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04.19.2024
278: The crackdown on NatCon Brussels
Toby Young joins Fraser Myers and Tom Slater to discuss the centrist authoritarianism taking over Europe, Rishi Sunak’s tyrannical smoking ban and the great awokening of NPR. Find out more about spiked’s internship programme: https://www.spiked-online.com/interns Donate to spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/ Work for spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/jobs/ Sign up...
04.12.2024
277: How the Cass Review exposed the trans cult
Ella Whelan joins Tom Slater and Lauren Smith to discuss the horrors of gender medicine, the Afghan flasher who was granted asylum and the Westminster honeytrap scandal. Find out more about spiked’s internship programme: https://www.spiked-online.com/interns Donate to spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/ Work for spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/jobs/ Sign up...
04.05.2024
276: Humza Yousaf: hate criminal?
Madeline Grant joins Tom Slater and Lauren Smith to discuss Scotland’s hate-crime farce, the West’s abandonment of Israel and the inhumanity of ‘assisted dying’. Find out more about spiked’s internship programme here: https://www.spiked-online.com/2024/04/05/apply-now-to-become-a-spiked-intern/ Donate to spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/ Work for spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/jobs/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check...
03.29.2024
275: How Abdul Ezedi gamed the asylum system
Luke Gittos joins Tom Slater and Fraser Myers to discuss Britain’s broken borders, the Batley Grammar scandal and the Candace Owens controversy. Donate to spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/ Work for spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/jobs/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/
03.22.2024
274: The SNP’s sinister Hate Crime Act
Patrick Christys joins Tom Slater and Fraser Myers to discuss Scotland’s monstrous Hate Crime Act and the downfall of Ireland’s Leo Varadkar. Donate to spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/ Work for spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/jobs/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/
03.15.2024
273: Are we all ‘extremists’ now?
Julia Hartley-Brewer joins Tom Slater and Fraser Myers to discuss Michael Gove’s crackdown on extremism, the ban on puberty blockers and the people’s revolt in Ireland. Get your ticket for spiked’s next live event – Brendan O’Neill in conversation with Matt...
03.08.2024
272: The trans experiment on children
Luke Gittos, Candice Holdsworth and Fraser Myers discuss the WPATH Files, the tyranny of economic experts and the revenge of Donald Trump. Get your ticket for spiked’s next live event – Brendan O’Neill in conversation with Matt Ridley – on Thursday...
03.01.2024
271: The Islamist threat we can’t talk about
Andrew Doyle, Steven Edginton and Fraser Myers discuss how the charge of ‘Islamophobia’ silences debate, the trans cat killer and how the army went woke. Follow Andrew on Substack: https://andrewdoyle.substack.com/ Donate to spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/ Work for spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/jobs/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s...
02.23.2024
270: The Islamist assault on British democracy
Paul Embery, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss how parliament capitulated to Islamist intimidation, the trial of Julian Assange and Google’s woke AI. Sponsored by AG1: https://drinkag1.com/spiked Donate to spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/ Work for spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/jobs/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/
02.16.2024
269: Why anti-Semitism lives on in Labour
Benedict Spence, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the Rochdale anti-Semitism scandal, the ‘paraglider girls’ and the problem with Parkrun. Sponsored by Shopify: https://www.shopify.com/spiked Donate to spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/ Work for spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/jobs/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/
02.09.2024
268: After the acid attack
Luke Gittos, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss how Abdul Ezedi gamed the UK asylum system, the shameful exploitation of the Brianna Ghey tragedy and the woke capture of Labour. Sponsored by ExpressVPN: https://www.expressvpn.com/spiked Donate to spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/ Work for spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/jobs/ Sign up to...
02.02.2024
267: Why the farmers must win
Jacob Reynolds, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the European uprising against the green agenda, Nicola Sturgeon’s tartan tyranny and the right-wing paranoia over Taylor Swift. Donate to spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/ Work for spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/jobs/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/
01.26.2024
266: Is Gen Z ready for World War 3?
Candice Holdsworth, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the calls to bring back conscription, the Islamist assault on schools and the re-education of Jordan Peterson. Donate to spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/ Work for spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/jobs/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/
01.19.2024
265: Why Trump is winning
Joanna Williams, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss Trump’s landslide victory in Iowa, the anti-democrats of the World Economic Forum and the media’s capitulation to trans ideology. Sponsored by Shopify: https://shopify.co.uk/spiked Donate to spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/ Work for spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/jobs/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out...
01.12.2024
264: Farmers, subpostmasters and trigger warnings
Simon Evans, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the farmers’ uprising in Germany, why the establishment ignored the plight of the subpostmasters for so long, and why Bond films are being slapped with trigger warnings. Sponsored by: AG1: https://drinkag1.com/spiked Donate to spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/ Work...
01.05.2024
263: Claudine Gay and the DEI racket
Rakib Ehsan, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the fall of Harvard’s plagiarist president, how Britain lost control of its borders and the sinister nothingness of Sir Keir Starmer. Sponsored by AG1: https://drinkag1.com/spiked Donate to spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/ Work for spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/jobs/ Sign up to spiked’s...
12.22.2023
262: The barbarism of the woke
Andrew Doyle, Ella Whelan, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the fallout from 7 October, the triumphs of ‘TERF Island’ and the populist fightback against Net Zero. Please dig deep for spiked this Christmas. Donate: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/ Get a mug: https://www.spiked-online.com/mug/ Get a book: https://www.spiked-online.com/signedbook/ Work...
12.15.2023
261: The man in a wig
Dennis Kavanagh, Tom Slater and Lauren Smith discuss the Tory MP accused of ‘misgendering’, the return of blasphemy laws to Europe and why greens hate Christmas. Please dig deep for spiked this Christmas. Donate: Donate - spiked Get a mug: https://www.spiked-online.com/mug/ Sponsored by: ExpressVPN https://www.expressvpn.com/spiked...
12.08.2023
260: Why the Tories are toast
Luke Gittos, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the Conservatives’ civil war over immigration, the madness of the Covid inquiry and the neofeudalism of COP28. Donate £50 or more to spiked this Christmas and get a free spiked mug: https://www.spiked-online.com/mug/ Work for...
12.01.2023
259: The 7 October denialists
Ella Whelan, Tom Slater and Lauren Smith discuss the downplaying of Hamas’s crimes, the fallout from the Dublin riots and the witch-hunting of Rosie Duffield. Work for spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/jobs/ Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/
11.24.2023
258: Geert Wilders, Javier Milei and the crumbling of the elites
Candice Holdsworth, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the political earthquakes in Argentina and the Netherlands, why Osama bin Laden is all over TikTok and the fightback for women’s sports. Work for spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/jobs/ Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/
11.17.2023
257: David Cameron… really?
Paul Embery, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the death of Tory populism, the tyranny of the Supreme Court and the two-tiered policing of protests. Sponsored by: ExpressVPN https://www.expressvpn.com/spiked Work for spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/jobs/ Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/
11.10.2023
256: London’s hate marches
James Esses, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the Armistice Day ‘pro-Palestine’ demo, ‘trans conversion therapy’ and the petulance of Just Stop Oil. Sign the Declaration for Biological Reality: https://declarationforbiologicalreality.org/ Work for spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/jobs/ Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/
11.03.2023
253: A ‘safe space’ for Jew hate?
Joanna Williams, Luke Gittos and Fraser Myers discuss the explosion of anti-Semitism in universities, the Covid inquiry’s whitewashing of lockdown and the public revolt against woke capitalism. Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/
10.29.2023
252: LIVE SHOW: Hatred, terror and free speech
Konstantin Kisin, Inaya Folarin Iman and Rakib Ehsan joined Tom Slater and Fraser Myers for this special live recording of the spiked podcast at the Battle of Ideas festival in London. They discussed how the Israel-Hamas conflict is tearing Britain...
10.20.2023
251: Hamas’s useful idiots
Jake Wallis Simons – editor of the Jewish Chronicle and author of Israelophobia – joins Tom Slater and Fraser Myers to discuss the dangers of demonising Israel, the return of Islamist terror in Europe and Australia’s rejection of the Indigenous...
10.13.2023
250: Israel, Hamas and the return of the world’s oldest hatred
Ralph Schoellhammer, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the pogrom in Israel, the pointlessness of Keir Starmer and the idiocy of Net Zero. Get your tickets to see the spiked podcast live at the Battle of Ideas festival in London on...
10.06.2023
249: Sunak’s Tories: going up in smoke?
Luke Gittos, Tom Slater and Lauren Smith discuss a listless Tory Party conference, the heinous murder of Elianne Andam, and a legal victory against CRT. Sponsored by ExpressVPN. Get three months for free with our special link. https://www.expressvpn.com/spiked Get your tickets to...
09.29.2023
248: The crusade against GB News
Ella Whelan, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the fallout from Laurence Fox’s sexist comments, the racism of multiculturalism, and the fall of Ibram X Kendi. Sponsored by Beckett’s Gin: spiked podcast listeners can get 20 per cent off all Beckett’s Gin...
09.22.2023
247: Russell Brand and the assault on the presumption of innocence
Joanna Williams, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the Brand allegations, the madness of Net Zero, and how the medical establishment fell for trans ideology. Sponsored by Shopify: https://shopify.co.uk/spiked We’re doing a live show! Get your tickets to see The spiked podcast live...
09.15.2023
246: Revenge of the Remoaners
Candice Holdsworth, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the return of the Brexit wars, Sunak’s cowardice on the trans debate and the race row in Peckham. Sponsored by Express VPN: https://www.expressvpn.com/spiked Order Brendan O’Neill’s A Heretic’s Manifesto from:
09.08.2023
245: The steaming hypocrisy of Jordan Henderson
Paul Embery, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the shallowness of virtue-signalling, the crackdown on climate ‘criminals’, and the cruel cancellation of Róisín Murphy. Order Brendan O’Neill’s A Heretic’s Manifesto from:
09.01.2023
244: Sadiq Khan’s war on working-class Londoners
GB News’ Emily Carver, Rakib Ehsan and Fraser Myers discuss the mayor of London’s eco-tyranny, how the police went woke and the bizarre case of Kayla Lemieux. Order Brendan O’Neill’s A Heretic’s Manifesto from:
08.25.2023
243: Lucy Letby and the evils of bureaucracy
Jacob Reynolds, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss how NHS management protected Lucy Letby, Sadiq Khan’s junk science, why BDSM is not for four-year-olds, and the demise of Yevgeny Prigozhin. Sponsored by Shopify: https://shopify.co.uk/spiked Get your ticket for spiked’s next online event....
08.17.2023
242: The cancellation of Graham Linehan, with Andrew Doyle
Andrew Doyle, Rakib Ehsan and Fraser Myers discuss how wokeness is killing comedy, Germany’s crackdown on populism, and the autistic teenager who was arrested for saying a policewoman resembled her lesbian grandmother. Sponsored by Express VPN: https://www.expressvpn.com/spiked Get your ticket for spiked’s...
08.11.2023
241: Why we should leave the ECHR
Luke Gittos, Candice Holdsworth and Fraser Myers discuss the small-boats crisis, the madness of Mhairi Black and the myth of ‘global boiling’. Get your ticket for spiked’s next live event – Brendan O’Neill in conversation with Michael Shellenberger – on Tuesday...
08.04.2023
240: The Trump witch hunt
Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss the dodgy indictments against Donald Trump, Denmark’s ban on Koran-burning and Costa’s embrace of trans ideology. Order Brendan O’Neill’s A Heretic’s Manifesto from:
07.28.2023
239: How Nigel Farage beat the banks
Triggernometry’s Francis Foster joins Rakib Ehsan and Fraser Myers to discuss the ‘debanking’ scandal, the drivers’ revolt against Net Zero and Labour’s flip-flopping on the trans debate. Order Brendan O’Neill’s A Heretic’s Manifesto from:
07.22.2023
238: The rise of heatwave hysteria
Laura Dodsworth, Luke Gittos and Tom Slater discuss climate alarmism, Farage vs Coutts, and the hypocrisy of Just Stop Oil. Order Free Your Mind, by Laura Dodsworth and Patrick Fagan, here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Free-Your-Mind-manipulation-resist/dp/0008600945/ And while you’re at it, order Brendan O’Neill’s A Heretic’s Manifesto...
07.14.2023
237: Huw Edwards and the hypocrisy of the elites
Paul Embery, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the ‘BBC presenter’ scandal, the emptiness of Keir Starmer and the violent misogyny of the trans movement.
07.07.2023
236: The banks’ war on free speech
Charlie Peters, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the ‘debanking’ of dissenters, the end of affirmative action, the victory of the LGB Alliance, and the breastfeeding dad.
06.30.2023
235: Why is Rishi Sunak so useless?
Rakib Ehsan, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the nothingness of this Tory government, the Wagner mutiny, and why wokeness just isn’t cricket. Order Brendan O’Neill’s A Heretic’s Manifesto now from:
06.23.2023
234: The crimes of Hunter Biden
Freddy Gray, Candice Holdsworth and Tom Slater discuss the hypocrisy of the Democrats, the girl who identifies as a cat, and the right to be offensive. Order Brendan O’Neill’s A Heretic’s Manifesto now from:
06.16.2023
233: Boris, Trump and the revenge of the technocrats
Matthew Goodwin, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the ousting of Boris Johnson, the arraignment of Donald Trump and the arrest of Nicola Sturgeon. Order Brendan O’Neill’s A Heretic’s Manifesto now from:
06.09.2023
232: The paranoia of Prince Harry
Tom Slater, Fraser Myers and Candice Holdsworth discuss Prince Harry’s war on the press, the crackdown on Covid dissidents, and the demonisation of JK Rowling Sponsored by ExpressVPN: https://www.expressvpn.com/spiked Apply now for spiked’s internship scheme: https://www.spiked-online.com/interns Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/
06.02.2023
231: Kathleen Stock’s fight for free speech
Simon Evans, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the No Platforming of gender-critical feminists, the Phillip Schofield affair and the farce of the Covid inquiry. Get your tickets to the online launch event of Brendan O’Neill’s new spiked book, A Heretic’s...
05.26.2023
230: The BBC’s Ministry of Truth
Tom Slater, Fraser Myers and Charlie Peters discuss the BBC’s obsession with disinformation, the relentless hysteria over Partygate, and immigration after Brexit. Plus, Chris Elston (aka Billboard Chris) explains his campaign against puberty blockers. Help keep spiked free, fearless and independent....
05.19.2023
229: The new truckers’ revolt
Tom Slater, Fraser Myers and Jacob Reynolds discuss the populist uprising against Net Zero, Ukraine’s fight for freedom, and Harry and Meghan’s ‘car chase’. Pre-order Brendan O’Neill’s A Heretic’s Manifesto now from:
05.12.2023
228: The coronation crackdown
Tom Slater, Fraser Myers and Rakib Ehsan discuss the shameful arrest of anti-monarchy protesters, Keir Starmer’s culture-war gymnastics, and why the Archbishop of Canterbury should butt out of democratic politics. Find out more about spiked’s internship scheme here: https://www.spiked-online.com/interns Become a...
05.05.2023
227: Will King Charles be our last monarch?
Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss whether Britain is falling out of love with the royals, the great Bud Light boycott and George Osborne’s fag ban. Find out more about spiked’s internship scheme here: https://www.spiked-online.com/interns Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/ Sign up...

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The spiked podcast episodes:

278: The crackdown on NatCon Brussels

277: How the Cass Review exposed the trans cult

276: Humza Yousaf: hate criminal?

275: How Abdul Ezedi gamed the asylum system

274: The SNP’s sinister Hate Crime Act

273: Are we all ‘extremists’ now?

272: The trans experiment on children

271: The Islamist threat we can’t talk about

270: The Islamist assault on British democracy

269: Why anti-Semitism lives on in Labour

268: After the acid attack

267: Why the farmers must win

266: Is Gen Z ready for World War 3?

265: Why Trump is winning

264: Farmers, subpostmasters and trigger warnings

263: Claudine Gay and the DEI racket

262: The barbarism of the woke

261: The man in a wig

260: Why the Tories are toast

259: The 7 October denialists

258: Geert Wilders, Javier Milei and the crumbling of the elites

257: David Cameron… really?

256: London’s hate marches

253: A ‘safe space’ for Jew hate?

252: LIVE SHOW: Hatred, terror and free speech

251: Hamas’s useful idiots

250: Israel, Hamas and the return of the world’s oldest hatred

249: Sunak’s Tories: going up in smoke?

248: The crusade against GB News

247: Russell Brand and the assault on the presumption of innocence

246: Revenge of the Remoaners

245: The steaming hypocrisy of Jordan Henderson

244: Sadiq Khan’s war on working-class Londoners

243: Lucy Letby and the evils of bureaucracy

242: The cancellation of Graham Linehan, with Andrew Doyle

241: Why we should leave the ECHR

240: The Trump witch hunt

239: How Nigel Farage beat the banks

238: The rise of heatwave hysteria

237: Huw Edwards and the hypocrisy of the elites

236: The banks’ war on free speech

235: Why is Rishi Sunak so useless?

234: The crimes of Hunter Biden

233: Boris, Trump and the revenge of the technocrats

232: The paranoia of Prince Harry

231: Kathleen Stock’s fight for free speech

230: The BBC’s Ministry of Truth

229: The new truckers’ revolt

228: The coronation crackdown

227: Will King Charles be our last monarch?