The 21 Elephants Podcast

The 21 Elephants Podcast

A podcast exploration of the themes of Scottie's book, 21 Elephants, about faith, justice, mission and spiritual formation

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December 30, 2025 78 mins

Welcome to the final episode of 'Before I Go', our season on death and dying. In this sixth episode of season five, we talk with Jo Mannering about her experiences with cancer and heart failure. 

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Welcome to 'Before I Go', our season on death and dying. In this fifth episode of season five, we talk with Laura Bryce about her experience of chronic illness, being a woman in the church, and smuggling bibles into communist Romania. 

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September 11, 2024 54 mins

Welcome to 'Before I Go', our season on death and dying. In this fourth episode of season five, we talk with legendary Christian Activist Rev. George Armstrong about his experiences with the Springbok Tour and Nuclear Free New Zealand. 

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December 17, 2023 50 mins

Welcome to 'Before I Go', our season on death and dying. In this second episode of season five, we talk with beloved author and spiritual director Joy Cowley. 

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June 21, 2023 71 mins

Welcome to 'Before I Go', our season on death and dying. In this second episode of season five, we talk to Meredith Thorpe about her journey with cancer. 

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Welcome to 'Before I Go', our season on death and dying. In this opening episode of Season 5 we go on road trip to the place where Spanky's dad rests, and we start to wrestle with some of the questions and ideas that mortality brings up for us. 

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Scottie sits down with Dale Campbell from Tearfund NZ and asks him five impossible questions. The 21 Elephants Podcast is proud to support The Justice Conference - www.thejusticeconference.org.nz 

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Kia Ora! It's been a while since you heard from us - so in this episode Spanky fills ya'll in on what our upcoming season of 21 Elephants is going to be about. And to tide you over in the meantime, we've included the debut episode of Ngā Here - The Many Connections. It's a new podcast that Spanky's been working on that explores the many connections between the Bible, caring for creation, and te ao māori - a...

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September 28, 2021 53 mins

In Season Four, Scottie Reeve, Spanky Moore and Rose Morris meet with people with unconventional conversion stories to talk about how they got 'Saved' and what the cultural and social barriers were to them saying "yes" to Jesus.  

In this episode we speak to Esme about growing up poor, radical feminism, and coming to know Jesus' heart for women.


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On this special episode, we revisit a panel discussion Scottie hosted with two Queer Christians to talk about their experiences of God and the Church. 

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In Season Four, Scottie Reeve, Spanky Moore and Rose Morris meet with people with unconventional conversion stories to talk about how they got 'Saved' and what the cultural and social barriers were to them saying "yes" to Jesus.  

In this episode we speak to Shang  about being the child of Taoist missionaries, dealing with loss, and coming to know Jesus. 

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December 17, 2020 63 mins

In Season Four, Scottie Reeve, Spanky Moore and Rose Morris meet with people with unconventional conversion stories to talk about how they got 'Saved' and what the cultural and social barriers were to them saying "yes" to Jesus.  

In this episode we speak to Esme about leaving home, students hostels, and the many flavours of Scrumpy. 

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In Season Four, Scottie Reeve, Spanky Moore and Rose Morris meet with people with unconventional conversion stories to talk about how they got 'Saved' and what the cultural and social barriers were to them saying "yes" to Jesus.  

In this episode we speak to Ed about his journey through Buddhist meditation to meeting Jesus. 

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September 12, 2020 55 mins

In Season Four, Scottie Reeve, Spanky Moore and Rose Morris meet with people with unconventional conversion stories to talk about how they got 'Saved' and what the cultural and social barriers were to them saying "yes" to Jesus. 

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In Season Four, Scottie Reeve, Spanky Moore and Rose Morris meet with people with unconventional conversion stories to talk about how they got 'Saved' and what the cultural and social barriers were to them saying "yes" to Jesus. 


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Join us for Part 2 of our conversation with  Irish poet and theologian Pádraig Ó Tuama. You may know Pádraig from his stunning work with Krista Tippett's On Being Podcast.

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We sit down with Irish poet and theologian Pádraig Ó Tuama. You may know Pádraig from his stunning work with Krista Tippett's On Being Podcast.

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This live recording from The Abbey conference in Ōtautahi was recorded on the 23rd of August talking with Bishop Justin Duckworth on the question "What will I do with my life?"

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On this final episode of Season 3 we sit down with James Harris from World Vision and hear his story of working alongside illegally detained asylum seekers on Nauru. 

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Aussie Poet Joel McKerrow shares poems and stories with us about his awakening to the Jesus of justice and love.
Check out Joel’s amazing podcast, The Deep Place, now at iTunes podcasts and Spotify.

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