Nick Gillespie and Brendan O’Neill discuss 9/11, the unravelling of Afghanistan, the dangers of cancel culture, and if freedom can be reclaimed after Covid.



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63: The ‘adults in the room’ are insane, with Nick Gillespie

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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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274: Matt Ridley: The Covid lab leak and the corruption of science

Christopher Caldwell, senior fellow at the Claremont Institute and author of The Age of Entitlement: America Since the Sixties, returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show. Christopher and Brendan discuss the rise of the anti-worker left, the insanity of the elites and the future of populism. 



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273: Christopher Caldwell: The great betrayal of the masses

Tony Sewell joins The Brendan O’Neill Show this week to discuss his new book, Black Success: The Surprising Truth. Tony and Brendan discuss the myth of ‘structural racism’, the paternalism of white liberals and the patriotism of ethnic minorities. 



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63: The ‘adults in the room’ are insane, with Nick Gillespie

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