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Beauty for Ashes
by The Wee Flea
David Robertson discusses faith, culture and politics from a Christian perspective - this podcast was known as Quantum of the Wee Flea. Now it has been turned into a radio programme with Rhema FM.
Episodes
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Beauty for Ashes 54 - India, Winnie the Pooh and Those Russians
This week we look at Russian interference; The EU 'anti Russian' censorship; Why are the number of teens identifying as gay falling? What is causing high diesel prices? Discipline in Danish schools; Country of the Week - India; Christians demonstrate for Israel in Amsterdam; Muslim woman demands...
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Beauty for Ashes 53 - Singapore, the Nobel Peace Farce, Burnham and Badenoch and the Atheist Songbook
This week we look at the Cockroach Party; Trump's Diesel Deal with Russia; Houthis attack Saudi Arabia; Pilay wins Nobel Peace Prize; Progressives celebrate Oct 7th in Amsterdam; Humza Yousaf defends his response to Oct 7th; Andy Burnham v. Kemi Badenoch; Country of the Week - Singapore; City...
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Beauty for Ashes 52 - The FlyDubai heros; France; Tucker and Hitler....
This week we look at the FlyDubai attack; Danny Tommo and British injustice; The Iranian airbase attack; the Jamaican rapist who can't be deported because he is bisexual; Country of the Week - France; Students reject Pride in the US; The Police being trained in Islam and against Farage; The...
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Beauty for Ashes 51 - North Korea, Islam in the UK, Ireland loses its mind, Iran whips a Singer; and Super Intelligence
This week we have a bumper edition...so much going on in the world! Should music be political? Pasastoo Ahmadi; The Swedish election corruption; The CDU implode in Germany; The Houthis chant; Xi Jinping and Donald Trump; Deaths from Euthanasia in Canada outnumber deaths from guns in the US; Gang...
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Beauty for Ashes 50 - Norway, Fauda, the Archbishop and Cancelling Ed Sheeran and the Proclaimers
This week we look at the Greenland Deal; Did immigrants decide the Swedish election? Who are the Houthis? Country of the Week - Norway; Finnish study shows the danger of Transgender treatments; the predicted Muslim populations of Europe; Fauda; The Ed Sheeran witch hunt; Schubert; Deaths of...
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Beauty for Ashes 49 - 9/11; Uruguay and the Rave in the Nave
This week we look at remembering 9/11; Bill Mayer on terrorism; the falling man; Iran kills a rapper; Ed Miliband targets Israel; Parliament rejects Euthanasia in the UK; Ashley Dalton; Country of the Week - Uruguay; Birmingham bans the Union Jack; Green hypocrisy on landlords; Professor and BBC...
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Beauty for Ashes 48 - AFD, Thailand, Surrogacy, and Kale
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…
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Beauty for Ashes 47 - Dolly, Iceland and Nepal
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...
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Beauty for Ashes 46 - Forgive us our Debts - Russia, Iran, the Congo and the US
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...
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Beauty for Ashes 45 - Afghanistan, Earthquakes; and the Blooming Australian Desert
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...
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Beauty for Ashes 44 - Against the Wind - Hungary, Starkey and Liddle
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...
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Beauty for Ashes 43 - Oxford, Cambridge, Fauci and South Korea
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…
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Beauty for Ashes 42 - The Faroes, Trumps Billions and the Odyssey
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…
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Beauty for Ashes 41 - The Yackandandah Special!
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...
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Beauty for Ashes 40 - Lord Mackay, Bonnie Tyler; Anne Widdecombe; the World Cup and Spain
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…
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Beauty for Ashes 39 - Happy 250th Birthday America!
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...
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Beauty for Ashes 38 - Earthquakes, Austria, Lara Bird-Leakey and Skillet
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…
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Beauty for Ashes 37 - World Cup Songs, Japan, Humanism, the Grooming Gangs Report, Starbucks in South Korea, and Starmer
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...
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Beauty for Ashes 36 - The World Cup - Curacao; Peace; AI Model Collapse; and Paganism
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 -...
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Beauty For Ashes - The Killer Ideologies Special
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,...
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Beauty for Ashes 34 - Henry Novak, Cambodia, Pregnant men in Australia; the Pope and AI....
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;...
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Beauty for Ashes 33 - Freedom!
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…
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Beauty for Ashes 32 - Cuba, Eurovision, Father Ted and Trio Mandili
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;...
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Beauty for Ashes 31 - Weltanschaung, India, Cats and Sam Alberry
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…
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Beauty for Ashes 30 - Trigger Warnings, King Charles in the US, the UAE, and ZZ Top
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...
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Beauty for Ashes 29 - Moya, Shooting Trump, Silent Witness, Sawe, and Mali
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...
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Beauty for Ashes 28 - Reasons to be Cheerful
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;...
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Beauty for Ashes 27 - Cultural Marxism
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...
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Beauty for Ashes 26 - Artemis, Nepal, Paula White and the Colour Blue
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,...
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Beauty for Ashes 25 - Hypocrisy
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...
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Beauty for Ashes 24 - Death of a False Prophet, Euthanasia and Country of the Week Ireland
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;...
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Beauty for Ashes 23 - Russia, Justice, Habermas and Potatoes
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;...
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Beauty for Ashes 22 - It's a Mad World....Mexico, Iran, Nepal and Scotland
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…
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Beauty for Ashes 21 - Iran, Islam and Feminist Glaciology
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…
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Beauty for Ashes 20 - The Immigration Special
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…
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Beauty for Ashes 19 - Hong Kong; Deleting Justice; Bad Bunny v. Kid Rock and Being Friends with Sinners
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...
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Beauty for Ashes 18 - Heroes, Hypocrites and Humour
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...
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Beauty for Ashes 17 - Tanzania, the Epstein Files, Tucker Carlson and Saudi
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…
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Beauty for Ashes 16 - The New World Order - Carneys Speech - Switzerland - and the Second Coming
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 -...
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Beautty for Ashes 15 - The New World Order - Greenland, Canada and Uganda
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...
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Beauty for Ashes 14 - What's Going on?
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;...
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Beauty for Ashes 13 - Predictions for 2026
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…
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Beauty for Ashes 12 - That Was the Year that Was - A review of 2025
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…
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Beauty for Ashes 11 - Christmas Special....Songs, Films and Australia
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…
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Beauty for Ashes 10 - Bondi, Bulgaria and Tommy Robinson
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...
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Beauty for Ashes 9 - Christmas, Northern Ireland, Trial by Jury and Radiohead Psalms
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…
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BFA Conversations 4 - Geoffrey Bullock and Hillsong
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…
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Beauty for Ashes 8 - Rising Tide
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;...
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BFA Conversations 3 - Belmont Christian College Students
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...
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Beauty for Ashes 7 - Christian Nationalism
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...
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David Robertson discusses faith, culture and politics from a Christian perspective - this podcast was known as Quantum of the Wee Flea. Now it has been turned into a radio programme with Rhema FM.
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