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May 1, 2020 • 34min

74: Why the media have had such a bad war

‘Gotcha’ journalism, corona apps and trans battles. Tom, Ella, Fraser, and special guest Timandra Harkness, discuss. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/
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Apr 24, 2020 • 36min

73: The Covid culture wars

Identity politics, lockdown policies and celebrities in the age of coronavirus. Tom Slater, Elle Whelan, Fraser Myers and Wilfred Reilly discuss. Spare a fiver, support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/
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Apr 18, 2020 • 35min

72: Why the 5G Covid conspiracy theory has gone viral

Corona conspiracy theories, the economic cost of lockdown, and Labour’s latest row. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan, Fraser Myers and Phil Mullan discuss. Spare a fiver to support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/
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Apr 10, 2020 • 33min

71: A PM in hospital, a nation rattled

Boris Johnson in intensive care, China and coronavirus, and Keir Starmer’s Labour Party. Tom, Ella, Fraser and special guest Austin Williams discuss. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/
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Apr 3, 2020 • 35min

70: Can the EU survive coronavirus?

The myth of EU solidarity, Sweden’s alternative Covid-19 approach, and the rise of Britain’s corona cops. Tom, Ella, Fraser and special guest Nathalie Rothschild discuss. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ 
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Mar 27, 2020 • 23min

69: Britain in lockdown

The team discusses civil liberties and dissent in the time of Covid-19. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/
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Mar 20, 2020 • 33min

68: Putting the pandemic in perspective

Brendan O’Neill, Ella Whelan, Fraser Myers and Norman Lewis on the dangerous overreaction to the Covid-19 outbreak. Spare a fiver, support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/
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Mar 13, 2020 • 34min

154: Inside Italy’s coronavirus lockdown

Dominic Standish calls in from Italy to discuss the Covid-19 pandemic with the team. We also talk Labour, Islamophobia and the #BeKind campaign. Support spiked -- become a £5 per month donor: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/
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Mar 6, 2020 • 35min

153: Has Bernie blown it?

Super Tuesday, Priti Patel and the war on womanhood -- Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss. Support spiked by becoming a £5 per month donor: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/
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Feb 28, 2020 • 40min

152: Why free speech matters, with Toby Young

The founder of the Free Speech Union joins Tom Slater and Fraser Myers to discuss the new threats to free speech, and what we can all do to face down censorship. Learn more about the Free Speech Union: https://freespeechunion.org/ Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

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