

The Brendan O'Neill Show
The Brendan O'Neill Show
spiked’s Brendan O’Neill discusses today’s big ideas and bad ideas with an esteemed guest.
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Jun 16, 2022 • 1h 2min
101: An unapologetic defence of free speech, with Greg Lukianoff
Greg Lukianoff, president of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, talks to Brendan O’Neill about the new fight for liberty in America.
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Jun 9, 2022 • 1h 12min
100: Why gun control is racist, with Maj Toure
Maj Toure, founder of Black Guns Matter, talks to Brendan O’Neill about Uvalde, gun rights and free speech.
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Jun 2, 2022 • 1h 15min
99: How modern feminism is failing women, with Louise Perry
Louise Perry, author of ‘The Case Against the Sexual Revolution’, talks to Brendan O’Neill about the problem with porn, the case for marriage, and why washing machines have done more for women than feminism
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May 26, 2022 • 1h 8min
98: How woke won, with Joanna Williams
‘How Woke Won’ is the brilliant new spiked book by Joanna Williams. To celebrate its release, Joanna joined Brendan for a special live edition of the podcast, where they discussed how wokeness took over and how we can all fight back.
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May 19, 2022 • 1h 7min
97: What Brexit means, with David Frost
Former chief Brexit negotiator David Frost talks to Brendan O’Neill about the Northern Ireland Protocol, climate alarmism and woke.
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May 12, 2022 • 1h 2min
96: The intolerance of identity politics
Simon Fanshawe talks to Brendan O’Neill about his public break with Stonewall, why he is not ‘LGBTQ+’ and why we need more civil disagreement.
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May 5, 2022 • 57min
95: The lockdown on dissent, with Jay Bhattacharya
Jay Bhattacharya talks to Brendan O’Neill about the catastrophic harms of lockdown and how the scientific establishment suppressed the Covid debate.
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Apr 28, 2022 • 36min
94: France is falling apart, with Freddy Gray
Freddy Gray, deputy editor of the Spectator, talks to Brendan O’Neill about Macron, Le Pen and Freddy’s controversial interview with Éric Zemmour.
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Apr 21, 2022 • 55min
93: Konstantin Kisin: What Russia wants
Konstantin Kisin, co-host of ‘Triggernometry’ and author of ‘An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West’, joins Brendan O’Neill to discuss why Russia invaded Ukraine, why the West is worth defending, and why wokeness is now on the backfoot.
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Apr 14, 2022 • 52min
92: Maya Forstater: The new fight for women’s rights
Maya Forstater, co-founder of Sex Matters and the Respect My Sex campaign, joins Brendan O’Neill to discuss how trans activism silences women and the importance of defending biological sex.
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