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The Looking Busy Podcast

Looking Busy is a podcast by three marketing peeps who think they know it all but really don’t. Tune in to a weekly dose of faith, culture, nonsense and occasionally tweetable content.

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Hello listeners! It's the last episode of our first season - BOO - but we'll be back before you know it - YAY! We have a special guest this week!! James Moring, is a curate, at St Margaret's Aspley, who shares with us his experiences of going through the ordination process as a 22 year old, and what his day to day life now looks like as a 25 year ordained member of clergy.

What you looking at? recommendations are:

Reading: Quiet - Susan Cain https://www.quietrev.com/author/susan-cain/ Listening: The Worrying - Oli Fox https://open.spotify.com/track/3aCaXpvZDTXDgJtScOiPxv Watching: The Great British Bake Off Final - Channel 4 https://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-great-british-bake-off/on-demand/67644-010

(The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are all of our own and do not necessarily reflect the opinions or views of New Wine.)

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Hello again, we've missed you! In episode 5 we're discussing Halloween and the rise of the Wicca religion, especially amongst the millennial generation. We had a ton of comments before this one, so your opinion might even be on the episode! Remember to rate, subscribe and share the podcast if you like it!

What you looking at? recommendations are:

Reading: Light Box - K J Orr http://www.dauntbookspublishing.co.uk/products-page/book/light-box/ Listening: An Author Special with Yomi Adegoke & Elizabeth Uviebinené of Slay In Your Lane: The Black Girl Bible - The High Low https://www.acast.com/thehighlowshow/anauthorspecialwithyomiadegoke-elizabethuviebineneofslayinyourlane-theblackgirlbible Watching: How to stop screwing yourself over - Mel Robbins https://www.ted.com/talks/mel_robbins_how_to_stop_screwing_yourself_over

Content for this week's episode: Witches Outnumber Presbyterians in the US; Wicca, Paganism Growing 'Astronomically' - The Christian Post https://www.christianpost.com/news/witches-outnumber-presbyterians-in-the-us-wicca-paganism-growing-astronomically-227857/

Using the Jesus Deck in Christian Mission - Gloucester Diocese https://www.gloucester.anglican.org/2018/using-the-jesus-deck-in-christian-mission/

Britain's Young Witches - BBC https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05k6j80

(The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are all of our own and do not necessarily reflect the opinions or views of New Wine. )

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Heeeeeeeeere's our fourth episode!

Our generation is seeing a movement away from meat that is waaaay higher than other generations in the past. Do we have a responsibility for what we eat? What does a Christian ethic for meat consumption look like?

Get a load of these: Reading: The Passion Translation - Dr. Brian Simmons https://www.biblegateway.com/versions/The-Passion-Translation-TPT-Bible/

Listening: Perfect Father - Josh Gauton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoAIPu-6FVA

Watching: The Cry - BBC https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bmkqz5

Music by - Jen Coomber

(The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are all of our own and do not reflect the opinions or views of New Wine. )

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We're back with episode three! Our big chat this week was on social surveillance, is it there to protect us? How can it be abused? Where do we see it going in the future?

As always here's the link to what we recommend in 'What you looking at?'

Reading: The Tattooist of Auschwitz - Heather Morris https://www.theworks.co.uk/p/historical-fiction/the-tattooist-of-auschwitz/9781785763649

Listening: The High Low - Dolly Alderton & Pandora Sykes: https://www.acast.com/thehighlowshow

Watching: The Good Place - Netflix https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/80113701

Music by - Jen Coomber

(The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are all of our own and do not reflect the opinions or views of New Wine. )

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Our second episode, GLORY! This week we're chatting about the role that social media plays in our life, the effects it has (positive and negative) and the best way to deal with it's inherent addictiveness (is that even a word?!)

As always here's the link to what we recommend in 'What you looking at?'

Reading: How we know Kavanaugh is lying - Nathan J. Robinson https://www.currentaffairs.org/2018/09/how-we-know-kavanaugh-is-lying

Listening: Sails - Pat Barrett, Steffany Gretzinger and Amanda Lindsey Cook: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rC7mNAsx7Vw

Watching: Killing Eve - BBC https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06jy6bc

(The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are all of our own and do not reflect the opinions or views of New Wine. )