This my re-telling of the story of England. I aim to be honest, and rigorous - but always loving of my country's history. It is a regular, chronological podcast, starting from the end of Roman Britain. There are as many of the great events I can squeeze in, of course, but I also try to keep an eye on how people lived, their language, what was important to them, the forces that shaped their lives and destinies, that sort of thing. To listen free of adverts, support the podcast, access a libra ...
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These are the sermons from Grace Anglican Church in Gastonia, NC.
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Follow our church sermons online! We’re an evangelical Anglican Church family, passionately following Jesus in the West Island of Montreal.
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A podcast of Eucharist Church in San Francisco that explores what it looks like for a community of disciples to live all of life in reference to Christ.
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I’m an Episcopal (Anglican) priest in recovery from alcoholism since 1972. I've spent my career in addiction treatment focused on 12-Step spirituality and exploring the pioneer history of AA. In discovering the lost 11th Step practice of Two Way Prayer, my program underwent a life-changing transformation. As Bill Wilson said, “ something was lost from AA when we stopped emphasizing the morning meditation." My mission now is helping people in 12-Step Fellowships explore a deeper understanding ...
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Doth Protest is a podcast on church history and how the theology of the 16th-century Reformers can inform us today. It is hosted by Anglican priests the Rev. Andrew Christiansen and the Rev. James Rickenbaker along with occasional co-host Stephen Burnett, a Roman Catholic layman. It also features interviews with theologians and scholars of church history. Show music is done by Aaron Shows. We can be listened to on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and more. Follow us on X @DothProtestPod, FB & Instagr ...
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A history of Christian ideas.
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Home to the Spectator's best podcasts on everything from politics to religion, literature to food and drink, and more. A new podcast every day from writers worth listening to. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Theology is not just something we study in books or articles or debate in academic ivory towers. It is something we live, breathe, and practice in the messiness and creative chaos of our lives. Whether you are ordained clergy, a lay person like me discerning their calling to ministry, an artist seeking to understand the sacred in your work, or someone curious about how theology intersects the world around us, this podcast has got you.
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The Christian Saints Podcast is a joint production of Paradosis Pavilion & Generative Sounds which explores the calendar of The Church Episodes are hosted by James John Marks of Chicago, with oversight by Fr Symeon Kees, a priest of the Antiochian Archdiocese of North America, through which he is currently serving St Raphael Orthodox Church in Iowa City. If this podcast is edifying for you, please consider the entire Paradosis Pavilion catalog as well as the music of Generative Sounds https: ...
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Exploring faith, theology, and culture through a traditionalist, Anglican lens.
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At Christendom College, we believe education is more than gaining knowledge—it’s about pursuing true wisdom. As a Catholic liberal arts college, our mission is to guide students on the path to Christian wisdom, grounded in the love and contemplation of both natural and divinely revealed truth. This journey doesn’t happen in the classroom alone. Through vibrant campus life, community events, and spiritual opportunities, students are encouraged to cultivate the moral virtues and habits of Chri ...
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Join Wendy and Joshua as they travel around to attend church...so you don't have to. Enjoy their experience with various religious sects. After all, religious people have the best sects!
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For long the story of the hunt has glorified the hunters, now the lions have decided to reframe the narrative. Africa talks back. With African News Review, you can expect engaging discussions and thought-provoking insights into 📌 The Scramble for Africa :Unraveling the European Colonial Divide 📌 African Leaders Who shaped History : Stories of Courage and Vision 📌 Pan Africanism : ideologies and Impact on Unity and Identity 📌 Decolonisation and the Birth of African Nations 📌 The Cold War in A ...
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The London Lyceum seeks to encourage serious thinking for a serious church by creating an intellectual culture of charity, curiosity, and critical thinking. Find out more about us at our website: www.thelondonlyceum.com
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The Bad Fruit podcast is about exposing the bad fruit in the modern American evangelical industrial complex.
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Blood & Bone is a podcast that brings church history to life from the Confessional Lutheran perspective. In our adventures, we'll cover the Lutheran reformation, Scholasticism, arrival in the Americas, and modern Lutheran history in no particular order, with maximum accuracy and enthusiasm. Grab a drink or snack and join us as we get to the fleshy core of what it means to be one body with the church of the past. This podcast is brought to you by Transcendent Truth Media. https://transcendent ...
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FACTS is a podcast that was started by Dr. Stephen Boyce from Greenville, South Carolina. The primary focus of this program is to cover historical content about the early church Fathers, the Apocryphal accounts, the canon, textual criticism, and the scripture itself. Most episodes are co-hosted by Tyler West, among other special guests who are invited on the program. For those who would like to donate to our podcast, here is the link. All donations are tax deductible. Thank you for your all ...
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Adam Patrick explores the intersection of Orthodox Christianity and the modern material world.
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In 1661 fresh elections brought together another Long Parliament. This, the Cavalier parliament, would sit, off and on, for 18 years. It was not inspired by a spirit of compromise. The programme they introduced tried very hard to squish the horrid innovations of the revolutionary period back into the bottle, and search for the uniformity and 'natur…
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In this picture of the Last Judgment, Jesus speaks to those who served him in the least of his brothers and those who didn’t. What does this reveal about judgment? What does this reveal about how closely we identify with Jesus? Image: Last Judgment (Ravenna), photo by Jim Forest, no changes made, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. Image location: https://www.flickr.…
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The Book Club: A Brief History of the Aphorism
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43:29My guest in this week’s Book Club podcast is James Geary, talking about the new edition of his classic The World in a Phrase: A Brief History of the Aphorism. He tells me about what separates an aphorism from a proverb, a maxim or a quip; about the long history of the form and his own lifelong infatuation with it; and about whether – given our dwin…
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Carl Lentz is back in the spotlight, and his comments on pastoral care and church size reveal something deeper about the megachurch system he came out of. This episode walks through the history of Hillsong, the rise and fall of Lentz, and a point-by-point biblical response to the claims he makes. What does Scripture say about shepherds who know the…
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In this episode of the London Lyceum, host Jordan Steffaniak discusses the podcast's mission to foster serious thinking within the church community. He reflects on the production of over 500 episodes, outlines future plans for the podcast, including a reduction in the number of episodes, and emphasizes the importance of community support to continu…
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This week: Rachel Reeves reels as Labour’s Budget unravels – and a far-left Life of Brian sequel plays out in Liverpool. After a bruising seven days for the Chancellor, Michael and Maddie ask whether Reeves’s position is now beyond repair. Did Keir Starmer’s bizarre nursery press conference steady the ship – or simply confirm that the government is…
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Americano: why is the US obsessed with British 'decline'?
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29:46Why are Americans so interested in Britain's decline? While visiting London, Tucker Carlson has said that the country has ‘shrunken’ and its culture ‘destroyed’, particularly because of mass immigration. Freddy Gray is joined by Tim Stanley and Ed West to discuss whether Britain has become ‘ground zero in the decline of western civilisation’ and if…
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Tom Lavin is a therapist, an educator, and a close friend for over fifty years. He’s dedicated both his life and his career to helping people find effective solutions to the problems that come with being human. Tom recently delivered this talk on “stress” to a group of public-service attorneys in Reno, Nevada. He believes we often try to “cope with…
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A homily delivered on the 1st Sunday of Advent, November 30th, 2025 by Deacon Jeffrey Still. The passages for the day were - Isa 2:1-5; Ps 122; Rom 13:8-14; Matt 24:29-44By Eucharist Church SF
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By The Rev. Josiah Henderson
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Nicotine pouches: solution or smokescreen?
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28:51There has been a renewed focus on tobacco and nicotine products across Europe. Just as countries seek to speed up the process to a smoke-free future, through measures like generational smoking bans and increased regulations on packaging and advertising, there has been a sharp increase in young people using alternative nicotine products like vapes a…
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As we enter this time of Advent, we are reminded that we are called to wait on Christ during this season. We are to turn with repentant hearts toward preparing for his coming at Christmas, in the future, and even now through Word and Sacrament. Christ comes to us continually to make us ready to receive him and celebrate his birth and to continue to…
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EP 2 Coup in Bissau, Mali's Gold; Apple and More ... I African News Review 🌍
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1:13:11Send us a text In this episode of African News Review, host Adesoji Iginla and guests Aya Fubara and Milton Allimadi discuss pressing issues affecting Africa, including judicial challenges faced by black judges in Texas, the political situation in Venezuela, the recent coup in Guinea-Bissau, and the ongoing kidnapping crisis in Nigeria. The convers…
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Holy Smoke: Trump highlights the persecution of Christians in Nigeria
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19:21Fr Benedict Kiely, founder of nasarean.org, and Freddy Gray join Damian Thompson to discuss the persecution of Christians which has reached new and terrifying levels. Since this podcast was recorded last Friday, we have had the further news that over 300 children and staff were abducted from a Christian school – while around 50 of the children have…
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Catholics and Orthodox Reuniting? A Historic Step Toward Unity
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1:14:05Pope Leo XIV and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew just took a step no one expected: reciting the Nicene Creed together without the Filioque. This moment shocked Catholics, Orthodox, and observers around the world. In this episode of FACTS with Stephen Boyce and Pat May, we break down why this gesture matters, what it signals about the future of Eas…
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Coffee House Shots: Budget booze from Disraeli to Reeves
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33:54Throughout the years, the only person permitted to drink inside the House of Commons is the Chancellor, so what has been the tipple of choice for each resident of Number 11 dating back to Benjamin Disraeli? Following Rachel Reeves Budget this week, Michael Simmons and James Heale drink their way through the ages, discuss the historical context of e…
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Breaking the Silence: A Theological Response to Gender Based Violence in Australia
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39:27Send us a text In Australia, one woman is killed by a current or former partner every ten days. Half of all LGBTIQ people in relationships have experienced intimate partner violence. These aren't just statistics; they are our neighbours, our friends, people in our congregations. Join trauma theologian Alexandra and pastoral voice Michael as they ta…
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00:00 Intro 02:04 Chapter 1 09:59 Chapter 2 20:11 Chapter 3 30:09 Chapter 4 40:10 Chapter 5 50:08 Chapter 6 61:13 Chapter 7 65:09 Outro The second half of our conversation about how a huge part of the problem with "politics" in The United States is both "sides" have the same underlying assumption: we can't live the good life until everyone agrees w…
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The Edition: defending marriage, broken Budgets & the 'original sin’ of industrialisation
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35:37'Marriage is the real rebellion’ argues Madeline Grant in the Spectator’s cover article this week. The Office for National Statistics predicts that by 2050 only 30 per cent of adults will be married. This amounts to a ‘relationship recession’ where singleness is ‘more in vogue now than it has been since the dissolution of the monastries’. With a ri…
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On this week’s Book Club podcast I’m joined by debut author Leon Craig to talk about her novel The Decadence – a story of millennial debauchery in a haunted house which uses a knowing patchwork of literary influences from Boccaccio and Shirley Jackson to Martin Amis and Mark Z. Danielewski to make an old form fresh. She discusses how and why it too…
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The Wonder of Christ's Kingship | Douglas Lee
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23:03A homily delivered on Christ The King Sunday, November 23rd, 2025 by Douglas Lee. The passages for the day were - Jer 23:1-6; Ps 46; Col 1:11-20; Luke 23:35-43By Eucharist Church SF
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In this episode of the London Lyceum, Caleb Hawkins and Hunter Hindsman talk with Zack DiPrima to explore the life and influence of Charles Simeon, a pivotal figure in Anglicanism and evangelicalism. The conversation delves into Simeon's pastoral theology, his views on systematic theology and Calvinism, his contributions to the Church of England, a…
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Quite right!: the 'wickedness' of Labour's gender war
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22:05This week: After leaked EHRC guidance threw Labour’s position on biological sex into disarray, Michael and Maddie ask whether Bridget Phillipson is deliberately delaying clarity on the law – and why Wes Streeting appears to be retreating from his once ‘gender-critical’ stance. Is Labour quietly preparing to water down long-awaited guidance? And has…
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Christ the King: Bad Joke Or Beautiful Reality? (Christ the King Sunday; Luke 23:35-43) | 23 November 2025
By The Rev. Josiah Henderson
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Few people blend the Buddhist spiritual path with the 12-Step journey as seamlessly and as helpfully as Fr. Bill’s guest Kevin Griffin. A student and teacher of Buddhist meditation for many years as well as an excellent writer and musician, Kevin is also a man in long-term recovery from addiction with a powerful message to share. This series explor…
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Denominations part 10: THE Baptists (part 2 history and theology)
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1:28:25This is part two of THE Baptists. If you didn't listen to part 1, that's okay, you can jump in on this one and then go back. In this episode I look at the history of the Baptist movement and theology and also offer a charitable but firm critique of Baptist theology.By Bad Fruit
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Spectator Out Loud: William Atkinson, Andreas Roth, Philip Womack, Mary Wakefield & Muriel Zagha
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33:08On this week’s Spectator Out Loud: William Atkinson reveals his teenage brush with a micropenis; Andreas Roth bemoans the dumbing down of German education; Philip Womack wonders how the hyphen turned political; Mary Wakefield questions the latest AI horror story – digitising dead relatives; and, Muriel Zagha celebrates Powell & Pressburger’s I Know…
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Few issues have divided Protestants more sharply than baptism. And yet, at the heart, both sides are trying to honor Christ’s command: “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit” (Matthew 28:19). This Fruit Bite we look at Baptism and ask: who can be baptized, and …
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How Christians Misunderstand Israel: Antisemitism, Anti-Zionism & Dispensationalism
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1:22:59In this episode of FACTS, Stephen Boyce and Pat May take a deep dive into one of the most complicated conversations happening in the Church today: the relationship between antisemitism, anti-Zionism, and dispensationalism. Christians often talk about Israel, prophecy, and end-times events, but the terms are rarely defined, and the theology behind t…
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Quite right!: Is it time to abolish the Treasury? – Q&A
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36:12To submit your urgent questions to Michael and Maddie, go to: spectator.co.uk/quiteright This week on Quite right! Q&A: Is the Treasury still fit for purpose – or has ‘Treasury brain’ taken over Whitehall? Michael and Maddie dig into the culture and power of Britain’s most influential department, from the Oxbridge-heavy ‘Treasury boys’ to a ‘vision…
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EP 1 U.S. Interference; Nestle and More... I African News Review
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57:22Send us a text Apologies for the technical hitches. We also decided to keep them in, to give the conversation context. In this episode of African News Review, hosts Adesoji Iginla, Milton Allimadi, and Aya Fubara Eneli Esq. discuss current events affecting Africa, focusing on Nigeria's ongoing security crisis and the implications of celebrity invol…
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The new version of the History of England Members’ App (Coming December 7th 2025) has everything in one place: Why use the History of England App? The app is a podcatcher dedicated to the History of England has everything in one place: Members shedcasts are split into series making it easier to find what interests you in the big library of episodes…
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Holy Smoke: is the Anglican Communion dead?
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26:25In the space of a month, the Church of England acquired its first female Archbishop of Canterbury, a majority of the world’s Anglicans have left the Anglican Communion in protest at the mother Church’s willingness to bless same-sex relationships – and the House of Bishops has suddenly backed away from introducing stand-alone gay blessings. The situ…
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The Book of Books – 400 Years of the King James Bible
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47:10Send us a text In 1611, forty-seven scholars completed a translation that would change the world. The King James Bible shaped Shakespeare's language, fueled democratic revolutions, inspired abolitionists, and provided the vocabulary for both liberation and oppression. It's been quoted by Frederick Douglass and slaveholders, by Martin Luther King Jr…
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Coffee House Shots: why Britain needs more Yimbys
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21:09Chris Curtis and Maxwell Marlow may have different political ideologies, but they agree on one key diagnosis: Britain is broken. Their solution can be found on baseball caps and bucket hats across social media and SW1: ‘Build Baby Build’. Less than a week before the Budget, Chris – MP for Milton Keynes and chair of the Labour Growth Group – and Max…
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Denominations part 9: THE Baptists (part 1 an overview)
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1:11:30Yeah it's a long title. In this episode we look at an overview of THE Baptists, talk about their view of the sacraments, they call them ordinances, and look at some major Baptist groups like the IFB and SBC. So this is part 1, next episode will be more of a traditional historic and theological look at Baptists. Questions or comments email me at bad…
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The Edition: Labour's toxic budget, Zelensky in trouble & Hitler's genitalia
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35:03It’s time to scrap the budget, argues political editor Tim Shipman this week. An annual fiscal event only allows the Chancellor to tinker round the edges, faced with a backdrop of global uncertainty. Endless potential tax rises have been trailed, from taxes on mansions, pensions, savings, gambling, and business partnerships, and nothing appears des…
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Ben Myers joins Sam Leith to discuss his book Jesus Christ Kinski, which he describes as a ‘novel about a film about a performance about Jesus’. Klaus Kinski was one of Germany’s biggest actors of the 20th Century – but he was also one of the most controversial, and Ben questions if he was one of the worst people to have ever lived. In this novel, …
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In this episode, Jordan talks with Leland Brown about his new book 'The First Pastors'. They explore the historical context of pastoral ministry in the early church, the evolution of pastoral roles, and the significance of virtue and gentleness in leadership. Leland shares insights from his research on early church figures and the importance of ecc…
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Quite right!: Labour’s migration crackdown & why the Rwanda plan was ‘ahead of its time’
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17:56Listeners on the Best of Spectator playlist can enjoy a section of the latest episode of Quite right! but for the full thing please seek out the Quite right! channel. Just search ‘Quite right!’ wherever you are listening now. This week: a Commons showdown over asylum – and a cold shower for Net Zero orthodoxy. After Shabana Mahmood’s debuts Labour’…
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Reality Check: Rory Sutherland: Britain isn’t working – here’s how to fix it
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30:00Advertising legend and Spectator columnist Rory Sutherland joins Michael Simmons to explain why he thinks Britain’s economic problem isn’t income, tax rates or even inequality — it’s property, rent extraction, and a national belief that housing is the safest and smartest place to store wealth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informa…
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By The Rev. Josiah Henderson
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Few people blend the Buddhist spiritual path with the 12-Step journey as seamlessly and as helpfully as Fr. Bill’s guest Kevin Griffin. A student and teacher of Buddhist meditation for many years as well as an excellent writer and musician, Kevin is also a man in long-term recovery from addiction with a powerful message to share. This series explor…
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Quite right!: Who could replace Keir Starmer? – Q&A
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32:21To submit your urgent questions to Michael and Maddie, go to: spectator.co.uk/quiteright This week on Quite right! Q&A: Could Britain see a snap election before 2029? Michael and Maddie unpack the constitutional mechanics – and explain why, despite the chaos, an early vote remains unlikely. They also turn to Labour’s troubles: growing pressure on K…
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