{"podcast":{"title":"Beauty for Ashes","slug":"beauty-for-ashes-590469","podcast_index_feed_id":590469,"rss_url":"https://theweeflea.podbean.com/feed.xml","website_url":"https://theweeflea.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/698960/Beauty_for_Ashes_3000pxats2p.jpg","author":"The Wee Flea","episode_count":150,"summary":"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.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-23T14:20:36.909923+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/beauty-for-ashes-590469"},"episode":{"title":"Beauty for Ashes 22 - It's a Mad World....Mexico, Iran,  Nepal and Scotland","slug":"beauty-for-ashes-22-it-s-a-mad-world-mexico-iran-nepal-and-scotland","published_at":"2026-03-12T19:10:28+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/beauty-for-ashes-590469/beauty-for-ashes-22-it-s-a-mad-world-mexico-iran-nepal-and-scotland","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/beauty-for-ashes-590469","url":"https://theweeflea.podbean.com/e/beauty-for-ashes-22-its-a-mad-worldmexico-iran-nepal-and-scotland/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/itf7uuq8k95r7qt6/Beauty_for_Ashes_22_-_podcast_edit_final76tqo.mp3","summary":"This week we look at the increasing madness in the world (and the solution!) - with Ian Plimer; a Rapper wins Nepalese election; the Iran war; Yes Minister; Paula White and Trump's spiritual advisors; Ayaan Hirsi Ali and John Anderson on Islam; Scottish government sponsors a pro Islamist group; the Tottenham Islamic call to prayer; Sydney Iman threatens Chris Minns; the Iranian womens team; Euthanasia in Canada; Zara Larsson glorifies Abortion; Country of the Week - Mexico; Company Values; Brendan O'Neill on Morrisey; Joe McDonald; Dick Van Dyke - the Cheerful Hollywood Calvinist; The strange death of Christian Scotland; the Christian faith of Ben Gannon Doek; and the Final Word - Proverbs 29:18. with music from Tears for Fears, Jo McDonald, Zara Larsson, Capercaillie, the Mariachis, Dick Van Dyke and the Red Clay Strays","meta_description":"This week we look at the increasing madness in the world (and the solution!) - with Ian Plimer; a Rapper wins Nepalese election; the Iran war; Yes Ministe…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2754,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/beauty-for-ashes-590469/episodes/beauty-for-ashes-22-it-s-a-mad-world-mexico-iran-nepal-and-scotland/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/beauty-for-ashes-590469/beauty-for-ashes-22-it-s-a-mad-world-mexico-iran-nepal-and-scotland.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}