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Oct 13, 2025 • 22min
13th October 2025: Taylor Swift; the ABC & the Anti-Christ
This episode takes us from Belle Tindall's review of Taylor Swift's new album, via Jack Nicholson talking about Peter Thiel and the Anti-Christ, to Graham Tomlin's advice to the new Archbishop of Canterbury Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 6, 2025 • 22min
6th October 2025: Sacraments at Anfield; behaviour at the Ryder Cup & thinking in cafés
In this week's episode, Jonathan Rowlands explores the relationship between trauma and sacraments as he visits Anfield; Graham Tomlin asks whether a loss of an "ultimate" is the reason behind the recent behaviour at the Ryder Cup and Joshua Nurcombe-Pike explores the big thinking that goes on in the midst of cafe culture. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 29, 2025 • 23min
29th September 2025: Severance, child poverty & what makes us human
This week, Rick Hansen explores the worlds of Apple TV's Severance through the lens of Blaise Pascal; George Pitcher asks how a supposedly "Godly nation" can have such extensive levels child poverty and Claire Williams asks the biggest question of all, what makes us human? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 22, 2025 • 24min
22nd September 2025: Protests; Demonic AI Chatbots & Charlie Kirk
This week, Thomas Sharpe gives us an on-the-ground view of the protests against the protests in Trafalgar Square; Gabrielle Thomas asks whether AI chatbots are demonic and Graham Tomlin dives deep into the event of Charlie Kirk's murder. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 15, 2025 • 25min
15th September 2025: nuanced thought; theological debate & the summer we turned romantic
This week, Graham Tomlin suggests we have much to learn about nuanced cultural debate from the writers of the Nicene Creed; Henna Cundill agrees as she explores how helpful studying theology is for compassionate, engaged debate in all spheres of life; Belle Tindall takes a deep dive into humanity's propensity for romance and marriage. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 8, 2025 • 24min
8th September 2025: Ed Sheeran's Irishness; Being school-ready & Tim Burton's Wednesday
This week, Julia Kendal looks beyond the flags flying to Ed Sheeran's (and our own) sense of national belonging; Henna Cundill asks whether the Education Secretary's new plans will genuinely help our children become school ready and life ready; Lauren Westwood explores Tim Burton's world of the outsider in Netflix's Wednesday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 1, 2025 • 22min
1st September 2025: Wallis Island; Thursday Murder Club and Voting at 16
In this episode, Steve Dew-Jones finds his new favourite film in The Ballad of Wallis Island; Theodore Brun traces our obsession with cosy crime from Dostoyevsky to the Thursday Murder Club and Graham Tomlin reckons adolescence should be a safe space to be daft, not voting in elections. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 25, 2025 • 24min
25th August 2025: Perfect Job; Bitcoin & Molly Mae
In this episode, Thomas Sharpe questions the vocational shame found on LinkedIn; Laurence Fletcher explores the rise of crypto evangelism; Susan Gray goes virtually travelling with Molly-Mae Hague. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 18, 2025 • 20min
18th August 2025: Football, Disney and ChatGPT
In this episode, Henry Corbett asks why fans are so invested in football; Natalie Garrett disobeys Disney and questions happiness; and Rick Hansen has a profound conversation with ChatGPT Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 11, 2025 • 27min
11th August 2025: Language, Danny Kruger and the Fantastic Four
This week, Jonathan Rowlands suggests that learning other languages opens up other ways of experiencing the world; Graham Tomlin responds to Danny Kruger and his critics; Krish Kandiah shares what the Fantastic Four taught him about family, truth and navigating the end of the world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.