Beauty for Ashes

For this first podcast of the New Year - we look ahead at what might happen in 2022.   We include - Russia, Ukraine, China, North Korea, Covid, Djokovic, Climate Change, the Gnostic Wars, the Who, Mexico, Cancel Culture, Israel, the US, the UK, Scotland, France, David Bowie, K-Pop, the Queen and finish with a great song from the Byrds. 

In this final Quantum of the year we look at the 10 'C's  of 2021 - Countries, Climate Change, Cities, Comfort, China, Catastrophism, Cancel Culture, Children, Crying and Covid.  We use my top ten Spotify songs for 2021 - I won't spoil the surprise - listen and enjoy.   To each of these ten we add a verse of Scripture...and we end with my Christian song of the year - a reminder that the Church should now sing of its coming King...

This week is a Christmas Special - we look at Santa Claus v. Father Christmas, Myanmar massacres, Hong Kong elections, Indian female suicides,  Chile's new leader;  John and Yoko; Covid modelling;  Trudeau and Candian democracy;  Supporting the wrong cricket team in India; Magnus Carlsen's chess joy; Joy banned in North Korea; Joyeux Noel; Glen Scrivener; David Suchet's Christmas;  David Henderson - see Amid the Winter Snow.  

This week we deal with Omicron, JK Rowling, Teenage boys literacy in NSW, Mike Naismith, Jussie Smollett, Indonesian volcano, Lewis Hamilton, Michael Buble, The Afghan Refugee Family and the Aberdonian Generosity; Tim Keller; and Mary's Boy Child.   Links on theweeflea.com  

This week we look at Woke Cricket; Wokemas in Norway; The EU bans Christmas; New Zealand myths; Myanmar; Biden and Oil; Barbados; Durham Uni and Rod Liddle; Covid Parties; Christmas and Children; Pornography in Virginian and Scottish schools; Redeemer Baptist School;   the decline of the Church in Australia and Scotland;  The Robertson Trust lose; Tora, Tora, Tora and Christ;  and a metal Christmas Carol! 

This week we ask what is truth, Covid and masks, what really happened in Wuhan?; Omicron; the Technoi Greek Alphabet; Antibiotics; Iran; Indonesia; China; Hong Kong and Disney; Olaf Scholz; Eric Zemmour;  Gulpilil;  Aboriginal Identity; Children choose new Church of England bishop; Rick Fulton; Stephen Sondheim; Diversity Officers in the NHS; Maria Yudina and the Saviour of the World

This week we look at Boris Johnson's shambolic speech on Peppa Pig; Malaysian worship and Christians use of 'Allah';  Famine in North Korea; Change in Chile; Leonard Cohen; Covid Riots; Neil Oliver on Faith leaders and covid; India and Covid;  China's Fragility; Woke Muppets; Durham University trains prostitutes; US schools promote paedophilia; Scottish government quizzes children on sex; Melvin Tinker; Colin Buchanan sings about Davie Paterson. 

This week we look at the Liverpool Bomber; Russia and Ukraine; Iran's Nuclear Bomb; Covid Authoritarianism; US Drugs; Are the BBC and Sky the PR department of Greenpeace? Scottish Government put period products in men's toilets; Paedophilia defended in Virginia; FW de Klerk; Hymn singing at football and rugby matches; UK church decline; O Church Arise

This week we look at Bryan Ferry - Cop26 - China/.USA - Reporting Climate Catastrophe - Indoctrinating Children - Pink Floyd - Greta - Wind Kite Turbines - Jetting Elites - Ethiopia - East Timor - Belarus - North Korea - Covid - Van Morrison - C S Lewis Film - Abba - Cambridge Union Blacklist - Harvey Milk Warship - Bethel Church reverses Ageing - The Gypsy Church - The Atheist Hole - When I Survey with Haydyn Jones. 

This week we look at the story of Cleo Smith, the happenings, hysteria and hyperbole of Cop26; David Starkey and Greta; Eastenders; Johnny Cash; Linda Ronstadt;  a new authoritarianism emerges in Victoria;  Terry Gilliam gets cancelled; What is 'Lets Go Brandon'; a bizarre interfaith service in Glasgow; Jordan Peterson's Prayer; The ASK Podcast and Psalm 91 with Sons of Korah.