Podcast

I host a podcast called Matters of Life and Death. Each episode I sit down with my dad, the doctor and writer John Wyatt, to discuss the ethics of emerging issues in science, technology, society and the church, and to think about how Christians can respond thoughtfully and faithfully to our fast-changing world. It’s part of the Premier network and you can listen to the most recent episodes below.

The unintended consequences of fertility treatment breakthroughs – Matters of Life and Death

Following on from our recent episode about making IVF more ‘ethical’, we zoom out a bit in this conversation to think about other questions presented by the huge advances made by reproductive science and medicine in the last 50 years. Has the way IVF breaks down procreation to its respective elements created in our culture a “Lego kit” approach to our humanity, believing it is endlessly remixable through dozens of permutations? How has access to this technology also affected our social understanding parenthood and required the law to change? What is lost when we move reproduction away from the intimacy of sex between husband and wife and into the lab? And how on earth are Christian couples struggling to conceive to navigate all this theological and ethical complexity? • You can send in your questions for us to discuss on the podcast, or ideas for future episodes, to molad@premier.org.uk • Subscribe to the Matters of Life and Death podcast: https://pod.link/1509923173 • If you want to go deeper into some of the topics we discuss, visit John's website: http://www.johnwyatt.com • Find some of Tim's journalism and sign up for free to his weekly church news newsletter The Critical Friend: https://tswyatt.com • For more resources to help you explore faith and the big questions, visit: http://www.premierunbelievable.com
  1. The unintended consequences of fertility treatment breakthroughs
  2. Abusive relationships and coercive control in church
  3. What would Christian IVF look like?
  4. Learning from Luther how to remain faithful during pandemics
  5. The Biobank data leak: Privacy, knowledge and the humility of faith over sight

I previously had a second show on the Premier network, called Premier Christian Newscast. It was a weekly podcast unpacking and explaining one big story from the Christian world, going behind the immediate headlines to try to understand why things are happening in the church and beyond. You can listen to episodes below.

How can the church respond to Christian Nationalism? – Premier Christian Newscast

Premier journalist Anna Rees Green asks how the church can respond to Christian Nationalism in the UK.
  1. How can the church respond to Christian Nationalism?
  2. Does Christian Nationalism shape our politics?
  3. What is Christian Nationalism?
  4. Sexuality, persecution, abortion and mission: Has Christian journalism got it right?
  5. The General Election