UnHerd with Freddie Sayers

Following an explosive investigation into the Global Disinformation Index, viewed 8 million times on X/Twitter, UnHerd has been contacted by dozens of lawmakers and activists raising concerns about rating agencies like the GDI. In this update podcast, Freddie Sayers addresses government officials on the chilling effect of censorship and makes a case to defund the 'disinformation industry'. Hosted...

UnHerd's Flo Read meets Jonathan Haidt to discuss the dangers of modern technology for younger generations. Watch it on the UnHerd website: Listen to the podcast: https://plnk.to/unherd?to=page Since 2012, youth mental health across the West has steadily declined. Jonathan Haidt is an American social psychologist, co-author of bestseller The Coddling of the American Mind and author of the new book...

The verdicts of “ratings agencies” such as the GDI, within the complex machinery that serves online ads, are a little-understood mechanism for controlling the media conversation. In  UnHerd ’s case, the GDI verdict means that we only received between 2% and 6% of the ad revenue normally expected for an audience of our size. Meanwhile, neatly demonstrating the arbitrariness and subjectivity of...

Since October 7th, old divides between Right and Left on support for Israel were predictably resurfaced. Less expected, however, was a new civil war on the online Right. Compact founder and key figure in the so-called ‘New Right’ Sohrab Ahmari joined UnHerd’s Freddie Sayers to discuss it. UnHerd's Freddie Sayers talks to Sohrab Ahmari Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Law Professor Randall Kennedy has taught at Harvard University for 40 years and written hundreds of thousands of words on race politics and the legal system. He is a vocal defender of affirmative action, so why this week did he write an essay about the 'resentment' caused by compulsory diversity statements? He spoke to UnHerd's Freddie Sayers about DEI, meritocracy and how good intentions so often...

UnHerd's Giles Fraser chats to author and historian Michael Taylor about his new book ‘Impossible Monsters’, and what the war between rationalism and religion have to tell us about our future... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Could it be possible that the boom in therapy for young people is harming, not helping, the next generation? UnHerd's Florence Read spoke to the author of a new book 'Bad Therapy', Abigail Shrier, about mental health myths, gentle parenting and the medicalisation of American kids. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After the Great Barrington Declaration was announced in 2020, Harvard Professor Martin Kulldorff suddenly emerged into the public consciousness as a controversial figure. Despite data showing his skepticism about lockdowns and vaccine mandates were ultimate legitimate, especially in his home country of Sweden, Professor Kulldorff was fired by Harvard. Why? UnHerd's Freddie Sayers spoke to him to f...

UnHerd's Freddie Sayers meets Rob Henderson Why are the top 1% so politically correct? Rob Henderson coined the term ‘luxury beliefs’ to explain how affluent people signal high status with ‘woke’ ideas. In his new memoir ‘Troubled’, Henderson tells the story of a difficult childhood and how it opened his eyes to the hypocrisy of America’s elite. He joins UnHerd’s Freddie Sayers to discuss the conc...

Freddie Sayers was joined in Washington DC by Ruy Teixeira, Robby Soave and Emily Jashinsky to ask: who will win in 2024? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

UnHerd's Freddie Sayers was joined in the studio by Gladden Pappin to discuss why the American Right seem so enamoured with Viktor Orbán's political philosophy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

UnHerd's Freddie Sayers talks to Jonathan Sumption about the case in support of Shamima Begum. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

UnHerd's Freddie Sayers and Triggernometry's Konstantin Kisin discuss Tucker Carlson, his interview with Putin, and what's to follow... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

UnHerd's Freddie Sayers meets historian David Abulafia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

UnHerd's Freddie Sayers talks to Ioan Grillo about the ongoing issue at the border between the US and Mexico. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

UnHerd's Flo Read sits down with journalist Lee Fang to discuss his testimony to Congress on the risks of AI-powered censorship. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

UnHerd's Freddie Sayers meets with Andrew Sullivan, to discuss what he got wrong about Donald Trump Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

UnHerd's Freddie Sayers talks to Aris Roussinos, Elbridge Colby and Pippa Malmgren about the prospect of a World War Three. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

UnHerd's Florence Read sits down with Pulitzer Prize winning playwright David Mamet to talk about the demise of Hollywood, and why Trump will win in 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

UnHerd's Freddie Sayers meets Katharine Birbalsingh, 'Britain's strictest headteacher'. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

UnHerd’s Freddie Sayers meets Oleksiy Arestovych, who intends to challenge President Zelensky in Ukraine's next general election. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

UnHerd's Freddie Sayers and Tom McTague discuss the new war in the Red Sea Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

UnHerd's Freddie Sayers sits down with former CIA officer, Mike Baker to talk about Israel, Ukraine and China. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Freddie Sayers and Flo Read look back at UnHerd's best moments from 2023, featuring Nick Cave, Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Graham Linehan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

UnHerd’s Flo Read and philosopher and cognitive scientist John Vervaeke sat down at the UnHerd Club to diagnose the alienation and anxiety that pervades our contemporary culture. Is a “meaning crisis” at the root of all the other crises we face – environmental, political, spiritual? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.