Bobs Your Uncle Podcast

May 08 2024
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Each week, Bob Mendelsohn will take us on a journey, 18 minutes of time together, learning and laughing and feeling what's going on in the world around us. It's really a podcast about people and for people. Topics might include sports, books, religion, and words themselves-- people though are our #1 concern. Broadcast each TUESDAY from his home in Sydney, Australia. Photos of the guests are here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/bobmendo/albums/72177720296857670. You are invited to share your thoughts via Instagram or FB, even via audio if you'd like.
Often we get into topics about health and wellness, and we find those fascinating. 

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Dinah Sered on our Brain and Languages, on Israel and hope, and Music

May 08 2024 18 mins  
Dinah and her husband met in the 1990s in the New York City area, got married, and after living in Israel for 12 years, returned a few years ago. She has studied TCK (Third Culture Kids) and learns daily about that, about mentoring, about music and how our brain and our temporal lobe especially are affected when we try to find a word! She has hope for Israel and I want that for you

Will Ponsonby of Hobart, Tasmania and Off Court Sports

Apr 29 2024 18 mins  
Meet Will Ponsonby who is by trade both an electrical engineer and a former badminton champion in Hobart and the state of Tasmania in Australia. He also runs Off Court Sports (221 Liverpool Street, Hobart) where you can find all the gear for your favourite sports, even if it's not pickleball!Historical markers of the week include Adolph Hitler, JJ Thomson and the electron, King

Dr Gerry Smith, how to get along with 'the other'

Apr 22 2024 18 mins  
Gerry is a lecturer in sociology and in the school of religion at University of Sydney and also at University of Tasmania. She has a lot to say and Bob also shares his views about text-based religion. It's Passover week; the Bible verse is a hit. This episode is actually part 2 of 2, concluding the episode we began last week.Historical markers of the week include Hank Aaron, Wi

Dr Gerry Smith, lecturer in sociology at University of Sydney on the interfaith movement

Apr 18 2024 18 mins  
Gerry Smith is originally from Sydney and spends half the year lecturing there and in Hobart, Tasmania on religion, on religious movements, and especially with a bent on the sociology of religion. She has a lot to say about young people and inclusion, about key challenges to those involved in interfaith activity (or non activity), and this is only part 1 of 2 parts in this podcast

Resurrection... what does that mean? With Bob Mendelsohn

Apr 01 2024 18 mins  
The concept did not originate in the Christian world, it's Jewish! The prophets of Elijah and Elisha raised people from the dead, and it's recorded in our Holy Scriptures. So it's not a surprise that the Jewish believers in Yeshua also saw that as part of our proper theological view. Certainly the Orthodox Jewish world today still holds to that thought. But what about Y

Swoon theory, Jewish hoax and a resurrection

Mar 06 2024 18 mins  
Bob speaks in answering two questions, one from a Jewish doctor over coffee and the other from a Christian man about three days and three nights and the apparent contradiction in the Word. How to solve those?Historical marker includes the UN taking over Gaza, Marcus Aurelius and Bloody Sunday.Support the Show.Thanks for listening. Please share the pod with your mates, and feel free

Is not remembering a sin? Really? What is the point of recall?

Feb 10 2024 17 mins  
In this episode, Bob speaks about the purpose of remembering AND some useful aids in gaining a good memory. Zooming in on his father's memory, and his yahrtzeit, Bob looks backwards so that he sees God's mercies. The historical markers of the week are all from the 20th century and include RUR, Margaret Thatcher, Nelson Mandela and the Ayatolla of Iran. Support the Show.Than

Morgan Lindsay from New Zealand on climate change, Israel and rugby

Jan 10 2024 18 mins  
Morgan Lindsay lives in New Zealand. She is a trained geologist with a love of sport, music and dance, disaster relief, and her nieces and nephews. A great all-rounder, you will enjoy spending 18 minutes with this lady. We met in Turkey and she and her partner Hayden loved the rocks and all-natural sites we saw throughout. She works as a Climate Risk and Geospatial Consultant at To

War in Israel. 5th episode of 5 includes History. Bob's personal views

Dec 06 2023 22 mins  
A longing for peace is never wrong. As Hanukkah is upon us tomorrow, and Christmas just around the corner, let's hope for real peace in the Holy Land. Here are Bob's personal views. They are not the views of an organization or institution. They are personal.And some historical markers for 6 December includes Donald Trump and Hugo Chavez.Support the Show.Thanks for listening

War in Israel v Hamas. #4 of 5. Malik Dixon of Australia

Oct 29 2023 23 mins  
Malik grew up in Carolina in the US and spent time studying history and social science, even living in the Middle East. His perspective on the war today is pro-Palestinian, as he favours the plight of the underdogs. His Instagram is theloniousleek. The Historical marker includes Nicholas II and the end of constitutional monarchy, The Soviets detonating Tsar Bomba over Novaya Zemlya