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Second Thought for the day

Second Thought for the day

By: Dan Beach
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Training the crosshairs of reason on the broadcast output of Thought For The Day from BBC Radio 4, which frequently features nonsensical claims and other affronts to reason with no apparent accountability.

SecondThought aims to provide that accountability.

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Dan Beach 2025 Spirituality
Episodes
  • Giles Fraser - scything through an awful muddle from Kew Vicar on technology

    Giles Fraser - scything through an awful muddle from Kew Vicar on technology
    Oct 24 2025

    West London vicar broadcasts hapless rumination on power cuts, the worship of technology, 'older gods' and 'human pleasures'. It's quite the cluster.
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    36 mins
  • Theos think-tank leader, Chine McDonald, demonstrates poor grasp of fact, reason and belief

    Theos think-tank leader, Chine McDonald, demonstrates poor grasp of fact, reason and belief
    Oct 9 2025

    Chine McDonald dabbles in subjects about which she clearly knows little (reason and faith in the Christian church) before regurgitating suspicious survey data as fact without a moment's hesitation.

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    53 mins
  • Priest claims England's Catholic roots have prevented English dictatorship

    Priest claims England's Catholic roots have prevented English dictatorship
    Aug 18 2025

    Notes on Thoughts for the Day from 21-28 April. Tilby doesn't disappoint: revealing just how her English and Anglican exceptionalism have impaired her ability to think. Jennifer Smith joins in with incoherent statements about faith moments and a blatant example of belief presented as fact. Join us in the week that saw the end of Easter and the end of a Pope.
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    34 mins
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