Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs

Jamie and Tom begin with a profound rumination on comedy and contemporary culture before delving into the serious issue of a Labour MP's attempt to introduce abortion up to term for any reason in the UK. We discuss the latest Covid-19 news, including a helpful blog that may assist you or loved ones in climbing down from the fear. We finish up with a discussion of the Church of England's...

In this special episode, Jamie sits down with New York based software engineer and cultural commentator Carbon Mike to talk about the general state of things. Topics include gain of function research in the Wuhan lab, Malthusianism and its influence on current affairs, the social and biological catastrophe of lockdowns, the religious significance of the Covid-19 vaccination project, technocracy, t...

In one of the most significant twists in the Covid-19 story to date, this week the Health Secretary Matt Hancock was exposed by The Sun newspaper as having an affair with an aide in breach of his own social distancing guidelines. Hancock tried to cling on but eventually resigned and was replaced by Sajid Javid. We look at Matthew 23 and ask what Christ's denunciation of the Scribes and Pharis...

Revs Jamie and Daniel get together to discuss recent affairs such as the elite's seeming contempt for their own Covid-19 rules and the MOD's government briefing paper on "augmented humanity". We also compile a pretty solid reading list of relevant dystopian novels. Our Scripture this week is taken from Genesis 11, the story of the Tower of Babel. We talk about how this story re...

Revs Tom, Jamie and Daniel discuss the entirely unsurprising extension of the lockdown beyond June 21st, touching on the effects upon the NHS and the implications for weddings specifically. We also discuss the vaccine roll-outs and concerns around children's vaccination. We finish with something completely different (thankfully!). Our Scripture this week is taken from Ephesians 6:10-20, as Re...

Laura Dodsworth joins Revs Jamie and Tom for the second half of this episode. Before that we discuss latest developments including identity politics in football and cricket, the lockdown probably not ending on June 21st, and a joint letter from Humanists UK and Churches Together urging as many people as possible to get vaccinated. We speak to Laura about her fantastic new book, A State of Fear , a...

We're off on our hols this week, so we thought we'd put out our first ever episode on the Fear of Death from all the way back in October 2020. We hope you enjoy going with us right back to the beginning of the podcast and look forward to being with you properly again next time! Notices: Thanks so much to all of our new Patreons! Your support is overwhelming and encouraging. If you would...

Revs Tom and Jamie are joined by the Rev'd Dr Bernard Randall for the second half of this special episode. In this first half, we discuss John 3:16-21 and what it tells us about lies and truth in the modern world, Dominic Cummings' latest foray into public life, vaccine efficacy, how to pray, the "COVID pantomime", cognitive behavioural therapy and the NHS's "biggest...

Revs Tom, Jamie and Daniel get together to discuss the way that the government have used fear to control people, the recent attack on people who do not want to have COVID-19 vaccinations and the projection of the words "vaccine saves" onto the statue of Christ the Redeemer. Our Scripture this week is taken from Isaiah 43:1-2, which speaks of God's intention that we not live lives ch...

Revs Tom, Jamie and Daniel get together to discuss: hugging, the local elections, Michael Gove's personal email to Jamie on vaccine passports, the masked gargoyle in St Alban's Cathedral, racist Church monuments and what vicars are being asked to do about them, and Dr Bernard Ridley, reported to a counter-terrorism unit for preaching a sermon about tolerance! Our Scripture this week is t...

The gruesome twosome Revs Tom and Jamie get stuck into some meaty conversation from the book of Acts about the possibility of Christianity being persecuted in our lands before long. As evidence of this, we cover the arrest of street preacher John Sherwood who was detained overnight in a police cell for expounding upon the first chapter of the book of Genesis in public! We repair the awful oversigh...

This week sees the three ecclesiastical musketeers Tom, Jamie and Daniel take on the subjects of fear and death in the context of the present crisis. In politics, we discuss Johnny Mercer's dramatic resignation from the government describing it as, amongst other things, a "cesspit". In the Church, we review the shocking news that a quarter of Brits say they would take spiritual advi...

Back to the original duo this week, as reverends Tom and Jamie discuss ALL the big stuff. We start with a conversation about Boris Johnson's most recent tedious doom-mongering. Is he a "floundering buffoon", a puppet or something even more sinister? We talk vaccines and vaccine passports. Tony Blair has said that we need even more "publicity" in order to "confront vac...

A veritable panel this week, as regular co-hosts Revs Daniel, Jamie and Tom are joined by bona-fide American political commentator Esther O'Reilly. We talk about GraceLife Church in Canada whose pastor was jailed for a month for ignoring COVID restrictions and is now conducting meetings with his congregation in an undisclosed location. We also talk about elder isolation in the States and ask...

This week Revs Tom and Jamie give it both barrels on the subject of Easter Monday's dismal, doom-mongering, life-sapping press conference, predicting imminent death for the entirety of the human race unless we wear masks forever and never touch another human being again...oh and also unless the government are allowed to create a new medical apartheid in the UK using vaccine passports. We upda...

In this week's episode, we celebrate our newly acquired number one Christian podcast in the UK status and attempt to answer some frequently asked questions and comments: What should I do if I still want to go to church and haven't got one? And the often repeated story of people either being literally excluded from churches through church closure or those who have been ostracized by the e...

After the customary round of hellos, we celebrate the Church's victory in Scotland in which the unconstitutional banning of services has been overturned in the courts . We move from there to assess a document given to us by a listener that comes from the CofE Bath and Wells diocese, in which an assessment is made of the Church's performance in the pandemic and what should be taken forwar...

This week's episode sees Rev. Daniel, Tom and Jamie discuss a recent meeting between evangelical church leaders and the government which appears to indicate that social distancing and mask usage in churches will continue after June 21st . We also have an extensive discussion about the recent pausing of the usage of the AstraZeneca vaccine in many countries around the world. We feature our fri...

In this episode, we welcome to the pod, the Reverend Phill Sacre all the way from sunny Clacton-on-Sea. We discuss the latest events such as the cultural significance of the Meghan Markle, Oprah Winfrey debacle and we take into consideration Phill's optimistic predictions around the breakdown of the lockdown narrative, the importance of the working class to this problem, and the end of the cr...

In this episode Revs Tom, Jamie and Daniel talk about the relationship between lockdowns, experts, Brexit and the Iraq War using an insightful Article by Phil Sacre, Will Lockdowns be the End of Experts ? We also talk about the gloomy prospect of coerced vaccination. We note endorsements that the vaccine has received from the Queen and from high profile church leaders. A group of the latter releas...

Jamie and Daniel French take the reins for this special 20th edition of Irreverend! We review the recent governmental unveiling of a "roadmap" out of lockdown and the four tests that must be met if even this glacially paced timetable is to be met. We get our rant on about the conservative press who are now passionately advocating for a two-tier society in which vaccination passports are...

In this episode, Revs Tom and Jamie review the week's news, most notably the government's new plan to decrease the amount of Coronavirus cases to less than 1000 before the lockdown is eased. Along the way, we briefly review the Talk Radio Hitchens vs. Hodges debate, Jamie shares his own philosophical argument against lockdowns and we review some interesting listener feedback, including a...

Revs Tom and James are joined this week once again by the inimitable Rev Daniel French. Topics for discussion include: a new era of prohibitionism as pubs may be allowed to reopen but without any alcohol - we ask, "Is it worth going to one in that case?"; the omni-competent and benevolent Matt Hancock threatens to throw citizens in jail for ten years unless they tell him where they'...

In this week's episode, Revs Jamie and Tom catch up on recent developments, including Tom's shocking lack of knowledge of the contemporary film world. We review a recently leaked document which suggests that 20% per cent of congregants in the CofE will not return after the pandemic restrictions are lifted, and which also postulates "radical changes" for the Church in general. W...

Greetings friends. For this special episode, Rev J reads out his article that was recently published in the North American Anglican Journal: Living Death: An Ecclesial Apostasy . As always please write in with any comments, suggests, excoriations, or anything else at all to irrevendpod@gmail.com. Also please follow us on Twitter @irreverendpod and rate and review us on iTunes! Thank you. Support t...