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90: The mourning wars 07.12.2018 29:44

The team discuss George HW Bush, Emmanuel Macron and PETA. Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

89: Project Fear, the sequel 30.11.2018 30:39

The team discuss the Brexit panic, Macron's France and trans misogyny. Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

88: The dangers of hate-crime hysteria 23.11.2018 32:32

Hate crime, Melania Trump and words of the year. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss. Support the spiked podcast: www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

87: Brexit: what is to be done? 17.11.2018 27:29

Kate Hoey, Daniel Hannan and Brendan O’Neill discuss May’s Brexit betrayal, on a special edition of the spiked podcast. Support spiked’s fight for Brexit here: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

86: Why Trump limps on 09.11.2018 31:02

The Midterms, the Grenfell effigy and Apu -- Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss. Support the spiked podcast here: www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

85: Trump, terror and hypocrisy 02.11.2018 29:19

Trump’s rhetoric, blasphemy law and jokes about vegans -- Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss. Support the spiked podcast here: www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

84: We need to talk about grooming gangs 26.10.2018 29:50

Grooming gangs, blasphemy laws and swearing bans -- Tom Slater, Ella Whelan, Fraser Myers and Jacob Mchangama discuss. Support the spiked podcast here: www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

83: The Tory betrayal of Brexit 19.10.2018 34:22

Will we ever leave the EU? Has Saudi Arabia crossed a line? Is Elizabeth Warren really Native American? Tom Slater, Tim Black and Fraser Myers discuss. Support the spiked podcast here: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

82: Nazi pugs, gay cakes and Bob Geldof 12.10.2018 29:33

Should the state police offensive jokes? Can Christian bakers refuse to bake a ‘gay cake’? Will Brexit silence British music? Tom Slater, Andrew Doyle and Fraser Myers discuss. Watch The Curious Case of the Nazi Pug here: https://www.spiked-online.com/video/the-curious-case-of-the-nazi-pug/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

81: Tories in turmoil 05.10.2018 31:18

The death of the Conservatives, Brett Kavanaugh’s #MeToo showtrial and the students who swapped clapping for jazz hands. Joanna Williams, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss. Support the spiked podcast here: www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

80: Labour vs the people 28.09.2018 28:56

Has Labour betrayed the working class? Does identity politics undermine democracy? Has trans censorship gone too far? Brendan O’Neill, Tom Slater, Fraser Myers, and special guest Sheri Berman, discuss. Support the spiked podcast here: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

79: How #MeToo became a political weapon 21.09.2018 33:26

Will #MeToo bring down Brett Kavanaugh? Are the Democratic Socialists of America overhyped? What is the point of the Lib Dems? Brendan O’Neill, Tom Slater, Fraser Myers and special guest Michael Tracey discuss. Support the podcast here: www.spiked-online.com/newsite/about/326/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

78: Westminster's war on the web 14.09.2018 30:58

Should we have free speech on Facebook? What’s tearing apart the Tories? Is Serena a victim of sexism? Ella Whelan, Luke Gittos and Fraser Myers discuss. Support the podcast here: www.spiked-online.com/newsite/about/326/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

77: The stupidity of banning Bannon 07.09.2018 30:20

Is Steve Bannon a fascist? Why is Labour blind to anti-Semitism? Is Nike woke now? Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss. Support the podcast here: www.spiked-online.com/newsite/about/326/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

76: Sell out Brexit? No deal 31.08.2018 35:19

Is No Deal Brexit’s last hope? Is #MeToo eating itself? Has campus politics gone mainstream? Ella Whelan, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss. Support the podcast here: http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/about/326/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

75: Bret Stephens: 'Trump isn't un-PC. He's just an asshole' 07.05.2018 27:31

On the latest spiked podcast, we talk to Bret Stephens, the New York Times columnist, about Trump, PC and the illiberalism of left and right. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

74: Katie Roiphe: ‘I was called human scum just for criticising #MeToo’ 20.04.2018 25:55

Katie Roiphe talks to Tom Slater about the ‘weird energy’ and censorious rage of Twitter-feminism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

73: 'To defend democracy, we must defend the nation state' 30.03.2018 27:58

Tom Slater and Michael Brendan Dougherty discuss the populist revolt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

72: Last Orders: The war on cheap booze 16.03.2018 41:53

In the latest episode of Last Orders, our podcast on all things nanny state, Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater are joined by spiked editor Brendan O'Neill to discuss minimum pricing, calorie caps and whether watching Love Island is bad for your health. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

71: Beware the oligarchs 16.02.2018 35:54

On this week’s spiked podcast: Frank Furedi on Brexit, anti-Semitism and George Soros, Emily Hill on her new book, Bad Romance, and an extract from the spiked review’s interview with Joan C Williams. spiked-online.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

70: ‘They celebrate the vote but they wish we didn’t have it’ 09.02.2018 40:19

On this week’s spiked podcast: Brendan O’Neill discusses the centenary of the Representation of the People Act, Linda Bellos talks about university censorship and the trans issue, and Wendy Kaminer says #MeToo is failing feminists. spiked-online.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

69: 'We have to stand up for Afrin and the Kurds' 26.01.2018 32:44

On this week’s spiked podcast: Macer Gifford on Afrin and the Kurdish struggle, Sean Collins on a year of Trump, and Andy Shaw and Andrew Doyle on their new free-speech comedy club. spiked-online.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

68: 'When we instantly believe women, we invite them to lie' 20.01.2018 39:01

On this week’s spiked podcast: Brendan O’Neill on why we must stop the sex panic, Phil Mullan on why Carillion’s collapse is about more than greed, and Claire Fox on why trans women aren’t women. spiked-online.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

67: 'The left has betrayed Iran' 13.01.2018 39:07

On this week’s spiked podcast: Maryam Namazie on the protests in Iran, Tom Slater on the truth behind Michael Wolff’s Fire and Fury, and Christina Hoff Sommers on what’s wrong with feminism. Donate to spiked: http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/about/326/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

66: ‘I’ve seen the best and the worst in humankind’ 22.12.2017 37:31

On spiked's Christmas podcast: Kurdish fighter Macer Gifford on the war in Syria and Iraq, Dame Ann Leslie on the year feminists went soft, and Labour MP Kate Hoey on why Brexit is still brilliant. spiked-online.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices