The Current Thing – Details, episodes & analysis

Podcast details

Technical and general information from the podcast's RSS feed.

The Current Thing

Nick Dixon

News

Society & Culture

Frequency: 1 episode/8d. Total Eps: 100

Comedian and commentator Nick Dixon talks to fascinating guests about politics, the culture war, and anything else that comes up.

Site

RSS

Apple

Recent rankings

Latest chart positions across Apple Podcasts and Spotify rankings.

Apple Podcasts

🇬🇧 Great Britain - politics
15/08/2026
#96
🇬🇧 Great Britain - politics
14/08/2026
#61
🇬🇧 Great Britain - politics
08/08/2026
#94
🇬🇧 Great Britain - politics
07/08/2026
#59
🇬🇧 Great Britain - politics
31/07/2026
#73
🇬🇧 Great Britain - politics
26/07/2026
#82
🇬🇧 Great Britain - politics
25/07/2026
#61
🇬🇧 Great Britain - politics
19/07/2026
#89
🇬🇧 Great Britain - politics
18/07/2026
#68
🇬🇧 Great Britain - politics
13/07/2026
#94

Spotify

No recent rankings available

Shared links between episodes and podcasts

Links found in episode descriptions and other podcasts that share them.

See all

https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nickdixon
151 shares
http://www.nickdixon.net
79 shares
https://www.epiccomedy.co.uk/
42 shares

https://twitter.com/nickdixoncomic
182 shares
https://twitter.com/PaulCoxComedy
42 shares
https://twitter.com/JamieFranklin40
12 shares

https://www.youtube.com/@nick_dixon
90 shares
https://www.youtube.com/@nickdixoncomedy
89 shares
https://www.youtube.com/@paulcoxcomedy
42 shares

RSS feed quality and score

Technical evaluation of the podcast's RSS feed quality and structure.

See all

RSS feed quality

To improve

Score global : 58%

Publication history

Monthly episode publishing history over the past years.

Year

Latest published episodes

Recent episodes with titles, durations, and descriptions.

See all

Starmergeddon - with Leo Kearse

Episode 76

Thursday, August 29, 2024 • Duration 01:17:53

The Current Thing will now be a weekly topical show, hosted by Nick with a rotation of awesome guests. In addition, we will still do the in depth guest interviews. For this topical episode, Leo Kearse returns to talk about: -Starmer's incredibly grim speech -Civil Service corruption -Notting Hill carnival chaos -The Nando's waitress on the wrong side of two-tier policing -The arrest of Telegram's CEO -Mark Zuckerberg's revelations about Democrat censorship and coercion -RFK Jr endorsing Trump And loads more!

Get full episodes of The Current Thing, plus Nick's exclusive solo reaction episodes, all his articles, and of course support the podcast and help us keep doing this work, all for just £5 by going to nickdixon.net

Or make a one-off donation here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nickdixon Substack: nickdixon.net X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/nickdixoncomic YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nick_dixon Subscribe to Leo's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LeoKearse Follow Leo on X: https://twitter.com/LeoKearse

Read moreCollapse

UK Riots - with Jamie Franklin

Episode 75

Friday, August 16, 2024 • Duration 01:46:38

The Rev Dr Jamie Franklin returns to talk to Nick about the UK riots, and two-tier Keir Starmer persecuting the British working class. This is a crossover episode with Jamie's podcast, Irreverand, so please enjoy this almost two hour chunk of quality podcasting.

Or make a one-off donation here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nickdixon Substack: nickdixon.net X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/nickdixoncomic YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nick_dixon

Follow Jamie on X: https://twitter.com/JamieFranklin40 Listen to Jamie's Podcast: https://irreverend.buzzsprout.com Jamie's Substack: https://jamiefranklin.substack.com/

Read moreCollapse

Ashley Frawley - Anti-woke Marxist

Episode 65

Monday, May 20, 2024 • Duration 01:12:57

Fascinating conversation with the brilliant Dr Ashley Frawley. Topics discussed include: -Why Ashley is still a Marxist -How our neoliberal/postliberal culture went wrong -Why the family is essential in finding meaning -Where woke comes from -Whether there’ll be a new ‘current thing’ after woke -Why people fall for fads like gender ideology -The reason people struggle to accept their own freedom -Why conspiracy theories are good in moderation And loads more!

Get full episodes and keep the podcast going by subscribing to Nick's Substack here: www.nickdixon.net Or by buying Nick a digital coffee here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nickdixon

Nick's X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/nickdixoncomic Nick's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nick_dixon Ashley's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AshleyAFrawley Ashley's X/Twitter: https://x.com/ashleyafrawley Get Ashley's books: https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Ashley-Frawley/author/B00JHWKCZA

Produced by The Radical English Gentleman.

Read moreCollapse

Lionel Shriver - The Left's War on Merit

Episode 64

Monday, May 13, 2024 • Duration 01:14:02

Highly acclaimed author and commentator Lionel Shriver discusses her new novel, 'Mania'. Topics include: -Why she choose IQ as the topic of her new book -Why the left are ‘obsessed with sameness’ -Where ideological ‘manias’ come from and what the next hysteria will be -The flawed thinking behind ‘social justice’ -The literary influences on her writing -Why some people conform with social fads and others do not -The inherent contradictions of woke -Losing friends due to the culture war -Her views on euthanasia -Who she will vote for in the US election And loads more!

Get full episodes and ask future guests questions by subscribing to Nick's Substack here: www.nickdixon.net Keep the podcast going by buying Nick a digital coffee here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nickdixon

Nick's X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/nickdixoncomic Nick's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nick_dixon Buy Lionel's book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mania-latest-novel-award-winning-author/dp/0008658676/ref=sr_1_1_sspa Read her column: https://www.spectator.co.uk/writer/lionel-shriver/

Produced by The Radical English Gentleman.

Read moreCollapse

Ben Habib - The UK Is Under Threat

Episode 63

Monday, May 6, 2024 • Duration 53:44

Deputy leader of Reform UK Ben Habib joins Nick to discuss: -Why Reform UK allowed leftist activists to cancel its candidates -How to tackle immigration -Why woke and DEI have got to stop -How to fix the UK's economy -His views on Net Zero -Why voting Reform is not just a vote for Labour -Whether Reform UK is actually a conservative party -How close Britain is to becoming a third world country -Why he got into politics -The 'seismic event' he believes can happen if Reform keep polling well And loads more!

Get the full episode and ask guests questions by subscribing to Nick's Substack here: www.nickdixon.net Keep the podcast going by buying Nick a digital coffee here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nickdixon

Nick's X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/nickdixoncomic Nick's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nick_dixon Ben's X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/benhabib6 Ben's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BenHabibLondon Reform UK website: https://www.reformparty.uk/

Produced by The Westminster Podcast Studio.

Read moreCollapse

Carl Benjamin - Woke, Liberalism, and God

Episode 62

Monday, April 29, 2024 • Duration 01:22:48

Carl Benjamin AKA Sargon returns to the podcast for a fascinating and wide-ranging discussion on: -Whether it could become illegal to be a conservative -Why liberalism leads to communism -Whether woke will be 'put away' or not -The ironic flaws of diversity casting -Whether things like the Cass Review will change anything in the culture war -Why Labour might actually be better than the Tories -Why feminists hate women -Whether Trump can effect real change if he wins again -How the media destroys the democratic process -Why he is still an atheist And loads more!

Ask future guests questions and receive exclusive video responses by subscribing to Nick's Substack here: www.nickdixon.net Donate by buying Nick a digital coffee here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nickdixon

Nick's X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/nickdixoncomic Nick's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nick_dixon Carl's X/Twitter: @Sargon_of_Akkad Lotus Eaters: https://www.lotuseaters.com https://www.youtube.com/@ThePodcastoftheLotusEaters

Produced by The Westminster Podcast Studio.

Read moreCollapse

Mark Dolan - Why I Still Believe in Britain

Episode 61

Monday, April 22, 2024 • Duration 01:14:26

GB News presenter and comedian Mark Dolan drops by our new studio to chat with Nick about: -The future of GB News -How Covid woke him up -How to fix the immigration problem -Whether he has changed his mind on Brexit -How to win the culture war -His thoughts on Liz Truss's time as PM -Why he is still optimistic about Britain -The state of comedy in a woke world -How he keeps a positive mindset -Why he always insures his white goods... And loads more! Mark's X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrmarkdolan Mark's podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-mark-dolan-way/id1669065671

Keep the podcast going by subscribing or donating! You can ask future guests questions and receive exclusive video responses by subscribing to Nick's Substack here: Subscribe to Nick's Substack: www.nickdixon.net Buy Nick a digital coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nickdixon

Nick's X: https://twitter.com/nickdixoncomic Nick's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nick_dixon

Produced by The Westminster Podcast Studio.

Read moreCollapse

What Richard Dawkins Gets Wrong - Jamie Franklin

Episode 60

Monday, April 15, 2024 • Duration 01:47:08

The Rev Dr Jamie Franklin returns for his best episode yet! Nick and Jamie discuss:

-Richard Dawkins' comments on 'cultural Christianity' -Pascal's wager -What Toby Young and David Starkey get wrong about Christianity -Whether Christianity leads to wokeness -The failures of liberalism -The flaws in the atheist argument for the beginning of the universe -The questionable foundations of the 'New Atheism' movement -Whether Michael Jackson was innocent And loads more!

Follow Jamie on X: https://twitter.com/JamieFranklin40 Listen to Jamie's Podcast: https://irreverend.buzzsprout.com Jamie's Substack: https://jamiefranklin.substack.com/

Keep the podcast going by subscribing or donating! Subscribe to Nick's Substack: www.nickdixon.net Buy Nick a digital coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nickdixon

Nick's X: https://twitter.com/nickdixoncomic Nick's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nickdixoncomedy

Produced by The Radical English Gentleman.

Read moreCollapse

Tories Ban Conservative Candidates - with Radical English Gentleman

Episode 59

Monday, April 8, 2024 • Duration 01:46:34

This week Nick and The Radical English Gentleman (AKA Woke Zoomer Rory) discuss: -The William Wragg sext scandal -Angela Rayner's lies about her house -How the Tories keep conservative candidates out of the party -Rishi's Adidas Sambas -Reform UK dropping more candidates, and whether Farage will return -The death of British aid workers in Gaza, and whether Boris Johnson is a warmonger -Richard Dawkins' comments on regretting the decline of Christianity And loads more!

Keep the podcast going by subscribing or donating! Subscribe to Nick's Substack: www.nickdixon.net Buy Nick a digital coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nickdixon

Nick's X: https://twitter.com/nickdixoncomic Nick's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nickdixoncomedy

The Radical English Gentleman podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/13S52ZW6r5xd3aJSzIzFdN Follow Rory on X: https://twitter.com/RoryPodcaster

Produced by The Radical English Gentleman.

Read moreCollapse

How Bad Will Labour Be? - with Alex McCarron

Episode 58

Tuesday, April 2, 2024 • Duration 01:06:28

Hope you had a great Easter. We had a very short Easter break, hence this coming out a day late. But it is a great discussion with based genius filmmaker and friend of the podcast, Alexander McCarron. We discuss: -Sunak's disastrous poll numbers, and what it all means -How authoritarian / effective a Labour government will be -Whether we are stuck in an 'inverse Greta' doomer bubble -Scotland's new hate crime law -What Reform UK get wrong And loads more!

Follow Alex on X: https://twitter.com/alexmaccaroon

Keep the podcast going by subscribing or donating! Subscribe to Nick's Substack: www.nickdixon.net Buy Nick a digital coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nickdixon

Nick's X: https://twitter.com/nickdixoncomic Nick's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nickdixoncomedy

Produced by The Radical English Gentleman.

Read moreCollapse

The Current Thing – Details, episodes & analysis

Podcast details

Recent rankings

Apple Podcasts

Spotify

Shared links between episodes and podcasts

RSS feed quality and score

Publication history

Latest published episodes

Related Shows Based on Content Similarities

Related Shows Based on Content Similarities

Apple Podcasts

Spotify

The Current Thing – Details, episodes & analysis

Podcast details

Recent rankings

Apple Podcasts

Spotify

Shared links between episodes and podcasts

Other92

Twitter49

Youtube28

RSS feed quality and score

Publication history

Latest published episodes

Similar podcasts and content

Related Shows Based on Content Similarities

Related Shows Based on Content Similarities

Other92

Twitter49

Youtube28

Apple Podcasts

Spotify