Last Orders - a spiked podcast

Last Orders - a spiked podcast

Chris Snowdon, Tom Slater and guests discuss the latest in nanny-state killjoyism.

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Last Orders - a spiked podcast

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Jun 15, 2025

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Episodes

63: The shameful suppression of the lab-leak theory 01.07.2023

Robby Soave, senior editor at Reason and co-host of Rising on The Hill TV, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders. They discuss why the misinformation cops got Covid so wrong, the ridiculousness of minimum pricing on alcohol, and how to take on Big Tech censorship. Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next...

62: The scourge of the Online Safety Bill 17.06.2023

Claire Fox, member of the House of Lords and director of the Academy of Ideas, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders . They discuss the government’s attempt to clamp down on online speech, Panorama’s whacky food propaganda, and more. Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Get your copy of Bren...

61: Will Britain ever legalise drugs? 03.06.2023

Paul North, director of Volteface, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders . They discuss the worst nanny states in Europe, the benefits of boozing, and the campaign for drug liberalisation.  Get your tickets to the online launch of Brendan O’Neill’s new spiked book, A Heretic’s Manifesto . Brendan will be interviewed by Andrew Doyle on Monday 5 June at 7pm. Find o...

60: The fight for free speech at Oxford 21.05.2023

Jan Macvarish – education and events director of the Free Speech Union – joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss the attempt to No Platform Kathleen Stock, Labour’s war on smoking, and if artificial sweeteners are making us fat. Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Pre-order Brendan O’Neill’s A Heretic’s Manifesto now f...

59: How identity politics is tearing Australia apart 06.05.2023

Australian journalist Nick Cater joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss the hysteria over Coco Pops, George Osborne’s deranged attacks on smoking, and why Australia’s plan for an Indigenous ‘Voice to Parliament’ is a truly terrible idea.  Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Find out more about spiked’s internship sche...

58: What’s Just Stop Oil’s problem with snooker? 23.04.2023

Comedian and writer Dominic Frisby joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss Just Stop Oil's stunt at the Crucible, the government’s plan for state-sponsored vaping and the genius of PG Wodehouse. Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/   Sign up to spiked’...

57: Why the nos ban is no laughing matter, with Mark Littlewood 08.04.2023

Mark Littlewood – director-general of the Institute of Economic Affairs – joins Snowdon and Slater to discuss the laughing-gas ban, the coming crackdown on vaping and the madness of the ULEZ.  Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/   Sign up to spiked’s newsle...

56: How blasphemy trials returned to Britain, with Liam Duffy 25.03.2023

Liam Duffy – strategic advisor for the Counter Extremism Project – joins Snowdon and Slater to discuss the Islamist threat to free speech, the panic over young people vaping, and Chris’s triumph over Jonathan Portes. Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/   Si...

55: Has the lab-leak theory been vindicated?, with Matt Ridley 11.03.2023

Matt Ridley – co-author of Viral: The Search for the Origin of Covid-19 – joins Snowdon and Slater to discuss Covid cover-ups, the Lockdown Files and the zealotry of the anti-smoking lobby. Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/   Sign up to spiked’s newslette...

54: Britain’s Covid Ministry of Truth, with Silkie Carlo 25.02.2023

Big Brother Watch’s Silkie Carlo joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss the government’s war on lockdown sceptics, Nicola Sturgeon’s nanny-state legacy, and the madness of the WHO. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/   Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/   Se...

53: The uselessness of electric cars, with Andrew Orlowski 11.02.2023

Andrew Orlowski joins Snowdon and Slater to discuss the idiocy of our green elites, the rise and fall of FTX, and the cult of booze prohibition. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/   Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/   Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spi...

52: Passive cake, with Francis Foster 28.01.2023

Francis Foster joins Snowdon and Slater to discuss the miserabilism of the nanny state, the ridiculousness of Seatbeltgate, and the authoritarian legacy of Jacinda Ardern. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/   Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/   Send your postbag...

51: Fight for your right to smoke, with Patrick Christys 14.01.2023

Patrick Christys joins Snowdon and Slater to discuss Labour’s war on smoking, Prince Harry’s crusade against the tabloids, and how wokeness has infected public health. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/   Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/   Send your postbag ques...

50: The perils of a cashless society, with Geoff Norcott 24.12.2022

Comedian Geoff Norcott joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss cash, smoking and Elon Musk. Get tickets to Geoff’s work-in-progress shows here: https://www.livenation.co.uk/artist-geoff-norcott-1252793   Donate to spiked this Christmas: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/   Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode.

49: Hands off the internet 10.12.2022

Charlie Peters, GB News documentary filmmaker, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss the Online Safety Bill, Nicola Sturgeon’s nanny state, the grooming-gangs scandal and more. Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Read spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/   Become a spiked supporter and get your free ticket to Brend...

48: The Woke World Cup, with Julia Hartley-Brewer 26.11.2022

Julia Hartley-Brewer, TalkTV’s breakfast-show host, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss knee-taking, free speech on campus, the campaign to cut our energy use, and more. Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Read spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/   Become a spiked supporter and get your free ticket to Brendan O’...

47: The red trickle, with Nick Gillespie 13.11.2022

Nick Gillespie, editor-at-large of Reason, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss the Midterms, the war on nicotine, Elon Musk and more.  Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Read spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/   Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/   Sign up to spiked’s newslett...

46: The lies of the nanny state, with Rod Liddle 19.10.2022

Rod Liddle, journalist and member of the SDP, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss the propaganda war on smokers, the madness of Just Stop Oil and the future of British politics.  Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/   Sign up to spiked’s newsletter...

45: Liz Truss vs the Blob, with Sam Ashworth-Hayes 24.09.2022

Sam Ashworth-Hayes joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss Liz Truss’s war on the nanny state. Plus, we discuss James O’Brien’s queue conspiracy theory and answer your questions in our postbag section. Send your questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Donate £50 to spiked and get a free, signed copy of ‘How Woke Won’, plus a year’s free mem...

44: How the middle classes ruined comedy, with Leo Kearse 24.08.2022

Comedian Leo Kearse joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss the cancellation of Jerry Sadowitz, the perilous state of pubs and the moral crusade against gambling. Plus, we answer your questions in our new postbag section. Send your questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Order your copy of ‘How Woke Won’ by Joanna Williams here: https://www...

43: The monkeypox panic 06.08.2022

Joanna Williams, author of How Woke Won, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss monkeypox, the fall of the Tavistock and the rise of Britain’s thoughtpolice. Plus, we answer your questions in our new postbag section. Send your questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Order your copy of ‘How Woke Won’ by Joanna Williams here: https://www.spi...

42: The war on smokers, with Claire Fox 02.07.2022

Claire Fox, director of the Academy of Ideas, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss the plans for a smoke-free England and abortion rights after Roe. Plus, we answer your questions in our new postbag section. Send your questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Order your copy of ‘How Woke Won’ by Joanna Williams: https://www.spiked-online.c...

41: Why Jamie Oliver can BOGOF 28.05.2022

Patrick O’Flynn joins Snowdon and Slater to discuss Partygate, Ricky Gervais and Jamie Oliver.  Enjoy! And be sure to email any questions or comments you have for Chris and Tom to lastorders@spiked-online.com – for our new mail-bag section at the end of each show.  Order your copy of ‘How Woke Won’ by Joanna Williams: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/   Hoping to get into journalism? Are you pas...

40: Musk Derangement Syndrome, with Andrew Doyle 30.04.2022

GB News’ Andrew Doyle joins Snowdon and Slater to discuss Big Tech censorship, ‘grossly offensive’ jokes and calorie counts on menus. 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/   Visit the spiked shop: h...

39: Will Smith and the tyranny of takes, with Brendan O’Neill 30.03.2022

Brendan O’Neill joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss the hot takes from the Oscars, the cost-of-living crisis and the Batley Grammar scandal. Donate to spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/   Visit the spiked shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/   Sign up to our newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters

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