106: Jacinda Ardern’s Covid tyranny, with Dan Wootton
GB News presenter Dan Wootton joins Brendan O’Neill to talk about the cruelty of New Zealand’s Zero Covid policy, why no one trusts the mainstream media and why Harry and Meghan are a disaster for the royal family. Donate to spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/  Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spik...
54m Jul 21, 2022
54m
105: An immigrant's love letter to the West, with Konstantin Kisin
Konstantin Kisin, co-host of ‘Triggernometry’ and author of ‘An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West’, joins Brendan O’Neill to discuss the rise of Western self-loathing and why the values of freedom and tolerance must be defended. Get your copy of ‘An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West’ here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Immigrants-Love-Letter-West/dp/1408716046  Donate to spiked: https://www.s...
57m Jul 14, 2022
57m
104: The tragedy of Boris Johnson, with Frank Furedi
As Boris Johnson stands down as UK prime minister, Frank Furedi and Brendan O’Neill discuss the missed opportunities of the Boris era. Order your copy of ‘How Woke Won’ by Joanna Williams: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/  Donate to spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/  Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: http...
43m Jul 08, 2022
43m
103: Why choice matters
Ann Furedi and Jon O’Brien, two esteemed veterans of the pro-choice movement, join Brendan O’Neill to discuss the demise of Roe v Wade and the new fight for abortion rights.  Order your copy of ‘How Woke Won’ by Joanna Williams: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/  Donate to spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/  Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/ ...
1hr 9m Jun 30, 2022
1hr 9m
102: How lockdown failed the young
Liz Cole and Molly Kingsley, authors of ‘The Children’s Inquiry’, talk to Brendan O’Neill about the devastating toll of Covid school closures, how remote learning widened the class divide, and the failure of adults to stand up for children. Order your copy of ‘How Woke Won’ by Joanna Williams: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/  Donate to spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/  Beco...
47m Jun 23, 2022
47m
101: An unapologetic defence of free speech, with Greg Lukianoff
Greg Lukianoff, president of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, talks to Brendan O’Neill about the new fight for liberty in America. Want to intern at spiked? You have just a few days left to apply: https://www.spiked-online.com/interns  Order your copy of ‘How Woke Won’ by Joanna Williams: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/  Donate to spiked: https://www.spiked-online.co...
57m Jun 16, 2022
57m
100: Why gun control is racist, with Maj Toure
Maj Toure, founder of Black Guns Matter, talks to Brendan O’Neill about Uvalde, gun rights and free speech. Hoping to get into journalism? Are you passionate about spiked’s pro-freedom, anti-woke politics? Apply now for our paid internship programme: https://www.spiked-online.com/interns  Order your copy of ‘How Woke Won’ by Joanna Williams: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Watch spiked'...
1hr 7m Jun 09, 2022
1hr 7m
99: How modern feminism is failing women, with Louise Perry
Louise Perry, author of ‘The Case Against the Sexual Revolution’, talks to Brendan O’Neill about the problem with porn, the case for marriage, and why washing machines have done more for women than feminism  Order your copy of ‘How Woke Won’ by Joanna Williams: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/  Hoping to get into journalism? Are you passionate about spiked’s pro-freedom, anti-woke politics...
1hr 10m Jun 02, 2022
1hr 10m
98: How woke won, with Joanna Williams
‘How Woke Won’ is the brilliant new spiked book by Joanna Williams. To celebrate its release, Joanna joined Brendan for a special live edition of the podcast, where they discussed how wokeness took over and how we can all fight back. Order your copy of ‘How Woke Won’: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/  This event was free for spiked supporters. Sign up to spiked supporters now and you will ...
1hr 4m May 26, 2022
1hr 4m
97: What Brexit means, with David Frost
Former chief Brexit negotiator David Frost talks to Brendan O’Neill about the Northern Ireland Protocol, climate alarmism and woke.  Order your copy of “How Woke Won” by Joanna Williams: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/  Hoping to get into journalism? Are you passionate about spiked’s pro-freedom, anti-woke politics? Apply now for our paid internship programme: https://www.spiked-online.c...
1hr 1m May 19, 2022
1hr 1m
96: The intolerance of identity politics
Simon Fanshawe talks to Brendan O’Neill about his public break with Stonewall, why he is not ‘LGBTQ+’ and why we need more civil disagreement. Get your ticket to “How woke won – with Joanna Williams and Brendan O’Neill”: https://www.spiked-online.com/2022/04/25/live-event-joanna-williams-and-brendan-oneill-on-how-woke-won/  Hoping to get into journalism? Are you passionate about spiked’s pro-...
55m May 12, 2022
55m
95: The lockdown on dissent, with Jay Bhattacharya
Jay Bhattacharya talks to Brendan O’Neill about the catastrophic harms of lockdown and how the scientific establishment suppressed the Covid debate. Hoping to get into journalism? Are you passionate about spiked’s pro-freedom, anti-woke politics? Apply now for spiked’s paid internship programme: https://www.spiked-online.com/interns  Get your ticket to “How woke won – with Joanna Williams an...
53m May 05, 2022
53m
94: France is falling apart, with Freddy Gray
Freddy Gray, deputy editor of the Spectator, talks to Brendan O’Neill about Macron, Le Pen and Freddy’s controversial interview with Éric Zemmour. Get your ticket to “How woke won – with Joanna Williams and Brendan O’Neill”: https://www.spiked-online.com/2022/04/25/live-event-joanna-williams-and-brendan-oneill-on-how-woke-won/  Donate to spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/  Become...
33m Apr 28, 2022
33m
93: Konstantin Kisin: What Russia wants
Konstantin Kisin, co-host of ‘Triggernometry’ and author of ‘An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West’, joins Brendan O’Neill to discuss why Russia invaded Ukraine, why the West is worth defending, and why wokeness is now on the backfoot. Donate to spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/  Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Sign up to spiked’s newslett...
51m Apr 21, 2022
51m
92: Maya Forstater: The new fight for women’s rights
Maya Forstater, co-founder of Sex Matters and the Respect My Sex campaign, joins Brendan O’Neill to discuss how trans activism silences women and the importance of defending biological sex.  Donate to spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/  Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/
49m Apr 14, 2022
49m
91: Sharron Davies: Why we must defend women’s sports
Former Olympic swimmer Sharron Davies joins Brendan O’Neill to discuss the problem of male-bodied athletes in women’s sports, the culture of fear surrounding the gender debate, and her own experience of competing against drug cheats. Donate to spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/  Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters...
42m Apr 07, 2022
42m
90: What does Russia want?, with Mary Dejevsky
Mary Dejevsky, former Moscow correspondent for The Times, talks to Brendan O’Neill about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, how Putin sees the world and why Russia fears the expansion of NATO. Donate to spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/  Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ ...
33m Mar 31, 2022
33m
89: How the overclass crushes dissent, with Sohrab Ahmari
Sohrab Ahmari, founder and editor of “Compact”, returns to talk about the suppression of the Hunter Biden scandal, the return of class war, and the myth of the free market in an age of corporate censorship.
34m Mar 24, 2022
34m
88: How the war in Ukraine will change the world, with Frank Furedi
Frank Furedi returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show to discuss the geopolitical naivety of the West, what the world can learn from the Ukrainian resistance, and how the war might escalate. Read Frank’s essay, ‘The Revenge of History’, here: https://www.spiked-online.com/2022/03/13/the-revenge-of-history/ Donate to spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/  Become a spiked supporter: https...
51m Mar 14, 2022
51m
87: The case for the lab-leak theory, with Matt Ridley
Matt Ridley, co-author of ‘Viral: The Search for the Origin of Covid-19’, talks to Brendan O’Neill about how Covid might have leaked from a lab in Wuhan, how scientists tried to suppress the lab-leak theory and how science has been captured by groupthink. Donate to spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/  Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Sign up t...
51m Mar 03, 2022
51m
86: Why the truckers’ revolt matters, with Rupa Subramanya
Rupa Subramanya, columnist for the National Post, talks to Brendan O’Neill about the vicious class war on Canada’s Freedom Convoy, the authoritarianism of the woke elites and the global fightback against technocracy.  Donate to spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/  Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.s...
34m Feb 24, 2022
34m
85: Making the moral case for abortion, with Ann Furedi
Ann Furedi, author of ‘The Moral Case for Abortion’, talks to Brendan O’Neill about how ‘choice’ became a dirty word, what the pro-life movement gets wrong about women, and how identity politics is undermining women’s rights. Donate to spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/  Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https...
1hr 10m Feb 17, 2022
1hr 10m
84: How free speech shook the world, with Jacob Mchangama
Jacob Mchangama, author of “Free Speech: A Global History from Socrates to Social Media”, talks to Brendan O’Neill about the rising authoritarianism of left and right, the importance of free speech to equality and progress, and why censorship always fails to defeat bad ideas. Donate to spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/  Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/su...
56m Feb 10, 2022
56m
83: The myth of toxic masculinity, with Nina Power
Nina Power, author of ‘What Do Men Want?’, talks to Brendan O’Neill about why we need to recover masculine virtues, the terror of the #MeToo movement, and why there is nothing progressive about the transgender movement. Donate to spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/  Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www...
59m Feb 03, 2022
59m
82: Why the statues must stay, with Marie Kawthar Daouda
Marie Kawthar Daouda –  lecturer in French at Oriel College, Oxford – talks to Brendan O’Neill about the statue wars, critical race theory and the dangers of the ‘decolonise’ movement.  Donate to spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/  Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/  ...
1hr 3m Jan 27, 2022
1hr 3m
81: Cancel culture and how to fight it, with Toby Young
Toby Young returns to the show, two years after the launch of the Free Speech Union. Toby and Brendan discuss how ordinary people have the most to lose from cancel culture, how wokeness thrives on absurdity, and the importance of dissent in times of crisis. Donate to spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/  Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Sign up...
1hr 2m Jan 20, 2022
1hr 2m
80: Carl Heneghan: Why I spoke out against lockdown
Carl Heneghan, professor of evidence-based medicine at the University of Oxford, joins Brendan O’Neill to discuss how lockdown failed to protect the vulnerable, the catastrophic errors of the Covid modelling, and the suppression of critical voices during the pandemic. Donate to spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/  Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters...
1hr 12m Jan 13, 2022
1hr 12m
79: Why you cannot compromise with the trans movement, with Kellie-Jay Keen
Kellie-Jay Keen, founder of Standing for Women, talks to Brendan O’Neill about the trans war on women. Donate to spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/  Sponsored by: Express VPN: https://www.expressvpn.com/brendan   Wondrium: https://wondrium.com/brendan  Noom: https://noom.com/brendan 
57m Jan 06, 2022
57m
78: David Starkey: Lockdown is the revenge of the elites
Historian David Starkey made his return to the show recently for this special, live end-of-year episode. David and Brendan talked about the history wars, eco-alarmism and our descent into technocratic tyranny.  If you become a spiked supporter, you can get free and discounted tickets to future events like this: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Donate to spiked this Christmas: http...
59m Dec 24, 2021
59m
77: How woke education harms the worst off, with Katharine Birbalsingh
Katharine Birbalsingh, chair of the Social Mobility Commission and headteacher of the Michaela Community School, returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show to talk about the culture war in the classroom. Donate to spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/ Sponsored by: Noom https://noom.com/brendan
51m Dec 16, 2021
51m
76: The woke war on the working class, with Batya Ungar-Sargon
Batya Ungar-Sargon, author of ‘Bad News: How Woke Media is Undermining Democracy’, and Brendan O’Neill discuss Kyle Rittenhouse, the death of journalism and how the elites use ‘social justice’ to pursue their own interests. Donate to spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/ Become a spiked supporter and claim your free ticket to our live event with David Starkey and Brendan O’Neill: htt...
1hr Dec 09, 2021
1hr
75: Why the world needs fossil fuels, with Alex Epstein
Alex Epstein talks to Brendan O’Neill about why we need cheap energy for humanity to flourish, the backwardness of the green movement, and why Net Zero is more dangerous than climate change. Become a spiked supporter and claim your free ticket to our live event with David Starkey and Brendan O’Neill: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Visit the spiked shop: https://www.spiked-online...
1hr 5m Dec 02, 2021
1hr 5m
74: The rise of woke homophobia, with James Dreyfus
Actor James Dreyfus joins Brendan O’Neill to discuss the cruelty of cancel culture, how radicals became censors and how gender ideology undermines gay rights. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Visit the spiked shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Sponsored by: Express VP...
49m Nov 25, 2021
49m
73: Smashing the two-party system, with William Clouston
William Clouston, leader of the Social Democratic Party, talks to Brendan O’Neill about overhauling Britain’s democracy, the failure of economic liberalism and why wokeness harms the worst off in society. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Visit the spiked shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-onli...
1hr 2m Nov 18, 2021
1hr 2m
72: Why tradition matters, with Tim Stanley
Tim Stanley, author of ‘Whatever Happened to Tradition?’, talks to Brendan O’Neill about Brexit, Boris Johnson and wokeness. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Visit the spiked shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Sponsored by Wondrium: https://wondrium.com/brendan
43m Nov 11, 2021
43m
71: Progressives are ruining everything, with Michael Shellenberger
Michael Shellenberger returns to the show to talk about COP26 and his new book, ‘San Fransicko: Why Progressives Ruin Cities’. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Visit the spiked shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/
55m Nov 04, 2021
55m
70: The madness of Net Zero, with Bjorn Lomborg
Bjorn Lomborg, author of ‘False Alarm’, returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show to talk about the COP26 climate talks, the crippling costs of Net Zero and the myth of the climate apocalypse. Listen to Last Orders: https://www.spiked-online.com/podcast/last-orders/  Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Visit the spiked shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ ...
1hr 2m Oct 28, 2021
1hr 2m
69: Andrew Sullivan: How the rebels became the censors
Andrew Sullivan, author of ‘Out on a Limb’, talks to Brendan O’Neill about how millennials became crippled by wokeness, why the oppressed need free speech, and how the trans movement compels us to lie. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Visit the spiked shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/  (https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/) Sign up to spiked’s ne...
1hr 10m Oct 21, 2021
1hr 10m
68: The trans assault on reality, with Bev Jackson
Bev Jackson, co-founder of the LGB Alliance, talks to Brendan O’Neill about why trans extremism is bad for gay rights, women’s rights and children. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Visit the spiked shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Sponsored by ExpressVPN: https://www...
55m Oct 14, 2021
55m
67: The climate debate is not ‘settled’, with Steven E Koonin
Steven E Koonin -- undersecretary for science in the Obama administration and author of ‘Unsettled’ -- talks to Brendan O’Neill about the dangers of politicising ‘The Science’, the irrationality of Net Zero, and why humanity can adapt to a changing climate. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Visit the spiked shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/  Sign...
46m Oct 07, 2021
46m
66: A world gone mad, with Julia Hartley-Brewer
In this special live podcast, Julia Hartley-Brewer and Brendan O’Neill discussed wokeness, lockdown and climate alarmism -- and how they all pose a grave threat to freedom. This event was free for spiked supporters. Sign up to spiked supporters now and you will get advance notice and free or discounted tickets to all of our upcoming events: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/
1hr 8m Sep 30, 2021
1hr 8m
65: How cancel culture makes us stupid, with Wendy Kaminer
Wendy Kaminer -- spiked columnist, lawyer and former ACLU board member -- talks to Brendan O’Neill about the threats to free speech from the left and the right. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Visit the spiked shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Sponsored by: Noom: ht...
1hr 8m Sep 23, 2021
1hr 8m
64: A century of identity crisis, with Frank Furedi
Frank Furedi returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show to talk about his new book, 100 Years of Identity Crisis. Frank and Brendan discuss the origins of the culture war, the dangers of self-censorship, and how ‘the ideology with no name’ took over society. Book your tickets now to our live event with Brendan O’Neill and Julia Hartley-Brewer: https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/09/14/get-tickets-for...
59m Sep 16, 2021
59m
63: The ‘adults in the room’ are insane, with Nick Gillespie
Nick Gillespie and Brendan O’Neill discuss 9/11, the unravelling of Afghanistan, the dangers of cancel culture, and if freedom can be reclaimed after Covid. Read the transcript: https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/09/13/america-doesnt-believe-its-own-story-anymore/ Become a spiked supporter and claim your free ticket to our live event with Brendan O’Neill and Julia Hartley-Brewer: https://www...
1hr 16m Sep 09, 2021
1hr 16m
62: Wokeness is bad for your health, with Katie Herzog
Katie Herzog talks to Brendan O’Neill about cancel culture, the trans erasure of lesbians and the woke takeover of medicine. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Visit the spiked shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/
59m Sep 02, 2021
59m
61: Hysteria has consumed America, with Heather Mac Donald
Bestselling author Heather Mac Donald returns to the show to talk about the latest wave of Covid panic and how racial hysteria is destroying high culture. Read the transcript: https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/08/28/we-are-burning-our-cultural-inheritance/ Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Visit the spiked shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Sign u...
1hr 5m Aug 26, 2021
1hr 5m
60: Why environmentalism isn’t working, with Zion Lights
Zion Lights, founder of Emergency Reactor, talks to Brendan O’Neill about her break with Extinction Rebellion, how environmentalism is harming people and the planet, and how nuclear power can solve climate change. Read the transcript: https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/08/22/is-environmentalism-killing-the-planet/ Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Visit th...
48m Aug 19, 2021
48m
59: Australia’s Zero Covid dystopia, with Nick Cater
Nick Cater talks to Brendan O'Neill about the never-ending lockdown Down Under. Read the transcript: https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/08/16/were-trapped-in-a-vortex-of-fear/ Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Visit the spiked shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/  Sign up to Today on spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/
52m Aug 12, 2021
52m
58: The unravelling of the West, with Melanie Phillips
Melanie Phillips and Brendan O’Neill discuss the West’s retreat from reason, the rise of identity politics and the resurgence of anti-Semitism.  Read the transcript:  https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/08/10/we-are-living-through-a-cultural-meltdown/ Visit Melanie’s Substack: https://melaniephillips.substack.com/  Visit the spiked shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/  Become a spiked ...
1hr 13m Aug 05, 2021
1hr 13m
57: The trans war on reality, with Helen Joyce
Helen Joyce, author of ‘Trans: When Ideology Meets Reality’, talks to Brendan O’Neill about the totalitarian nature of trans ideology, the abuse of ‘detransitioners’, and why men must not be allowed in women’s sports, women’s prisons and women’s changing rooms. Read the transcript: https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/08/03/the-trans-movement-wants-to-take-away-womens-rights/ Visit the spiked s...
1hr 3m Jul 29, 2021
1hr 3m