Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs
237 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 days ago -Are you wondering how a Christian should respond to current events? What are we to think about a world that appears to be going absolutely mad? How are we to discern the signs of the times? In this podcast, featuring The Reverend Thomas Pelham, The Reverend Daniel French, The Reverend Doctor J.A. Franklin and the occasional guest, we attempt to give some answers. Email us at [email protected], follow us on Twitter @irreverendpod or on Telegram at https://t.me/irreverendpod. We also have a youtube channel which can be found by searching Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs! If you would like to support the show, which can be done from £1.50 plus VAT per month, you can join our Patreon community. Please go to www.patreon.com/irreverend
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Episodes
Euro Crackdown on "Dangerous" Traditionalists
April 19, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour - 66 MBChurch of England revs with a difference Tom Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the biggest stories in church and state in Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs, Great Britain's most popular Christian podcast. This time: Archbishop of Canterbury story time with Bear Grylls and Mary Berry. NatCon Conference shut down by mayor in Brussels. Britain's strictest headteacher's Muslim prayer ban upheld in court. Islamic stabbing of bishop in New South Wales. The Cass report crit...
Revisiting Israel
April 12, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour - 66.8 MBChurch of England revs Jamie Franklin and Thomas Pelham sit down to talk about the most pressing issues of church and state. This time: - British aid workers killed in Gaza. Is the moral case against Israel's war efforts becoming clearer? - Attempts to decriminalise abortion resurface. We respond to a debate on the subject featuring pro-choice activist Ann Furedi. - The European Court of Human Rights rules that Switzerland must do more to protect its citizens from climate change. - And a lis...
Saint Dawkins
April 05, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour - 62.4 MBChurch of England revs with a difference Jamie Franklin, Thomas Pelham, and Daniel French sit down to talk about the most prevalent issues in church and state. This time: - The NHS warns us not to eat all our Easter eggs at once. How would we cope without them? - It's Transgender Day of Visibility or, as it used to be called, Easter Sunday. - Richard Dawkins says that he likes Christianity after all. - Matthew Parris says that forcing people to be euthanised would be a healthy development fo...
Holi Week and Gesture Eggs
March 29, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour - 53.3 MBChurch of England revs with a difference Daniel French and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the biggest news in church and state. This time: - "Gesture" eggs replace the traditional kind. - Happy "Holi" Week say the Conservatives. Is the Party even trying anymore? - Archdeacon calls for "anti-whiteness" - A conversation with legendary recent convert Ben - And Rev Jamie gives the lowdown on the Climate: the Movie (The Cold Truth) Please Support! Support us on Patreon (https://www.patreo...
"Extreme" Faith
March 22, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour - 45.6 MBChurch of England revs with a difference Tom Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the biggest stories in Church and state. This time: - Michael Gove's new definition of extremism. - Should we be wishing Muslims "Ramadan Mubarak"? - Why are our parishes bleeding volunteers? - The Archbishop of Canterbury's "Difference" course. - One listener's experience of Mothering Sunday. And much much more as ever! Please Support! Support us on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/irreverend) or B...
Based Feminist: Louise Perry
March 15, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour - 51.4 MBChurch of England revs with a difference Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk with journalist and author of The Case Against the Sexual Revolution Louise Perry. In a wide-ranging conversation, Louise shares about her motivations in writing the book, her increasing openness and sympathy toward the Christian outlook on family, motherhood, and sexual relationships, the challenges to contemporary society posed by pornography, the advent of increasingly sophisticated Artificial Intel...
Deconstructing Whiteness
March 08, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour - 69.7 MBChurch of England revs with a difference Daniel French and Jamie Franklin sit down to discuss the big talking points in church and state. This time: the Church of England is hiring a Deconstructing Whiteness officer. The role can be yours alongside a salary of 36k. In other CofE news, a billion pounds is going to be raised by the Church Commissioners to repay the descendants of African slaves and the report recommending this also suggests an apology for displacing "traditional African religi...
Woker Face
March 01, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour - 66.2 MBChurch of England vicars with a difference Daniel French, Thomas Pelham, and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the most important issues in church and state. This time, we have a special conversation about the Church of England's most recent General Synod in which the Bishop of Dover said that every parish in the CofE should draw up a "race action plan" and that we should be more woke than we already are. In other news, an amendment to a motion concerning the controversial Living in Love...
Cringe Line
February 23, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour - 47.6 MBChurch of England revs with a difference, Jamie Franklin and Tom Pelham sit down to talk about the most significant happenings in church and state. This time: - Across the pond, for a look at how American evangelicalism is taking entertainment in church much farther than Canterbury Cathedral. - In the UK, Sadiq Khan goes all in for woke rebranding of Overground Line. - And in the Church of England, permission denied to St Nicholas's Church to use the pride flag as an altar frontal. That, and...
Canterbury Fails
February 16, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour - 72.4 MBChurch of England revs with a difference Jamie Franklin, Thomas Pelham, and Daniel French get together to review this week's biggest talking points. This time: - The Canterbury Cathedral rave in the nave causes widespread outrage, plus an interview with the counter-nave, prayer-protest organiser, plus what else is Canterbury Cathedral up to these days? - The plot thickens at General Synod as bishops are said to have been less than honest with their deliberations over gay blessings. - parkrun...
Mysterious Mass Conversions
February 09, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour - 69.4 MBChurch of England revs with a difference Tom Pelham, Jamie Franklin, and Daniel French unite once again to talk about the big stories happening in church and state. This time: - WWIII, conscription, and why is Tucker Carlson interviewing Vladimir Putin? - The Popular Conservative Conference as Jacob Rees-Mogg and Lewis Goodall go head-to-head. - The cancer diagnosis of King Charles III. - Asylum seeker and ostensible Christian convert Abdul Ezidi maims mother and two children in corrosive ac...
Sing Not Unto the Lord (in Public)
February 02, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour - 54.1 MBChurch of England vicars with a difference Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the important issue of church and state. This time: - The possibility of Christian communism - World War III revisited as we pit Peter Hitchens against a passionate listener. - Four year-old "trans boy" secretly admitted to CofE primary school - Volunteer policewoman says you can't sing Christian songs outside of church grounds - Secular commentator Steve Chalke attacks homeschoolers - Nottingh...
Prepare for War!
January 26, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour - 61.8 MBChurch of England vicars with a difference Daniel French, Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the most pressing matters of church and state. This time: - The establishment has apparently decided that war with Russia and various other nuclear superpowers is inevitable and that this may include conscription. Have the ruling elites finally completely lost their minds? - The WEF Conference is back with Lord Cameron talking up war and Ursula von Der Layen saying that counterin...
Top-Down Disaster Management
January 19, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour - 54.4 MBChurch of England vicars with a difference Tom Pelham and Jamie Franklin survey the smoking rubble of western civilisation. This week talking about the failure of the managerial classes in church and state and taking in these stories: - The UK goes to war against the Houthis. - Lord Frost predicts total doom for Tories unless different course charted. - More on the Post Office scandal and its sordid relationship with the Church of England hierarchy. That and much, much more as ever. Enjoy! P...
Error, Heresy, and Decline - The Irreverend New Year Extravaganza
January 12, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour - 70.2 MBAfter a two-week break, Church of England revs with a difference Tom Pelham and Jamie Franklin are back. This time with a special New Year's episode. This time talking about the Post Office scandal and the role played by Anglican vicar and Post Office CEO Paula Vennels, the Church of England's recently released statistics for mission which show further significant decline for 2022, and our predictions for the coming year. In addition, we respond live to three Christmas and New Year's messa...
"Death to Satan!" - Irreverend Christmas Special
December 22, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 65.5 MBChurch of England vicars with a difference Daniel French and Jamie Franklin sit down for a special festive edition . This time: - Breathing is bad for the environment. What should we do about it? Fewer humans of course! - The Doctor Who Goblin song reads more like a Satanic paean to the murder of babies. - The diabolical shrine erected in the Iowan state building has been torn down by a zealous Christian military veteran. - Louise Perry says woke Christianity will kill the Church stone dead...
COP-Out 28
December 15, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 72 MBChurch of England revs with a difference Thomas Pelham, Daniel French and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the biggest stories in church and state. This time: - The CofE's questionable Christmas campaign Follow the Star. - Activist Jayne Ozanne says that repentance is not essential to Christianity. - Diocesan Bishop breaks ranks and does not commend the new prayers of Love and Faith because they constitute a departure from the teaching of the CofE. - Rev'd Alice Goodman describes presid...
Ravers in the Nave
December 08, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 64.6 MBChurch of England revs with a difference Daniel French and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the most interesting issues in church and state. This time: - Church of England's Christmas campaign 'Follow the Star' falls flat due to basic typos and theological errors. But what tone could the CofE strike to truly reach the culture? - Climate Change protestors bravely storm the quire of Chichester Cathedral and interrupt Radio 3 evensong. Is this genuine prophecy or self-important pomposity? ...
AI and the Antichrist
December 01, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 79.7 MBChurch of England revs with a difference Daniel French and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the most interesting issues in church and state. This time: - Dr Who takes a turn for the woke. - AI, UFOs, Demonic Powers and the Antichrist. - Nigel Farage in I'm a Celeb. - The connection between transgenderism and Islam. - Pro- and Anti-Israel marches continuing in London. - New multi-faith "bus shelter" in Bristol airport. - Washington National Cathedral charges for entry to Christmas servic...
Church of England Approves Gay Blessings
November 24, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 66.2 MBChurch of England revs with a difference Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the significant affairs of church and state. This time: - "Far right" anarcho-capitalist extremist Javier Milei is elected as Argentina's new President. - Ethnic Street Preachers share the message of Jesus's love with Anti-Israel protestors and are condemned for colonialism. - The Church of England General Synod approves trial gay blessings in churches for as soon as mid-December. That and much m...
Remembrance Ruckus
November 17, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 79.1 MBChurch of England revs with a difference Daniel French and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about all the big issues of church and state. This time: - "Football Lads" and anti-Israel protestors clash in Remembrance Day controversy. - Astra-Zeneca vaccine branded "defective" in landmark legal case. - CofE General Synod continues debate on sex and marriage. - And prominent atheist Ayaan Hirst Ali becomes a Christian. That and much much more as ever! Please Support! Support us on Patreon (https...
Peterson's Seaworthy ARC?
November 10, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 74.1 MBChurch of England revs with a difference Jamie Franklin, Daniel French and Thomas Pelham sit down to talk about the big issues of church and state. Topics include: - The New Marks & Spencer Christmas ad: the perfect embodiment of modern nihilism? - Thoughts on Jordan Peterson and Philippa Stroud's ARC conference - The continued cultural vandalism of Just Stop Oil - Ongoing debate on Israel/Gaza And much much more as ever! Please Support! Support us on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/irrever...
Danny Kruger MP: On Family, Neighbourhood and Nation
November 08, 2023 07:00 - 46 minutes - 32.3 MBDanny Kruger joins the Rev’d Dr Jamie Franklin to talk about his new book Covenant: The New Politics of Family, Neighbourhood and Nation. Topics discussed: Danny’s intellectual and political influences including that of Edmund Burke. Reasons to be fearful for life on earth and how “The Order” of duty and unchosen obligations can help us to preserve ourself against them. The covenantal institutions of family, neighbourhood and nation. The influence of Christianity and the inheritance t...
Unrest in the Nations
November 03, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour - 53.4 MBChurch of England revs with a difference Jamie Franklin, Thomas Pelham and Daniel French sit down to talk about big issues of church and state. In this episode: - Matthew Perry dies. We assess the cultural legacy of Friends and Perry's personal testimony of an encounter with God. - As the streets of London are filled with anti-Israel protestors calling for the destruction of Jews, Isabel Vaughan-Spruce is once again arrested for standing outside an abortion clinic and praying silently in her...
Sympathy for the Hamas
October 27, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 61.1 MBFor this very special episode, Church of England revs with a difference Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin sat down in the same room to catch up on all the talking points in church and state. This time: we review the responses to Hamas' brutal killing of men, women and children on October 7th. The October Declaration says that we should stand by British Jews and condemns antisemitic violence, whilst London's streets are flooded with pro-Palestinian supporters calling for jihad and the cleansin...
"Please do not do this!" - Trainee Vicars Speak Out
October 20, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 66.6 MBChurch of England revs with a difference Daniel French and Jamie Franklin sit down with "orthodox ordinand" Anna Mayo, one of the two leaders of the group of 78 trainee vicars who this week have petitioned the Church of England House of Bishops to desist in their attempts to move the church away from orthodoxy in the areas of marriage and human sexuality. In a wide-ranging conversation, we consider the long-term consequences of the proposed liberalisation of the Church's teaching and practic...
Carnage in Israel
October 13, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 70.4 MBChurch of England revs with a difference Daniel French and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the big stories in church and state. Serious geopolitical events are dominating the headlines as Hamas attacks Israel and full-scale war breaks out. We talk about how to orientate ourselves properly to such events from the perspective of Christian discipleship. We also give our view not only on the events themselves but on the disturbing reactions that we are witnessing in Western nations. Whilst...
GB Under Fire
October 06, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 61.3 MBChurch of England revs with a difference Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the most pressing issues in Church and state. This time: - Canadian Parliament honours Nazi who fought against the Russians in the Second World War. - Laurence Fox, Dan Wooten and Calvin Robinson are all suspended from GB News as the corporate media attempts to take the channel down. - Suella Braverman's takes tough stances on immigration and multiculturalism and rebuffs Archbishop of Canterbury'...
That All Must Be Decarbonised
September 29, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 65.5 MBChurch of England revs with a difference Jamie Franklin and Daniel French sit down to talk about the big stories of the week in church and state. We revisit the Russell Brand saga with particular reference to Caroline Dinenage MP's attempt to have every major platform demonetise and eject Brand. We get Daniel's take on the whole thing and talk about Brand's idiosyncratic form of New Age religiosity. After that we talk about men who identify as dogs, Rishi Sunak's decision to water down cer...
Toxic Brand?
September 22, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 58.8 MBChurch of England revs with a difference Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the most pressing issues of the day. This time, we consider the allegations made against the actor and comedian Russell Brand. Are these allegations plausible or are they merely a calculated attack on Brand by a system that would rather he was discredited and destroyed? We also talked about the implications of the sexual revolution in contrast to the Christian understanding of sex within marriag...
The Repaganization of Britain?
September 15, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 65.3 MBChurch of England revs with a difference Thomas Pelham, Jamie Franklin and Daniel French get together to review the week's big talking points. This time: the shocking case of an anonymous girl in an NHS hospital whose life support is going to be turned off against her wishes, Daniel's piece in The Conservative Woman in which he considers a hypothetical future in which the Archbishop of Canterbury resisted the Covid tyranny, Louise Perry says that we are repaganising but doesn't this mean tha...
Signs of Hope?
September 08, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 68 MBChurch of England revs with a difference Daniel French and Jamie Franklin sit down to review the big talking points in Church and culture. This week, we catch up with Daniel's thoughts on the liberalisation of the clergy in the CofE, whilst Jamie comes face-to-face with Antifa at the March for Life. On Twitter, pro-life campaigners are being lambasted by liberal vicars, whereas a Tik Tok video espousing the freedom and joy of not having kids, watching box sets and making shakshuka has gone v...
Clergy Crack-Ups
September 01, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 63.7 MBChurch of England revs with a difference Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the recent survey in The Times which appears to show that the majority of clergy in the Church of England favour progressive liberalisation in areas such as gay relationships and women's ordination. More than that it also reveals a picture of a worn-out church that is declining and is staffed by overworked and tired-out priests. We consider this survey in-depth as it touches on a number of themes...
A Comeback for God? with Justin Brierley
August 28, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 45.2 MBChristian author and broadcaster Justin Brierley joined the Rev Jamie Franklin to discuss his new book The Surprising Rebirth of Belief in God and why he believes that we may be seeing signs of a revival of interest in Christianity in the Western world. Topics include: - The New Atheist movement: its appeal, internal division and eventual demise - Whether the Science vs. Religion question is relevant anymore. - Jordan Peterson, Tom Holland, Louise Perry and other secular thinkers who provide...
Skip Church and Pray for the Lionesses
August 25, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 46.9 MBChurch of England revs with a difference Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the major events of this week. Amongst other things, we discussed the Church's somewhat questionable response to the Sunday scheduling of the Women's World Cup final: Is it really the right message to tell people that it's fine to skip church to watch it? And what are the wider implications of using women's football as a vehicle of social change? A former scientific advisor to the government say...
Regime Change with Prof. Patrick Deneen
August 22, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 41.4 MBLiberalism has failed and its quasi-religious commitments are becoming more and more obvious to those affected by its deficiencies. There may come a time in the near future when liberalism's discontents rise up and demand a truly revolutionary change of regime. The Rev'd Dr Jamie Franklin sits down with Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame and author of Why Liberalism Failed and the new work Regime Change: Towards a PostLiberal Future Patrick Deneen for a discussion...
Stained Glass Covid
August 18, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 48.3 MBChurch of England revs with a difference Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the big stories of the week and many other things. This time: Outraged by the undemocratic ULEZ tax, so called ULEZ "blade-runners" take to the streets to vandalise cameras with tree loppers. We ask if such actions can be justified from a Christian perspective. And a Church in Cambridgeshire has become the first in the UK to depict scenes from the Covid-19 crisis in stained glass. Is this a celeb...
Hancock on the Barbie Bandwagon
August 11, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 47.9 MBThe latest episode from CofE revs with a difference Jamie Franklin and Daniel French. It's the Summer and what can that mean but that celebrities and politicians are virtue-signalling about what films they are watching at the cinema? This time it's non other than...Matt Hancock lip-syncing to a song from the new feminist smash-hit Barbie. In other news, Gary Lineker receives "standing ovation" in Marks & Spencer for his brave political activism and we review an interesting article from the ...
Laura Dodsworth: How to Free Your Mind and Resist Manipulation
August 08, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 66.3 MBChurch of England rev with a difference Jamie Franklin sat down with author Laura Dodsworth to discuss themes arising from her new book Free Your Mind: The New World of Manipulation and How To Resist It. In a wide-ranging conversation, we spoke about brainwashing by the government and in education, the infantilisation of the UK population during COVID, how fear is used as a tool of control, how to help people wake up, what self-individuation is and how to do it, behavioural psychology and MI...
"Your comments will not stand!" with debanked vicar Richard Fothergill
August 04, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 68.5 MBSpecial guest the Rev'd Richard Fothergill joined revs with a difference Jamie Franklin and Daniel French for the second half of this episode to discuss his recent experience of being debanked by the Yorkshire Building Society for his shockingly prejudicial comments about transgenderism. But our conversation was more wide-ranging, taking in Richard's experience in starting the international movement which goes by the name of The Filling Station (https://thefillingstation.org/) in response to...
Guns, Porn and Stem Cells: The CofE's Ethical Investment Policy
July 28, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 53.7 MBRevs with a difference Tom Pelham and Jamie Franklin are back bringing up all the big stories. Today, talking about "faith leaders", including Rowan Williams, backing Sadiq Khan's ULEZ tax raid on car owners, the Church of England's questionable ethical policy around financial investment, particularly concerning the areas of pornography, guns and stem-cell research, and a reverend is debanked: could we be next? That and much much more as ever in this week's Irreverend: Faith and Current Affa...
Is Pride a Sin?
July 21, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 71.6 MBRev with a difference Jamie Franklin sits down to review the most pressing issues in church and society. This week: - Net Zero mania in the CofE as affirmation of environmental activism is added to confirmation ritual. - CofE spokesman defends teaching of critical race theory in CofE school classrooms. - Tory councillor King Lawal is cancelled for saying on Twitter that pride is a sin. - Pro-life activists say they were banned from worshipping at York Minster. - Controversy as friends of M...
Is God the "Father" Sexist?
July 14, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 59.9 MBJoin CofE revs with a difference Jamie, Tom and Daniel for a discussion of all the recent news in Church and society. This week: - Was the Archbishop of York right to describe language about God being a father as "problematic" and "patriarchal"? - The Archbishop of Canterbury says that universities should have their funding cut if "trans" people are insulted. - Westminster Abbey holds a service of worship in praise of the NHS on its 75th anniversary. - And the Creed is rewritten by an Americ...
Discrimination in Cricket (A Very Serious Problem) - Irreverend Episode 129
June 30, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 56.9 MBChurch of England revs with a difference Jamie Franklin and Thomas Pelham sit down to catch up on the week's main talking points: - St Paul's Cathedral brands Winston Churchill a white supremacist. - English cricket is condemned as bastion of racism and discrimination. - An apparent coup in Russia fizzles out before it has begun. - The Titan submarine implodes in its bid to explore the remains of the Titanic. - Robert F Kennedy speaks to Joe Rogan and appears to be winning the political arg...
Pronouns: Cat/Catself
June 23, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 70.2 MBChurch of England revs with a difference Daniel French, Jamie Franklin and Thomas Pelham sit down for a bumper episode catching up on a number of important stories from the past couple of weeks: - Greta Thunberg's failed apocalyptic prophecy quietly deleted on Twitter - The somewhat diabolical looking XR climate choir in Bristol Cathedral - Children castigated at a CofE school for saying their classmate couldn't identify as a cat. - Ongoing mass murder of Christians in Nigeria - And a mot...
Repentance Required
June 06, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 52.5 MBChurch of England vicars with a difference Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to give a spiritual perspective on the big events of the day. This week, after an absence on the show, Tom gives his own inimitable take on the coronation of King Charles III, we review a Daily Telegraph headline article that tells us that the lockdowns were an enormous, disastrous mistake (about three years too late), and we talk about Laura Dodsworth's recent Substack article in which she shares her desire...
Woke Health Oppressors
June 02, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 72.1 MBChurch of England vicars with a difference, Jamie Franklin and Daniel French, are back giving a spiritual perspective on the events of our age. This time: - Liberal CofE Twitter meltdown as Church implies legitimate evangelisation of other faiths. - Steve Chalke's ill-conceived Twitter defence of Phillip Schofield. - Satanism is back (again!): this time in the New Forest. - The best approaches for re-evangelising the West. - The WHO global takeover and its promotion of abortion as a human ri...
Natcon, Satanism and the BBC
May 26, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 74.3 MBChurch of England vicars with a difference, Jamie Franklin and Daniel French, are back giving a spiritual perspective on the events of our age. Daniel's been at the National Conservatism conference, which, according to the corporate media, is a far-right fascist convention. Was Daniel goose-stepping from seminar-to-seminar or was the reality a far more prosaic affair? We review some of the online hate, including Matt Hancock's physical discomfort at being exposed to a mildly conservative tak...
Nick Dixon - Comedy, Christianity and the Culture War
May 19, 2023 06:00 - 2 hours - 94.2 MBIn this epic conversation, Rev Jamie Franklin sits down with broadcaster and comedy legend Nick Dixon. Treating a range of subjects from comedy, the culture war, Christianity, the roles of men and women in society and the family, the significance of dreams and psychotherapy, Nick's best impressions including Peter Hitchens and Jordan Peterson, and so much more, the pair leave no stone unturned. Don't miss out on this crucial and hilarious exchange. Please Support! Support us on Patreon (http...
Coronation Malarkey
May 12, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 70.3 MBChurch of England revs with a difference Jamie Franklin and Daniel French sit down to talk about the week's top stories. This time: - What does the coronation tell us about modern Britain and the Church of England? Was it a grand affair or simply a reminder of the divided nature and lack of identity within our society? - David Starkey once again courts controversy by saying that Prime Minister is "not properly grounded in our culture". - Fraser Myers and Andrew Bridgen face off on GB News o...