smallVOICE podcast – June 2016

It’s June and we bring you intelligent Christian broadcasting (TM) in a handy podcast. This month we welcome our youngest ever guest for our Thousand Words feature, Rachael Fraser, and she shares a very recent photo; we review The Divide, a new documentary film about poverty and inequality in the US and UK; in the ethical debate that is the Moral Mixdown, we discuss the morality of the use and abuse of statistics; we celebrate our latest ‘small voice of the month’, someone with a small voice that makes a big difference; and, last and by no means least, we have two great tracks from singer-songwriter David Heavenor.

Darren, Anne and Margaret are in the studio chewing the fat, getting to the heart of things and generally putting the world to rights. We take no further responsibility.

Recorded on Thursday 2 June 2016. Length: 62 minutes 23 seconds.

Music courtesy of Kevin MacLeod

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3 Responses to "smallVOICE podcast – June 2016"

Catriona says:

June 4, 2016 at 8:49 am

How can anyone not love stats? Ah well. It was statistically “highly likely” that I would listen within 24 hours of the upload and that i owuld then post a comment. Whether that increases or decreases anyone’s sense of security, who knows? (And what the heck am I on to make such bonkers comments!!)

Loved the whole podcast. Having earned my corn using statistical methods for half my adult life, of course all stats have to be read in context, and of course than can be selected and read to support a particular viewpoint… which makes them just like history writing, journalism or even preaching! Darren I’m in your corner here 😉 numbers rock!!

Oh, should also say that I listened to part of this on my snazzy phone before moving over to laptop for better sound quality!

Thank you again and have a lovely summer 🙂

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Panda says:

June 4, 2016 at 10:35 am

Glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for the further thoughts about stats. (One of the presenting team has a professional interest … you’ve probably guessed which one.) Have a good summer yourself! We’re recording a ‘summer special’ podcast in July, so look out for that.

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Daren says:

June 4, 2016 at 9:29 pm

I’m honoured to have you in my corner, Catriona! Numbers do indeed rock. Have you seen any of the videos by Hans Rosling on stats and healthcare? They are amazing – google Gapminder to have a look.

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