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UnHerd with Freddie Sayers

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Freddie Sayers from online magazine UnHerd seeks out top scientists, writers, politicians and thinkers for in-depth interviews to try and help us work out what’s really going on. What started as an inquiry into the pandemic has broadened into a fascinating look at free speech, science, meaning and the ideas shaping our world.


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Episodes

The New War for the Red Sea

UnHerd's Freddie Sayers and Tom McTague discuss the new war in the Red Sea Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 12, 2024•36 min

UnHerd's Best of 2023

Freddie Sayers and Flo Read look back at UnHerd's best moments from 2023, featuring Nick Cave, Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Graham Linehan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 28, 2023•1 hr 1 min

John Vervaeke: Rituals are rational

UnHerd’s Flo Read and philosopher and cognitive scientist John Vervaeke sat down at the UnHerd Club to diagnose the alienation and anxiety that pervades our contemporary culture. Is a “meaning crisis” at the root of all the other crises we face – environmental, political, spiritual? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 24, 2023•1 hr 19 min

John Mearsheimer: There is no two-state solution

UnHerd’s Freddie Sayers sits down with John Mearsheimer to discuss the Israel-Palestine conflict, the aftermath of the 7th October attack, and the state of the Ukraine-Russia war. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 15, 2023•50 min

Andy Cook: How lockdowns broke Britain

UnHerd's Freddie Sayers meets Andy Cook, chief executive of the Centre for Social Justice think tank, to discuss their new report on the real-world consequences of lockdowns. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 12, 2023•29 min

TRAILER: The Battle for San Francisco

Florence Read and Freddie Sayers took a film crew (and an armed security guard) into the Tenderloin district to find out the truth for themselves. This special report includes remarkable interviews with city supervisor Dean Preston and Michael Shellenberger, author of San Fransicko, as well as drug users, locals and activists across the West. Visit https://unherd.com/2023/12/the-battle-for-san-francisco/ to watch. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Dec 10, 2023•34 sec

Busting the Bill Gates myth

UnHerd's Flo Read meets Tim Schwab to discuss Bill Gates and the myth of the good billionaire. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 29, 2023•35 min

How RFK Jr. could decide the 2024 election

UnHerd's Freddie Sayers meets pollster Joe Bedell to discuss the 2024 US election, Trump, and RFK Jr. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 17, 2023•27 min

Why does the Left support Palestine?

UnHerd's Freddie Sayers sits down with professional troublemaker James Lindsay and Novara Media's Aaron Bastani to discuss the modern and historical relationship between the political Left and support of Palestine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 03, 2023•1 hr 6 min

Israeli Ambassador on the War on Gaza

UnHerd’s Freddie Sayers meets Tzipi Hotovely, Israeli Ambassador to the United Kingdom. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 27, 2023•29 min

Jonathan Sumption: War, Lockdowns and Lessons from the Past

Former Supreme Court judge, and celebrated historian of The Hundred Years War, Jonathan Sumption joins UnHerd’s Freddie Sayers to discuss continental entanglements past and present, and the disrupted civil and international order we face today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 21, 2023•1 hr 6 min

Kathleen Stock: Inside Britain’s new trans clinics

Since its closure was announced last July, Gids — the Gender Identity Development Service at the world-renowned Tavistock and Portman Trust — has become synonymous with mismanagement and medical scandal.It was supposed to be a haven for young people experiencing gender-related distress. Instead, following a string of complaints by whistle-blowers, an “inadequate” rating by the Care Quality Commission, a high-profile judicial review and, finally, a damning independent review, it was deemed unsafe...

Oct 19, 2023•40 min

Yascha Mounk: Israel to America - escaping the identity trap

Whatever happened to universalism? Academic and author of The Identity Trap, Yascha Mounk, explores how a relatively obscure and marginal set of ideas about identity have come to dominate our social, cultural and political life – and makes the case for universal, humanist values. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 13, 2023•1 hr 4 min

Special Investigation: How scientific is the ZOE app?

Professor Tim Spector was one of the “winners” of the Covid era: his ZOE symptom tracker app accrued millions of users during the pandemic Now he has pivoted back to his true passion, gut health, and taken many of his followers with him. Endorsed by celebrities such as Davina McCall and Carrie Johnson, the new version of the ZOE app promises a personalised nutrition plan and comes with a glucose blood monitor usually used by diabetics. It is proving hugely popular, with over 100,000 subscribers ...

Oct 11, 2023•34 min

John Gray: Thoughts after liberalism

UnHerd's Freddie Sayers sits down with philosopher John Gray at the UnHerd Club. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 08, 2023•1 hr 8 min

The Russell Brand divide: Could both sides be right?

UnHerd’s Freddie Sayers sits down with Mary Harrington to discuss the Russell Brand investigation and accusations. Read the Post here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 19, 2023•27 min

Gad Saad: Postmodernism is making us miserable

UnHerd's Florence Read sits down with Gad Saad to talk about why the Western world is so depressed. How can we be happy? This question has preoccupied thinkers from Aristotle to the present day, in various disciplines encompassing philosophy, science and religion. In his latest  book ,  The Saad Truth about Happiness , the Canadian evolutionary behavioural scientist Dr. Gad Saad takes on the subject through a scientific and practical lens. He spoke to  UnHerd ’s Florence Read abou...

Sep 01, 2023•45 min

Wolfgang Münchau: Germany is in trouble

Freddie Sayers sits down with Wolfgang Münchau , former co-editor of  FT Deutschland , and founder and co-director of the Eurointelligence blog, to talk about Germany, the new sick man of Europe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 25, 2023•36 min

Special Report: Inside Tony Blair Inc

At the end of every week, Tony Blair receives his “box” to review over the weekend. It is no longer the tatty, old red briefcase of a Prime Minister, but a virtual one accessible from his laptop wherever he is in the world. Yet, the process remains much the same as when he was in Downing Street. Those who work for him must submit their papers before the box is closed for the weekend. Blair will then review the documents and add comments before meeting his team the following week. Only those real...

Aug 06, 2023•39 min

Edward Luttwak: Biden and Putin are ready to do a deal

US President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin are ready to do a deal, according to the historian, military strategist and advisor to the US government  Edward Luttwak . The comments were made in a discussion this week with  UnHerd ’s Freddie Sayers, during which Luttwak argued that “a shift in the overall situation” has resulted in both leaders being more willing to negotiate an end to the Ukraine war. The author, who has worked inside and outside of the Pentagon an...

Jul 18, 2023•47 min

Professor Ashok Swain: The strange disappearance of the anti-war movement

Joining  UnHerd  to talk about why so few voices in public life and the media have spoken out against the shipment of cluster bombs, and about the recession of anti-war sentiment more widely, is the academic and writer Ashok Swain. A professor of peace and conflict research at Uppsala University in Sweden, he is one of the world’s leading experts on conflict resolution. His nation of residence is now set to join Nato, and he sat down with Freddie Sayers to unpick how Sweden’s...

Jul 12, 2023•30 min

Tom Holland: Lessons from the Roman Empire

At its peak, the Roman Empire was perhaps the greatest civilisation in history. But like so many cultures before and after it, it declined and finally ended. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 07, 2023•1 hr 7 min
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