UnHerd with Freddie Sayers

UnHerd’s Freddie Sayers sits down with John Mearsheimer to discuss the Israel-Palestine conflict, the aftermath of the 7th October attack, and the state of the Ukraine-Russia war. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

UnHerd's Freddie Sayers meets Andy Cook, chief executive of the Centre for Social Justice think tank, to discuss their new report on the real-world consequences of lockdowns. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

UnHerd's Flo Read meets Tim Schwab to discuss Bill Gates and the myth of the good billionaire. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

UnHerd's Freddie Sayers sits down with former New Atheist Ayaan Hirsi Ali to discuss why she now considers herself to be Christian. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

UnHerd's Freddie Sayers meets pollster Joe Bedell to discuss the 2024 US election, Trump, and RFK Jr. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

UnHerd's Flo Read meets Nick Bostrom. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

UnHerd's Freddie Sayers sits down with professional troublemaker James Lindsay and Novara Media's Aaron Bastani to discuss the modern and historical relationship between the political Left and support of Palestine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

UnHerd’s Freddie Sayers meets Tzipi Hotovely, Israeli Ambassador to the United Kingdom. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Former Supreme Court judge, and celebrated historian of The Hundred Years War, Jonathan Sumption joins UnHerd’s Freddie Sayers to discuss continental entanglements past and present, and the disrupted civil and international order we face today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Since its closure was announced last July, Gids — the Gender Identity Development Service at the world-renowned Tavistock and Portman Trust — has become synonymous with mismanagement and medical scandal. It was supposed to be a haven for young people experiencing gender-related distress. Instead, following a string of complaints by whistle-blowers, an “inadequate” rating by the Care Quality Commis...

Whatever happened to universalism? Academic and author of The Identity Trap, Yascha Mounk, explores how a relatively obscure and marginal set of ideas about identity have come to dominate our social, cultural and political life – and makes the case for universal, humanist values. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Professor Tim Spector was one of the “winners” of the Covid era: his ZOE symptom tracker app accrued millions of users during the pandemic Now he has pivoted back to his true passion, gut health, and taken many of his followers with him. Endorsed by celebrities such as Davina McCall and Carrie Johnson, the new version of the ZOE app promises a personalised nutrition plan and comes with a glucose b...

UnHerd's Freddie Sayers sits down with philosopher John Gray at the UnHerd Club. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

UnHerd's Freddie Sayers sits down with former Greek Minister of Finance Yanis Varoufakis. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

UnHerd's Freddie Sayers meets Matthew Crawford in San Francisco. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

UnHerd's Freddie Sayers sits down with journalist and author Michael Wolff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Patrick Brown tells Freddie Sayers why he designed his research to sound catastrophic. Read the post here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

UnHerd’s Freddie Sayers sits down with Mary Harrington to discuss the Russell Brand investigation and accusations. Read the Post here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

UnHerd's Florence Read sits down with Gad Saad to talk about why the Western world is so depressed. How can we be happy? This question has preoccupied thinkers from Aristotle to the present day, in various disciplines encompassing philosophy, science and religion. In his latest  book ,  The Saad Truth about Happiness , the Canadian evolutionary behavioural scientist Dr. Gad Saad takes on...

Freddie Sayers sits down with Wolfgang Münchau , former co-editor of  FT Deutschland , and founder and co-director of the Eurointelligence blog, to talk about Germany, the new sick man of Europe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

At the end of every week, Tony Blair receives his “box” to review over the weekend. It is no longer the tatty, old red briefcase of a Prime Minister, but a virtual one accessible from his laptop wherever he is in the world. Yet, the process remains much the same as when he was in Downing Street. Those who work for him must submit their papers before the box is closed for the weekend. Blair will th...

UnHerd's Freddie Sayers meets Countess Alexandra Tolstoy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

US President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin are ready to do a deal, according to the historian, military strategist and advisor to the US government  Edward Luttwak . The comments were made in a discussion this week with  UnHerd ’s Freddie Sayers, during which Luttwak argued that “a shift in the overall situation” has resulted in both leaders being more willing to n...

Joining  UnHerd  to talk about why so few voices in public life and the media have spoken out against the shipment of cluster bombs, and about the recession of anti-war sentiment more widely, is the academic and writer Ashok Swain. A professor of peace and conflict research at Uppsala University in Sweden, he is one of the world’s leading experts on conflict resolution. His nation of res...

At its peak, the Roman Empire was perhaps the greatest civilisation in history. But like so many cultures before and after it, it declined and finally ended. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.