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Apr 16, 2021 • 36min
122: The diversity trap
Identity politics in the arts, the return of pubs, and the death of Prince Philip. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss.
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Apr 9, 2021 • 32min
121: Boris: the phoney freedom-fighter
The PM’s authoritarianism, Starmer’s spinelessness and racist toddlers. Brendan O’Neill, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss.
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Apr 2, 2021 • 43min
120: The myth of ‘institutional racism’
The race report, cartoons of Muhammad and vaccine passports. Brendan O’Neill, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss.
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Mar 26, 2021 • 45min
119: Lockdown forever
Vaccine passports, mass shootings and the EU -- Tom Slater, Ella Whelan, Fraser Myers and special guest Bruno Waterfield discuss all this and more.
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Mar 19, 2021 • 40min
118: Sarah Everard: exploiting a tragedy
Sarah Everard, the ban on protests and the EU’s vaccine crisis. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan, Fraser Myers and Joanna Williams discuss.
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Mar 12, 2021 • 40min
117: Why Megxit matters
Freddy Gray, Lisa McKenzie and the spiked team discuss the fallout from *that* interview.
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Mar 5, 2021 • 44min
116: The lockdown depression
The budget, the unravelling of the SNP, and the cancellation of Dr Seuss. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan, Tim Black and Fraser Myers discuss.
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Feb 26, 2021 • 39min
115: The long road out of lockdown
Lockdown, hate speech and Megxit. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss.
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Feb 19, 2021 • 44min
114: The free-speech fightback
Campus censorship, vaccine passports and Islamophobia. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss.
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Feb 12, 2021 • 42min
113: The n-word: does context matter?
The New York Times n-word controversy, Italy’s unelected prime minister and the Covid travel ban. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss.
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