The spiked podcast

The spiked podcast

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spiked is the magazine that wants to make history as well as report it. Subscribe to The spiked podcast for our weekly round-up of politics and culture.

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Latest episode

Jul 10, 2026

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Episodes

78: Cummings Derangement Syndrome 29.05.2020

Our mad media, the EU’s corona crisis, and Joe ‘you ain’t black’ Biden. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan, Fraser Myers, and special guest Ashoka Mody, discuss. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

77: The care-homes scandal that shames the nation 22.05.2020

Care homes, grooming gangs and police overreach. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan, Fraser Myers and Rakib Ehsan discuss.  Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

76: Lockdown UK: still no end in sight 15.05.2020

Boris moving the goalposts, the Electoral Commission vs democracy, and Silicon Valley censorship. Tom, Ella, Fraser, and special guest Darren Grimes, discuss. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

75: Neil Ferguson’s staggering hypocrisy 08.05.2020

The government scientist who broke the lockdown, the allegations against Joe Biden, and campus censorship. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan, Fraser Myers and Sean Collins discuss. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/podcast/the-spiked-podcast/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

74: Why the media have had such a bad war 01.05.2020

‘Gotcha’ journalism, corona apps and trans battles. Tom, Ella, Fraser, and special guest Timandra Harkness, discuss. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

73: The Covid culture wars 24.04.2020

Identity politics, lockdown policies and celebrities in the age of coronavirus. Tom Slater, Elle Whelan, Fraser Myers and Wilfred Reilly discuss. Spare a fiver, support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

72: Why the 5G Covid conspiracy theory has gone viral 18.04.2020

Corona conspiracy theories, the economic cost of lockdown, and Labour’s latest row. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan, Fraser Myers and Phil Mullan discuss. Spare a fiver to support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

71: A PM in hospital, a nation rattled 10.04.2020

Boris Johnson in intensive care, China and coronavirus, and Keir Starmer’s Labour Party. Tom, Ella, Fraser and special guest Austin Williams discuss. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

70: Can the EU survive coronavirus? 03.04.2020

The myth of EU solidarity, Sweden’s alternative Covid-19 approach, and the rise of Britain’s corona cops. Tom, Ella, Fraser and special guest Nathalie Rothschild discuss. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

69: Britain in lockdown 27.03.2020

The team discusses civil liberties and dissent in the time of Covid-19. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

68: Putting the pandemic in perspective 20.03.2020

Brendan O’Neill, Ella Whelan, Fraser Myers and Norman Lewis on the dangerous overreaction to the Covid-19 outbreak. Spare a fiver, support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

154: Inside Italy’s coronavirus lockdown 13.03.2020

Dominic Standish calls in from Italy to discuss the Covid-19 pandemic with the team. We also talk Labour, Islamophobia and the #BeKind campaign. Support spiked -- become a £5 per month donor: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

153: Has Bernie blown it? 06.03.2020

Super Tuesday, Priti Patel and the war on womanhood -- Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss. Support spiked by becoming a £5 per month donor: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

152: Why free speech matters, with Toby Young 28.02.2020

The founder of the Free Speech Union joins Tom Slater and Fraser Myers to discuss the new threats to free speech, and what we can all do to face down censorship. Learn more about the Free Speech Union: https://freespeechunion.org/ Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

151: The ghoulish exploitation of Caroline Flack 21.02.2020

Caroline Flack, Andrew Sabisky and Dave at the BRITs. Ella Whelan, Tim Black and Fraser Myers discuss. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

150: Labour’s woke war on women 14.02.2020

Trans ideology, the Brexit negotiations and Germany’s populist revolt. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan, Fraser Myers, and special guest Bruno Waterfield, discuss.   Start a regular donation to spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

149: Why the Democrats might just get Trump re-elected 07.02.2020

Tom, Ella and Fraser discuss Iowa, impeachment, social-media censorship, and woke dinner parties. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

148: Why Brexit Day is worth celebrating 31.01.2020

Tom Slater, Ella Whelan, Fraser Myers and Inaya Folarin Iman discuss the long road to this historic day. Support spiked by becoming a regular donor: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

147: Trump, Davos and Laurence Fox 24.01.2020

Impeachment, green capitalism and wokism. Brendan O’Neill, Freddy Gray, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss. Become a regular donor: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

146: The woke Stasi 17.01.2020

Microaggression monitors, the Labour leadership race, and the latest awards show controversies. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss. Support spiked by becoming a regular donor today: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

145: Megxit and the rise of woke royalism 10.01.2020

Meghan and Harry, Iran, and the Labour leadership. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss.   Check out the spiked shop: https://shop.spreadshirt.co.uk/spiked Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

144: 2019: the year the people struck back 27.12.2019

Brendan O’Neill and Luke Gittos join Tom, Ella and Fraser to discuss a remarkable year, from Brexit and the Boris majority to Greta Thunberg and the unstoppable rise of wokeness. Support the show here: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

143: A new era 20.12.2019

Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss the fallout from last week’s historic election. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

142: A working-class revolt against Labour 13.12.2019

Will Labour ever recover from this remarkable defeat? Can the Tories really become a blue-collar party? What the hell happens now? Brendan O’Neill, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss.   Check out the spiked shop: https://shop.spreadshirt.co.uk/spiked Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

141: Another bloodstained election 06.12.2019

London Bridge, Trump’s visit, and Labour’s struggle with working-class voters. Brendan O’Neill, Tom Slater and Ella Whelan discuss. Donate to spiked this Christmas: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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