56: Finding freedom in an age of chaos, with Sohrab Ahmari
Sohrab Ahmari returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show to talk about his latest book, ‘The Unbroken Thread’. Sohrab and Brendan discuss the paradoxes of modern liberalism: how the free market undermines free speech, how data distorts the search for truth, and why humans need boundaries to truly flourish Read the transcript: https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/07/27/lockdown-is-a-class-war-by-proxy/ ...
59m Jul 22, 2021
59m
55: The myth of America’s race war, with Wilfred Reilly
Wilfred Reilly, spiked columnist and author of ‘Taboo’, talks to Brendan O’Neill about why it’s time to dial down the racial hysteria. Read the transcript: https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/07/20/there-is-no-epidemic-of-racism-in-america/ Visit the spiked shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/  Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Sponsored by Wondrium: ...
1hr 12m Jul 15, 2021
1hr 12m
54: How the ‘cognitive elite’ took over, with David Goodhart
David Goodhart, author of ‘Head, Hand, Heart’, tells Brendan O’Neill how graduates left everyone else behind.  Read the transcript: https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/07/15/is-the-great-graduate-takeover-coming-to-an-end/ Visit the spiked shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/  Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/ 
1hr 7m Jul 08, 2021
1hr 7m
53: Question everything, with Jonathan Rauch
Jonathan Rauch, author of ‘The Constitution of Knowledge’, talks to Brendan O’Neill about the perils of groupthink, cancel culture and emotional safetyism. Read the transcript: https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/07/05/we-have-to-seek-out-ideas-that-make-us-uncomfortable/ Visit the spiked shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/  Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/sup...
1hr 2m Jul 01, 2021
1hr 2m
52: The culture war is really a class war, with Rod Liddle
In this special live podcast, Rod Liddle and Brendan O’Neill discussed Labour, Islamism, wokeness and much more. 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/ Read the transcript: https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/06/28/i-would-s...
1hr 1m Jun 25, 2021
1hr 1m
51: Why Labour is still losing, with Paul Embery
Paul Embery, author of ‘Despised: Why the Modern Left Loathes the Working Class’, talks to Brendan O’Neill about Labour’s Hartlepool disaster, why wokeness alienates the working class, and the limits of the Tories’ ‘levelling up’ agenda. Read the transcript: https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/06/14/they-are-like-two-bald-men-fighting-over-a-comb/ Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-...
1hr 3m Jun 10, 2021
1hr 3m
50: Why biological sex matters, with Kathleen Stock
Kathleen Stock, author of ‘Material Girls: Why Reality Matters for Feminism’, talks to Brendan O’Neill about the consequences of trans ideology for women, gay rights and free expression. Read the transcript: https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/05/31/biological-sex-is-real-not-psychological/ Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/ Sponsored by: ExpressVPN: http://...
1hr 3m May 25, 2021
1hr 3m
49: Why we must never lock down again, with Luke Johnson
Entrepreneur Luke Johnson talks to Brendan O’Neill about the extraordinary harms of lockdown. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Sign up to “Today on spiked”: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Get 20% off an annual subscription to The Great Courses Plus: https://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/brendan
1hr 7m May 12, 2021
1hr 7m
48: Laurence Fox: Why I’m running for London mayor
Reclaim Party leader Laurence Fox tells Brendan O’Neill about his campaign to liberate London from lockdown and cancel culture. Read the transcript: https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/05/03/someone-needs-to-stand-up-for-freedom/ Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Sign up to Today on spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Sponsored by: The Great Co...
1hr 1m Apr 28, 2021
1hr 1m
47: The rebirth of racial identity, with Christopher Caldwell
Christopher Caldwell, author of The Age of Entitlement, talks to Brendan O’Neill about the rise of diversity and the withering of democracy. Read the transcript: https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/04/19/no-one-even-knows-what-diversity-means/ Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Sign up to Today on spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/
50m Apr 15, 2021
50m
46: Lord Sumption: ‘Lockdown is an assault on our humanity’
Former Supreme Court justice Jonathan Sumption tells Brendan O’Neill why he refuses to obey the ‘immoral’ coronavirus restrictions. Read the transcript: https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/04/12/the-government-is-instilling-fear-in-the-public/ Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/
55m Apr 06, 2021
55m
45: Climate change is not the end of the world, with Bjorn Lomborg
Bjorn Lomborg and Brendan O’Neill discuss the exaggeration of climate risk, the coming backlash against eco-austerity, and why technology is the best solution. Read the transcript: https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/03/22/climate-change-is-a-manageable-problem/ Sign up to Today on spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-sp...
1hr Mar 16, 2021
1hr
44: The new feudalism, with Joel Kotkin
Joel Kotkin, author of The Coming of Neo-Feudalism, talks to Brendan O’Neill about the tech oligarchs’ war on freedom, democracy and prosperity. Read the transcript: https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/03/09/the-terrifying-rise-of-the-tech-aristocracy/ Sign up to Today on spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Spon...
1hr 3m Mar 02, 2021
1hr 3m
43: BONUS: We must abolish the new colour line
Brendan O’Neill finds an antidote to critical race theory in the robust universalism of WEB Du Bois. This lecture was one of a series of talks at the boi charity’s Academy Online II: Race and Racism – a day of discussions about the intellectual history of race. The rest of the talks from that event, along with recordings of previous Academy events, are available on the boi charity’s Ideas Matt...
26m Feb 23, 2021
26m
42: Multiculturalism has failed women, with Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, author of Prey and host of The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast, joins Brendan O’Neill to discuss immigration, Islam and the erosion of women’s rights. Read the transcript: https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/02/15/womens-rights-have-been-sacrificed-at-the-altar-of-identity-politics/ Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Sponsored by: ExpressVPN: http://ex...
53m Feb 09, 2021
53m
41: Why Britain had to leave, with Robert Tombs
Robert Tombs, author of This Sovereign Isle, joins Brendan O’Neill to discuss the myth of Britain’s decline, the EU’s path to oligarchy and the necessity of Brexit. Read the transcript: https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/02/09/the-myth-of-britains-decline/ Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/  Sponsored by: Freetrade: http://freetrade.io/brendan  The Great Cour...
56m Feb 02, 2021
56m
40: The showtrial of the sceptics, with Peter Hitchens
Peter Hitchens returns to discuss the rage against the critics of lockdown Read the transcript: https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/01/25/covid-denier-is-a-disgusting-dog-whistle-slur/ Support the show with a donation to spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Sponsored by: The Great Courses Plus: https://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/brendan  ExpressVPN: http://expressvpn.com...
48m Jan 19, 2021
48m
39: Rod Liddle: Why I changed my mind on lockdown
Rod Liddle returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show to talk about football fans booing Black Lives Matter and the devastating failure of lockdown. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/
55m Dec 29, 2020
55m
38: Why the well-off love the lockdown, with Julia Hartley-Brewer
Julia Hartley-Brewer, host of talkRADIO’s breakfast show, joins Brendan O’Neill to discuss Britain’s slide into Covid tyranny and why we must fight to end lockdown. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Sponsored by: ExpressVPN: http://expressvpn.com/brendan  Freetrade: http://freetrade.io/brendan  Harrys: http://harrys.com/brendan  
1hr 7m Dec 16, 2020
1hr 7m
37: Left class hatred, with Paul Embery
The trade unionist, writer and author of ‘Despised’ talks to Brendan O’Neill about where the left has gone wrong on Brexit, class and cancel culture. Read the transcript: https://www.spiked-online.com/2020/12/07/wokeness-is-no-substitute-for-political-campaigning/ Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/  Sponsored by: Freetrade: http://freetrade.io/brendan The Gre...
59m Dec 02, 2020
59m
36: The election everyone got wrong, with Michael Tracey
Michael Tracey and Brendan O’Neill discuss the Trump years, the summer of riots and the collapse of journalism. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Read the transcript: https://www.spiked-online.com/2020/11/25/in-the-trump-era-the-media-abandoned-objectivity/ Sponsored by:  The Great Courses Plus: https://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/brendan ExpressVPN: https:/...
1hr 5m Nov 19, 2020
1hr 5m
35: Hysteria is contagious, with Lionel Shriver
Novelist Lionel Shriver talks to Brendan O’Neill about Trump, Biden and the panic driving the New Normal. Read the transcript: https://www.spiked-online.com/2020/11/16/masks-are-destroying-the-social-fabric/ Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Sponsored by: ExpressVPN: https://expressvpn.com/brendan The Great Courses Plus: https://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/b...
58m Nov 12, 2020
58m
34: The establishment is creating a dystopia, with Sohrab Ahmari
Sohrab Ahmari, op-ed editor at the New York Post, talks to Brendan O’Neill about Big Tech censorship, the woke war on workers and the dystopia of the New Normal. Read the transcript: https://www.spiked-online.com/2020/11/03/facebook-wants-trump-to-lose/ Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ 
1hr 5m Oct 27, 2020
1hr 5m
33: The case for Trump, with Daniel McCarthy
Daniel McCarthy, conservative commentator and editor of Modern Age, discusses the election, identity politics and bourgeois rioting. Read the transcript: https://www.spiked-online.com/2020/10/26/trump-has-taken-the-mask-off-the-liberal-establishment/   Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/  Sponsored by: The Great Courses Plus: https://www.thegreatcoursesplus.co...
1hr Oct 20, 2020
1hr
32: Big Tech vs free speech, with Jeffrey Rosen
National Constitution Center president Jeffrey Rosen tells Brendan O’Neill what’s driving Silicon Valley’s embrace of censorship.  Read the transcript: https://www.spiked-online.com/2020/10/12/censorship-by-algorithm/ Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Sponsored by: Babbel: http://babbel.co.uk/play Promo code: brendan The Great Courses Plus: https://www.thegr...
58m Oct 06, 2020
58m
31: We should all be populists, with Thomas Frank
Thomas Frank, author of ‘The People, No’, talks to Brendan O’Neill about the history of populism and the elite’s war on democracy. Read the transcript: https://www.spiked-online.com/2020/09/28/people-are-absolutely-justified-in-mistrusting-the-elites/ Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Sponsored by: The Great Courses Plus: https://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/b...
1hr 14m Sep 22, 2020
1hr 14m
30: Innovation, freedom and failing better, with Matt Ridley
Matt Ridley, author of How Innovation Works, joins Brendan O’Neill to discuss the past, present and future of innovation -- from transport to nuclear power to vaccines. Read the transcript: https://www.spiked-online.com/2020/09/14/how-environmentalism-holds-back-innovation/ Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Sponsored by: Babbel: http://babbel.co.uk/play Promo...
1hr 4m Sep 08, 2020
1hr 4m
29: Why black autonomy matters, with Glenn Loury
Glenn Loury joins Brendan O’Neill to discuss the myth of police racism and the dangers of racial identity politics. Read the transcript: https://www.spiked-online.com/2020/08/31/in-racialising-everything-we-are-playing-with-fire/ Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Sponsored by: ExpressVPN: http://expressvpn.com/brendan  The Great Courses Plus: http://thegreat...
1hr 3m Aug 25, 2020
1hr 3m
28: Why the working class turned Tory, with Nick Timothy
Nick Timothy, former special adviser to Theresa May, joins Brendan O’Neill to discuss Brexit, the great realignment of British politics, and his new book, Remaking One Nation. Read the transcript: https://www.spiked-online.com/2020/08/20/liberalism-is-eroding-itself/ Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Sponsored by: The Great Courses Plus: https://thegreatcours...
58m Aug 11, 2020
58m
27: The cruel negligence of the lockdown, with Dr John Lee
Pathologist Dr John Lee joins Brendan O’Neill to discuss the exaggerated threat of Covid, the corruption of science and the mounting death toll of the lockdown. Read the transcript: https://www.spiked-online.com/2020/08/07/our-government-should-not-be-copying-totalitarian-states/ Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Sponsored by: The Great Courses Plus: https://...
1hr 12m Jul 28, 2020
1hr 12m
26: Why borders matter, with Frank Furedi
Sociologist and spiked contributor Frank Furedi joins Brendan O’Neill to discuss his latest book, Why Borders Matter. Read the transcript: https://www.spiked-online.com/2020/07/23/without-borders-democracy-ceases-to-exist/ Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Sponsored by: The Great Courses Plus: https://thegreatcoursesplus.com/brendan    ExpressVPN: https://w...
1hr Jul 14, 2020
1hr
25: The silent majority, with Julia Hartley-Brewer
Julia Hartley-Brewer, host of talkRADIO’s breakfast show, joins Brendan O’Neill to discuss the BLM cultural revolution and the war on free speech. Read the transcript: Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Sponsored by: https://www.spiked-online.com/2020/07/09/the-vast-majority-in-this-country-are-not-racist/ Gymshark: https://uk.gymshark.com/TheBrendanONeillShow...
59m Jun 30, 2020
59m
24: The racism of identity politics, with Trevor Phillips
Trevor Phillips, writer, broadcaster and former politician, joins Brendan O’Neill to discuss identity politics, Covid-19, and being expelled from the Labour Party. Read the transcript: https://www.spiked-online.com/2020/06/24/not-all-people-of-colour-think-the-same/ Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Sponsored by: The Great Courses Plus: http://thegreatcourses...
47m Jun 16, 2020
47m
23: The virus of wokeness, with Dave Rubin
Dave Rubin, host of the Rubin Report and author of Don’t Burn This Book, joins Brendan O’Neill to discuss the regressive left, radical Islam and free speech. Read the transcript: https://www.spiked-online.com/2020/06/11/the-left-is-taking-us-backward/ Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/
1hr 2m Jun 02, 2020
1hr 2m
22: The new class war, with Michael Lind
Michael Lind talks to Brendan O’Neill about how the liberal elite colonised politics, culture and the economy. Read the transcript: https://www.spiked-online.com/2020/05/27/the-tyranny-of-the-managerial-elite/ Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/
1hr 5m May 19, 2020
1hr 5m
21: The cruelty of social distancing, with Lionel Shriver
Novelist Lionel Shriver talks to Brendan O’Neill about the catastrophe of lockdown, the horrors of the ‘new normal’, and our society’s immature response to death. Read the transcript: https://www.spiked-online.com/2020/05/11/there-is-nothing-unprecedented-about-the-virus-itself/ Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/
1hr May 05, 2020
1hr
20: Never apologise to the Twittermob, with Vanity Von Glow
Drag queen Vanity Von Glow talks to Brendan O’Neill about cancel culture, victimhood and identity. Spare a fiver to support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/
57m Apr 28, 2020
57m
19: Coronavirus and the culture war, with Heather Mac Donald
Heather Mac Donald, New York Times bestselling author and Thomas W Smith fellow at the Manhattan Institute, joins Brendan O’Neill to discuss the devastation wrought by the Covid-19 lockdowns. Read the transcript: https://www.spiked-online.com/2020/04/16/the-shutdown-is-blighting-billions-of-lives/ Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/
1hr 10m Apr 14, 2020
1hr 10m
18: Coronavirus and dissent, with Peter Hitchens
Peter Hitchens, outspoken opponent of the coronavirus lockdown, joins Brendan O’Neill to discuss the rush to shut down democracy, dissent and the economy in response to Covid-19. Read the transcript: https://www.spiked-online.com/2020/04/03/the-alleged-cure-is-immensely-worse-than-the-disease/ Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/
39m Apr 02, 2020
39m
17: How everyday speech became a crime, with Paul Coleman
Paul Coleman, author of Censored, talks to Brendan O’Neill about origins of Europe’s hate-speech laws and how everything from mainstream opinions to religious beliefs can now be criminalised. Spare a fiver to support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/
45m Mar 24, 2020
45m
34: Dominic Lawson: the coming revolt against the climate movement
Sunday Times columnist Dominic Lawson talks to Brendan O’Neill about the radicalism of Brexit, the hubris of the climate movement, and the potential for an anti-green populist revolt.
1hr 2m Mar 11, 2020
1hr 2m
33: Claire Fox: inside the European Parliament
Claire Fox, the former Brexit Party MEP and director of the Academy of Ideas, talks to Brendan O’Neill about her time in the European Parliament, the demonisation of Leave voters, and how to make democracy come alive after Brexit.   Claire is also the co-convenor of ‘Changing Politics for Good: What Next?’, which will take place at the Cheshire Conference Centre in Stockport on 29 February. Get...
1hr 23m Feb 25, 2020
1hr 23m
32: Marco Visscher: The wonders of nuclear power
Eco-modernist Marco Visscher on the promise of nuclear power, the limits of Extinction Rebellion’s doom-mongering and why economic growth is good for the environment.   Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/
50m Feb 18, 2020
50m
31: Gisela Stuart: Brexit and belonging
To mark Brexit Day, former Vote Leave chair Gisela Stuart sits down with Brendan to discuss the future of an independent Britain. Support spiked by becoming a regular donor: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/
54m Jan 30, 2020
54m
30: Laurence Fox: wokeness, white privilege and Question Time
 The day after his explosive performance on Question Time, actor Laurence Fox joined Brendan O’Neill to discuss the woke world of Hollywood, the myth of white privilege, and the wisdom of ordinary people.   Become a regular spiked donor: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/
1hr 6m Jan 19, 2020
1hr 6m
29: Liam Halligan: Boris, Brexit and the Irish border
Economist Liam Halligan joins Brendan O’Neill to discuss the need for a clean Brexit, the propaganda war over the Irish border, and his new book on housing, Home Truths. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/
1hr 7m Jan 07, 2020
1hr 7m
28: 2019: the year the people struck back
Brendan O’Neill and Luke Gittos join Tom, Ella and Fraser on the spiked podcast 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/
42m Dec 31, 2019
42m
27: Posie Parker and Venice Allan: adult, human females
Trans-sceptical feminists Posie Parker and Venice Allan discuss the silencing of women, the dangers of transitioning children, and the Orwellianism of preferred pronouns.   Check out the spiked shop: https://shop.spreadshirt.co.uk/spiked/all
49m Dec 08, 2019
49m
26: Maurice Glasman: Blue Labour and Brexit
Maurice Glasman, founder of Blue Labour, talks to Brendan O’Neill about Brexit, Blue Labour and the demonisation of the working class.
53m Nov 24, 2019
53m
25: Michael Shellenberger: the lost souls of the green movement
Michael Shellenberger, founder of Environmental Progress, talks to Brendan O’Neill about Greta Thunberg, Extinction Rebellion and the myth of the Amazon fires.   Visit the spiked shop: https://shop.spreadshirt.co.uk/spiked
1hr 2m Nov 10, 2019
1hr 2m