NTD's Lee Hall sits down with Conservative peer Daniel Moylan who is concerned about the upcoming Online Safety Bill set to be signed into law this year. The bill transfers powers from the government to a regulator who can require WhatsApp, iMessage and Signal to to scan people's public and private messages. Whatsapp and Signal have already said they may leave Britain rather than create a backdoor in their end-to-end encryption. The bill also threatens Wikipedia and in particular Welsh Wikipedia...
Nov 14, 2023•50 min•Ep. 61
NTD's Lee Hall sits down with Jerome Booth, economist and author, to discuss his latest book on mass groupthink called "Have We All Gone Mad?" Jerome talks about big tech and government controls on people's behaviour. And that the way out of groupthink is to keep learning, and talking to those with different opinions.
Nov 14, 2023•36 min•Ep. 60
NTD's Lee Hall sits down with Lois McLatchie Miller, a cultural commentator who works for ADF - a faith-based advocacy organization that protects fundamental freedoms. Lois talks about defending people charged with thought crimes after silently praying near an abortion clinic. She also discusses the importance of valuing and exercising our freedom of speech to prevent ongoing censorship.
Nov 14, 2023•27 min•Ep. 59
NTD's Lee Hall sits down with Tim Price, an asset manager and author who wrote a book called "The War on Cash". Tim talks about debanking and woke policies affecting the corporate world, and shares his thoughts on government plans to control the money supply through Central Bank Digital Currencies. He talks about inflation and debt, factors that he considers to be behind many of the world's current problems.
Nov 14, 2023•31 min•Ep. 58
NTD's Lee Hall sits down with Elmer Yuen, a Hongkonger in exile. Elmer talks about plans for bringing democracy to Hong Kong and offering a constitution to the people. He also gives his unique insight into the Chinese Communist Party and shares knowledge he feels the West needs to understand about the regime.
Nov 14, 2023•44 min•Ep. 57
NTD's Lee Hall sits down with Clare Page, a concerned parent campaigning to increase transparency in schools. After hearing from her daughter about the sex education lessons at school, Clare found the company providing the lessons had links on their lesson website to adult content including pornography. Clare took legal action and is fighting for parents' rights to know what their children are being taught in school.
Nov 14, 2023•28 min•Ep. 56
NTD’s Lee Hall sits down with David Matas, international Human Rights Lawyer and world-leading researcher of Forced Organ Harvesting in China. David says the killing of prisoners of conscience for their organs is happening in China today, and that genocide is taking place not only against the Uyghurs but also against the Falun Gong spiritual practice.
Nov 14, 2023•48 min•Ep. 55
NTD's Lee Hall sits down with Chris McGovern, a former teacher who now Chairs the Campaign for Real Education. Chris has advised top levels of government on educational policy and presses for improving standards through high quality teaching. He talks about how to stop Britain's fall down the education league tables, as well as the infiltration of woke ideologies into our classrooms.
Nov 14, 2023•32 min•Ep. 54
NTD’s Lee Hall sits down with Reverend Calvin Robinson, a political advisor, broadcaster and conservative commentator. Calvin talks about the battles he’s been through standing up to wokeness in the church and beyond, and why he encourages others to stick up for their beliefs. He says the inclusivity that progressive society talks about doesn’t stretch to Christians, and that the intolerance they are suffering will become persecution.
Nov 14, 2023•25 min•Ep. 53
NTD's Lee Hall sits down with Joel Brown, a doctor and commentator on race and social issues. Joel describes himself as a recovering power-hungry race-aholic, and says following extreme race ideologies led to souring of his relationships with friends and family. He says breaking free of victimhood and re-embracing his faith gave him a fresh view on the world. https://twitter.com/JoelBrownMD https://twitter.com/LeeAlanHall...
Nov 14, 2023•49 min•Ep. 52
NTD's Lee Hall sits down with Kristian Niemietz, Head of Political Economy at the Institute of Economic Affairs think tank. Kristian is an expert on reformation of Britain's National Health Service (NHS), a topic that has seen him subject to backlash and attack. He talks about the special status the NHS has in the hearts and minds of the British public, and why this makes debate and progress very challenging.
Nov 14, 2023•32 min•Ep. 51
NTD's Lee Hall sits down with Andrew Montford, author and director of Net Zero Watch. Andrew talks about the impact on our lives of the complete transformation of society needed to meet government carbon emission targets. And explains that even if Western countries did meet their Net Zero targets, it would make little difference without getting China on board. https://twitter.com/NetZeroWatch
Nov 14, 2023•28 min•Ep. 50
NTD's Lee Hall sits down with demographer and author Paul Morland to discuss how the lack of births and deaths is changing the world we live in. Paul talks about developed societies moving towards societal collapse. As people become more educated, wealthy and comfortable, their priorities change and family sizes shrink. He also talks about the immigration situation in Britain, the fall of Japan, and why the whole world will become more African by the end of the century.
Nov 14, 2023•43 min•Ep. 49
NTD's Lee Hall sits down with Marius Balo, who tells his incredible story of being wrongfully imprisoned in China for eight years. Marius talks about the horrors he witnessed in the infamous Chinese forced labour system, working on products sold by big Western brands. He went over two years without seeing sunlight. Being locked up for so long rekindled his faith, the one thing that enabled him to survive this ordeal. After his release last year, Marius walked nearly 2000 miles past Romania’s Com...
Nov 14, 2023•54 min•Ep. 48
NTD's Lee Hall sits down with Sir Graham Brady, Member of Parliament for Altrincham and Sale West and Chairman of the 1922 Committee. Sir Graham talks about being an early objector to the pandemic lockdown policies, and says governments around the world crossed a line when they moved from being servants of the people to trying to control their lives. He also talks about life as head of the influential '22 Committee and what it's like to go and tell the leader of the country that their days are n...
Nov 14, 2023•24 min•Ep. 47
NTD's Lee Hall sits down with Susie Violet Ward, a journalist, author and financial analyst. Susie raises alarm bells about a new centrally-controlled digital currency that the British government aims to introduce - to replace money. Similar plans are being considered by the Federal Reserve and central banks all over the world. This central bank digital currency or CBDC would completely change the control people have over their own money and yet it’s getting very little attention in the media – ...
Nov 14, 2023•29 min•Ep. 46
NTD's Lee Hall sits down with Reverend Daniel French, vicar of the seaside town of Salcombe and co-host of the popular Irreverend podcast. Daniel talks about how the lockdowns affected him and his work as a faith leader when churches were forced to close. He also talks about some of the challenges facing Christianity including the culture wars, dwindling worshipper numbers, and an increasingly progressive Church leadership. @holydisrupter irreverendpod.com
Nov 14, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 45
NTD's Lee Hall sits down with Marc Sidwell, film-maker, journalist and Director of Research at The Henry Jackson Society. Marc talks about a series of documentaries he made for the New Culture Forum covering the history, achievements and genius of Western civilisation. Marc says the West is something that should be celebrated, and that despite attacks from within -- and authoritarian powers -- the heyday of the West is not over yet. @marcsidwell marcmywords.substack.com...
Nov 14, 2023•35 min•Ep. 44
NTD's Lee Hall sits down with Ethan Gutmann, an award-winning China analyst, human rights investigator and author. Ethan talks about his book The Slaughter, and the horrors he uncovered in talking to people who were involved in forced organ harvesting in China. He also talks about researching his next book in Kazakhstan, where he spoke to Uyghurs who’ve been detained in camps in Xinjiang.
Nov 14, 2023•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 42
NTD's Lee Hall sits down with Jo-Anne Nadler, a writer, journalist and concerned parent who recently wrote a report for Civitas thinktank about critical social justice undermining schools. Jo-Anne says a ‘revolution’ delivered ‘largely by stealth’ is supported by external and often self-declared ‘experts’. They teach children radical ideological positions on issues such as race, gender and sexuality. Jo-Anne talks about how parents can get informed and fight back against indoctrination of their ...
Nov 14, 2023•44 min•Ep. 43
James Esses is a commentator, writer and advocate on gender ideology and free speech. He co-founded the group, ‘Thoughtful Therapists’, who are working to change the narrative regarding mental health treatment in this space. Prior to this, he was a Criminal Barrister and spent many years specialising in crime and criminal justice in the public sector, including tackling child sexual abuse and exploitation. @JamesEsses http://jamesesses.substack.com
Nov 14, 2023•27 min•Ep. 41
Sam Dunning is a writer, researcher who heads up new charity, UK-China Transparency. They have thus far exposed Chinese infiltration into British Universities, investment in state-owned tech companies and the work done by UK-based Confucius Institutes. @samdunningo / @ukctransparency http://ukctransparency.org
Nov 14, 2023•27 min•Ep. 40
Michael Cohen works in AI safety research at the University of Oxford. Michael shares his concerns that without intervention AI poses a risk to humanity. @Michael05156007 https://www.michael-k-cohen.com/
Nov 14, 2023•27 min•Ep. 39
Anna Loutfi is a legal researcher, commentator and human rights barrister. Anna works with the Bad Law Project to challenge and de-politise our democratic institutions. @BadLawProject www.badlawproject.com
Nov 14, 2023•56 min•Ep. 38
Sheldon Thomas is a former gang member who now lectures, trains and consults on gang culture to various governments, police, frontline workers and engages gangs members in the UK and the Caribbean. He is also the founder of Gangs Line. @SheldonThomas3 @Gangsline
Nov 14, 2023•53 min•Ep. 37
Matt Ridley, 5th Viscount Ridley, is a science-writer, journalist and member of the House of Lords. He inherited the viscountcy in February 2012 and was a Conservative hereditary peer from February 2013, with an elected seat in the House of Lords, until his retirement in December 2021. His recent book Viral: The Search for the Origin of COVID-19 written with Alina Chan ascribes the spread of the virus to the COVID-19 lab leak theory. @mattwridley
Nov 14, 2023•29 min•Ep. 36
Doug Stokes is a professor and director at The Strategy and Security Institute. His new book ‘Against Decolonisation: Campus Culture Wars and the Decline of the West’ is due out late 2023. @profdws | @SSI_Exeter
Nov 14, 2023•37 min•Ep. 35
Mark Sabah is a Director of The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation, an expert on international affairs and campaigns for the release of Jummy Lai, jailed founder of Hong Kong newspaper Apple Daily. @MarkSabah | @thecfhk
Nov 14, 2023•36 min•Ep. 34
Bill Browder is CEO of Hermitage Capital. He was one of the largest foreign investors in Russia until he fell afoul of the Putin regime. He is head of the Global Magnitsky Justice campaign and Author of Red Notice & Freezing Order. Bill shares his story with us and gives his views on the Ukraine invasion. @Billbrowder
Nov 14, 2023•28 min•Ep. 33
Claire Fox, Baroness Fox of Buckley, is a British writer, journalist, lecturer and politician who sits in the House of Lords as a non-affiliated life peer. She is the director and founder of the think tank Institute of Ideas. Claire speaks to Lee Hall about a range of subjects including freedom of speech, the modern reality of the political left and right labels, cancel culture, activism in public services and business, and her role in the House of Lords. @Fox_Claire @acadofideas...
Nov 14, 2023•52 min•Ep. 32
