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The Godless Spellchecker Podcast

Stephen Knight

Religion & Spirituality

Society & Culture

Frequency: 1 episode/20d. Total Eps: 100

The Godless Spellchecker Podcast is an award winning weekly sceptical/atheistic show in a conversational, interview format hosted by Stephen Knight. We hear from leading public figures as well as people without a public profile that have equally valuable experiences and ideas to share. The goal is to amplify good ideas and scrutinise bad ones. The motto of the show is: "I think we've all learned something here today".

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🇬🇧 Great Britain - religionAndSpirituality
31/08/2025
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Ep#205 - Harry Saul Markham - The Melted Pot

Sunday, August 24, 2025 • Duration 59:14

This week on The Knight Tube, Stephen Knight (@GSpellchecker) welcomes author Harry Saul Markham to talk about his new book ‘The Melted Pot: Diversity, Antisemitism, and the Limits of Tolerance’

0:00 Intro
1:24 Why write about these issues?
2:56 Having the book cancelled by the publisher
5:30 Getting endorsed by Stephen Fry
7:20 What do we mean by ‘Islamism’?
10:31 Changing your Jewish surname and assimilating.
18:15 Is Jeremy Corbyn antisemitic?
23:53 Can we learn a lot about a society by how well it treats its Jews?
26:36 The impact of immigration on culture and nation
30:05 Can liberalism still save us?
34:09 ‘The Muslim vote’.
37:14 How has ‘multiculturalism’ failed.
42:20 Jewish safety in Europe
47:45 Israel
52:50 Greta Thunberg’s pro-Palestine activism.

Stephen Knight’s Substack: www.sknight.substack.com

Support the podcast at www.patreon.com/gspellchecker

Also available on iTunes, Stitcher, YouTube & Spotify.

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Ep#204 - Andrew Doyle - The End of Woke?

Monday, June 23, 2025 • Duration 01:02:54

This week on The Knight Tube, Stephen Knight (@GSpellchecker) welcomes the return of author, comedian and political commentator Andrew Doyle (@AndrewDoyle_com). They discuss Andrew’s new book ‘The End of Woke’ and much, much more!

0:00 Intro
0:41 Why write ‘The End of Woke’?
8:53 The latest Andrew Lawrence controversy about Liverpool
19:09 Has comedy and satire failed us in the ‘woke era’?
22:46 What is the ‘woke right’?
31:09 Islam, Qu’ran burning and the conviction of Hamit Coskun
37:21 Should the state attempt to regular ‘hate’?
42:30 What is ‘liberalism’?
45:51 Is ‘liberalism’ a strong enough tool to defeat harmful ideologies? Has multiculturalism failed?
50:44 The gender critical movement and its tribal elements.
59:09 Should we suspect some arguments are insincere?

Stephen Knight’s Substack: www.sknight.substack.com

Support the podcast at www.patreon.com/gspellchecker

Also available on iTunes, Stitcher, YouTube & Spotify.

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Gender Wars: No end in sight? Stephen Knight's opening arguments at Th

Monday, October 21, 2024 • Duration 06:50

Listen to Stephen Knight's opening arguments from The Battle Of Ideas panel Gender wars: no end in sight?, live from Westminster, London.

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Taking The Myth - October 2024 Edition

Monday, October 14, 2024 • Duration 01:32:43

This week on Taking The Myth, Stephen Knight (@GSpellchecker) and Iram Ramzan of sedaa.org (@Iram_Ramzan) discuss all the big topics.

0:00 Intro
1:49 Stephen and Iram will be doing a live podcast at October’s Battle Of Ideas in London
5:51 A year on from the 7th of October terror attacks in Israel and war in the middle-east.
25:10 Police officers fired for Bianca Williams stop and search win appeal.
33:34 Violent incident at Manchester airport
37:57 Summer riots in the UK, misinformation, excuse making for thuggery.
48.42 The re-emergence of white identity politics
51:05 Misinformation, Elon Musk and whether ‘X’ is sustainable.
54:00 Atheism on the rise: What are the consequences of declining religiosity? Do humans need a god?
01:05:58 The Marieha Hussain ‘coconut’ sign trial.
01:23:09 Dogs: Iram’s controversial article about man’s best friend.

Stephen Knight’s Substack: www.sknight.substack.com

Sedaa: www.sedaa.org

Support the podcast at www.patreon.com/gspellchecker

Also available on iTunes, Stitcher, YouTube & Spotify.

Ep#201 - Sall Grover - Being sued for 'women only' social app

Wednesday, August 14, 2024 • Duration 56:54

This week on The Knight Tube, Stephen Knight (@GSpellchecker) speaks to Sall Grover. Sall is a businesswoman currently embroiled in a legal row for trying to create a single sex social App called ‘Giggle’

0:00 Intro
0:59 About Sall and what happened with her App.
5:22 At what point in time did it become controversial to say that “men aren’t women”?
7:23 What does it mean to be “peaked”?
9:23 Why say “there is no such thing as trans”?
11:53 How much of this is ‘cultural’?
15:53 Has trans rights activism hijacked the gay rights movement?
19:38 Does Sall have public support for her legal case and setting a precedent.
25:10 Tickle V Giggle
28:31 Being asked to attend ‘sex and gender’ training.
32:34 Why are men so desperate to access women only services?
35:26 The failure and role of modern feminism.
40:17 The ‘gender row’ at the Paris Olympics with Imane Khelif
45:24 Why do these scandals not appear to change anything?
48:10 How can people help Sall in her legal case?

Stephen Knight’s Substack: www.sknight.substack.com

Support the podcast at www.patreon.com/gspellchecker

Also available on iTunes, Stitcher, YouTube & Spotify.

Taking The Myth - July 2024 Edition

Sunday, July 21, 2024 • Duration 01:16:05

This week on Taking The Myth, Stephen Knight (@GSpellchecker) and Iram Ramzan of sedaa.org (@Iram_Ramzan) discuss all the big topics.

0:00 Intro
0:19 Obligatory instance of British people moaning about weather.
2:57 Euros 2024
4:30 General Election: Thoughts on a Labour victory and what The Conservatives got wrong.
11:26 The attempted assassination of Donald Trump
15:26 The mental decline of President Joe Biden
19:14 The partisan tribalism with Dems V GOP.
20:58 Tenacious D: Kyle Gass’s Trump assassination joke and the right’s hypocrisy on ‘cancel culture’.
30:50 Endless online conspiracy theories thanks to social media
39:20 The independent government enquiry into claims there have been a “surge” in trans child suicides since puberty blockers were banned.
52:33 The ‘Muslim vote’: Religious sectarianism at the election?
01:02:15 Audience Questions: Trans ‘conversion therapy ban’01:06:08 Audience Question: Thoughts on Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s conversion to Christianity.

Stephen Knight’s Substack: www.sknight.substack.com

Sedaa: www.sedaa.org

Support the podcast at www.patreon.com/gspellchecker

Also available on iTunes, Stitcher, YouTube & Spotify.

Ep#200 - Andrew Gold Returns - The Psychology of Secrets

Thursday, May 30, 2024 • Duration 01:13:35

This week on The Knight Tube, Stephen Knight (@GSpellchecker) Journalist and Author Andrew Gold (@AndrewGold_OK) returns to talk about hid fascinating new book ‘The Psychology of Secrets: My Adventures with Murderers, Cults and Influencers’.

You can watch the video version at www.youtube.com/gspellchecker

0:00 Intro
0:08 Air conditioning and summer heat
1:24 Andrew’s YouTube success and avoiding audience capture
3:51 Doe accusations of bigotry hurt?
8:59 Prosocial lies: How do we recognise when we aren’t being honest?
14:14 Is it dangerous to talk to extreme people? Why cover the most dark, heinous topic possible?
19:42 Do you ever worry people will make judgments about you for the dark topics you write about?
28:27 Andrew Gold’s experience with Piers Morgan
36:46 The fear of running out of things to say in interviews and pushing back with your guests.
41:57 Are the left unwilling to debate their ideas? And does being ‘ex-communicated’ from your ’tribe’ make you more extreme?
51:46 Utopian thinking, Stephen going soft on vegetarianism and the value of religion.
57:18 Jews and Santa
01:02:34 Lie detector tests and the cult leader aspect of ‘influencers’.
01:09:20 Are other people’s secrets a burden?

Buy Andrew’s book: https://amzn.eu/d/bccQLCJ

Stephen Knight’s Substack: www.sknight.substack.com

Support the podcast at www.patreon.com/gspellchecker

Also available on iTunes, Stitcher, &

Taking The Myth - May 2024 Edition

Tuesday, May 21, 2024 • Duration 01:29:09

This week on Taking The Myth, Stephen Knight (@GSpellchecker) and Iram Ramzan of sedaa.org (@Iram_Ramzan) discuss all the big topics.

0:00 Intro
0:21 Where the hell have we been?!
1:19 Iram’s trip to Tel Aviv
16:13 Social media
20:44 Palestinian student has UK student visa revoked for comments about October 7th terror attacks and the topic of Palestinian refugees.
36:37 New proposals for single sex spaces in UK public spaces
44:59 New guidance banning teaching ‘gender ideology’ in schools.
49:52 The Cass Review into gender services for children
57:59 Man tries to enter women’s loos in Central Park
59:53 Is New York Safe?
01:01:29 Michaela School: Muslim student loses prayer ban challenge
01:26:55 Audience Question: Dark or milk chocolate biscuits?
01:18:14 Audience Question: Review of RoboDoc
01:20:14 Audience Question: Ninja swords!
01:27:03 Lucky to be in Britain

Iram reporting from Tel Aviv: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13372277/hamas-kidnapped-grandfather-wife-heartache.html

Stephen Knight’s Substack: www.sknight.substack.com

Sedaa: www.sedaa.org

Support the podcast at www.patreon.com/gspellchecker

Also available on iTunes, Stitcher, &

Stephen Knight's Opening Remarks - BattleFest - Antisemitism

Friday, May 17, 2024 • Duration 11:36

In November 2023 Stephen Knight spoke on the Panel ‘In the Wake of Terror: Antisemitism today’ at The Battle of Ideas.

Here are his opening arguments and some highlights from the panel.

You can watch the full debate on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/uvrilBoPRQk?si=qacsvKWBbGnVfsVL

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Ep#199 - Louise Distras - Cancelled By The Music Industry

Friday, May 17, 2024 • Duration 47:34

This week on The Knight Tube, Stephen Knight (@GSpellchecker) speaks to musician Louise Distras (@LouiseDistras)

0:00 Intro
0:37 About Louise
1:00 On the perception of ‘cancel culture’ and a bad childhood.
6:13 Policing the language women are allowed to use in this debate
7:13 The political climate in the music industry.
11:20 What first got you in to trouble on the gender debate?
13:28 Being banned from Bandcamp and dropped from her booking agent.
20:27 Is Louise able to record new music now?
22:02 The Smiths singer Morrisey
25:26 Online trans activist mobs
26:55 What happened with Billy Bragg?
30:02 Religious and cult-like behaviour
32:20 Is there a class issue in all this?
35:44 Would Louise keep quiet about this issue if she could go back in time?
39:08 The power of smears and cause for optimism?
43:06 Has your fanbase increased?
45:19 The problem with Spotify

This conversation was recorded before Louise was arrested in December 2023.

Stephen Knight’s Substack: www.sknight.substack.com

Support the podcast at www.patreon.com/gspellchecker

Also available on iTunes, Stitcher, YouTube & Spotify.

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