The Current Thing

By Nick DixonSociety & Culture News Politics

The Current Thing episodes

April 29, 2024 Carl Benjamin - Woke, Liberalism, and God
Carl Benjamin AKA Sargon returns to the podcast for a fascinating and wide-ranging discussion on:
-Whether it could become illegal to be a conservative
-Why liberalism leads to communism
-Whether woke will be 'put away' or not
-The ironic flaws of diversity casting
-Whether things like the Cass Review will change anything in the culture war
-Why Labour might actually be better than the Tories
-Why feminists hate women
-Whether Trump can effect real change if he wins again
-How the media destroys the democratic process
-Why he is still an atheist
And loads more!
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Produced by The Westminster Podcast Studio.
1 hr 23 min
April 22, 2024 Mark Dolan - Why I Still Believe in Britain
GB News presenter and comedian Mark Dolan drops by our new studio to chat with Nick about:
-The future of GB News
-How Covid woke him up
-How to fix the immigration problem
-Whether he has changed his mind on Brexit
-How to win the culture war
-His thoughts on Liz Truss's time as PM
-Why he is still optimistic about Britain
-The state of comedy in a woke world
-How he keeps a positive mindset
-Why he always insures his white goods...
And loads more!

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Mark's podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-mark-dolan-way/id1669065671
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Produced by The Westminster Podcast Studio.
1 hr 15 min
April 15, 2024 What Richard Dawkins Gets Wrong - Jamie Franklin
The Rev Dr Jamie Franklin returns for his best episode yet! Nick and Jamie discuss:
-Richard Dawkins' comments on 'cultural Christianity'
-Pascal's wager
-What Toby Young and David Starkey get wrong about Christianity
-Whether Christianity leads to wokeness
-The failures of liberalism
-The flaws in the atheist argument for the beginning of the universe
-The questionable foundations of the 'New Atheism' movement
-Whether Michael Jackson was innocent
And loads more!
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Produced by The Radical English Gentleman.
1 hr 48 min
April 08, 2024 Tories Ban Conservative Candidates - with Radical English Gentleman
This week Nick and The Radical English Gentleman (AKA Woke Zoomer Rory) discuss:
-The William Wragg sext scandal
-Angela Rayner's lies about her house
-How the Tories keep conservative candidates out of the party
-Rishi's Adidas Sambas
-Reform UK dropping more candidates, and whether Farage will return
-The death of British aid workers in Gaza, and whether Boris Johnson is a warmonger
-Richard Dawkins' comments on regretting the decline of Christianity
And loads more!
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Produced by The Radical English Gentleman.
1 hr 47 min
April 02, 2024 How Bad Will Labour Be? - with Alex McCarron
Hope you had a great Easter. We had a very short Easter break, hence this coming out a day late. But it is a great discussion with based genius filmmaker and friend of the podcast, Alexander McCarron. We discuss:
-Sunak's disastrous poll numbers, and what it all means
-How authoritarian / effective a Labour government will be
-Whether we are stuck in an 'inverse Greta' doomer bubble
-Scotland's new hate crime law
-What Reform UK get wrong
And loads more!
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Produced by The Radical English Gentleman.
1 hr 7 min
March 25, 2024 Simon Evans returns!
Simon Evans returns to talk about:
-Scotland's insane new hate crime law
-Whether woke is ending
-The survival chances of Rishi Sunak
-Whether Trump is a real threat to the deep state
-The pros and cons of liberal democracy
-Aristocracy vs meritocracy
and loads more!
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Go to his website: https://thesimonevans.com
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Produced by The Radical English Gentleman.
1 hr 38 min
March 18, 2024 The Only Way to Save the West - Jamie Franklin
The Rev Dr Jamie Franklin returns for a fascinating episode that will be enjoyed by atheists, Christians, and probably even pagans. We exam a number of pressing social, spiritual, and ethical issues with the benefit of Jamie’s wider philosophical insights. Topics discussed include:
-Justin Welby’s pathetic endorsement of Ramadan at the expense of any Christian message
-Keir Starmer’s terrifying intention to legalise euthanasia in Britain
-Rishi Sunak’s spiritually bereft woolly liberalism
-Christianity vs paganism
-The benefits of aristocracy over meritocracy
-The OnlyFans girls who went viral after announcing her conversation to Christianity
-The true meaning of Lent
-Why only Christianity can save the West
And loads more!
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Produced by The Radical English Gentleman.
1 hr 29 min
March 11, 2024 Met Police Tyranny - with The Radical English Gentleman
This week Nick and The Radical English Gentleman (AKA Zoomer Rory) discuss:
-Rory's observations on the ground at George Galloway's Rochdale campaign
-The Met Police's dubious arrest of a man with a factual sign about Hamas
-The attack on the Lord Balfour painting
-The shocking revelations about WPATH
-Biden's bizarre State of the Union speech
And more!
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Produced by The Radical English Gentleman.
1 hr 18 min
March 04, 2024 Academic Agent - Putting the Woke Away
Academic Agent joins us for an epic podcast on a broad range of topics, including:
-His theory that the Regime will ‘put the woke away’
-What would have happened if Jeremy Corbyn had won the General Election
-Why platforms like GB News should stop talking about woke all the time
-Who are the actual ruling elite, and what scares them?
-The alarming extent of the CIA’s role in shaping politics
-The surprising origins of the liberal left
-The extraordinary continued influence of Tony Blair
-His views on the WEF
-The political significance of the Iraq war
-How the elites use ‘containment’ to neuter potential threats
-Why elite theory is so relevant to how we experience politics today
-Whether Trump represents a genuine threat to the current Regime
-Whether Elon Musk and his allies could form a new elite
-What the world will be like if wokeness goes away
-How the Tories have shattered the illusion of democracy
-Whether an Islamic party could take over in the UK
-His theory of the ‘boomer truth regime’
-The pros and cons of being a 'Xennial'
-How to win the culture war
And more!

AA's Links:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AcademicAgent
Substack: https://forbiddentexts.substack.com/
Online courses: https://www.academic-agency.com/
X: https://twitter.com/OGRolandRat
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Produced by Rory Jacobs.
2 hr 4 min
February 26, 2024 Paul Cox returns!
Paul Cox returns to talk about the chaos in parliament, the suspension of Lee Anderson, and the future of Islam in the UK. It is a lot more fun than those topics would suggest!
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Produced by Rory Jacobs.
1 hr 16 min