Beauty for Ashes 6 - The Ashes, Denmark and Polanski Persuading Putin
This week we look at the Ashes; Mel Gibson explains cricket to Joe Rogan; India and Pakistan war; upcoming election in Chile; Zack Polanski on persuading Putin to give up nuclear weapons; Feedback; German Lutherans bless 'marriage' of four men; Alan Cumming and the Pitlochry LGBTQI+ festival; Country of the Week - Denmark; Danish Prime Minister calls for a return to Christianity; the BBC waters down Christian persecution in Nigeria; YouTube Short - Who Created God? the final word -Psalm 8 - with music from 10CC, John Lennon, Rachel Macshane and the Darwin project, Metallica, and Stille Stunder
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Beauty for Ashes 5 - Champagne Supernova Socialists; Bear Grylls and Alex O'Connor; the BBC and Japan
This week we look at Oasis; Prince William at COP30 in Brazil; Germany rearming; The crisis at the BBC; The Czech Election; Will Mandani change New York; Champagne Socialists; Country of the Week Japan; Shogun; Colbert, Plant, and Tolkien; A man says what he is thinking; Alex O'Connor and Bear Grylls; Giant Christian monument in England; and the Final Word (Philippians 2:14-16) with music from Oasis, Frank Sinatra; the Vapors; Masaaki Suzuki; Led Zeppelin; and St Peters Free Church .
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Beauty for Ashes 4 - Home, Heretics and Hate Speech
This week we look at Home, Heretics and Hate Speech - including Canadian government minister defines Bible as hatespeech; Sudan; Anti-semitism in Melbourne and London; The Dutch election; Free Speech in France; The BBC edits Trump speech; Fiji and Samoa celebrate Christ after rugby match; country of the week - Germany; the most infectious German song ever!; Prunella Scales; The Queering of Jesus; Shape Singing in the US; Joe Rogan sticks with Jesus; and the Last Word - John 4:12 with music from RunRig, Jimi Hendrix; Plastic Betrand; Mountain Crew; Bach; 600 Shape Singers; and Matt Redman.
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Beauty for Ashes 3 - Sorrow and Songs - a Mother's Special
This week's is a special in memory of my mother - including Kathren Maher on the truth; Ukraine war; John Lennon's relationship with his mother; Child abuse in Australia; Matt Redman on suffering; Birth rates throughout the world; and Proverbs 31 with music from Duncan Chisholm; Deep Purple; John Lennon; Ray Davies; Matt Redman; Capercaillie; and Warren Haynes
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Beauty for Ashes - Conversations - No. 1 Matt Redman - Sadness and Songs
Beauty for Ashes Conversations is an offshoot of the Beauty for Ashes Podcast, featuring interviews we do with the famous and the not so famous. Our first conversation is with Matt Redman - the Christian songwriter. We discuss his early life, his songwriting and some of the sufferings he has experienced....with some of his best known songs....enjoy!
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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