The Brendan O’Neill Show is now available to watch on video. To make sure you never miss any of spiked’s videos, subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@spiked  Kellie-Jay Keen – aka Posie Parker; founder of Let Women Speak – returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show to discuss the ongoing battle against gender ideology, the cowardice of modern feminism, and why Islamist misogyny must not get a free pass. Order Brendan O’Neill’s After the Pogrom now from: 🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/After-Pogrom-October-Israel-Civilisation/dp/1068719303/  🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/After-Pogrom-October-Israel-Civilisation/dp/1068719303/  Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Brendan O’Neill Show is now available to watch on video. To make sure you never miss any of spiked’s videos, subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@spiked  Times columnist Melanie Phillips returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show to discuss Israel’s audacious strikes on Iran, the fanaticism of the Iranian regime, and why Israel is the best contender for leader of the free world. Read Melanie’s Substack: https://melaniephillips.substack.com/  Take your business to the next level with Shopify. Sign up now and get a £1-per-month trial period: https://shopify.co.uk/spiked  Order Brendan O’Neill’s After the Pogrom now from: 🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/After-Pogrom-October-Israel-Civilisation/dp/1068719303/  🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/After-Pogrom-October-Israel-Civilisation/dp/1068719303/  Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Julia Hartley-Brewer – Talk presenter and Sun columnist – returned to The Brendan O’Neill Show for this special live episode. Julia and Brendan discussed Labour’s woes, Britain’s free-speech crisis, the appeal of Trump in a world gone mad, and why politicians need to start fearing voters again. This event was exclusive to spiked supporters, members of our online donor community. To celebrate 25 years of spiked, we’re currently giving away a year’s membership for just £25. That’s half the usual price. Sign up here.  https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/  Order Brendan O’Neill’s A Heretic’s Manifesto now from: 🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/Heretics-Manifesto-Essays-Unsayable/dp/1913019861  🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Heretics-Manifesto-Essays-Unsayable/dp/1913019861  Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/  Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Robert McLiam Wilson, novelist and contributor to Charlie Hebdo, talks to Brendan O’Neill about why satirists should ‘punch down’, the racism of the woke elites and the Islamist atrocities that the world has forgotten.  🖊️ 📕 Donate £50 or more to get a signed copy of Brendan’s new book, A Heretic’s Manifesto: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/ Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/  Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bjorn Lomborg, author of Best Things First, talks to Brendan O’Neill about how ‘sustainable development’ is harming the world’s poor. 🖊️ 📕 Donate £50 or more to get a signed copy of Brendan’s new book, A Heretic’s Manifesto: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/ Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/  Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

David Harsanyi – senior editor of the Federalist – is the latest guest on The Brendan O’Neill Show. David and Brendan discuss the corruption scandals engulfing the Biden administration and how wokeness has created a post-truth age.  Order Brendan O’Neill’s A Heretic’s Manifesto now from: 🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/Heretics-Manifesto-Essays-Unsayable/dp/1913019861  🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Heretics-Manifesto-Essays-Unsayable/dp/1913019861  🖊️ 📕 Or donate £50 or more to get a signed copy: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/ Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/  Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Former Olympic swimmer Sharron Davies joins Brendan O’Neill to talk about her new book, Unfair Play: The Battle For Women’s Sport. Sharron and Brendan discuss the trans takeover of women’s sports, the legacy of the East German doping scandal, and why biological sex matters.  Order Brendan O’Neill’s A Heretic’s Manifesto now from: 🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/Heretics-Manifesto-Essays-Unsayable/dp/1913019861  🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Heretics-Manifesto-Essays-Unsayable/dp/1913019861  🖊️ 📕 Or donate £50 or more to get a signed copy: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/ Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/  Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

spiked columnist Rakib Ehsan joins Brendan O’Neill to talk about his new book, Beyond Grievance: What the Left Gets Wrong About Ethnic Minorities. Rakib and Brendan discuss the myth of white privilege, why Brexit had nothing to do with racism, and how identity politics is dividing the working classes. Order Brendan O’Neill’s A Heretic’s Manifesto now from: 🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/Heretics-Manifesto-Essays-Unsayable/dp/1913019861  🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Heretics-Manifesto-Essays-Unsayable/dp/1913019861  🖊️ 📕 Or donate £50 or more to get a signed copy: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/ Apply now for spiked’s internship scheme: https://www.spiked-online.com/interns  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/  Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

To celebrate the release of Brendan O’Neill’s new book, A Heretic’s Manifesto, Brendan was interviewed by Andrew Doyle for this special live podcast, exclusively for spiked supporters. They discussed the tyranny of conformism, the derangement of the new elites, and how ordinary people can push back. Enjoy! Order A Heretic’s Manifesto on: 🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/Heretics-Manifesto-Essays-Unsayable/dp/1913019861  🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Heretics-Manifesto-Essays-Unsayable/dp/1913019861  🖊️ 📕 Or donate £50 or more to get a signed copy: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/ Apply now for spiked’s internship scheme: https://www.spiked-online.com/interns  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/  Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Philosopher Susan Neiman talks to Brendan O’Neill about her new book, Left Is Not Woke. Susan and Brendan discuss the woke’s abandonment of progress, the rebirth of racial tribalism and the dangers of valorising victimhood. Get your tickets to the launch of Brendan O’Neill’s new spiked book, A Heretic’s Manifesto. Brendan will be interviewed by Andrew Doyle, on Monday 5 June at 7pm, live on Zoom. Find out more: https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/05/18/event-brendan-oneills-book-launch/  Pre-order Brendan O’Neill’s A Heretic’s Manifesto now from: 🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/Heretics-Manifesto-Essays-Unsayable/dp/1913019861  🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Heretics-Manifesto-Essays-Unsayable/dp/1913019861  🖊️ 📕 Or donate £50 or more to get a signed copy: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/ Apply now for spiked’s internship scheme: https://www.spiked-online.com/interns  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/  Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Daniel McCarthy – editor-in-chief of Modern Age: A Conservative Review – joins Brendan O’Neill to discuss Trump Derangement Syndrome, the electoral prospects of Ron DeSantis and how the left learned to love the security state.  Help keep spiked free, fearless and independent. Join our online donor community and enjoy a range of brilliant perks, including ad-free reading, exclusive events and signed books. Sign up here https://www.spiked-online.com/support-spiked/ Pre-order Brendan O’Neill’s A Heretic’s Manifesto now from: 🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/Heretics-Manifesto-Essays-Unsayable/dp/1913019861  🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Heretics-Manifesto-Essays-Unsayable/dp/1913019861  🖊️ 📕 Or donate £50 or more to get a signed copy: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/ Apply now for spiked’s internship scheme: https://www.spiked-online.com/interns  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/  Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Remi Adekoya joins Brendan to talk about his latest book, It’s Not About Whiteness, It’s About Wealth. They discuss the truth about racial inequality, the dangers of racial identity politics and how Africa can realise its potential. Pre-order Brendan O’Neill’s A Heretic’s Manifesto now from: 🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/Heretics-Manifesto-Essays-Unsayable/dp/1913019861  🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Heretics-Manifesto-Essays-Unsayable/dp/1913019861  🖊️ 📕 Or donate £50 or more to get a signed copy: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/ Apply now for spiked’s internship scheme: https://www.spiked-online.com/interns  Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/   Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/  Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

John ‘Rick’ MacArthur, president and publisher of Harper’s Magazine, returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show to discuss the worrying rise of the authoritarian right, the left’s perversion of history, and why a return to ‘normalcy’ is not the answer to America’s ills. Apply now for spiked’s internship scheme: https://www.spiked-online.com/interns  Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/   Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/  Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Fiona McAnena – director of campaigns at Sex Matters – returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show. Fiona and Brendan discuss why no sport is safe from gender ideology, how the denial of biology harms women and girls, and why Trump’s executive order on women’s sports isn’t working. Get your ticket for Brendan’s next live podcast, where he’ll be joined by the brilliant Julia Hartley-Brewer, on Tuesday 15 April at 7pm BST. Sign up here: https://www.spiked-online.com/events/  Celebrate 25 years of spiked. Donate £25 or more to get a year’s membership of spiked supporters for half the usual price: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/  Order Brendan O’Neill’s After the Pogrom now from: 🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/After-Pogrom-October-Israel-Civilisation/dp/1068719303/  🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/After-Pogrom-October-Israel-Civilisation/dp/1068719303/  Support spiked:   https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Author and academic Michael Lind returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show to talk about his latest book, Hell to Pay: How the Suppression of Wages is Destroying America. Michael and Brendan discuss the crisis afflicting the American working class, the disaster of deindustrialisation and how the woke cultural elite shores up the status quo.  Apply now for spiked’s internship scheme: https://www.spiked-online.com/interns  Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/   Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/  Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Iain Macwhirter, author of Disunited Kingdom, speaks to Brendan O’Neill about the arrests of leading SNP figures, the uselessness of Humza Yousaf and how Nicola Sturgeon was brought down by woke. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/   Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/  Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Read Iain’s Substack here:  https://iainmacwhirter.substack.com/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Peter Boghossian – a founding faculty fellow at the University of Austin – joins Brendan on the latest episode of The Brendan O’Neill Show. Peter and Brendan discuss how to have impossible conversations, the dangers of ‘diversity, equity and inclusion’ and the problem with the right-wing ‘anti-woke’ backlash.  Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/   Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/  Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Heather Mac Donald returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show to talk about her upcoming book, When Race Trumps Merit: How the Pursuit of Equity Sacrifices Excellence, Destroys Beauty and Threatens Lives. Heather and Brendan discuss the myth of systemic racism, the problem with affirmative action and how the new ‘anti-racism’ is jeopardising genuine equality. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/   Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/  Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Wendy Kaminer – writer, lawyer and ACLU board member – returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show to talk about her new spiked long-read, ‘How feminism gave up on freedom’. Wendy and Brendan discuss the illiberal legacy of #MeToo, the problem with ‘post-liberal’ feminism, and the threat gender ideology poses to women’s rights. Read Wendy’s article here: https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/04/01/how-feminism-gave-up-on-freedom/  Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/   Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/  Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kellie-Jay Keen – aka Posie Parker, women’s rights activist and founder of Standing for Women – returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show. Kellie-Jay joins Brendan to discuss her harrowing encounter with trans activists in New Zealand, the misogyny of the gender-identity movement, and why women’s rights are still worth fighting for. Read spiked here: https://www.spiked-online.com/  Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/   Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/  Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Joel Kotkin – spiked columnist and author of The Coming of Neo-Feudalism – returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show. Joel and Brendan discuss the implosion of Silicon Valley Bank, the emergence of the new tech oligarchy and how the virtue-signalling elites could be digging their own graves. Read spiked here: https://www.spiked-online.com/  Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/   Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/  Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Matthew Goodwin, pollster and author of Values, Voice and Virtue: The New British Politics, speaks to Brendan O’Neill about the importance of the culture war, the rise of technocracy and why the West’s political realignment is only just beginning.  Read spiked here: https://www.spiked-online.com/  Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/   Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/  Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Isabel Oakeshott, the journalist behind the Lockdown Files, speaks to Brendan O’Neill about the cruelty of lockdown, the complicity of the media, and the demonisation of dissent.  Read spiked here: https://www.spiked-online.com/  Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/   Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/  Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/  Sponsored by Raycon: https://www.BuyRaycon.com/Brendan/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

David Frost, former chief Brexit negotiator, and Brendan O'Neill discuss Rishi Sunak’s Northern Ireland deal, the Lockdown Files, the Wakefield blasphemy scandal, and the crucial importance of freedom. Read spiked here: https://www.spiked-online.com/ Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bridget Phetasy – writer, comedian and host of Dumpster Fire – returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show. Bridget and Brendan discuss how the White House is embracing the politics of cruelty, how Trump’s cult of personality is making everyone insane, and the rise of the ‘woke right’. Get your ticket for Brendan’s next live podcast, where he’ll be joined by the brilliant Julia Hartley-Brewer, on Tuesday 15 April at 7pm BST. Sign up here: https://www.spiked-online.com/events/  Celebrate 25 years of spiked. Donate £25 or more to get a year’s membership of spiked supporters for half the usual price: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/  Order Brendan O’Neill’s After the Pogrom now from: 🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/After-Pogrom-October-Israel-Civilisation/dp/1068719303/  🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/After-Pogrom-October-Israel-Civilisation/dp/1068719303/  Support spiked:   https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Frank Furedi, author of The Road to Ukraine, and Brendan O'Neill discuss why the Ukrainian resistance caught the world by surprise, the fragility of Western unity and the dangers of Russia unravelling. Read spiked here: https://www.spiked-online.com/ Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nadine Strossen, free-speech advocate and former president of the American Civil Liberties Union, talks to Brendan O'Neill about the hidden dangers of hate-speech laws, the new McCarthyism of cancel culture and the growing generational divide over free speech. Read spiked here: https://www.spiked-online.com/ Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/  Sponsored by Wondrium: www.wondrium.com/brendan/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Batya Ungar-Sargon, deputy opinion editor at Newsweek and author of Bad News, talks to Brendan O'Neill about the fading of the American Dream, the rise of economic populism and how the pyjama class uses woke to demonise workers.  Read spiked here: https://www.spiked-online.com/ Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ross Clark, journalist and author of Not Zero, talks to Brendan O'Neill about the extraordinary cost of decarbonisation, the pitfalls of renewable energy and why climate change is not the end of the world Read spiked here: https://www.spiked-online.com/ Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Miriam Cates, Conservative MP for Penistone and Stocksbridge, talks to Brendan O'Neill about her clash in parliament with Lloyd Russell-Moyle, why Westminster was right to block the SNP’s gender bill and how the culture war is reshaping our politics. Read spiked here: https://www.spiked-online.com/ Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kate Hoey, life peer and former Labour MP, talks to Brendan O'Neill about the problem with the Northern Ireland Protocol, the myth of ‘Bregret’ and why Keir Starmer can’t be trusted. Read spiked here: https://www.spiked-online.com/ Read Kate’s articles for spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/author/kate-hoey/   Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/  Sponsored by Wondrium: https://www.wondrium.com/brendan/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ralph Schoellhammer, assistant professor in economics and political science at Webster University Vienna, talks to Brendan O'Neill about the green delusions of the elites, why energy is so crucial to prosperity and why the populist revolt is just getting started. Read spiked here: https://www.spiked-online.com/ Read Ralph’s articles for spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/author/ralph-schoellhammer/  Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/  Sponsored by Raycon: https://www.BuyRaycon.com/Brendan/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Zoe Strimpel, historian and Sunday Telegraph columnist, talks to Brendan O’Neill about the perils of risk-aversion, the allure of victimhood and how woke ‘anti-racism’ is fuelling anti-Semitism Read spiked here: https://www.spiked-online.com/ Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Toby Young – founder and director of the Free Speech Union – returned to The Brendan O’Neill Show for this special live podcast. Toby and Brendan took a look back on a year of state censorship, mob cancellation and digital unpersoning. Plus, they took questions from the audience.  This event was exclusive to spiked supporters. Sign up to spiked supporters now to get free or discounted tickets to all our upcoming events: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Donate to spiked this Christmas: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Graham Linehan, creator of The IT Crowd, Father Ted and Black Books, talks to Brendan about his excommunication from TV comedy and how trans ideology has driven the left insane. Read spiked here: https://www.spiked-online.com/ Donate to spiked this Christmas: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/  Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nick Timothy – Conservative MP and former joint chief of staff in Downing Street – returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show. Nick and Brendan discuss Rachel Reeves’s disastrous spring statement, how Net Zero is fuelling deindustrialisation, and how multiculturalism has torn society apart. Celebrate 25 years of spiked. Donate £25 or more to get a year’s membership of spiked supporters for half the usual price: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/  Order Brendan O’Neill’s After the Pogrom now from: 🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/After-Pogrom-October-Israel-Civilisation/dp/1068719303/  🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/After-Pogrom-October-Israel-Civilisation/dp/1068719303/  Support spiked:   https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Robby Soave, senior editor at Reason and host of Rising on Hill TV, joins Brendan O’Neill to discuss the rise of ‘shadow-banning’ and how Big Tech distorts democracy. Read spiked here: https://www.spiked-online.com/ Donate to spiked this Christmas: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/  Become a spiked supporter and register to get your free ticket to Brendan’s live show with Toby Young: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Sponsored by Wondrium: https://wondrium.com/brendan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Meghan Murphy, the feminist journalist who was recently freed from ‘Twitter jail’ by Elon Musk, joins Brendan O’Neill to discuss the tyranny of the ‘pyjama class’ and the fight for free speech. Read spiked here: https://www.spiked-online.com/ Become a spiked supporter and register to get your free ticket to Brendan’s live show with Toby Young: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Sponsored by ExpressVPN: https://www.expressvpn.com/spiked  Read Meghan’s Substack: https://meghanmurphy.substack.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Benjamin Teitelbaum, author of War for Eternity, talks to Brendan O’Neill about Steve Bannon, Donald Trump and the rise of the populist right. Read spiked here: https://www.spiked-online.com/ Become a spiked supporter and register to get your free ticket to Brendan’s live show with Toby Young: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Michael Shellenberger, author of San Fransicko and Apocalypse Never, talks to Brendan O’Neill about the fightback against the green elites. Read spiked here: https://www.spiked-online.com/ Become a spiked supporter and register to get your free ticket to Brendan’s live show with Toby Young: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Read Michael’s Substack: http://michaelshellenberger.substack.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Genevieve Gluck, co-founder of Reduxx, talks to Brendan O’Neill about the rise of gender extremism. Read spiked here: https://www.spiked-online.com/ Become a spiked supporter and register to get your free ticket to Brendan’s live show with Toby Young: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Sponsored by Wondrium: https://www.wondrium.com/brendan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rosie Kay, CEO and artistic director of K2CO, talks to Brendan O’Neill about how she was forced out of her own dance company for challenging trans ideology. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Sponsored by ExpressVPN: https://www.expressvpn.com/spiked Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Balázs Orbán, political director to the prime minister of Hungary, joins Brendan O’Neill to discuss how Hungary became the bane of Brussels and the darling of the right.  Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Pollster and author Matthew Goodwin joins Brendan O’Neill to discuss Rishi Sunak, the culture war and the future of British politics. Subscribe to Matthew’s Substack here. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/  Sponsored by Wondrium: https://www.wondrium.com/brendan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The leader of the Social Democratic Party joins Brendan O’Neill to discuss the awfulness of Liz Truss and why we desperately need a challenger to the two main parties. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Donate to spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Novelist Lionel Shriver returned to The Brendan O’Neill Show for this special live podcast. Lionel and Brendan discussed the ‘woke hivemind’, the fallout from lockdown, the fightback for free speech, and much more. This event was exclusive to spiked supporters. Sign up to spiked supporters now and you will get free or discounted tickets to all of our upcoming events: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/ Get your ticket to see the spiked podcast live at the Battle of Ideas on Saturday: battleofideas.org.uk Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Writer and broadcaster Jonathan Sacerdoti is the latest guest on The Brendan O’Neill Show. Jonathan joined Brendan to discuss why the Gaza ceasefire was bound to fail, the horror of 7 October denial, and how anti-Semitism is on the rise across the political spectrum.  Celebrate 25 years of spiked. Donate £25 or more to get a year’s membership of spiked supporters for half the usual price: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/  Take your business to the next level with Shopify. Sign up now and get a £1-per-month trial period: https://shopify.co.uk/brendan  Order Brendan O’Neill’s After the Pogrom now from: 🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/After-Pogrom-October-Israel-Civilisation/dp/1068719303/  🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/After-Pogrom-October-Israel-Civilisation/dp/1068719303/  Support spiked:   https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Malcolm Clark – TV producer and head of research for the LGB Alliance – joins Brendan O’Neill to discuss the implosion of Mermaids, why trans ideology harms gay rights, and the dangers of ‘queer theory’. Become a spiked supporter and register to get your free ticket to Brendan’s live show with Lionel Shriver: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/  Sponsored by Wondrium: https://www.wondrium.com/brendan Sponsored by ExpressVPN: https://www.expressvpn.com/brendan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Curtis Yarvin clashes with Brendan O’Neill over who should rule, whether Brexit was a ‘shitshow’ and whether Yarvin is a Remainer. Donate £50 to spiked and get a free, signed copy of ‘How Woke Won’, plus a year’s free membership to spiked supporters: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Lou Perez – comedian and author of That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore – joins Brendan O’Neill to discuss the death and rebirth of comedy. Donate to spiked and get a free, signed copy of How Woke Won: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/  Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/  Sponsored by Wondrium: https://www.wondrium.com/brendan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices