Taking The Myth - July 2024 Edition
Episode description
This week on Taking The Myth, Stephen Knight (@GSpellchecker) and Iram Ramzan of sedaa.org (@Iram_Ramzan) discuss all the big topics.
0:00 Intro 0:19 Obligatory instance of British people moaning about weather. 2:57 Euros 2024 4:30 General Election: Thoughts on a Labour victory and what The Conservatives got wrong. 11:26 The attempted assassination of Donald Trump 15:26 The mental decline of President Joe Biden 19:14 The partisan tribalism with Dems V GOP. 20:58 Tenacious D: Kyle Gass’s Trump assassination joke and the right’s hypocrisy on ‘cancel culture’. 30:50 Endless online conspiracy theories thanks to social media 39:20 The independent government enquiry into claims there have been a “surge” in trans child suicides since puberty blockers were banned. 52:33 The ‘Muslim vote’: Religious sectarianism at the election? 01:02:15 Audience Questions: Trans ‘conversion therapy ban’01:06:08 Audience Question: Thoughts on Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s conversion to Christianity.
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