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Church & Culture Podcast
The Church & Culture podcast is a weekly discussion with Dr. James Emery White on the latest trends happening in culture, and where and how the church should respond. Whi…
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Exercise for The Lazy
Feb. 2, 2023
6:19
Can AI have a mind of its own?
Jan. 26, 2023
6:20
Climate change: Are there too many people?
Jan. 19, 2023
6:17
The hidden life of buffets
Jan. 12, 2023
6:00
Songwriting
Jan. 5, 2023
6:16
United against food waste
Dec. 29, 2022
6:18
3D printers
Dec. 22, 2022
Are opinion polls accurate?
Dec. 15, 2022
Deep-sea mining: Good or bad for the planet?
Dec. 8, 2022
6:22
Can music mend a broken heart?
Dec. 1, 2022
The art of conversation
Nov. 24, 2022
Qatar's World Cup workers
Nov. 17, 2022
6:11
Controlling the weather
Nov. 10, 2022
Meet the flavourists
Nov. 3, 2022
Are Halloween costumes too scary?
Oct. 27, 2022
Does climate change make you anxious?
Oct. 20, 2022
Translating recipes
Oct. 13, 2022
Are artistic brains different?
Oct. 6, 2022
Why are prices going up?
Sept. 29, 2022
6:21
English for dating online
Sept. 22, 2022
Man vs beast: Who is more efficient?
Sept. 15, 2022
Are you following your dreams?
Sept. 8, 2022
Do emojis make language better?
Sept. 1, 2022
Being a beauty influencer
Aug. 25, 2022
Women in the workplace
Aug. 18, 2022
Connecting remote communities
Aug. 11, 2022
How pandemics end
Aug. 4, 2022
6:24
Confused by modern idioms?
July 28, 2022
6:26
Which are more dangerous: Sharks or humans?
July 21, 2022
Climate change and evolution
July 14, 2022
Preserving traditional recipes
July 7, 2022
Restoring trust in science
June 30, 2022
The Manhattan Project
June 23, 2022
Island life: Is it paradise?
June 16, 2022
The technology of translation
June 9, 2022
What is the Platinum Jubilee?
June 1, 2022
People who can taste words
May 26, 2022
Finding your way in space
May 20, 2022
Can VR treat fears and phobias?
May 12, 2022
Life in the modern office
May 5, 2022
Remembering Desmond Tutu
April 28, 2022
Discoveries of the Deep Sea
April 21, 2022
Rhetoric: How persuasive are you?
April 14, 2022
Britain's love affair with coffee
April 7, 2022
Optimists vs Pessimists
March 31, 2022
The world of Agatha Christie
March 25, 2022
Mars: Mysteries of the Red Planet
March 17, 2022
Why laughter is the best medicine
March 10, 2022
Is being kind good for you?
March 3, 2022
Eating bugs
Feb. 24, 2022
The benefits of boredom
Feb. 17, 2022
6:15
Sleepy in South Korea
Feb. 9, 2022
Feb. 3, 2022
Preparing for the Beijing Winter Olympics
Jan. 27, 2022
Are personalised diets the best way to be healthy?
Jan. 20, 2022
Inventing languages
Jan. 13, 2022
6:14
Welcome to the 'metaverse'
Jan. 6, 2022
Do trees have memories?
Dec. 30, 2021
Algorithms
Dec. 23, 2021
Changing the Earth's climate
Dec. 16, 2021
Body language online
Dec. 9, 2021
The Human Library: Life as an open book
Dec. 2, 2021
How green is nuclear energy?
Nov. 25, 2021
Why we forget the things we learn
Nov. 18, 2021
Why is Super Mario so popular?
Nov. 11, 2021
Should fast food sponsor sport?
Nov. 4, 2021
Grime: Music from architecture
Oct. 28, 2021
Where do your tips go?
Oct. 21, 2021
Angela Merkel
Oct. 14, 2021
6:10
Smart tech and climate change
Oct. 7, 2021
6:12
Going through the menopause
Sept. 30, 2021
Bitcoin's energy cost
Sept. 27, 2021
I love my language!
Sept. 23, 2021
Why are people collecting NFTs?
Sept. 20, 2021
Robot Artists
Sept. 16, 2021
6:46
Bats: Friend or foe?
Sept. 13, 2021
Is the planet warming up faster?
Sept. 9, 2021
Is technology harmful to youngsters?
Sept. 6, 2021
Is chimp politics like ours?
Sept. 2, 2021
Making sense of the census
Aug. 26, 2021
6:44
The fear of numbers
Aug. 23, 2021
A future without doctors?
Aug. 19, 2021
Lights! Camera! Kiss! - Intimacy on screen
Aug. 16, 2021
Head injury in sport
Aug. 12, 2021
Inside the head of Jeff Bezos
Aug. 9, 2021
The history of swimming
Aug. 5, 2021
6:47
Are humans a messy species?
July 29, 2021
6:43
The loneliest man in history
July 26, 2021
How colour affects us
July 19, 2021
Flexible working
July 15, 2021
Hypnotism
July 8, 2021
Saving the white rhinos
July 1, 2021
Making old things last longer
June 24, 2021
Building rapport with others
June 17, 2021
Food superstitions
June 10, 2021
The Rosetta Stone
June 3, 2021
Compassion fatigue
May 27, 2021
Hermits
May 20, 2021
When males are not needed
May 14, 2021
Mermaids
May 6, 2021
A quieter world
April 29, 2021
US and China vs climate change
April 22, 2021
Naked in nature
April 15, 2021
The language of biscuits
April 8, 2021
6:13
Is English really English?
April 1, 2021
Astronauts on strike?
March 25, 2021
Digital help for blind people
March 18, 2021
What’s the key to happiness?
March 11, 2021
Looking for utopia
March 4, 2021
Covid: One year on
Feb. 25, 2021
Singing in tune
Feb. 18, 2021
Working for yourself
Feb. 11, 2021
How much heat do you lose from your head?
Feb. 4, 2021
The woman whose cells never die
Jan. 28, 2021
What makes a good story?
Jan. 21, 2021
For the love of foreign languages
Jan. 14, 2021
Why can't we resist comfort food?
Jan. 7, 2021
What is fat-shaming?
Dec. 31, 2020
Coronavirus vs other pandemics
Dec. 24, 2020
Are trees intelligent?
Dec. 17, 2020
Can jellyfish help us solve our problems?
Dec. 10, 2020
Why do we choose to text instead of talk?
Dec. 3, 2020
Loneliness
Nov. 26, 2020
Is punctuality important?
Nov. 19, 2020
Could you be a victim of online fraud?
Nov. 12, 2020
Melting ice sheet: Is it too late?
Nov. 5, 2020
Walkman: the music player revolution
Oct. 29, 2020
Could humans live in underwater cities?
Oct. 22, 2020
Hacking help for US elections
Oct. 15, 2020
Do chimps have the same emotions as us?
Oct. 8, 2020
How can we make the web a better place?
Oct. 1, 2020
Coronavirus: Dealing with mass unemployment post-pandemic
Sept. 24, 2020
Grandma therapy in Zimbabwe
Sept. 17, 2020
Is there a future without bees?
Sept. 10, 2020
How to talk about conspiracy theories
Sept. 3, 2020
6:23
What’s the point of blood types?
Aug. 27, 2020
Will Covid-19 change cities?
Aug. 20, 2020
6:03
Is this the era of distrust?
Aug. 13, 2020
No more bosses
Aug. 6, 2020
The medicine of coronavirus
July 30, 2020
Food made in space
July 23, 2020
Sport against poverty
July 16, 2020
Covid-19: The office after lockdown
July 9, 2020
Should we wear a face mask?
July 2, 2020
Millennials and business
June 25, 2020
Is being thrifty a virtue?
June 18, 2020
The food delivery revolution
June 11, 2020
What difference has #MeToo made?
June 4, 2020
Is the recycling system broken?
May 28, 2020
The soothing power of books
May 21, 2020
Shocking facts about electricity
May 14, 2020
Internet - good or bad?
April 26, 2018
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