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.



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232: Susan Neiman: There’s nothing left-wing about wokeness

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Former governor at the Tavistock gender clinic Marcus Evans is the latest guest on The Brendan O’Neill Show. Marcus and Brendan discuss the medical scandal of transitioning kids, the ideological capture of the NHS and the silencing of whistleblowers. 



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278: Marcus Evans: Why I blew the whistle on the Tavistock

Lionel Shriver – author of the new novel, Mania – returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show. Lionel and Brendan discuss the collective derangement behind lockdown, climate alarmism and the trans ideology.



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277: Lionel Shriver: The age of mania

Epidemiologist and biostatistician Martin Kulldorff is the latest guest on The Brendan O’Neill Show. Martin and Brendan discuss why Sweden was right about lockdown, why it’s wrong to shut down scientific debate and how free speech can save lives.



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276: Martin Kulldorff: We must take on the authoritarians

Ruy Teixeira, co-author of Where Have All the Democrats Gone?, is the latest guest on The Brendan O’Neill Show. Ruy and Brendan discuss how the Democrats abandoned ordinary people, why ethnic-minority voters are flocking to the Republicans and why woke is so toxic at the ballot box.



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275: Ruy Teixeira: The Democrats vs the working class

Matt Ridley – science writer and co-author of Viral: The Search for the Origin of Covid-19 – returned to The Brendan O’Neill Show for this special live episode. Matt and Brendan discussed censorship in science, the folly of lockdown and the misplaced hysteria over climate change.



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232: Susan Neiman: There’s nothing left-wing about wokeness

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