Matters of Life and Death

192 Episodes

1. Shame, honour & the gospel: Recovering what we’ve missed

   Published: 5/7/2025
2. What is a woman?

   Published: 4/30/2025
3. Dementia: Listening to bodies and the sacramental ministry of touch

   Published: 4/23/2025
4. Cultural witness and the purpose of theology, with Graham Tomlin

   Published: 4/16/2025
5. Antinatalism: Should we all stop having children?

   Published: 4/9/2025
6. Is this the end? Plummeting birth rates, the future of humanity and the meaning of children

   Published: 4/2/2025
7. Spiritual, but not religious: What do people actually believe these days?

   Published: 3/26/2025
8. Arrested for praying in your head? Abortion clinic buffer zones and 21st century thoughtcrime

   Published: 3/19/2025
9. What is the Trump government doing to medical research and international aid, and why should we care?

   Published: 3/12/2025
10. What are chatbots doing to us? Personhood in an age of AI

    Published: 3/5/2025
11. Co-operation with evil

    Published: 2/26/2025
12. Cryptocurrency: Financial liberation for the masses or pyramid schemes for the gullible?

    Published: 2/19/2025
13. Should we fear our new social media overlords in the age of Trump?

    Published: 2/12/2025
14. Knowing our own bodies: Fertility apps and the pill, with Dawn McAvoy

    Published: 2/5/2025
15. Should we try to save every one? Ethical dilemmas and Christian values when treating very premature babies

    Published: 1/29/2025
16. Who do children belong to in an era of surrogacy and reproductive technology?

    Published: 1/22/2025
17. An anxious generation: Are social media and smartphones ruining children’s mental health?

    Published: 1/15/2025
18. Giving, data and compassion: Should Christians all be ‘effective altruists’?

    Published: 1/8/2025
19. Surveillance capitalism: Is privacy dead and should we care?

    Published: 1/1/2025
20. The ethics of embryology: ‘Ensoulment’, the 14-day limit and co-operation with evil

    Published: 12/25/2024