Bible Pirate

30:04 | Dec 19th, 2018

In which purity is set against hybrids, and we acknowledge our fear of the foreign. Stories of Tikka Masala, Brexit, Christmas in Melbourne, and the unexpected piracy of Yahweh.

32:40 | Dec 4th, 2018

In which any dream might not quite do. Stories of slavery, famine and family, and a smoke-and-mirrors subversion to undermine racist empires who want to be great (again).

1:05:12 | Nov 27th, 2018

In which Matt reads The Epic of Joseph, and the Sons of Israel (Genesis 37-50) from The Unauthorized Version, an original retranslation of the Bible into English.

32:00 | Nov 13th, 2018

In which Abraham nearly sacrifices Isaac and the terrible conundrum of responsibility is exposed.

30:45 | Oct 30th, 2018

In which Abraham, Isaac and Jacob plot the future, while children are taken from their parents by the state.

1:45:41 | Oct 26th, 2018

Special edition in which Matt reads from The Unauthorized Version.

34:09 | Oct 16th, 2018

In which we are introduced to Abram and contemplate Mutiny. Pirate stories a-plenty with Luke Skywalker, Odysseus, the Prodigal Son and a new chapter on a new adventure. Welcome to the Second Voyage!

33:01 | Feb 6th, 2018

In which the genealogies hold an unexpected secret. Stories of democracy and the unstable hybrid identity at the very heart of the world - why we’re not made in the image of God.

30:44 | Jan 23rd, 2018

In which the gods resist the birth of civilisation and the human story gets upended. Stories of Progress and Primitivism and the uncertain struggle for a new/old world.

29:38 | Jan 9th, 2018

In which language is confused and God is confusion. Stories of Babel, globalisation, the translation of hobbits, and the philosophy of Jacques Derrida.