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65: 'Labour has forgotten working-class Leavers' 15.12.2017 36:42

On this week’s spiked podcast: Paul Embery on the new threats to Brexit, Nathalie Rothschild on anti-Semitism in Sweden, and Emily Yoffe on why the #MeToo movement has gone too far. spiked-online.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

64: ‘The battle for Brexit is still on’ 09.12.2017 31:41

On this week’s spiked podcast, Bruno Waterfield discusses the Tory/Brussels showdown, Sean Collins laments the Russia panic gripping America’s political class, and Naomi Firsht says Stop Funding Hate has declared a snooty war on press freedom. spiked-online.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

63: 'This Meghan-mania is just incredibly grim' 01.12.2017 39:21

On this week’s spiked podcast: Tom Slater and Freddy Gray on the royal nuptials, Pauline Hadaway on Brexit and Ireland, and Mark Lilla on the problem with identity politics. spiked-online.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

62: 'Calling a woman a "terf" is just a new way of calling her a "witch"' 24.11.2017 42:53

On this week’s spiked podcast: Brendan O’Neill on the problem with labelling women ‘terfs’, Rob Lyons on Hammond’s safety-first budget, and Nico Perrino on the problem of campus censorship in the US. spiked-online.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

61: Julia Hartley-Brewer: 'We're all bored of this Pestminster witch-hunt' 18.11.2017 40:49

On this week's spiked podcast: Julia Hartley-Brewer on the 'Pestminster' scandal, Jon Holbrook on the democratic potential of Brexit, and Claire Fox on the problem with sanctifying transgenderism. spiked-online.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

60: Thomas Frank: 'Trump proves that anything is possible' 11.11.2017 29:17

On this week’s spiked podcast, Tom Slater talks to Thomas Frank about Trump, Hillary and the moral disarray of the Democratic Party. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

59: 'We’re beginning to find sex disgusting' 03.11.2017 33:27

This week’s spiked podcast is a #MeToo special. To get to grips with this moral panic, Joanna Williams and Luke Gittos discuss the sex-pest scandal gripping Westminster, and Lionel Shriver talks flirting, sex and prudes. spiked-online.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

58: 'Free speech is crucial in the battle of ideas' 27.10.2017 36:13

This week’s spiked podcast is a Battle of Ideas special. To give you a flavour of the discussions at this year’s festival, held this weekend at the Barbican in London and organised by the Institute of Ideas, Claire Fox discusses the age of echo chambers, Andrew Doyle talks satire and oversensitivity, and Nick Gillespie explains what’s really going on in the Rust Belt. Get your tickets to the Battl...

57: 'This is becoming a sexual Salem' 20.10.2017 39:46

On this week’s spiked podcast: Brendan O’Neill on the Harvey Weinstein hysteria, Luke Gittos on why ISIS’s White Widow deserved to die, and Ceri Dingle on WORLDwrite’s new documentary, 1917: Why the Russian Revolution Matters. spiked-online.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

56: Munira Mirza: 'I've been called a race denier' 13.10.2017 21:23

On this week's spiked podcast: Munira Mirza discusses the government's race audit and why we need a more open debate about inequality. spiked-online.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

55: ‘The Catalan crisis confirms the EU is tearing nations apart’ 07.10.2017 34:18

On this week’s spiked podcast: Brendan O’Neill on the Europe-wide attack on democracy, Kevin Yuill on why banning guns wouldn’t have prevented the Las Vegas shooting, and Adrian Hart on the truth behind the hate-crime panic in schools. spiked-online.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices