The Current Thing

This week Nick and The Radical English Gentleman (AKA Zoomer Rory) go over all the highs and lows of election night and what it all means for the future of the UK. They discuss: -Reform UK winning 5 seats and Nigel Farage's crushing victory in Clacton -The big Tory candidates who lost their seats  -The future of the Conservative Party  -Whether Labour really have a mandate to rule and loads more! And since it's a Rory episode, there are inevitably a few robust debates, this time about Labour's policy on private education, which leads to Rory arguing against grammar schools, and Nick brutally dismantling his egalitarian assumptions.  The FULL EPISODE is only available on nickdixon.net So sign up for just £5 a month to watch/listen to this and all our other episodes, and help us keep the show going. Thanks! Get the FULL EPISODE and support the podcast HERE: www.nickdixon.net Make a one-off donation here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nickdixon Nick's X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/nickdixoncomic Nick's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nick_dixon Listen to Rory's podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/13S52ZW6r5xd3aJSzIzFdN Follow Rory on X: https://twitter.com/RoryPodcaster Produced by The Radical English Gentleman.

Nick is joined by Professor Eric Kaufmann to discuss his new book, Taboo: How Making Race Sacred Produced a Cultural Revolution. Topics covered include: -Why liberals are more to blame for woke than the radical left  -The problem of 'cultural socialism' -Why emotional taboos are the real source of woke  -How race became a 'sacred' category, and why we need to change that  -The future of free speech  -How policy must be used to create a 'resilient, post-woke society' and loads more! The FULL EPISODE is only available on nickdixon.net So sign up for just £5 a month to watch/listen to this and all our other episodes, and help me keep the show going. Thanks! Get the FULL EPISODE and support the podcast HERE: www.nickdixon.net Make a one-off donation here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nickdixon Nick's X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/nickdixoncomic Nick's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nick_dixon Buy Eric's book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Taboo-Making-Produced-Cultural-Revolution/dp/1800752660 Take his open online course on woke: https://www.buckingham.ac.uk/courses/occasional/woke/ His London MA in the Politics of Cultural Conflict: https://www.buckingham.ac.uk/courses/research/ma-the-politics-of-cultural-conflict-by-research Website: www.sneps.net Substack: https://erickaufmann.substack.com/ University Centre for Heterodox Social Science: www.heterodoxcentre.com

Nick is joined by Auron MacIntyre to discuss his new book, The Total State. Topics covered include: -Why the US Constitution didn't stop Covid tyranny -How liberal democracy morphed into the oppressive 'Total State' -Why the Total State is woke -How the state uses cancel culture to police public opinion -Auron's views on the Trump trial -What will come next when the global 'progressive' order finally collapses and loads more! The FULL EPISODE is only available on nickdixon.net So sign up for just £5 a month to watch/listen to this and all our other episodes, and help me keep the show going. Thanks! Get the FULL EPISODE and support the podcast HERE: www.nickdixon.net Make a one-off donation here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nickdixon Nick's X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/nickdixoncomic Nick's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nick_dixon Auron's X/Twitter: https://x.com/AuronMacintyre Buy Auron's book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Total-State-Liberal-Democracies-Tyrannies/dp/1684515580/ref=sr_1_1 Auron's show: https://www.blazetv.com/series/5bNqlMQdbu6R-the-auron-macintyre-show Auron's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AuronMacIntyre Produced by The Radical English Gentleman: https://open.spotify.com/show/13S52ZW6r5xd3aJSzIzFdN

Connor Tomlinson of Lotus Eaters discusses Tory betrayal, views on Nigel Farage, and why young men are turning right-wing. They also touch on cancel culture, shifting ideologies among young men, and gender differences in taboo topics.

Nick is joined by Pete North (AKA Northern Variant on X/Twitter) to discuss: -The future of conservatism and the right -His forthright views on Nigel Farage and Reform UK -What will happen to the Tory party  -How the next five years of UK politics will look -The political changes sweeping Europe  -How to actually achieve political change in Britain and loads more! Get the FULL EPISODE and support the podcast here: www.nickdixon.net Make a one-off donation here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nickdixon Nick's X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/nickdixoncomic Nick's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nick_dixon Pete's X/Twitter: https://x.com/FUDdaily His Substack: https://www.northernvariant.co.uk/ Produced by The Westminster Podcast Studio.

Fascinating conversation with the brilliant Dr Ashley Frawley. Topics discussed include: -Why Ashley is still a Marxist -How our neoliberal/postliberal culture went wrong -Why the family is essential in finding meaning -Where woke comes from  -Whether there’ll be a new ‘current thing’ after woke   -Why people fall for fads like gender ideology  -The reason people struggle to accept their own freedom  -Why conspiracy theories are good in moderation  And loads more!  Get full episodes and keep the podcast going by subscribing to Nick's Substack here: www.nickdixon.net Or by buying Nick a digital coffee here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nickdixon Nick's X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/nickdixoncomic Nick's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nick_dixon Ashley's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AshleyAFrawley Ashley's X/Twitter: https://x.com/ashleyafrawley Get Ashley's books: https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Ashley-Frawley/author/B00JHWKCZA Produced by The Radical English Gentleman.

Highly acclaimed author and commentator Lionel Shriver discusses her new novel, 'Mania'. Topics include: -Why she choose IQ as the topic of her new book  -Why the left are ‘obsessed with sameness’ -Where ideological ‘manias’ come from and what the next hysteria will be  -The flawed thinking behind ‘social justice’  -The literary influences on her writing  -Why some people conform with social fads and others do not  -The inherent contradictions of woke -Losing friends due to the culture war -Her views on euthanasia -Who she will vote for in the US election And loads more!  Get full episodes and ask future guests questions by subscribing to Nick's Substack here: www.nickdixon.net Keep the podcast going by buying Nick a digital coffee here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nickdixon Nick's X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/nickdixoncomic Nick's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nick_dixon Buy Lionel's book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mania-latest-novel-award-winning-author/dp/0008658676/ref=sr_1_1_sspa Read her column: https://www.spectator.co.uk/writer/lionel-shriver/ Produced by The Radical English Gentleman.

Deputy leader of Reform UK Ben Habib joins Nick to discuss:  -Why Reform UK allowed leftist activists to cancel its candidates -How to tackle immigration  -Why woke and DEI have got to stop -How to fix the UK's economy -His views on Net Zero  -Why voting Reform is not just a vote for Labour  -Whether Reform UK is actually a conservative party -How close Britain is to becoming a third world country  -Why he got into politics  -The 'seismic event' he believes can happen if Reform keep polling well  And loads more! Get the full episode and ask guests questions by subscribing to Nick's Substack here: www.nickdixon.net Keep the podcast going by buying Nick a digital coffee here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nickdixon Nick's X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/nickdixoncomic Nick's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nick_dixon Ben's X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/benhabib6 Ben's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BenHabibLondon Reform UK website: https://www.reformparty.uk/ Produced by The Westminster Podcast Studio.

Carl Benjamin AKA Sargon returns to the podcast for a fascinating and wide-ranging discussion on: -Whether it could become illegal to be a conservative -Why liberalism leads to communism -Whether woke will be 'put away' or not -The ironic flaws of diversity casting -Whether things like the Cass Review will change anything in the culture war -Why Labour might actually be better than the Tories -Why feminists hate women  -Whether Trump can effect real change if he wins again  -How the media destroys the democratic process -Why he is still an atheist  And loads more! Ask future guests questions and receive exclusive video responses by subscribing to Nick's Substack here: www.nickdixon.net Donate by buying Nick a digital coffee here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nickdixon Nick's X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/nickdixoncomic Nick's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nick_dixon Carl's X/Twitter: @Sargon_of_Akkad  Lotus Eaters: https://www.lotuseaters.com https://www.youtube.com/@ThePodcastoftheLotusEaters Produced by The Westminster Podcast Studio.

GB News presenter and comedian Mark Dolan drops by our new studio to chat with Nick about: -The future of GB News  -How Covid woke him up  -How to fix the immigration problem -Whether he has changed his mind on Brexit -How to win the culture war  -His thoughts on Liz Truss's time as PM -Why he is still optimistic about Britain -The state of comedy in a woke world -How he keeps a positive mindset -Why he always insures his white goods... And loads more! Mark's X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrmarkdolan Mark's podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-mark-dolan-way/id1669065671 Keep the podcast going by subscribing or donating! You can ask future guests questions and receive exclusive video responses by subscribing to Nick's Substack here:  Subscribe to Nick's Substack: www.nickdixon.net Buy Nick a digital coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nickdixon Nick's X: https://twitter.com/nickdixoncomic Nick's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nick_dixon Produced by The Westminster Podcast Studio.