The Brendan O'Neill Show

Julie Bindel – journalist and founder of Justice for Women – returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show to discuss how political correctness and elite disdain for the working classes have allowed the grooming gangs to run riot. Plus, they discuss the twilight of trans insanity. Sign up today for your £1-a-month trial with Shopify and start selling today: shopify.co.uk/brendan Become a spiked supporter to access all of spiked’s exclusive content, and get unlimited, ad-free reading and other perks: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Order Brendan O’Neill’s _Vibe Shift_ now from: 🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/Vibe-Shift-Wokeness-Greenism-Technocracy/dp/106871932X/  🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Vibe-Shift-Wokeness-Greenism-Technocracy/dp/106871932X/  Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters:https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Andrew Fox – former British Army officer and an associate fellow at the Henry Jackson Society – returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show. Andrew and Brendan discuss the American and Israeli strikes on Iran, the risks of a ‘regime change’ war, and the Western left’s apologism for Iran’s brutal theocracy. Become a spiked supporter to access all of spiked’s exclusive content, and get unlimited, ad-free reading and other perks: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Order Brendan O’Neill’s _Vibe Shift_ now from: 🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/Vibe-Shift-Wokeness-Greenism-Technocracy/dp/106871932X/  🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Vibe-Shift-Wokeness-Greenism-Technocracy/dp/106871932X/  Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

To celebrate the release of Brendan O’Neill’s new book, Vibe Shift: The Revolt Against Wokeness, Greenism and Technocracy, Brendan was interviewed by spiked editor Tom Slater for this special live event and podcast. They discussed how the elites' mad ideologies are colliding with reality, common sense and public fury. spiked supporters can watch the second half of the discussion here: https://www.spiked-online.com/podcast-episode/vibe-shift-live-part-two-the-qa/ If you’re not a spiked supporter, you can get unlimited access to spiked, including exclusive podcast episodes and live events, by signing up here: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  📕 Order Brendan O’Neill’s _Vibe Shift_ now from Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Vibe-Shift-Wokeness-Greenism-Technocracy/dp/106871932X/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nigel Biggar is the latest guest on The Brendan O’Neill Show. Nigel and Brendan discuss the rot in Western universities, the woke rewriting of history and why the culture war matters more than ever. Become a spiked supporter to access all of spiked’s exclusive content, and get unlimited, ad-free reading and other perks: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Order Brendan O’Neill’s _Vibe Shift_ now from: 🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/Vibe-Shift-Wokeness-Greenism-Technocracy/dp/106871932X/  🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Vibe-Shift-Wokeness-Greenism-Technocracy/dp/106871932X/  Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Journalist Michael Tracey returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show to discuss what everyone gets wrong about the Epstein Files, the dangers of abandoning due process and how the media embraced a conspiracy theory. Become a spiked supporter to access all of spiked’s exclusive content, and get unlimited, ad-free reading and other perks: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Order Brendan O’Neill’s After the Pogrom now from: 🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/After-Pogrom-October-Israel-Civilisation/dp/1068719303/  🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/After-Pogrom-October-Israel-Civilisation/dp/1068719303/  Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Marie Kawthar Daouda – author and lecturer at Oriel College, Oxford – joins Brendan O’Neill on The Brendan O’Neill Show to discuss decolonisation, white guilt and the destruction of Western heritage. Sign up today for your £1-a-month trial with Shopify and start selling today: shopify.co.uk/brendan Get a discounted copy of Not Your Victim using the promo code MDV26 here: https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=not-your-victim-how-our-obsession-with-race-entraps-and-divides-us--9781509571697  Become a spiked supporter to access all of spiked’s exclusive content, and get unlimited, ad-free reading and other perks: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Order Brendan O’Neill’s After the Pogrom now from: 🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/After-Pogrom-October-Israel-Civilisation/dp/1068719303/  🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/After-Pogrom-October-Israel-Civilisation/dp/1068719303/  Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters:https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

EXCLUSIVE JANUARY OFFER: Get unlimited access to spiked for just £1 a month for the next three months: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Bridget Phetasy – host of Dumpster Fire and Walk-Ins Welcome – returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show to discuss the low-level civil war in Minneapolis, the radicalisation of America’s ‘wine moms’, and why ‘feminists’ can’t bring themselves to condemn Islamism, Iran or Hamas. Become a spiked supporter to access all of spiked’s exclusive content, and get unlimited, ad-free reading and other perks: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Order Brendan O’Neill’s After the Pogrom now from: 🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/After-Pogrom-October-Israel-Civilisation/dp/1068719303/  🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/After-Pogrom-October-Israel-Civilisation/dp/1068719303/  Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

EXCLUSIVE JANUARY OFFER: Get unlimited access to spiked for just £1 a month for the next three months: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Ayaan Hirsi Ali – founder of the AHA Foundation and the Restoration Bulletin – returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show to discuss the Iranian revolt against the ayatollahs, how Islamism enabled Britain’s grooming-gangs scandal, and how multiculturalism has institutionalised misogyny, sectarianism and anti-Semitism. EVENT: spiked is partnering with the Free Speech Union for ‘In Defence of Trial by Jury’, a live discussion on Thursday 29 January in London. spiked supporters and Free Speech Union members can get discounted tickets: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/freespeechunion/2002087  Become a spiked supporter to access all of spiked’s exclusive content, and get unlimited, ad-free reading and other perks: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Order Brendan O’Neill’s After the Pogrom now from: 🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/After-Pogrom-October-Israel-Civilisation/dp/1068719303/  🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/After-Pogrom-October-Israel-Civilisation/dp/1068719303/  Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Frank Furedi – author of the upcoming book, In Defence of Populism – returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show to discuss the unravelling of the US-led world order, the ‘Don-roe’ doctrine, and why states need to rediscover the national interest. Become a spiked supporter to access all of spiked’s exclusive content, and get unlimited, ad-free reading and other perks: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Order Brendan O’Neill’s After the Pogrom now from: 🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/After-Pogrom-October-Israel-Civilisation/dp/1068719303/  🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/After-Pogrom-October-Israel-Civilisation/dp/1068719303/  Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters:https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Daniel McCarthy – editor of Modern Age – returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show following Donald Trump’s raid on Venezuela. Daniel and Brendan discuss the new realpolitik in US security strategy and the dangers of foreign-imposed regime change. Plus, how Tim Walz turned a blind eye to industrial-scale welfare fraud in the Somali community. Sign up today for your £1-a-month trial with Shopify and start selling today: https://shopify.co.uk/brendan  Become a spiked supporter to access all of spiked’s exclusive content, and get unlimited, ad-free reading and other perks: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Order Brendan O’Neill’s After the Pogrom now from: 🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/After-Pogrom-October-Israel-Civilisation/dp/1068719303/  🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/After-Pogrom-October-Israel-Civilisation/dp/1068719303/  Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Want a signed copy of Vibe Shift, the brilliant new book by Brendan O’Neill? Donate £50 or more – or £30 or more, if you’re a spiked supporter – to our Christmas appeal and we’ll pop one in the post: https://www.spiked-online.com/xmas/  Rosie Kay – choreographer, founder of K2CO and co-founder of Freedom in the Arts – returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show. Rosie and Brendan discuss the staggering levels of self-censorship in Britain’s cultural institutions, the cancellations of Graham Linehan and Kate Clanchy, and how liberals abandoned the battle for artistic freedom. Become a spiked supporter to access all of spiked’s exclusive content, and get unlimited, ad-free reading and other perks: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Order Brendan O’Neill’s After the Pogrom now from: 🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/After-Pogrom-October-Israel-Civilisation/dp/1068719303/  🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/After-Pogrom-October-Israel-Civilisation/dp/1068719303/  Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters:https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Christopher Caldwell – author of Reflections on the Revolution in Europe: Immigration, Islam and the West – returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show. Christopher and Brendan discuss the death rattle of woke, Trump’s fury with the EU, and how the West lost control of its borders. New episodes every Thursday. Get a signed copy of Vibe Shift, Brendan O’Neill’s new book: https://www.spiked-online.com/2025/12/09/introducing-vibe-shift-by-brendan-oneill/  Order Brendan O’Neill’s After the Pogrom now from: 🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/After-Pogrom-October-Israel-Civilisation/dp/1068719303/  🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/After-Pogrom-October-Israel-Civilisation/dp/1068719303/  Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Robin Aitken – former BBC journalist and author of The Noble Liar – is the latest guest on The Brendan O’Neill Show. Robin and Brendan discuss the BBC’s abandonment of objectivity, the activist capture of the newsroom and why this still matters in the internet era. New episodes every Thursday. Get a signed copy of Vibe Shift, Brendan O’Neill’s new book: https://www.spiked-online.com/2025/12/09/introducing-vibe-shift-by-brendan-oneill/  Order Brendan O’Neill’s After the Pogrom now from: 🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/After-Pogrom-October-Israel-Civilisation/dp/1068719303/  🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/After-Pogrom-October-Israel-Civilisation/dp/1068719303/  Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matthew Syed – columnist for The Times and The Sunday Times – is the latest guest on The Brendan O’Neill Show. Matthew and Brendan discuss the UK’s economic decline, how the West lost its confidence and the indignity of the welfare state. Order Brendan O’Neill’s After the Pogrom now from: 🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/After-Pogrom-October-Israel-Civilisation/dp/1068719303/  🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/After-Pogrom-October-Israel-Civilisation/dp/1068719303/  Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters:https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Helen Joyce – director of advocacy at Sex Matters – returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show to discuss the irreversible damage of puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones, the myth of being ‘born in the wrong body’, and the trans-activist capture of the British establishment. Order Brendan O’Neill’s After the Pogrom now from: 🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/After-Pogrom-October-Israel-Civilisation/dp/1068719303/  🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/After-Pogrom-October-Israel-Civilisation/dp/1068719303/  Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rabbi Daniel Rowe – senior educator of Aish UK – on the Islamist threat to Jews, the rise of MAGA anti-Semitism, and why Israel remains resilient. Order Brendan O’Neill’s After the Pogrom now from: 🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/After-Pogrom-October-Israel-Civilisation/dp/1068719303/  🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/After-Pogrom-October-Israel-Civilisation/dp/1068719303/  Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Heather Mac Donald – Thomas W Smith fellow at the Manhattan Institute and the author of When Race Trumps Merit – returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show to discuss why Zohran Mamdani’s victory will fuel crime, poverty and anti-Semitism in New York City. Order Brendan O’Neill’s After the Pogrom now from: 🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/After-Pogrom-October-Israel-Civilisation/dp/1068719303/  🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/After-Pogrom-October-Israel-Civilisation/dp/1068719303/  Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters:https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Robin Aitken – former BBC journalist and author of The Noble Liar – is the latest guest on The Brendan O’Neill Show. Robin and Brendan discuss the BBC’s abandonment of objectivity, the activist capture of the newsroom and why this still matters in the internet era. New episodes every Thursday. Get a signed copy of Vibe Shift, Brendan O’Neill’s new book: https://www.spiked-online.com/2025/12/09/introducing-vibe-shift-by-brendan-oneill/  Order Brendan O’Neill’s After the Pogrom now from: 🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/After-Pogrom-October-Israel-Civilisation/dp/1068719303/  🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/After-Pogrom-October-Israel-Civilisation/dp/1068719303/  Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Paul Coleman – executive director of ADF International and author of Censored – returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show. Paul and Brendan discuss Britain’s slide into censorship, how quoting the Bible became a crime in Finland, and how Islamic blasphemy laws conquered Europe. Watch Think Before You Post, a spiked documentary on the rise of the British speech police, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0smxO4WiOA  Order Brendan O’Neill’s After the Pogrom now from: 🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/After-Pogrom-October-Israel-Civilisation/dp/1068719303/  🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/After-Pogrom-October-Israel-Civilisation/dp/1068719303/  Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eli Lake – columnist at the Free Press and host of the Breaking History podcast – on hipster socialism, Islamo-leftism and the crumbling of the Democratic elites. Order Brendan O’Neill’s After the Pogrom now from: 🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/After-Pogrom-October-Israel-Civilisation/dp/1068719303/  🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/After-Pogrom-October-Israel-Civilisation/dp/1068719303/  Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices