Welcome to the Weekly Sceptic, episode 59! This week: -The FA refuse to light up Wembley stadium in honour of Israel -A major funder backs out of the University of Pennsylvania for their ‘moral relativism’ over Hamas -A leftist Ofcom director is suspended for her views on Israel -Steve Bell is fired from the Guardian for his cartoon, which some claim is antisemitic -Kevin Spacey is cancelled from the Prince Charles Cinema, but returns to the stage at a lecture in honour of Roger Scruton, and later sings ‘Happy Birthday’ to Toby! -The Daily Wire rebrand their alternative to Disney, and create their own version of Snow White -Plus the Daily Sceptic’s top stories with Will, and Peak Woke! To advertise to our large and ever-growing audience, drop Nick or Toby a line: thedailysceptic@gmail.com          Donate to the Daily Sceptic here: https://dailysceptic.org/donate         If you think you’re the person to help create our new website, please email: thedailysceptic@gmail.com    with the subject heading ‘Website’.  Sponsored by: Life Guru AI: http://www.LifeGuruAI.com   info@LifeGuruAI.com    Thor Holt: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thorholt     WhatsApp: 07906 321593 Listen to Nick’s podcast – The Current Thing – by going here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-current-thing/id1671573905           Subscribe to Nick’s Substack here: https://nickdixon.substack.com          Help Nick keep both of his podcasts going by buying a coffee here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nickdixon  Music by Tinderella       Produced by Jason Clift

This podcast discusses the recent Hamas attacks on Israel and the unsettling responses from the Left. They critique the BBC's stance on terrorism and highlight concerning responses from Navarro Media. They analyze the authenticity of a deep fake video and discuss threats to democracy from deep fake technology. They also discuss a scandal involving Lawrence Fox and Labour's victory in a by-election. Controversial research on CO2 and rising temperatures is explored, along with self-censorship on the podcast and listener reviews.

Welcome to the Weekly Sceptic, episode 57! This week: -The mainstream media tries to shut down GB News  -Nigel Farage is the unexpected star at the Conservative Party Conference  -Suella Braverman gets in trouble for using the correct definition of ‘multiculturalism’ -Matt Hancock gets thoroughly ‘beasted’ on SAS: Who Dares Wins -MLB player Trevor Bauer is falsely accused in a shocking story from ‘Across the Pond’ -Journalist Josh Kruger is shot dead in Philadelphia, after repeatedly downplaying the city’s gun problems -Plus, of course, the Daily Sceptic’s top stories with Will, and Peak Woke! If you think you’re the person to help create our new website, please email: thedailysceptic@gmail.com  with the subject heading ‘Website’.  Thanks!  Sponsored by: Thor Holt: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thorholt  Tel: 07906 321593 To advertise on one of the fastest growing podcasts in the world, drop Nick or Toby a line: thedailysceptic@gmail.com        Donate to the Daily Sceptic here: https://dailysceptic.org/donate        Listen to Nick’s podcast – The Current Thing – by going here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-current-thing/id1671573905         Subscribe to Nick’s Substack here: https://nickdixon.substack.com        Be a true legend and buy Nick a coffee here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nickdixon        Produced by Jason Clift Music by Tinderella

Welcome to the Weekly Sceptic, episode 56! This week: -Dame Caroline Dinenage writes a bizarre series of letters attempting to get Russell Brand demonetised, and various firms pull their ads from Rumble  -The ‘real Rishi’ comes out with the PM’s policies on inheritance tax, HS2, and Net Zero  -Whitehall is exposed as somehow even more woke than we all thought  -Football Focus loses a huge number of viewers, but is it due to our changing viewing habits, or simply women?  -Deranged feminists attack Geoff Norcott for daring to suggest that male suicide is a problem  -Pop group Eternal abandon their reunion over their opposing views on the trans issue  -And, of course, Justin Trudeau gives a standing ovation to a literal Nazi  All that and the usual shenanigans in Peak Woke  If you think you’re the person to create our new website, please email thedailysceptic@gmail.com  with the subject heading ‘Website’. Thanks!  Sponsored by: Thor Holt: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thorholt      Tel: 07906 321593 To advertise on one of the fastest growing podcasts in the world, drop Nick or Toby a line: thedailysceptic@gmail.com       Donate to the Daily Sceptic here: https://dailysceptic.org/donate       Listen to Nick’s podcast – The Current Thing – by going here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-current-thing/id1671573905        Subscribe to Nick’s Substack here: https://nickdixon.substack.com       Be a true legend and buy Nick a coffee here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nickdixon       Produced by Jason Clift Music by Tinderella

Welcome to the Weekly Sceptic, episode 55! This week: -Toby and Nick dissect the Russell Brand story in forensic detail  -The BBC cancel a programme on Roisin Murphy, but promote a band that sings “kick terfs all day” -Graham Linehan’s book is praised by Jonathan Ross and Richard Ayoade -A Virginian Democrat is found to have livestreamed sex videos -Republican Lauren Boebart is kicked out of the Beetlejuice show for being fondled by her Democrat boyfriend All that and, of course, Peak Woke! Sponsored by: Thor Holt: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thorholt      Tel: 07906 321593 To advertise on one of the fastest growing podcasts in the world, drop Nick or Toby a line: thedailysceptic@gmail.com       Donate to the Daily Sceptic here: https://dailysceptic.org/donate       Listen to Nick’s podcast – The Current Thing – by going here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-current-thing/id1671573905        Subscribe to Nick’s Substack here: https://nickdixon.substack.com       Be a legend and buy Nick a coffee here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nickdixon       Produced by Jason Clift Music by Tinderella

Welcome to the Weekly Sceptic, episode 54! This week: - The alleged China spy is revealed - Marianna Spring turns out to have lied on her CV - but who can VERIFY this?  - Roisin Murphy has a chart hit despite (or because of?) being cancelled - Luis Rubiales could face prison over a kiss - Elon Musk is branded ‘evil’ for refusing to start WW3 - Tucker Carlson interviews that man who claims to have had sex (and crack) with Obama - A Democrat party official who wanted to dismantle the police radically changes her tune after being assaulted - Gavin Newsom admits he was wrong on Covid - Will Jones with the Daily Sceptic’s top stories of the week All that and, of course, Peak Woke! Sponsored by: Thor Holt: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thorholt      Tel: 07906 321593 To advertise on one of the fastest growing podcasts in the world, drop Nick or Toby a line: thedailysceptic@gmail.com       Donate to the Daily Sceptic here: https://dailysceptic.org/donate       Listen to Nick’s podcast – The Current Thing – by going here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-current-thing/id1671573905        Subscribe to Nick’s Substack here: https://nickdixon.substack.com       Be a legend and buy Nick a coffee here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nickdixon      Join the Free Speech Union by going here: https://www.freespeechunion.org/join/      Produced by Jason Clift   Music by Tinderella  

Welcome to the Weekly Sceptic, episode 53! We are officially one year in, and stronger than ever.  This week: -Roisin Murphy is cancelled for telling the truth about puberty blockers -Gilligan Keegan gets caught on a hot mic with some ‘choice language’ -Sadiq Khan and the C40 group plan our dystopian future -The Proud Boys receive brutal prison sentences  -Luis Rubiales is defended…by Woody Allen -#BanTheADL trends on X, and Elon Musk threatens to sue for $22 billion -Julia Mazur goes viral and gets ‘bullied’ by Matt Walsh -Plus James Bond becomes a centrist dad Sponsored by: Thor Holt: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thorholt     Tel: 07906 321593 And the country of Sri Lanka To advertise on one of the fastest growing podcasts in the world, drop Nick or Toby a line: thedailysceptic@gmail.com      Donate to the Daily Sceptic here: https://dailysceptic.org/donate      Listen to Nick’s podcast – The Current Thing – by going here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-current-thing/id1671573905       Subscribe to Nick’s Substack here: https://nickdixon.substack.com      Be a legend and buy Nick a coffee here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nickdixon      Produced by Jason Clift Music by Tinderella

Welcome to the Weekly Sceptic, episode 52! Since that’s a year’s worth of episodes, we thought we’d do an extra long edition (actually it wasn’t planned, it’s just such a great episode, we got carried away).  This week: -Who won the Republican presidential debates, and was Trump right to do the interview with Tucker Carlson instead? -Trump breaks the internet with his mugshot  -Nadine Dorries writes a scathing resignation letter to Rishi -Luis Rubiales continues to defend himself over ‘kiss gate’, while his mother goes on hunger strike -The BBC edit out all references to a disgraced man being a drag queen, and, in a separate story, photoshop a white hand, changing it to black  -The Department of Justice goes after Elon Musk Plus one of the most appalling yet entertaining editions of Peak Woke on record. Sponsored by: DC Alden: https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/DC-Alden/author/B0034ORLY2    Thor Holt: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thorholt    Tel: 07906 321593 To advertise on one of the fastest growing podcasts in the world, drop Nick or Toby a line: thedailysceptic@gmail.com     Donate to the Daily Sceptic here: https://dailysceptic.org/donate     Listen to Nick’s podcast – The Current Thing – by going here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-current-thing/id1671573905      Subscribe to Nick’s Substack here: https://nickdixon.substack.com     Be a true hero and buy Nick a coffee here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nickdixon     Produced by Jason Clift Music by Tinderella

Welcome to the Weekly Sceptic, episode 51! This week: -The Lionesses lose, but is it just because Rishi and Prince William didn’t show up? Or simply because they’re too white? -Mason Greenwood will not play for Manchester Utd again, and Nick and Toby wade into the controversy  -Toby talks about Peter Wilby, who was especially cruel to Toby in the past, and has now been sentenced for heinous crimes -Dr Shola manages to make the Lucy Letby case about race
-Sadiq Khan manages to make everything about race -Graham Linehan’s gig is cancelled TWICE, and he is then ‘ambushed’ by TalkTV -Trump refuses to debate, and Nick and Toby weigh up Vivek’s chances -Elon Musk decides to remove the block button from Twitter/X, despite everyone hating the idea -Logan Paul is humiliated by Dillon Danis over his fiancée’s past All this and, of course, Peak Woke! Sponsored by: DC Alden: https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/DC-Alden/author/B0034ORLY2   Thor Holt: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thorholt   Tel: 07906 321593 To advertise on one of the fastest growing podcasts in the world, drop Nick or Toby a line: thedailysceptic@gmail.com    Donate to the Daily Sceptic here: https://dailysceptic.org/donate    Listen to Nick’s podcast – The Current Thing – by going here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-current-thing/id1671573905    Subscribe to Nick’s Substack here: https://nickdixon.substack.com    Support Nick by buying him a coffee here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nickdixon    Produced by Jason Clift Music by Tinderella

Barrister Charlotte Proudman chastises a 'white male' for trying to help her. Germany attempts to ban the AFD party. The hosts reflect on their decision to end their podcast after eight years. They discuss cancel culture and controversy at the Edinburgh festival. The changing mindset within the police and public sector is explored.