Off Script

Britain faces an inflationary crisis not seen for more than 30 years. Inflation is due to hit seven per cent this spring, with energy prices soaring and the government increasing taxes across the economy. So why is inflation rising so quickly? Is it here to stay? And how do we get out of this economic mess? To discuss the state of the British economy Steven Edginton is joined by the financial journalist and author Matthew Lynn.Watch this episode: https://youtu.be/yHU7Pkg81_k |Read more from The Telegraph’s award-winning comment team: www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion |For 30 days’ free access to The Telegraph: www.telegraph.co.uk/audio |See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How does Joe Biden compare to previous presidents? Has his one year in office been historic or mundane? To discuss the past, present and future of American politics, Steven Edginton is joined by the historian and classicist Victor Davis Hanson of the Hoover Institution, who says Biden is the most radical president in US history.Watch this episode: https://youtu.be/jdkca09EHRI |Read more from The Telegraph’s award-winning comment team: www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion |For 30 days’ free access to The Telegraph: www.telegraph.co.uk/audio |See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Is America the best place to be a Conservative in 2022? As the Republican Party battles to find its ideological soul after the Trump Presidency, Steven Edginton is joined by the podcast host and author Ben Shapiro to discuss the American culture wars - and why Republicans should embrace them.Watch this interview: https://youtu.be/3qihkNkNJcA |Read more from The Telegraph’s award-winning comment team: www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion |For 30 days’ free access to The Telegraph: www.telegraph.co.uk/audio |See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“In the name of God, go.” These were the words of a furious Conservative MP to the Prime Minister this week. As Boris Johnson faces a series of challenges to his premiership Steven Edginton is joined by the leading Conservative backbencher and serial rebel Steve Baker. The discussion ranges from the latest political drama to the culture wars and whether Brexit is truly done.Watch this interview: https://youtu.be/tpc_n8UZaYc |Read more from The Telegraph’s award-winning comment team: www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion |For 30 days’ free access to The Telegraph: www.telegraph.co.uk/audio |See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

San Francisco is situated at the heart of America’s tech boom. Yet according to this week’s guest, much of the city looks like a slum. Homelessness is rampant, drug use is soaring and violent crime continues to rise. To find out what is happening to America’s most progressive cities, Steven Edginton is joined by the environmentalist and best-selling author Michael Shellenberger. Watch this interview: https://youtu.be/WlH3S-uLTIw |Read more from The Telegraph’s award-winning comment team: www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion |For 30 days’ free access to The Telegraph: www.telegraph.co.uk/audio |See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

One hundred years ago the world moved on from a deadly pandemic, with the following decade defined as the Roaring Twenties, a period of economic growth and flourishing culture. So will the 2020s be defined in a similar fashion? To discuss life after the pandemic, Steven Edginton is joined by the award-winning science writer, author and former member of the House of Lords, Matt Ridley. Watch this interview: https://youtu.be/ysZQGAqgOf0 |Read more from The Telegraph’s award-winning comment team: www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion |For 30 days’ free access to The Telegraph: www.telegraph.co.uk/audio |See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Can Christmas survive in the age of Covid-19? In this Off Script Christmas special Father Marcus Walker joins Steven Edginton to discuss Christmas during lockdown, and whether Britain is still a Christian country. Watch this interview: https://youtu.be/VNDmbz-3-e0 |Read more from The Telegraph’s award-winning comment team: www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion |For 30 days’ free access to The Telegraph: www.telegraph.co.uk/audio |See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.” These words were immortalised by Otto Von Bismark, the Iron Chancellor who created the state of Germany as we know it today. “Iron and Blood” is also the title of a book by this week’s guest, the German historian Katja Hoyer, who joins Steven Edginton to discuss Germany’s past, present and future. Watch this interview: https://youtu.be/Gge14wZPURU |Read more from The Telegraph’s award-winning comment team: www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion |For 30 days’ free access to The Telegraph: www.telegraph.co.uk/audio |See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With Joe Biden’s approval rating sinking ever lower, is America shifting to the right? Can Trumpism be popular without Donald Trump? Is wokeism here to stay? To discuss these questions Steven Edginton is joined by the Deputy Editor of The Spectator, Freddie Gray. Watch this interview: https://youtu.be/OUrYaowot2o |Read more from The Telegraph’s award-winning comment team: www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion |For 30 days’ free access to The Telegraph: www.telegraph.co.uk/audio |See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

China doesn’t need to spy on the West; its stooges are out in the open”.Is China the most powerful nation on earth? Xi Jinping has been accused of being the most authoritarian Chinese dictator since Mao, whilst China’s economic might only continues to strengthen. To discuss what a Chinese superpower might look like, Steven Edginton is joined by the former diplomat Matthew Henderson, who spent many years working in China.Watch this interview: https://youtu.be/NxlMNPtNMyY |Read more from The Telegraph’s award-winning comment team: www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion |For 30 days’ free access to The Telegraph: www.telegraph.co.uk/audio |See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“An unholy alliance between big tech and woke is destroying the middle class”. With wealth inequality soaring and the power of the elites growing, is society returning to the feudal era? The demographer and geographer Joel Kotkin joins Steven Edginton to discuss his theory of “neo-feudalism”.Watch this interview: https://youtu.be/3yXBHDyCx3o |Read more from The Telegraph’s award-winning comment team: www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion |For 30 days’ free access to The Telegraph: www.telegraph.co.uk/audio |See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“Poland is a greater threat to the EU than Brexit”. Portugal’s former Europe minister and author Bruno Macaes speaks to Steven Edginton in this week’s Off Script podcast to discuss challenges the EU faces in France, Poland and Hungary, and why Joe Biden already lives in Facebook’s planned “metaverse”. Watch this episode with Bruno Maçães: https://youtu.be/JEIRbIcDd5I |Read more from The Telegraph’s award-winning comment team: www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/ |For 30 days’ free access to The Telegraph: www.telegraph.co.uk/audio |See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“There is a danger of a moral panic over fake news”. American psychologist and author Steven Pinker joins Steven Edginton to discuss the irrationality of wokeism, the power of big tech and why conspiracy theories aren't merely a problem of the Right.Watch Steven Pinker's interview: https://youtu.be/RM-8lYJklgQ |Read more from The Telegraph’s award-winning comment team: www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/ |For 30 days’ free access to The Telegraph: www.telegraph.co.uk/audio |See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In 1776 the American colonies declared their independence from England, however the two countries’ histories and cultures have remained intertwined. They share the same language, watch the same films and listen to the same music. With the rise of the "woke" movement in America, Sunday Telegraph columnist Janet Daley joins Steven Edginton to discuss fears Britain is heading down the same path. Watch Janet Daley's interview: https://youtu.be/jUlbpfkm7n0 |Read more from The Telegraph’s award-winning comment team: www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/ |For 30 days’ free access to The Telegraph: www.telegraph.co.uk/audio |See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“Keir Starmer’s Labour Party has become the metropolitan elite it was always accused of being.” Journalist Suzanne Moore joins Steven Edginton to dissect why Labour seems so far from power, why language around the trans debate matters and her take on “Tory scum”.Watch Suzanne Moore's interview: https://youtu.be/l586S4zuzVo |Read more from The Telegraph’s award-winning comment team: www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/ |For 30 days’ free access to The Telegraph: www.telegraph.co.uk/audio |See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“George III was neither oppressive nor to blame for the loss of the American colonies.” Andrew Roberts joins Steven Edginton to discuss his latest biography of England's “most misunderstood” king, why statues should be put into context rather than toppled and why history teachers must leave their own agendas at the door.Watch Andrew Roberts’ interview: https://youtu.be/cqm0G2ThW8U |Read more from The Telegraph’s award-winning comment team: www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/ |For 30 days’ free access to The Telegraph: www.telegraph.co.uk/audio |See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"Without a challenge from the right, British conservatism’s decline will continue.” Is Conservatism dead? Founder of the Conservative Home website and former advisor to Boris Johnson, Tim Montgomerie, joins Steven Edginton to discuss how parties such as UKIP kept the Conservative Party closer to conservatism, and how this has waned in recent times.Watch Tim Montgomerie's interview: https://youtu.be/ZlzL8ZpV_II |Read more from The Telegraph’s award-winning comment team: www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/ |For 30 days’ free access to The Telegraph: www.telegraph.co.uk/audio |See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"When society forgets its moral values, nihilism and terror reign."The internationally best-selling author and clinical psychologist Dr Jordan Peterson joins Steven Edginton to discuss the moral crisis facing the West, how people become radicalised and what is filling the void religion once held within society. Watch Jordan Peterson's interview: https://youtu.be/q4zZ2ker1iI |Read more from The Telegraph’s award-winning comment team: www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/ |For 30 days’ free access to The Telegraph: www.telegraph.co.uk/audio |See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“If Boris Johnson attempts to lock down Britain again there will be mass disobedience." The Marmite man, Nigel Farage, joins The Telegraph’s Steven Edginton with some disquieting words for the Prime Minister. Mr Johnson, he tells listeners, "isn’t a true conservative", while his Cabinet is a “completely talentless bunch”. But what does Mr Farage make of the state of the so-called Special Relationship with the US under Boris Johnson? Not much. In fact, he’s not even sure it still exists. But could it be - and should it be - repaired? Listen to find out.Watch Nigel Farage's interview: https://youtu.be/a7FJsbrrNLg |Read more from The Telegraph’s award-winning comment team: www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/ |For 30 days’ free access to The Telegraph: www.telegraph.co.uk/audio |See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“The West can turn around its post-9/11 crisis of self-confidence and decline”. Twenty years on from the September 11th attacks The Telegraph’s Leader Writer Tim Stanley joins Steven Edginton to examine the true fallout of that fateful day. The pair discuss the war on terror, where exactly Global Britain goes from here and the difficult start to Joe Biden's presidency.Watch Tim Stanley's interview: https://youtu.be/E5WHdxEFs3s |Read more from The Telegraph’s award-winning comment team: www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/ |For 30 days’ free access to The Telegraph: www.telegraph.co.uk/audio |See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“The left-wing media has turned against Biden. How long before the rest of the world follows?” Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Glenn Greenwald joins The Telegraph’s Steven Edginton to discuss President Biden’s wavering ability to lead the US through a time of crisis and an increasingly strained UK/US relationship. Greenwald, a long-time critic of America’s military establishment, tells Edginton why the Afghanistan withdrawal is only the latest in a long line of humiliations for Washington’s ruling class. But could it have been avoided altogether?Watch Glenn Greenwald's interview: https://youtu.be/nI-0IBeXU_s |Read more from The Telegraph’s award-winning comment team: www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/ |For 30 days’ free access to The Telegraph: www.telegraph.co.uk/audio |See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"I backed Biden. He has been a terrible disappointment." Author Lionel Shriver reflects on her vote for the American President following the chaotic withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, the crisis on the US southern border, and Biden’s increasing radical rhetoric. Shriver joins Steven Edginton to discuss American decline and the rise of the woke movement.Watch Lionel Shriver's interview: https://youtu.be/RRG8yTYCrBQ|Read more from The Telegraph’s award-winning comment team: www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/ |For 30 days’ free access to The Telegraph: www.telegraph.co.uk/audio |See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Porn, depression, addiction, hopelessness. This is what journalist Sohrab Ahmari associates with Western society. Ahmari was raised in Iran to Liberal parents and embarked on an extraordinary journey from being an atheist Marxist to a Catholic Conservative in New York. He sits down with Steven Edginton to discuss his latest book The Unbroken Thread, detailing the purported decline of the West. Watch Sohrab Ahmari's interview: https://youtu.be/ylDjmFlr6WU |Read more from The Telegraph’s award-winning comment team: www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/ |For 30 days’ free access to The Telegraph: www.telegraph.co.uk/audio |See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cowardly politicians, a “toxic” woke mob and a silent media have exacerbated the problems of the migration crisis in Europe, argues author and women's rights activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali. The campaigner says fear reigns among researchers, politicians and journalists when talking about the rise in sexual violence on the continent - and it's harming women and girls. Hirsi Ali joins Steven Edginton to explore the very real impact of mass migration and her own experience assimilating to Western culture as a Somali-born Dutch-American.Watch Ayaan Hirsi Ali's interview: https://youtu.be/MuaDQjczDoA |Read more from The Telegraph’s award-winning comment team: www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/ |For 30 days’ free access to The Telegraph: www.telegraph.co.uk/audio |See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As France nears its Presidential election next year who are the runners and riders? Does Marine Le Pen have a shot? Is Macron failing? French journalist Anne-Elisabeth Moutet joins Steven Edginton to discuss France’s ongoing culture wars, the 2022 French election and the threat Macron might pose to post-Brexit Britain.Watch Anne-Elisabeth Moutet's interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVzUj2klFzQ&t=2s |Read more from The Telegraph’s award-winning comment team: www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/ |For 30 days’ free access to The Telegraph: www.telegraph.co.uk/audio |See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The woke assault on Britain has already peaked, but is it too late to fight back? Former Telegraph Editor Charles Moore tells Steven Edginton why all is not lost, and why woke culture might even be helping the Right. Together they explore the infiltration of British institutions, the Left's attempts to "erase" history, the thorny topic of climate change and the very real threat posed by China.Watch Charles Moore's interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8nZwjyQ0pY |Read more from The Telegraph’s award-winning comment team: www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/ |For 30 days’ free access to The Telegraph: www.telegraph.co.uk/audio |See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yeonmi Park fled North Korea for freedom. Now she's a victim of the West's tyranny of “woke”. In this first episode of The Telegraph’s newest podcast, she tells Steven Edginton why the Western culture wars can be even more oppressive than life under Kim Jong-un. Cancel culture, guilt by association and censorship are all things she's experienced not under the dictatorship, she tells listeners, but in the West.Watch Yeonmi Park’s interview: https://youtu.be/dhFOW9RRckY |Read more from The Telegraph’s award-winning comment team: www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/ |For 30 days’ free access to The Telegraph: www.telegraph.co.uk/audio |See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.