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The Afghan asylum crime wave

Ella Whelan, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on how our broken borders threaten women and girls, Sandie Peggie’s fight for single-sex spaces and Jamie Michael’s never-ending persecution. 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/  Watch the second half of the discussion on spiked podcast: unlocked – our weekly bonus podcast, exclusively for spiked supporters – here: LINK 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/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

12-12
35:14

The lies of Rachel Reeves

Esther Krakue, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on the UK chancellor’s ‘creative accounting’, David Lammy’s tyrannical war on juries and the celebrities on the march against Reform UK. Watch the second half of the discussion on spiked podcast: unlocked – our weekly bonus podcast, exclusively for spiked supporters – here: https://www.spiked-online.com/podcast-episode/your-partys-delicious-meltdown/ 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/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

12-05
27:53

‘Trans activists are little Hitlers’ | Graham Linehan

Fresh from his acquittal for ‘harassing’ a trans activist, Graham Linehan – creator of Father Ted, Black Books and The IT Crowd – sat down with spiked’s Georgina Mumford to discuss the legal campaigns to have him silenced, the activist capture of the arts, and why the TERFs are finally on the winning side. Read spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/     Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

12-03
13:24

How Rachel Reeves is bankrupting Britain

Liam Halligan and Fraser Myers discuss the horrors in the autumn budget, why our sky-high taxes lead to dreadful public services, and where the next economic crisis could come from. New episodes every Friday. Watch the second half of the show on spiked podcast: unlocked – our weekly bonus podcast, exclusively for spiked supporters – here: https://www.spiked-online.com/podcast-episode/the-smear-campaign-against-nigel-farage/ 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/ Watch Think Before You Post, our documentary on the rise of the British speech police, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0smxO4WiOA  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

11-28
30:19

The Covid inquiry’s pro-lockdown propaganda | Michael Simmons

The UK’s Covid inquiry has made the audacious – and utterly misleading – claim that an earlier lockdown could have saved thousands of lives. Here, Michael Simmons – economics editor at the Spectator and host of the Reality Check podcast – exposes the dodgy data being peddled by the ‘experts’, the groupthink that pushed us into lockdown, and the economic devastation that is still being felt today.  Read spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/     Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

11-26
17:37

The free-speech film they tried to censor

Joanna Williams, Candice Holdsworth, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers  on Rich Mix’s cancellation of ‘Think Before You Post’, the left’s meltdown over Shabana Mahmood and the miserablism of the milkshake tax. To join the waiting list for the premiere of Think Before You Post, on Tuesday 25 November in London, email us at supporters@spiked-online.com  Watch the second half of the discussion on spiked podcast: unlocked – our weekly bonus podcast, exclusively for spiked supporters – here: https://www.spiked-online.com/podcast-episode/zack-polanskis-coalition-of-cranks/ 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/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

11-24
36:23

The end of men in women’s sports? | Sharron Davies

Cheating. That’s how Sharron Davies – Olympic medallist, Tory peer and CEO of the Women’s Sports Union – describes the Olympics’ deranged policy of letting men enter women’s sports. Here, she tells spiked’s Georgina Mumford how ‘trans inclusion’ treats female athletes as second-class citizens, eroding fair competition and placing them in physical danger.  Read spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/     Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

11-19
20:36

The fall of the BBC

Miriam Cates joins Tom Slater and Georgina Mumford for the latest episode of the spiked podcast. They discuss the BBC bias scandal, Labour’s meltdown and the Olympics trans farce. Get your tickets to the premiere of Think Before You Post, on Tuesday 25 November in London: https://www.spiked-online.com/events/  Watch the second half of the discussion on spiked podcast: unlocked – our weekly bonus podcast, exclusively for spiked supporters – here: https://www.spiked-online.com/podcast-episode/the-flag-wars-and-the-future-of-the-right/ 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/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

11-14
22:06

How Wikipedia lies to you | Ashley Rindsberg

Wikipedia has been hijacked. Although the free internet encyclopedia poses as a neutral, unbiased and trustworthy source of information, it can easily be manipulated by ideologues, governments and other partisan actors. Here, Ashley Rindsberg – editor and chief investigative officer of @NPOVMedia – lifts the lid on the behind-the-scenes policies that make bias inevitable and allow a handful of anonymous editors to rewrite reality. Read more of Ashley’s work on Wikipedia here: https://npov.substack.com/ Read spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/     Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

11-12
17:07

Huntingdon: another mass stabbing in broken Britain

Benedict Spence joins Tom Slater and Georgina Mumford for the latest episode of the spiked podcast. They discuss the horrific knife attack on a train in Cambridgeshire, Zohran Mamdani’s victory in New York City and the BBC’s fake news about Donald Trump. Watch the second half of the discussion on spiked podcast: unlocked – our weekly bonus podcast, exclusively for spiked supporters – here: https://www.spiked-online.com/podcast-episode/the-fall-of-prince-andrew-and-the-madness-of-mehdi-hasan/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

11-06
29:42

After Uxbridge: our broken borders are a threat to us all

After Uxbridge: our broken borders are a threat to us all Colin Brazier, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the horrific attack in west London, whether Sarah Pochin has a point about diversity in advertising, and why our censorship documentary has been censored. Watch Think Before You Post, our documentary on the rise of the British speech police, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0smxO4WiOA  New episodes every Friday. Watch the second half of the discussion on spiked podcast: unlocked – our weekly bonus podcast, exclusively for spiked supporters – here: https://www.spiked-online.com/podcast-episode/supporter-exclusive-colin-brazier-on-why-he-joined-reform/ 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/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

10-31
35:29

Grooming gangs: another shameful Labour cover-up

Andrew Fox, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on Jess Phillips’s betrayal of grooming-gang victims, Graham Linehan’s victory over the tweet police and the Jew hunt at City University. New episodes every Friday. Watch the second half of the discussion on spiked podcast: unlocked – our weekly bonus podcast, exclusively for spiked supporters – here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxRSLKHKKGABecome 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/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

10-24
29:44

Jew hatred, borders and censorship

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10-20
45:15

Farage’s path to power | Pollster James Johnson

James Johnson – co-founder of JL Partners – talks to Fraser Myers about the Reform UK surge, why a second term for Labour is more likely than you think, and why the Tories need to stop chasing the ‘liberal centrist’ vote. See the spiked podcast and Last Orders live at the Battle of Ideas festival on 18 and 19 October. Get 20 per cent off with the promo code SPIKED: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/battle-of-ideas-festival-2025-tickets-1055046124359?discount=SPIKED  Read spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/     Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

10-17
22:46

Why Trump’s Gaza peace plan infuriates the left

Jake Wallis Simons, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on the hypocrisy of the Israelophobes, the truth about 7 October and the stain of anti-Semitism in Britain. New episodes every Friday. Watch the first episode of spiked podcast: unlocked – our weekly bonus episode, exclusively for spiked supporters – here: https://www.spiked-online.com/podcast-episode/introducing-spiked-podcast-unlocked/    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/ See the spiked podcast and Last Orders live at the Battle of Ideas festival on 18 and 19 October. Get 20 per cent off with the promo code SPIKED: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/battle-of-ideas-festival-2025-tickets-1055046124359?discount=SPIKED Take your business to the next level with Shopify. Sign up now and get a £1-per-month trial period: https://shopify.co.uk/spiked Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

10-10
31:23

‘The censors are insatiable’ | Adam Szetela on how ‘sensitivity readers’ captured publishing

There is more than one way to burn a book. In the modern publishing industry, books are censored, edited or scrapped entirely to avoid straying from woke dogma. ‘Sensitivity readers’ scour for words, characters and plot lines that could cause offence to minorities. ‘Morality clauses’ ensure that authors espouse the correct views in public. The result is books that are bland, predictable and utterly safe. Here, Adam Szetela – author of That Book is Dangerous! – lifts the lid on how the publishing industry itself became the enemy of literature. See the spiked podcast and Last Orders live at the Battle of Ideas festival on 18 and 19 October. Get 20 per cent off with the promo code SPIKED: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/battle-of-ideas-festival-2025-tickets-1055046124359?discount=SPIKED  Read spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/     Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

10-08
16:16

The intifada comes to Manchester

Take your business to the next level with Shopify. Sign up now and get a £1-per-month trial period: https://shopify.co.uk/spiked  Harry Cole, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on the anti-Semitic savagery of the Manchester synagogue attack, Labour’s smearing of Farage, Trump’s Gaza peace plan and why America is so worried about Britain. New episodes every Friday. See the spiked podcast and Last Orders live at the Battle of Ideas festival on 18 and 19 October. Get 20 per cent off with the promo code SPIKED: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/battle-of-ideas-festival-2025-tickets-1055046124359?discount=SPIKED  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

10-06
30:00

The Muhammad cartoons that shook the world | Flemming Rose

This is the audio from a video we have just published on our YouTube channel – an interview with Flemming Rose. To make sure you never miss great content like this, subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/@spiked  Take your business to the next level with Shopify. Sign up now and get a £1-per-month trial period: https://shopify.co.uk/spiked  Twenty years ago, Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten published 12 cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, sparking protests, riots and boycotts across the Muslim world. Clashes outside Danish embassies led to at least 200 deaths. Flemming Rose was the culture editor who commissioned the cartoons. Here, he explains why we must fight for the right to draw Muhammad, why we must never bow to Islamic intolerance and why self-censorship is the greatest enemy of free speech. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

09-30
29:40

The Islamic State of Great Britain

Mark Dolan, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on the knife attack on a Koran-burning protester, Jimmy Kimmel’s return, the nothingness of Andy Burnham and the tyranny of digital ID. New episodes every Friday. See the spiked podcast and Last Orders live at the Battle of Ideas festival on 18 and 19 October. Get 20 per cent off with the promo code SPIKED: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/battle-of-ideas-festival-2025-tickets-1055046124359?discount=SPIKED  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

09-26
40:18

‘Starmer is worse than Chamberlain’ | Andrew Fox

Keir Starmer’s recognition of Palestine has been hailed by Hamas as a victory for its cause. The anti-Semitic army has thanked the UK prime minister for rewarding the 7 October pogrom, the deadliest day for Jews since the Nazi Holocaust. Here, Andrew Fox – former British Army officer and co-host of the podcast, The Brink – argues that this is a moment of shame for Britain. Starmer’s gambit, he says, will do nothing for ordinary Palestinians and will not bring an end to the war in Gaza. It will only embolden those committed to Israel’s destruction. Watch, share and be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel. Read spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/     Support spiked:https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

09-22
08:21

Anti-SocJus Samizdat

What a giant faggot. Oh, Zelensky was democratically elected (no mention of the U.S./NATO-backed coup preceding). Ukraine was just tending its own kettle when teh eebul Russkies come a'invadin' (no mention of Kiev's years of hostile actions toward the ethnically and pro-Russian people of the eastern provinces). I could go on, but character limits and all. Simply put, that was just plain embarrassing.

12-06 Reply

LLCoolWhip

Sack the editor. How did that happen? Last interview I could tell something was wrong right away when Fraser sounded like a Smurf. Then he starts talking over the top of the interviewee.

11-07 Reply

Ingrid Linbohm

I love the propaganda advert for the French energy company raking in the cash thanks to the British people's subsidy paid towards the profiteering French state. The ironies abound. Hilarious !

10-02 Reply

TournelHenry

even the ad is propaganda. Hearings have established. there was no planned insurrection or even any insurrection whatsoever yet they keep saying it

09-02 Reply

LLCoolWhip

I may stop listening if they regularly include interviews in this podcast. Why did they think that people who tune in to hear a few people chatting about a number of topics would want to hear such a long, dry talk on the local elections? The one highlight of this was where the speaker jumped in and corrected Fraser when he followed the MSM line of Labour doing well in London. This was very telling, another example of Spiked's political bias stopping them from looking at the facts.

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