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.
Enough is enough: Can you have too much healthcare?
In the modern West we normally do not question the idea that it’s always a good thing to have more medical research, more treatments, more... Posted: July 15, 2026
Energy abundance: Is the coming solar power revolution a blessing from God?
Even sober-minded experts are getting excited about solar power. Respectable estimates suggest the price of energy derived from sunlight... Posted: July 8, 2026
Why is Britain becoming ungovernable? The grey vote and the need for intergenerational justice
Our first topic this morning is about the fall of yet another prime minister here in the UK, our sixth to resign since the Brexit referendum... Posted: July 1, 2026
Autism: Disability or superpower?
John is away this week so here’s an episode from the MOLAD vault to enjoy. Diagnosis rates for autism have been steadily rising for... Posted: June 24, 2026
From population bomb to fertility cliff edge: The ethics of birth rates
For the first part of this episode we return to a subject we discussed last year, after new data from India showed its fertility rate had... Posted: June 17, 2026
‘See how they love each other’: Why are Christians so bad at HR?
In the wake of its devastating abuse crises, the Church of England has poured money and effort into massively boosting its safeguarding... Posted: June 10, 2026
The unintended consequences of fertility treatment breakthroughs
Following on from our recent episode about making IVF more ‘ethical’, we zoom out a bit in this conversation to think about other... Posted: June 3, 2026
Abusive relationships and coercive control in church
Tim is away this week, so here’s an episode from the MOLAD archive. Society has been on a long and slow journey in recent decades into a... Posted: May 27, 2026
What would Christian IVF look like?
For couples experiencing infertility IVF is often the first port of call, and today millions of children have been brought into the world... Posted: May 20, 2026
Learning from Luther how to remain faithful during pandemics
Although we mostly try not to think about those dark days any more, the covid pandemic threw up a dizzying array of complex ethical and... Posted: May 13, 2026
