The Current Thing

By Nick DixonSociety & Culture News Politics

The Current Thing episodes

July 15, 2024 Trump Assassination Attempt - My Thoughts
My thoughts on the terrible attack on President Trump, initially for paid subscribers, now releasing as a podcast.
I talk about:
-hearing the news while on live TV
-different theories on how it happened
-some shocking reactions from the media and various misguided individuals
-what might happen next

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39 min
July 08, 2024 Election Special - with Radical English Gentleman
This week Nick and The Radical English Gentleman (AKA Zoomer Rory) go over all the highs and lows of election night and what it all means for the future of the UK. They discuss:
-Reform UK winning 5 seats and Nigel Farage's crushing victory in Clacton
-The big Tory candidates who lost their seats
-The future of the Conservative Party
-Whether Labour really have a mandate to rule
and loads more!
And since it's a Rory episode, there are inevitably a few robust debates, this time about Labour's policy on private education, which leads to Rory arguing against grammar schools, and Nick brutally dismantling his egalitarian assumptions.
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Listen to Rory's podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/13S52ZW6r5xd3aJSzIzFdN
Follow Rory on X: https://twitter.com/RoryPodcaster
Produced by The Radical English Gentleman.
51 min
July 01, 2024 Eric Kaufmann - How Race Became Sacred
Nick is joined by Professor Eric Kaufmann to discuss his new book, Taboo: How Making Race Sacred Produced a Cultural Revolution.
Topics covered include:
-Why liberals are more to blame for woke than the radical left
-The problem of 'cultural socialism'
-Why emotional taboos are the real source of woke
-How race became a 'sacred' category, and why we need to change that
-The future of free speech
-How policy must be used to create a 'resilient, post-woke society'
and loads more!

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Buy Eric's book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Taboo-Making-Produced-Cultural-Revolution/dp/1800752660
Take his open online course on woke: https://www.buckingham.ac.uk/courses/occasional/woke/
His London MA in the Politics of Cultural Conflict: https://www.buckingham.ac.uk/courses/research/ma-the-politics-of-cultural-conflict-by-research
Website: www.sneps.net
Substack: https://erickaufmann.substack.com/
University Centre for Heterodox Social Science: www.heterodoxcentre.com
51 min
June 24, 2024 Auron MacIntyre - The Total State
Nick is joined by Auron MacIntyre to discuss his new book, The Total State.
Topics covered include:
-Why the US Constitution didn't stop Covid tyranny
-How liberal democracy morphed into the oppressive 'Total State'
-Why the Total State is woke
-How the state uses cancel culture to police public opinion
-Auron's views on the Trump trial
-What will come next when the global 'progressive' order finally collapses
and loads more!

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Auron's X/Twitter: https://x.com/AuronMacintyre
Buy Auron's book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Total-State-Liberal-Democracies-Tyrannies/dp/1684515580/ref=sr_1_1
Auron's show: https://www.blazetv.com/series/5bNqlMQdbu6R-the-auron-macintyre-show
Auron's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AuronMacIntyre
Produced by The Radical English Gentleman: https://open.spotify.com/show/13S52ZW6r5xd3aJSzIzFdN
45 min
June 17, 2024 Connor Tomlinson - Why Young Men Aren’t Liberal
Connor Tomlinson of Lotus Eaters joins Nick to talk about:
-His controversial recent interview with Liz Truss
-Tory betrayal
-His views on Nigel Farage and Reform UK
-What a Labour government will look like
-Why young men are becoming right wing
and loads more!

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Connor's X/Twitter: https://x.com/Con_Tomlinson
Connor's show: https://lotuseaters.com/category/tomlinson-talks
New Culture Forum: https://www.youtube.com/@NewCultureForum
Produced by The Westminster Podcast Studio.
46 min
June 03, 2024 Pete North - The Future of the Right
Nick is joined by Pete North (AKA Northern Variant on X/Twitter) to discuss:
-The future of conservatism and the right
-His forthright views on Nigel Farage and Reform UK
-What will happen to the Tory party
-How the next five years of UK politics will look
-The political changes sweeping Europe
-How to actually achieve political change in Britain
and loads more!

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Pete's X/Twitter: https://x.com/FUDdaily
His Substack: https://www.northernvariant.co.uk/
Produced by The Westminster Podcast Studio.
43 min
May 27, 2024 Graham Linehan - Life After Cancellation
Graham Linehan, legendary comedy writer and creator of Father Ted, Black Books and The IT Crowd, joins Nick for a fascinating and wide-ranging conversation on:
-Why Graham took a stand over gender ideology
-Losing friends over his views
-Whether you can ever come back from cancellation
-Why he no longer trusts the BBC
and loads more!

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Buy Graham's new book Tough Crowd https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tough-Crowd-Made-Career-Comedy/dp/B0CLMFP9PT/ref=sr_1_1
Graham's X/Twitter: https://x.com/Glinner
His Substack: https://grahamlinehan.substack.com
Produced by The Westminster Podcast Studio.
49 min
May 20, 2024 Ashley Frawley - Anti-woke Marxist
Fascinating conversation with the brilliant Dr Ashley Frawley. Topics discussed include:
-Why Ashley is still a Marxist
-How our neoliberal/postliberal culture went wrong
-Why the family is essential in finding meaning
-Where woke comes from
-Whether there’ll be a new ‘current thing’ after woke
-Why people fall for fads like gender ideology
-The reason people struggle to accept their own freedom
-Why conspiracy theories are good in moderation
And loads more!

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Ashley's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AshleyAFrawley
Ashley's X/Twitter: https://x.com/ashleyafrawley
Get Ashley's books: https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Ashley-Frawley/author/B00JHWKCZA
Produced by The Radical English Gentleman.
1 hr 13 min
May 13, 2024 Lionel Shriver - The Left's War on Merit
Highly acclaimed author and commentator Lionel Shriver discusses her new novel, 'Mania'. Topics include:
-Why she choose IQ as the topic of her new book
-Why the left are ‘obsessed with sameness’
-Where ideological ‘manias’ come from and what the next hysteria will be
-The flawed thinking behind ‘social justice’
-The literary influences on her writing
-Why some people conform with social fads and others do not
-The inherent contradictions of woke
-Losing friends due to the culture war
-Her views on euthanasia
-Who she will vote for in the US election
And loads more!

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Buy Lionel's book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mania-latest-novel-award-winning-author/dp/0008658676/ref=sr_1_1_sspa
Read her column: https://www.spectator.co.uk/writer/lionel-shriver/
Produced by The Radical English Gentleman.
1 hr 15 min
May 06, 2024 Ben Habib - The UK Is Under Threat
Deputy leader of Reform UK Ben Habib joins Nick to discuss:
-Why Reform UK allowed leftist activists to cancel its candidates
-How to tackle immigration
-Why woke and DEI have got to stop
-How to fix the UK's economy
-His views on Net Zero
-Why voting Reform is not just a vote for Labour
-Whether Reform UK is actually a conservative party
-How close Britain is to becoming a third world country
-Why he got into politics
-The 'seismic event' he believes can happen if Reform keep polling well
And loads more!
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Ben's X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/benhabib6
Ben's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BenHabibLondon
Reform UK website: https://www.reformparty.uk/
Produced by The Westminster Podcast Studio.
54 min