Matters of Life and Death
Listen in as we discuss issues in healthcare, ethics, technology, science, faith and more. We unpack how Christians can better engage with questions of life, death and anything in between.
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Brought to you by Premier Unbelievable and hosted by John Wyatt and his son Tim. John is a doctor, professor of ethics, and writer and speaker on these topics, while Tim is a religion and social affairs journalist.
Abusive relationships and coercive control in church
Society has been on a long and slow journey in recent decades into a richer and more sympathetic understanding of how abuse and coercion...
Posted: April 24, 2024
Q&A: Did ending Roe v Wade actually save unborn children’s lives?
Our first topic in this Q&A episode is a recent study which found that in 2023, the first full calendar year after the Supreme Court...
Posted: April 17, 2024
ADHD, over-diagnosis and should Christians try to enhance our brains with stimulants?
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the faster growing mental health diagnoses of our age. More and more people,...
Posted: April 10, 2024
Tim Farron, toxic social media, and how to navigate the ‘mucky business’ of politics
We’re both away for our Easter breaks, so this week we’re bringing you a classic episode from the MOLAD archive, when we were joined by...
Posted: April 3, 2024
New obesity drugs, the morality of food, and has neuroscience killed off free will?
A new wave of anti-obesity drugs led by Wegovy (also known as Ozempic) are causing huge ripples in the medical world and popular culture....
Posted: March 27, 2024
Tech hype: Should Christians resist or lean into AI?
As is probably obvious from previous episodes, John is extremely interested in generative AI and thinks it will be the next transformative...
Posted: March 20, 2024
Q&A: Why have anti-abortion activists accidentally banned fertility treatment in Alabama?
Alabama’s Supreme Court has ruled that embryos in deep freeze, stored as part of IVF treatment, can be considered as legally children....
Posted: March 13, 2024
How can Christian doctors approach medical-assisted dying (euthanasia)?
This week we’re bringing you a classic episode from the MOLAD vault. Medical Assistance in Dying is Canada’s euthanasia programme. It...
Posted: March 6, 2024
Psychedelics, spirits and the philosophy of Harry Potter
Culture is increasingly interested in psychedelic drugs. Whether it’s Silicon Valley execs micro-dosing LSD to turbocharge their meetings,...
Posted: February 28, 2024
Q&A: Should single Christians use dating apps if they strike out at church?
A listener has emailed in his dilemma off the back of our recent series of episodes: His small evangelical church teaches a traditional...
Posted: February 21, 2024
