The Godless Spellchecker Podcast

This week on The Knight Tube, Stephen Knight @GSpellchecker) welcomes author Lucy Brown. Lucy will be talking about her new book 'Hate Club' which chronicles here turbulent experience working with Tommy Robinson 0:00 Intro 1:29 Cultural shift 3:06 Have your politics changed? 5:31 A failure of the left and the right to understand each other. 8:08 Meeting Tommy Robinson and the decision to write the...

This week on Taking The Myth , Stephen Knight (@GSpellchecker) and Iram Ramzan (@Iram_Ramzan) discuss all the big topics. 0:00 Intro 0:29 Iram's travels to Israel 6:08 Iram's reporting on the Druze 13:13 The assignation of American conservative Charlie Kirk 25:15 The Jimmy Kimmel suspension 28:24 What do we know about Tyler Robinson? 31:18 Islamic knife attacker spared jail. 41:39 Tommy Robinson's...

This week on The Knight Tube, Stephen Knight (@GSpellchecker) welcomes author Harry Saul Markham to talk about his new book 'The Melted Pot: Diversity, Antisemitism, and the Limits of Tolerance' 0:00 Intro 1:24 Why write about these issues? 2:56 Having the book cancelled by the publisher 5:30 Getting endorsed by Stephen Fry 7:20 What do we mean by 'Islamism'? 10:31 Changing your Jewish surname and...

This week on The Knight Tube, Stephen Knight (@GSpellchecker) welcomes the return of author, comedian and political commentator Andrew Doyle (@AndrewDoyle_com). They discuss Andrew's new book 'The End of Woke' and much, much more! 0:00 Intro 0:41 Why write 'The End of Woke'? 8:53 The latest Andrew Lawrence controversy about Liverpool 19:09 Has comedy and satire failed us in the 'woke era'? 22:46 W...

T his week on The Knight Tube, Stephen Knight (@GSpellchecker) welcomes the return of author, philosopher and host of the 'Making Sense' podcast, Sam Harris. 0:00 Intro 0:55 Podcasting, the digital landscape, misinformation and value of expertise. 6:00 Douglas Murray V Dave Smith on Joe Rogan, and expertise V an 'Appeal to authority'. 16:19 RFK Jr and the resurgence of the anti-vax movement. 20:24...

This week on Taking The Myth , Stephen Knight (@GSpellchecker) and Iram Ramzan (@Iram_Ramzan) discuss all the big topics. 0:00 Intro 0:24 Iram's plans to visit Japan 2:11 Iram's appearance on an 'The Equiano Project' Panel. 6:12 Douglas Murray's appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience and the value of 'experts' in the digital era. 14:23 The UK Supreme Court ruling on the definition of 'woman'. 24:2...

This week on Taking The Myth , Stephen Knight (@GSpellchecker) and Iram Ramzan (@Iram_Ramzan) discuss all the big topics. 0:00 Intro 0:34 Iram leaves The Daily Mail and launched a Substack 3:38 Tribalism v consistent principles and Donald Trump 6:05 Reform UK civil war and race row 9:14 Waitrose employee suspended and investigated for social media posts 15:53 The rise of trans influencer Dylan Mul...

This week on The Knight Tube, Stephen Knight (@GSpellchecker) welcomed the return of Journalist and author Julie Bindel. They discuss the renewed interest in the UK grooming gang scandal. 0:00 Intro 0:19 Trans activists crashing my panel at The Battle of Ideas and Julie confronting them. 03:36 Why is there such determination to stop women simply speaking about gender ideology? 07:29 Mark Zuckerber...

Stephen Knight provides analysis and commentary of Donald Trump's 'gender ideology' executive order. The video version is available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ans4aa6Et3A Get Stephen's newsletter on Substack: www.sknight.substack.com    

This week on Taking The Myth , Stephen Knight (@GSpellchecker) and Iram Ramzan of sedaa.org (@Iram_Ramzan) discuss all the big topics. 0:00 Intro 0:22 Iram and Stephen debrief their appearance at the Battle of Ideas in Westminster. 7:08 Donald Trump wins the election, the leftist response and the cult of MAGA. 13:00 The car attack at a Christmas market in Germany. What do we know about the suspect...

  Listen to the full panel 'Gender Wars: No End in Sight?' recorded at the Battle of Ideas on Saturday the 19 th October. Chair: Claire Fox, director, Academy of Ideas. Panelists: Jo Phoenix, professor of Criminology. Simon Calvert, deputy director, The Christian Institute Fiona McAnena, director of campaigns, Sex Matters Bev Jackon, co-founder and trustee, LGB Alliance Stephen Knight, Reporter an...

  Listen to Stephen Knight's opening arguments from The Battle Of Ideas panel Gender wars: no end in sight? , live from Westminster, London.  

This week on Taking The Myth , Stephen Knight (@GSpellchecker) and Iram Ramzan of sedaa.org (@Iram_Ramzan) discuss all the big topics. 0:00 Intro 1:49 Stephen and Iram will be doing a live podcast at October's Battle Of Ideas in London 5:51 A year on from the 7 th of October terror attacks in Israel and war in the middle-east. 25:10 Police officers fired for Bianca Williams stop and search win app...

This week on The Knight Tube, Stephen Knight (@GSpellchecker) speaks to Sall Grover. Sall is a businesswoman currently embroiled in a legal row for trying to create a single sex social App called 'Giggle' 0:00 Intro 0:59 About Sall and what happened with her App. 5:22 At what point in time did it become controversial to say that "men aren't women"? 7:23 What does it mean to be "peaked"? 9:23 Why s...

This week on Taking The Myth , Stephen Knight (@GSpellchecker) and Iram Ramzan of sedaa.org (@Iram_Ramzan) discuss all the big topics. 0:00 Intro 0:19 Obligatory instance of British people moaning about weather. 2:57 Euros 2024 4:30 General Election: Thoughts on a Labour victory and what The Conservatives got wrong. 11:26 The attempted assassination of Donald Trump 15:26 The mental decline of Pres...

This week on The Knight Tube , Stephen Knight (@GSpellchecker) Journalist and Author Andrew Gold (@AndrewGold_OK) returns to talk about hid fascinating new book 'The Psychology of Secrets: My Adventures with Murderers, Cults and Influencers'. You can watch the video version at www.youtube.com/gspellchecker 0:00 Intro 0:08 Air conditioning and summer heat 1:24 Andrew's YouTube success and avoiding...

This week on Taking The Myth , Stephen Knight (@GSpellchecker) and Iram Ramzan of sedaa.org (@Iram_Ramzan) discuss all the big topics. 0:00 Intro 0:21 Where the hell have we been?! 1:19 Iram's trip to Tel Aviv 16:13 Social media 20:44 Palestinian student has UK student visa revoked for comments about October 7 th terror attacks and the topic of Palestinian refugees. 36:37 New proposals for single...

In November 2023 Stephen Knight spoke on the Panel  'In the Wake of Terror: Antisemitism today ' at The Battle of Ideas. Here are his opening arguments and some highlights from the panel. You can watch the full debate on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/uvrilBoPRQk?si=qacsvKWBbGnVfsVL  

This week on The Knight Tube , Stephen Knight (@GSpellchecker) speaks to musician Louise Distras (@LouiseDistras) 0:00 Intro 0:37 About Louise 1:00 On the perception of 'cancel culture' and a bad childhood. 6:13 Policing the language women are allowed to use in this debate 7:13 The political climate in the music industry. 11:20 What first got you in to trouble on the gender debate? 13:28 Being ban...

  This week on The Knight Tube, Stephen Knight (@GSpellchecker) speaks to motivational speaker and transgender activist Buck Angel (@BuckAngel).  Watch the video version at www.youtube.com/gspellchecker 0:00 Intro 1:29 About Buck Angel 4:42 Is trans activism hurting the cause for trans people? 6:31 Is there a disproportionate focus on male to female trans people? 8:43 What is it like to experience...

This week on Taking The Myth , Stephen Knight (@GSpellchecker) and Iram Ramzan of sedaa.org (@Iram_Ramzan) discuss all the big topics. 0:00 Intro 1:22 France 5:14 French school 'row' over renaissance art and Muslim pupils 18:20 The UK's diplomatic spat with Greece over Parthenon marbles. 25:10 Stephen speaking at The Battle Of Ideas in Buxton 28:38 The march against antisemitism in London and the...

This week on The Knight Tube, Stephen Knight (@GSpellchecker) speaks to Author Dr Rakib Ehsan (@rakibEhsan) about his book 'Beyond Grievance: What The Left Gets Wrong About Ethnic Minorities'. Watch the video version at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xE9CIlh4AQg 0:00 Intro 0:10 About Rakib Ehsan 1:49 Why talk about 'race' given how controversial it is? 3:04 Does it matter what publications you wr...

This week on The Knight Tube , Stephen Knight (@GSpellchecker) speaks to Author, Journalist and editor of The Jewish Chronicle, Jake Wallis Simons about his book 'Israelophobia'. Watch the video version at www.youtube.com/gspellchecker 0:00 Intro 0:32 About Jake 2:03 Why the title of 'Israelophobia' for Jake's book? 3:49 Disagreement with David Baddiel 8:18 Israel and the power dynamic 9:40 The le...

This week on The Knight Tube, Stephen Knight (@Gspellchecker) welcomes the return of counter-extremist Liam Duffy. Liam has recently released a report chronicling the problem of violence in response to perceived 'blasphemy' in the west. They will discuss the high profile cases and the effect this has had on freedom of expression in the West. Watch the video version: www.youtube.com/gspellchecker  ...