japan's new policy on immigration; the rise of anti-semitism in Scotland;  The changing face of London;  Muslim call to prayer in Liverpool; Ahmed Mohammed attacks Christian at Speakers Corner; Labour MP Nazir Ahmed; Mosques as polling centres; Christopher Hitchens on the dangers of Islam; Steve Chalke and Islam; the Final Word- Hebrews 13. With music from Tom Petty, Woody Guthrie;  Boney M; the Proclaimers; Ralph McTell and the Gettys 

This week we look at our country of the week - Hong Kong; Jimmy Lai;  Iran; Canadian Trans Shooting; The EU and Transwomen;  Silencing anti-abortion campaigners; Deleting justice files in the UK;  Pam Duncan-Glancey and the dangers of being friends with sinners;  Bad Bunny v. Kid Rock; The Winter Olympics - Ilia Malinin; Church of England abandons blessings for SSM couples; Feedback and the Final Word - James 3:13-18with music from Barry White; U2; Don Williams;  Cantonese Psalm 23;  The Proclaimers;  Bad Bunny; Kid Rock ; Fiddlers Dream; Living Word Collective; 

This week we look at the amazing story of Austin Applebee; Epstein, Mandelson and Starmer; Epstein and Trans;  The Too White Countryside; Billy Eilish and "Stolen Land';  Sanae Takaichi wins Japanese election; Mandani reads from Quran;  Islamic child abuse; Bradford NHS asks for 'Close Relative Marriage Nurse'; Feedback; the Good Things about Canada; Ricky Gervais on Virtue Signalling; German Greens ban salt - hospitals fill up; When is assault not an assault - when it is done for Palestine;  Zali Stagel justifies 'globalise the intifada';  Haviv Retag Gur; Nationalising Prostitution in Scotland; LGBTY Scotland leader convicted of grooming; Dundee girls vindicated; Church of Scotland decline continues;  Is AI biased towards evangelicals; Michael Jackson Irish Folk Style; and the Final Word; with music from the Peat Bog Faeries; Nana Mouskari; the Battlefield Band; Lada Strings Duo;  The Stone Coyotes; Michael Jackson; and Eden Bridge...

In this weeks podcast we look at the Epstein files; Net Zero killing jobs in Aberdeen;  Banning Greyhound Racing in a Country that doesn't have any; Country of the Week - Tanzania; The EU and Abortion; Feedback;  More on Philip Yancey; Detransitioner Sues; LGBT Youth Scotland sued for Abuse;  Iran and Islamic Terrorism;  Muslim Terrorist Stands for Office in Birmingham;  Tucker Carlson's Support for Saudi Arabia;  Why do we start letters with 'Dear'? The Final Word - Psalm 139  with music from Diamond Platnumz and Davido; The Carpenters;  Alice Cooper;  Led Zeppelin;  The Alexander Brothers;  Mozart;  The New Scottish Hymns;  The Proclaimers 

This weeks podcast looks at the New World Order, as envisaged by Mark Carney and the WEF - including Konstantin Kisin;  Mark Carney; Euthanasia for the Disabled in Canada; Banning the Bible in Canada; Rod Dreher; Davos; the Collapse of the Climate Change Bank; Iran and Davos;  Country of the Week - Switzerland;  Feedback; Cleanliness throughout the World;  Trump's ignorance on Allied Soldiers; Hate Crimes Law in Australia; Shabana's Pantopticon;  Abortion growth in the UK; The Covid Vaccine not a Vaccine; Betting on the Second Coming;  and the Final Word - Psalm 100.  With music from Tom Macdonald and Adam Colhoun; New Order; Megadeath; Yodelling Slim Clark; Deep Purple; Stephanie Martin; Van Morrison; and Larry Norman

This week we look at Riots in Iran; War in Ukraine; Chaos in Greenland; Canada, China and Qatar;  The New World Order; Elections in Uganda; Adam Ramsay and Roz Foyer and Progressive Hypocrisy; Did a BBC reporter hiss when Jesus was mentioned?  World facts; Get a Life;  The Crazy Prosecution of Yanis Varoufakis; Darlington Nurse speaks out about trauma caused by Trans nurse;  Drought ended in California; Jordan Peterson on Narcisstic Compassion; Douglas Murray on Corporate Virtue Signalling; Craig Silvey (Honeybee) Charged; Is the Quiet Revival Happening? Death of Paul Helm; and the Final Word - with music from the Cure, Bryan Ferry, Uganda, Bobi Wine, DC3, Don Mclean; Psallos and Judith Babiyre

This week we look at the wonderful Julie Bindel podcast 'Pride and Predator';  Country of the Week - Iran;  Banning X; Lyle Shelton;  Death of Bob Weir and the Deadheads; Eco-Terrorism in Germany; Net Zero to cost 4.5 Trillion in the UK;  Making Money from Climate Change in Academia;  Snow in the UK;  The Minnesota Shooting; MAry McAleese says infant baptism is against human rights;  Death of Peter Meadows; Hypocrisy of Philip Yancey; Bible sales in the UK rise; the Final Word - 1 Timothy 6:5with music from Marvin Gaye, Shahkar Bineshpajooh,  Hayedah,  Bob Marley,  The Grateful Dead, Dean Martin, Genesis, Dan Smith, and Darya

This week we take a look at the year ahead and make some predictions - including immigration, foreign doctors in the NHS; Islamisation - Mamdani, cancelling New Year celebrations, Brigitte Bardot;  Wars - Ukraine, Gaza, Venezuela, Cambodia, Thailand, Japan, China, India, Pakistan, Sudan; Euthanasia - in the UK and Canada;  Iran; Keir Starmer and Albo;  Social Media - Djokovic; The AI bubble;  Woke - Trans police in WA, Gabriel Jesus; Christian Growth;  the Final Word with music from Robert Plant, Deep Purple, Steely Dan, Blue Oyster Cult, and P.O.D

This week we look at a significant event in each month of 2025 including President Trump; the Death of Woke;  the election of Mark Carney as Premier of Canada; Censorship in the UK; The EU and Free Speech; the Iran-Israel war; Massacre of Christians in Nigeria; Cambodia/Thailand war; Immigration in the UK; the Assassination of Charlie Kirk; US attempts to end the war in Ukraine; the Intifada is globalised in Australia; the death of Brigitte Bardot; the Final Word - Romans 8.with music from Tom Macdonald, Taylor Swift, Metallica, Oasis,  Village People, Neil Young, The Sex Pistols, and the Gettys. 

As this weeks podcast goes out on Christmas Day we take a break from the news - and look at some Christmas songs, films and culture.   Including Justin Biebers rules for life;  It's a Wonderful Life; Chitty Chitty Bang Bang; Die Hard; Pride and Prejudice; Joyeux Noel; Lord of the Rings; Country of the Week - Australia; and the Last Word - Matthew 2. with music fromSlade; John Williamson; Justin Bieber; Theocracy; Enya; Steeleye Span;  and Boney M.

This week we look at the Bondi massacres and the rise of anti-semitism in Australia and the Western world;  Amsterdam; Belgium; Germany; France; England;  Country of the Week - Bulgaria; Chile turns Conservative; The unelected EU President argues for elected democracies;  Tommy Robinson's Carol Service;  with music from Annie Lennox; Joshua Aaron; Mystery of Bulgaria Voices;  Booker T and the MGs;  The Ramones;  and Dave Henderson 

This week we look at Christmas, clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan; attempted coup in Benin; Country of the week - Northern Ireland;  Males banned from Girl Guides; Rob Smith - The Body God Gives; The end of trial by jury?;  Climate Change - Deforestation in Indonesia; the humility of Mitchell Starc; The Queens Gambit and Nona Gaprindashvili; Radiohead and Gaelic Psalm 9; Rainn Wilson and Alex O'Connor;  Conversations with Geoff Bullock; Suffering with Steve Laws; and the Final Word.with music from Bob Dylan, Colin Buchanan,  Stiff Little Fingers, Anonymous Ulster, Radiohead, Back Gaelic Psalm Singers; Geoff Bullock;  and the Gettys.

This is a fascinating interview with Geoff Bullock, one of the founders of Hillsong - and a great musician/songwriter in his own right.  We talk about his life, the beginning of Hillsong, what went wrong....why he left....and how he is recovering now....includes the songs - The Power of Your Love; I am Carried; and the Great Southland

This week we look at the rising tides in our cultures - from climate protesters and trans ideology,  to AI and Islamists and war....including protest at Newcastle port;  Bjorn Lomberg; blackouts in Eastern Australia; Felling trees in Scotland;  China and Coal; the Maldives; the Great Barrier Reef; 2001 - a Space Odyssesy; the power needed by AI;  Islamic St Andrews Day; Immigration in the UK; Jakarta becomes largest city in the world;  Country of the week - Ukraine; the end of the Russia/Ukraine war?  North Korea and Russia;  Australia's sex discrimination minister doesn't know what a woman is; Your Party launches;  the new Archbishop of Melbourne; the intelligent pupils of Belmont Christian College; Feedback; and the Final Wordwith music from Bob Dylan, Radiohead, Richard Strauss, Ukrainian Orthodox music;  the Red Flag; Yothu Yindi and Hillsong.

I had the great privilege of having a discussion with several pupils from Belmont Christian College....I hope you find it as encouraging as I did.... Thanks to Hamilton, Faith, Meleluca, Liam, Josh, Kayden. And Alex Cameron The questions were What is the best advice you have received? How do you cope with people being bad to you? Are mission trips exploitative? If we keep sinning how can we be Christian?  What is repentance?  What about those we are lost?  Mental disorders…

This week we look at the controversial subject of Christian Nationalism...including Scotland qualifying for the World Cup; the Ashes; Tommy Robinson and Christianity;  What is Christian Nationalism;  Nick Fuentes; Putin and the Orthodox Church; The Covid Report; Piers Morgan apologises to Novak Djovic; Country of the Week - Papua New Guinea;  Steve Chalke on Christian Nationalism; James Watson and DNA';  Greg Sheridan; The Last Word Psalm 33. with music from the Proclaimers, Prelude,  West Papua Gospel; Coldplay; Choir of the Srentsky monastry.

In this second of our conversations we chat with Greg Sheridan, author and foreign editor of the Australian, about his book 'How Christians Can Succeed today".  Greg is a deeply experienced journalist, a staunch Catholic and a man with deep insight into what is going on in the world....what he has to say is fascinating....

This week we look at the Ashes; Mel Gibson explains cricket to Joe Rogan; India and Pakistan war; upcoming election in Chile;  Zack Polanski on persuading Putin to give up nuclear weapons; Feedback;  German Lutherans bless 'marriage' of four men; Alan Cumming and the Pitlochry LGBTQI+ festival; Country of the Week - Denmark; Danish Prime Minister calls for a return to Christianity; the BBC waters down Christian persecution in Nigeria;  YouTube Short - Who Created God? the final word -Psalm 8 -  with music from 10CC, John Lennon, Rachel Macshane and the Darwin project, Metallica, and Stille Stunder

This week we look at Oasis; Prince William at COP30 in Brazil;  Germany rearming; The crisis at the BBC; The Czech Election; Will Mandani change New York; Champagne Socialists;  Country of the Week Japan;  Shogun; Colbert, Plant, and Tolkien; A man says what he is thinking; Alex O'Connor and Bear Grylls; Giant Christian monument in England; and the Final Word (Philippians 2:14-16) with music from Oasis, Frank Sinatra;  the Vapors; Masaaki Suzuki; Led Zeppelin; and St Peters Free Church . 

This week we look at Home, Heretics and Hate Speech - including Canadian government minister defines Bible as hatespeech;  Sudan; Anti-semitism in Melbourne and London; The Dutch election; Free Speech in France; The BBC edits Trump speech;  Fiji and Samoa celebrate Christ after rugby match;  country of the week - Germany;  the most infectious German song ever!;  Prunella Scales; The Queering of Jesus; Shape Singing in the US; Joe Rogan sticks with Jesus; and the Last Word - John 4:12  with music from RunRig, Jimi Hendrix; Plastic Betrand; Mountain Crew; Bach; 600 Shape Singers; and Matt Redman. 

This week's is a special in memory of my mother - including Kathren Maher on the truth; Ukraine war;  John Lennon's relationship with his mother;  Child abuse in Australia; Matt Redman on suffering; Birth rates throughout the world; and Proverbs 31 with music from Duncan Chisholm; Deep Purple; John Lennon;  Ray Davies; Matt Redman; Capercaillie;  and Warren Haynes 

Beauty for Ashes Conversations is an offshoot of the Beauty for Ashes Podcast, featuring interviews we do with the famous and the not so famous.  Our first conversation is with Matt Redman - the Christian songwriter.  We discuss his early life, his songwriting and some of the sufferings he has experienced....with some of his best known songs....enjoy!