What Kind of World
Conversations about the kind of world in which we live and the importance of kindness, focusing on politics and faith.
Episodes
16 episodes
Will The Levee Break?
Carolyn and Peter ponder when the levee will break in the USA with respect to Donald J Trump's appalling behaviour and authoritarian leanings. A lot has happened in this past week. Plus a bit of Hamilton and the wonder of tyre techn...
What is Truth?
Carolyn and Peter talk about truth in a week of mayhem for the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) who has had two senior figures resign, threats of legal proceedings from Donald Trump, and a failure of leadership either to apologise appropr...
The Paradox of Tolerance
Carolyn and Peter get around to discussing the Paradox of Tolerance via the Paradox of Freedom and the Paradox of Democracy, drawing from Karl Popper's "The Open Society and Its Enemies". We start with a discussion of Nathan Gill (f...
Cultural Coherence?
Carolyn and Peter have a blether about some of the week's news, including alarming language from Katie Lam MP (Shadow Minister for the Home Office), what is cultural coherence, the massive demonstrations in the USA under the No Kings banner, di...
It's Miller Time
Carolyn and Peter follow up on their thoughts from last issue about the message of James Talarico with a review of the speech given by Stephen Miller, United States National Security Adviser and White House Deputy Chief of Staff, at the Charlie...
Voices of Hope
Carolyn and Peter react to a message given by Texas State Representative James Talarico (sermon in his home church from 2023), while reflecting on some recent events for Rev David Black of First Presbyterian Church in Chicago and Rutgers Univer...
Hopes for Society
Carolyn and Peter talk about violence in places of worship, Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth addressing 800 military top brass, JPIT's Six Hopes for Society, the threat to women's rights in the USA, and what it means to be part of a welcoming comm...
What Story Do We Tell?
Carolyn and Peter talk about Jimmy Kimmel's reinstatement, Donald Trump at the United Nations, mini-Trump Farage, and the use of narrative. Plus the wholesomeness of Bake Off and news about Scotland Demands Better (
Free Speech?
Carolyn and Peter talk about freedom of speech, how it is being challenged, and why it is important in a democracy. Oh and a visit to the UK by the US President and our escape to Orkney.The report on extremism-related deaths in the USA t...
Political Violence
Carolyn and Peter reflect on the rise of violence in politics, the assassinations of Charlie Kirk, Melissa and Mark Hortman, helpful and unhelpful responses to such violence. (Apologies for the audio for the first segment, Peter forgot to...
Christian Nationalism Part 3: Patriarchy
Carolyn and Peter take on patriarchy in their third instalment on Christian Nationalism. Plus some hillwalking and Nigel Farage's shameful appearance in the US Congress this week.Clip of Jamie Raskin's comments on Farage were from https...
Christian Nationalism Part 2: Power!
Carolyn and Peter talk about the use (and abuse) of power within Christian Nationalism, nurturing your microbial biome, and Caligula - The Ultimate Cut. Mentioned is Tim Spector's book "Food for Life: The New Science of Eating Well...
Christian Nationalism Part 1
Carolyn and Peter start a wee series on Christian Nationalism, sharing some of their own quite different backgrounds, plus extras on Dexter and Putin/Trump vs Zelenskyy and the free world...Book mentioned this week is "Taking America Bac...
Democratic Backsliding
Carolyn and Peter discuss democracy and its decline in many countries over the last decades, the nature of the language that protest tends to stir, and the upcoming meeting between Putin and Trump in Alaska.