Best Luke Tower Podcasts (2024)

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Cycling Talk Podcast - The Matteo Trentin Episode 1:02:32

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In this episode Matteo Trentin joins me to share his amazing cycling life story. Matteo has raced pretty much every road race you can think of throughout his career and is one of a select group of riders to have won stages in all 3 Grand Tours. We chat about his progression from racing Road and Cyclocross in Italy as a Junior to heading all over th…

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#168 – Life from non-life?

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Deep ocean hydrothermal vents may have been the stage for the biggest play on earth, preprogrammed into the Big Bang: the origin of life! Over the past few weeks, we’ve been exploring the fine-tuning of the universe to produce life … complex, intelligent life. This week and next, we’re going to look at how it seems that the appearance of life was b…

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Singapore’s New Metro Line is Construction Hell - #109 43:31

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This week, we're digging into The B1M's recent video "Singapore’s New Metro Line is Construction Hell". This is a BIG project on the small island nation. Later in the episode, we cover: LA 2028 Olympic venues = https://www.instagram.com/p/C-WMHfZOHry/?img_index=1 China’s vast new convention centre = https://www.instagram.com/p/C-LWqEwsmV5/?img_inde…

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#167 – Fine-tuning without a “Tuner”

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An atheist response to fine-tuning: a super intellect ‘monkeying’ with the physics, a cosmic computer simulation, the multiverse hypothesis, and “the Gambler’s Fallacy.” So far, we’ve heard from five different university-trained scholars with theistic worldviews about fine-tuning of the universe: a Christian astronomer, a Jewish mathematician/physi…

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The $1BN Race to Save Notre Dame From Collapse - #108 46:00

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This week, we're digging into The B1M's recent video "The $1BN Race to Save Notre Dame From Collapse". This is how France's iconic Notre Dame Cathedral was rebuilt. This special episode is sponsored by Trimble Construction. Learn how Trimble technology was used in the Notre Dame restoration here: https://bit.ly/3Ac2kih Later in the episode, we cove…

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Cycling Talk Podcast - The Flora Perkins Episode 1:06:14

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In this episode I am joined by current Under 23 British National Road Race Champion and rider for Fenix-Deceuninck, Flora Perkins. After racing on the road and track as a youth, Flora's time on the bike as a Junior was affected by the Covid pandemic but success in the Netherlands at the end of 2021 led Flora to join Le Col Wahoo the following year.…

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#166 – What it takes to make a LIVING universe

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It takes an incredibly finer level of fine-tuning to produce a universe that has carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, sodium, potassium, calcium, iron, copper, zinc, selenium, molybdenum and many other trace elements needed for life. Last week, we explored the first of three meanings of the term “fine-tuning of the universe”: the delicate precision and balanc…

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The $64M Race to Save the Eiffel Tower - #107 44:32

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This week, we're digging into The B1M's recent video "The $64M Race to Save the Eiffel Tower". The Paris landmark is in danger and we're here to talk about it. Later in the episode, we cover: Stonehenge tunnels cancelled (again) = https://www.instagram.com/p/C-AujokMSYp/?img_index=1 Tencent’s new HQ in Shenzhen = https://www.instagram.com/p/C94D6sR…

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#165 – What it takes to produce a universe

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Getting twenty five fundamental constants and physical laws just right to produce a universe full of electrons, neutrons, and protons … all the way up to planets and stars Last week, we learned that “Fine Tuning” can mean three very different things. Today, we’re going to explore the first of those three: the exquisite precision needed to produce a…

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How to Build an Arctic Airport - #106 51:46

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This week, we're digging into The B1M's recent video "How to Build an Arctic Airport". Together, we find out why airport construction in Greenland is (quite literally) booming. Oh, and there's a cheeky Greenlandic themed quiz. Later in the episode, we cover: Dubai’s 64-kilometre new “Green Spine” = https://www.instagram.com/p/C9NJERlMglk/?img_index…

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Cycling Talk Podcast - The Josh Giddings Episode 1:25:33

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For this episode I am joined by British rider Josh Giddings. Currently riding for Lotto Dstny Development Team, Josh has recently signed a 2 year Pro contract and is stepping up the Lotto Dstny World Tour team. Josh grew up riding and racing on the road and on the track and had success in both as a youth including winning the Youth Tour of Assen an…

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#164 – Fine Tuning: getting the pencil to stand on its tip!?

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“Fine Tuning” really means three very different things, two of which are recognized by astrophysicists of all stripes; but one of them … not so much. We have often looked closely at Creationism in all of its various forms, flavors and dimensions. Two particular aspects of Creationism are foundational for the faith of many Christians (not a tenet of…

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The $3BN Plan to Fix Europe's Most Important Airport - #105 44:05

26d ago44:05

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This week, we're digging into The B1M's recent video "The $3BN Plan to Fix Europe's Most Important Airport". Amsterdam Airport Schiphol's bid to redeem itself after the summer of 2022 plummeted its rankings. Later in the episode, we cover: Apple opens its first ever store in Malaysia = https://www.instagram.com/p/C863AuIMrrI/?img_index=1 How the wo…

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#163 – Evolution, a “good” creation, and the problem of pain

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Can we say God used evolution to produce a “good” creation if it involves so much pain, suffering, predation and death? Our listeners asked us to do an episode on how to rationalize Christian faith with all the pain and suffering that is brought on by the process of Evolution. We spoke to Dr. James Stump, whose recently released book — Sacred Chain…

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Inside the High-Security Fortress That’s Heating Paris - #104 55:08

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This week, we're digging into The B1M's recent video "Inside the High-Security Fortress That’s Heating Paris". Fred went inside the Equinix data centre that's heating the 2024 Olympic training pool in Paris. During the discussion, we’re joined by Andrew Higgins who is Director of Sustainability and Master Planning for EMEA at Equinix. Later in the …

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Cycling Talk Podcast - The Harrison Wood Episode 57:37

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I'm excited to be back with a brand new episode of Cycling Talk Podcast and to be joined by a rider from my home county of Devon and rider for Cofidis, Harrison Wood. Harrison and I chat about growing up riding and racing in Devon and what its like to go from racing a small mixed age group field around Torbay Velopark for Mid Devon Cycling Club to …

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#162 – Bending the arc of the moral universe

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Humans have been developing the toolkit needed to fulfill the Divine command: “learn to get along and take care of the planet”! Martin Luther King famously said: “We shall overcome because the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” The popular political commentator and TV host Jon Stewart added something poignant to those …

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The Crucial Skyscraper Test You've Never Heard Of - #103 46:52

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This week, we're digging into The B1M's recent video "The Crucial Skyscraper Test You've Never Heard Of". This is where the world's biggest skyscrapers are put to the test - any guesses at where this facility is? Later in the episode, we cover: Obama presidential centre tops out in Chicago = https://www.instagram.com/p/C8iuKRfPlqC/?img_index=1 Huge…

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#161 – Human evolution, morality, and our ultimate purpose

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Human evolution is hard to take for some Christians, especially when we claim that humans have been climbing up the evolutionary ladder in the moral sense. It was only a few years ago that Pew Research found roughly one third of Americans believe that “humans have existed in their present form since the beginning of time” (and in case the obvious r…

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#160 – Richard Dawkins v. Ayaan Hirsi Ali

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The scientist poster-boy for atheism and an ex-Muslim, ex-atheist Christian have a conversation (not a debate) about worldviews (not God). One of our long-time listeners asked for our opinion on a ”debate” between Richard Dawkins and Ayaan Hirsi Ali: the conversation between the two of them raised many questions and points that resonated deeply wit…

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Why Soviet-Era Nuclear Plants Are Being Dismantled - #102 40:21

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This week, we're digging into The B1M's recent video "Why Soviet-Era Nuclear Plants Are Being Dismantled". Step inside the complex world of nuclear decommissioning. This episode is sponsored by Trimble Construction. Learn more about Trimble's Tekla software and the 2024 Tekla UK award entries: https://bit.ly/3zby8mT Later in the episode, we cover: …

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#159 – Answers-in-Genesis are getting a new leader …. and a Tower of Babel theme park!?

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Recent developments in the YECist world, according to a scientist who’s been watching them closely for two decades In this episode, we talk to Dr. Joel Duff: a professor doing biological research at a secular state university, and teaching students that come from the Bible belt of the USA. He’s been a popular blogger for twenty years, and more rece…

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The Race to Fix Australia’s Failed Dam - #101 40:09

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This week, we're digging into The B1M's recent video "The Race to Fix Australia’s Failed Dam". The ironically named "Paradise Dam" in Queensland, Australia is doomed. This episode is sponsored by Trimble Construction. Learn more about Trimble's Tekla software and the 2024 Tekla UK award entries: https://bit.ly/3zby8mT Later in the episode, we cover…

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#158 – A clash of wills in a Young Earth Creationist school system

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Sparks fly when a Greek Orthodox evolution-accepting professor comes up against an Evangelical school headmaster bent on bringing in a Young Earth Creationist curriculum Why are we doing yet another episode on Young Earth Creationism? The biggest reason is because it’s still a very potent ideology in Christianity, especially within Evangelicalism. …

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The 100th Episode - #100 1:10:38

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This week, we're celebrating our hundredth episode with a special 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire' style quiz and an open Q&A. This special episode is sponsored by Trimble Construction. Learn more about Viewpoint Field View here: https://bit.ly/3VdVXBH Get in touch! Podcast@TheB1M.com www.TheB1M.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more in…

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#157 – The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind

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“The scandal of the evangelical mind is that there is not much of an evangelical mind” (opening sentence of chapter one) It’s no secret that modern Evangelicalism is not noted for its intellectualism. In fact, with groups in our midst like Young Earth Creationists, Flat Earthers, anti-vaxxers, and climate change deniers, and the constant criticism …

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Why Construction Needs to Talk About Mental Health - #99 42:14

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This week, Fred is joined by Procore's Sasha Reed to discuss mental health in construction as part of our Get Construction Talking initiative. Learn more about the global Get Construction Talking initiative - https://www.getconstructiontalking.org/ Watch the video-version of the discussion here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzZUUdc84Sg Get in t…

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EP.9 HIT IT! Hustling and the Ivory Tower with Max McGuinness 1:31:01

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Dr. Max McGuinness is a Teaching Fellow in French at Trinity College Dublin. He previously taught at University College Dublin, the University of Limerick, and Columbia University, where he received his PhD in French in 2019. His first book – published this Spring – is Hustlers in the Ivory Tower: Press and Modernism from Mallarmé to Proust (Liverp…

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#156 – An expert’s proposal for this religion-making software in my brain

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In addition to enhancing hominid survival and reproduction, this software equipped us to become aware of and look for the Transcendent. Once again we’re asking the question: “why do we have this cognitive machinery in our head that predisposes humans to having spiritual experiences and religion-making?” But this time we talked to a scholar on the s…

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Is This $4BN Megaproject Pointless? - #98 44:36

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This week, we're digging into The B1M's recent video "Is This $4BN Megaproject Pointless?". Stockholm is in a race to fix it's traffic congestion. But will this expensive road tunnel really work in the Swedish capital? Later in the episode, we cover: Lord’s Cricket Ground set for an overhaul = https://www.instagram.com/p/C7BSFpNs0t_/?img_index=1 Ri…

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#155 – “Is it all just in my head?” 50:30

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A retrospective journey through four years of episode releases had us asking this fundamental question. The short answer: of course it is! A few of the most recently released episodes prompted us to think back to about a dozen other episodes we’ve released in the past that focused on the cognitive machinery in our heads, and got us asking: are spir…

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The World’s Most Expensive Site - #97 44:23

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This week, we're digging into The B1M's recent video "The Skyscraper Built on The World’s Most Expensive Site". Land in Hong Kong is expensive - very expensive. But this didn't stop Zaha Hadid architects from possibly designing the world’s curviest skyscraper. Later in the episode, we cover: The Chicago Bears $4.2BN new home = https://www.instagram…

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#154 – Eastern Orthodoxy, symbolism and mysticism 1:04:53

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For some, the Bible takes on a deeper meaning when you read it less literally … exchanging certainty and rigidity for the fluidity of symbology, metaphor, and mysticism. If there’s one characteristic that sets Christian Fundamentalists apart from other forms of Christianity, it’s an over zealous commitment to a literal reading of the Bible. Exagger…

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The $3BN Plan to Connect Southeast Asia - #96 39:00

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This week, we're digging into The B1M's recent video "The $3BN Plan to Connect Southeast Asia". Singapore and Malaysia are closely connected in many ways - but THIS might be the world's most important rail link. Later in the episode, we cover: Toronto announces 4 new skyscrapers = https://www.instagram.com/p/C6Oehw3scct/?img_index=1 Updated plans f…

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EP8. Lockdowns: ‘A Flawed Consensus: COVID-19 in Africa’ with guest Professor Toby Green 47:25

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Toby Green is Professor of Precolonial and Lusophone African History and Culture at King’s College, London and the author of A Fistful of Shells: West Africa from the Rise of the Slave Trade to the Age of Revolution (2019). He also wrote, along with Thomas Fazi, The Covid Consensus: The New Politics of Global Inequality (2023). This latter work eng…

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Cycling Talk Podcast - The Noah Hobbs Episode 56:32

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For this episode I am joined by rider for La Conti Groupama FDJ and Great Britain, Noah Hobbs. Noah and I chat about growing up riding and racing in the UK and Europe as a youth rider before Covid hit in his 2nd year as an under 16. After losing most of his track and road seasons in 2020, Noah then made great progress as a Junior, representing Team…

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#153 – A post-Christendom Christianity 1:14:14

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A northern Irish philosopher (who grew up in the 30-year war between “Protestants” and “Catholics”) gives us a whole new perspective on this ancient religion. This week, we’ll hear from a very thought-provoking philosopher — Dr. Peter Rollins — who we guarantee will have you thinking about Christian faith in entirely new ways. Peter grew up in Irel…

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How to Build a 2KM Skyscraper - #95 45:37

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This week, we're digging into The B1M's latest video "Experts Explain Saudi Arabia’s 2KM Skyscraper". Together, the lads react to the news that Saudi Arabia are planning to build a 2KM skyscraper - potentially the tallest building/structure ever created. We give our opinions and ask if this could this actually be built? Later in the episode, we cov…

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EP7. Spilling the ‘Cup of Tea’: Matt Ridley and Luke Sheehan on China and COVID origins 45:12

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In late 2021, Matt Ridley and Alina Chan published the hardback edition of ‘Viral: The Search for the Origin of COVID-19’. Well received by many and loathed by some, it remains the most comprehensive book on the origin of the pandemic that leans in the direction of the lab. In a debate that has neither gone away nor gotten more polite over time, th…

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#152 – Awe and spiritual experience, pt 2 55:53

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An experimental psychologist and a theologian with a PhD in psychology give us their perspectives on the emotion of awe and its role in the spiritual/religious experience. Last week, we explained why we decided to look more closely at the emotion of awe and its role in the spiritual / religious experience, as well as how scientists measure this emo…

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Europe's Megaproject to Replace Russian Railways - #94 42:46

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This week, Fred's away so it's just Liam & Luke and we're digging into The B1M's latest video "Europe's Megaproject to Replace Russian Railways". Together, we investigate the huge new high-speed rail line across three former Soviet states; Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. Later in the episode, we cover: Shenzhen’s latest supertall skyscraper officia…

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EP6. ‘The Alphabet is like a Set of Drums’ – an interview with musician of the month John Cummins. 27:07

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Aficionados of the Dublin cultural scene over the past decade or two are likely to be familiar with John Cummins. Cutting a dash with a distinctive Rasputin beard and Reggae styles, John’s poetic performances in the Dublin vernacular have mesmerised audiences young and old. His playful, rhyming verse always had great musicality, and it seemed a nat…

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Cycling Talk Podcast - The Cyrus Monk Episode 1:36:26

4M ago1:36:26

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Joining me for this episode is Australian road rider currently racing with Q36.5, Cyrus Monk. Cyrus and I chat about his early memories of cycling as well as playing lots of other sports before heading to University and starting on his path to become a professional cyclist. Cyrus has raced all over the world with teams of all different levels from …

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#151 – Awe, and the religious/spiritual experience 57:57

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After a quick primer on this uniquely human phenomenon, we’ll hear from someone who had a profound, life-changing experience during a solar eclipse, and then relate all of this to religious/spiritual experiences. Humans seem to be unique among all other species on Earth when it comes to the emotion of awe. Whether it’s experienced while standing at…

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How Rectangular TBMs Work - #93 37:56

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This week, we're digging into The B1M's latest video "Redeveloping the World’s Most Terrifying Airport". Hong Kong is one of the world's most well-known city's; massive skyscrapers, massive density, and massive challenges to build infrastructure. However, we’ve never seen construction tech like this before… Later in the episode, we cover: Saudi Ara…

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#150 – Human evolution and Christian theology 1:11:43

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Many Christians can fully accept the idea of human evolution, but they use a language which betrays Young Earth Creationism. If we don’t update our language, we may lose a whole generation of Christians. Many Christians are perfectly fine with human evolution: descent over millions of years down a family tree we share in common with the chimpanzees…

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Cycling Talk Podcast - The Alice Towers Episode 52:16

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For this episode I am joined by British rider for Canyon-SRAM, Alice Towers. Alice and I chat about her progression through youth racing, starting with cafe rides with her dad and brother before joining her local club and beginning to train and race. Alice was a Junior when we went into Lockdown in 2020 and we talk about the impact this had on her …

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#149 – Creating a new Christian worldview 1:05:08

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A week after Easter 2024, and in response to questions from our listeners, we discuss a whole new perspective on who Jesus was, and what he gave the Jews, and the world, when he died on the cross. Several members of our private Facebook Discussion Group asked us to explain how we’ve been able to reject so much of our Evangelical faith, and yet stil…

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The Plan to Save New York's Emptiest Building - #92 41:02

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This week, we're digging into The B1M's latest video "The Plan to Save New York's Emptiest Building". This topic is all about one of the world's most photographed buildings that's hiding in plain sight... but have YOU heard of it? New York is transforming one of its most iconic but rarely-seen towers. This episode was sponsored by James Hardie. Lea…

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EP5. Fuck Real Countries with Nadim Shehadi 1:05:41

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An economist by training, Nadim Shehadi has spent his career analyzing the long, ongoing story of Lebanon. Having lived through Beirut’s ‘golden era’ of post-WW2 prosperity, and subsequently having started out as an academic as the country suffered through civil war and occupation, Nadim has honed his voice and knowledge to become a compelling narr…

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