This week Nick talks to Paul Coleman of ADF International about a crucial free speech case involving Päivi Räsänen, who was charged with a hate crime for quoting the Bible four years ago, and is in court again next week.They also talk about:-The comparison between blasphemy laws and hate speech laws -Why hate speech laws have no basis in international law-The legal decisions behind the woke revolution -Why the UK is arresting people for praying in their heads-Whether Christianity will become illegal-What people get wrong about the new UK 'buffer zone' laws-How we can still win the culture war and lots more!
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Paul Coleman - Free Speech vs Hate Speech

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Graham Linehan, legendary comedy writer and creator of Father Ted, Black Books and The IT Crowd, joins Nick for a fascinating and wide-ranging conversation on:-Why Graham took a stand over gender ideology-Losing friends over his views-Whether you can ever come back from cancellation -Why he no longer trusts the BBC and loads more!Get the FULL EPISODE and support the podcast here: www.nickdixon.netMake a one-off donation here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nickdixon
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Graham Linehan - Life After Cancellation

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! 

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Ashley Frawley - Anti-woke Marxist

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 electionAnd loads more! Get full episodes and ask future guests questions by subscribing to Nick's Substack here: www.nickdixon.netKeep the podcast going by buying Nick a digital coffee here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nickdixon
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Lionel Shriver - The Left's War on Merit

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!
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Ben Habib - The UK Is Under Threat

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!
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Paul Coleman - Free Speech vs Hate Speech

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