The irrepressible Dr Niall McCrae is back in the hot seat, shooting from the lip while looking at some of the stories, articles and headlines that have caught our eye or made our blood boil in this week’s news.

Topics in the crosshair this episode.....

- The pandemic that never was.

- Rod Stewart’s 11-year-old son rushed to hospital following suspected heart.

- Baby blood donor vaccine battle: Judge rules in favour of child placed under court’s guardianship for surgery.

- Keep Clapping? NHS shut down more services during Covid than almost every European country.

- Newly released government documents reveal mask mandate in schools was based on politics and not evidence.

- Londoners call for ’another lockdown’ as streets rammed with Christmas shoppers.

- Shameless hypocrisy of the West over China lockdown protests.

- Ukrainian comedian is named Time magazine’s 2022 person of the year.

- Women are getting angrier. Is anyone surprised?

We live in dark times yet it is vital that we look at opportunities to do good, speak truth and strive for a better world.

Our institutions have been overwhelmed by debt, incompetence, lack of direction and purpose.

The Deep State is taking control and is crushing all dissent and hope for a better future.

The solution to the mess we are in has to be ’individual conscience’.

We need to assume responsibility for our society and stop handing control over to the government.

We need to ask ourselves what is right and then do it.

We need to decide that we will be the difference we long for and position ourselves to work for a better future, being frustrated and depressed is just counter productive.

The other side know they are in a battle and it is time for us to dress for war.

Our individual conscience can be the sword of truth that slays the giants.

Are you ready to engage?

Carl Benjamin and his team at Lotus Eaters have just celebrated their 2nd birthday so it was great to catch up with Carl and discuss the successes and also the challenges he has faced while building his media vision in the midst of a society plagued with censorship and control.

Lotus Eaters has rapidly grown into one of the premier news and social commentary sites in the UK that speaks truth and honesty, and it’s easy to see why.

It has so much to offer, from the daily podcast to breaking news, written pieces, history, book reviews, poetry, live events, amazing guests and warm, knowledgeable presenters and researchers.

Join us this episode to hear all about it, what Carl has been up to and hear his thoughts and musings as we bid farewell to another year and race toward 2023.

Welcome to our weekend jaunt into the news, headlines and talking points that have caught our eye over the past seven days, and we are delighted to welcome a previous guest and a good friend of Hearts of Oak, Karen Siegemund.

As the president of ’American Freedom Alliance’ Karen has her finger on the pulse of what’s really going on, so we look forward to hearing her thoughts and opinions on the topics up for discussion this episode....

- Let us pray. Quadruple jabbed Bill Clinton has Covid.

- Ukraine to prepare law banning churches that are ’affiliated’ with Russia.

- Unsolved murder rate in the US is the highest in decades amid police staffing shortfalls.

- The EU raises the prospect of a big fine or a ban if Twitter fails to follow new legislation.

- Former Trump advisor goes public with story of Kanye West/Trump dinner at Mar-a-Lago.

- California panel estimates $569 billion in reparations is owed to black residents.

- New data shows nearly half of all transgender criminals in prison are guilty of sex crimes.

- Chris Whitty warns UK faces ’prolonged period’ of excess deaths due to lockdown effects.

- Nurse who injected up to 8,600 patients with saline solution instead of the Covid clot shot walks free from court.

Clay Clark has been at the forefront of the ReAwaken America tour that has spread across the US over the past 18 months.

His background is in business and he has been able to use all he has learnt to spearhead this new message of hope and positivity in over 20 American cities and counting.

Change is possible when people stand up and be the resistance to evil and the voice of hope for a better tomorrow.

We don’t have to accept the Covid tyranny or the destruction of our education system or the latest system of control, The Reawaken America tour is showing that there are millions of patriotic Americans who are willing to stand up and be counted.

You will probably know Callum from being the co-host on the hugely popular Lotuseaters podcast, but did you also know that he has a curious interest in visiting dangerous countries and war zones?

Being an Englishman on holiday in Kabul may not be the wisest choice for a vacation destination, but Callum decided he wanted to see Afghanistan for himself, like any true journalist he did not just accept the story of this country and its people from our media so he packed his bags and went himself!

How did he manage to get there?

Was he ever worried for his safety?

What was his most memorable experience and will he ever return?

Was he dropped on his head as a baby?

So many questions!!

Join us this episode to hear all about Callum’s Afghan experience.

Join us for an hour of lively chat as we discuss some news stories, headlines, articles and talking points that have stood out from the past seven days, we welcome a good friend and previous guest of ours ..... This is ‘The Week According To . . . Brian of London’

Up for discussion this episode.....

- Defence Secretary does not instil confidence in The British Army as he says it’s ’only big enough to tootle around at home’.

- The invasion continues: UK sees highest net migration since World War II.

- Media regulator Ofcom ‘will get more power than spies’ to monitor apps.

- English football fans dressed as Christian crusaders cause stir in World Cup in Qatar.

- UK restaurants reported to be going bankrupt at faster rate now than during the Covid plandemic.

- Time to bring back Tommy? We wait to see if Elon Musk and Twitter will offer an amnesty to suspended accounts if they have broken no laws.

- Safe and Effective: Covid is no longer mainly a pandemic of the unvaccinated.

- Italian PM Georgia Meloni considers revoking benefits from work shy Italians who refuse a job offer.

- Discrimination in journalism? Two nearly identical attacks on civilians, one in Istanbul, the other in Jerusalem, two very different takes from the Guardian.

Many of us are becoming increasingly concerned at the state of our education system and In America home education is a popular choice.

Our guest this episode is Sam Sorbo, Sam is a high-profile advocate and campaigner of home education and over the years she has written numerous books, set up websites and run courses to help parents through the journey of removing their child from the state school system.

Most people have gone the easy route of handing their children to the state to be taught whatever the government want, and parents have little or no input.

But there is a better way.

One that could have a huge influence on how our children grow up academically, emotionally and spiritually and that is home education.

If you think this sounds a daunting task and you feel that you are not up to the challenge, then you need to hear this interview.

Sam explains how it is possible to reclaim our children from a system that seeks to destroy values of self-worth, truth and creativity.

Sam’s enthusiasm is contagious, please share with parents everywhere.

Historian and author, Simon Webb joins us this episode.

Simon runs a very popular YouTube channel with over 170k subscribers called ‘History Debunked’ which seeks to shine a light on areas of history that have been forgotten, ignored and altered.

In short bite sized videos, he helps the viewer understand the truth about our past and also connects it to current political discourse.

The destruction and rewriting of our history is a danger to our very existence as a society and our culture, this episode is fascinating, educational and essential viewing for all.

David Vance returns to Hearts of Oak to give us his analysis of the past weeks doom and gloom in the news, articles and from his social media, and there is plenty to get stuck into including...

- Midazolam Matt Hancock is in the jungle on ‘Im a Celebrity’ TV show.

- G20 pushes for vaccine passports for international travel.

- Swiss study shows Covid gene therapy shots increase the chance of myocardititis by 800 times in young adults.

- 7 symptoms of an impending heart attack that can strike exactly a month before a deadly attack!!

- RSV RIP? Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in children is making headlines in the UK.

- Winter is Coming. Germany Preparing For Emergency Cash Deliveries, Bank Runs And ”Aggressive Discontent” Ahead Of Winter Power Cuts.

- Growing number of people are asking for unvaxed (pure) blood transfusions.

- Elon Musk, Twitter and the return of The Don?

- What is the Judas Goat project and how you may end up being caught up in it without knowing it.

- Government wages economic war against the British people.

- UK warned of a fuel tax hike of 23% in 2023.

- Albino lummox Boris Johnson paid £276K for speech in the US.

- Ukrainian President/Comedian Zelensky planning speaking tour?