On Cross Section this week, Peter Lynas, Alicia Edmund and Danny Webster discuss the theme of division and polarisation that spans across all the trending headlines. The team cover six political, cultural and religious stories, looking at how we can be good news people amidst the chaos.
They cover Meryl Streep playing Aslan, the Ed Sheeran and Macklemore controversy, the village of Piddington wanting to leave the UK, a volunteer for Restore Britain being violently attacked, the Archbishop of Canterbury’s u-turn, and the Green party’s’ thoughts on Zionism. This is an episode not to be missed.
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:52 Meryl Streep as Aslan in Narnia
7:13 Ed Sheeran and Macklemore: where politics meets music
14:30 Piddington, the village that voted to leave the UK
20:20 Green Party ‘Zionism is racism’ motion
24:20 Restore Britain volunteer assaulted
30:12 Archbishop of Canterbury’s interfaith award controversy
38:30 Good news people in a polarized world
42:35 Closing
