The spiked podcast
477 episodes — Page 10 of 10
Ep 8181: Tories in turmoil
The death of the Conservatives, Brett Kavanaugh’s #MeToo showtrial and the students who swapped clapping for jazz hands. Joanna Williams, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss. Support the spiked podcast here: www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 8080: Labour vs the people
Has Labour betrayed the working class? Does identity politics undermine democracy? Has trans censorship gone too far? Brendan O’Neill, Tom Slater, Fraser Myers, and special guest Sheri Berman, discuss. Support the spiked podcast here: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 7979: How #MeToo became a political weapon
Will #MeToo bring down Brett Kavanaugh? Are the Democratic Socialists of America overhyped? What is the point of the Lib Dems? Brendan O’Neill, Tom Slater, Fraser Myers and special guest Michael Tracey discuss. Support the podcast here: www.spiked-online.com/newsite/about/326/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 7878: Westminster's war on the web
Should we have free speech on Facebook? What’s tearing apart the Tories? Is Serena a victim of sexism? Ella Whelan, Luke Gittos and Fraser Myers discuss. Support the podcast here: www.spiked-online.com/newsite/about/326/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 7777: The stupidity of banning Bannon
Is Steve Bannon a fascist? Why is Labour blind to anti-Semitism? Is Nike woke now? Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss. Support the podcast here: www.spiked-online.com/newsite/about/326/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 7676: Sell out Brexit? No deal
Is No Deal Brexit’s last hope? Is #MeToo eating itself? Has campus politics gone mainstream? Ella Whelan, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss. Support the podcast here: http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/about/326/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 7575: Bret Stephens: 'Trump isn't un-PC. He's just an asshole'
On the latest spiked podcast, we talk to Bret Stephens, the New York Times columnist, about Trump, PC and the illiberalism of left and right. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 7474: Katie Roiphe: ‘I was called human scum just for criticising #MeToo’
Katie Roiphe talks to Tom Slater about the ‘weird energy’ and censorious rage of Twitter-feminism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 7373: 'To defend democracy, we must defend the nation state'
Tom Slater and Michael Brendan Dougherty discuss the populist revolt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 7272: Last Orders: The war on cheap booze
In the latest episode of Last Orders, our podcast on all things nanny state, Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater are joined by spiked editor Brendan O'Neill to discuss minimum pricing, calorie caps and whether watching Love Island is bad for your health. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 7171: Beware the oligarchs
On this week’s spiked podcast: Frank Furedi on Brexit, anti-Semitism and George Soros, Emily Hill on her new book, Bad Romance, and an extract from the spiked review’s interview with Joan C Williams. spiked-online.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 7070: ‘They celebrate the vote but they wish we didn’t have it’
On this week’s spiked podcast: Brendan O’Neill discusses the centenary of the Representation of the People Act, Linda Bellos talks about university censorship and the trans issue, and Wendy Kaminer says #MeToo is failing feminists. spiked-online.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 6969: 'We have to stand up for Afrin and the Kurds'
On this week’s spiked podcast: Macer Gifford on Afrin and the Kurdish struggle, Sean Collins on a year of Trump, and Andy Shaw and Andrew Doyle on their new free-speech comedy club. spiked-online.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 6868: 'When we instantly believe women, we invite them to lie'
On this week’s spiked podcast: Brendan O’Neill on why we must stop the sex panic, Phil Mullan on why Carillion’s collapse is about more than greed, and Claire Fox on why trans women aren’t women. spiked-online.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 6767: 'The left has betrayed Iran'
On this week’s spiked podcast: Maryam Namazie on the protests in Iran, Tom Slater on the truth behind Michael Wolff’s Fire and Fury, and Christina Hoff Sommers on what’s wrong with feminism. Donate to spiked: http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/about/326/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 6666: ‘I’ve seen the best and the worst in humankind’
On spiked's Christmas podcast: Kurdish fighter Macer Gifford on the war in Syria and Iraq, Dame Ann Leslie on the year feminists went soft, and Labour MP Kate Hoey on why Brexit is still brilliant. spiked-online.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 6565: 'Labour has forgotten working-class Leavers'
On this week’s spiked podcast: Paul Embery on the new threats to Brexit, Nathalie Rothschild on anti-Semitism in Sweden, and Emily Yoffe on why the #MeToo movement has gone too far. spiked-online.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 6464: ‘The battle for Brexit is still on’
On this week’s spiked podcast, Bruno Waterfield discusses the Tory/Brussels showdown, Sean Collins laments the Russia panic gripping America’s political class, and Naomi Firsht says Stop Funding Hate has declared a snooty war on press freedom. spiked-online.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 6363: 'This Meghan-mania is just incredibly grim'
On this week’s spiked podcast: Tom Slater and Freddy Gray on the royal nuptials, Pauline Hadaway on Brexit and Ireland, and Mark Lilla on the problem with identity politics. spiked-online.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 6262: 'Calling a woman a "terf" is just a new way of calling her a "witch"'
On this week’s spiked podcast: Brendan O’Neill on the problem with labelling women ‘terfs’, Rob Lyons on Hammond’s safety-first budget, and Nico Perrino on the problem of campus censorship in the US. spiked-online.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 6161: Julia Hartley-Brewer: 'We're all bored of this Pestminster witch-hunt'
On this week's spiked podcast: Julia Hartley-Brewer on the 'Pestminster' scandal, Jon Holbrook on the democratic potential of Brexit, and Claire Fox on the problem with sanctifying transgenderism. spiked-online.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 6060: Thomas Frank: 'Trump proves that anything is possible'
On this week’s spiked podcast, Tom Slater talks to Thomas Frank about Trump, Hillary and the moral disarray of the Democratic Party. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 5959: 'We’re beginning to find sex disgusting'
This week’s spiked podcast is a #MeToo special. To get to grips with this moral panic, Joanna Williams and Luke Gittos discuss the sex-pest scandal gripping Westminster, and Lionel Shriver talks flirting, sex and prudes. spiked-online.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 5858: 'Free speech is crucial in the battle of ideas'
This week’s spiked podcast is a Battle of Ideas special. To give you a flavour of the discussions at this year’s festival, held this weekend at the Barbican in London and organised by the Institute of Ideas, Claire Fox discusses the age of echo chambers, Andrew Doyle talks satire and oversensitivity, and Nick Gillespie explains what’s really going on in the Rust Belt. Get your tickets to the Battle of Ideas here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 5757: 'This is becoming a sexual Salem'
On this week’s spiked podcast: Brendan O’Neill on the Harvey Weinstein hysteria, Luke Gittos on why ISIS’s White Widow deserved to die, and Ceri Dingle on WORLDwrite’s new documentary, 1917: Why the Russian Revolution Matters. spiked-online.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 5656: Munira Mirza: 'I've been called a race denier'
On this week's spiked podcast: Munira Mirza discusses the government's race audit and why we need a more open debate about inequality. spiked-online.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Ep 5555: ‘The Catalan crisis confirms the EU is tearing nations apart’
On this week’s spiked podcast: Brendan O’Neill on the Europe-wide attack on democracy, Kevin Yuill on why banning guns wouldn’t have prevented the Las Vegas shooting, and Adrian Hart on the truth behind the hate-crime panic in schools. spiked-online.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices