Cross Section
Cross Section - Conversations at the intersection of faith, news and culture. A podcast from the Evangelical Alliance
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Friday Oct 13, 2023
Friday Oct 13, 2023
This week Peter Lynas, Alicia Edmund and Danny Webster discuss the Labour Party Conference and the horrific events over the past week in the Israel-Palestine conflict.
Peter and Jo Frost's new book - Being Human by Jo Frost | Hachette UK
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Friday Oct 06, 2023
Friday Oct 06, 2023
This week Alicia Edmund, Peter Lynas and special guest, our colleague Phil Knox (evangelism and missiology senior specialist and author) discuss the scrapping of the HS2 railways, the free speech controversy (or not) at GB News, and how we can respond when VAR lets us down in the Premier League.
Phil's latest book - The Best of Friends - Phil Knox (ivpbooks.com)
Peter and Jo Frost's new book - Being Human by Jo Frost | Hachette UK
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Friday Sep 29, 2023
Friday Sep 29, 2023
This week Peter Lynas, Alicia Edmund and Danny Webster discuss the reports around the UK's plans for conversion practices legislation, Chris Kaba and policing, and discussions around migration sparked by the Home Secretary's comments this week.
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Friday Sep 22, 2023
Friday Sep 22, 2023
This week Peter Lynas, Alicia Edmund and Danny Webster discuss the UK Government's u-turn on net zero policies, the news this week about Russell Brand, and questions around how justice and sexual ethics intersect in our culture and how we as Christians can speak into them.
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Friday Sep 15, 2023
Friday Sep 15, 2023
This week Danny Webster, Alicia Edmund and Peter Lynas discuss the changing landscape of sex education across the UK and how we can respond, the culture-provoking themes of the Barbie movie and the news this year about Mike Pilavachi and Soul Survivor.
Time to Talk webinar, 25 September - signup here: https://www.eauk.org/resources/what-we-offer/reports/time-to-talk/time-to-talk-webinar
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Friday Jun 30, 2023
Friday Jun 30, 2023
This week Jo Evans, Alicia Edmund, Peter Lynas and Danny Webster discuss the Parliamentary Prayer Breakfast, the unfolding events in Ukraine and Russia involving the mutiny of the Wagner group and how we approach the issue of justice as Christians. They go on to talk about disturbing developments in AI technology and Lewis Capaldi's performance at Glastonbury festival.
Trigger warning: mentions of child pornography in this episode.
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Friday Jun 23, 2023
Friday Jun 23, 2023
This week Jo Evans, Peter Lynas and Danny Webster discuss how the news is presented to us. Firstly looking at the comparison of the missing submarine and the capsized migrant boat off Greece, the controversy surrounding Andrew Tate, who has been charged with rape and human trafficking, and the children who got into an argument with their teacher over whether someone can identify as a cat.
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Friday Jun 16, 2023
Friday Jun 16, 2023
This week Jo Evans, Alicia Edmund and Danny Webster are joined by Dawn McAvoy, co-ordinator of the campaign 'Both Lives Matter', to discuss the case of Carla Forster, the mother whose was convicted of inducing an abortion outside the legal limit using pills at home.
They also reflect on the life of Silvio Berlusconi, the rise of populist politics, Donald Trump and Boris Johnson. Finally they take a look at a new podcast from BBC Radio 4, 'Mariana in Conspiracyland', investigating the influence of conspiracy paper 'The Light' in the Devon town of Totnes.
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Friday Jun 09, 2023
Friday Jun 09, 2023
This week Peter Lynas, Alicia Edmund and Chris Ringland discuss the events of the past week surrounding ITV and Phillip Schofield, Pride Month and the complex issue of the Deposit Return Scheme in Scotland.
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Friday May 26, 2023
Friday May 26, 2023
This week Jo Evans, Alicia Edmund, Danny Webster, Peter Lynas talk about the National Conservatism conference and Danny Kruger's comments on marriage, the new Immigration statistics and policy, and the news that Tim Keller has died.
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