• James O'Brien Daily

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James O'Brien Daily

By: Global
  • Summary

  • Welcome to the best bits of James O'Brien's LBC phone-in show. Listen back to all the highlights in a 60-minute bite sized chunk of his show with new episodes every weekday. James covers all the big stories which will make you think - and possibly change your outlook. For advertising opportunities on this podcast email: dax@global.com
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Episodes
  • How Prince Harry won against Murdoch
    Jan 22 2025

    Unprecedented news broke today: Prince Harry and Lord Watson have settled a long-running legal battle with publishers of The Sun, News Group Newspapers. James analyses Rupert Murdoch’s News Group’s "full and unequivocal apology" and payment, and finds out what the settlement means with a consultant to Prince Harry’s legal team, Dr Evan Harris.

    And how was Southport killer Axel Rudakubana able to buy a knife aged just 17 on Amazon and watch violent terrorist content on X in the hour before killing three young girls? Can the government rein in these tech platforms and their billionaire owners to stop these atrocities happening again?

    This episode was recorded on the 22nd January. Catch James O'Brien weekdays from 10am on LBC.

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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • Did Elon Musk make a Nazi salute?
    Jan 21 2025

    The father of Southport killer Axel Rudakubana stopped his son from returning to his former school a week before he stabbed three young girls to death in July last year at a Taylor Swift dance class. James wonders how scared Rudakubana's father was at what his son was capable of and asks what parents with potentially violent children can do to prevent the worst.

    And Elon Musk made what many suggested to be Nazi salutes at Donald Trump’s inauguration yesterday. James contemplates just how wide our window of acceptable opinion has reached.


    This episode was recorded on the 21st January. Catch James O'Brien weekdays from 10am on LBC.

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    56 mins
  • How have perceptions of Israel, Gaza and the West Bank changed?
    Jan 20 2025

    Israel has freed 90 Palestinian prisoners, after the first three Israeli hostages were released from Hamas captivity as part of the Gaza ceasefire deal. James asks how this conflict has changed listener’s perception of the region’s geo-political landscape.

    On the day of Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration, why are liberals and much of the media have gone soft on Trump and the shocking behaviours that would normally prevent re-election.

    And James hears directly from Liverpool Crown Court as LBC’s reporter Liam Gotting shares the details of today's breaking news that Axel Rudakubana has pleaded guilty to murdering three young girls in a knife attack at a Taylor Swift themed dance event in Southport last year.

    This episode was recorded on the 20th January. Catch James O'Brien weekdays from 10am on LBC.

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    1 hr

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