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Beauty for Ashes

The Wee Flea
Beauty for Ashes
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  • Beauty for Ashes

    Beauty for Ashes 37 - World Cup Songs, Japan, Humanism, the Grooming Gangs Report, Starbucks in South Korea, and Starmer

    23/06/2026 | 54 mins.
    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
  • Beauty for Ashes

    Beauty for Ashes 36 - The World Cup - Curacao; Peace; AI Model Collapse; and Paganism

    18/06/2026 | 55 mins.
    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;
  • Beauty for Ashes

    Beauty For Ashes - The Killer Ideologies Special

    11/06/2026 | 57 mins.
    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;
  • Beauty for Ashes

    Beauty for Ashes 34 - Henry Novak, Cambodia, Pregnant men in Australia; the Pope and AI....

    04/06/2026 | 47 mins.
    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
  • Beauty for Ashes

    Beauty for Ashes 33 - Freedom!

    28/05/2026 | 48 mins.
    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.
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About Beauty for Ashes
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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