The Brendan O'Neill Show

Actor James Dreyfus joins Brendan O’Neill to discuss the cruelty of cancel culture, how radicals became censors and how gender ideology undermines gay rights. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Visit the spiked shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Sponsored by: Express VPN: https://www.expressvpn.com/brendan  Wondrium: https://wondrium.com/brendan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

William Clouston, leader of the Social Democratic Party, talks to Brendan O’Neill about overhauling Britain’s democracy, the failure of economic liberalism and why wokeness harms the worst off in society. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Visit the spiked shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Sponsored by Noom: https://www.noom.com/brendan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tim Stanley, author of ‘Whatever Happened to Tradition?’, talks to Brendan O’Neill about Brexit, Boris Johnson and wokeness. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Visit the spiked shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Sponsored by Wondrium: https://wondrium.com/brendan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michael Shellenberger returns to the show to talk about COP26 and his new book, ‘San Fransicko: Why Progressives Ruin Cities’. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Visit the spiked shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bjorn Lomborg, author of ‘False Alarm’, returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show to talk about the COP26 climate talks, the crippling costs of Net Zero and the myth of the climate apocalypse. Listen to Last Orders: https://www.spiked-online.com/podcast/last-orders/  Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Visit the spiked shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Sponsored by Wondrium: https://wondrium.com/brendan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Andrew Sullivan, author of ‘Out on a Limb’, talks to Brendan O’Neill about how millennials became crippled by wokeness, why the oppressed need free speech, and how the trans movement compels us to lie. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Visit the spiked shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Sponsored by: Noom: https://www.noom.com/brendan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bev Jackson, co-founder of the LGB Alliance, talks to Brendan O’Neill about why trans extremism is bad for gay rights, women’s rights and children. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Visit the spiked shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Sponsored by ExpressVPN: https://www.expressvpn.com/brendan Sponsored by Wondrium: https://wondrium.com/brendan  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Steven E Koonin -- undersecretary for science in the Obama administration and author of ‘Unsettled’ -- talks to Brendan O’Neill about the dangers of politicising ‘The Science’, the irrationality of Net Zero, and why humanity can adapt to a changing climate. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Visit the spiked shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this special live podcast, Julia Hartley-Brewer and Brendan O’Neill discussed wokeness, lockdown and climate alarmism -- and how they all pose a grave threat to freedom. This event was free for spiked supporters. Sign up to spiked supporters now and you will get advance notice and free or discounted tickets to all of our upcoming events: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wendy Kaminer -- spiked columnist, lawyer and former ACLU board member -- talks to Brendan O’Neill about the threats to free speech from the left and the right. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Visit the spiked shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Sponsored by: Noom: https://www.noom.com/brendan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices