The Brendan O'Neill Show

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spiked’s Brendan O’Neill discusses today’s big ideas and bad ideas with an esteemed guest.

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24: Paul Embery: the abandonment of the working class 27.10.2019 57:23

Paul Embery, trade unionist and outspoken Brexiteer, talks to Brendan O’Neill about bout Brexit, democracy and the scourge of wokeness.

23: Rod Liddle Live: the great Brexit betrayal 13.10.2019 1:08:01

Rod Liddle joins Brendan O’Neill for our first live episode to discuss the great Brexit betrayal, how wokeness reached ‘peak wank’, and equal-opportunities offending.

22: Kate Hoey: ‘People want their vote to matter’ 28.09.2019 46:19

Labour MP Kate Hoey talks to Brendan O’Neill about the political class’s refusal to deliver Brexit. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

21: David Starkey: the elite is guilty of treason 15.09.2019 59:23

Historian and broadcaster David Starkey speaks to Brendan O’Neill about the ‘lying, deceiving shits’ in the establishment.

20: Katharine Birbalsingh: education and the new racism 01.09.2019 1:06:42

Headteacher Katharine Birbalsingh joins Brendan O’Neill to discuss the failure of progressive education, the politics of racial victimhood, and the need for national identity. Get tickets for The Brendan O’Neill Show at Podcast Live: https://www.podcastlive.com/upcoming-events/politics-tickets/

19: Peter Tatchell: the triumph of gay liberation 18.08.2019 1:13:48

Veteran human-rights activist Peter Tatchell joins Brendan O’Neill to discuss 50 years of gay-rights activism, the left’s double standards on Islam, and why free speech is the most important liberty.

18: Lenore Skenazy: free-range parent 04.08.2019 1:10:11

Founder of Free Range Kids Lenore Skenazy joins Brendan O’Neill to discuss cotton-wool kids and paranoid parenting. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

17: Andrew Doyle: against wokeness 21.07.2019 1:07:37

The comedian, spiked columnist and inventor of Titania McGrath joins Brendan O’Neill to discuss the rise of wokeness and what it really means to be left-wing. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

16: Kmele Foster: race abolitionist 08.07.2019 1:03:23

Kmele Foster joins Brendan O’Neill to discuss the racism of identity politics and the myth of rising hate in Trump’s America. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

15: Bret Weinstein: professor in exile 23.06.2019 1:14:51

Bret Weinstein joins Brendan O’Neill to discuss the Evergreen debacle, the Intellectual Dark Web, and why the left still matters. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

14: Meghan Murphy: the misogyny in trans 09.06.2019 49:46

Canadian feminist Meghan Murphy joins Brendan O’Neill to discuss social media's war on women, the intolerance of trans activism and why she left the left.

13: Macer Gifford: fighting ISIS 27.05.2019 1:05:39

Currency trader turned YPG soldier Macer Gifford joins Brendan O’Neill to discuss his experiences on the frontline, the barbarism of ISIS and the future of Kurdish statehood. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

12: Martin Durkin: Brexit, class and climate change 12.05.2019 1:02:46

Filmmaker Martin Durkin joins Brendan O’Neill to discuss the new class war, Brexit, climate change and Martin’s revisionist take on Margaret Thatcher’s legacy. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

11: John R MacArthur: liberal cowardice and the populist revolt 30.04.2019 1:04:07

Harper's Magazine publisher Rick MacArthur joins Brendan O’Neill to discuss #MeToo, Salman Rushdie, populism and much more. Support the show: www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

10: Julia Hartley-Brewer: Brexit and blasphemy 14.04.2019 55:10

talkRADIO host Julia Hartley-Brewer joins Brendan O’Neill to discuss Brexit, democracy, ‘snowflakes’ and Islam. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

9: Matt Ridley: rational optimism and direct democracy 24.03.2019 1:04:33

Matt Ridley joins Brendan O’Neill to discuss rational optimism, bad science and the betrayal of Brexit. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

8: Nigel Farage: the betrayal of Brexit and what to do about it 09.03.2019 41:06

Nigel Farage joins Brendan O’Neill to discuss democracy, the political class and his new Brexit Party. Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

7: Nick Gillespie: libertarianism and its limits 23.02.2019 1:13:03

Nick Gillespie joins Brendan O’Neill to discuss the counterculture’s turn against free speech, the rise of corporate censorship and libertarianism’s democracy problem. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

6: Toby Young: public shaming and genetic determinism 27.01.2019 1:07:12

Toby Young joins Brendan O’Neill to discuss his social-media mobbing, genetics, free will and the Intellectual Dark Web. Support the podcast here: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

5: Tony Abbott: Brexit and Western civilisation 29.12.2018 52:42

Tony Abbott, former prime minister of Australia, joins Brendan O'Neill to discuss Brexit, Western civilisation, political correctness, and more.

4: Jonathan Haidt: fragility and division 20.11.2018 1:06:36

Jonathan Haidt, co-author of The Coddling of the American Mind, joins Brendan O’Neill to discuss Safe Spaces, identity politics and the Intellectual Dark Web. Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thebrendanoneillshow

3: Rod Liddle: hate crimes and victim culture 20.10.2018 1:05:09

Islamophobia, victimhood, hate crimes, left-wing anti-Semitism and more — Britain’s most controversial columnist, Rod Liddle, joins Brendan O’Neill for the second episode of The Brendan O’Neill Show. Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thebrendanoneillshow

2: Lionel Shriver: liberty and identity 23.09.2018 59:55

Identity politics, liberty, art, transgenderism and more -- novelist and cultural rebel Lionel Shriver joins Brendan O'Neill on the first episode of The Brendan O’Neill Show. Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thebrendanoneillshow

1: Introducing... The Brendan O’Neill Show 17.09.2018 2:21

spiked editor Brendan O’Neill’s new monthly podcast kicks off this Sunday with Lionel Shriver.