Best Peter Birch Podcasts (2025)

What happens when civilisation faces its greatest tests? This compilation brings together insights from researchers, defence experts, philosophers, and policymakers on humanity’s ability to survive and recover from catastrophic events. From nuclear winter and electromagnetic pulses to pandemics and climate disasters, we explore both the threats tha…

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13/07/2025 - Citywide Celebration - Ian Galloway - Being a people of the presence 40:49

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On Sunday we celebrated 20 years of Mosaic Church! Guest speaker Ian Galloway, a Dean at Durham University, spoke to us on being a people in the presence of God For more information on Mosaic Church, please visit www.mosaic-church.org.uk

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Hanno Sauer on The World History of Morality 24:33

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How did morality evolve? Why do different cultures have such a similar set of moral norms and values? Hanno Sauer gives an evolutionary story that explains the genealogy of morality through human co-operation.

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#220 – Ryan Greenblatt on the 4 most likely ways for AI to take over, and the case for and against AGI in <8 years 2:50:32

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Ryan Greenblatt — lead author on the explosive paper “Alignment faking in large language models” and chief scientist at Redwood Research — thinks there’s a 25% chance that within four years, AI will be able to do everything needed to run an AI company, from writing code to designing experiments to making strategic and business decisions. As Ryan la…

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06/07/2025 - MosaicSOUTH - Dan Chadwick - Anxiety 29:33

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On Sunday Dan Chadwick, gathering leader at South, spoke to us from Matthew 25v34 on the subject of Anxiety For more information on Mosaic Church, please visit www.mosaic-church.org.uk

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06/07/2025 - MosaicNC - Rich Bradley - Family Matters 24:34

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On Sunday we held a child thanksgiving service and Rich Bradley spoke to us on what Luke 1:17 means and how our hearts can be changed. For more information on Mosaic Church, please visit www.mosaic-church.org.uk

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Takeshi Morisato on Japanese Philosophy 18:05

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Most Western philosophers are deeply ignorant of Japanese philosophy. Takeshi Morisato who was brought up in Japan, and who has studied both continental and analytic Western traditions provides and introduction to some of the key strands in Japanese philosophy.

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29/06/2025 - Sean Flemming - As The Father Sent Me 32:10

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On Sunday our guest speaker was Sean Flemming, a visiting church leader from Redeemer Church, New Plymouth in New Zealand. Sean spoke to us from John 20 and what Jesus meant when he said "As the father sent me" For more information on Mosaic Church, please visit www.mosaic-church.org.uk

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Trevor Ritland: The Golden Toad 34:01

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I think you could probably go back and track the stages of grief, probably that is what I went through. But I think if you do it right, you end up at acceptance. And that's where I ended up. And that's not to say that I've fully accepted the idea that the golden toad is extinct. Personally, I do still hold out hope that it could still be out there …

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22/06/2025 - MosaicNC - Matt Hatch - Forgiveness 30:18

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On Sunday as part of our Guest Sunday Service, Matt Hatch preached on the subject of Forgiveness

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#219 – Toby Ord on graphs AI companies would prefer you didn't (fully) understand 2:48:22

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The era of making AI smarter just by making it bigger is ending. But that doesn’t mean progress is slowing down — far from it. AI models continue to get much more powerful, just using very different methods, and those underlying technical changes force a big rethink of what coming years will look like. Toby Ord — Oxford philosopher and bestselling …

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My QP Journey Ep5 - Ben Broadbent 50:10

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Six years ago Ben and our host Peter Deegan had an informal chat over coffee about the benefits and challenges of becoming a QP. After many eventful years Ben and Peter come together again to discuss Ben’s journey to Viva success. In this episode, Ben and Peter touch on: - Juggling family life with the demands of study - The importance of a strong …

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15/06/2025 - MosaicSOUTH - Ash Gibson - Baptism 20:48

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On Sunday, guest speaker Ash Gibson spoke to us on the subject of Baptism. For more information about mosaic church, please visit www.mosaic-church.org.uk

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15/06/2025 -MosaicNC - Peter Ghelecha - Legalistic Abstinence is a dead end 26:57

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On Sunday Peter Ghelecha continued our 1 Timothy series by looking specifically at 1 Timothy 4 v 1-5. for more information about Mosaic Church, please visit www.mosaic-church.org.uk

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Melissa Lane on Plato, Rule, and Office 15:04

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Melissa Lane, a classics scholar as well as a philosopher, discusses some key features of Plato's political philosophy and shows its continuing relevance.

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#218 – Hugh White on why Trump is abandoning US hegemony – and that’s probably good 2:48:42

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For decades, US allies have slept soundly under the protection of America’s overwhelming military might. Donald Trump — with his threats to ditch NATO, seize Greenland, and abandon Taiwan — seems hell-bent on shattering that comfort. But according to Hugh White — one of the world's leading strategic thinkers, emeritus professor at the Australian Na…

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Reuven Bank and Andrew Kim: When the Ocean Lost Its Stars 30:54

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By Species Unite

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08/06/2025 - MosaicSOUTH - Dan Chadwick - Nations Sunday 23:53

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**Apologies for the poor quality of sound** On Sunday Dan Chadwick led the service celebrating Pentecost and Nations Sunday

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08/06/2025 - MosaicNC - Rich Bradley - Pentecost Sunday 32:19

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On Sunday Rich Bradley took us through Acts 2 and Pentecost

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Delcianna Winders: The Beginning of the End of Animal Testing 40:08

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“We don't actually know how many animals we're testing on in this country, because most of them are not protected by any laws. There's not even a requirement that you track their numbers.” – Delcianna Winders Today, I have the pleasure of sharing some genuinely promising news. For decades, the FDA and NIH have required or relied on animal testing a…

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01/06/2025 - Charles Achinah-Boampong - Prayer 35:10

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On Sunday Charles Achinah-Boampong continued our sermon on the mount series in Matthew by looking specifically at Matthew 6 and the subject of praying

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01/06/2025 -MosaicNC - Theo Sheridan-Watts - Leadership in the Church Part 2 34:05

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On Sunday Theo Sheridan-Watts, a tutor at Leeds School of Theology, took us through 1 Tim 2 v 8-15 and the subject of leadership in a church

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#217 – Beth Barnes on the most important graph in AI right now — and the 7-month rule that governs its progress 3:47:09

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AI models today have a 50% chance of successfully completing a task that would take an expert human one hour. Seven months ago, that number was roughly 30 minutes — and seven months before that, 15 minutes. (See graph.) These are substantial, multi-step tasks requiring sustained focus: building web applications, conducting machine learning research…

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Jeff Kerr: Our First Amendment Right to Receive Communications (from Monkeys) 30:14

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"It is a scientific fact that these macaques, like all other primates, including humans, are communicating. They communicate in much the same way we do - facial expressions, vocalizations, body postures, those kinds of things." - Jeff Kerr Jeff Kerr is PETA foundations Chief Legal Officer. I asked him to come on the show to talk about one of PETA’s…

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25/05/2025 -MosaicSOUTH - Jonathan Scopes - Giving to the Needy 22:52

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On Sunday Jonathan Scopes returned to our Matthew series, looking at Matthew 6 v 1-4 and what it means to give to the needy

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25/05/2025 -MosaicNC -Dave Horsfall - Leadership in the Church Part 1 36:52

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*Apologies for poor quality of sound* On Sunday Dave Horsfall, Director of Leeds School of Theology continued our series in 1 Timothy by looking specifically at 1 Timothy 2 v 8-15 For more information on mosaic church please go to mosaic-church.org.uk

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Beyond human minds: The bewildering frontier of consciousness in insects, AI, and more 3:34:40

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What if there’s something it’s like to be a shrimp — or a chatbot? For centuries, humans have debated the nature of consciousness, often placing ourselves at the very top. But what about the minds of others — both the animals we share this planet with and the artificial intelligences we’re creating? We’ve pulled together clips from past conversatio…

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Isabella La Rocca Gonzalez: Censored Landscapes 31:41

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"The one that really surprised me was the organic humane Certified Egg Farm. I thought Humane Certified would at least mean that I would see some chickens running around somewhere, but it looked exactly the [00:00:30] same as any other egg facility. They were just big warehouses. You don't see a chicken anywhere in sight. And then I learned, of cou…

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18/05/2025 - MosaicSOUTH - Emily Swingler - Family Service 35:11

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On Sunday Emily Swingler took our family service and looked at Acts 23 & 24 and Paul's trial

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John Kinder: World War Zoos 42:33

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John Kinder is the director of American studies and a professor of history at Oklahoma State University. And he is an author. His most recent book is called World War Zoos: Humans and Other Animals in the Deadliest Conflict of the Modern Age. John’s book tells a story most of us have never heard: what happened to the world’s zoos—and the animals in…

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Don’t believe OpenAI’s “nonprofit” spin (emergency pod with Tyler Whitmer) 1:12:04

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OpenAI’s recent announcement that its nonprofit would “retain control” of its for-profit business sounds reassuring. But this seemingly major concession, celebrated by so many, is in itself largely meaningless. Litigator Tyler Whitmer is a coauthor of a newly published letter that describes this attempted sleight of hand and directs regulators on h…

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My QP Journey Ep4 - Mike Hadebe 43:30

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This week, Peter Deegan sits down with newly qualified QP Mike Hadebe, who shares his inspiring path from NHS pharmacist to QA specialist and ultimately to QP success. In this episode, Mike opens up about: - How he built a support network of QPs to learn from diverse experiences - The value his clinical background brought to the QP application proc…