Listen to Rod Liddle’s Times Radio show, Saturdays 10am to 1pm, on digital radio, your smart speaker or by downloading the free Times Radio app. Find out more here: https://www.thetimes.com/radio Kristian Niemietz, editorial director at the Institute of Economic Affairs, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders . They discuss Labour’s call for supermarket price caps, the junk science about gambling, and Zack Polanski’s mysterious appeal. Listen, share and give us ...
May 30, 2026•55 min
Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater reach deep into the postbag for a very special edition of Last Orders . They discuss your questions, theories and ban suggestions. Plus, Snowdon answers his Letbyist critics. Not to be missed. Listen, share and give us a glowing review on your podcast app. Also, send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in a future episode. Join us for the spiked summit , our biggest ever live event, on Saturday 27 June in Westminster. F...
May 16, 2026•52 min
Michael Simmons, economics editor of the Spectator , joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders . They discuss Hannah Spencer’s vile assault on boozing at work, the rise of ‘benefits treats’, and the grim triumph of the generational smoking ban. Listen, share and give us a glowing review on your podcast app. Also, send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in a future episode. Join us for the spiked summit , our biggest ...
May 02, 2026•36 min
Gawain Towler, former head of press at Reform UK, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders . They discuss Nigel Farage’s pledge to scrap the tobacco-sales ban, whether Restore is a threat to Reform, and why British Summer Time should be all year round. Listen, share and give us a glowing review on your podcast app. Also, send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in a future episode. Join us for the spiked summit , our...
Apr 13, 2026•41 min
Josie Appleton, from the Campaign for Freedom in Everyday Life, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders . They discuss Chris Whitty’s disdain for fat jabs, the epidemic of excessive car honking, and the inevitable woke turn of the football regulator. Listen, share and give us a glowing review on your podcast app. Also, send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in a future episode. Find out more about the Campaign for...
Mar 19, 2026•44 min
spiked ’s Brendan O’Neill joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders . They discuss the plan to ban vaping inside, the drug with the most curious side effects, and if the Epstein scandal is becoming a moral panic. Listen, share and give us a glowing review on your podcast app. Also, send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in a future episode. Read spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/ Support spiked: https://www.spik...
Feb 28, 2026•53 min
The TaxPayers’ Alliance’s Anne Strickland joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders . They discuss Labour’s miserable rule, the huge rise in social-care costs for illegal migrants, and why Lucy Letby’s defenders are angry with Netflix. Listen, share and give us a glowing review on your podcast app. Also, send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in a future episode. Read spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/ Support s...
Feb 10, 2026•40 min
Mark Oates joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders . They discuss Singapore’s deranged war on vaping, Labour’s plan to stop kids drinking non-alcoholic beer and why Lucy Letby is still guilty. Listen, share and give us a glowing review on your podcast app. Also, send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in a future episode. Read spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/ Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/supp...
Jan 27, 2026•48 min
Impressionist Tony Lapidus joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders . With the help of some very special guests, they discuss how new drink-driving rules could wreck rural pubs, Donald Trump’s assault on Venezuela and the scourge of motorbike engines. Listen, share and give us a glowing review on your podcast app. Also, send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in a future episode. Read spiked: https://www.spiked-onli...
Jan 12, 2026•36 min
David Frost, unaffiliated peer and incoming director-general of the Institute of Economic Affairs, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders . They discuss a woeful year in Labour’s Britain, the prospects for a Reform-Tory pact, and why food fads are turning people woke. Want a signed copy of Vibe Shift , the brilliant new book by Brendan O’Neill? Donate £50 or more – or £30 or more, if you’re a spiked supporter – to our Christmas appeal and we’ll pop one in the po...
Dec 23, 2025•53 min
Will Kingston, host of the Fire at Will podcast, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders . They discuss speech crime, Australia’s nanny-state gang wars and the dodgy stats about drinking. Want a signed copy of Vibe Shift , the brilliant new book by Brendan O’Neill? Donate £50 or more – or £30 or more, if you’re a spiked supporter – to our Christmas appeal and we’ll pop one in the post: https://www.spiked-online.com/xmas/ Listen, share and give us a glowing review...
Dec 13, 2025•43 min
Fraser Myers joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders . They discuss the budget’s nanny-state tax raid, the pro-lockdown lies of the Covid inquiry and Zack Polanski’s fairytale economics. Listen, share and give us a glowing review on your podcast app. Also, send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in a future episode. Read spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/ Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ L...
Nov 29, 2025•41 min
Simon Clark, director of smokers’ rights group Forest, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders . They discuss the EU’s crackdown on nicotine, the panic over childhood obesity and the long history of BBC bias. Get your tickets to the premiere of Think Before You Post , on Tuesday 25 November in London: https://www.spiked-online.com/events/ Listen, share and give us a glowing review on your podcast app. Also, send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online....
Nov 17, 2025•45 min
James Price, writer and former government adviser, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders. They discuss whether Brits are more libertarian than the politicians think, why Rachel Reeves is going after the gambling industry, and James’s role in the ousting of Oxford Union president-elect George Abaraonye. Watch Think Before You Post, our documentary on the rise of the British speech police, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0smxO4WiOA Listen, share and give u...
Nov 02, 2025•39 min
We returned to the Battle of Ideas festival last weekend for a very special live show. Patrick Christys, Gawain Towler and Dominic Frisby joined Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss the nanny-state plot to make smoking more harmful, Joe Wicks’s ultra-processed grift and why Zoomers are dodging after-work drinks. Plus, the audience weighed in with their questions – and bans. Not to be missed. Listen, share and give us a glowing review on your podcast app. Also, send your postbag questions to l...
Oct 23, 2025•1 hr 8 min
Candice Holdsworth joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders . They discuss the ban on ‘buy one, get one free’ deals, the crackdown on shouting in the countryside, and the cost of Net Zero. Plus, Lucy Letby Corner. See the Last Orders live at the Battle of Ideas festival on 19 October, featuring special guests Patrick Christys and Dominic Frisby. Get 20 per cent off with the promo code SPIKED: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/battle-of-ideas-festival-2025-tickets-105...
Oct 08, 2025•38 min
Talk’s Julia Hartley-Brewer joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders . They discuss Ed Davey’s illiberal anti-democrats, why we shouldn’t arrest politicians for lying, Chris’s encounter with his Letbyist critics, and the case for banning air fresheners. Listen, share and give us a glowing review on your podcast app. Also, send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in a future episode. Read spiked: https://www.spiked-on...
Sep 26, 2025•44 min
Talk’s Mike Graham joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders , recorded at Reform UK’s conference. They discuss whether Nigel Farage will take on the public-health puritans, the Angela Rayner reshuffle and the case for banning cyclists. Listen, share and give us a glowing review on your podcast app. Also, send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in a future episode. Read spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/ Support ...
Sep 08, 2025•41 min
Stand-up comedian Paul Cox joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders . They discuss calls to lower the drink-driving limit, how fat shaming can help you lose weight, and why Lucy Letby is still guilty. Listen, share and give us a glowing review on your podcast app. Also, send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in a future episode. Read spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/ Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.c...
Aug 23, 2025•52 min
Steve Baker, former Tory MP and ‘Brexit hard man’, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss Labour’s disastrous first year, what the Tories can do to recover, and if Reform has the answers to Britain’s woes. Listen, share and give us a glowing review on your podcast app. Also, send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in a future episode. Read spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/ Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Learn mo...
Aug 09, 2025•54 min
Simon Evans joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss votes for 16-year-olds, why the Edinburgh Fringe has become so dull and expensive, and how lockdown sent everyone mad. Go to https://surfshark.com/lastorders or use code LASTORDERS at checkout to get four extra months of Surfshark VPN! Listen, share and give us a glowing review on your podcast app. Also, send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in a future episode. Get tickets to see Simon: ...
Jul 26, 2025•42 min
Brendan O’Neill joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss whether the Jeffrey Epstein conspiracy theory is unravelling, the latest Lucy Letby arrests and the seductive lure of supermarket deals. Go to https://surfshark.com/lastorders or use code LASTORDERS at checkout to get four extra months of Surfshark VPN! Listen, share and give us a glowing review on your podcast app. Also, send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in a future episode. Read...
Jul 12, 2025•45 min
Charlie Peters joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss whether Lucy Letby’s defenders are motivated more by thirst than by facts, what to expect from the grooming-gangs inquiry, and the Ghana Drunkards Association. Listen, share and give us a glowing review on your podcast app. Also, send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in a future episode. Read spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/ Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ ...
Jun 28, 2025•51 min
Will Kingston, host of the Spectator ’s Fire at Will podcast, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for another episode of Last Orders . They discuss how Australia’s crackdown on vaping and smoking has led to firebombings, the death-cap mushroom killer, and where Chris should emigrate to. Go to https://surfshark.com/lastorders or use code LASTORDERS at checkout to get four extra months of Surfshark VPN! Listen, share and give us a glowing review on your podcast app. Also, send your postbag question...
Jun 15, 2025•54 min•Ep. 113
The Taxpayers’ Alliance’s John O’Connell joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss the rise of the quango state, the junk-food advertising ban and why doctors are overrated. Listen, share and give us a glowing review on your podcast app. Also, send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in a future episode. Read spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/ Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit meg...
May 30, 2025•34 min•Ep. 112
The IEA’s Reem Ibrahim joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss the Nanny State Index, the new trade deals with India and the US, and the defunding of public-health groups. Listen, share and give us a glowing review on your podcast app. Also, send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in a future episode. Read spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/ Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit meg...
May 17, 2025•42 min•Ep. 111
The great Claire Fox joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for another episode of Last Orders, the spiked podcast all about freedom and the nanny state. They discuss the latest on the Tobacco and Vapes Bill, the anti-terror law that shut down a flower show, and the scourge of the anti-smoking playbook. Listen, share and give us a glowing review on your podcast app. Also, send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in a future episode. Read spiked: https:...
May 03, 2025•57 min•Ep. 110
Comedian and writer Dominic Frisby joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for another episode of Last Orders , the spiked podcast all about freedom and the nanny state. They discuss the fear-mongering claims about moderate drinking, a victory for sex-based rights in the courts, the rise of clean-living comedians and the latest on the Tory gambling scandal. Listen, share and give us a glowing review on your podcast app. Also, send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try t...
Apr 20, 2025•48 min•Ep. 109
Luke Johnson joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders , the spiked podcast all about freedom and the nanny state. They discuss why so many pubs are closing down, the galaxy-brained plan to ban cigarette filters and what Trump’s tariffs will mean for the world. Get your ticket for Brendan O’Neill’s next live podcast, where he’ll be joined by the brilliant Julia Hartley-Brewer, on Tuesday 15 April at 7pm BST. Sign up here: https://www.spiked-online.com/events/ Tom w...
Apr 06, 2025•43 min•Ep. 108
Stand-up comedian Leo Kearse joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders, spiked’s nanny-state podcast. They discuss Labour’s joyless crackdown on pub humour, the unintended consequences of sugar taxes, the collapse in (legal) tobacco sales, and the rise of the Letbyist subculture. Celebrate 25 years of spiked. Donate £25 or more to get a year’s membership of spiked supporters for half the usual price: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/ Listen, share and give us a...
Mar 22, 2025•44 min•Ep. 107
