New Culture Forum

This week, Peter is joined by the comedian and social commentator, Konstantin Kisin. Konstantin made headlines last year after refusing to sign a "behavioural agreement" before a gig at a London university. He discusses with Peter how his families experiences in the Soviet Union helped shape his views on freedom and why he is fighting back against an increasingly politically correct elite. SUBSCRIBE: If you are enjoying the show, please subscribe to our channel on YouTube, iTunes or Soundcloud: You can also find us on the Google Podcasts app. https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/so-what-youre-saying-is/id1454511530?mt=2 Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-923838732 SUPPORT: Your Donations will help ensure our Show keeps going PAYPAL/ CARD PAYMENTS: http://www.newcultureforum.org.uk/ About The Show So What You're Saying Is... (SWYSI) is a weekly discussion show with experts and significant figures from the political, cultural and academic worlds. The host is Peter Whittle (@PRWhittle), Founder & Director of The New Culture Forum, a Westminster-based think tank that seeks to challenge the cultural orthodoxies dominant in the media, academia, and British culture/society at large. Join us on Social Media: Web: http://www.newcultureforum.org.uk F: https://www.facebook.com/NCultureForum/ Y: http://www.youtube.com/c/NewCultureForum T: http://www.twitter.com/NewCultureForum (@NewCultureForum)

Peter's guest this week is the author and journalist David Goodhart. David was the founder and editor of Prospect Magazine and is now the head of the Demography, Immigration and Integration at the Policy Exchange think tank. He joins Peter to discuss themes he raises in his two books: The British Dream: Successes and Failures of Post-war Immigration and The Road to Somewhere: The Populist Revolt and the Future of Politics. If you are enjoying the show, please subscribe to our channel on YouTube, iTunes or Soundcloud https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/so-what-youre-saying-is/id1454511530?mt=2 Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-923838732 About The Show So What You're Saying Is... (SWYSI) is a weekly discussion show with experts and significant figures from the political, cultural and academic worlds. The host is Peter Whittle (@PRWhittle), Founder & Director of The New Culture Forum, a Westminster-based think tank that seeks to challenge the cultural orthodoxies dominant in the media, academia, and British culture/society at large. Support SWYSI / Donate: http://www.newcultureforum.org.uk/#donate See us on Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/NCultureForum/ http://www.youtube.com/c/NewCultureForum New Culture Forum (@NewCultureForum) on Twitter W: http://www.newcultureforum.org.uk

Peter's guest this week is Katharine Birbalsingh, headmistress of the Michaela free school. They discuss the ups and downs of setting up a free school, the dangers of giving children smartphones and challenging received wisdom in our approach to education. SUBSCRIBE: If you are enjoying the show, please subscribe to our channel on YouTube, iTunes or Soundcloud: You can also find us on the Google Podcasts app. https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-923838732 SUPPORT: Your Donations will help ensure our Show keeps going PAYPAL/ CARD PAYMENTS: http://www.newcultureforum.org.uk/ About The Show So What You're Saying Is... (SWYSI) is a weekly discussion show with experts and significant figures from the political, cultural and academic worlds. The host is Peter Whittle (@PRWhittle), Founder & Director of The New Culture Forum, a Westminster-based think tank that seeks to challenge the cultural orthodoxies dominant in the media, academia, and British culture / society at large. Join us on Social Media: Web: http://www.newcultureforum.org.uk F: https://www.facebook.com/NCultureForum/ Y: http://www.youtube.com/c/NewCultureForum T: http://www.twitter.com/NewCultureForum (@NewCultureForum)

Peter's guest this week is Sir Roger Scruton, a writer and philosopher who has published over forty books on politics, aesthetics and philosophy. The pair discuss politics, conservatism and of course the now infamous interview with the New Statesman magazine.

Peter's guest this week is the creator of the Twitter phenomenon ‘Titania McGrath’. Andrew Doyle is a writer and comedian. He writes for Spiked Online and has previously written for the spoof TV reporter Jonathan Pie. Peter and Andrew discuss 'woke culture', comedy and of course, Titania. SUBSCRIBE: If you are enjoying the show, please subscribe to our channel on YouTube, iTunes or Soundcloud: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/so-what-youre-saying-is/id1454511530?mt=2 Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-923838732 SUPPORT: Your Donations will help ensure our Show keeps going PAYPAL/ CARD PAYMENTS: http://www.newcultureforum.org.uk/#do... About The Show So What You're Saying Is... (SWYSI) is a weekly discussion show with experts and significant figures from the political, cultural and academic worlds. The host is Peter Whittle (@PRWhittle), Founder & Director of The New Culture Forum, a Westminster-based think tank that seeks to challenge the cultural orthodoxies dominant in the media, academia, and British culture / society at large. Join us on Social Media: Web: http://www.newcultureforum.org.uk F: https://www.facebook.com/NCultureForum/ Y: http://www.youtube.com/c/NewCultureForum T: http://www.twitter.com/NewCultureForum (@NewCultureForum)

Peter's guest this week is Conservative journalist and commentator, Tim Montgomerie. The pair discuss Theresa May's legacy, grassroots media and of course the ongoing Conservative leadership battle. SUBSCRIBE: If you are enjoying the show, please subscribe to our channel on YouTube, iTunes or Soundcloud: You can also find us on the Google Podcasts app. https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-923838732 SUPPORT: Your Donations will help ensure our Show keeps going PAYPAL/ CARD PAYMENTS: http://www.newcultureforum.org.uk/ About The Show So What You're Saying Is... (SWYSI) is a weekly discussion show with experts and significant figures from the political, cultural and academic worlds. The host is Peter Whittle (@PRWhittle), Founder & Director of The New Culture Forum, a Westminster-based think tank that seeks to challenge the cultural orthodoxies dominant in the media, academia, and British culture / society at large. Join us on Social Media: Web: http://www.newcultureforum.org.uk F: https://www.facebook.com/NCultureForum/ Y: http://www.youtube.com/c/NewCultureForum T: http://www.twitter.com/NewCultureForum (@NewCultureForum)

Peter Whittle's guest this week is Simon Richards, Chief Executive of The Freedom Association - TFA (which he has belonged to since 1976) and co-founder of the Better Off Out campaign. In 2007 he introduced TFA's Free Spirits events, to put the freedom message to young people, and in 2008 set up university Freedom Societies. In 2014 he came up with The Freedom Festival, which proved so successful that it has now become an annual event. In his discussion with Peter, Simon stresses that the nation state holds more importance to the TFA than is perhaps the case with other notable libertarian organisations. Speaking about the state of Freedom today, he argues that whilst we have plenty of choice in so many areas of modern life, in reality, on the big Orwellian issues of real freedom to speak and to think, freedom is in fact being closed down by the left. To strengthen Britain's freedoms we must remember the proud defence of Freedom Britain has historically championed. Looking through the prism of WWII, Churchill's funeral and the Falklands War, Richards discusses the state of Britain in recent decades and how a nation's most celebrated characteristics can be easily lost and forgotten if not preserved for future generations.

Peter Whittle's guest this week is Ben Cobley, author of The Tribe: The Liberal-Left and the System of Diversity. He discusses with Peter who is behind identity politics, how it came to dominate our culture and how they maintain their influence over the narrative. About The Show So What You're Saying Is... (SWYSI) is a weekly discussion show with experts and significant figures from the political, cultural and academic worlds. The host is Peter Whittle (@PRWhittle), Founder & Director of The New Culture Forum, a Westminster-based think tank that seeks to challenge the cultural orthodoxies dominant in the media, academia, and British culture/society at large. Join us on Social Media: Web: http://www.newcultureforum.org.uk F: https://www.facebook.com/NCultureForum/ Y: http://www.youtube.com/c/NewCultureForum T: http://www.twitter.com/NewCultureForum (@NewCultureForum)

Peter Whittle's guest this week is comedian Alistair Williams, who became a viral sensation recently after his standup routine about Burger King and Brexit took the internet by storm. He joins Peter to discuss the state of comedy in the Brexit era, the inspiration behind his shows and his plans for the future. About The Show So What You're Saying Is... (SWYSI) is a weekly discussion show with experts and significant figures from the political, cultural and academic worlds. The host is Peter Whittle (@PRWhittle), Founder & Director of The New Culture Forum, a Westminster-based think tank that seeks to challenge the cultural orthodoxies dominant in the media, academia, and British culture / society at large. Join us on Social Media: Web: http://www.newcultureforum.org.uk F: https://www.facebook.com/NCultureForum/ Y: http://www.youtube.com/c/NewCultureForum T: http://www.twitter.com/NewCultureForum (@NewCultureForum)

Peter's Whittle's guest this week is free speech campaigner and columnist Brendan O'Neill, editor of Spiked Online and a frequent commentator on Sky News's paper review etc. Starting out on the far left as a writer for Living Marxism, the journal of the Revolutionary Communist Party, Brendan O'Neill now classifies himself as an atheist libertarian. He is no longer as interested in traditional Left/Right political divisions believing, like many others, that these have been superseded by society's new divisions (in essence the platform for the culture wars). Dubbed "The Most Hated Man on UK campuses" by The Tab, He has taken his campaign against censorship and the "no platforming" of speakers to university campuses, attacking the authoritarian, close-minded attitude of the (generally privileged middle class) "woke" students & staff who prefer to shut down debate rather than attempt to rebut challenging views.