Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs
von J.A. Franklin, T.J. Pelham, Daniel French
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Are you wondering how a Christian should respond to current events? What are we to think about a world that appears to be going absolutely mad? How are we to discern the signs of the times? In this podcast, featuring The Reverend Thomas Pelham, The Reverend Daniel French, The Reverend Doctor J.A. Franklin and the occasional guest, we attempt to give some answers. Email us at irreverendpod@gmail.com, follow us on Twitter @irreverendpod or on Telegram at t.me/irreverendpod. We also have a youtube channel which can be found by searching Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs! If you would like to support the show, which can be done from £2.50 plus VAT per month, you can join our Patreon community. Please go to www.patreon.com/irreverend
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Accused of RACISM from a Church Pulpit — Then BLOCKED. Plus: Why Harry Kane’s Ballon d’Or Matters
In this episode of Irreverend Faith and Current Affairs, Rev. Dr. Jamie Franklin follows up on the legal challenge to Project Spire — and delivers a proper good-news story at the end. First: the BBC wanted Jamie in a pre-recorded debate wit
Why We're Taking the Church of England to COURT over SLAVERY REPARATIONS
In this special episode of Irreverend, Rev'd Dr Jamie Franklin explains why he and author Dr Bijan Omrani decided to take the Church of England's Church Commissioners to court over their proposed plans to spend £100 million on slavery repar
The God Solution Live: Christianity Built the West — And Why Cultural Christianity Isn’t Enough (plus the Project Spire Legal Challenge)
Live from the University of Greenwich: Rev. Dr. Jamie Franklin and Rev. Daniel French on The God Solution. For a generation the Church felt like a lost cause under new atheism and The God Delusion. Now the mood has shifted. People step towa
Dawkins Still Doesn’t Understand God, A Botched Execution & the Church Accused of Welcoming the Far Right
In this episode of Irreverend Faith and Current Affairs, the Rev'd. Dr. Jamie Franklin covers four major stories. First: twenty years after The God Delusion, Richard Dawkins is still misunderstanding classical theism. Jamie explains necessa
Jesus Is Trans? Viral Sermon Torn Apart + St Helen’s Breaks With Bishops
In this episode of Irreverend Faith and Current Affairs, Jamie, Tom and Daniel take on three stories that reveal how far parts of the Church have drifted from historic Christianity. First: a viral sermon by Episcopal priest Flourish Klink c
9/11 Award for a Bin Laden Praiser and Aslan Becomes “Translan”
Jamie Franklin, Tom Pelham and Daniel French on a week the Church of England and the culture both told on themselves. On the anniversary of 9/11, the Archbishop of Canterbury gave an interfaith award to a cleric who praised Osama bin Laden
Assisted Dying Defeated + Lindsay Clancy Jurors Normalise Child Murder
In this episode of Irreverend Faith and Current Affairs, Rev. Dr. Jamie Franklin reacts to two major developments. First: a narrow but historic defeat for the assisted dying bill in the Commons. Jamie gives thanks to God, dismantles the myt
Raves in the Nave: Has St Paul’s Lost the Plot?
In this episode of Irreverend Faith and Current Affairs, Rev. Dr. Jamie Franklin is joined by Rev. Thomas Pelham for a wide-ranging discussion on two major stories. First: Sadiq Khan celebrates a partnership between Fabric nightclub and St
Lindsay Clancy: Child Killer as Feminist Icon? The Culture of Death Unmasked
In this episode of Irreverend Faith and Current Affairs, Rev. Dr. Jamie Franklin confronts one of the most disturbing stories gripping social media: the Lindsay Clancy trial. A Massachusetts mother methodically strangled her three young chi
Home Office: “Don’t Rape” Advice for Migrants | Harry’s Hostage Video | CofE Blames Press for Arday Suicide 🔥
Rev Jamie is back with a solo episode that starts with absurdity and ends with righteous anger. 🔥 The Home Office’s jaw-dropping pamphlet telling asylum seekers that “in the UK both people must say yes to sex” – complete with unfinished se
Jason Arday Dead – The Cult of Victimhood, Diane Abbott & CofE Reparations Madness 🔥 | Irreverend
Rev Jamie returns with a powerful solo episode on the tragic death of Cambridge professor Jason Arday and what it reveals about our post-truth culture. In this episode: 🔥 Jason Arday’s death and the reaction The James O’Brien interview, th
Cambridge DEI Scandal EXPOSED + CofE Still Woke & Abortion Law Change | Irreverend
Jamie and Tom are back with another explosive episode. 🔥 Jason Arday / Cambridge scandal The “inspirational” professor whose remarkable life story is collapsing, extensive plagiarism, incoherent teaching, a $1.15 million book deal still go
Archbishop’s Ghana Slave Tour, £100m Reparations & Oxford Union Islam Debate | Irreverend
In this episode of Irreverend, Rev. Jamie Franklin examines two major stories making waves in the Church and wider culture. 1. The Archbishop of Canterbury in Ghana Filmed visits to former slave sites, public displays of piety, and a renewe
£11.6 Billion Church Fund While Parishes Face COLLAPSE | Marcus Walker on Save the Parish
The Church of England is sitting on an £11.6 billion endowment — yet parish churches are being closed, merged, and left without clergy or cash. In this hard-hitting episode, Jamie Franklin interviews the Rev. Marcus Walker, rector of St Bar
New PM Burnham’s SHOCKING Speech + Church of England’s BIZARRE New Festival
Jamie shares encouragement from listener feedback and reflects on the Parable of the Hidden Treasure and the Pearl of Great Price — the Kingdom of Heaven is worth selling everything for. This week’s topics: - World Cup wrap-up: Why true uni
The Church of England is in a MESS: £100M Reparations, Synod Chaos, & Anne Widdecombe Murder
In this week's episode of Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs, Jamie Franklin opens with the Lord's Prayer and Jesus' Parable of the Weeds, reflecting on judgment, patience, and hope in dark times. Jamie addresses: - The murder of Anne Wi
"3:11 Was a Civilizational Turning Point" – COVID Lab Leak, Censorship & Digital Control Exposed | with Sonia Elijah
In this hard-hitting interview, Daniel speaks with investigative journalist Sonia Elijah about her new book 3:11 Viral Takeover. Sonia breaks down: • The overwhelming evidence for a COVID lab leak and how top scientists knew it but pushed t
Who is responsible for CRINGE World Cup Prayer? - Synod Demands Answers
The Church of England has released yet another howler — their official “Prayer for the World Cup.” In this episode Revd Dr Jamie Franklin dissects the theologically shallow, barely comprehensible prayer, its widespread mockery, the question
Trump’s FIFA Red Card Fix, Farage’s By-Election Chaos vs Count Binface & Clarkson’s Church Plan | Irreverend 266
In this week’s Irreverend, Jamie, Tom, and Daniel tackle the biggest stories with their usual mix of wit and insight. Trump personally intervenes with FIFA to delay a red card for the US team — genius gamesmanship or outright interference?
Irreverend LIVE! Starmer Resigns in DISGRACE | Andy Burnham Next PM? Bishops EXPOSED in Lords + Hymns & Q&A
Rev. Jamie, Tom, and Daniel are back with a special live episode of Irreverent Faith and Current Affairs recorded in Winchester. They deliver a sharp, no-holds-barred Christian take on Keir Starmer’s dramatic resignation, the rise of “cultu
C of E’s Cringe World Cup Prayer + Starmer’s Social Media Ban
Rev. Jamie Franklin is back with a no-holds-barred roundup of the biggest stories in church and state. He tears into the Church of England’s official “Prayer for the World Cup 2026” — calling it poorly written, theologically shallow, embarr
Britain on the Brink: Sudanese Migrant Beheading Attempt Sparks Chaos in Belfast
In this hard-hitting episode of Irreverend: Faith and Current Affairs, Revs Jamie Franklin and Tom Pelham tackle the escalating crisis on Britain's streets. A brutal knife attack in North Belfast by a Sudanese migrant — with apparent attemp
Why I HATED BBC's Dear England: The Woke Disaster That Cost England the Euros
The BBC’s new docudrama Dear England is meant to celebrate Gareth Southgate’s England team but it’s actually infuriating propaganda that puts race, kneeling, and virtue signalling front and centre while ignoring real football. In this no-ho
Handcuffed and Bleeding to Death: Henry Nowak and the Scandal of Two-Tier Britain
Reverend Dr Jamie Franklin responds to the shocking murder of 18-year-old Henry Nowak in Southampton. He examines the brutal knife attack, the police response that left Henry handcuffed and dying whilst they attended to his attacker, and wh
The Aesthetics of Original Sin: How the Church's Liturgy Recovers the Meaning of Creation
Why do so many churches feel spiritually thin, aesthetically bland, and disconnected from the deep longings of modern people? In this lecture, the Rev’d Dr Jamie Franklin argues that the crisis of the modern West is not merely theological o
Imam and Bish Bash Tommy AND the Offence Archaeologists Strike Again in Makerfield
Church of England revs with a difference Tom Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the big stories in this week's news of church and state. This time talking about the Bishop of Oxford teaming up with an Imam to cancel Tommy Robi
Has Andy Burnham ever had a proper job?
Church of England revs with a difference Jamie Franklin and Daniel French sit down to talk about the biggest issues in Church and State. This time: - The battle of no ideas at the top of the Labour Party, as we ask, "Has Andy Burnham ever h
Out on your Keir?
Rev with a difference Jamie Franklin sits down to talk about the big stories in Church and state and to offer a Christian perspective. This time: • The last days of Keir Starmer's dark and dismal premiership. What, if anything, can we learn
Polanski vs. The Met: Controversial Post on Golders Green Stabbing
Church of England revs with a difference Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the big stories in church and state this week. On this episode: • The savage Golders Green attack and Starmer/Polanski political fallout. • Our
Starmer Survives; Assisted Suicide Dies; and Russell Brand Pontificates!
Rev with a difference Jamie Franklin sits down to give you the soundest take on recent events. This time: • The latest on the Keir Starmer Mandelson debacle as I ask why the political discourse in Britain has degraded to such an extent. • T
