This week we reflect on what real Fascism is - and its dangers.  The attack on free speech with John Kerry;  Antifa Blackshirts; Trump at McDonalds;  No questions at Harris's Town Hall event; Kamala's Money;  UK Labour, Alex Cole-Hamilton and election interference;  Country of the Week - Moldova; Romanian Orthodox chants;  Yahwa Sinar;  Chris Kaba; Prison Release; Lydia Thorpes anti King protest; George Carlin; Union head speaks against abortion at Catholic University; 24 Scottish genders; Jordan Peterson at ARC;  Peterson and Dawkins; the Archbishop of Canterbury denies biblical marriage; with music from Schindlers List, Abba; Romanian Orthodox; Lynyrd Skynrd; Fun Boy Three and the Gettys. 

This week we look at SpaceX success; the death of Alex Salmond; Not the Nine O'Clock News;  expelling John Mason; the religion of Harris and Trump; Harris fundraising and plagiarism; aiding illegal votes; Trump Biopic and the truth; banning allotments to save the planet; BP drops oil target and worldwide coal production goes up; Goldman Sachs and Global debt; Country of the Week - Kenya; Euthanasia in the UK; Banter Cops; Weight Loss Drugs; Chat GPT, Islam and the Bible; Planned Parenthood, Premier and Prostitution; Feedback and Luther's advice on the US Election!  with music from Elton John, Muddy Waters, Lufus Wainwright, Israel Mboni, Weird Al Jankovic, City Alight. 

This week, with the help of Jethro Tull we look at the US Election, media bias and vote rigging;  Thabiti Anyabwil; Hope for politics - JD Vance and Kemi Badenoch; Country of the Week - Tunisia;  Oct 7th Anniversary; Trans operations in the US; Drag Queens and Palestine; the surprising continuing popularity of snooker; Humza Yousaf remembering babies who died before 24 weeks in the womb; The church where Jesus is condemned for being unChristian; Russell Brand and Jordan Peterson. with music from Jethro Tull, Manal Samar and Liturgical Folk. 

This week we remember the brilliance of Kris Kristofferson; Lebanon; the new Prime Minister of Japan; Country of the Week - Austria; Kemi Badenoch - are all cultures equally valid?; Resignation of Rosie Duffield; the US election - is the US importing thousands of murderers?;  Islamaphobia; George Carlin on changes in language; Convoy; Maggie Smith;  Fabian Cabellero;  and the Mike Pilivachi scandal with music from Kris Kristopherson, Janis Joplin,  the Sound of Music, Strauss, Johnny Cash; and Matt Redmann. 

This week we look at Sri Lanka; Taiwan; elections in Germany; Bill Maher on immigration in Sweden; Indian Midwives and Female Infanticide; George Carlin on language; Al Fayed and the Crown; Van Gogh; A Bridge too Far; Misinformation in Australia; Mark Zuckerberg's Confession of Censorship; Jordan Peterson on Woke Protestant Churches; Steve Lawson and Alistair Begg, with music from the Proclaimers,  Verdi, Miran Tharindu, Don Maclean, Fleetwood Mac, and Andrew Peterson.

This week we look at Scotland 10 years after the Independence referendum; the UK Liberal Democrat ban Christians; Exploding Phones in Lebanon; the Twisted Logic of Senator Chris Larson;  Does Abortion Kill Women? Truthiness with Mary Harrington; Ayyan Hirsi Ali on Immigration; Tucker Carlson, Daryl Cooper and Churchill; Country of the Week - Cuba; Sean Diddy; Huw Edwards; SEEK 52 - Knowing you a Christian; and  A Word from the Lord with music from the Proclaimers, Pibroch, Supertramp, Buena Vista Social Club, Sean Diddy; the Who and Steph Macleod 

This week we look at the collapse of journalism with Matti Friedman; the aftermath of the Presidential debate, Austalia banning social media for children; Aberto Fujimori; Deaths in Senegal; the Sale of the Spectator; Cancelling Morrisey; Decline of EV's; Gas Cookers in Victoria; Robert Kennedy on Ukraine; Under the Banner of Heaven; Abbe Pierre; Warren Goldstein; Apollo Quiboloy; the Heresy of Pope Francis; the Truth of Bishop Barron; and SEEK 51 - Effective Prayer with music from  Del Amitri, the Smiths, Morrisey, Mason Williams,  Bon Jovi, Cleine Dion and Andrea Bocelli. 

This week we follow up on abortion - including Kamala Harris, Abortion in India, Feedback, Cameron Fraser on evangelicals and abortion, Keswick Convention and Abortion; Country of the Week - Germany; Banning X in Brazil; France arrests Durov; Nuclear war with Russia; Queering Nuclear Weapons; A man wins womens Paralympics; Bank of England goes Woke; Scottish Womens Charity accepts men as workers; Swinney gives up on Conversion therapy; Gretchen WIttmer; Nigerian Massacres; Gaza hostages executed; Canadian coalition falls apart; Wolves in India' Canadian Forest fires; funding climate change and stopping winter fuel payments in the UK; Windfarms on Shetland; and Coldplays new 'Christian' song. with music from Del Amitri, Leonard Cohen, Kraftwerk, Rammstein, Oasis, Coldplay, and the Wartburg Choir. 

Ch. 2 v.13 - War is wearisome. Armies get exhausted. Great empires fall. And at a personal level we get exhausted.....What is the solution? And why is this ultimately encouraging?

This week we finally get round to looking at the question of abortion.  It is a really difficult subject but I hope you will find this helpful.   It includes....world abortion figures; what is abortion? abortion and the US election;  Biden, Trump, Warren and Harris;  partial-birth abortion; Planned Parenthood and the selling of baby body parts; billionaires promoting abortion in Michigan;  Stevie Nicks; Abortion in the UK; Keir Starmer on human dignity; Banning protests; Peter Hitchens; Babies surviving abortion in Australia; Louise Adsett; Dominic Perottet, abortion, politics and faith; Dr Joanna Howe; What about rape, incest, danger to the mothers life? Being pressured to have an abortion; Sylvester Stallone; Abortion in Malawi; Rev Rebecca Todd Peters, the PCUSA and abortion; Mother Teresa; the Secular Sacrament; and some personal stories.

with music from Bach, Fleetwood Mac, DC Talk, Survivor; Godsmack; Disturbed;  and the Sons of Korah.....