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Michael and Cieran
It isn’t holy. It isn’t always half an hour...but it is an awesome slice of Christian entertainment with games, quizzes, songs and facts about the Bible. Contains mild irreverence. Hosted by Michael and Cieran.
Well here we are, the Grand Finale of your regularly scheduled programming, we hope that you enjoy the bumper episode with new quizzes and old reminisces. As promised here are all the links:
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We made it folks! Here we are on our final episode of season 2 and our final bible fact on Revelation. Look out for our season finale special, coming next week!
This week Michael brings us a bumper quiz and our final Top Three. And has Cieran finally, finally memorised every book of the Bible? Listen and find out.
In which we look at the penultimate book of the Bible, Jude, but not before playing an idioms quiz, listening to a new unlikely worship song, and completing a top 3.
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We're back, and Michael has a new mind bending multilingual quiz. Can you beat it? Goliath returns with another greatest hits compilation. We have our Top Three and this week's Bible fact is 1-3 John. Yes, all of it!
Sorry for the late upload this week! Michael had technical difficulties. We hope that you enjoy S2 Ep59, in which we have another 'famous-person-name' quiz, unlikely worship song, top 3 and a Bible fact on the book of 2 Peter.
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We're back! Happy new year folks. We have our usual mix of quizzes, daft songs, and a bible fact. With a new twist on the top three! Gather round and harken to the New Year's Crow.
Merry Christmas to you all! We hope you enjoy this bumper Christmas edition of Holy Half Hour with extra quizzes, original music, gift exchanges and more! We hope that you have a wonderful Christmas however you are spending it this year!
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It's nearly Christmas! How will Cieran do on Michael's quiz this week? How sad will Michael be after hearing Cieran's latest Christmas carol reboot? Let's find out.
Sorry for the late upload this week listeners, Michael had an important exam to sit.
Cieran tries to 'play the books of the Bible right', we discover an incredibly preserved ancient Christmas hymn, the ongoing sage of the Top 3 Quiz and Cieran shares thoughts on Hebrews.
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Whose book idea will become a bestseller? Will Cieran fail spectacularly at this week's quiz, like last week? Does anybody have any garlic? Find the answers to all these questions and more in this week's show. This week our Bible fact comes from Philemon.
In which we have a 'first line' Bible book quiz, a theme tune for Titus, we continue our 'animal, vegetable, mineral' Top 3s and Cieran brings us facts on Titus.
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We're back! Can you beat Cieran's performance in the Google autocomplete quiz? Yes. Yes you can.
In which Cieran has to identify famous Timothys, Michael listens to an epic animal Unlikely Worship Song, Cieran tries to regain his former Top 3 glory and the Bible Fact is from 1 Timothy.
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We're back with another incredible quiz, an unlikely worship song that hits close to home, a top three and a bible fact from 1&2 Thessalonians.
Cieran is on his honeymoon with his wonderful new wife! So it is time for a special episode of Holy Half Hour radio, we hope you enjoy these classic holy half hour hits!
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Cieran is a newly married man, or is he, you'll have to listen to find out, either way we have a wedding traditions quiz, an Unlikely remix, a top 3 and a Bible Fact from Colossians. Enjoy!
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In which Michael poses a phobia-based quiz to Cieran, Cieran writes an unlikely worship song about an unsung biblical hero, we have a new top 3 and a bible fact about Philippians.
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Is it a bird? Is it a battle suit? Find out in this week's Holy Half Hour. We also have our Unlikely Worship Song, Top Three, and Bible Fact from the book of Ephesians. Thanks for listening!
In which Cieran tests his fruit knowledge, and turns into a tv jingle producer, there is a top 3, and our bible facts are about the feistiness of Paul in Galatians.
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Welcome back! This week we have another great show featuring a quiz, unlikely worship song, top three and bible fact from 2 Corinthians. Enjoy!
This week we talk about the sports we don't excel in, Cieran tests his Bible Geography knowledge, we hear things from Michael's POV, a Top 3 and a Bible Fact from 1 Corinthians.
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We're onto the New Testament letters, so Michael has a letter based quiz this week. Our Unlikely Worship Song comes from a special guest. We have another Top Three and our Bible Fact comes from Romans.
In which we discuss seasickness, have a third quick fire Master-Bible-Mind quiz, a new quiz jingle, a quick Kazoo worship song, a Top 3 and a Bible fact about the book of Acts.
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In which we discuss when we are most in our element, we play our Family Fortunes/Feud style quiz, we have an Unlikely Worship Song about Bible readings, a Top 3 and Cieran brings us a Bible Fact about his favourite Gospel, John.
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Welcome back to Holy Half Hour, come on in! This week we have a fantastic quiz, an Unlikely Worship Song, another Top Three and our Bible Fact comes from Luke's Gospel. Remember to wipe your feet.
How many famous Marks can you name? Probably more than Cieran in this week's quiz. We have another Unlikely Worship Song, a brand new Top Three, and this week's Bible Fact comes from Mark's Gospel.
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We are super excited to start looking at the New Testament in our Bible Fact segment. We also have a New Testament Quiz, an Unlikely Worship Song about being late for church, as well as a slightly tweak to the format of Top 3.
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In this episode, Cieran takes on another of Michael's Bible Mastermind challenges. We have a new unlikely worship song, our top three is summer themed and our bible fact comes from Malachi.
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In which we have a Christian Spelling Bee, Cieran creates music using only his phone, we have a weathery Top 3 and our Bible fact is on the penultimate book of the Old Testament: Zechariah!
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In this week's episode: Michael brings a fill-in the blank news quiz, Cieran brings an unlikely worship song on a common church problem. Our top three is on a nursery rhyme theme and our bible fact comes from the book of Haggai.
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Can you tell if these Christian cultural memes are in the Bible? This week we also have an Unlikely Worship Song Remix, a quick Christian world record question, a Top 3 and our Bible Fact is from the book of Zephaniah. Enjoy!
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In which we discuss the correct way to pronounce this week's book of the Bible. Michael brings a brilliant Spotify worship quiz, Cieran remixes everybody's favourite instrument. Our top three has a nursery rhyme theme and our Bible fact comes from Habakkuk.
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In which Cieran answers quick fire Bible Trivia, we have an Unlikely Worship song that you may well relate to, we kazoo the top 3 best selling Christian songs of all time, our top 3 is words from nursery rhymes and our Bible fact is about the book of Nahum. Enjoy!
p.s. Sorry that the audio is a little below our usual standards we had a few mic issues but still wanted to release this episode.
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Michael tests Cieran's knowledge of a day in the life of a monk. Cieran brings the next thrilling musical instalment of the Jonah saga. We have another rhyming top three and our bible fact comes from Micah.
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In which Cieran guesses where well known stories are in the Bible, our Unlikely Worship Song tell's Jonah's story, we have a Hymmmn, a Top 3 and Michael Shares a Bible Fact about Jonah.
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In which we play some more Bible Trivia, Cieran writes an unlikely worship song which will help the songwriters out there, we have a Kazoo Tune, Top 3 and Cieran shares a Bible fact from Obadiah.
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Another packed episode with quizzes, an unlikely worship song, the top three and our bible fact this week comes from the book of Amos. Thanks for listening!
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In which Cieran is quizzed on Christian Facebook Groups, we hear an original Charles Wesley composition, we have our usual superb recurring segments and Cieran shares a fact about the book of Joel.
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Michael brings his thesaurus to worship band practice. Cieran brings a song about a common church problem. We have a rhyming top three, another instalment of Hymmmns, and our Bible Fact is from the book of Hosea.
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In which Cieran has to identify famous Daniels, Cieran remixes another classic Holy Half Hour Goof, we have a kazoo tune, a top 3 and this week's Bible fact is from Daniel.
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This week our podcast is a whole year old. Amazing! To celebrate here's a bumper quiz and games edition of the show. Thank you all so much for listening this last year, we appreciate you all!
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In which Cieran has to guess if famous Christians from history are fact or fiction, Goliath is back with an album that is sure to go double platinum, we have a Kazoo Song, Hymmmn, Top 3 and a Bible Fact from the book of Ezekiel.
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Michael catches Cieran in a hymnal trap. Cieran brings a song to cure those Easter Monday blues. Our top three is work, rest, play and our bible fact comes from Lamentations. Episode may contain kazoo.
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In which Cieran tries to identify kazoo renditions of popular worships songs, an old friend returns to perform an Unlikely Worship Song, we have a new Hymmmn, Top 3 and, this week's Bible Fact is about the book Jeremiah.
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Michael brings a fun, numbers based quiz. Cieran imitates a certain country legend. We have another instalment of 'Hymmmns', our 'Top Three' has a western theme and our 'Bible Fact' comes from Isaiah.
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In which Michael challenges Cieran to put Bible books in order in a 'Bible Sandwich' game, Cieran writes a Song of Songs inspired 'Unlikely Worship Song', we have a 'Top 3' as well as a brand new segment 'Hymmmns' and our 'Bible Fact' is about Song of Songs.
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In which Cieran tries to guess which objects created these songs, Michael listens to an unlikely worship song created by AI, we have a Top 3 and our Bible Fact is about Ecclesiastes!
In which Cieran tries to guess which proverbs are biblical, Michael hears Cieran's Scottish proverbial wisdom, the top 3 is an emotional moment and we share an interesting Bible fact about the book of Proverbs.
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Cieran is caught in a fast food free-for-all. Michael brings an autocomplete quiz. Our bible top three is sports related and our bible fact comes from Psalms.
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We're back! Holy Half Hour returns with a brand new quiz, a Valentine's unlikely worship song, a new year top three and a bible fact from the book of Job. If you're enjoying the show why not share it with a friend?
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It is time for our 2020 Festive Spectacular! We play games, exchange presents, play silly songs and chat about all kinds of nonsense. Merry Christmas to you all and thanks for being part of our family through a challenging year!
We're getting very excited about Christmas here at HHH-HQ! Michael quizzes Cieran on which Christmas traditions have Christian roots. Cieran brings more unlikely Christmas carols. We have another Christmas themed top three and our bible fact comes from the book of Esther. Did we mention it's nearly Christmas?
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Michael brings some specially made HHH Trivial Pursuit style questions. Cieran brings some interesting takes on timeless carols. Our top three is Christmas decorations and our Bible fact comes from Ezra-Nehemiah.
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Michael teaches the art of wiki navigation. Cieran brings an entirely original song idea. Our bible top three is laundry and our bible fact comes from 1&2 Chronicles.
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Which Spiderman is best? How much should you pay for a 3ft church candle? Is the drongo a real animal? Find the answers to all these questions and more in this week's episode. Our top three is biblical buildings and our bible fact comes from 1&2 Kings.
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Michael stages another incredible bible quiz. Cieran stages an intergalactic Bible Facts epic. Our top three is tools in the bible and our bible fact comes from 2 Samuel.
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Michael drops an amazing news bomb followed by a spectacular quiz. Cieran drops some Bible Facts jingles. Our top 3 is babies in the bible and our bible fact comes from 1 Samuel.
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Michael raids the hymn archives for some unbelievable opening lines. Cieran brings some totally realistic bible sounds. Our top three is family members and our discussion is on the book of Ruth. Enjoy!
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Michael plays the numbers game. Cieran makes an absolute donkey of himself. Our top three is weapons in the bible and our bible fact is from the book of Judges.
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In which Cieran makes a prayer faux pas and Michael finds some bizarrely expensive stuff on Amazon. Our top three is shapes in the bible and our Bible fact is from the book of Joshua.
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In which Michael makes up some towns in England, Cieran writes a song to help us understand Biblical weights and measures, the top 3 is forms of entertainment and Michael shares an interesting fact from the book of Deuteronomy.
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Michael brings another round of cathedral architecture vs body part. Cieran brings a helpful song for parents. We have fun with the book of Numbers.
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In which Cieran has to translate more Christianese words, we hear an unlikely children's worship song from Goliath's perspective, the top 3 is body parts in the Bible and we have an 'interesting' fact about the book of Leviticus.
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Get ready to cry like a man, it's time for Holy Half Hour.
Michael raids the Christian bookstore bargain bin. Cieran gets way too honest in a worship song. We discuss the Ark of the Covenant. Naturally.
It isn't Holy but it is (finally) half an hour.
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That's right folks, not only are we back for season 2 with a new look podcast, but we actually achieved the holy half hour! It only took us 18 episodes but we made it and we couldn't have done it with out us.
In this episode we play games, listen to unlikely worship songs, have a bible top 3 and share a bible fact from Genesis.
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It's a bumper quiz edition of the podcast to end season 1! Thank you for listening and supporting the show. We'll see you in Season 2, coming September 14th!
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In which we celebrate Cieran's most excellent achievement of ageing another year! We open presents and play some games! Don't forget next week is the finale of season 1 and then we will be back with season 2 of Holy Half Hour on Monday 14th September 2020.
Cieran guesses some Christian world records. Michael hunts down bible baddies. We also discuss mental health in church life.
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In which Cieran pits biblical animals against one another, Michael gets nerdy with biblical stats and we talk about money, billionaires and social reform.
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In which Cieran guesses if famous idioms are Biblical or Shakespearean and Michael listens to Cieran make more silly noises with his mouth. We talk about the importance of Biblical literacy and how we can support others in developing it.
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Which of Michael's study bibles are real? Which of Cieran's sound effects are irritating? When should we try to reconcile with people from our past? All these questions and more on this week's show.
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Michael doubts Saint Ciaran. Cieran doubts his ears. We also discuss how to respond when popular churches have questionable beliefs.
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Cieran's game about saints uses info from their respective Wikipedia pages.
In which special guest host Michael's Wife and Michael talk about how we support other Christians in their romantic lives. Michael's Wife challenges him to guess if religiously names shops in Ghana are real or not and Michael makes up some Christian board games.
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Michael makes Cieran guess if fancy words are good or bad. Cieran makes Michael judge others (uh oh). We discuss whether Christians should consume and create provocative art and media. We also set a new weekly challenge.
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Cieran judges a book by its title. Michael judges Siri by its music taste. We discuss the value of physical health to our relationship with God. We also kick off the first of our weekly challenges: writing a worship song.
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Michael fills in the blanks. Cieran tries to place some authentic accents. We discuss how to respond when our leaders don't lead well.
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Michael separates the sheep from the goats. Cieran separates the sheep from the garments. We also discuss what our online life as Christians should look like.
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We wanted to put some further reading, watching and ways that you can support organisations that are making a difference in this world. Below is by no means an exhaustive list but may be a good place to start.
Articles that Cieran mentions in today’s Podcast:
https://www.elle.com/uk/life-and-culture/a32767493/restraint-technique-killed-george-floyd-used-uk-police/
https://www.inquest.org.uk/bame-deaths-in-police-custody
Systemic Racism in the US Explained:
https://youtu.be/YrHIQIO_bdQ
Everyday Racism in the UK:
https://youtu.be/uZUvjAJGFkM
Why Silence is not the Answer:
https://youtu.be/r9DDE7NV1Nw
The Website ‘Today Tix’ has compiled an excellent list of US organisations that support black lives:
https://www.todaytix.com/insider/nyc/posts/donate-to-these-organizations-and-funds-to-support-black-lives?utm_source=email
Amnesty International UK has produced an excellent template for writing to your MP:
https://www.amnesty.org.uk/black-lives-matter-write-your-mp
GoFundMe for Black Lives Matter UK:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/ukblm-fund
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Cieran sets a pop music trap. Michael enlists the help of a mysterious voice over guy. We also agree to disagree well.
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Michael compares church architecture to teeth (bear with us). Cieran uncovers some lost Charles Wesley B-sides. We also discuss how to respond to negative perceptions of Christians.
In which Cieran guesses the meaning of the most Christian phrases you've ever heard and Michael does an extreme word search. We also discuss worship songs in the church and how to balance accessibility with depth. If you're enjoying the show please review us on your favourite podcast app.
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In which we discuss awkward church welcomes, listen to very convincing bird impressions, and choose podcast theme music. We also discuss how we might "reimagine" church as the coronavirus pandemic continues.
In which we discuss weird dreams, London tube stations and staying close to God in isolation...also, ravens.
In which we spectacularly fail to choose a name and jingles for the podcast. We also talk about how churches are responding to the Coronavirus pandemic. No first century Roman soldiers allowed.