Undeceptions with John Dickson

About this podcast

Every week on Undeceptions we’ll explore some aspect of life, faith, history, culture, or ethics that is either much misunderstood or mostly forgotten. With the help of people who know what they’re talking about, we’ll be trying to ‘undeceive ourselves’ and let the truth ‘out’.

Undeceptions with John Dickson

Episodes

Season 4
American Soul Single
The American Soul is rife with divisions, such that its people are now more united by what they hate than what they love.
April 4, 2021
10 min
Still Cancer Single
As we draw close to Easter, John Dickson presents a personal look at cancer and his stricken friend, Ben Shaw.
March 28, 2021
19 min
Season 3
Racist Church
Some would argue that Christianity itself is racist. Given the sweep of history, this is a charge that has to be confronted.
January 10, 2021
62 min
100 Pages
In 2021, John Dickson has a challenge for you: Read at least 100 pages of the Bible. As an adult ... with all your grown up questions activated. It can take it.
January 3, 2021
67 min
Ask Anything III
You may not feel ready to experience heaven or hell quite yet but Undeceptions listeners certainly had a lot of questions about it! In this season’s Q&A episode, John Dickson attempts to answer at least some of the questions you’ve thrown at us this year.
December 27, 2020
62 min
World's End
The stories we tell ourselves in culture are becoming increasingly apocalyptic. Why is that?
December 20, 2020
69 min
Danger: Proselytising
Why are Christians such god-botherers?
December 13, 2020
62 min
Homo Deus
How close are we to the homo deus - the human god?
December 6, 2020
47 min
Artificial Intelligence
Is Artificial Intelligence an under-estimated threat… or the saviour we’ve been waiting for?
November 29, 2020
46 min
Canon Fodder
Millions of people put their trust in the New Testament. It’s time to get to the bottom of how it was created.
November 22, 2020
64 min
Childish God
Believing that someone - not something - governs the world comes as easily to kids as curiosity, imagination and play.
November 15, 2020
64 min
Discordant Religion
Music doesn’t just hint at the order of the universe ... it can also confront us with the disorder.
November 8, 2020
57 min
Creation's Music
What is it about music that stirs the human soul? Is it just a series of sound waves producing neurological responses … or could music be - as so many ancients believed - a signal from God?
November 1, 2020
53 min
Good Earth
Christianity has a weird relationship to the climate cause. On the one hand, in theory they have more reason than most to care for the Earth — they believe it is God's good creation, after all. On the other hand, quite a number of the faithful are … sceptical. Professor Katharine Hayhoe is a rock star in the climate world -- one of the earth's best climate science communicators. She's also a Christian. And she says the chasm in the Christian world when it comes to climate doesn't have to be this deep.
October 25, 2020
56 min
Bible Mistakes
What do we do with the so-called factual errors and inconsistencies in the Bible?
October 19, 2020
54 min
Tax Free Single
Lots of people have lots to say about the financial status of modern churches, but how did the house of God come to be tax free?
October 4, 2020
13 min
Confederate Statues Single
In the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement, confederate statues in America's south are toppling or being trashed. Is this a sign that we care - or couldn't care less?
September 27, 2020
9 min
Indigenous Slaves Single
Was Australia built on slavery, or wasn't it? It depends very much on who you ask.
September 20, 2020
10 min
Medieval Manumission Single
What would you be prepared to give in order to set a slave free? How much would it be worth to you? One medieval man gave everything he had, right down to the shirt off his back.
September 13, 2020
9 min
Freeing Slaves Single
The early church adopted many approaches to rescuing people from the scourge of slavery and, when legal means failed, its members were ready to risk themselves on slave raids.
September 6, 2020
9 min

Undeceptions with John Dickson

About this podcast

Categories

About this podcast

Categories

Undeceptions with John Dickson

Episodes

American Soul Single

Still Cancer Single

Racist Church

100 Pages

Ask Anything III

World's End

Danger: Proselytising

Homo Deus

Artificial Intelligence

Canon Fodder

Childish God

Discordant Religion

Creation's Music

Good Earth

Bible Mistakes

Tax Free Single

Confederate Statues Single

Indigenous Slaves Single

Medieval Manumission Single

Freeing Slaves Single