

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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Jan 11, 2024 • 1h 11min
263: Jake Wallis Simons: The whitewashing of Hamas
Jake Wallis Simons – editor of the Jewish Chronicle – returns for this episode of The Brendan O’Neill Show. Jake and Brendan discuss the denial of Hamas’s crimes, the double standards of the ‘anti-Zionists’, and why Israelophobia is just anti-Semitism rebranded.
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Jan 4, 2024 • 1h 2min
262: David Frost: Are the Tories beyond saving?
David Frost – former chief Brexit negotiator and Conservative peer – returns for this episode of The Brendan O’Neill Show. David and Brendan discuss the betrayal of the Red Wall and why Rishi Sunak cannot afford to ignore the culture war.
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Dec 21, 2023 • 1h 15min
261: Matthew Goodwin: The revolt against the New Elite
Matthew Goodwin, political scientist and author of Values, Voice and Virtue: The New British Politics, discusses the death of the Conservative Party, the crisis of integration, and the populist revolt fueled by Net Zero. They also explore the impact of mass immigration on British society, the rise of national populism, and the appeal of this movement to the younger generation. Finally, they predict and desire a Labor win in the 2024 General Election.

Dec 14, 2023 • 1h 27min
260: Ralph Schoellhammer: COP28 and the self-destruction of the West
Ralph Schoellhammer, assistant professor in economics and political science at Webster University Vienna, talks to Brendan O’Neill about the decadence of COP28, the populist backlash against eco-austerity and the elites’ turn against Western civilisation.
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Dec 7, 2023 • 58min
259: Toby Young: Why the elites loathe free speech
Toby Young – founder and director of the Free Speech Union – joins Brendan O’Neill for the latest episode of <em>The Brendan O’Neill Show</em>. Toby and Brendan discuss the rise of the censorship industrial complex, the dangers of banning hate speech and why free speech is our best weapon against the new anti-Semitism.
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Nov 30, 2023 • 1h 15min
258: Batya Ungar-Sargon: Jews must reject victimhood
Newsweek deputy opinion editor Batya Ungar-Sargon returns for the latest episode of The Brendan O’Neill Show. Batya and Brendan discuss how campuses became safe spaces for anti-Semitism, why Jews must reject the politics of victimhood, and why Trump still speaks to the working class.
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Nov 23, 2023 • 1h 8min
257: Ivar Arpi: The tragedy of Sweden
Swedish journalist Ivar Arpi joins Brendan O’Neill for the latest episode of The Brendan O’Neill Show. Ivar and Brendan discuss Sweden’s crisis of integration and the West’s whitewashing of Islamism.
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Nov 16, 2023 • 1h 23min
256: Melanie Phillips: Why Israel must win
Times columnist Melanie Phillips joins Brendan O'Neill to discuss the barbarism of Hamas and the rise of elite anti-Semitism. They delve into the shock and trauma experienced by the Israeli people due to recent attacks, the dehumanization of Israeli settlers in the West, and the bias and ignorance towards Israel by elite institutions. The speakers also explore the Western liberal mindset towards war and the lack of awareness and information in Britain about historical pacts with Hitler to exterminate Jews in the Middle East.

Nov 9, 2023 • 1h 3min
255: Yascha Mounk: The identity trap
Yascha Mounk joins Brendan O’Neill for the latest episode of The Brendan O’Neill Show to talk about his new book, The Identity Trap. Yascha and Brendan discuss what ‘woke’ really means, the ideological roots of identity politics, and whether populism can save democracy.
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Nov 2, 2023 • 1h 4min
254: Nick Cater: Why Australia rejected the Voice to Parliament
Nick Cater – Australian author, broadcaster, columnist and senior fellow at the Menzies Research Centre – returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show. Nick and Brendan discuss the Aussie establishment’s meltdown over the ‘Indigenous Voice to Parliament’ referendum, the racism of identity politics, and why renewables can’t power the world.
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