Cross Culture

Lauren Windle

A weekly podcast with writers Belle Tindall and Lauren Windle, covering pop culture and current affairs from a Christian perspective.

  1. 04/02/2025

    Witches, White Lotus and a very bad reception to Snow White

    Boy oh boy, do we cover some ground today.  Witches, White Lotus, The Simpsons, Snow White - there truly is something for everyone in this episode of Cross Culture.  And all of that on just seven hours of sleep. Astounding.  Have yourselves a sunny (and sleepy) week, dear listeners.  Windle and Tindall x  LINKS Belle’s article on witchcraft: https://www.seenandunseen.com/why-are-we-so-bewitched-witches The Five by Halle Rubenhold: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Five-Untold-Lives-Killed-Ripper/dp/0857524488 Theology of the womb by Christy Angelle Bauman: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Theology-Womb-Knowing-through-Woman/dp/1532662173 White lotus article: https://www.seenandunseen.com/white-lotus-understands-lot-not-christianity God is not a white man by Chine MacDonald: https://www.amazon.co.uk/God-Not-White-Man-Revelations/dp/1529349079/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0 Unmaking Mary: Shattering the Myth of Perfect Motherhood by Chine MacDonald: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Unmaking-Mary-Shattering-Perfect-Motherhood-ebook/dp/B0DBKZYWT2 White Lotus: https://www.nowtv.com/watch/the-white-lotus/iYEQZ2rcf32XR9BdJWHTfy/iYsxVQTYrUBMYn8z4L9y9h/seasons/3 Rolling Stone’s review of Snow White: https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-reviews/snow-white-review-rachel-zegler-gal-gadot-1235297513/ Disclaimer: While this is a Christian podcast, we discuss mainstream and secular content which may include bad language, sexual content and violence, please use your own discretion when deciding what to engage with.

    42 min
  2. 03/26/2025

    Adolescence, Mormon-core and a cheeky engagement

    Well well well, here we are at the half-way mark for Season 2 - can you blooming believe it?!    Today we talk about Belle’s big news, we ponder whether Finland truly exists, and we learn nothing about Mormonism. Plus, we couldn’t not talk about Adolescence, could we? And this is where we want to offer you a little warning - Adolescence deals with some heavy topics (violence, sexual assault, murder,) and so, we naturally talk those things through, too. If that means that this isn’t the right episode for you, we totally understand. Take care of yourselves, friends.    Until next week,  Windle and Tindall x   The Happiness Index, BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr72xep44kdo  Adolescence, Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81756069  Laura Bates, Men Who Hate Women: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Men-Who-Hate-Women-misogyny/dp/1471194337 The Secret World of Incels, C4: https://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-secret-world-of-incels-untold  We Need to Talk... About Race, Ben Lindsay: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Need-Talk-About-Race-Christian-ebook/dp/B0D8BJ7J8H  The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, Disney+: https://www.disneyplus.com/en-gb/browse/entity-58cd73be-408d-4eed-8e3d-82339f3f93e2  Devil In The Family, Disney+: https://www.disneyplus.com/en-gb/browse/entity-302e037b-92b9-4c45-8acd-a0db60d5a159    Disclaimer: While this is a Christian podcast, we discuss mainstream and secular content which may include bad language, sexual content and violence, please use your own discretion when deciding what to engage with.

    40 min
  3. 12/04/2024

    Christmas Special and 2024 round up

    It’s the final episode of season one of Cross Culture. Can you believe it?! Well, you can weep about it into your tub of celebrations because it’s also the Christmas Special, baby.    We, Lauren and Belle, give you our review of 2024 - offering our biggest ‘moments’, ‘heroes’, ‘plot-twists’ and ‘trends’. And then, we get christmassy with it. We talk sit-com specials, cheesy Netflix Christmas films, advent content, and Gavin and Stacey predictions. All for your listening pleasure (and for ours too, if we’re honest).   We have truly loved spending these past couple of months with you and cannot wait to join you again in 2025. But until then, it’s a merry cheerio from us.  Much love,  The Twindles x    For the advent books: Honest Advent by Scott Erickson, Morgan Harper Nichols | Waterstones  Advent by Fleming Rutledge | Waterstones   For the Motherland Christmas special (it’s better than Belle made it sound, we promise): Motherland - Christmas Special - BBC iPlayer   For the Hallmark Christmas film connoisseurs among you: https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81766198 https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81764579 https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81045305   For Seen and Unseen’s Christmas countdown: seenandunseen.com / Instagram  Disclaimer: While this is a Christian podcast, we discuss mainstream and secular content which may include bad language, sexual content and violence, please use your own discretion when deciding what to engage with.

    48 min

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A weekly podcast with writers Belle Tindall and Lauren Windle, covering pop culture and current affairs from a Christian perspective.