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Quantum - The Wee Flea Podcast

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David Robertson discusses faith, culture and politics from a Christian perspective
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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 fro...

Jun 16, 202337 minSeason 2Ep. 307

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...

Jun 09, 202340 minSeason 2Ep. 306

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; Ma...

Jun 02, 202339 minSeason 2Ep. 305

Quantum 252 - Blessed are the Dead....

This week we reflect on the deaths of Tim Keller, Donald Macleod, Harry Reeder, Rolf Harris, Martyn Amis and Jeremy Clarke. We also look at Taiwan and the WHO; Elections in Greece; Running out of Sand; Ed Davey; Trans indoctrination in schools; Senator Machaela Cavanaugh; The Decline of Radio 4; Hatun Tash; Dave Mustaine's testimony; Review of Paul Simon's 'Seven Psalms'; With music from Leonard Cohen, Zorba the Greek, the Beach Boys; Megadeath, Paul Simon and Clive Parnell

May 25, 202341 minSeason 2Ep. 304

Quantum 251 - Bias - and the Boys from Brisbane and the Girls from Indonesia!

This week we look at what part bias plays in our culture - with the boys from Brisbane. Pride and Prejudice; Chat GPT; Indonesia and the Voice of Baceprot; Turkey election; Thai election; anti-Christian violence in India; Sudan civil war; Glen Miller; the ABC; Bluey; Napoli Champions; Dundee Champions; Austin Killips and trans athletes; Bryan Ferry; the Australian Greens; Moira Deeming; Shutting down Catholic hospitals; Fred Nile; Is religion the answer? Living and Bill Nighy; the Christ Hymn,....

May 18, 202338 minSeason 2Ep. 303

Quantum 250 - The Coronation - Beginning/End of an Era?

This week we spend the whole episode looking at the issues arising out of the Coronation. The Bible as the Word of God. Maintaining the Protestant Reformed Religion. A Hindu reading that Jesus is the only Creator. A disappointing sermon. Great music. The anointing of the Holy Spirit. Marriage and hypocrisy. The rehabilitation of Queen Camilla. Prince William and the new Civic Religion. Humanists UK. The Right to Protest. NIck Cave. The True Cross. Psalm 24.

May 11, 202342 minSeason 2Ep. 302

Quantum 249 - AI, Humanity and Slavery

This week we look at the world of AI and what it has to say about being human. Are we moving towards being slaves of the machine? With Kraftwerk; Stephen Hawking, Elon Musk and Geoffrey Hinton; The Terminator; Rage Against the Machine; Hate Speech Law in Ireland; Twitter changes Rules; Education; Does the Bible Advocate Slavery? Tucker Carlson; Dr Aseem Malhotra and Joe Rogan on the Vaccines; Ed Sheeran v. Marvin Gaye; Dutch Farmers v. the Greens; Brecon Beacons no more; Gordon Lightfoot; Jerry ...

May 05, 202343 minSeason 2Ep. 301

Quantum 248 - Hate speech and Misinformation

This week we look at hate speech and misinformation - including Elon Musk and the BBC; The Australian Electoral Commission; Harry Belafonte; Barry Humphries; U2; Dr Laura Favaro; Brendan O'Neill; India Willoughby; Dianne Abbott; Queensland prostitution; President Biden; Alice Cooper; Ukrainian Grain; Eco Toffs and Snooker; Kenyan Chess Cheater; Murray Head; UK Emergency Signal; Larry Norman.

Apr 28, 202338 minSeason 2Ep. 300

Quantum 247 - Suffer the Children

This week our focus is on children featuring - John Lydon, Guns 'n' Roses, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young; Rod Liddle on what is the best childcare? Dr John Campbell on sanctity of life; Euthanising children in the Netherlands; Jethro Tull; War children in Sudan and Ukraine; Indoctrination in schools; Hormone blockers in NZ schools; Non-binary children in Scotland; The Singing Kettle; Teacher apologises for calling girls girls in a girls school; why do drag queens want to be with children? Teena...

Apr 21, 202348 minEp. 299

Quantum 246 - The Nazis - The Answer

This week we reflect on what is going on in the world today, through what went on in the world in the 1930's and 1940's - we look at the Jews; the man who escaped Auschwitz; Robert Hebras - the last survivor of Oradour; Ben Ferencez - the last Nuremberg prosecutor; the war in Ukraine; the threat to the dollar; Keith Reid and a Whiter Shade of Pale; Switzerland and Covid; Woke Grease; Queensland Trans legislation; Hobart Uni bans Catholic group; Deni Todrovic's misogyny; Jennifer Bilek and the li...

Apr 13, 202341 minSeason 2Ep. 298

Quantum 245 - Easter Special - Arrested

This week we reflect on Easter, the arrests of Donald Trump and Peter Murrell; the Wisconsin Supreme Court election; Os Guinness; the Finnish election; Kenyan riots; Kemi Badenoch on Trans; Canada outlaws protests against Drag Queens; Dylan Mulvaney and Nike; Oli London converts; Prime Minister of New Zealand can't define women; the new religion in Australia; World Athletics Association bans Trans in womens sport; The FT defends lying; A Dutch trans ageist; Abba Wigs banned; Cancel Mozart; Shoul...

Apr 07, 202342 minSeason 2Ep. 297

Quantum 244 - Nashville

This week we take a longer look at the issues arising out of the Nashville shooting - including transgender, media, the police, politicians, Kelly-Jay Keen in Australia and New Zealand; guns; violence; the American lecturer advocating killing 'homophobes and transphobes', Cenk Uygur; John Pesutto and Joe Biden, Humza Yousaf, education, women, the Church; with music from U2, Emmy Lou Harris, George Strait, Brantley Gilbert, Dolly Parton, the Who and the Gettys. Apologies for this being a bit long...

Mar 31, 202347 minSeason 2Ep. 296

Quantum 243 - Identity

This week we look at the question of identity - including X Ray Spex; Lt Gov Peggy Flanagan; Enid Blyton; Girl Guides new guide to language; Women's identity; Humza and Ukrainian men; the Human League; Apotemnophilia; Cycling in decline; Is Alan West Black?; Dutch Farmers Party; Ben Bradshaw and Parliamentary control of the Church of England; Dr Aaron Edwards fired for teaching the Bible; Rhiannon Giddens; the ABC guidelines; The Newsboys

Mar 23, 202333 minSeason 2Ep. 295

Quantum 242 - Cancelled!

This week we look at cancel culture - ironically having prepared this theme I was 'cancelled' on Monday by Twitter (please feel free to tweet this out on our behalf!) - including Eminem; Submarines (Australia) ; Sex education (England); Dr Jeret Kok (Tasmania); Van Morrison; Paul Murphy (Ireland); Joe Biden on Trans (US); Bernard Randall (UK); Jack the Colorado Baker (US); the Oscars; the London Review of Books; and Hillsong.

Mar 17, 202337 minEp. 294

Quantum 241 - Free Bird.....

This week we look at Indonesia; Kampuchea's Killing Fields; Mongolian Heavy Metal; Brussels farmers; the Common People; Conversion Therapy; International Woman of the Year is a Man; Liberal Attitudes; an all Women's Bible; Kenneth Copeland's 'cheap' plane; the Mercy Seat; and Psalm 124 with the help of Buffalo Springfield, the Hu, Pulp, Lynard Skynyrd and Nick Cave

Mar 09, 202343 minSeason 2Ep. 293

Quantum 240 - The Del Amitri One

This week we look at the world with the help of Del Amitri - we look at the Nigerian election; the Danes exchanging prayer for weapons; Rail tragedy in Greece; Rishi Sunak's new Brexit deal; Betty Boothroyd; Faith, Politics and Humza Yousaf; Marriage and Calvin Robinson; Singaporean sues woman who refuses to date him; Misgendering in Canada; Roll to Christ.....

Mar 02, 202333 minSeason 3Ep. 292

Quantum 239 - The Outsiders

This week we look at Gaelic women; Kate Forbes; Aaron Edwards; Putin and Pronouns; Biden in Ukraine; Budgies; John Williamson; Banning Statues; Does reading CS Lewis and Tolkien mean you are a Terrorist? Re-writing Roald Dahl; ZZ top; Pregnant Men; Jordan Peterson on Pornography and AI; the Zombies; John Macarthur; Gaelic Psalm 46.

Feb 24, 202336 minSeason 2Ep. 291

Sturgeon, Marley, Meloni, Revivial and more!

This week we look at Sturgeon's resignation, JK Rowling ban fails; Shooting Balloons; Are Aliens Invading? The Woke Language Police; Lilt, the totally tropical taste; Did Bob Marley become a Christian? the first 100 days of Meloni; Prevent fails to Prevent; He Gets Us adverts; and The Asbury Revival

Feb 16, 202333 minSeason 2Ep. 290

Quantum 237 - Whose Side Are You On?

Why does the modern world treat everything as black and white and insist we have to be on one side or the other? This week we look at this - including the earthquake in Turkey; the Church of England and SSM; Ukraine; the evidence for masks; Burt Bacharach; Covid Vaccines; Taylor Swift and Abortion; Bill Maher on Revolution; Sam Smith and the Highway to Hell; the Right Side of History - with music from Antrim Mennonites; B J Thomas; Taylor Swift; the Beatles; Sam Smith; ACDC; and Equip...

Feb 11, 202336 minSeason 2Ep. 289

Quantum 236 - Ideology and Love

This week we look at how ideologies can cause so much harm....and why love is the answer....including Jordan Peterson on the lies women are told; the murder of Tyre Nichols; Pakistan bomb; Ukraine - tanks and Russia's economy; Israel bombs Iran; Canada legalises heroine; that Pfizer tape; Bill Maher on Climate Change; Novak Djokovic; NHS Director for Lived Experience; Levels of Caffeine in Coffee; All Creatures Great and Small; Sandi Toksvig and the Archbishop of Canterbury; with music from Seas...

Feb 02, 202334 minSeason 2Ep. 288

Quantum 235 - Promises, Promises

This week we look at the extent of failed promises. Jacinda Ardern; the decline of Japan; Is China spying on you?; Wagner v's Mozart; Al Gore's meltdown; Beyonce falls out with LGBT; does Biblical teaching lead to Trans suicides?; Dave Crosby - teach your children well; Malta and where Conversion Therapy laws are going; Scooby Doo goes Woke; Rejecting Biblical teaching on sex doesn't lead to happiness; Alice Springs and Alcohol; George Thorogood; Andy Murray and Darvel; Sister Lucille Randon and...

Jan 26, 202336 minSeason 2Ep. 287

Quantum 234 - What’s Going Down?

This week we look at the population fall in China; the last King of Greece; a bombed Church in the Congo; the last Mafia boss arrested in Italy; Davos, the WEF and conspiracy theorists; Nick Cave on Robotic Music; Canadian's who killed a non mask wearer go free; Keir Starmer's values; Penny Mordaunt tells Church to change its doctrines; Steve Baker comes out as a LGBT ally; Caroline Noakes on being born in the wrong body; Trans murderer stands for parliament; Konstantin Kisin at the Oxford Union...

Jan 19, 202339 minSeason 2Ep. 286

Quantum 233 - The Silver Lining

This week we remember Jeff Beck, look at the LGBT census figures for the UK; The Met police enforcing ideology; the Transage community; Fun Boy Three; Mohammed the most popular UK name; Cardinal George Pell; Tim Minchin; Child Abuse in the US; Dutch Transgender Study; Biden's Classified Documents; Leonard Cohen; Congressman swears on Superman comic; India and Coal; the World and Oil; Wind Shortage in the UK; Sinne Eeg; Hezekiah's Royal Inscriptions; The Experience in Nigeria; and some Christian ...

Jan 13, 202337 minSeason 2Ep. 285

Quantum 232 - The Year That Will Be? 2023 Predictions...

Here are 10 predictions for 2023 - plus a few more - and a great hope for us. We look at energy, transport, the WEF, AI and ChatGPT, the destruction of language and the rewriting of history; climate change, immigration, paedophilia, liberal authoritarianism, the seekers, and meditating with Isaiah....with the help of OMD, Gary Numan, the Beatles, Hank Nelson, the Specials, the Dali Lama, Peter Tatchell, Isabel Vaughan Spruce, the Who, and Maureen Macleod.

Jan 06, 202338 minEp. 284

Quantum 231 - That Was the Year that Was - 2022 - ten countries, ten songs.

In this last podcast of the year we look at ten of the main world events in ten countries - through ten songs from my top 20 Spotify songs for 2022...The UK (The Imagined Village) , Pakistan (ZZ Top) , The Netherlands (Pink Floyd, South Africa (Bach), the USA (Barry Macguire), Iran (Leonard Cohen), Argentina (Runrig), Australia (Christy Moore), Ukraine (the Rolling Stones) and China (George Thorogood).....and we finish with Bach's St Matthews Passion.

Dec 30, 202240 minSeason 2Ep. 283

Quantum 230 - The Messiah - A Christmas Special

This week as we approach Christmas we see the need for the Messiah. With the help of Handal we look at Armenia, Scotland, New Zealand, England, the US, India, China and Israel....including war, womens rights, Transgender, free speech, the woke church, Roger Federer, a new government in Israel and Ronald Reagan!

Dec 22, 202242 minSeason 2Ep. 282

Quantum 229 - Shadowbanning

This week we look at shadowbanning - including Elton John, the Twitter Files, Ian MacWhirter, Senator Nancy Mace, Yo Yo Ma and Alison Krauss, Child pornography, Abortion, Nuclear Fusion, Letter re Climate Change, Welby stays neutral on SSM, Theocracy, EU corruption, Dan Andrews funds Islam, the Respect for Marriage Act, Lady Haldane's Scottish Trans ruling, NHS accuses women of racism, Julia Hartley-Brewer, Cambridge dictionary redefines women, J K Rowling and a new womens centre, and Dave Hende...

Dec 16, 202235 minSeason 2Ep. 281

Quantum 228 - The Road to Nowhere

In this weeks Quantum we look at the hopeless direction we are heading in Western society - and what can be done - with Glen Miller, Jordan Peterson, Talking Heads, Royal Racism, Twitter Expose, Abortion - Hilary Clinton, Heidi Crowter, Spiked, Malta, Ralph Warnock, and the Bill Gates Foundation ; Pearl Harbour, Sinta Klaas, Dutch Farmers, French Fines, Oxford Restrictions, Senator Alex Antic, Adultery in Indonesia, Chaos in Peru, Corruption in South Africa, Christianity at the World Cup and Nic...

Dec 09, 202239 minSeason 2Ep. 280

Quantum 227 - Go Your Own Way

This week we look at what happens when we go our own way...with Boney M, Fleetwood Mac, Youth Indoctrination, Sex education in schools, the Bad Law Show, Belenciaga, Cambridge Students, Shetland, The Day of the Dead Parade, The World Cup, Japan, Australia, Men at Work, Jiang Zemin, Hawaiian Volcano, Ukraine, Nick Fuentes, Anti-Semitism, Church Attendance in England, Marie Curie Chaplain and Mary's Boy Child.

Dec 02, 202237 minSeason 2Ep. 279

Quantum 226 - The Crown, the Cup and Covid in Nicaragua and Christianity in Qater

This week we have Bryan Ferry, the Crown, the Iranian and Welsh national anthems at the World Cup, Saudi and Japan, Gianni Infantino, religion in Qater, Twitter Hysteria, Personal Carbon Credit, the Dutch 'carnival is over', Covid in Nicaragua, T-Rex, Mental illness and vaccines in Canada, Gambling, Earthquake in Indonesia, War in Ukraine, Shooting in Colorado, Scottish Independence, The Bible not suitable for modern society, and BitterSweet Symphony

Nov 25, 202236 minSeason 2Ep. 278
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