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Dec 15, 2023 • 37min

261: The man in a wig

Dennis Kavanagh, Tom Slater and Lauren Smith discuss the Tory MP accused of ‘misgendering’, the return of blasphemy laws to Europe and why greens hate Christmas.  Please dig deep for spiked this Christmas.  Donate: Donate - spiked Get a mug: https://www.spiked-online.com/mug/  Sponsored by: ExpressVPN https://www.expressvpn.com/spiked   Work for spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/jobs/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/  Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/
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Dec 8, 2023 • 32min

260: Why the Tories are toast

Luke Gittos, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the Conservatives’ civil war over immigration, the madness of the Covid inquiry and the neofeudalism of COP28. Donate £50 or more to spiked this Christmas and get a free spiked mug: https://www.spiked-online.com/mug/  Work for spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/jobs/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/  Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/
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Dec 1, 2023 • 35min

259: The 7 October denialists

Ella Whelan, Tom Slater and Lauren Smith discuss the downplaying of Hamas’s crimes, the fallout from the Dublin riots and the witch-hunting of Rosie Duffield. Work for spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/jobs/  Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/  Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/
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Nov 24, 2023 • 30min

258: Geert Wilders, Javier Milei and the crumbling of the elites

Candice Holdsworth, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the political earthquakes in Argentina and the Netherlands, why Osama bin Laden is all over TikTok and the fightback for women’s sports. Work for spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/jobs/  Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/  Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/
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Nov 17, 2023 • 35min

257: David Cameron… really?

Paul Embery, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the death of Tory populism, the tyranny of the Supreme Court and the two-tiered policing of protests. Sponsored by: ExpressVPN https://www.expressvpn.com/spiked  Work for spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/jobs/  Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/  Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/
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Nov 10, 2023 • 26min

256: London’s hate marches

James Esses, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the Armistice Day ‘pro-Palestine’ demo, ‘trans conversion therapy’ and the petulance of Just Stop Oil. Sign the Declaration for Biological Reality: https://declarationforbiologicalreality.org/  Work for spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/jobs/  Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/  Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/
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Nov 3, 2023 • 30min

253: A ‘safe space’ for Jew hate?

Joanna Williams, Luke Gittos and Fraser Myers discuss the explosion of anti-Semitism in universities, the Covid inquiry’s whitewashing of lockdown and the public revolt against woke capitalism. Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/  Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/
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Oct 29, 2023 • 1h 18min

252: LIVE SHOW: Hatred, terror and free speech

Konstantin Kisin, Inaya Folarin Iman and Rakib Ehsan joined Tom Slater and Fraser Myers for this special live recording of the <em>spiked podcast</em> at the Battle of Ideas festival in London. They discussed how the Israel-Hamas conflict is tearing Britain apart, what Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter has meant for free speech, and the dangers of banning ‘trans conversion therapy’. Plus, they took questions from the audience. Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/  Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/
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Oct 20, 2023 • 40min

251: Hamas’s useful idiots

Jake Wallis Simons – editor of the Jewish Chronicle and author of Israelophobia – joins Tom Slater and Fraser Myers to discuss the dangers of demonising Israel, the return of Islamist terror in Europe and Australia’s rejection of the Indigenous Voice to Parliament. Get your tickets to see the spiked podcast live at the Battle of Ideas festival in London on 28 October. You can get 20 per cent off with the promo code SPIKED: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/battle-of-ideas-festival-2023-tickets-647078107037?discount=SPIKED  Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/  Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/
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Oct 13, 2023 • 40min

250: Israel, Hamas and the return of the world’s oldest hatred

Ralph Schoellhammer, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the pogrom in Israel, the pointlessness of Keir Starmer and the idiocy of Net Zero. Get your tickets to see the spiked podcast live at the Battle of Ideas festival in London on 28 October. You can get 20 per cent off with the promo code SPIKED: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/battle-of-ideas-festival-2023-tickets-647078107037?discount=SPIKED  Get your tickets for Brendan O’Neill’s next live Zoom podcast, in conversation with Graham Linehan, on Tuesday 17 October at 7pm BST. Sign up here: https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/10/03/zoom-event-graham-linehan-and-brendan-oneill-live/  Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/  Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/

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