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Beauty for Ashes 56 - To Boldly Go - Serbia, Poland, Scottish Chick-Fil-a; Mbappe and Mao
02/11/2026 | 53 mins.This week we look at the endless cruise ends; Constitutional crisis in Poland; Deadlock in Israeli elections; The French 'far right/left' killing; Scotlands paid non jobs; Abortion promises in Victoria; Country of the week - Serbia; Mbappe and Mao; Fined for letting your teenager work with you in the UK; Patrick Stewart and Walter Koenig; Australian government Paedophile website; Islamaphobia and Armistice Day in Tower Hamlets; 'Jew Free' in Sweden; MSF cancelled by the Swiss over abuse allegations; German raped girl accused of misgendering her attacker; Chick-Fil-A arrives in Scotland; Harald Bluetooth; the first personalised cancer vaccine; Poetry - Les Murray; Feedback; Election biding war for Hindu temples in Victoria; Jordan killers named; American pastors celebrate their polygamy; and the Final Word - 1 Peter 5...with music from Fleetwood Mac; Rod Stewart; Lore Track; Dire Straits; Ceca; Thunderclap Newman; Tim Hawkins; and The Red Clay Strays;Beauty for Ashes 55 - French Riots, Croatian anti-semitism and Californian Toilets
25/10/2026 | 47 mins.This week we look at the riots in France; Heather Tomlinson v. Andrew Neil; Attack on an Australian politician; Saudi Arabian Executions; Country of the Week - Croatia; Glasgow museum wants permission from the dead mummies; Gillian Mackay and eradicating Israel; Swedish education returns to pen and paper; an expensive San Fransisco Toilet; Snowy 2:0 price blows out; BBC Bitesize propaganda; Hamas apologist now senior BBC advisor; The Buddy Holly Story; Wisdom from Stephen PRessley; Giorgi Nemzadse; Danish turbines v. Swedish nuclear; Fishing and Pubs in Scotland; The Scented Internet; Feedback; poetry from Leonard Cohen; a New Christian School in Cessnock; the Final Word. with music from The Clash; Scott Mackenzie; Oliver Dragojevic; The Bangles; Buddy Holly; Nirvana; Leonard Cohen; Shane and Shane;- This week we look at Russian interference; The EU 'anti Russian' censorship; Why are the number of teens identifying as gay falling? What is causing high diesel prices? Discipline in Danish schools; Country of the Week - India; Christians demonstrate for Israel in Amsterdam; Muslim woman demands polygamy in Scotland; Mandani says Amen to death prayer; Somali rapist wins court case against NHS; County Councillor disciplined for opposing sex stall at childrens library; 100th anniversary of Winnie the Pooh; Paid to applaud; Sweden returns to cash; Fake indigenous story blocks gold mine in Australia; Poetry from Rabbi Burns; Feedback and the Final Word - with music from Boney M; CW McColl; Guns ‘n’ Roses; Ravi Shankar; Banke Stuti and Anish Masih; Mahler; Abba; Supertramp; City Alight
Beauty for Ashes 53 - Singapore, the Nobel Peace Farce, Burnham and Badenoch and the Atheist Songbook
12/10/2026 | 59 mins.This week we look at the Cockroach Party; Trump's Diesel Deal with Russia; Houthis attack Saudi Arabia; Pilay wins Nobel Peace Prize; Progressives celebrate Oct 7th in Amsterdam; Humza Yousaf defends his response to Oct 7th; Andy Burnham v. Kemi Badenoch; Country of the Week - Singapore; City Harvest Church Scandal; Dundee Girls vindicated; The first left wing terrorist in the UK? Mothin Ali, Robin Harper and the Greens; FlyDubai attacker radicalised in Melbourne Mosque; Lucy Connolly and two tier justice again; Shabana Mahmood states that every woman travelling illegally to the UK has been raped; a teenager in Australia who raped an 18 year old walks free because he was an immigrant; Oxford City Council declares that biological sex is not scientific; Kate Blanchett interview on the BBC; Angus Young's faithful marriage; No. 1 Classical - Beethoven's sixth; The attempt to replace God at the French Revolution; NSW Judge rules that coal plant must close; Poetry Keats - Oh, How I Love a Summers Day; Feedback; Rev Brandon Robertson; and the Final Word - with Joshua Luke Smith. with music from Matchbox; Black Sabbath; JJ Lin; Sun Ho; Bryan Ferry; ACDC; Beethoven; Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers- This week we look at the FlyDubai attack; Danny Tommo and British injustice; The Iranian airbase attack; the Jamaican rapist who can't be deported because he is bisexual; Country of the Week - France; Students reject Pride in the US; The Police being trained in Islam and against Farage; The National Secular Society warn about Mosque; The Greens go madder; Tucker Carlson wishes Hitler had won; Partick Thistle go Christian; Swan Lake; Dame Esther Rantzen; Coal mines extended in NSW; The poet Joshua Luke Smith; Feedback; The pastor who thinks Lazarus was gay; the hypocrisy of Pastor David Wigington; The Pornographer who worships God; Who Created God? and the Final Word - Ps 90with music from David Bowie; Benny Friedman; Sam Cooke; Tchaikovsky; Alan Stivell; Plastic Bertrand; Dream Theater;
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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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