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The spiked podcast

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Episodes

85: The mask slips

Lockdown fanaticism, the rise of China, and Bristol’s BLM statue. Brendan O’Neill, Tom Slater, Fraser Myers, and special guest Lee Jones, discuss. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Sponsored by: ExpressVPN: https://expressvpn.com/spiked Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...

Jul 17, 202044 minEp. 85

84: It’s time to cancel cancel culture

The Harper’s letter, the BBC and the reopening of pubs. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan, Fraser Myers and Andrew Doyle discuss. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Sponsors: Babbel: http://babbel.co.uk/play Promo code: spiked The Great Courses Plus: http://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/spiked Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...

Jul 10, 202038 minEp. 84

83: The weird war on whiteness

White fragility, social-media censorship and Boris’s New Deal. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Sponsored by: Stitch Fix: http://stitchfix.co.uk/spiked Babbel: http://babbel.co.uk/play Promo code: spiked Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...

Jul 03, 202043 minEp. 83

82: Terror returns to Britain

The Reading attack, trans ideology and Karen-bashing. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan, Fraser Myers and Joanna Williams discuss. Support the show: Sponsored by: The Great Courses Plus: http://thegreatcoursesplus.com/spiked Babbel: https://babbel.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 26, 202043 minEp. 82

81: The Tory war on woke

Tories v identity politics, BLM in schools, and the corona crash -- Tom Slater, Ella Whelan, Fraser Myers and Katharine Birbalsingh discuss. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Sponsored by ExpressVPN: https://www.expressvpn.com/spiked Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...

Jun 19, 202046 minEp. 81

80: The woke cultural revolution

Statue-smashing, Steve Bannon and JK Rowling’s TERF wars. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan, Fraser Myers and Benjamin Teitelbaum discuss. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Sponsored by: StithFix: http://stitchfix.co.uk/spiked The Great Courses Plus: http://thegreatcoursesplus.com/spiked Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...

Jun 12, 202047 minEp. 80

79: America falls apart

The George Floyd protests, democracy under lockdown, and the policing of tasteless jokes. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 05, 202040 minEp. 79

78: Cummings Derangement Syndrome

Our mad media, the EU’s corona crisis, and Joe ‘you ain’t black’ Biden. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan, Fraser Myers, and special guest Ashoka Mody, discuss. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 29, 202040 minEp. 78

77: The care-homes scandal that shames the nation

Care homes, grooming gangs and police overreach. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan, Fraser Myers and Rakib Ehsan discuss. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 22, 202038 minEp. 77

76: Lockdown UK: still no end in sight

Boris moving the goalposts, the Electoral Commission vs democracy, and Silicon Valley censorship. Tom, Ella, Fraser, and special guest Darren Grimes, discuss. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 15, 202039 minEp. 76

75: Neil Ferguson’s staggering hypocrisy

The government scientist who broke the lockdown, the allegations against Joe Biden, and campus censorship. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan, Fraser Myers and Sean Collins discuss. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/podcast/the-spiked-podcast/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 08, 202038 minEp. 75

74: Why the media have had such a bad war

‘Gotcha’ journalism, corona apps and trans battles. Tom, Ella, Fraser, and special guest Timandra Harkness, discuss. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 01, 202037 minEp. 74

73: The Covid culture wars

Identity politics, lockdown policies and celebrities in the age of coronavirus. Tom Slater, Elle Whelan, Fraser Myers and Wilfred Reilly discuss. Spare a fiver, support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 24, 202041 minEp. 73

72: Why the 5G Covid conspiracy theory has gone viral

Corona conspiracy theories, the economic cost of lockdown, and Labour’s latest row. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan, Fraser Myers and Phil Mullan discuss. Spare a fiver to support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 18, 202042 minEp. 72

71: A PM in hospital, a nation rattled

Boris Johnson in intensive care, China and coronavirus, and Keir Starmer’s Labour Party. Tom, Ella, Fraser and special guest Austin Williams discuss. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 10, 202039 minEp. 71

70: Can the EU survive coronavirus?

The myth of EU solidarity, Sweden’s alternative Covid-19 approach, and the rise of Britain’s corona cops. Tom, Ella, Fraser and special guest Nathalie Rothschild discuss. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 03, 202038 minEp. 70

69: Britain in lockdown

The team discusses civil liberties and dissent in the time of Covid-19. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 27, 202028 minEp. 69

68: Putting the pandemic in perspective

Brendan O’Neill, Ella Whelan, Fraser Myers and Norman Lewis on the dangerous overreaction to the Covid-19 outbreak. Spare a fiver, support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 20, 202036 minEp. 68

154: Inside Italy’s coronavirus lockdown

Dominic Standish calls in from Italy to discuss the Covid-19 pandemic with the team. We also talk Labour, Islamophobia and the #BeKind campaign. Support spiked -- become a £5 per month donor: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 13, 202037 minEp. 154

153: Has Bernie blown it?

Super Tuesday, Priti Patel and the war on womanhood -- Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss. Support spiked by becoming a £5 per month donor: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 06, 202038 minEp. 153

152: Why free speech matters, with Toby Young

The founder of the Free Speech Union joins Tom Slater and Fraser Myers to discuss the new threats to free speech, and what we can all do to face down censorship. Learn more about the Free Speech Union: https://freespeechunion.org/ Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...

Feb 28, 202048 minEp. 152

151: The ghoulish exploitation of Caroline Flack

Caroline Flack, Andrew Sabisky and Dave at the BRITs. Ella Whelan, Tim Black and Fraser Myers discuss. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 21, 202034 minEp. 151

150: Labour’s woke war on women

Trans ideology, the Brexit negotiations and Germany’s populist revolt. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan, Fraser Myers, and special guest Bruno Waterfield, discuss. Start a regular donation to spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 14, 202042 minEp. 150

149: Why the Democrats might just get Trump re-elected

Tom, Ella and Fraser discuss Iowa, impeachment, social-media censorship, and woke dinner parties. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 07, 202036 minEp. 149

148: Why Brexit Day is worth celebrating

Tom Slater, Ella Whelan, Fraser Myers and Inaya Folarin Iman discuss the long road to this historic day. Support spiked by becoming a regular donor: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 31, 202036 minEp. 148

147: Trump, Davos and Laurence Fox

Impeachment, green capitalism and wokism. Brendan O’Neill, Freddy Gray, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss. Become a regular donor: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 24, 202044 minEp. 147

146: The woke Stasi

Microaggression monitors, the Labour leadership race, and the latest awards show controversies. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss. Support spiked by becoming a regular donor today: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 17, 202040 minEp. 146

145: Megxit and the rise of woke royalism

Meghan and Harry, Iran, and the Labour leadership. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss. Check out the spiked shop: https://shop.spreadshirt.co.uk/spiked Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 10, 202041 minEp. 145

144: 2019: the year the people struck back

Brendan O’Neill and Luke Gittos join Tom, Ella and Fraser to discuss a remarkable year, from Brexit and the Boris majority to Greta Thunberg and the unstoppable rise of wokeness. Support the show here: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 27, 201945 minEp. 144

143: A new era

Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss the fallout from last week’s historic election. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 20, 201934 minEp. 143
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