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150 episodes
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The Wee FleaExplicit
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Date created
2014/08/21
Latest episode
2026/10/05
Average duration
54 min.
Release period
7 days
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David Robertson discusses faith, culture and politics from a Christian perspective - this podcast was known as Quantum of the Wee Flea. Now it has been turned into a radio programme with Rhema FM.
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Beauty for Ashes 52 - The FlyDubai heros; France; Tucker and Hitler....
2026/10/05
This week we look at the FlyDubai attack; Danny Tommo and British injustice; The Iranian airbase attack; the Jamaican rapist who can't be deported because he is bisexual; Country of the Week - France; Students reject Pride in the US; The Police being trained in Islam and against Farage; The National Secular Society warn about Mosque; The Greens go madder; Tucker Carlson wishes Hitler had won; Partick Thistle go Christian; Swan Lake; Dame Esther Rantzen; Coal mines extended in NSW; The poet Joshua Luke Smith; Feedback; The pastor who thinks Lazarus was gay; the hypocrisy of Pastor David Wigington; The Pornographer who worships God; Who Created God? and the Final Word - Ps 90with music from David Bowie; Benny Friedman; Sam Cooke; Tchaikovsky; Alan Stivell; Plastic Bertrand; Dream Theater;
Beauty for Ashes 51 - North Korea, Islam in the UK, Ireland loses its mind, Iran whips a Singer; and Super Intelligence
2026/09/28
This week we have a bumper edition...so much going on in the world! Should music be political? Pasastoo Ahmadi; The Swedish election corruption; The CDU implode in Germany; The Houthis chant; Xi Jinping and Donald Trump; Deaths from Euthanasia in Canada outnumber deaths from guns in the US; Gang violence in South Africa; Muslim Suicide bombers in Nigeria; Country of the Week - North Korea; Liberal Democrats support men in womens spaces; German serial killer misgendered; Palestinian activist turns out to be Israeli settle; Ed Milliband announces £88 million for Gaza whilst cutting UK army by £30 million; Newcastle Knights in Dreamland; Irish players snub Israelis; Brendan O'Neill on the takeover of the Irish elites; Fauda again; BBC reports terrorists as journalists; Hamas bodyguard protected in the UK; Shanana Mahmood opens a new refugee route for Pakistan and Afghaistan; The attack on RAF Fairford; Abu Humza's wife gets another £70k for her state funded 5 bedroom home; Narnia goes woke; Muslims demand that John Cleese be cancelled; Death of the Pastors Wife; Die Fledermaus; The Bald President; Super Intelligence rather than Artificial Intelligence; Scotland's Education Secretary on what Education is; University of Edinburgh drops Divinity degrees; The Sahara is shrinking; Feedback; Poetry - Shamus O'Rourke; Jesus in Swansea; Salve Regina and the Pope in France; Jerry Eze in Old Trafford; and The Final Word - Psalm 1with music from the Dave Brubeck Quartet; Pink; Parastoo Ahmadi; The Kim Sisters; The Mooranbong Band; Pink Floyd; Strauss; Rush; The Psalms Project;
Beauty for Ashes 50 - Norway, Fauda, the Archbishop and Cancelling Ed Sheeran and the Proclaimers
2026/09/21
This week we look at the Greenland Deal; Did immigrants decide the Swedish election? Who are the Houthis? Country of the Week - Norway; Finnish study shows the danger of Transgender treatments; the predicted Muslim populations of Europe; Fauda; The Ed Sheeran witch hunt; Schubert; Deaths of Pressley Gerber and Bob Mackie; Simon Sebag Montiofiore's World History; the new Coal Boom; The Proclaimers turn to be cancelled; Feedback; the Archbishop of Canterbury awards an Islamist - then apologises; the growth of Evangelicalism in the UK; and the Final Word - 1 Corinthians 15:54-58with music from Midnight Oil; Edvard Greig; Ed Sheeran; Schubert; The Proclaimers; The Petersens; and Andre Rieu
Beauty for Ashes 49 - 9/11; Uruguay and the Rave in the Nave
2026/09/14
This week we look at remembering 9/11; Bill Mayer on terrorism; the falling man; Iran kills a rapper; Ed Miliband targets Israel; Parliament rejects Euthanasia in the UK; Ashley Dalton; Country of the Week - Uruguay; Birmingham bans the Union Jack; Green hypocrisy on landlords; Professor and BBC 'expert' on Gaza sacked for sexually blackmailing students; St Pauls, Fabric and Sadiq Khan; Top 10 classical no. 5 - Bach Brandenberg Concerto; George Michael - Faith; The Roman Emperor who died from eating cheese; the Indian Maharajah who saved Polish children; Arctic ice at record level; AI controlled drones target Ukraine; The Dutch CO2 carbon capture centre; Feedback; James Talarico's heretical beliefs; Compassion and Hillsong; The Final Word - the Lord's Prayer. with music from Paul Simon; The Who; Jorge Dexler; Praxis; Jeff Mills; George Michael; Bach; Radiohead; Alma Deutscher; Sister Janet Mead;
Beauty for Ashes 48 - AFD, Thailand, Surrogacy, and Kale
2026/09/07
This week we look at the AFD shock in Germany; the Green politician who married a Nazi; Country of the Week - Thailand; Leonard Cohen on Woke culture; Scottish boys being asked if they are pregnant; White privilege in the Scottish Ambulance service; The civil servant who identifies as a cat; White women explains why Muslims don't like dogs; Rapist appointed to police by diversity panel, rapes again; surrogacy in Australia; Dundee Uni suspends philosophy; Top ten classical - no 6 - Mozart; Wendall Berry; Cassandra Wilson; The Rest is History in the New York Times; African Savannah greens; Kale - the hyped 'superfood'; Feedback; Chaplains at Download; Joel Osteen's 1, 000th sermon; The MercyMe child sponsorship scam; and the Final Word - Psalm 13. With music from Phil Ochs; Bird Thongchai; Leonard Cohen; Mozart; Cassandra Wilson; The Imperials; Cabbage; Supertramp; Sovereign Grace Music; Guns and Roses;
Beauty for Ashes 47 - Dolly, Iceland and Nepal
2026/08/31
This week we celebrate the life and legacy of Dolly Parton; look at the tragedy in Nepal; Iceland as country of the week; the Cambridge professor of education attacking Western education; Belfast City Council celebrating abortion; the death of Yayoi Kusama; the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation banning 9/11 being described as terrorism; No.7 classical top ten - Saint Saens; The British tea spy in China; the real cost of Ed Millibands Net Zero; Feedback; Stella O'Malley on suicide; the decline of Paula White; and the Final Word - with music from Dolly Parton, Bjork; Sigurbrornson; Saints Saens; and The Sensational Alex Harvey Band.
Beauty for Ashes 46 - Forgive us our Debts - Russia, Iran, the Congo and the US
2026/08/24
This week we look Norway removing benefits from immigrants; the debts of the US, UK, Australia and China; Iran kills doctors for treating the wounded; Sepher Amierzadeh; Ukraine war; Brazilian elections; Ebola in the Congo; Country of the week - Russia; Humza Yousafs sister promotes Islam in Scotland; Colin Brazier on Bradford; Chelsea Clinton on abortion; Indigenous Australia attacked for being a 'Zio'; Shania Twain and Harry Styles; Bike speed limit introduced in Cambridge; Death of Frank Beard; More archaeological evidence for the Exodus; Solar farm in Scotland destroys arable land; The world is greening; Coal mines in the Hunter Valley extended; How did Fauci lie? Song of the week - Bob Dylan; Feedback; Is sugar and milk coffee anti male? The pimping out of Brisbane cathedral; Hypocritical minister in Scotland denounced during a service by his wife; and the Final Word - Habakkuk 2:14
with music from Dire Straits; Shakila; Metallica; Red Army Choir; Shania Twain; Henri De Bailley; ZZ Top; Bob Dylan; Rachmanninov;
Beauty for Ashes 45 - Afghanistan, Earthquakes; and the Blooming Australian Desert
2026/08/17
This week we look at the Solar Eclipse; Earthquakes in Colombia and Indonesia; Is there famine in Gaza? Islam in Tajikistan; Country of the Week - Afghanistan; Islam in the US and the UK; Swedish injustice; Ireland's anti-semitism grounds planes; German swimming pool apartheid; Australia's Maoist school children; Miatta Fahnbulleh's private school hypocrisy; fraud within the UK education, health and justice systems; Edwina Currie suggests government provided brothels for illegal immigrants; Italian works of art recovered; Ritchie Blackmore feud with Deep Purple ends after 33 years; Top ten classical - no. 9; the death of Jason Arday; The great Isaiah Scroll; good news from Australia about the environment; Song of the Week - where do you go to my lovely? Feedback; 'prophetess' Katie Souza claims that her eggs have been harvested by Aliens; the Final Word - Psalm 63.
with music from Elton John; Carole King; Aryana Sayeed ; Pink Floyd; Don McLean; Deep Purple; Shostakovich; NEEDTOBREATHE; Peter Sarstedt; and Wes Bayliss.
Beauty for Ashes 44 - Against the Wind - Hungary, Starkey and Liddle
2026/08/10
IN this weeks podcast we look at David Starkey's analysis of what went wrong with the UK; Delhi push for EV's; Irish anti-semitism; Canadian Granny euthanised without consent; Country of the week Hungary; The Cambridge fantasy; The Green rape apologist; the Democrats move to the lunatic left in Michigan; Unsung Hero; the death of Rod Liddle; Top ten classical - no. 10 Brahms; China's population history; AI Generates virusus ; Cutting down the Ecuadorian Amazon to save the Amazon; Song of the Week; Feedback; Benny Hinn; John Lennox; and the final word from Titus. with music from Jethro Tull, Mohammed Rafi, Marta Sebestyen; Hungarian Reformed Church; Bryan Ferry; Brahms; the Kinks; Bob Seger; and the Gaithers.
Beauty for Ashes 43 - Oxford, Cambridge, Fauci and South Korea
2026/08/04
This week we look at the craziness going on in some of the worlds top universities - including the Ceuta invasion; Country of the Week - South Korea; The Oxford Union Islam debate; Humza Yousaf on Islamic dominance; Police and Schools encourage Isalmism; Boy George supports Israel; The Walter Mitty world of Prof Jason Arday; Left Wing Terrorism; Women v. Men in sport; the death of Bill Oddie; Fauci's silence; Bill Anderson on Bureaucracy; Feedback and The Final Word - Matthew 12:36-37 - and Johnny Cash's most important song.
with music from The Proclaimers; Johnny Cash; Supertramp; Boy George; BTS; The Blues Band; Coldplay
Beauty for Ashes 42 - The Faroes, Trumps Billions and the Odyssey
2026/07/27
This week we look at Lucy Powell's view of education; Elon Musk v. the Economist; Injustice in Finland; Two tier policing re BLM protestors; Country of the Week - the Faroe Islands; Trump makes billions in first year; the weird world of Woke; Islamist attack on Pride in Berlin; Gil and Hartig - the Smithsonian; Stirling Pride and the Churches; The UN appoints dictatorships to supervise human rights; NGO's funded by governments; more than 1,000 men in NSW 'become' women; The ABC promotes sexual violence against Gina Reinhardt, and adultery; Megan Rapinoe and Sophie Cunningham; Kevin Keegan; Christopher Nolan's Oydssey; Classical composers and Murray Campbell; What's causing the heat in Europe? Cairngorm fires; Feedback; Why is there a 'no religion' campaign for the Australian census? and the Final Word - the Lord's Prayer. with music from Chuck Berry; Eivor; Dire Straits; Tchaikovsky; The Spinners; John Mayer Trio; Etta James and the Latvian people.
Beauty for Ashes 41 - The Yackandandah Special!
2026/07/20
This week we look at whats going on in the world through the eyes of the Yackandandah mens camp! Including Starmers farewell; the UK bans Paivi Rasanen; the World Cup ends; Josh Kerr breaks world record; Country of the Week - South Africa; Jillian Spencer vindicated; Amnesty International against Human Rights; Scottish teacher banned for answering question about abortion; Reproductive violence taught at University training course; Sam Neill dies; Feedback; Niall Ferguson admits failure on anti-semitism; the Church of England fails on anti-semitism; and the Final Word; with music from Chuck Berry, the Battlefield band, POD, the Soweto Gospel Choir, JJ Cale, ZZ Top, the Wurzels, the J Geils Band, and the Byrds
Beauty for Ashes 40 - Lord Mackay, Bonnie Tyler; Anne Widdecombe; the World Cup and Spain
2026/07/14
This week we look at the murder of Anne Widdecombe; the death of Lord Mackay; the World Cup and religion; Norway v. England; Are Argentina being supported by a Zionist plot? Are Brazil too evangelical? Should Dundee have played Maccabi Haifa; Country of the week - Spain; Indonesia warns about LGBTQ culture; The UK Health Secretary now says that women can't have penises; the death and faith of Bonnie Tyler; no. 1 guitarist - Mark Knopfler; Edinburgh ditches Knox's bonnet ceremony; Kate Forbes at the ARC; Jennifer Aniston on Religion; with music from Otis Redding; Dire Straits; Bonnie Tyler; The Beatles; The Three Tenors; Lynard Skynard; Ruth Naomi Floyd
Beauty for Ashes 39 - Happy 250th Birthday America!
2026/07/07
This week we look at the 250th anniversary of the founding of the US - its culture, religion and population; Angela Mackenzie on the Founding Fathers; Muslims at the World Cup; Trump's Red Card; Taylor Swift's Marriage; German influence in the US; Germany's sick economy; NY Pride goes after Children; The BBC and Trans athletes in the US; Yanis Varoufakis on AI; Feedback; King Charles stops defending the faith; Stephen Furtick preaches a different faith; and the Final Word - Revelation 3:7-10. with music from. Jimi Hendrix; Simon and Garfunkel; Taylor Swift; Duke Ellington; BB King; Connie Francis; and the Mississippi Mass Choir
Beauty for Ashes 38 - Earthquakes, Austria, Lara Bird-Leakey and Skillet
2026/06/30
This week we look at the Venezuelan earthquake; Ukraine war; New York forgets 9/11; Religion and the World Cup; Country of the Week - Austria: Imam mob leader gets police award; Reem Alsalem, UN Raporteur does not believe all women; NSW education department want white men out of science; Pyra Lara Bird-Leakey and the new SNP; The National cancels Kate Forbes; A new Bach song? ; Skillet's monster no 1 Christian song on Spotify; Eric Clapton - no.2 guitarist; Belgium goes nuclear; EU Aircon for the bosses but not the workers; Feedback; Bishop of Manchester supports draconian anti-lgbt conversion therapy; Geoffrey Donaldson; and the Final Word - Rev 22:12-15
with music from Eric Clapton; Skillet; Bach; The Who; Strauss; The Sound of Music; ACDC; Johnny Cash.
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Leslievideo 2025/02/11
exceptional
David presents very balanced view of the world and what is going on from a christian perspective. I appreciate his world view.
BikeDogJon 2024/09/02
The Wee Flea
David is very thoughtful and presents his information in a very pleasant manner. I don’t agree with everything he says, but we’re adults so it’s ok to...
khsaggie 2023/11/04
Excellent
Always unpredictable and always edifying. And enjoyable. Will expand your musical experience.
tondayen 2023/06/30
Great Blend of Music and World News
I love how he ties the music to the weekly topics on the show. Especially enjoying the national anthems of different countries. The tour of headline s...
Resqueme 1 2023/05/10
David Robertson
Hey David I was listening to your latest podcast and you were kind of joking that AI doesn’t know what we are thinking. I was listening to Janet Pars...
SanjuanCFI 2023/04/15
Incredible musical taste
You’ll hear the best music that history has to offer up to this point. Eclectic and interesting, David Robertson is a pastor for the heart, mind and ...
truthandlove96 2022/12/02
This is my go to podcast
I listen to many Christian podcasts- this one stands apart. I love the balance of solid, highly intellectual apologetics and news through a biblical w...
scarface4tx 2022/08/07
Really Good, but…
I enjoy this podcast. Really good to get a Christian worldview from outside the US.
However, I really wish the host would add links to the music he ...
AmyLouCol 2022/04/04
Well-balanced Biblical worldview with whimsy and artistic flair
Love the Biblical perspective, the music, the interesting quotes, and that topics and news items discussed are vetted for the truth. (From a Midwester...
bigwhiskeyhall 2020/12/22
Has a way of keeping you interested in sometimes boring information.
Really very well done in how news is presented. Christian believers should pay close attention to the world news given. Here, you can learn much you’d...
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