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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. Or if you'd like all the above, plus video and access to an exclusive Discord server, become a Patron. Google "Cooper and Cary Patreon" or visit https://www.patreon.com/cooperandcary
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Signup to Generate a PitchJames 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.
Cooper & Cary Have Words is hosted by James Cary & Barry Cooper. The show has published 214 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "2025 Reading Round-up w/ Cooper, Cary and jingly jingles" (22 December 2025, 51 minutes), "Cary Returns! The Stand-Up Theologian podcast is out now!" (1 September 2025, 49 minutes), and "#180 Cooper & Cary Have The Last Word" (12 December 2024, 71 minutes).
Cooper & Cary Have Words publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 48 minutes across 214 episodes.
Booking probability for Cooper & Cary Have Words is 26%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Cooper & Cary Have Words requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Cooper & Cary Have Words's contact route on record: verified email.
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James Cary & Barry Cooper hosts Cooper & Cary Have Words, a religion podcast with 214 episodes published.
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Cooper & Cary Have Words
<p>Cooper and Cary reunite for one special jingly episode recorded at the end of 2025, looking back on their book highlights and lowlights of the year. Against the Machine by Paul Kingsnorth is given the third degree...
Cooper & Cary Have Words
<p>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!</p><p>Shownotes and links here...
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<p>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 clue is in the...
Cooper & Cary Have Words
<p>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 2021, this one has...
Cooper & Cary Have Words
<p>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 feel differently...
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<p>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 want to go to...
Cooper & Cary Have Words
<p>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 Continuationist...
Cooper & Cary Have Words
<p>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 matter? Let's look...
Cooper & Cary Have Words
<p>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 where you can access...
Cooper & Cary Have Words
<p>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 do you end...
Cooper & Cary Have Words
<p>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.</p><p>Support the...
Cooper & Cary Have Words
<p>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. Anyway, the Green...
Cooper & Cary Have Words
<p>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 guys who...
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<p>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. You can find it...
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<p>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 over into comedy...
Cooper & Cary Have Words
<p>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 Cary had often...
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<p>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 executing the...
Cooper & Cary Have Words
<p>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 Turbulent Times...
Cooper & Cary Have Words
<p>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 Davenant Press, and...
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<p>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...</p><p>Referring to this article...
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Lecturer in Theology, Union Theological College, Belfast
host of The Sacred podcast, author of Fully Alive: Tending to the Soul in..., Theos Think Tank
Editor in Chief at Ad Fontes, Managing Editor at Davenant Press, Director of Communications at the Davenant Institute, The Davenant Institute
Union Theological College, Belfast
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