In this weeks podcast we look at Oasis in Australia; Prince William at COP30 in Brazil; Germany rearming; The crisis at the BBC; The Czech Election; Will Mandani change New York; Champagne Socialists; Country of the Week Japan; Shogun; Colbert, Plant, and Tolkien; A man says what he is thinking; Alex O’Connor and Bear Grylls; Science and God short; Giant Christian monument in England; and the Final Word (Philippians 2:14-16) with music from Oasis, Frank Sinatra; the Vapors; Masaaki Suzuki; Led Zeppelin; and St Peters Free Church .
Here is the music used in this months podcast on Spotify….
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Catch up on last weeks episode here – Beauty for Ashes 4 – Home, Heretics and Hate Speech
Here is the Short we issued this week….it is now on YouTube
Here is the local part that is not part of the podcast…The Japanese in Australia; Nihon University in Newcastle; Silverchair;
As well as the links above here are some of the clips used. ….