Last Orders - a spiked podcast

Ralph Schoellhammer – assistant professor in economics and political science at Webster University Vienna – joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders. They discuss the revolt against green zealotry, Tony Blair’s call for more sin taxes, and the nanny-state lobby’s tantrum over free Barbies. Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Buy Brendan O’Neill’s A Heretic’s Manifesto from: 🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/Heretics-Manifesto-Essays-Unsayable/dp/1913019861  🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Heretics-Manifesto-Essays-Unsayable/dp/1913019861  Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

James Woudhuysen – visiting professor of forecasting and innovation at London South Bank University – joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders. They discuss Transport for London’s absurd junk-food advertising ban, the fear-mongering over problem gambling, and the deranged views of Just Stop Oil.  Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. 🖊️ 📕 Donate £50 to get a signed copy of Brendan O’Neill’s new book: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/ Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Robby Soave, senior editor at Reason and co-host of Rising on The Hill TV, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders. They discuss why the misinformation cops got Covid so wrong, the ridiculousness of minimum pricing on alcohol, and how to take on Big Tech censorship. Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Get your copy of Brendan O’Neill’s new book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Heretics-Manifesto-Essays-Unsayable/dp/1913019861  Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Claire Fox, member of the House of Lords and director of the Academy of Ideas, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders. They discuss the government’s attempt to clamp down on online speech, Panorama’s whacky food propaganda, and more. Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Get your copy of Brendan O’Neill’s new book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Heretics-Manifesto-Essays-Unsayable/dp/1913019861  Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Paul North, director of Volteface, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders. They discuss the worst nanny states in Europe, the benefits of boozing, and the campaign for drug liberalisation.  Get your tickets to the online launch of Brendan O’Neill’s new spiked book, A Heretic’s Manifesto. Brendan will be interviewed by Andrew Doyle on Monday 5 June at 7pm. Find out more: https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/05/18/event-brendan-oneills-book-launch/  Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Apply now for spiked’s internship scheme: https://www.spiked-online.com/interns  Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan Macvarish – education and events director of the Free Speech Union – joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss the attempt to No Platform Kathleen Stock, Labour’s war on smoking, and if artificial sweeteners are making us fat. Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Pre-order Brendan O’Neill’s A Heretic’s Manifesto now from: 🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/Heretics-Manifesto-Essays-Unsayable/dp/1913019861  🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Heretics-Manifesto-Essays-Unsayable/dp/1913019861  🖊️ 📕 Or donate £50 to get a signed copy: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/ Apply now for spiked’s internship scheme: https://www.spiked-online.com/interns  Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Australian journalist Nick Cater joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss the hysteria over Coco Pops, George Osborne’s deranged attacks on smoking, and why Australia’s plan for an Indigenous ‘Voice to Parliament’ is a truly terrible idea.  Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Find out more about spiked’s internship scheme here: https://www.spiked-online.com/interns   Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Comedian and writer Dominic Frisby joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss Just Stop Oil's stunt at the Crucible, the government’s plan for state-sponsored vaping and the genius of PG Wodehouse. Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/  Read Dominic’s Substack here:  https://www.theflyingfrisby.com/  And listen to his serialised musical, Kisses on a Postcard, here:  https://kissesonapostcard.com/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mark Littlewood – director-general of the Institute of Economic Affairs – joins Snowdon and Slater to discuss the laughing-gas ban, the coming crackdown on vaping and the madness of the ULEZ.  Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Liam Duffy – strategic advisor for the Counter Extremism Project – joins Snowdon and Slater to discuss the Islamist threat to free speech, the panic over young people vaping, and Chris’s triumph over Jonathan Portes. Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices