The Brendan O'Neill Show

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 to sp...

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/   Si...

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  

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: https://ww...

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

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: https://w...

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.com/s...

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 VPN: https:...

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-online.com/...

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

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/

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/   Sign...

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/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/news...

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.express...

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 up to...

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/

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: https://www...

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-our-...

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.spike...

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/

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 up to s...

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 the spi...

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/

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 suppor...

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 shop:...