Quantum - The Wee Flea Podcast

This week we look at the population fall in China;  the last King of Greece; a bombed Church in the Congo; the last Mafia boss arrested in Italy;  Davos, the WEF and conspiracy theorists; Nick Cave on Robotic Music; Canadian's who killed a non mask wearer go free; Keir Starmer's values; Penny Mordaunt tells Church to change its doctrines; Steve Baker comes out as a LGBT ally; Caroline Noakes on being born in the wrong body; Trans murderer stands for parliament; Konstantin Kisin at the Oxford Union; the Banishees of Insherin;  the Melbourne Open; and the 25oth anniversary of Amazing Grace.     With music from Buffalo Springfield, Greece, the Godfather, Nick Cave, Prelude and Jelle Boesveld. 

This week we remember Jeff Beck, look at the LGBT census figures for the UK; The Met police enforcing ideology; the Transage community;  Fun Boy Three;  Mohammed the most popular UK name;  Cardinal George Pell; Tim Minchin;  Child Abuse in the US;  Dutch Transgender Study;  Biden's Classified Documents; Leonard Cohen; Congressman swears on Superman comic; India and Coal; the World and Oil; Wind Shortage in the UK; Sinne Eeg; Hezekiah's Royal Inscriptions; The Experience in Nigeria;  and some Christian Metal from Norway with Heidre....

Here are 10 predictions for 2023 - plus a few more - and a great hope for us.  We look at energy, transport, the WEF, AI and ChatGPT, the destruction of language and the rewriting of history; climate change, immigration, paedophilia, liberal authoritarianism,  the seekers, and meditating with Isaiah....with the help of OMD, Gary Numan, the Beatles, Hank Nelson, the Specials, the Dali Lama, Peter Tatchell, Isabel Vaughan Spruce, the Who, and Maureen Macleod. 

In this last podcast of the year we look at ten of the main world events in ten countries - through ten songs from my top 20 Spotify songs for 2022...The UK (The Imagined Village) , Pakistan (ZZ Top) , The Netherlands (Pink Floyd, South Africa (Bach), the USA (Barry Macguire), Iran (Leonard Cohen),  Argentina (Runrig), Australia (Christy Moore), Ukraine (the Rolling Stones) and China (George Thorogood).....and we finish with Bach's St Matthews Passion. 

This week as we approach Christmas we see the need for the Messiah.   With the help of Handal we look at Armenia, Scotland, New Zealand, England, the US, India, China and Israel....including war, womens rights, Transgender, free speech, the woke church, Roger Federer, a new government in Israel and Ronald Reagan!

This week we look at shadowbanning - including Elton John, the Twitter Files, Ian MacWhirter, Senator Nancy Mace, Yo Yo Ma and Alison Krauss, Child pornography, Abortion, Nuclear Fusion, Letter re Climate Change,  Welby stays neutral on SSM, Theocracy, EU corruption, Dan Andrews funds Islam, the Respect for Marriage Act, Lady Haldane's Scottish Trans ruling, NHS accuses women of racism, Julia Hartley-Brewer, Cambridge dictionary redefines women, J K Rowling and a new womens centre, and Dave Henderson's 'Our Emmanuel'.....all links on www.theweeflea.com  

In this weeks Quantum   we look at the hopeless direction we are heading in Western society - and what can be done - with Glen Miller, Jordan Peterson, Talking Heads, Royal Racism, Twitter Expose, Abortion - Hilary Clinton,Heidi Crowter, Spiked, Malta, Ralph Warnock,  and the Bill Gates Foundation;  Pearl Harbour, Sinta Klaas, Dutch Farmers, French Fines, Oxford Restrictions, Senator Alex Antic, Adultery in Indonesia, Chaos in Peru, Corruption in South Africa, Christianity at the World Cup and Nick Cave. 

This week we look at what happens when we go our own way...with Boney M, Fleetwood Mac, Youth Indoctrination, Sex education in schools,  the Bad Law Show, Belenciaga,  Cambridge Students, Shetland, The Day of the Dead Parade, The World Cup, Japan, Australia, Men at Work, Jiang Zemin, Hawaiian Volcano, Ukraine, Nick Fuentes, Anti-Semitism,  Church Attendance in England, Marie Curie Chaplain and Mary's Boy Child. 

This week we have Bryan Ferry, the Crown, the Iranian and Welsh national anthems at the World Cup, Saudi and Japan, Gianni Infantino, religion in Qater, Twitter Hysteria, Personal Carbon Credit, the Dutch 'carnival is over', Covid in Nicaragua,  T-Rex, Mental illness and vaccines in Canada, Gambling, Earthquake in Indonesia,  War in Ukraine, Shooting in Colorado, Scottish Independence, The Bible not suitable for modern society,  and BitterSweet Symphony

This week we focus on the economy including -   how we look at news, Status Quo, John Lee Hooker, the Crypto scam, James Melville and narratives of virtue, Prof Jeffrey Sachs, Christy Moore, Schellenberger and Climate Change, Jordan Peterson, the G20, Keith Levene and the Clash, Corporate controls on advertising, the Qatari world cup and the Welsh, and the Spooky Men's Chorale 

This week we examine the US mid-terms, Sweet Home Alabama, Democrats supporting Trumpists; De Santis and Trump;  Ethiopian Peace Deal; Cop 27; the Flying Lizards;  China and Billionaires Emissions; Greta and Get Oil Out; Gene Cotton;  Striking Nurses; ABC and Grooming; Senator Alex Antic; Church of England and SSM; Calvin Robinson and Chris Bryant; RC Priest suspended for preaching Catholic doctrine; Master and Commander; The Rest is History; Ian Wright's Teacher; Every Grain of Sand.

This week we look at hypocrisy throughout the world - and the solution!  With Hans Zimmer, Pascal, John Lennon, Brazilian Election, Israel, Denmark, the US Elections, Hilary Clinton, Pelosi, Led Zeppelin, Immigrants, Suella Braverman, Lord Frost on Abortion, Matt Hancock, South Korea, Sunwoojunga, Monty Python, Drax, Dutch Gas, the Simpsons, Sunak and Hinduism, Mormon Billions, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Si Knightly

Much is rightly said of the attack on women in today's world - but there is also an attack on men.  This week we look at some manifestations of this - including Classical Gas, Muddy Waters, Slow Train Coming, Biden and Dylan, Pregnant men, Rishi Sunak, Kemi Badenoch, Manmade Covid, Eminem, Manly Rugby, Scottish and Indian Cricket, Franklin Graham, Eloon Musk, Jordan Peterson, and Lecrae.

This week we look at how injustice wrecks chaos and havoc; and where real justice can come from.  WIth Lez Zepplin; Abortion in the US, Stacey Adams; Infanticide in Canada; Noel Richards;  Jeremy Hunt; Eritrea and Tigray; Ukraine war; Yo Soy La Locura; Race Shifters; Nigerian Floods; Woman refused hospital treatment; Keir Starmer and 'misgendering' hate crimes; Virginian attack on parents; Australian Christian Lobby; Mum's Drag Queen Speech; Tom Petty; Ricky Gervais on Gratitude; Matt Redman - 10,000 Reasons. 

The Peatbog Faeries; Ukraine war; German Recession; Saudi and the US; Copper; Manchester - Christian Heavy Metal; Covid - Pfizer exposed; China and PPE;  Vaccines;  'We own the Science;  Turbines; Sticking to Picasso; Sir Tom Moore; Coal is Booming; Johnny Cash; Anglea Lansbury; Mermaids; Transgender from the Womb;  Graham Norton and John Cleese;  Emma; Dan Andrews 'Kindness';  Ricky Gervais;  Fight the Good Fight

This week we look at our contrasting world - a world which is filled with hatred and yet also happiness.   We look at the ten songs that make you happiest; the Essendon affair; the Brazilian election; Chess cheating; Armenia, Russia and Ukraine;  North Korea, Kamala and Japan; US debt; Indonesian football deaths;  the Panthers v. the Eels; The Quiet Girl; Loretta Lynn; and City Alight

Has fascism returned to Italy?   We look at the reaction to the election of Giorgia Meloni;  plus women rioting in Iran; the UK budget blues; Primark safe spaces; the Sussex police; can we fly to Fiji?  Jacinda Ardhern and Free Speech; Averting Armageddon; Chess Scandal; Jerry Allison; Hilary Mantel; Brother Andrew; Coolio and How Great is our God.....

Using the music from the Queens funeral and the most watched sermon in human history - we look at the worlds news.  Including Sir Lindsay Hoyle; Muslims and Hinus in Leicester;  Trinity College, Dublin;  Daniel Andrews and Bush Walks; Bill Maher; Ukraine; Taiwan;  The Irish Times; Byzantium in Gaza;  King Charles and Christian Faith; Reaction to the Archbishop's Sermon; AN Wilson;  and Sir James Macmillan 

What will the death of Queen Elizabeth mean for the world?  We look at reactions and discussion on this.   With Queen, John Anderson, Charles Moore, The New York Times, Gavin Ashenden, Zadok the Priest, Ben Judah, Oliver Cromwell and Charles 1, Liz Truss, the Muir of Ord Chippie, Patrick Harvie, Adam Bandt, Caitlain Moran, an Aboriginal Elder, King Charles, St Giles, Karen Matheson, Tim Farron, Tim Keller, Keith Getty and Stuart Townend - and of course, the Queen!     

(News of the Queens death came through after this was recorded - we will reflect upon her life next week!)  - this week we reflect on the way that humans, including our leaders, often blame others....including George Thorogood, Liz Truss, the Cabinet of Cronies;  Russia Profits from War;  The Melbourne Mural;  Trump on Germany; Whole Lotta Folsom; Dai Le - Vietnamese Refugee turned Australian politician; Netflix grooming children; Peppa Pig; Top Gear; Teacher Jailed for refusing to comply with Irish court over gender pronouns; Somalia; Matt Chandler; Brian McLaren; Britney Spears turns Atheist;  New Life Community Choir -