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Cooper & Cary Have Words

James Cary and Barry Cooper are two English friends who live 4000 miles apart and enjoy theology, culture and the arts. Now they record themselves and call it a podcast. Thanks, internet.

To get access to well over a hundred Cooper & Cary episodes, plus regular extended episodes and bonus content, subscribe to C&C Plus on Apple Podcasts.

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Update frequency
every 13 days
Average duration
48 minutes
Episodes
31
Years Active
2023 - 2025
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Cary Returns! The Stand-Up Theologian podcast is out now!

Cary Returns! The Stand-Up Theologian podcast is out now!

Cary is back behind the mic. And Coops has written the theme tune - can you tell? And Cary is talking to friend of the show, Nate Morgan-Locke. Let's go!

Shownotes and links here: https://www.buzzspro…

00:48:53  |   Mon 01 Sep 2025
#180 Cooper & Cary Have The Last Word

#180 Cooper & Cary Have The Last Word

And so adieu, adieu, to yieu and yieu. What have we learned in seven years? What's changed? How have we changed - and why are conservative evangelicals so reluctant to admit to changing? I guess the …

01:10:59  |   Thu 12 Dec 2024
#121 REPLAY Cooper and Cary Reunited Q&A

#121 REPLAY Cooper and Cary Reunited Q&A

Ahead of the last ever episode dropping next time, Cooper and Cary thought this would make a good episode for our last 'replay'. Recorded in front of a tiny audience at Speak Life back in November 20…

00:41:52  |   Fri 29 Nov 2024
#104 REPLAY That Homeschooling Episode

#104 REPLAY That Homeschooling Episode

Originally entitled 'Too cool for School?', this stridently pro-homeschooling episode from 2021 generated more emails than any other to date. Have a listen and you might find out why. Or maybe you fe…

00:54:43  |   Thu 14 Nov 2024
#94 REPLAY The Rest is Guy Fawkes

#94 REPLAY The Rest is Guy Fawkes

Back in November 2020, we released this episode as "I'm Not Your Buddy Guy", which is a South Park reference Cary doesn't get, so he changed it to The Rest is Guy Fawkes, for obvious reasons. If you …

00:45:35  |   Thu 31 Oct 2024
#137 REPLAY God Told Me To Be a Cessationist

#137 REPLAY God Told Me To Be a Cessationist

Ever heard an audible voice from God? Or fetl that God was clearly instructing you to do something? Does that make you a "Charismatic" Christian? What's the difference between a Cessationist and a Co…

00:51:20  |   Mon 14 Oct 2024
#117 REPLAY Levels of Reward in Heaven?

#117 REPLAY Levels of Reward in Heaven?

Back in September 2021, Coops and Cares got together to talk about the uncomfortable idea of rewards in heaven. Christians don't tend to dwell on this. Not today. Why? And what is the truth of the ma…

00:44:07  |   Fri 27 Sep 2024
#107 REPLAY Should I Leave My Church?

#107 REPLAY Should I Leave My Church?

While we await our final episode #180, here's one from back in May 2021 about a question that comes round and around: should I leave my church? You could listen to an extended version via Patreon whe…

00:56:38  |   Thu 12 Sep 2024
#57 REPLAY The Oughtness of Endings

#57 REPLAY The Oughtness of Endings

Back in 2019, before everything got really weird, Coops and Cares recorded this episode about endings. The presenting issue was the Game of Thrones season finale, but it's not really about that. How …

00:42:32  |   Fri 30 Aug 2024
Fairly Large Announcement

Fairly Large Announcement

This is not episode 180. That's still to come. But that'll be the last one. After that, it'll be "So long, and thanks for all the fish." You can listen to back episodes if you join us on Patreon.

Supp…

00:06:22  |   Thu 22 Aug 2024
#179 Writing, Rabbits and Mooses with Bazookas w/ SD Smith

#179 Writing, Rabbits and Mooses with Bazookas w/ SD Smith

Cary has words with fellow writer, SD Smith (Green Ember) - and whaddayaknow? They complain about how hard it is to be a writer, even though they get to live in castles. In fact, it's mandatory. Anyw…

00:54:54  |   Thu 15 Aug 2024
#178 Love Thy Nerd w/ Ted Turnau

#178 Love Thy Nerd w/ Ted Turnau

Cary has words with Dr Ted Turnau, academic, author and fanboy. What does it mean to be a fan, dress up and go to conventions? Is it a form of religion or a rival faith? And what happened with those …

00:48:13  |   Thu 01 Aug 2024
#177 Psalms Psalms and More Psalms! w/ Christopher Ash

#177 Psalms Psalms and More Psalms! w/ Christopher Ash

Cary has words with Christopher. That would be the utterly delightful Christopher Ash, who has just written a massive four-volume work on the Psalms for Crossway that shows us Christ in the Psalms. Y…

00:43:01  |   Thu 18 Jul 2024
#176 Is the Book of Job funny? w/ Ellie Wiener

#176 Is the Book of Job funny? w/ Ellie Wiener

Cary has words with Ellie Wiener, a young ancient linguist whose bluff was called and she found herself researching a PhD on the Book of Job. Cary wonders if the beginning is so tragic it teeters ove…

00:51:53  |   Thu 04 Jul 2024
#175 Why Politics is NOT downstream from Culture w/ Dr Graham Shearer

#175 Why Politics is NOT downstream from Culture w/ Dr Graham Shearer

Cary has words with Dr Graham Shearer about politics following his talk entitled:  “Contemporary Politics and the Crisis of the Spiritual Sense”. Turns out politics is not downstream from culture, as…

00:52:36  |   Thu 20 Jun 2024
#174 The Rest is Baxter (with Rev Ash Carter)

#174 The Rest is Baxter (with Rev Ash Carter)

Cary and (Rev Ash) Carter have words about the life and times of an extraordinary man: Richard Baxter. He lived from 1615 until 1691, and went from preaching to Parliament on a day of repentance for …

00:53:10  |   Wed 12 Jun 2024
#173 Turn Your Life Up To Eleven (With Elizabeth Oldfield)

#173 Turn Your Life Up To Eleven (With Elizabeth Oldfield)

Cary has words with author, podcaster, failed atheist and former Director of Theos, Elizabeth Oldfield who looks at the seven deadly sins in her new book, Fully Alive: Tending to the Soul in Turbulen…

00:47:53  |   Thu 23 May 2024
#172 Practically Protestant (In Every Way) (With Rhys Laverty)

#172 Practically Protestant (In Every Way) (With Rhys Laverty)

What is Protestantism? And why are Protestants reluctant to use the term about themselves? Is it useful anymore? Rhys Laverty should know. He is Editor in Chief at Ad Fontes, Managing Editor at Daven…

00:46:54  |   Thu 09 May 2024
#171 Drinking Your Culture Through a Straw (With Nate Morgan Locke)

#171 Drinking Your Culture Through a Straw (With Nate Morgan Locke)

Cooper, Cary and Morgan Locke talk about The State of the Culture, art, entertainment, distraction, addiction and whether dopamine is all that. Plus some EXCITING new jingles...

Referring to this arti…

00:52:17  |   Thu 25 Apr 2024
#170 Questioning Faith (With Randy Newman)

#170 Questioning Faith (With Randy Newman)

Cary has words with friend of the show, Randy Newman, author of Questioning Evangelism, Mere Evangelism and a new book about spiritual journey called, Questioning Faith.  This is a conversation about…

00:55:29  |   Thu 11 Apr 2024
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