Mallen Baker

Mallen Baker: Faultlines

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'Dangerously reasonable' analysis on politics, science, and particularly the bit where they bump into each other. I aim to give an independent, fact-focused, non-ideological take on the issues that matter.

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Mallen Baker

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Society

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mallenbaker.net

Latest episode

Jul 10, 2026

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Episodes

A merry little COVID Christmas 18.12.2020

While Europe locks down, Britain resists for now the pressure to abandon its plans to let people use their own judgement on how they spend Christmas. The UK government reveals its plans for an online harms bill and its plans for energy. And more people get cancelled, including Abraham Lincoln himself. Support this podcast! https://patreon.com/mallenbaker The Mallen Baker Show is aimed at all peopl...

Sweden's Covid approach FAILED? 11.12.2020

Sweden’s totally different approach to the pandemic has failed, and it’s now caved in and followed the rest of us into lockdown. That’s what some are saying, but has it really? Also, did Britain go into lockdown based on dodgy figures? The US media suddenly notice that Hunter Biden is in trouble. And a leading figure who called for the punishment of Covid lockdown breakers gets caught breaking loc...

High Court says NO PUBERTY BLOCKERS for kids | The Mallen Baker Show 04.12.2020

A huge judgement as the High Court rules that children cannot consent to body-changing trans treatments such as puberty blockers. Britain picks playground fights with Dr Fauci and everyone else about how much better it is than them. Joe Biden’s emerging new team signals a final end to the dream of Martin Luther King Jr. And cancel culture hits English Master Will Knowland at Eton School.  Support...

Will they take the Covid VACCINE? 27.11.2020

It seems as though it’s unending covid lockdowns until the vaccines arrive. But will people take them when they get here? Joe Biden pleases some and upsets others and he gears up for action on climate change. And for once, attempts to cancel both the living and the dead fail miserably. Support this podcast: https://patreon.com/mallenbaker The Mallen Baker Show is aimed at all people who see themse...

The Boris climate gamble | The Mallen Baker Show 21.11.2020

Boris Johnson launches his ten-point plan for the green industrial revolution. Question marks get raised over whether Covid-19 actually started in China, even as protests against lockdowns continue. And we ask the question whether there’s any answer now to our deeply polarised society. Support the Mallen Baker Show https://patreon.com/mallenbaker The Mallen Baker Show is aimed at all people who se...

Joe Biden WON’T HEAL America 13.11.2020

Joe Biden promises that he can heal America, but there are good reasons to think that he’s wrong. A vaccine is on the way that has a 90% effectiveness against Covid-19. And climate scientists stand up against end-of-the-world doomerism even as President Trump gives them a final kick on his way out of the door. Support this podcast! https://patreon.com/mallenbaker The Mallen Baker Show is aimed at...

The Lockdown LIE? | The Mallen Baker Show 06.11.2020

England goes into full lockdown and within days the data that put it there is being ripped apart. The US presidential standoff gets uglier as President Trump alleges widespread fraud and Europe faces serious conflict over political Islam in the wake of recent terrorist attacks. Support this podcast! https://patreon.com/mallenbaker The Mallen Baker Show is aimed at all people who see themselves as...

The Secret Covid Report REVEALED | The Mallen Baker Show 30.10.2020

As European countries are locking down again in the face of the pandemic, we discover the previously secret UK government advice directing its actions as we go into the predicted second wave. Plus, we review the week’s news and discuss the downsides of campaigns to feed hungry children.  Support this channel! https://patreon.com/mallenbaker  The Mallen Baker Show is aimed at all people who see the...

Things they tell us (that just AIN'T SO) | The Mallen Baker Show 24.10.2020

In this round-up of the week, the final presidential debate takes place against the backdrop of highly partisan media reporting. The UK throws more areas into Covid lockdown and the data shows that the coronavirus doesn’t after all care about the colour of your skin. Support the Mallen Baker Show on Patreon! https://patreon.com/mallenbaker  The Mallen Baker Show is aimed at all people who see them...

Courting climate controversy | The Mallen Baker Show 17.10.2020

In this round-up of the week, the UK government says ‘no’ to the scientists over covid lockdowns, Supreme court nominee Amy Coney Barrett outrages many with her comments on climate change, and both social media giants and the police are ramping up the policing of speech. Support this podcast: https:patreon.com/mallenbaker   The Mallen Baker Show is aimed at all people who see themselves as change...

Why the debates don't work | The Mallen Baker Show 10.10.2020

In this round-up of the week, following the vice presidents debate we ask what we learned from the two candidates who are actually able to speak in complete sentences, and why the debate format is so bad. We ask whether President Trump is really as recovered and healthy as he says he is, And Britain and Europe prepare for yet more Covid-19 lockdowns in spite of the growing chorus of criticism.

Lockdown, The Sequel | The Mallen Baker Show 26.09.2020

In this round-up of the week, the UK tightens and Belgium relaxes their lockdowns even though their covid-19 figures are the same, America descends further into turmoil, and China surprises the world by announcing it will commit to net zero carbon by 2060. Support this podcast: https://patreon.com/mallenbaker References Comres poll results https://twitter.com/SavantaComRes/status/13087889384636784...

Fiery but mostly peaceful | The Mallen Baker Show 29.08.2020

In this round-up of the week, another shooting in America unleashes another round of riots, but are the protesters President Trump’s best hope of re-election? The UK gets hot under the collar over the BBC’s plan to cancel the song Land of Hope and Glory, and the UK’s disastrous wheat harvest has eco-doomers predicting the beginning of the end. Support this podcast: https: //patreon.com/mallenbaker...

The Panic Pandemic | The Mallen Baker Show 22.08.2020

In this round-up of the week, panic provokes lockdowns and quarantines in Europe even though almost nobody’s dying, panic leads to a U-turn in the UK’s position on fantasy exam results so now there are prizes for everyone, and panic underpins the start of the US presidential elections. Support this podcast: https://patreon.com/mallenbaker   Mallen interviewed on the Ross Trevena Project http://www...

The Leaders We Deserve? | The Mallen Baker Show 08.08.2020

In this round-up of the week, anger is rising in the shell-shocked city of Beirut, leaked video evidence throws a new light on the murder of George Floyd and President Trump and Joe Biden are in a tightly fought contest to see which can do the most self-harm to their own campaigns. Support this channel at: https://patreon.com/mallenbaker  The Mallen Baker Show is aimed at all people who see themse...

The second spike of stupidity | The Mallen Baker Show 01.08.2020

In this round-up of the week, European governments are terrified of what seems to be an emerging second wave of covid-19. Americans fight partisan wars over masks and hydroxychloroquine, and the tech companies take another step in the censorship of bad thoughts. Includes the mask debate, the Frontline Doctors of America video, Trump's comments on election fraud, hydroxychoriquin and more.  Support...

Portland Protests, Media Bias and the Russia Report | The Mallen Baker Show 25.07.2020

In this round-up of the week, the US media shows shocking partisan bias as America sinks deeper into conflict, the UK is faced with the evidence of Russia’s attempts to do it harm and Britain’s climate campaigners turn against each other.  Support this channel: https://patreon.com/mallenbaker The Mallen Baker Show is aimed at all people who see themselves as change makers, with commentary on issue...

Chinese or Woke? How do you prefer your censorship? | The Mallen Baker Show 11.07.2020

In this round-up of the week, we learned that Data and research are obliterated if they tell us things we don’t want to hear. The world wakes up to how vulnerable it’s made itself to communist China. And leading figures on the left get cancelled for signing a letter calling for the end of cancel culture. Support this channel. https://patreon.com/mallenbaker   Mallen interviewed on The Amish Inquis...

The Surge in the South | The Mallen Baker Show 04.07.2020

In this round-up of the week, the surge in the south puts the coronavirus back on the US agenda. A backlash grows against Black Lives Matter the organisation, and Facebook refuses to censor political speech while censoring political speech. Support this podcast on Patreon: https://patreon.com/mallenbaker The Mallen Baker Show is aimed at all people who see themselves as change makers, with comment...

Anti-slavery is CANCELLED | The Mallen Baker Show 27.06.2020

In this round-up of the week, anti-racism campaigners choose increasingly bizarre targets, battles are won against cancel-culture but mostly the war is being lost, and France’s citizens assembly on climate change comes up with its list of demands.  Support this channel! https://patreon.com/mallenbaker   The Mallen Baker Show is aimed at all people who see themselves as change makers, with commenta...

The Crisis of Confidence | The Mallen Baker Show 20.06.2020

In this round-up of the week, we begin to reap what we sowed over the last month as trust in institutions goes through the floor. And people begin to kick back against the narrative that everything is awful and everyone is racist. Please support this content at https://patreon.com/mallenbaker   Additional Reading / References Douglas Murray Daily Mail piece https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

EVERYONE is Cancelled | The Mallen Baker Show 13.06.2020

In this round-up of the week, campaigners aim to cancel the police for brutality. Others want to cancel long-dead people for slavery. Mostly they end up cancelling each other for having wrong opinions. Let's discuss.  A star-spangled cast, with the likes of Winston Churchill, Gandhi and Gladstone rubbing shoulder to shoulder with JK Rowling, Nigel Farage, and more.  Join the lovely people who supp...

Why America is REALLY divided and on fire | The Mallen Baker Show 06.06.2020

In this round-up of the week, America sees a week of protests and riots and police brutality and political manoeuvring and almost no social distancing. The result of the terrible events that led to the death of George Floyd.  What's the unfortunate truth why the protests are possibly going to result in the opposite to what they want? What are President Trump and Joe Biden doing to try to ensure ev...

Media frenzy FAILS to bring down Dominic Cummings 30.05.2020

In this round-up of the week, the media tries to take down Brexit architect Dominic Cummings, President Trump declares war on social media companies, and YouTube removes another video for contradicting the covid-19 approved line. References Spiked article on Dominic Cummings’ press event https://www.spiked-online.com/2020/05/26/how-the-media-lost-the-plot/ Toby Young’s deleted video https://www.bi...

FEAR of ending lockdown | The Mallen Baker Show 23.05.2020

In this round-up of the week, the second wave of infections is notable by its absence, the WHO comes under attack, furious debates break out over how quickly to get back to normal and we see disturbing signs of the silencing of voices critical of then virus lockdown.  The Mallen Baker Show is aimed at all people who see themselves as change makers, with commentary on issues and change movements wi...

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