Stephen Knight, from The Godless Spellchecker, discusses audience capture, culture wars, human psychology, crime, taboo topics like child abuse and pedophilia, navigating expectations on a show, podcast theatrics, rationality, meat consumption, religion, and cultural influence in an engaging and thought-provoking conversation.

Stephen Knight, a panelist at The Battle of Ideas, delves into the layered nature of antisemitism, media bias towards Jewish issues, factors influencing discourse on the Israeli Gaza conflict, the link between identity politics and anti-Semitism, and the complexities of Islamism as a political and religious movement.

Stephen Knight and Iram Ramzan discuss the controversies surrounding Renaissance art in French schools, the UK's diplomatic dispute with Greece over Parthenon marbles, American college presidents and free speech, the Italian carbonara row, Owen Jones' review of October 7th massacre footage, and the debate on whether Die Hard is a Christmas movie.