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Aug 4, 2023 • 34min
240: The Trump witch hunt
Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss the dodgy indictments against Donald Trump, Denmark’s ban on Koran-burning and Costa’s embrace of trans ideology.
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Jul 28, 2023 • 41min
239: How Nigel Farage beat the banks
Triggernometry’s Francis Foster joins Rakib Ehsan and Fraser Myers to discuss the ‘debanking’ scandal, the drivers’ revolt against Net Zero and Labour’s flip-flopping on the trans debate.
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Jul 22, 2023 • 34min
238: The rise of heatwave hysteria
Laura Dodsworth, Luke Gittos and Tom Slater discuss climate alarmism, Farage vs Coutts, and the hypocrisy of Just Stop Oil.
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Jul 14, 2023 • 38min
237: Huw Edwards and the hypocrisy of the elites
Paul Embery, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the ‘BBC presenter’ scandal, the emptiness of Keir Starmer and the violent misogyny of the trans movement.
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Jul 7, 2023 • 37min
236: The banks’ war on free speech
Charlie Peters, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the ‘debanking’ of dissenters, the end of affirmative action, the victory of the LGB Alliance, and the breastfeeding dad.
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Jun 30, 2023 • 35min
235: Why is Rishi Sunak so useless?
Rakib Ehsan, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the nothingness of this Tory government, the Wagner mutiny, and why wokeness just isn’t cricket.
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Jun 23, 2023 • 30min
234: The crimes of Hunter Biden
Freddy Gray, Candice Holdsworth and Tom Slater discuss the hypocrisy of the Democrats, the girl who identifies as a cat, and the right to be offensive.
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Jun 16, 2023 • 39min
233: Boris, Trump and the revenge of the technocrats
Matthew Goodwin, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the ousting of Boris Johnson, the arraignment of Donald Trump and the arrest of Nicola Sturgeon.
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Jun 9, 2023 • 32min
232: The paranoia of Prince Harry
Tom Slater, Fraser Myers and Candice Holdsworth discuss Prince Harry’s war on the press, the crackdown on Covid dissidents, and the demonisation of JK Rowling
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Jun 2, 2023 • 36min
231: Kathleen Stock’s fight for free speech
Simon Evans, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the No Platforming of gender-critical feminists, the Phillip Schofield affair and the farce of the Covid inquiry.
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