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Irreverend: Faith and Current AffairsGod Rest Ye Merry Thought PoliceBook in now to our February live event with Rod Dreher: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/irreverend-live-with-rod-dreher-tickets-483820599437In our (sort of) festive episode, Church of England Revs Tom Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to give a spiritual perspective on the big stories of our time. This week: Tom’s heroic antics in snowy Etchingham, the best World Cup ever in Qatar, God Rest Ye Merry edited for political purposes, reflections upon Andrew Bridgen’s intervention in the V-safety debate, woman arrested for silently praying outside abortion clinic - currently unclear whether or not the Archbishop of Cant...
2022-12-231h 26
The Good News Podcast with Jamie HoltomEP66: Keeping Up with a Changing World w/ Rob DalgleishThis week Jamie speaks with Rob Dalgleish of Edge! Jamie and Rob go deep on how churches can keep up with a changing world, Re-evaluating the relationship between church and business, the need for authentic community, and where the church may have to change in the years to come.
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2022-04-2547 min
Hear Me, See Me PodcastHear Me, See Me. Podcast. Sally Brooks. Hairdresser of the Year.Hear Me, See Me. Podcast. Sally Brooks. Hairdresser of the Year.The award-winning Brooks & Brooks team are one of the most dynamic teams in British hairdressing. Led by owners Sally Brooks and Jamie Brooks, the central London salon is a mecca for passion, education and creativity. The business partners met when they both worked at the Trevor Sorbie salon in Covent Garden, before opening their eponymous salon in Holborn 17 years ago. Sally initially wanted to be a make-up artist when she left school and won Student of the Year on her theatrical make-up course...
2021-03-171h 18Irreverend: Faith and Current AffairsCritiques of LockdownAs restrictions tighten once again in England, Jamie and Thomas critique the ostensible communitarian basis of lockdowns, arguing that they hurt the poor and marginalized the most. They suggest, following Matthew 25:31-46, that lockdowns are not the best way of recognizing the presence of Christ in all of the world's people.Mentioned in this episode:World Bank - Covid-19 to add as many as 150 million extreme poor by 2021Kaamil Almed - Hunger could kill millions more than Covid-19, warns OxfamAngus Dalgleish - Driven to despair, two of Professor Angus Dalgleish's...
2020-10-1659 min
The Trampled Bet Football Betting Podcast17 Jamie DalgleishThe seventeenth and final competitor to take the #LockdownFootballQuiz challenge is Hearts fan, Jamie Dalgleish from The Scottish Football History Podcast. www.trampledbet.com https://twitter.com/jamiedalgleish https://twitter.com/FitbawHistory Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2020-05-1717 min
Humans Are Evil - History PodcastThe Trail of TearsPresident Andrew Jackson's 'Indian Removal Act' of 1830 set in motion a 1000 mile journey of death and disease for the Cherokee, Seminole, Choctaw, Chickasaw and Creek.In this heartbreaking story, who really should be regarded as the "civilised", and who the "savages"?
2020-03-2416 min
Humans Are Evil - History PodcastThe Trail of TearsPresident Andrew Jackson's 'Indian Removal Act' of 1830 set in motion a 1000 mile journey of death and disease for the Cherokee, Seminole, Choctaw, Chickasaw and Creek. In this heartbreaking story, who really should be regarded as the "civilised", and who the "savages"?
2020-03-2416 min
This Month In Drinking HistoryTapis Affis: With Jamie Dalgleish, Ian TC, Thomas Craven, Raheil Ahmad and Eliott SimpsonDownload and listen to find out why this episode is called: Tapis Affis
2019-10-2340 min
Humans Are Evil - History PodcastShould we morally judge historical figures by today's moral standards?It is all too tempting to judge those in the past by today's moral norms. Do Abraham Lincoln's racist statements nullify any of his achievements? Should people who did things we nowadays find morally repugnant be condemned when they knew no better? Are any actions intrinsically morally good or bad? MAIN SOURCES/FURTHER READING J. D. Velleman – Foundations for moral relativism M. Fricker - The Relativism of Blame and Williams's Relativism of Distance https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23772194 https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/dont-judge-works-of-the-past-by-todays-moral-standards
2019-07-2615 min
Humans Are Evil - History PodcastShould we morally judge historical figures by today's moral standards?It is all too tempting to judge those in the past by today's moral norms. Do Abraham Lincoln's racist statements nullify any of his achievements? Should people who did things we nowadays find morally repugnant be condemned when they knew no better? Are any actions intrinsically morally good or bad?
2019-07-2615 min
Humans Are Evil - History PodcastEaster Island ApocalypseThe world's most impressive seafarers and statue builders were reduced from a thriving community of many thousands to just 111 traumatised survivors. These Rapa Nui people were the victims of their harsh environment, disease, enslavement and gun toting Europeans, Americans and Peruvians. All this after they had already turned against their gods, toppling many of the famous Moai head statues. MAIN SOURCES/FURTHER READING T. Hunt & C. Lipo - The Statues that Walked: Unraveling the Mystery of Easter Island D. Porteous – The Modernization of Easter Island T. Heyerdahl – Aku A...
2019-07-1218 min
Humans Are Evil - History PodcastEaster Island ApocalypseThe world's most impressive seafarers and statue builders were reduced from a thriving community of many thousands to just 111 traumatised survivors. These Rapa Nui people were the victims of their harsh environment, disease, enslavement and gun toting Europeans, Americans and Peruvians. All this after they had already turned against their gods, toppling many of the famous Moai head statues.
2019-07-1218 min
Humans Are Evil - History PodcastThe First Crusade"Deus Vult"The First Crusade, called by the Pope in the name of God, contained the horrors of massacres and cannibalism. However, it is one of history's most misunderstood conflicts. Properly understanding this subject within its context can only help Christian-Muslim relations.
2019-06-2725 min
Humans Are Evil - History PodcastThe First Crusade"Deus Vult" The First Crusade, called by the Pope in the name of God, contained the horrors of massacres and cannibalism. However, it is one of history's most misunderstood conflicts. Properly understanding this subject within its context can only help Christian-Muslim relations. MAIN SOURCES/FURTHER READING: J. Riley-Smith – The Crusades, Christianity, and Islam J. Phillips - Holy Warriors: A Modern History of the Crusades S. Runciman – A History of the Crusades C. Tyerman – The invention of the Crusades
2019-06-2725 min
Humans Are Evil - History PodcastArgentina's Dirty WarThe Argentine Military Junta's brutal campaign of repression, torture and murder that resulted in 30,000 left wing supporters "disappearing" and 500 children taken from their families to be raised by childless members of the military. MAIN SOURCES/FURTHER READING: J. Hedges - Argentina: A Modern History P.H. Lewis - Guerrillas and Generals: The Dirty War in Argentina D.M.K. Sheinin – Consent of the Damned: Ordinary Argentineans in the Dirty War W. Fowler – Latin America 1800-2000 CBS 60 minutes. The Dirty War. Presented by Bob Simon. 2000 htt...
2019-06-1317 min
Humans Are Evil - History PodcastArgentina's Dirty WarThe Argentine Military Junta's brutal campaign of repression, torture and murder that resulted in 30,000 left wing supporters "disappearing" and 500 children taken from their families to be raised by childless members of the military.
2019-06-1317 min
Humans Are Evil - History PodcastThe Taiping RebellionThe crazy 19th century conflict that began with a failed student believing he is Jesus' younger brother and ended with approximately 20 million dead. MAIN SOURCES/FURTHER READING God's Chinese Son: The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom of Hong Xiuquan – J.D. Spence Imperial China – F. Schurmann & O. Schell China from the Opium Wars to the 1911 Revolution – J. Chesneaux et al Rebellions and Revolutions: China 1800s to 2000 – J. Gray https://www.britannica.com/event/Taiping-Rebellion
2019-05-3022 min
Humans Are Evil - History PodcastThe Taiping RebellionThe crazy 19th century conflict that began with a failed student believing he is Jesus' younger brother and ended with approximately 20 million dead.
2019-05-3022 min
Humans Are Evil - History PodcastHomophobic persecution in Britain 1533-1835The "Buggery Laws" between the years 1533 and 1835 represent the peak of state sponsored homophobic persecution in Britain. This episode unearths a little known part of our history of discrimination. MAIN SOURCES/FURTHER READING: A Gay History of Britain – M.Cook et al Hidden from History – M. B. Dubberman et al Homophobia: A History – B. Fone https://www.bl.uk/lgbtq-histories/articles/the-men-killed-under-the-buggery-act http://rictornorton.co.uk/homopho5.htm http://rictornorton.co.uk/eighteen/index.htm
2019-05-1615 min
Humans Are Evil - History PodcastHomophobic persecution in Britain 1533-1835The "Buggery Laws" between the years 1533 and 1835 represent the peak of state sponsored homophobic persecution in Britain. This episode unearths a little known part of our history of discrimination.
2019-05-1615 min
Humans Are Evil - History PodcastThe Battle of CarthageDescribed by some as the "first genocide". This episode tells the incredible story of one of the world's greatest civilisation's last stand. "Carthago delenda est" (Carthage must be destroyed!) MAIN SOURCES/FURTHER READING: Carthage – B.H. Warmington Destroy Carthage! – A. Lloyd The Punic Wars – B. Caven To be Taken with a Pinch of Salt: The Destruction of Carthage - R. T. Ridley Cato The Elder and the destruction of Carthage – E. O'Gorman
2019-04-3023 min
Humans Are Evil - History PodcastThe Battle of CarthageDescribed by some as the "first genocide". This episode tells the incredible story of one of the world's greatest civilisation's last stand."Carthago delenda est"(Carthage must be destroyed!)
2019-04-3023 min
Humans Are Evil - History PodcastThe Partition of IndiaThe independence of India was supposed to be a happy occasion, but it soon descended into unimaginable violence and suffering based on attempted religious purification.
2019-04-1722 min
Humans Are Evil - History PodcastThe Partition of IndiaThe independence of India was supposed to be a happy occasion, but it soon descended into unimaginable violence and suffering based on attempted religious purification. Main sources/further reading: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/18/opinion/india-pakistan-partition-imperial-britain.html http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/the-road-to-partition/ The Great Partition: the making of India and Pakistan - Yasmin Khan Remembering Partition: violence, nationalism and history in India - Gyanendra Pandey Partition - Barney White-Spunner India & Pakistan – Ian Talbot India's Partition – Mushirul Hasan
2019-04-1722 min
Humans Are Evil - History PodcastThe Belgian CongoHumans Are Evil - A history podcast featuring the most shocking tales from history.The Belgian Congo: Arguably the worst act of colonialism in history were up to 10 million Congolese people died in 2 decades.
2019-04-0321 min
Humans Are Evil - History PodcastThe Belgian CongoArguably the worst act of colonialism in history were up to 10 million Congolese people died in 2 decades. Main Sources: Red Rubber - ED Morel Five Years With The Congo Cannibals - H Ward Leopold to lumumba: a history of the belgian congo, 1877-1960 - G Martelli King Leopold's ghost : a story of greed, terror, and heroism in colonial Africa - A Hochschild https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/belgiums-genocidal-colonial-legacy-haunts-the-country-s-future-a7984191.html https://www.npr.org/2018/09/26/649600217/where-human-zoos-once-stood-a-belgian-museum-now-faces-its-colonial-past https://www.telegraph.c...
2019-04-0321 min
Humans Are Evil - History PodcastAztec Human SacrificeThe story of the Aztecs and their unrivalled use of human sacrifice.
2019-04-0321 min
Humans Are Evil - History PodcastAztec Human Sacrifice Main Sources The Aztecs - RF Townsend Aztecs - I Clendinnen The Aztecs of Central America - F Berdan https://webpages.uidaho.edu/engl257/Ren/aztec_empire_in_1519.htm https://www.britannica.com/topic/Huitzilopochtli https://tecpaocelotl.livejournal.com/25254.html
2019-04-0321 min