Hearts of Oak Podcast

Professor Richard Landes - What Lies Behind the Current Attacks against Israel from Hamas ?

With the current crisis in the Middle East we wanted to do a programme explaining why peace in Israel matters to us all and whether Iran will step in which is what everyone fears.Professor Richard Landes joins us from Israel to discuss the latest aggression from Hamas and whether the ceasfire will bring peace. 
Interview originally broadcast as a video interview 21.5.21
You can follow Richard on twitter @richard_landes and at his blog www.theaugeanstables.com 
A wonderful short video has been produced by Prager U titled "Why Isn't There a Palestinian State?" https://youtu.be/76NytvQAIs0
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Pavel Stroilov - A Russian Dissident Story - Is Putin a Friend or Foe?

Pavel Stroilov , a Russian dissident who fled Russia twenty years ago after releasing tens of thousands of classified materials, joins us to discuss Is Putin a Friend or Foe?
This podcast was originally broadcast as a livestream video interview  24.5.21
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The Week According To. . . . Gerard Batten

BATTEN IS BACK !
Gerard joins us for " The Week According To.... "Our weekly roundup of the past weeks news .
This episode was originally broadcast as a livestream video review on 29.5.21
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All the stories being discussed 
1. BLM ShootingSasha Johnson: Black Lives Matter activist shot in Londonhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england... Sasha Johnson TweetWhites will be slaves  The only racism allowed is anti-white racism!  Then link into the Rubin ReportAnti-White Racism on Air – Rubin Reporthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcZOy...  2 BBC, Princess Diana & BashirBBC racist! Can you bring up the report on Sasha Johnson written in Pidgin English?https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/tori-57242748 BBC are propagandists.The forgery of bank statements to gain an advantage is a criminal case – forgery and fraud.https://www.independent.co.uk/news/me... Cover up not an isolated incident. They covered up Jimmy Savill and Stuart Hall.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35658398 They tried to stitch Tommy up with false accusations – Panodramahttps://www.independent.co.uk/arts-en... 3 Covid latestCummings fiasco. Motivations? Get rid of Boris bring in the Gove?https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politic... Biden now says ‘Not convinced Covid 19 developed naturally. He previously said in 2020 it was ‘transformed in nature. Mutations consistent with jump from animal to humans’.Now he’s closed down the investigation by the NIH (National Institute of Health).OK to say came from Wuhan now Trump is gone.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021... 4. Muslim Paedophiles  Luton paedophile with images of children as young as 4 walks free with suspended sentencehttps://www.bedfordshirelive.co.uk/ne...

Dr Gavin Ashenden - An Easter Message Of Hope

This podcast was originally broadcast as a livestream video  1.4.21
Dr Gavin Ashenden joins us to give a message of hope this Easter.
Gavin was until 2016 a part time parish priest, looking after a small parish on the Island of Jersey, part of the Channel Islands, just off the coast of Normandy, France, where he combined being a parish priest with writing. On the island of Jersey, he helped run weekly bible studies in the prison, and had a weekly column in the Island’s only newspaper, the Jersey Evening Post. He continues to write for the JEP once a fortnight.
He grew up in Kent, and was educated at the King’s School in Canterbury. After training originally at Bristol University as a lawyer, he attended Oak Hill Theological College to study theology and prepare for the priesthood in London. He was ordained by + Mervyn Stockwood in Southwark Cathedral in 1980.
Gavin spent the next ten years in parishes. His curacy was in what was then a docklands parish along the river Thames by Tower Bridge, and subsequently became Vicar of a Church on the edge of South London.
During the 1980’s when he was also vice chair of Keston College, he spent some time smuggling bibles and medicine into the former Soviet Union. The experiences of being occasionally arrested and interrogated by the KGB played an important part in his views on totalitarianism.
After some postgraduate study with the Jesuits at Heythrop College in the University of London in the Psychology of Religion, he then completed a doctorate on the life and work of the Oxford Inkling, Charles Williams.
He spent 23 years at the University of Sussex as a senior lecturer and senior chaplain, lecturing in the Psychology of Religion, Literature, and running an MA programme in Monotheist Mysticism.
During this period he was hired by the BBC to present a weekly Faith and Ethics radio programme for four years, as well presenting the international Faith & Ethics podcast.
He has published on Charles Williams and CS Lewis, writes Op Ed pieces for the London Times, and occasional articles and book reviews in the Church Times.
He was a member of the General Synod of the Church of England for 20 years, and was appointed to a theological canonry at Chichester Cathedral. He is a member of the Society of the Sacred Cross.
In 2008 he was appointed a Chaplain to the Queen (2008-2017) .He spent a n umber of years as a member of the ecumenical priestly fraternity of the Little Brothers of Jesus (Charles de Foucauld)
Gavin has lectured in the USA as a visiting theologian for the Lutheran Church in Oregon, spoken at a variety of Diocesan Conferences in the UK, and represented the Church of England as a delegate to the World Council of Churches.
He is  committed to the vision for the unity of the Church contained in the ecumenical and prophetic movement ‘True Life in God’.
He was consecrated as a missionary bishop to the UK and Europe by the Christian Episcopal Church of the USA and Canada.
Follow Dr Ashenden on Twitter @gavinashenden and his website ashenden.org
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