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Welcome to The Sceptic, the Daily Sceptic’s weekly podcast. Host Laurie Wastell interviews the authors of some of the website’s most talked about recent pieces. Please subscribe, and remember: question everything; stay sane; live free. Produced by Richard Eldred.
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Aug 8, 2025 • 28min
The Lunacy of Green Finance | James Graham
Pension funds are supposed to invest your money wisely so they can provide a return when you retire. So why are so many of them obsessed with controversial political causes like Net Zero?
In this special episode of the Sceptic, James Graham, Senior Researcher on Financial Freedoms at the Prosperity Institute, exposes the scourge of Environmental and Social Governance, why your pension fund is costing you money by funding Net Zero, his confrontation with green fanatic fund managers and the ongoing dangers of debanking.
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Produced by Richard Eldred. Filmed at the Westminster Podcast Studio.

Aug 1, 2025 • 1h 6min
The UK’s Empire of Censorship | Preston Byrne The Sceptic Ep.46
US free-speech activist Preston Byrne on Ofcom’s ill-fated imperialism, J. Sorel on one year of two-tier Keir and Chris Morrison on phoney green jobs.
In Episode 46 of the Sceptic, host Laurie Wastell speaks to the following guests:
Preston Byrne, lawyer and transatlantic free speech activist, on the UK Government’s global censorship empire and why Britain should have a First Amendment.
J. Sorel, writer and historian, on the legacy of Southport, whether Britain is heading for civil war and his assessment of one year of two-tier Keir.
And for our premium subscribers, Laurie speaks to Chris Morrison, the Daily Sceptic’s Environment Editor, on phoney green jobs and the neverending fibs of the Met Office.
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Jul 25, 2025 • 55min
Another Summer of Unrest? | Jack Hadfield The Sceptic Ep.45
Independent journalist Jack Hadfield on the anti-asylum protests, Alan Miller on the tyranny of digital ID, and James Graham on why your pension is funding Net Zero.
In Episode 45 of the Sceptic, host Laurie Wastell speaks to the following guests:
Independent journalist Jack Hadfield on what he’s seen while reporting live from the protests against asylum hotels – first in Epping, now in Canary Wharf – and whether they’re about to spread across the country.
Alan Miller, co-founder of the Together Declaration, on why we must oppose the technocratic tyranny of digital ID.
And for our premium subscribers, Laurie speaks to James Graham, Senior Researcher on Financial Freedoms at the Prosperity Institute, on the scourge of ESG, and why your pension fund is funding Net Zero.
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Jul 18, 2025 • 50min
Muslim Officials are Influencing Migration Policy | The Sceptic Ep.44
Solicitor Michael Phillips on the Muslims influencing migration policy, the Prosperity Institute’s Amar Johal on legislative reform and Ben Pile on the UN’s green censorship.
In Episode 44 of the Sceptic, host Laurie Wastell speaks to the following guests:
Michael Phillips, solicitor advocate who works with Christian Concern, about a Christian woman pressured to convert to Islam who was denied asylum by a Muslim Home Office official.
Amar Johal, former government lawyer and Director of Legislative Affairs at the Prosperity Institute, on the revolution needed in the UK constitution to put the interests of the British people first.
And for our premium subscribers, Laurie speaks to Ben Pile, journalist and Daily Sceptic regular, on how as the global tide turns against the climate alarmist agenda, desperate green zealots at the UN are trying to ramp up the censorship.
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Jul 11, 2025 • 47min
The Last Men – Dr Charles Cornish-Dale / Raw Egg Nationalist
Dr Charles Cornish-Dale, also known as Raw Egg Nationalist, is an anthropologist, political commentator and men’s health writer and whose work has appeared in publications including the American Mind and the Spectator. He’s also the author of several books, the most recent of which is The Last Men: Liberalism and the Death of Masculinity which is out later this summer.
In this special episode of the Sceptic, host Laurie Wastell and Charles discuss The Last Men, why testosterone has been declining and why declining sperm counts could mean the end of humanity, how the modern world is making us sick, why we’re having so few babies, why chemicals in the water really are turning the frogs gay – and people transgender – and how the material and spiritual elements of these modern problems overlap.
In the premium section Charles explains how we can stay healthy in spite of modern chemicals, why mass immigration isn’t a good solution to declining birthrates, how the Right is becoming more radical and why the English are an ethnic group.
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The Last Men: Liberalism and the Death of Masculinity is out later this summer, and his other books, including the Raw Egg Nationalism Cookbook and The Eggs Benedict Option, can be found on Amazon here.
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Jul 4, 2025 • 1h 8min
Labour’s Welfare Farce | The Sceptic Ep.43 – William Yarwood
William Yarwood on Labour’s welfare farce, Niall Gooch on Catholicism vs the Lib Dems and Dr Tilak Doshi on Trump’s crusade against politicised science.
In Episode 43 of the Sceptic, host Laurie Wastell speaks to the following guests:
William Yarwood, Campaigns Manager at the Taxpayer's Alliance, on Labour's welfare farce and what it means for the deficit.
Niall Gooch, writer and public servant, on the Catholic Lib Dem MP denied holy communion for voting in favour of assisted suicide, the Christian revival and English ethnicity.
And for our premium subscribers, Laurie speaks to Dr Tilak Doshi, the Daily Sceptic's Energy Editor, on Trump's fightback against politicised climate science and the rise and rise of King Coal.
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Jun 27, 2025 • 1h 4min
Parliament’s Week of Death | The Sceptic Ep.42 – Fleur Meston
Fleur Meston on 9-month abortion and assisted suicide, Dr Alka Seghal Cuthbert on the tyranny of the Equality Act and Andrew Gilligan on ‘Islamophobia’ and the rape gangs inquiry.
In Episode 42 of the Sceptic, host Laurie Wastell speaks to the following guests:
Fleur Meston, writer and campaigner, on Parliament’s decriminalisation of abortion up to nine months and the legalisation of assisted suicide.
Dr Alka Seghal Cuthbert, Director of Don't Divide Us, on the tyranny of the Equality Act and why it needs to be repealed.
And for our premium subscribers, Laurie speaks to Andrew Gilligan, senior fellow at Policy Exchange, on how Angela Rayner's plans for an Islamophobia definition threaten to stifle the national rape gangs inquiry.
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Jun 20, 2025 • 1h 17min
Why the UK Riots | The Sceptic Ep.41 – Tom Jones
David Shipley on the rape gangs inquiry, Tom Jones on the meaning of the Ballymena riots and Ben Pile on the mad alarmism around dimming the sun.
In Episode 41 of the Sceptic, host Laurie Wastell speaks to the following guests:
David Shipley, writer on prisons, crime and justice, on Baroness Casey's bombshell grooming gangs rapid audit and plus the Muslim lobby in the Home Office.
Tom Jones, writer and Conservative councillor, on what the Ballymena riots in Northern Ireland say about the fractious state of multicultural Britain.
And for our premium subscribers, Laurie speaks to journalist and Daily Sceptic regular Ben Pile, on the alarmism around dimming the sun, the mad crusade for solar panels in Britain and why the public has stopped buying the green fanatics’ narrative.
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Jun 13, 2025 • 1h 10min
Will Britain Become ‘Majority-Minority’? | The Sceptic Ep.40 Rob Bates
Rob Bates on how to stop Britain becoming majority-minority, Tilak Doshi on Trump vs the Green Blob and Mario Trabucco on George Osborne’s Elgin Marbles betrayal.
In Episode 40 of the Sceptic, host Laurie Wastell speaks to the following guests:
Rob Bates, founder and Research Director of the Centre for Migration Control, on the alarming projections that the white British are on course to be a minority in Britain within 40 years – and what can be done about it.
Dr Tilak Doshi, the Daily Sceptic’s Energy Editor, on Trump’s war on America's Green Blob, Keir Starmer’s surrender to EU carbon rules and Ed Miliband's Net Zero disinformation.
And for our premium subscribers, Laurie speaks to Dr Mario Trabucco della Toretta, classical archaeologist and historian, on the reports that George Osborne, Director of the British Museum, is set to surrender the Elgin Marbles to Greece – and why that would be a colossal mistake.
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Jun 6, 2025 • 1h 4min
Multiculturalism vs Free Speech | The Sceptic Ep.39 Michael Reiners
Michael Reiners on multiculturalism vs free speech, Charlotte Gill on Commie Academy and more and Tim Samuels on ‘White Men Can’t Work’.
In Episode 39 of the Sceptic, host Laurie Wastell speaks to the following guests:
Michael Reiners, barrister and writer, on Britain's new blasphemy law, and how multiculturalism is closely linked with our free speech woes.
Charlotte Gill, Daily Sceptic columnist and author of the Woke Waste substack, who exposes Sadiq Khan's connections with LBC, whether BBC Question Time has audience plants and who really funds Full Fact.
And for our premium subscribers, Laurie speaks to Tim Samuels, broadcaster and documentary filmmaker, on his hit new documentary about the damage caused by DEI initiatives – White Men Can’t Work.
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