Off Script

“The left-wing media has turned against Biden. How long before the rest of the world follows?” Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Glenn Greenwald joins The Telegraph’s Steven Edginton to discuss President Biden’s wavering ability to lead the US through a time of crisis and an increasingly strained UK/US relationship. Greenwald, a long-time critic of America’s military establishment, tells Edginton why the Afghanistan withdrawal is only the latest in a long line of humiliations for Washington’s ruling class. But could it have been avoided altogether?Watch Glenn Greenwald's interview: https://youtu.be/nI-0IBeXU_s |Read more from The Telegraph’s award-winning comment team: www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/ |For 30 days’ free access to The Telegraph: www.telegraph.co.uk/audio |See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"I backed Biden. He has been a terrible disappointment." Author Lionel Shriver reflects on her vote for the American President following the chaotic withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, the crisis on the US southern border, and Biden’s increasing radical rhetoric. Shriver joins Steven Edginton to discuss American decline and the rise of the woke movement.Watch Lionel Shriver's interview: https://youtu.be/RRG8yTYCrBQ|Read more from The Telegraph’s award-winning comment team: www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/ |For 30 days’ free access to The Telegraph: www.telegraph.co.uk/audio |See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Porn, depression, addiction, hopelessness. This is what journalist Sohrab Ahmari associates with Western society. Ahmari was raised in Iran to Liberal parents and embarked on an extraordinary journey from being an atheist Marxist to a Catholic Conservative in New York. He sits down with Steven Edginton to discuss his latest book The Unbroken Thread, detailing the purported decline of the West. Watch Sohrab Ahmari's interview: https://youtu.be/ylDjmFlr6WU |Read more from The Telegraph’s award-winning comment team: www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/ |For 30 days’ free access to The Telegraph: www.telegraph.co.uk/audio |See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cowardly politicians, a “toxic” woke mob and a silent media have exacerbated the problems of the migration crisis in Europe, argues author and women's rights activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali. The campaigner says fear reigns among researchers, politicians and journalists when talking about the rise in sexual violence on the continent - and it's harming women and girls. Hirsi Ali joins Steven Edginton to explore the very real impact of mass migration and her own experience assimilating to Western culture as a Somali-born Dutch-American.Watch Ayaan Hirsi Ali's interview: https://youtu.be/MuaDQjczDoA |Read more from The Telegraph’s award-winning comment team: www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/ |For 30 days’ free access to The Telegraph: www.telegraph.co.uk/audio |See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As France nears its Presidential election next year who are the runners and riders? Does Marine Le Pen have a shot? Is Macron failing? French journalist Anne-Elisabeth Moutet joins Steven Edginton to discuss France’s ongoing culture wars, the 2022 French election and the threat Macron might pose to post-Brexit Britain.Watch Anne-Elisabeth Moutet's interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVzUj2klFzQ&t=2s |Read more from The Telegraph’s award-winning comment team: www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/ |For 30 days’ free access to The Telegraph: www.telegraph.co.uk/audio |See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The woke assault on Britain has already peaked, but is it too late to fight back? Former Telegraph Editor Charles Moore tells Steven Edginton why all is not lost, and why woke culture might even be helping the Right. Together they explore the infiltration of British institutions, the Left's attempts to "erase" history, the thorny topic of climate change and the very real threat posed by China.Watch Charles Moore's interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8nZwjyQ0pY |Read more from The Telegraph’s award-winning comment team: www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/ |For 30 days’ free access to The Telegraph: www.telegraph.co.uk/audio |See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yeonmi Park fled North Korea for freedom. Now she's a victim of the West's tyranny of “woke”. In this first episode of The Telegraph’s newest podcast, she tells Steven Edginton why the Western culture wars can be even more oppressive than life under Kim Jong-un. Cancel culture, guilt by association and censorship are all things she's experienced not under the dictatorship, she tells listeners, but in the West.Watch Yeonmi Park’s interview: https://youtu.be/dhFOW9RRckY |Read more from The Telegraph’s award-winning comment team: www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/ |For 30 days’ free access to The Telegraph: www.telegraph.co.uk/audio |See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.