This week we look at the EU elections, Germany, Italy, Austria, Country of the Week - France;  Nursing and Terrorism in Northern Ireland; The Korean Dirty War; A Story of Canadian Euthanasia; Women Won't Wheesht; Banning Radiohead; Maggie Chapman and Racist Motorways; The Prince of Kuwait; Jordan Peterson on Pride; SEEK 39=8 - Evidence Against God;  with music from Jethro Tull, the Bothy Band, Planxty, Van Morrison and the Chieftains; Radiohead; Capercaillie; Shane and Shane

This weeks Quantum is in memory of a young man whose funeral I took a few days ago.   Luke is someone who this podcast is for - interested in music, people, social justice, politics, religion and meaning in life.  The music was, with one exception, all played at the funeral.   This week we look at the election in India; the new Mexican president; the failure of the ANC in South Africa;  Nigel Farage; Michael Schellenberger on Trumps Trials; an open letter to Edinburgh students re 'apartheid'...

This week we look at the landslide in Papua New Guinea; The Greens and a Two State solution; the UK election;  Winston Marshall v. Nancy Pelosi; Country of the Week - Pakistan; Vaccination Decline; Dutch Euthanising the Depressed; Non-Christian Friends; Glen Scrivener on Celebrity Christians; with music from the Snuts, Alice Cooper, Mumford and Sons, the Pakistan Hallelujah Band, the Rembrandts; and Mother Kirk

This week we look the death of Ebrahim Raisi; The Politics of the ICC; Salman Rushdie on 'Free Palestine'; Gazan casualties false figures; Joe Rogan;  Illiberal Liberals in the UK; Country of the Week - South Sudan; SEEK 35 - Maths;  the Collapse of the Church of Scotland; Creative Scotland's Perversion; and the Pope's Anti-Catholic Theology.    With music from Bryan Ferry, Radiohead, Monteverdi, T-Rex, the Peat Bog Faeries and the latest from City Alight. 

This week we look at the world through the eyes of Eurovision - including European anti-semitism, Edinburgh University staff hypocrites; paganism;  sexual perversity;  John Swinney defines what a woman is;  Armenia; Country of the week - Singapore; The Netherlands; Slovakian assassination attempt;  Zhan Zhang in China; Warren Smith; Archbishop Julian Porteous of Tasmania; Apple's disastrous ad; United Methodists fall apart; Trans vivar in Church of England denies Christ; Rico Tice on why...

This week we look at a North Korean TikTok hit; Milel's Argentina; Country of the week - Sudan;  Kate Forbes becomes Deputy First Minister;  Pete Wishart speaks in Mosque; Gender Balance and the Garrick Club; the too macho Australian Army;  NSW Council bans Same Sex Parenting Book;  Astra Zeneca Vaccine Withdrawn;  Michael Palin's Nigeria; Trans Darts; Dog ice cream; Islamic Housing in London;  Church of Scotland on 'cusp of revival';  and Breathless.....with music from Planxty, Ahla Minik,...

This week we look at the NHS sees sense over Trans; THe NYT doesn't; Misgendering pets; Lord Winston banned on TikTok;  Resignation of Humza Yousaf and persecution of Kate Forbes; Indian Council's Incredible Letter; Tracy Ullman; Frank Field; Domestic Violence in Australia; Pausing Biden; Seinfield on unfunny comedy; Cicadia one in a 200 year event; SEEK 33- Art; Rico Tice leaves the Church of England; Russell Brand gets baptised; with music from Del Amitri, Bach, Lindisfarne, Duane Eddy,...

This week we look at the slow creep in Western Society towards authoritarianism - with Os Guinness; censorship in Australia; pre crime in Canada; student surveillance in the UK; rewriting history in Scotland; WEF appointee controls social media in Australia; Kathreen Maher and NPR's rejection of Truth; Bidens scripted 'interviews';  Biden redefines women and cancels title 9; Banning Jews on London streets;  Scotland cancels 'legally binding' Climate Change targets;  Scottish government says...

This week we look at euthanasia/assisted suicide/mercy killing - examining the reasons why this is being pushed - especially in the Western world - including Shakespeare and Laurence Oliver;  Reasons for Euthanasia;  History; Belgium; Matthew Parris; Kevin Yuill; France; the Netherlands; Africa, Asia and the Middle East; Maid in Canada; Australia;  South America; the UK; Claire Fox; Debating Euthanasia; The Church; Archbishop Kanishka Raffel; Hitler; the Christian Answer.  with music from...

This week we seek to bring you truth in the midst of the lies -  Perth Museum and the Return of Paganism to Scotland; Banning wood burning stoves; adulterous MP leads SNP campaign; Dundee FC match cancelled by Climate Change;   the Cass Report;  Country of the Week - Hungary;  South Korean Elections;  Brazil censors X;  Douglas Murray in Australia; French politician wants to prosecute priest for bible teaching; Chrislam in Bristol Cathedral; British Muslims and Gaza; Islam in Italy; Coleman...

This we week we look at the earthquake in Taiwan; country of the week - Senegal; killing of aid workers in Gaza; British police and Swastikas; JK Rowling destroys Scottish Hate Crime Act; Islam in Scotland; Is Richard Dawkins an Islamaphobic Christian? Modern Educashun with Neil Kothatkar; President of Guyana schools the BBC on Climate Change;  Dutch Trans Darts; Steve McAlpine and the four stages of the Sexualar State; SEEK - God and the Devil;  and Is there a Christian Revival in Britain?...

The week we look at the world through the eyes of Easter - including the Baltimore bridge; The Rest is History;  Hot Cross Buns; Easter in the West; Resurrecting the Dead Today; Blaming the Jews; Country of the Week - Israel; the New Religion in the West;  False Christs; Making Silent Prayer illegal in Scotland; Russel Brand gets closer to the Cross; and SEEK 28 on Predestinationwith music from Simon and Garfunkel, U2 and BB King, the Hatikva, Johnny Cash, Nazareth, and the Gettys. 

This week, as we reach our millionth download,  we remember the great Steve Harley; Lee Mack on comedy; The Qu'ran on British Rail; Haiti; Zimbabwe; Indonesia; Leo Varadkar Resigns;  Wales new First Minister;  Trump and the Bloodbath;  Australia's Press Council orders people to lie; Nadine Dorris on Abortion;  Scottish 'Separated' not Scottish Widows;  Woke Unhappiness;  Titanic Lessons;  Duty, Honour and Country no more in the US military;  SEEK 27 - Islam; You're the Word of God the...

This week we look at good news on the Irish referendum; Portugal - Country of the Week;  Hate Crime in Spain, Scotland and Australia;  NSW introduces Extremist Conversion Laws;  The UK bans trans puberty blockers on the NHS;  Angela Eagle is on the Wrong Side of History; Hollyoaks promotes Grooming;  Woke Doritos; Ukrainian Deaths; Judith Butler defends Hamas; Spanish Basketball Boss fined for cheating on disability; Fascist Romans; University College London bans academic from discussing...

This week we look at the danger from extremists in the world today...including Islamic war memorials; George Galloway; Extremism laws in the UK and Canada; Trans extremism; The WPATH report; mutilation in Australia; West Riding Girls Football - no more; Germany chops down forests to save the environment; Lewis giant windfarms;  Abortion Extremism in France and the US; Racial Extremism; Jeremy O Harris and Apartheid theatre; Sam Melia; Sam Kerr; Qualifications are Microaggression;...

This week we look at Islamism in Britain; Lee Anderson;  Charlotte Church; Scott Morrison; Google, Gemini and Black Nazis; Canada and 'Gender inclusive de mining; the Argentinian economy; Gaza and Biden; Ukraine and Navalny; Coal Exports from Australia; Mary Poppins; Cannibalism; Abortion in the UK; Marrying a Hologram; Fertility confusion; Guinness Records for Sale;  John Lennon's Bullet;  The Unfaithfulness of Ian Blackford;  Justin Currie and Parkinsons; SEEK - do you believe in talking...

This week we look at the courage and Christianity of Navalny;  Mongolia; France outlaws vaccine criticism; Islamist intimidation in the House of Commons; Steve Wright no more; Fani WIllis, Mark Steyn and US justice; Virgin Island; John Lewis's Identity; Dr Phil on Trans; BBC promotes male 'breastfeeding'; Multiple Sclerosis Society bans elderly woman for saying men can't become women; Lyles and the Lion; The Lying Celebrity Vicar; Rave in the Nave; and the funeral of Glen Millburn with music...

This week we examine the news/culture through the eyes of the Super Bowl and Taylor Swift - including John Cleese; French farmers; Sensationalist weather reporting; Rotterdam's coal imports; genocide in the Congo;  500 Christians murdered in Nigeria; The Rohingya; Country of the week - Indonesia; Biden's memory;   Boris Johnson, Tucker Carlson and Ukraine;  Rafah, hostages and billionaire Hamas leaders;  Parental Rights in Canada; Clare Rewcastle Brown and Malaysia; Messi upsets China;...

This week we look at the positives about Scotland, King Charles's Cancer; EU caves into farmers; Biden and 'Mitterand'; Nicky Haley in Nevada; Michelle O'Neill; Corruption in the EU parliament; Ecocide;  the growth of BRICS; El Salvador's NAyib Bukele; James Marriot on egalitarian, elitist, education; Woke Comedy; 'Gas the Jews', BBC 'Holohoax' employee fired; Police ban singing Christian songs outside church; Newcastle ban lesbian Terf;  'Don't tell them Pike'; The misinformation of Prof...

This week we look at the history, culture, and politics of Scotland.  There are lessons for all of us in seeing how Scotland has changed, been blessed and declined.   We look at Scottish influence on the world; from psalms to paganism; Braveheart; the history of Scotland;  John Knox; Education; Abortion; Sir James MacMillan; The Chief Apologises; Woke Scotland; Nicola Sturgeon; Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre; Pregnant Men; Conversion Therapy; Authoritarian Scotland; The New Highland Clearances;...

This week we look at the most chilling political campaign in recent decades; Chinese censorship and Dr K in the UK; No human rights says Harari; Jo Pheonix wins Trans discrimination case; the ignorance of anti-Semitism; Bach's Coffee Cantata;  Port Talbot - a casualty of Net Zero; 'Drill Baby Drill"; Norman Jewison 'Fiddler on the Roof"; Russell Brand; IHOPKC, Mick Bickle, John Paul Jones and eating grass in St Andrews; SEEK 21 - the Book of Job; I know that my Redeemer Liveth...with music...

This week we look at volcanos in Iceland; climate change as the word of the year; the Panama Canal; Country of the Week - Denmark - immigration policy, religion, Babette's Feast, economy;  Taiwanese, Bangladeshi, Azerbaijani, Russian, American and North Korean elections;  John Cleese on liberalism;   Five Coffee facts;  Turks arrest Israeli footballer; Gary Linekar calls for ban on Israel in football; South Africa suspends cricket captain because he is Jewish; The World at War; Religion and...

This week we look at beating Tetris; Cyclones; Proof of higher temperatures 2,000 years ago; the Scottish hybrid electric ferry; Taiwan; Ecuador; Ethiopia; Somaililand; Dutch Immigration; The US election and Donald Trump; Rewriting Robin Hood; One Life;  Covid origins; Choosing your religion and sex in the NHS; David Warner; JPR Williams; The Kaiser; David Soul; The Hairdressers who ask 'is it ok if I touch you?; Firefighters and gender; the Aztecs; Konstantin Krisin and 'Latinx'; Massacre in...

A new year means a new beginning - and a revamp for Quantum.   This week we look at Nostradamus predicting an earthquake in Japan; upcoming elections in the US, UK, Germany, France; immigration in Denmark; wars in Ukraine, Yemen, Israel, Lebanon; Claudine Gay resigns; Progressive media and the return of Ted Lasso; The trans bubble bursts in the US; England will win Euro 2024; Novak speaks Chinese; Luke Littler and the rise of darts; The Oscars go full woke; Munroe Bergdof represents British...

This week we review the major stories we covered in the past year - including Nicola Sturgeon; King Charles; The Voice; Geert Wilders; Ukraine; Climate Catastrophising; Trans fightback; Harvard Collapse; AI; Israel/Gaza - with sport (Australian cricket); Music (Taylor Swift) and Culture (Oppenheimer) and the Church (Tim Keller)....and the poetry of Joshua Luke Smith.   With help from Status Quo, Tina Turner, Armin Van Buren, Beethoven and Taylor Swift.