The Brendan O'Neill Show

To celebrate the release of Brendan O’Neill’s new book, A Heretic’s Manifesto, Brendan was interviewed by Andrew Doyle for this special live podcast, exclusively for spiked supporters. They discussed the tyranny of conformism, the derangement of the new elites, and how ordinary people can push back. Enjoy! Order A Heretic’s Manifesto on: 🇬🇧 📕 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 or more to get a signed copy: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/ Apply now for spiked’s internship scheme: https://www.spiked-online.com/interns  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

Philosopher Susan Neiman talks to Brendan O’Neill about her new book, Left Is Not Woke. Susan and Brendan discuss the woke’s abandonment of progress, the rebirth of racial tribalism and the dangers of valorising victimhood. Get your tickets to the 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, live on Zoom. Find out more: https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/05/18/event-brendan-oneills-book-launch/  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 or more to get a signed copy: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/ Apply now for spiked’s internship scheme: https://www.spiked-online.com/interns  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

Daniel McCarthy – editor-in-chief of Modern Age: A Conservative Review – joins Brendan O’Neill to discuss Trump Derangement Syndrome, the electoral prospects of Ron DeSantis and how the left learned to love the security state.  Help keep spiked free, fearless and independent. Join our online donor community and enjoy a range of brilliant perks, including ad-free reading, exclusive events and signed books. Sign up here https://www.spiked-online.com/support-spiked/ 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 or more to get a signed copy: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/ Apply now for spiked’s internship scheme: https://www.spiked-online.com/interns  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

Remi Adekoya joins Brendan to talk about his latest book, It’s Not About Whiteness, It’s About Wealth. They discuss the truth about racial inequality, the dangers of racial identity politics and how Africa can realise its potential. 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 or more 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

John ‘Rick’ MacArthur, president and publisher of Harper’s Magazine, returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show to discuss the worrying rise of the authoritarian right, the left’s perversion of history, and why a return to ‘normalcy’ is not the answer to America’s ills. 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

Author and academic Michael Lind returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show to talk about his latest book, Hell to Pay: How the Suppression of Wages is Destroying America. Michael and Brendan discuss the crisis afflicting the American working class, the disaster of deindustrialisation and how the woke cultural elite shores up the status quo.  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

Iain Macwhirter, author of Disunited Kingdom, speaks to Brendan O’Neill about the arrests of leading SNP figures, the uselessness of Humza Yousaf and how Nicola Sturgeon was brought down by woke. 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 Iain’s Substack here:  https://iainmacwhirter.substack.com/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Peter Boghossian – a founding faculty fellow at the University of Austin – joins Brendan on the latest episode of The Brendan O’Neill Show. Peter and Brendan discuss how to have impossible conversations, the dangers of ‘diversity, equity and inclusion’ and the problem with the right-wing ‘anti-woke’ backlash.  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

Heather Mac Donald returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show to talk about her upcoming book, When Race Trumps Merit: How the Pursuit of Equity Sacrifices Excellence, Destroys Beauty and Threatens Lives. Heather and Brendan discuss the myth of systemic racism, the problem with affirmative action and how the new ‘anti-racism’ is jeopardising genuine equality. 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

Wendy Kaminer – writer, lawyer and ACLU board member – returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show to talk about her new spiked long-read, ‘How feminism gave up on freedom’. Wendy and Brendan discuss the illiberal legacy of #MeToo, the problem with ‘post-liberal’ feminism, and the threat gender ideology poses to women’s rights. Read Wendy’s article here: https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/04/01/how-feminism-gave-up-on-freedom/  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