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The spiked podcast

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Episodes

66: ‘I’ve seen the best and the worst in humankind’

On spiked's Christmas podcast: Kurdish fighter Macer Gifford on the war in Syria and Iraq, Dame Ann Leslie on the year feminists went soft, and Labour MP Kate Hoey on why Brexit is still brilliant. spiked-online.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 22, 201737 minEp. 66

65: 'Labour has forgotten working-class Leavers'

On this week’s spiked podcast: Paul Embery on the new threats to Brexit, Nathalie Rothschild on anti-Semitism in Sweden, and Emily Yoffe on why the #MeToo movement has gone too far. spiked-online.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 15, 201736 minEp. 65

64: ‘The battle for Brexit is still on’

On this week’s spiked podcast, Bruno Waterfield discusses the Tory/Brussels showdown, Sean Collins laments the Russia panic gripping America’s political class, and Naomi Firsht says Stop Funding Hate has declared a snooty war on press freedom. spiked-online.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 09, 201731 minEp. 64

63: 'This Meghan-mania is just incredibly grim'

On this week’s spiked podcast: Tom Slater and Freddy Gray on the royal nuptials, Pauline Hadaway on Brexit and Ireland, and Mark Lilla on the problem with identity politics. spiked-online.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 01, 201739 minEp. 63

62: 'Calling a woman a "terf" is just a new way of calling her a "witch"'

On this week’s spiked podcast: Brendan O’Neill on the problem with labelling women ‘terfs’, Rob Lyons on Hammond’s safety-first budget, and Nico Perrino on the problem of campus censorship in the US. spiked-online.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 24, 201742 minEp. 62

61: Julia Hartley-Brewer: 'We're all bored of this Pestminster witch-hunt'

On this week's spiked podcast: Julia Hartley-Brewer on the 'Pestminster' scandal, Jon Holbrook on the democratic potential of Brexit, and Claire Fox on the problem with sanctifying transgenderism. spiked-online.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 18, 201740 minEp. 61

59: 'We’re beginning to find sex disgusting'

This week’s spiked podcast is a #MeToo special. To get to grips with this moral panic, Joanna Williams and Luke Gittos discuss the sex-pest scandal gripping Westminster, and Lionel Shriver talks flirting, sex and prudes. spiked-online.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 03, 201733 minEp. 59

58: 'Free speech is crucial in the battle of ideas'

This week’s spiked podcast is a Battle of Ideas special. To give you a flavour of the discussions at this year’s festival, held this weekend at the Barbican in London and organised by the Institute of Ideas, Claire Fox discusses the age of echo chambers, Andrew Doyle talks satire and oversensitivity, and Nick Gillespie explains what’s really going on in the Rust Belt. Get your tickets to the Battle of Ideas here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 27, 201735 minEp. 58

57: 'This is becoming a sexual Salem'

On this week’s spiked podcast: Brendan O’Neill on the Harvey Weinstein hysteria, Luke Gittos on why ISIS’s White Widow deserved to die, and Ceri Dingle on WORLDwrite’s new documentary, 1917: Why the Russian Revolution Matters. spiked-online.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 20, 201739 minEp. 57

56: Munira Mirza: 'I've been called a race denier'

On this week's spiked podcast: Munira Mirza discusses the government's race audit and why we need a more open debate about inequality. spiked-online.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 13, 201721 minEp. 56

55: ‘The Catalan crisis confirms the EU is tearing nations apart’

On this week’s spiked podcast: Brendan O’Neill on the Europe-wide attack on democracy, Kevin Yuill on why banning guns wouldn’t have prevented the Las Vegas shooting, and Adrian Hart on the truth behind the hate-crime panic in schools. spiked-online.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 07, 201734 minEp. 55
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