Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs
Stark Raving Faith: Rev J Deconstructs David Starkey's Critique of Christianity
With reason, argument and inconvenient facts, Church of England rev with a difference Jamie Franklin EXPLODES historian David Starkey's recent assault on Christianity which he gave on Andrew Gold's Heretics podcast. ORDER NOW JAMIE'S NEW BOOK THE GREAT RETURN! Please Support the Podcast! You make Irreverend possible. You can now support us on Substack! https://irreverendpod.substack.com/. Or support us on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/irreverend) or Buy Me a Coffee (https://www.buymeacoffe...
11 apr 2025 - 01 घंटा 23 मिनट 28 सेकंड
Welby in the BBC Confessional
Join rev with a difference Jamie Franklin, as he comments on Justin Welby's most recent public appearance alongside Laura Kuenssberg and notes the surprising influence of the hit Netflix show Adolescence within the Church of England! ORDER NOW JAMIE'S NEW BOOK THE GREAT RETURN! Please Support the Podcast! You make Irreverend possible. You can now support us on Substack! https://irreverendpod.substack.com/. Or support us on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/irreverend) or Buy Me a Coffee (https...
4 apr 2025 - 01 घंटा 10 मिनट 17 सेकंड
Adolescence; The Persecution of Christians in Syria; Assisted Suicide Bill Watered Down; Easter Cancelled in Local School
Join Church of England revs with a difference Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin to talk about the biggest stories in church and state. This time: The hit TV show Adolescence takes the UK by storm. But is this hard-hitting social realism or manipulative propaganda?The persecution of Christians in Syria and why we hear so little about it from the established church.Assisted Suicide Watch as the Bill is watered down to remove the high court judge safeguard.And Easter is cancelled in Eastleigh as ...
28 mar 2025 - 01 घंटा 12 मिनट 48 सेकंड
Anti-Racist Activism in the Diocese of Norwich, Giving Up Atheism for Lent, and Home Education Under Attack w/ Randall Hardy
Rev with a difference Jamie Franklin tackles the Diocese of Norwich's anti-racism toolkit debacle and Giles Cohen's piece on giving up atheism for Lent. Then a special interview with home education activist Randall Hardy on the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill and the concerns that it presents to home educators. All that and more as always. Enjoy! ORDER NOW JAMIE'S NEW BOOK THE GREAT RETURN! Please Support the Podcast! You make Irreverend possible. You can now support us on Substack...
14 mar 2025 - 02 घंटा 03 मिनट 20 सेकंड
Trump vs. Zelenskyy: War or Peace in Europe?
Church of England revs with a difference Tom Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the biggest stories in church and state. This time we talk about the Church of England comms team's strange decision to release a video about Climate Change on Shrove Tuesday after which we get our teeth into the major geopolitical events of the week: Starmer's visit to the White House; the apocalyptic clash between Trump, Zelenskyy and JD Vance; the US pausing of military aid to Ukraine; Zelenskyy c...
7 mar 2025 - 01 घंटा 23 मिनट 40 सेकंड
Faith and Fertility
The three Church of England revs with a difference are back to talk about the biggest issues in church and state. This time: Trump's recent IVF orderProposed change to assisted suicide law extending eligibility to twelve months from sixDid anything interesting happen at General Synod? Our next pick for Archbishop of CanterburyAnd the mysterious withdrawal of the anonymous appointee to the See of DurhamAll that and much much more as ever. Please enjoy! Please Support the Podcast! You make...
28 feb 2025 - 01 घंटा 25 मिनट 33 सेकंड
JD Vance Slams Euro-Fascists
Church of England rev with a difference Jamie Franklin pulls no punches as he analyses JD Vance's excoriating speech to a group of European leaders at a security summit in Munich. In a reversal of expectation, Vance claimed that the greatest threat to European security was not Russia but was the internal degradation of European society itself. He also took aim at the attack on free speech in the form of the monitoring of ostensible thought crime in Britain. Rev Jamie considers his assertions ...
21 feb 2025 - 02 घंटा 03 मिनट 47 सेकंड
The Shady World of Church of England Slavery Reparations
Church of England revs with a difference Daniel French and Jamie French are joined by former Old Bailey judge and lay minister Charles Wide KC for a deep dive into the shady world of Project Spire: the Church Commissioners' project to give £100 million rising to £1 billion of Church of England money to communities and people ostensibly disadvantaged by the historic legacy of slavery. But has this project been carried out ethically and with proper legal and intellectual safeguards and ar...
14 feb 2025 - 01 घंटा 26 मिनट 30 सेकंड
The Burning of Rory Stewart
Church of England revs with a difference Tom Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the biggest stories in church and state. This time: JD Vance in "ordo amoris" Twitter spat with Rory Stewart.The Bishop of Liverpool resigns over sexual abuse allegations whilst controversy around Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell persists. £2.6 billion of Church Commissioner money earmarked for clergy stipend increase, but will it make any difference to anything?All that plus a special Questi...
7 feb 2025 - 01 घंटा 30 मिनट 18 सेकंड
Time to bring back the death penalty?
Church of England vicars with a difference Jamie Franklin, Daniel French, and Thomas Pelham sit down to talk about the biggest weekly stories in church and state. This time we discuss calls for a renewed debate on the death penalty for the most serious crimes in the wake of the Axel Rudakubana sentencing. And we spoke about the freshest crisis in the Church of England in the form of allegations of sexual assaults made against the Bishop of Liverpool and even of a cover-up by the Archbishop of...
31 gen 2025 - 01 घंटा 26 मिनट 26 सेकंड