Cross Culture

• Katie Perry, eleven years of sobriety and the Q&A

  It’s the final episode of Cross Culture season 2 - I know, I know. We’re wiping the tears away, too.    In this, our finale, we speak about Lauren’s ‘agonisingly beautiful’ milestone, the HUMONGOUS reaction to Katy Perry’s eleven minutes in space, and whether good christian fiction exists. We’ve left you with a good’un.    Until we meet again, dear friends.  Windle and Tindall x   Disclaimer: While this is a Christian podcast, we discuss mainstream and secular content which may include bad language, sexual content and violence, please use your own discretion when deciding what to engage with.

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• Black Mirror, Katy Perry's space adventures and Netflix's Pride & Prejudice

  Scientists have just discovered ‘the most bitter substance known to mankind’ And no, it’s not Belle’s feelings toward Netflix’s Pride and Prejudice remake. Close call, though.    In this, our penultimate episode of season two of Cross Culture, we walk our way through the week’s cultural happenings: Katy Perry popping to space, the return of Black Mirror, and what we’ll be consuming (and not consuming) this Easter weekend.    Until next week, friends.  Windle and Tindall x Disclaimer: While this is a Christian podcast, we discuss mainstream and secular content which may include bad language, sexual content and violence, please use your own discretion when deciding what to engage with.

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• Meryl Streep as Aslan, Bob Mortimer's whimsy and a Christian dinner trend

  Here comes the sun doo da doo doo. Partly because the weather is getting better and partly because we’re chatting about the Beatles quadrilogy casting. But that’s not all this week folks; it’s also the whimsy of Bob Mortimer on Off Menu with James Acaster and Bob Mortimer, our feelings about Meryl Streep as Aslan, the surprising popularity of Beth Allison’s Barr’s Becoming the Pastor's Wife, our disinterest in the latest Celebrity Big Brother and the rise of the Shabbat dinner.    LINKS: Off menu: https://shows.acast.com/offmenu/episodes/ep116-bobmortimer The Beatles casting: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/apr/01/beatles-biopics-actors-cast-announced-joseph-quinn-barry-keoghan-harris-dickinson-paul-mescal Meryl Streep as Aslan in Narnia: https://deadline.com/2025/04/meryl-streep-aslan-greta-gerwig-netflix-narnia-movie-1236358278/ Beth Allison Barr: Becoming the Pastor's Wife: How Marriage Replaced Ordination as a Woman's Path to Ministry: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Becoming-Pastors-Wife-Marriage-Ordination/dp/1587435896    Disclaimer: While this is a Christian podcast, we discuss mainstream and secular content which may include bad language, sexual content and violence, please use your own discretion when deciding what to engage with.

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• Witches, White Lotus and a very bad reception to Snow White

  Boy oh boy, do we cover some ground today.  Witches, White Lotus, The Simpsons, Snow White - there truly is something for everyone in this episode of Cross Culture.  And all of that on just seven hours of sleep. Astounding.  Have yourselves a sunny (and sleepy) week, dear listeners.  Windle and Tindall x  LINKS Belle’s article on witchcraft: https://www.seenandunseen.com/why-are-we-so-bewitched-witches The Five by Halle Rubenhold: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Five-Untold-Lives-Killed-Ripper/dp/0857524488 Theology of the womb by Christy Angelle Bauman: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Theology-Womb-Knowing-through-Woman/dp/1532662173 White lotus article: https://www.seenandunseen.com/white-lotus-understands-lot-not-christianity God is not a white man by Chine MacDonald: https://www.amazon.co.uk/God-Not-White-Man-Revelations/dp/1529349079/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0 Unmaking Mary: Shattering the Myth of Perfect Motherhood by Chine MacDonald: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Unmaking-Mary-Shattering-Perfect-Motherhood-ebook/dp/B0DBKZYWT2 White Lotus: https://www.nowtv.com/watch/the-white-lotus/iYEQZ2rcf32XR9BdJWHTfy/iYsxVQTYrUBMYn8z4L9y9h/seasons/3 Rolling Stone’s review of Snow White: https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-reviews/snow-white-review-rachel-zegler-gal-gadot-1235297513/ Disclaimer: While this is a Christian podcast, we discuss mainstream and secular content which may include bad language, sexual content and violence, please use your own discretion when deciding what to engage with.

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• Adolescence, Mormon-core and a cheeky engagement

  Well well well, here we are at the half-way mark for Season 2 - can you blooming believe it?!    Today we talk about Belle’s big news, we ponder whether Finland truly exists, and we learn nothing about Mormonism. Plus, we couldn’t not talk about Adolescence, could we? And this is where we want to offer you a little warning - Adolescence deals with some heavy topics (violence, sexual assault, murder,) and so, we naturally talk those things through, too. If that means that this isn’t the right episode for you, we totally understand. Take care of yourselves, friends.    Until next week,  Windle and Tindall x   The Happiness Index, BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr72xep44kdo  Adolescence, Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81756069  Laura Bates, Men Who Hate Women: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Men-Who-Hate-Women-misogyny/dp/1471194337 The Secret World of Incels, C4: https://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-secret-world-of-incels-untold  We Need to Talk... About Race, Ben Lindsay: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Need-Talk-About-Race-Christian-ebook/dp/B0D8BJ7J8H  The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, Disney+: https://www.disneyplus.com/en-gb/browse/entity-58cd73be-408d-4eed-8e3d-82339f3f93e2  Devil In The Family, Disney+: https://www.disneyplus.com/en-gb/browse/entity-302e037b-92b9-4c45-8acd-a0db60d5a159    Disclaimer: While this is a Christian podcast, we discuss mainstream and secular content which may include bad language, sexual content and violence, please use your own discretion when deciding what to engage with.

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