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The Brendan O'Neill Show
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spiked’s Brendan O’Neill discusses today’s big ideas and bad ideas with an esteemed guest.
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277: Lionel Shriver: The age of mania
Apr 18, 202401:07:58Tap to summarizeLionel Shriver – author of the new novel, Mania – returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show. Lionel and Brendan discuss the collective derangement behind lockdown, climate alarmism and the trans ideology.Find out more about spiked’s internship programme here: spiked-online.com/interns Order Brendan O’Neill’s A Heretic’s Manifesto now from:🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Heretics-Manifesto-Essays-Unsayable/dp/1913019861 🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US:https://www.amazon.com/Heretics-Manifesto-Essays-Unsayable/dp/1913019861Support 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/
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276: Martin Kulldorff: We must take on the authoritarians
Apr 11, 202400:54:46Tap to summarizeEpidemiologist 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.Find out more about spiked’s internship programme here: spiked-online.com/interns Order Brendan O’Neill’s A Heretic’s Manifesto now from:🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Heretics-Manifesto-Essays-Unsayable/dp/1913019861 🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US:https://www.amazon.com/Heretics-Manifesto-Essays-Unsayable/dp/1913019861Support 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/
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275: Ruy Teixeira: The Democrats vs the working class
Apr 4, 202400:59:30Tap to summarizeRuy Teixeira, co-author of Where Have All the Democrats Gone?, is the latest guest on <em>The Brendan O’Neill Show</em>. 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.Order Brendan O’Neill’s A Heretic’s Manifesto now from:🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Heretics-Manifesto-Essays-Unsayable/dp/1913019861 🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US:https://www.amazon.com/Heretics-Manifesto-Essays-Unsayable/dp/1913019861Support 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/
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274: Matt Ridley: The Covid lab leak and the corruption of science
Mar 28, 202400:58:47Tap to summarizeMatt 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.This event was exclusive to spiked supporters. Sign up to spiked supporters now to get free or discounted tickets to all our upcoming events. https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/ Order Brendan O’Neill’s A Heretic’s Manifesto now from:🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Heretics-Manifesto-Essays-Unsayable/dp/1913019861 🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US:https://www.amazon.com/Heretics-Manifesto-Essays-Unsayable/dp/1913019861 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/
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273: Christopher Caldwell: The great betrayal of the masses
Mar 21, 202400:58:22Tap to summarizeChristopher 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. Get your ticket for Brendan’s next live podcast, in conversation with Matt Ridley, on Thursday 21 March at 7pm GMT. Sign up here. Order Brendan O’Neill’s A Heretic’s Manifesto now from:🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Heretics-Manifesto-Essays-Unsayable/dp/1913019861 🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US:https://www.amazon.com/Heretics-Manifesto-Essays-Unsayable/dp/1913019861Support 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/
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272: Tony Sewell: The truth about black Britain
Mar 14, 202400:52:59Tap to summarizeTony 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. Get your ticket for Brendan’s next live podcast, in conversation with Matt Ridley, on Thursday 21 March at 7pm GMT. Sign up here. Order Brendan O’Neill’s A Heretic’s Manifesto now from:🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Heretics-Manifesto-Essays-Unsayable/dp/1913019861 🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US:https://www.amazon.com/Heretics-Manifesto-Essays-Unsayable/dp/1913019861Support 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/
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271: Abigail Shrier: Bad therapy is hurting our kids
Mar 7, 202400:58:12Tap to summarizeAbigail Shrier joined Brendan O’Neill on the latest episode of The Brendan O’Neill Show to talk about her new book, Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren’t Growing Up. Abigail and Brendan discuss the rampant overdiagnosis of mental-health disorders, how therapists are harming kids and undermining parents, and why human beings are far more resilient than we think.Get your ticket for Brendan’s next live podcast, in conversation with Matt Ridley, on Thursday 21 March at 7pm GMT. Sign up here. Order Brendan O’Neill’s A Heretic’s Manifesto now from:🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Heretics-Manifesto-Essays-Unsayable/dp/1913019861 🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US:https://www.amazon.com/Heretics-Manifesto-Essays-Unsayable/dp/1913019861Support 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/
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270: Ross Clark: The painful truth about Net Zero
Feb 29, 202400:55:25Tap to summarizeRoss Clark – journalist and author of Not Zero – returns for the latest episode of The Brendan O’Neill Show. Ross and Brendan discuss why fossil fuels still make the world go round, the dangers of climate alarmism and the green crusade against farming. Order Brendan O’Neill’s A Heretic’s Manifesto now from:🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Heretics-Manifesto-Essays-Unsayable/dp/1913019861 🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US:https://www.amazon.com/Heretics-Manifesto-Essays-Unsayable/dp/1913019861Support 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/
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269: Heather Mac Donald: DEI is a threat to the West
Feb 22, 202401:01:37Tap to summarizeHeather Mac Donald – Thomas W Smith fellow at the Manhattan Institute and author of When Race Trumps Merit – returns for the latest episode of The Brendan O’Neill Show. Heather and Brendan discuss the woke hatred of Western civilisation, how affirmative action undermines excellence and why censorship is not the answer to the rise of anti-Semitism.Order Brendan O’Neill’s A Heretic’s Manifesto now from:🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Heretics-Manifesto-Essays-Unsayable/dp/1913019861 🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US:https://www.amazon.com/Heretics-Manifesto-Essays-Unsayable/dp/1913019861Support 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/
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268: Debbie Hayton: The transsexual apostate
Feb 15, 202400:49:57Tap to summarizeDebbie Hayton, author of Transsexual Apostate: My Journey Back to Reality, talks to Brendan O’Neill about why women should have their own spaces and the real reason so many men are identifying as women.Order Brendan O’Neill’s A Heretic’s Manifesto now from:🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Heretics-Manifesto-Essays-Unsayable/dp/1913019861 🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US:https://www.amazon.com/Heretics-Manifesto-Essays-Unsayable/dp/1913019861Support 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/
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