This week we look at our country of the week - Hong Kong; Jimmy Lai;  Iran; Canadian Trans Shooting; The EU and Transwomen;  Silencing anti-abortion campaigners; Deleting justice files in the UK;  Pam Duncan-Glancey and the dangers of being friends with sinners;  Bad Bunny v. Kid Rock; The Winter Olympics - Ilia Malinin; Church of England abandons blessings for SSM couples; Feedback and the Final Word - James 3:13-18with music from Barry White; U2; Don Williams;  Cantonese Psalm 23;  The Proclaimers;  Bad Bunny; Kid Rock ; Fiddlers Dream; Living Word Collective; 

This week we look at the amazing story of Austin Applebee; Epstein, Mandelson and Starmer; Epstein and Trans;  The Too White Countryside; Billy Eilish and "Stolen Land';  Sanae Takaichi wins Japanese election; Mandani reads from Quran;  Islamic child abuse; Bradford NHS asks for 'Close Relative Marriage Nurse'; Feedback; the Good Things about Canada; Ricky Gervais on Virtue Signalling; German Greens ban salt - hospitals fill up; When is assault not an assault - when it is done for Palestine;  Zali Stagel justifies 'globalise the intifada';  Haviv Retag Gur; Nationalising Prostitution in Scotland; LGBTY Scotland leader convicted of grooming; Dundee girls vindicated; Church of Scotland decline continues;  Is AI biased towards evangelicals; Michael Jackson Irish Folk Style; and the Final Word; with music from the Peat Bog Faeries; Nana Mouskari; the Battlefield Band; Lada Strings Duo;  The Stone Coyotes; Michael Jackson; and Eden Bridge...

In this weeks podcast we look at the Epstein files; Net Zero killing jobs in Aberdeen;  Banning Greyhound Racing in a Country that doesn't have any; Country of the Week - Tanzania; The EU and Abortion; Feedback;  More on Philip Yancey; Detransitioner Sues; LGBT Youth Scotland sued for Abuse;  Iran and Islamic Terrorism;  Muslim Terrorist Stands for Office in Birmingham;  Tucker Carlson's Support for Saudi Arabia;  Why do we start letters with 'Dear'? The Final Word - Psalm 139  with music from Diamond Platnumz and Davido; The Carpenters;  Alice Cooper;  Led Zeppelin;  The Alexander Brothers;  Mozart;  The New Scottish Hymns;  The Proclaimers 

This weeks podcast looks at the New World Order, as envisaged by Mark Carney and the WEF - including Konstantin Kisin;  Mark Carney; Euthanasia for the Disabled in Canada; Banning the Bible in Canada; Rod Dreher; Davos; the Collapse of the Climate Change Bank; Iran and Davos;  Country of the Week - Switzerland;  Feedback; Cleanliness throughout the World;  Trump's ignorance on Allied Soldiers; Hate Crimes Law in Australia; Shabana's Pantopticon;  Abortion growth in the UK; The Covid Vaccine not a Vaccine; Betting on the Second Coming;  and the Final Word - Psalm 100. 

This week we look at Riots in Iran; War in Ukraine; Chaos in Greenland; Canada, China and Qatar;  The New World Order; Elections in Uganda; Adam Ramsay and Roz Foyer and Progressive Hypocrisy; Did a BBC reporter hiss when Jesus was mentioned?  World facts; Get a Life;  The Crazy Prosecution of Yanis Varoufakis; Darlington Nurse speaks out about trauma caused by Trans nurse;  Drought ended in California; Jordan Peterson on Narcisstic Compassion; Douglas Murray on Corporate Virtue Signalling; Craig Silvey (Honeybee) Charged; Is the Quiet Revival Happening? Death of Paul Helm; and the Final Word - with music from the Cure, Bryan Ferry, Uganda, Bobi Wine, DC3, Don Mclean; Psallos and Judith Babiyre

This week we look at the wonderful Julie Bindel podcast 'Pride and Predator';  Country of the Week - Iran;  Banning X; Lyle Shelton;  Death of Bob Weir and the Deadheads; Eco-Terrorism in Germany; Net Zero to cost 4.5 Trillion in the UK;  Making Money from Climate Change in Academia;  Snow in the UK;  The Minnesota Shooting; MAry McAleese says infant baptism is against human rights;  Death of Peter Meadows; Hypocrisy of Philip Yancey; Bible sales in the UK rise; the Final Word - 1 Timothy 6:5with music from Marvin Gaye, Shahkar Bineshpajooh,  Hayedah,  Bob Marley,  The Grateful Dead, Dean Martin, Genesis, Dan Smith, and Darya

This week we take a look at the year ahead and make some predictions - including immigration, foreign doctors in the NHS; Islamisation - Mamdani, cancelling New Year celebrations, Brigitte Bardot;  Wars - Ukraine, Gaza, Venezuela, Cambodia, Thailand, Japan, China, India, Pakistan, Sudan; Euthanasia - in the UK and Canada;  Iran; Keir Starmer and Albo;  Social Media - Djokovic; The AI bubble;  Woke - Trans police in WA, Gabriel Jesus; Christian Growth;  the Final Word with music from Robert Plant, Deep Purple, Steely Dan, Blue Oyster Cult, and P.O.D

This week we look at a significant event in each month of 2025 including President Trump; the Death of Woke;  the election of Mark Carney as Premier of Canada; Censorship in the UK; The EU and Free Speech; the Iran-Israel war; Massacre of Christians in Nigeria; Cambodia/Thailand war; Immigration in the UK; the Assassination of Charlie Kirk; US attempts to end the war in Ukraine; the Intifada is globalised in Australia; the death of Brigitte Bardot; the Final Word - Romans 8.with music from Tom Macdonald, Taylor Swift, Metallica, Oasis,  Village People, Neil Young, The Sex Pistols, and the Gettys. 

As this weeks podcast goes out on Christmas Day we take a break from the news - and look at some Christmas songs, films and culture.   Including Justin Biebers rules for life;  It's a Wonderful Life; Chitty Chitty Bang Bang; Die Hard; Pride and Prejudice; Joyeux Noel; Lord of the Rings; Country of the Week - Australia; and the Last Word - Matthew 2. with music fromSlade; John Williamson; Justin Bieber; Theocracy; Enya; Steeleye Span;  and Boney M.

This week we look at the Bondi massacres and the rise of anti-semitism in Australia and the Western world;  Amsterdam; Belgium; Germany; France; England;  Country of the Week - Bulgaria; Chile turns Conservative; The unelected EU President argues for elected democracies;  Tommy Robinson's Carol Service;  with music from Annie Lennox; Joshua Aaron; Mystery of Bulgaria Voices;  Booker T and the MGs;  The Ramones;  and Dave Henderson