The 286 Project

I spoke to Thomas Harris from The Free Speech Union about all things to do with free speech including how free speech is dealt with around the world and Ireland's speech bill.

Free Speech Union website: https://freespeechunion.org/


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For this episode, I spoke to writer, podcaster, history enthusiast and social commentator Momus Najmi about world history, politics and the reasons why the West seem to have weak leaders.

The World of Momus podcast: https://www.youtube.com@UC4YBowCYlUouQcgcqItq-mQ 
The World of Momus Substack: https://www.theworldofmomus.com/ 


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From Financial Fair Pay to Everton's points deduction and Manchester City's 115 charges, the financial health of football has been on the back pages regularly over the last few months. 

To make sense of it all, I spoke to former Financial Controller of global football organisation City Football Group and football financial expert Neill Wood to explain it all. 


Neil's website - https://footballfinancepro.com/
Neil's YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIHeGNeStxMGpS0D42HNwMw


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Keri Smith is the host of the podcast Deprogrammed with Keri Smith. She is also one of the first people I know who wrote about why she decided to leave the Left. We discuss that, as well as her views on the political landscape over the last decade, tribalism and her route to Christianity. 


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Simon Edge is the author of six books including The End of the World is Flat and his latest book In The Beginning.

We discuss amongst other things, what was it like to edit Graham Linehan's autobiography, how has the publishing industry changed over the last couple of decades and whether there is a grievance industry.


Simon's website: https://www.simon-edge.com/

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Farmers have been protesting in Germany since late last year. Why are they doing so? How is the news media in Germany reporting them? Are there any similarities between these protests and the farmers' protests in the Netherlands last year?

I spoke to Spiked’s Germany correspondent Sabine Beppler-Spahl about these issues.

Sabine's article in Spiked about the protests: https://www.spiked-online.com/2024/01/08/germanys-farmers-are-fighting-back-against-green-tyranny/


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For this episode, I spoke to freelance writer and journalist Ella Whelan about her own experience of giving birth and her own investigation into maternal care in the UK.

Ella's article on Unherd about maternity care in the UK: https://unherd.com/2023/12/the-nhs-cu...


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Should people be allowed to smoke? Is smoking becoming increasingly undermined by public health measures? Is smokers' behaviour being controlled beyond what is reasonable? 

I spoke to the director of smokers' rights group FOREST Simon Clark, who is a non-smoker himself, about all of these issues surrounding smoking.


FOREST website: https://www.forestonline.org/
Simon's letter of liberty: https://academyofideas.org.uk/letters-on-liberty-freedom-up-in-smoke/



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There is a perception during recent protests, that the police were more heavy handed with certain groups while more hands off with others, even if those groups caused damage. 

Is two-tier policing a thing and how can we improve the police service as a whole? 

I spoke to writer, historian and lecturer in policing Tom Andrews about this and other issues around the police such as bodycams, deaths in custody and how they deal with people with mental illness.


Tom's LinkedIn profile: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/tom-andrews-policing
Tom's University of Derby profile: https://www.derby.ac.uk/staff/tom-andrews/


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After retiring from professional football, Allan Cockram established a football team for people with Down's Syndrome, the Brentford Penguins.

Now a documentary called Mighty Penguins has been made about the team, which has been shown at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York.

I spoke to Allan about his football career and journey through life, the Penguins and how the team has changed his life and the lives of those who are part of the team.


Planet Penguin Football Foundation website: https://www.planetpenguinfootballfoun...

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