Quantum - The Wee Flea Podcast

This week, as we reach our millionth download,  we remember the great Steve Harley; Lee Mack on comedy; The Qu'ran on British Rail; Haiti; Zimbabwe; Indonesia; Leo Varadkar Resigns;  Wales new First Minister;  Trump and the Bloodbath;  Australia's Press Council orders people to lie; Nadine Dorris on Abortion;  Scottish 'Separated' not Scottish Widows;  Woke Unhappiness;  Titanic Lessons;  Duty, Honour and Country no more in the US military;  SEEK 27 - Islam; You're the Word of God the Father.....with music from Steve Harley

This week we look at good news on the Irish referendum; Portugal - Country of the Week;  Hate Crime in Spain, Scotland and Australia;  NSW introduces Extremist Conversion Laws;  The UK bans trans puberty blockers on the NHS;  Angela Eagle is on the Wrong Side of History; Hollyoaks promotes Grooming;  Woke Doritos; Ukrainian Deaths; Judith Butler defends Hamas; Spanish Basketball Boss fined for cheating on disability; Fascist Romans; University College London bans academic from discussing modern slavery in China; Taylor Swift's 'kind summer' at a Presbyterian youth Camp; Joe Rogan on Jesus; and  SEEK 26 on Heaven with music from Bach, Pink Floyd, Simon and Garfunkel; Taylor Swift; Vivaldi, and KRS-One

This week we look at the danger from extremists in the world today...including Islamic war memorials; George Galloway; Extremism laws in the UK and Canada; Trans extremism; The WPATH report; mutilation in Australia; West Riding Girls Football - no more; Germany chops down forests to save the environment; Lewis giant windfarms;  Abortion Extremism in France and the US; Racial Extremism; Jeremy O Harris and Apartheid theatre; Sam Melia; Sam Kerr; Qualifications are Microaggression; Deconstructing Whiteness in the Church of England; Church of England apologises for questioning African pagan practices; Thomas Sowell; Good News from Northern Ireland; SEEK - 666; and Extremist Christian!with music from John Prine, Christy Moore, Van Morrison and the Chieftains, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Bach, Iron Maiden and Bob Dylan 

This week we look at Islamism in Britain; Lee Anderson;  Charlotte Church; Scott Morrison; Google, Gemini and Black Nazis; Canada and 'Gender inclusive de mining; the Argentinian economy; Gaza and Biden; Ukraine and Navalny; Coal Exports from Australia; Mary Poppins; Cannibalism; Abortion in the UK; Marrying a Hologram; Fertility confusion; Guinness Records for Sale;  John Lennon's Bullet;  The Unfaithfulness of Ian Blackford;  Justin Currie and Parkinsons; SEEK - do you believe in talking snakes?  Young Sheldon and the Fine Tuning Argument; Psalm 43 with music from Vivaldi, Leonard Cohen, Mark Knopfler, Bach, John Lennon, Del Amitri, Psalm Singers.

This week we look at the courage and Christianity of Navalny;  Mongolia; France outlaws vaccine criticism; Islamist intimidation in the House of Commons; Steve Wright no more; Fani WIllis, Mark Steyn and US justice; Virgin Island; John Lewis's Identity; Dr Phil on Trans; BBC promotes male 'breastfeeding'; Multiple Sclerosis Society bans elderly woman for saying men can't become women; Lyles and the Lion; The Lying Celebrity Vicar; Rave in the Nave; and the funeral of Glen Millburn with music from Talking Heads, The Hu, Del Amitri, Borodin, Planxty; Jean Baptiste Lully and Corey Voss

This week we examine the news/culture through the eyes of the Super Bowl and Taylor Swift - including John Cleese; French farmers; Sensationalist weather reporting; Rotterdam's coal imports; genocide in the Congo;  500 Christians murdered in Nigeria; The Rohingya; Country of the week - Indonesia; Biden's memory;   Boris Johnson, Tucker Carlson and Ukraine;  Rafah, hostages and billionaire Hamas leaders;  Parental Rights in Canada; Clare Rewcastle Brown and Malaysia; Messi upsets China; Comedian expels Jew from theatre; the Aromantic flag; trans male sures for return of genitals from fridge; British countryside is racist; Peta and carousel horses; Doctor who calls for Hammersmith to be 'Jew free' is not racist; trans Anglo Saxons; Crossroads church kicks bible into touch; Regis banqueting; and SEEK - the Iphone Bible; with music from Taylor Swift, Bryan Ferry, Pink Floyd; Mahler; Albinoni and Sons of Korah

This week we look at the positives about Scotland, King Charles's Cancer; EU caves into farmers; Biden and 'Mitterand'; Nicky Haley in Nevada; Michelle O'Neill; Corruption in the EU parliament; Ecocide;  the growth of BRICS; El Salvador's NAyib Bukele; James Marriot on egalitarian, elitist, education; Woke Comedy; 'Gas the Jews', BBC 'Holohoax' employee fired; Police ban singing Christian songs outside church; Newcastle ban lesbian Terf;  'Don't tell them Pike'; The misinformation of Prof Dame Juliet Gerrard; Environment Agency bans 'mother and father';  Electricity; The Church and fake asylum seekers; SEEK 22; with music from Big Country, the Wurzels, Led Zeppelin; Simon and Garfunkel; the Magpie Geordie; Lindisfarne;  OMD; and the Spooky Mens' Chorale. 

This week we look at the history, culture, and politics of Scotland.  There are lessons for all of us in seeing how Scotland has changed, been blessed and declined.   We look at Scottish influence on the world; from psalms to paganism; Braveheart; the history of Scotland;  John Knox; Education; Abortion; Sir James MacMillan; The Chief Apologises; Woke Scotland; Nicola Sturgeon; Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre; Pregnant Men; Conversion Therapy; Authoritarian Scotland; The New Highland Clearances; Eilish McColgan and Andy Murray; the decline of the Church; and hope for the future.With music from the Peat Bog Faeries, Slim Dusty, St Peters Free Church, the Battlefield Band; Sir James MacMillan; the Average White Band; Deacon Blue; RunRig; Nazareth; and Steph Macleod. 

This week we look at the most chilling political campaign in recent decades; Chinese censorship and Dr K in the UK; No human rights says Harari; Jo Pheonix wins Trans discrimination case; the ignorance of anti-Semitism; Bach's Coffee Cantata;  Port Talbot - a casualty of Net Zero; 'Drill Baby Drill"; Norman Jewison 'Fiddler on the Roof"; Russell Brand; IHOPKC, Mick Bickle, John Paul Jones and eating grass in St Andrews; SEEK 21 - the Book of Job; I know that my Redeemer Liveth...with music from the Beatles, Aerosmith, Pink Floyd, Bach and Handal

This week we look at volcanos in Iceland; climate change as the word of the year; the Panama Canal; Country of the Week - Denmark - immigration policy, religion, Babette's Feast, economy;  Taiwanese, Bangladeshi, Azerbaijani, Russian, American and North Korean elections;  John Cleese on liberalism;   Five Coffee facts;  Turks arrest Israeli footballer; Gary Linekar calls for ban on Israel in football; South Africa suspends cricket captain because he is Jewish; The World at War; Religion and Wars;  Richard Dawkins, Atheists and Augustine; 'Prophet' TB Joshua; SEEK 20 and Nothing Else Matters with music from Jefferson Airplane, the Danish National Anthem, Neil Young, U2 and BB King, Dire Straits, Dave Alvin, the Who and Metallica...

This week we look at beating Tetris; Cyclones; Proof of higher temperatures 2,000 years ago; the Scottish hybrid electric ferry; Taiwan; Ecuador; Ethiopia; Somaililand; Dutch Immigration; The US election and Donald Trump; Rewriting Robin Hood; One Life;  Covid origins; Choosing your religion and sex in the NHS; David Warner; JPR Williams; The Kaiser; David Soul; The Hairdressers who ask 'is it ok if I touch you?; Firefighters and gender; the Aztecs; Konstantin Krisin and 'Latinx'; Massacre in Nigeria; Rev Deanna Dudley; Bob Akroyd; SEEK 19 - Other Holy Books; 10,000 Reasons....with the help of Bach, Robert Plant and Patty Griffin, George Thorogood and the Destroyers, the Beatles, the Corries and Matt Redman

A new year means a new beginning - and a revamp for Quantum.   This week we look at Nostradamus predicting an earthquake in Japan; upcoming elections in the US, UK, Germany, France; immigration in Denmark; wars in Ukraine, Yemen, Israel, Lebanon; Claudine Gay resigns; Progressive media and the return of Ted Lasso; The trans bubble bursts in the US; England will win Euro 2024; Novak speaks Chinese; Luke Littler and the rise of darts; The Oscars go full woke; Munroe Bergdof represents British women;  the importance of Augustine; Pope Francis and Argentina;  with my Spotify top 100.....including music from Del Amitri, Bach, Christy Moore, Alena Cherny, Gustav Holst and 1,000 Israeli musicians and singers....

This week we review the major stories we covered in the past year - including Nicola Sturgeon; King Charles; The Voice; Geert Wilders; Ukraine; Climate Catastrophising; Trans fightback; Harvard Collapse; AI; Israel/Gaza - with sport (Australian cricket); Music (Taylor Swift) and Culture (Oppenheimer) and the Church (Tim Keller)....and the poetry of Joshua Luke Smith.   With help from Status Quo, Tina Turner, Armin Van Buren, Beethoven and Taylor Swift. 

Luke 2:21 - Jesus is circumcised.  Why?   Why is that good news for us?  And what is there in a name?  With Our Emmanuel from Dave Henderson and Friends.....

Luke 2:20 - The Shepherds respond to what they have seen and heard. A response of praise and glorifying. With the carol Silent Night from Dave Henderson and Friends....

This is our Christmas special....looking at the bad news in the world, in the light of the good news of Christmas!   Icelandic Volcanoes; Spanish Olives; Egypt's President; Ghana's mystery presidential candidate; Confusing Congo election; Genocide in Darfur - again; the Suez Canal; Wasted Covid Vaccines; The Spirituality of Kandinsky; Temple Universities abusive intersectionality; Islamic sermons in Australia; Hamas plots to kill European Jews; the heresy of Jayne Ozanne; Pope Francis goes full Woke; SEEK 18 - Mistakes in the Bible; and Louise Perry on Sin. With appropriate Chrismas music from Chris Rea, John Lennon, Bing Crosby and David Bowie, Boney M,  Mike Oldfield, Chris de Burgh and Bach! 

We look at some predictions and trends that have come true....the dumbing down of elite Universities; Bill Maher; the rise of anti-Semitism; the lengthy war in Ukraine; Covid - lockdown and masks; the EU Empire; Why Net Zero is not going to happen; The Woke World; Kemi Badenoch v. Kate Osbourne; Ryan O'Neal and Love Story; The Photographer Graeme Hutton; Squid Game reality show;  Human beings used to live longer; Church of England divorces from the Bible; SEEK 17 and Stephen Fry; with music from Fishermen's Friends, Marvin Gaye, Edwin Starr, Gary Numan, Pentatonix,  and Dan Vasc 

This week we look at media self-censorship in Ireland;  Venezuela and Guyana; the dumbing down of Scottish and Australian teenagers; Volcanoes in Indonesia; Janita Castro; Kim Jong-Un on raising children;  buying supermodel babies; Hamas on the Balfour Declaration; Islamic sermons; Harvard and Penn leaders on calling for genocide against Jews; progressive feminists silence on abuse of Jewish women; the Two Ronnies on confused sport; King Charles and the theology of climate change; Robot preachers; and cancelling Christmas in Bethlehem; with music from Shane McGowan and Kirsty McColl, Cuatrombone, Brenda Lee, Status Quo, Kraftwerk, Jeremy Camp and Theocracy!

This week with the help of Status Quo we look at Climate Change (Joe Biden pumps more oil, Aussie protesters at the largest coal port in the world, green vandals cleared, Net Zero costs in the UK, Humza Yousaf at COP28) ; Ireland (Senator O'Reilly, Leo Varadkar on Israeli hostages, assaults and riots in Dublin, Conor McGregor, 'too white' Ireland, the Irish economy); Israel/Gaza (Kay Burley, American progressives supporting Hamas, Australian Senator Mehreen Faruqi and Jews in the Bin, the Chilling Owen Jones); the Woke World (Dr Who,  Furries on the BBC, NHS trans row); Hypocrisy (Oxfam and Socialist teens); World News (NSW euthanasia, Kissinger's death, Ukraine, Burkina Faso) ; Church (persecution in India and the TikTok Quran fashion); SEEK 16 - the death of a child; Behold the Man..

This week we look at elections in Argentina and the Netherlands; the cease fire in Gaza; BBC coverage of Gaza; Sex education in Scotland; Scotland's Jews;  closing Grangemouth;  Finland's Pavi Rasanen; The Crown and the Cult of Diana; Staffordshire Police police language; the Trans Roman Emperor; the Archbishop of Canterbury and Hinduism; Australia win cricket world cup;  No more lads and lasses at Newcastle FC; the rich and climate change; Guardian funding....and our featured album is Leonard Cohen's 'Popular Problems' with other music from Julie Covington and the Laughing Policeman - Enjoy...!