Hearts of Oak Podcast

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August 31, 2026 Ernst J. van Zyl - AfriForum, Afrikaner identity and South Africa’s State Decay
Ernst J. van Zyl - AfriForum, Afrikaner identity and South Africa’s State Decay Ernst J. van Zyl, head of public relations at AfriForum, joins Hearts of Oak to discuss South Africa’s political and social crisis. He explains AfriForum’s work as a large, member-funded civil-rights and community organisation: court challenges, local problem-solving where the state has failed, and a nationwide safety network. The conversation covers layered identity — why many South Africans, including Afrikaners, put culture and language before national identity — and why a highly centralised state struggles to manage deep diversity.

Ernst describes three decades of state-capacity decay: collapsing electricity, water, roads and rail, cadre deployment, corruption, and policies that enrich a connected elite under the language of empowerment. He details the Expropriation Act, the live court battle over property rights, farm murders, the “Kill the Boer” chant, media reluctance to challenge official narratives, and the ANC-led coalition that has not reversed those policies. The interview also looks at Orania, the limited U.S. refugee option, and AfriForum’s decision to stay and build a future for Afrikaners in South Africa rather than leave. Ernst J. van Zyl is Head of Public Relations at AfriForum, South Africa’s largest member-funded civil-rights and community organisation. A political scientist and commentator, he holds a master’s degree cum laude in Political Science from Stellenbosch University, with research on expropriation without compensation and the Zimbabwe case.

He has spent more than a decade analysing South African politics and culture, and several years leading AfriForum’s public communication. That work includes court challenges to the Expropriation Act, community and safety projects where the state has failed, and international briefings on farm attacks, minority rights and property rights — including at the United Nations and in the United States and Europe.Van Zyl is also a documentary filmmaker (Selfbestuur and Is Trump right about South Africa?), co-presenter of the Afrikaans politics podcast Podlitiek, and host of In alle Ernst.

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WEBSITES afriforum.co.za / theworldmustknow.co.za
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YOUTUBE youtube.com/@ConsciousCaracal

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August 27, 2026 Jonathan Sacerdoti - Oxford Union: The West Is Right to Be Suspicious of Islam
Journalist and broadcaster Jonathan Sacerdoti joins Peter to talk about Jewish identity in Britain, rising antisemitism, and his two Oxford Union debates.

He describes growing up in London as a British Jew whose father survived the Holocaust in hiding, and why he no longer sees Jewish concerns as separate from wider threats to Western society.

Jonathon recounts the 2024 Israel debate, where students abused him on camera and the Union later edited the footage, and the more recent motion that “the West is right to be suspicious of Islam” in which he was on the proposition side with Tommy Robinson and Lawrence Fox.

He discusses the Union president’s “true Islam” argument, reforming Muslims and ex-Muslims, treatment of women and apostates, protests outside the chamber, Jacob Rees-Mogg’s case against suspicion, and why he released his own recording after the Union delayed publication.
Watch Jonathon's full Oxford Union speech here https://x.com/jonsac/status/2084205655892590917?s=20
Jonathan Sacerdoti is a journalist, commentator, and analyst known for bringing clarity and balance to complex and often polarising issues. With a measured and thoughtful approach, he explores subjects ranging from extremism and antisemitism to wider cultural and political debates. From in-depth podcast interviews and public speaking to television reporting and regular written commentary he is driven by a deep commitment to accuracy and open discourse.
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August 24, 2026 Dr Gavin Ashenden - One Church or Endless Denominations? Unity, Apostolic Authority and Abortion
Dr. Gavin Ashenden joins Peter to explore Jesus’ prayer for unity in John 17 and why the Catholic Church uniquely preserves the one Church Christ founded through apostolic authority, the Mass, and Petrine headship.
He contrasts this with Protestantism’s proliferation of denominations and reflects on his own journey into Catholicism in 2019.
The conversation turns to the upcoming March for Life UK, the Catholic Church’s unbroken opposition to abortion from the earliest Christian writings, and Gavin's personal awakening to the scale of terminations in Britain.
They also discuss righteous anger, the muted Christian public witness in the UK, demographic and cultural change, the loss of shared Christian memory, and why only a coherent, unified Church can effectively confront today’s ideological pressures.
Gavin Ashenden began life intending to become a lawyer but was instead ordained as an Anglican priest, serving ten years in London parishes. After postgraduate work in the Psychology of Religion, he spent 23 years as a university chaplain and senior lecturer, with a PhD on the Oxford Inklings, teaching literature, psychology, and monotheistic mysticism.
In the 1980s he smuggled Bibles and medicine to dissident Christians behind the Iron Curtain, including Catholic seminarians in Czechoslovakia, and endured arrests by Communist security services.

He served on the Church of England’s General Synod for twenty years, was Chaplain to the Queen for nine years, and presented a BBC Faith and Ethics radio programme for four years.
He became a Catholic in 2019 and served as Associate Editor of the Catholic Herald. Influenced by recusant English Catholics, St John Henry Newman, and G.K. Chesterton, he has written for The Times, Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail, and other outlets, and spoken at conferences across Europe and America.
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47min
August 20, 2026 Nick Freitas – The Manbook: A Christian Case for Manhood, Fatherhood, Marriage & Legacy
We are delighted to have Nick Freitas join us to discuss his move to Blaze TV, the Christian faith that shapes all his work, and why he is fighting for Christendom rather than a secular vision of Western civilization. He shares insights from his book The Man Book on manhood, fatherhood, marriage, generational stewardship, and building lasting family legacy, along with practical thoughts on public speaking and reflections from his time in the Virginia House of Delegates.
Nick Freitas is a former U.S. Army Special Forces (Green Beret) combat veteran, conservative leader, author, and media host.After enlisting following high school, he served with the 82nd Airborne and 25th Infantry Divisions before joining the Green Berets, completing two combat tours in Iraq and rising to the rank of Sergeant First Class. Honorably discharged in 2009, he later served with distinction as a Republican member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 2016 to 2026.A devoted Christian, husband to his high-school sweetheart Tina, and father of three, Freitas is a leading voice on faith, family, biblical masculinity, and personal responsibility. He is the author of The Man Book: A Point-by-Point Guide to Sucking It Up and Getting the Job Done and hosts the popular shows Making the Argument with Nick Freitas and The Why Minutes. In 2026 he joined Blaze Media, where he continues to champion strong families, individual liberty, and the principles that built America, reaching millions through his platforms.
The Manbook: A Point-by-Point Guide to Sucking It Up and Getting the Job Done – A No-Nonsense Guide to Mental Toughness and Professional Growth
BUY ON AMAZON https://a.co/d/0d7xOkY5
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52min
August 17, 2026 Isabel Vaughan-Spruce - March for Life UK 2026: Creating the Momentum to Flip the Nation into Life
Isabel Vaughan-Spruce joins us to discuss the upcoming March for Life UK on 5 September in Westminster.
She details the morning Life Fest programme, including the pro-life family summit on the theme “abortion hurts the family,” a new youth summit for 18–35s, age-appropriate sessions for children and teens, and a hall of pro-life organisations.
Isabel and Peter cover abortion’s wider impact on mothers, fathers, siblings and relationships, the importance of church involvement, UK abortion law (pills by post and the recent decriminalisation vote), the power of careful language, and an update on her ongoing legal case over silent prayer near an abortion clinic.
Isabel Vaughan-Spruce is Co-Director of March for Life UK and Campaign Director of 40 Days for Life Birmingham. A longstanding Catholic pro-life advocate and crisis-pregnancy volunteer for over 20 years, she has helped organise peaceful prayer vigils and practical support for women, while building the annual March for Life into one of the UK’s largest pro-life gatherings. Known internationally for her quiet courage in defending both the unborn and the fundamental freedoms of thought and prayer, she continues to lead with clarity, compassion and unwavering commitment to the dignity of every human life.
𝕏 @IsabelVSpruce https://x.com/IsabelVSpruce
@march4lifeuk https://x.com/march4lifeuk

WEBSITE https://www.marchforlife.co.uk/
INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/marchforlifeuk/
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48min
August 13, 2026 Grant Stinchfield - Fauci, RFK Jr., Midterm Prediction Markets & Men in Women’s Sports
Grant Stinchfield joins Peter to discuss his investigative reporting background, accountability for Anthony Fauci over COVID-era decisions and private communications, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and efforts to address institutional challenges in Washington, the Jones Act waiver and its impact on American shipping, the conflict with Iran, prediction markets versus traditional polling in the context of Texas politics and the midterms, and the question of fairness in women’s sports.
Grant Stinchfield is a four-time Emmy Award-winning investigative journalist, conservative radio/TV host, podcaster, NRA Life Member, and small-business owner based in the Dallas area.
He spent roughly two decades as a reporter and anchor at NBC-owned stations where he was among the first journalists at Ground Zero on 9/11.
His investigative series earned multiple Emmys and contributed to policy changes and legislation, such as Texas identity-theft reforms.
After leaving local news, he hosted talk radio (including The Stinchfield Report on KLIF in Dallas), helped launch NRATV, hosted a primetime show on Newsmax, and co-hosted The Morning Answer on AM 870 The Answer in Los Angeles (he departed that role in late 2025). He currently hosts Stinchfield / Stinchfield Tonight on Real America’s Voice and the independent Stinchfield podcast. He describes his mission as exposing “idiocracy” and is a vocal MAGA/conservative commentator.
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𝕏 @stinchfield1776 https://x.com/stinchfield1776
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30min
August 10, 2026 Alex Phillips - Faith, Farage and Division on the Right
Alex Phillips - Faith, Farage and Division on the Right
Alex Phillips discusses how her Christian faith continues to shape her life and public work, including prayer, recent experiences of recommitment and confirmation, and the personal events she sees as evidence of God’s involvement.
The conversation then turns to politics, covering the Clacton by-election, Nigel Farage and Reform, tensions with figures such as Rupert Lowe, immigration policy, and the risks of division on the right.
Alex Phillips is a broadcaster, former and future politician, champion of women, speaker of truths, would-be 21st century Boudicca. Here to help change the world with her own little contribution.

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50min
August 06, 2026 Callum Smiles - On the Ground in Ceuta: Migration Surge Overwhelms Spanish Exclave
Callum Smiles joins Hearts of Oak to report from his recent trip to Ceuta, the Spanish enclave on the North African coast, where he was filming with Fox Populi. Fresh from Gibraltar, he describes a migration situation far larger than expected: thousands of arrivals after the major influx on 31 July, with Moroccan migrants concentrated in the south and sub-Saharan migrants in the north. The Spanish-majority enclave effectively saw its population double in a short period. From above it looked attractive; at street level it was chaotic and unstable. Callum details the military response, overcrowding and fights at facilities built for far fewer people, migrants openly stating they wanted Europe’s wealth and a better life (encouraged by social media and eager to be filmed), and the wider implications for the EU, Schengen, and the necessity of border control.

Callum Smiles is an independent British journalist, formerly with Rebel News UK and now working under Callum Smiles Media while contributing to Vox Populi.. Known as “the unconventional journalist,” he specialises in on-the-ground reporting of mass migration, the World Economic Forum in Davos (where he has confronted figures including Tony Blair, Larry Fink and Greta Thunberg), and related issues across Europe and beyond. Based in the south of England, he self-films and edits his own work.
The Week According to ... Callum Smiles

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August 03, 2026 Dr Joel Bohemier - Why Chiropractic Beats the Medicine Cabinet Model
In this episode, Dr Joel Bohemier discusses his upbringing in a multi-generational chiropractic family, the principles of spinal care as a means of supporting overall neurological function, and the historical challenges faced by the profession. He explains how adjustments address more than musculoskeletal symptoms and shares insights from nearly 30 years in practice. The conversation also covers the founding of Stand for Health Freedom, efforts around informed consent and parental rights, and current developments in health policy, including support for initiatives associated with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
One of 46 chiropractors in his family, Dr. Joel Bohemier is passionate about natural health care and lives by and teaches the principles of honoring the innate wisdom of the body. A proponent of holistic living, he is often invited to share his views on such topics as organic foods, green living, and strategies for creating a healthy and resilient mind, body and spirit. In addition to serving as an advisor to Stand for Health Freedom, Joel also serves as an advisory board member of GreenMedInfo.com, the world’s most widely referenced natural health database.
Joel received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Manitoba in 1996 and his Doctor of Chiropractic from Life University in Marietta, Georgia, in 2000. He has practiced in Italy and Canada and currently maintains a private practice in Naples, Florida.
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50min
July 31, 2026 Alan Miller: Digital ID as the Foundation of a Biometric Surveillance State & How we Win
Alan Miller joins us to discuss how public pushback helped stop the proposed digital ID scheme and why current expansions — One Login, the Gov.uk app, digital driving licences and wider digitisation — still risk building a biometric surveillance state. He covers the campaign tools that worked (petitions, protests, letters to MPs), the push of company directors and the self-employed into digital systems, the need to protect analog options, links to banking, cash and central bank digital currency, and why continued campaigning, free speech defence and signing the Together Declaration pledge remain essential.

Alan Miller started his career in the nightlife industry, co-founding London's Old Truman Brewery, the Night Time Industries Association and latterly #OpenForAll which was launched in response to the threat of vaccine passports. He is a writer, producer and director, appearing regularly on mainstream news channels, championing civil liberties. In his work in the hospitality and business sector, Alan has demonstrated an ability to change policy at the highest level of government. He has experience working with local councils, influencing mayoral leadership in various cities as well as lobbying the Home Office, the Treasury, DCMS and BEIS while ensuring mainstream media coverage. He brings this vast wealth of experience and is now working full-time with #together which he co-founded in response to the government's draconian covid measures.

TOGETHER DECLARATION
Organisations, business groups, campaigners and professionals:
Read and sign here https://togetherdeclaration.org/
OPEN FOR ALL CHARTER
For all licensed premises and events:
Read and sign the charter here https://www.openforall.co.uk/

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