Taking The Myth - May 2025 Edition
Episode description
This week on Taking The Myth, Stephen Knight (@GSpellchecker) and Iram Ramzan (@Iram_Ramzan) discuss all the big topics.
0:00 Intro 0:24 Iram’s plans to visit Japan 2:11 Iram’s appearance on an ‘The Equiano Project’ Panel. 6:12 Douglas Murray’s appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience and the value of ‘experts’ in the digital era. 14:23 The UK Supreme Court ruling on the definition of ‘woman’. 24:22 The influence of J.K. Rowling 25:36 The failure of mainstream political satire on trans ideology. 31:03 The BBC and the failure of ‘impartiality’ with Muslim ‘reverts’. 34:20 Adolescence on Netflix: A National moral panic? 37:10 Labour MP Lucy Powell’s dismissal of grooming gangs 43:19 India and Pakistan conflict and the potential consequences for the UK 52:13 Movie and TV reviews
Stephen Knight’s Substack: www.sknight.substack.com
Iram Ramzan’s Substack: https://iramramzan.substack.com/
Support the podcast at www.patreon.com/gspellchecker
Link to Iram’s panel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tt1SRShoJ7U&t=1983s