Sinopsis
Colorful conversation on social, economic and religious issues from a Christian worldview perspective. Mark and Pete: a businessman and a pastor.Listen on Flame Radio 1521MW in NW England and podcasts on iTunes.Website: markandpete.comTwitter: @markandpete
Episodios
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The G20 Summit- Trump smashes all the China
01/07/2019 Duración: 17minThis week's meeting between US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping at the G20 in Argentina may not achieve a trade breakthrough but is Trumps longterm strategy wise? Have your say in the comments.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mark-and-pete--1245374/support.Supporters get updates on new projects and hot takes on the latest news plus Mark and Pete Extra in depth commentary episodes and Mark and Pete vs AI comedy episodes. All right here in this podcast feed. Thank you for your support, welcome to the community.
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Can Boris Johnson afford another scandal?
27/06/2019 Duración: 14min“In the early hours of Friday morning, I answered a phone call from a takeaway food delivery driver. At the same time, I heard what sounded like shouting coming from the street.“I went downstairs, on the phone to the driver, and collected my food. On the way back into my flat, it became clear that the shouting was coming from a neighbour’s flat [where Boris Johnson was staying]. It was loud enough and angry enough that I felt frightened and concerned for the welfare of those involved, so I went inside my own home, closed the door, and pressed record on the voice memos app on my phone." Is this one scandal too many for Boris Johnson in his bid to become Tory leader and Prime Minister? Let us know your views in the commetns.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mark-and-pete--1245374/support.Supporters get updates on new projects and hot takes on the latest news plus Mark and Pete Extra in depth commentary episodes and Mark and Pete vs AI comedy episodes. All right here in this
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Mark Field the Greenpeace Grappler
24/06/2019 Duración: 18minThe Greenpeace protester grabbed by suspended foreign office minister Mark Field has said he should consider attending anger management classes.Janet Barker, who was manhandled after interrupting a black-tie City dinner, said she did not intend to complain to the police – but did suggest the Conservative MP may need professional help controlling his temper: "He certainly manhandled me in a way in which was very disagreeable… I want him to reflect on what he did and not do it again. Maybe he should go to anger management classes." The crucial question is whether or not Mark Field used reasonable force, or was in fact totally unreasonable and over-reacting. Weigh in your view in the comments.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mark-and-pete--1245374/support.Supporters get updates on new projects and hot takes on the latest news plus Mark and Pete Extra in depth commentary episodes and Mark and Pete vs AI comedy episodes. All right here in this podcast feed. Thank you for yo
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Scrap the licence fee or scrap the BBC
17/06/2019 Duración: 15minCutting the pay of stars and senior managers would only save a fraction of the cost of free TV licences for older people, the BBC has said. But is there a better way. Mark and Pete have the answer.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mark-and-pete--1245374/support.Supporters get updates on new projects and hot takes on the latest news plus Mark and Pete Extra in depth commentary episodes and Mark and Pete vs AI comedy episodes. All right here in this podcast feed. Thank you for your support, welcome to the community.
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Should a former cocaine user become prime minister?
12/06/2019 Duración: 12minTory Leadership candidate Michael Gove has admitted to snorting cocaine during his early days as a journalist. Gove, who’s one of the candidates vying to replace Theresa May and deliver Brexit, admitted that he took the drug on ‘several occasions’ and ‘deeply regrets it.’ Does this disqualify him? Mark and Pete have the answers from a business and religious perspective.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mark-and-pete--1245374/support.Supporters get updates on new projects and hot takes on the latest news plus Mark and Pete Extra in depth commentary episodes and Mark and Pete vs AI comedy episodes. All right here in this podcast feed. Thank you for your support, welcome to the community.
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Is Hypnotism a Hoax?
10/06/2019 Duración: 17minDerren Brown and other stage performers claim to be able to hypnotise subjects by sending them into a tance like state. Scientific researches claim that is so much bunkum. What is the truth from a business and relegious perspective. Is any of it true?Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mark-and-pete--1245374/support.Supporters get updates on new projects and hot takes on the latest news plus Mark and Pete Extra in depth commentary episodes and Mark and Pete vs AI comedy episodes. All right here in this podcast feed. Thank you for your support, welcome to the community.
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The Controversy of Donald Trump's UK Visit
03/06/2019 Duración: 13minOn Monday 3 June, US President Donald Trump will arrive in London for a three-day state visit.The president will be a guest of the Queen and meet the current Prime Minister Theresa May. But should he be coming at all isn't he a rather unpleasant personage? Or is a a 4D chess master of a world leader? Mark and Pete have the answers.Remember to subscribe.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mark-and-pete--1245374/support.Supporters get updates on new projects and hot takes on the latest news plus Mark and Pete Extra in depth commentary episodes and Mark and Pete vs AI comedy episodes. All right here in this podcast feed. Thank you for your support, welcome to the community.
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Who will be the next British Prime Minister?
27/05/2019 Duración: 25minThe race to succeed Theresa May has officially begun as the PM announced her decision to step down on 7 June, following months of intense pressure from inside and outside her party.SEE RELATED Is the British prime minister too powerful?The six times Boris Johnson has denied he wants to be prime ministerTheresa May resigns: five moments that sank her premiershipA statement from the Tory party chairman and the backbench 1922 Committee said nominations for the leadership will close in the week starting 10 June.MPs will then whittle the candidates down to two by the end of June, before party members - all 124,000 of them - choose the UK’s next PM, with May’s successor aiming to be in place before Parliament's summer recess at the end of July.So far, four MPs have announced they will run for the leadership - Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, former foreign secretary Boris Johnson, former work and pensions secretary Esther McVey and International Development Secretary Rory Stewart. But who will win? Mark and Pete weig
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Will Theresa May ever go?
20/05/2019 Duración: 21minThe fate of the Prime Minister of Britain Thersa May's career hangs in the balance and with it the fate of the British exit from the EU, Brexit. Will either ever happen? Mark and Pete have the answers. markandpete.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mark-and-pete--1245374/support.Supporters get updates on new projects and hot takes on the latest news plus Mark and Pete Extra in depth commentary episodes and Mark and Pete vs AI comedy episodes. All right here in this podcast feed. Thank you for your support, welcome to the community.
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David Beckham and Danny Baker: who is more to blame?
13/05/2019 Duración: 20minDanny Baker has issued a "formal apology" for his controversial joke about the royal baby and says he's paying the price a "crass blunder". David Beckham has been banned from driving for six months for using his mobile phone whilst driving his £100,000 Bentley. Who is more in the wrong? Which celebrity should be shunned?Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mark-and-pete--1245374/support.Supporters get updates on new projects and hot takes on the latest news plus Mark and Pete Extra in depth commentary episodes and Mark and Pete vs AI comedy episodes. All right here in this podcast feed. Thank you for your support, welcome to the community.
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Lucky Lucking Finds Treasure
07/05/2019 Duración: 23minRecently a lucky man named Lucking had a stroke of luck. Mark and Pete, a businessman and and Clergyman, analyise luck and whether you can get some.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mark-and-pete--1245374/support.Supporters get updates on new projects and hot takes on the latest news plus Mark and Pete Extra in depth commentary episodes and Mark and Pete vs AI comedy episodes. All right here in this podcast feed. Thank you for your support, welcome to the community.
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Will fighting political correctness get you elected?
29/04/2019 Duración: 17minCarl Benjamin is the youtuber Sargon of Akkad and is now a candidate for MEP for UKIP. He says that he is fighting Political Correctness. Will this get him elected or will his 3 year old "Rape Tweet" get him in deep trouble. Or both.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mark-and-pete--1245374/support.Supporters get updates on new projects and hot takes on the latest news plus Mark and Pete Extra in depth commentary episodes and Mark and Pete vs AI comedy episodes. All right here in this podcast feed. Thank you for your support, welcome to the community.
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Are Climate Change Protestors Barking Up The Wrong Tree?
22/04/2019 Duración: 27minClimate change activists, including Labour party councillor in Stroud Skeena Rathor, pictured left, have glued their hands together and locked themselves to the fence outside the home of Britain's opposition Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn on the third day of an environmental protest by the Extinction Rebellion group. Are these people mad or heroes. Mark and Pete have the answers, join the conversation below - what do you think?Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mark-and-pete--1245374/support.Supporters get updates on new projects and hot takes on the latest news plus Mark and Pete Extra in depth commentary episodes and Mark and Pete vs AI comedy episodes. All right here in this podcast feed. Thank you for your support, welcome to the community.
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Brexit Delay and the Return of Nigel Farage
15/04/2019 Duración: 19minBrexiteer Nigel Farage argued that he wasn’t willing to give up his hopes of leaving the EU after fighting for it for 25 years. He added that he would be leading his new Brexit party in these elections and MPs and Theresa May would be surprised about the impact they would have in the EU elections. The Brexit delay means the return of Nigel Farage to frontline politics. Mark and Pete analyse the ramifications.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mark-and-pete--1245374/support.Supporters get updates on new projects and hot takes on the latest news plus Mark and Pete Extra in depth commentary episodes and Mark and Pete vs AI comedy episodes. All right here in this podcast feed. Thank you for your support, welcome to the community.
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Jeff Bezos and the Big Divorce Bill
08/04/2019 Duración: 20minDivorce is a rampant problem but all is not as it seems. The world’s richest couple revealed the terms of their divorce on Thursday as Jeff and McKenzie Bezos – seen as the “parents” of the global online retail giant and media company Amazon – wrapped up their painful split. MacKenzie, now the ex-wife of Amazon’s founder and chief executive officer Jeff, will give 75% of their stake in the company and all voting rights to the billionaire entrepreneur.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mark-and-pete--1245374/support.Supporters get updates on new projects and hot takes on the latest news plus Mark and Pete Extra in depth commentary episodes and Mark and Pete vs AI comedy episodes. All right here in this podcast feed. Thank you for your support, welcome to the community.
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Why have we changed our attitude to gender?
01/04/2019 Duración: 25minGender confusion is endmemic and taking over society. It was mothersday recentlyu in the UK, but what is a mother when gender is fluid? Mark and Pete have the answers.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mark-and-pete--1245374/support.Supporters get updates on new projects and hot takes on the latest news plus Mark and Pete Extra in depth commentary episodes and Mark and Pete vs AI comedy episodes. All right here in this podcast feed. Thank you for your support, welcome to the community.
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Brexit: it's time to make your mind up
25/03/2019 Duración: 19minBritish MPs have voted for a delay in the Brexit process for three months or more, after struggling to agree on what terms the UK should leave the European Union on 29 March.You might think, after months of division, infighting and uncertainty that surely, surely, this means everything will go smoothly from here? Mark and Pete give their predictions. They were right about Trump and the referendum in 2016 so listen up.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mark-and-pete--1245374/support.Supporters get updates on new projects and hot takes on the latest news plus Mark and Pete Extra in depth commentary episodes and Mark and Pete vs AI comedy episodes. All right here in this podcast feed. Thank you for your support, welcome to the community.
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Crisis of School Cuts
18/03/2019 Duración: 24minA report by the National Audit Office of the UK has said schools face cuts of 8% in real terms by 2019-20. While the government said school funding would be ringfenced, headteachers are facing a mountain of increased cost. What is the answer to this? Let Mark and Pete tell you. For more: petertimothycooper.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mark-and-pete--1245374/support.Supporters get updates on new projects and hot takes on the latest news plus Mark and Pete Extra in depth commentary episodes and Mark and Pete vs AI comedy episodes. All right here in this podcast feed. Thank you for your support, welcome to the community.
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Should the Internet be Better Regulated?
11/03/2019 Duración: 21minStripped of all the mystery and mystique, the Internet is an electronic delivery mechanism for messages and information. In that sense, it is not fundamentally different from other electronic communications networks such as radio, television and telecommunications. These other networks are regulated so should the internet be regulated in a similar fashion? Mar and Pete have the answers.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mark-and-pete--1245374/support.Supporters get updates on new projects and hot takes on the latest news plus Mark and Pete Extra in depth commentary episodes and Mark and Pete vs AI comedy episodes. All right here in this podcast feed. Thank you for your support, welcome to the community.
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Beyond Brexit: are we heading for lean times?
04/03/2019 Duración: 21minAmid rising uncertainty for investors, one thing looks increasingly likely — the UK is heading for a botched Brexit. If Parliament votes down the “withdrawal agreement” next week, as many expect, the political system will go into a tailspin — but what will happen beyond Brexit? Is Liam Fox right ?Businessman Mark and Clergyman Pete have the answers.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mark-and-pete--1245374/support.Supporters get updates on new projects and hot takes on the latest news plus Mark and Pete Extra in depth commentary episodes and Mark and Pete vs AI comedy episodes. All right here in this podcast feed. Thank you for your support, welcome to the community.