Cross Section

Mar 06 2025 95 ep. 36 mins 30
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Cross Section - Conversations at the intersection of faith, news and culture. A podcast from the Evangelical Alliance

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S10E6: Is motherhood integral to womanhood?

Mar 06 2025 35 mins  
In this week's episode Danny Webster, Alicia Edmund and Zanna Meynell discuss how Christians can hold firm to the hope they have in Jesus as we navigate the ever changing news. This includes Ukraine, a potential two-tier police system and the recent Times article about artificial wombs aka 'bag babies'. How does this concept fit into ideas of motherhood and womanhood? https://www.

S10E5: Power, privacy and persecution

Feb 27 2025 36 mins  
This week on Cross Section, Peter Lynas, Alicia Edmund and Zanna Meynell discuss the big global stories of the week. This includes Ukraine, Macron and Trump, Germany and the hugely significant UK aid cuts. The team go on to talk about a couple of recent stories about the killing of Christians in the DRC and India. The episode finishes with a chat about the Oscar nominations. Hope i

S10E4: All aboard the ARC?

Feb 20 2025 36 mins  
In this week's episode, Peter Lynas, Danny Webster and Alicia Edmund reflect on the ARC (Alliance for Responsible Citizens) three-day Conference in London. ARC is an organisation co-founded by Baroness Philippa Stroud and Canadian psychologist and media commentator Jordan Peterson. Its vision is to bring together global change-makers in politics, business, academia and philanthropy

S10E3: The gospel of Vance, Stewart or Jesus?

Feb 06 2025 36 mins  
Danny Webster, Alicia Edmund and Zanna Meynell react to this week's news stories. They discuss the increased popularity of Reform, Angela Rayner's plan to define Islamophobia (and the conversation around free speech) and discuss the spat between JD Vance and Rory Stewart about Christian values. Also, what will Trumps ban on USAID mean? JD Vance and Rory Stewart have both missed the

S10E2: Gen Z - Faith and Fascism?

Jan 30 2025 38 mins  
In this week's episode, Peter Lynas, Alicia Edmund and Danny Webster react to the fact that in ten years time the population may have increased by 5 million due to high levels of immigration. They go on to discuss Channel 4's new research about Gen Z. Statistics have revealed that this generation are more spiritual and more suspicious of democracy. Gen Z doubts about democracy lai

S10E1: The Vibe Shift - Trump, Musk and Rogan

Jan 24 2025 36 mins  
The Cross Section team is back with Season 10. In this season opener, Peter Lynas, Alicia Edmund and Danny Webster discuss the vibe shift. This encompasses Trump, Musk and Joe Rogan's conversation about Jesus with Wesley Huff. The team also chat about the Southport inquiry and the assisted suicide bill. https://www.thefp.com/p/niall-ferguson-the-vibe-shift-goes-global-assad-putin-t

S9E10: Chaosity: The year 2024 in review

Dec 12 2024 41 mins  
In the final episode of 2024, Peter Lynas, Alicia Edmund, Danny Webster and Zanna Meynell talk through the biggest domestic, international and cultural stories of the year. They also have a quiz to see who knows the most about the year. The team finish the episode by discussing their predictions for the topics that will be dominant in 2025. Get in touch: Email: cross.section@eau

S9E9: Is banning social media for under-16s the solution?

Dec 05 2024 36 mins  
Peter Lynas, Alicia Edmund and Zanna Meynell discuss this weeks key news stories. The team talk about the row over footballer's rainbow armbands and Mark Guehi's decision to write 'I love Jesus' on his. They also discuss Gregg Wallace, the pink Jaguar, the assisted dying vote and whether under 16s should be allowed to have social media. Book discussed: Jonathan Haidt's The Anxious

S9E8: Black Friday - MPs back the assisted dying bill

Nov 29 2024 24 mins  
On Friday 29 November, MPs voted 330 in favour to 275 against on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. Join Peter Lynas and Alicia Edmund as they give their initial reactions to this vote and explain the heaviness that they feel as a result. https://votes.parliament.uk/votes/commons/division/1877#notrecorded Get in touch: Email: [email protected] Twitter: @EAUKnews

Bonus Episode: Making sense of Kim Leadbeater's assisted dying bill

Nov 25 2024 33 mins  
Peter Lynas, Danny Webster and Alicia Edmund provide a theological framework on the issue of assisted dying/suicide and take you through the legislative proposals and how to engage with your MP ahead of the bills second reading on Friday 29th November. Why the law on assisted dying must be rejected - Evangelical Alliance