Bridget Phetasy – writer, comedian and host of Dumpster Fire – returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show . Bridget and Brendan discuss how the White House is embracing the politics of cruelty, how Trump’s cult of personality is making everyone insane, and the rise of the ‘woke right’. Get your ticket for Brendan’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/ Celebrate 25 years of spik...
Apr 03, 2025•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 350
Luke Gittos, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the catastrophic spring statement, the Gazan revolt against Hamas and the lawyer taking on the thoughtpolice. 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/ Tom will be speaking at the Free Speech Union event, ‘Policing the streets vs policing our tweets’, in Belfast on Friday 11 April. Get tickets: https://freespeechunion.org/event/b...
Mar 28, 2025•36 min•Ep. 349
Claire Fox, Josh Howie and Tom Slater discuss the denial of Hamas’s barbarism, the culture war over Adolescence , the panic over Andrew Tate, and the Sullivan Review. Tom will be speaking at the Free Speech Union event, ‘Policing the streets vs policing our tweets’, in Belfast on Friday 11 April. Get tickets: https://freespeechunion.org/event/belfast-speakeasy-policing-the-streets-vs-policing-our-tweets/ Take your business to the next level with Shopify. Sign up now and get a £1-per-month trial ...
Mar 21, 2025•40 min•Ep. 348
This is the audio from a video we have just published on our YouTube channel – an interview with Mark Galeotti. To make sure you never miss great content like this, subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/@spiked Vladimir Putin is often said to have a tsar-like grip on Russia. He is apparently so powerful that he even has Donald Trump in his pocket. Here, historian and Russia expert Mark Galeotti – author of Forged in War – explains why Putin actually faces far greater challenges than ...
Mar 19, 2025•24 min•Ep. 347
Rakib Ehsan, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss Reform’s civil war, the outrageous banning of Calin Georgescu in Romania and Nicola Sturgeon’s toxic legacy. 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/ Surfshark VPN keeps your internet use private, secure and unrestricted. Use spiked 's link to get four months extra of Surfshark: https://surfshark.com/spiked Take your business to...
Mar 14, 2025•32 min•Ep. 346
Lionel Shriver, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on Donald Trump’s first six weeks, two-tier justice, asylum insanity and the memory-holing of lockdown. 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/ Surfshark VPN keeps your internet use private, secure and unrestricted: surfshark.com/spiked...
Mar 07, 2025•36 min•Ep. 345
This is the audio from a video we have just published on our YouTube channel – an interview with Katharine Birbalsingh. To make sure you never miss great content like this, subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/@spiked Labour is about to destroy England’s top-performing state schools. That’s the stark warning of Katharine Birbalsingh, head of the Michaela Community School, often dubbed ‘Britain’s strictest headteacher’. Here, Birbalsingh recalls her clashes with Bridget Phillipson, t...
Mar 05, 2025•23 min•Ep. 344
Candice Holdsworth, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on the rise of the AfD, TERF Island’s battle with woke America and the petty authoritarianism of Britain’s thoughtpolice. 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/ Take your business to the next level with Shopify. Sign up now and get a £1-per-month trial period: https://shopify.co.uk/spiked Take your personal data back with Incogn...
Feb 28, 2025•30 min•Ep. 343
Jacob Reynolds, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on Britain’s backdoor blasphemy laws, the betrayal of Ukraine and the depravity of Hamas. 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/ Take your personal data back with Incogni. Use code SPIKED at the link below and get 60 per cent off an annual plan: http://incogni.com/spiked Apply for spiked ’s internship programme: https://www.spiked-...
Feb 21, 2025•36 min•Ep. 342
This is the audio from a video we have just published on our YouTube channel – an interview with Katja Hoyer. To make sure you never miss great content like this, subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/@spiked Germany’s ruling Social Democrats (SPD) are facing losses the party has not seen since the 19th century in this weekend’s federal elections, while the populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) is set to double its vote share. Here, historian and journalist Katja Hoyer explains how ...
Feb 19, 2025•21 min•Ep. 341
Luke Gittos, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the judicial power-grab behind the Gazan resettlement ruling, why we must kill the assisted-dying bill and the health minister who thinks you can identify as a llama. 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/ Take your business to the next level with Shopify. Sign up now and get a £1-per-month trial period: https://shopify.co.uk/s...
Feb 14, 2025•38 min•Ep. 340
This is the audio from a video we have just published on our YouTube channel. To make sure you never miss great content like this, subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/@spiked At least 30 people were injured in a suspected Islamist terror attack in Munich on Thursday, when an Afghan asylum seeker ploughed his car into a trade-union demonstration. Here, spiked’s Germany correspondent, Sabine Beppler-Spahl, joins Fraser Myers to discuss the suspect, the recent spate of Islamist attack...
Feb 14, 2025•11 min•Ep. 339
Ella Whelan, Paul Embery and Fraser Myers discuss how Angela Rayner could silence criticism of Islam, why the UK is ripe for a Reform revolt and Trump’s ban on men in women’s sport. spiked supporters can get early-bird tickets to our 25th anniversary bash. Log in to the Supporters Hub here: https://www.spiked-online.com/hub/ Protect your emails with Proton Mail’s end-to-end encryption. Claim your 38% discount: http://proton.me/spikedpodcast Take your business to the next level with Shopify. Sign...
Feb 07, 2025•34 min•Ep. 338
This is the audio from a video we have just published on our YouTube channel – an interview with Jennifer Sey. To make sure you never miss great content like this, subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/@spiked Jennifer Sey – former US national-champion gymnast and brand president at Levi’s – was on her way to the top of the corporate ladder when her career was brutally cut short. For speaking out against Covid school closures, she was branded a heretic, smeared as a bigot, and Levi’s...
Feb 05, 2025•25 min•Ep. 337
Miriam Cates, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss how Labour’s green agenda is destroying British industry, how we all became ‘extremists’ and the cruelty of assisted dying. spiked supporters can get early-bird tickets to our 25th anniversary bash. Log in to the Supporters Hub here: https://www.spiked-online.com/hub/ Protect your emails with Proton Mail’s end-to-end encryption. Claim your 38% discount: http://proton.me/spikedpodcast Take control of your health with AG1: https://drinkag1.com/spik...
Jan 31, 2025•41 min•Ep. 336
Candice Holdsworth, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the crimes of Axel Rudakubana, how Trump tamed the ‘Resistance’ and why there’s no such thing as ‘green’ growth. spiked supporters can get early-bird tickets to our 25th anniversary bash. Log in to the Supporters Hub here: https://www.spiked-online.com/hub/ Protect your emails with Proton Mail’s end-to-end encryption. Claim your 38% discount: http://proton.me/spikedpodcast Take control of your health with AG1: https://drinkag1.com/spiked Ap...
Jan 24, 2025•30 min•Ep. 335
This is the audio from a video we have just published on our YouTube channel. To make sure you never miss great content like this, subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/@spiked Jake Wallis Simons and Brendan O’Neill join Fraser Myers to discuss the return of the Israeli hostages, the barbarism of Hamas and the West’s abandonment of Israel. Apply for spiked’s internship programme: https://www.spiked-online.com/2025/01/10/apply-now-to-become-a-spiked-intern-2/...
Jan 20, 2025•21 min•Ep. 334
Graham Linehan, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the unravelling of the Labour government, Trumpism vs trans, the crackdown on pub banter and the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal. Apply for spiked ’s internship programme: https://www.spiked-online.com/2025/01/10/apply-now-to-become-a-spiked-intern-2/ Take your business to the next level with Shopify. Sign up now and get a £1-per-month trial period: https://shopify.co.uk/spiked Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Sign up to spike...
Jan 17, 2025•40 min•Ep. 333
This is the audio from a video we have just published on our YouTube channel – an interview with Rupa Subramanya. To make sure you never miss great content like this, subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/@spiked Rupa Subramanya, writer at the Free Press , talks to Fraser Myers about Justin Trudeau’s plummeting popularity, his authoritarian crackdown on dissent and why modern Canada is so dysfunctional....
Jan 11, 2025•21 min•Ep. 332
Emily Carver, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss Musk vs Starmer, free speech on Facebook, the Charlie Hebdo anniversary, and Justin Trudeau’s woke tyranny. This episode is sponsored by Shopify: https://www.shopify.com/spiked Take control of your health with AG1. Sign up today and get a free one-year supply of Vitamin D with your first subscription: https://drinkag1.com/spiked...
Jan 10, 2025•37 min•Ep. 331
This is the audio from a video we have just published on our YouTube channel – an interview with Charlie Peters. To make sure you never miss great content like this, subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/@spiked Charlie Peters, national reporter for GB News, talks to Fraser Myers about Keir Starmer’s refusal to hold a national grooming-gangs inquiry, how political correctness sanctioned widespread abuse and how victims are still being denied the justice they deserve....
Jan 09, 2025•20 min•Ep. 331
This is the audio from a video we have just published on our YouTube channel – an interview with Gérard Biard. To make sure you never miss great content like this, subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/@spiked On 7 January 2015, two Islamist terrorists, armed with Kalashnikovs, burst into the offices of Charlie Hebdo . 12 people were murdered, eight of them writers and cartoonists at the left-wing, satirical newspaper. Charlie ’s supposed crime? It had published cartoons of the Proph...
Jan 07, 2025•37 min•Ep. 330
Joanna Williams, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss terror attacks in America, Jess Phillips’s grooming-gangs betrayal and Farage vs Badenoch.
Jan 03, 2025•29 min•Ep. 329
This is the audio from a video we have just published on our YouTube channel – an interview with Greg Lukianoff. To make sure you never miss great content like this, subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/@spiked Is the UK a free country any more? An estimated nine people per day are arrested for making offensive comments online. In fact, more people had their collars felt in Britain for speech crimes in 2015 and 2016 than were arrested in the US during the entirety of First Red Scare...
Dec 30, 2024•26 min•Ep. 328
This is the audio from a video we have just published on our YouTube channel. To make sure you never miss great content like this, subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/@spiked Rakib Ehsan and Sabine Beppler-Spahl join Fraser Myers to discuss the deadly car attack on a German Christmas market, the misinformation surrounding the suspect’s motives, and how this deadly atrocity could fuel an insurgent AfD. Please give generously to spiked ’s Christmas give-a-thon. If you donate £50 or m...
Dec 23, 2024•14 min•Ep. 327
In this special end-of-year episode, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers are joined by Francis Foster and Inaya Folarin Iman to reflect on the highs and lows of 2024. They discuss Trump, Farage and the global populist surge; why woke is losing the culture war; how Southport exposed Keir Starmer’s authoritarianism; the triumph of Israel, the unravelling of Syria and the tragedy of Ukraine; and more. Please give generously to spiked ’s Christmas give-a-thon. If you donate £50 or more, you can also get a f...
Dec 20, 2024•48 min•Ep. 326
This is the audio from a video we have just published on our YouTube channel – an interview with Michael Lind. To make sure you never miss great content like this, subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/@spiked A month on from Trump’s seismic victory, Democrats are still in denial about the significance of their defeat. Party elites think slicker messaging alone can claw back lost support. Here, Michael Lind – author of Hell to Pay and The New Class War – explains why this is so delus...
Dec 18, 2024•26 min•Ep. 325
Claire Fox, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the end of the Assad regime, the ‘hot assassin’, the trial of Daniel Penny and the rise of Reform. Get your tickets for Brendan O’Neill online event with James Dreyfus, on Wednesday 18 December, 7pm BST. Sign up here: https://www.spiked-online.com/events/ Please give generously to spiked ’s Christmas give-a-thon. If you donate £50 or more, you can also get a free spiked mug, while stocks last. (UK postal addresses only.) Donate here: https://www.sp...
Dec 12, 2024•42 min•Ep. 324
Rakib Ehsan, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the MasterChef scandal, the collapse of the French government and Keir Starmer’s botched reset. Please give generously to spiked’s Christmas give-a-thon. If you donate £50 or more, you can also get a free spiked mug, while stocks last. (UK addresses only.) https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/ This episode is sponsored by Beckett’s Gin. Listeners to the show can get 20% off all spirits, including Beckett’s single-malt English whisky, here: https:/...
Dec 06, 2024•27 min•Ep. 323
