Episodes

  • 103: Think before you post

    103: Think before you post
    Jan 25 2025
    spiked columnist Luke Gittos joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders, our nanny-state podcast. They discuss the post-Southport speech wars, Trump taking on the public-health lobby, and whether Labour will really go for growth.

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    42 mins
  • 102: The vibe shift

    102: The vibe shift
    Jan 12 2025
    GB News presenter Tom Harwood joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders, our nanny-state podcast. They discuss how Trump’s victory has moved the Overton window, why Mark Zuckerberg is right to sack his fact-checkers, and the Dutch mother who tried to get her son off vaping by giving him cigarettes.

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    48 mins
  • 101: Liquid lunches in North Korea

    101: Liquid lunches in North Korea
    Dec 21 2024
    Patrick Christys – presenter for GB News – and Gawain Towler – former head of press for Reform UK – join Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for a very special episode of Last Orders. Not only is it the Christmas episode, it’s also the show’s 100th (kind of). They discuss whether Keir Starmer’s Britain is going the way of Kim Jong-un’s totalitarian hermit kingdom, the rise of Reform, and what Lucy Letby thinks about daylight savings.

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    43 mins
  • 100: Scandal, gossip and Guido Fawkes

    100: Scandal, gossip and Guido Fawkes
    Dec 8 2024
    Paul Staines – founding editor of Guido Fawkes – joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders, our nanny-state podcast. They discuss whether Westminster muckraking is a dying art, why Labour wants to ban adverts for porridge, and why young people should do more drugs.

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    32 mins
  • 99: Non-crimes and the misery of veganism

    99: Non-crimes and the misery of veganism
    Nov 23 2024
    Writer and commentator Candice Holdsworth joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders, our nanny-state podcast. They discuss Allison Pearson’s visit from the thoughtpolice, the junk statistics about junk-food ‘addiction’, and why Dale Vince can do one.

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    32 mins
  • 98: The banter era returns

    98: The banter era returns
    Nov 9 2024
    Reem Ibrahim – communications manager at the Institute of Economic Affairs – joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders. They discuss the hilarious backlash to Donald Trump’s re-election, the revival of the smoking ban, and why adults like flavoured vapes, too.

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    37 mins
  • 97: Fat jabs, speed and the banter police

    97: Fat jabs, speed and the banter police
    Oct 22 2024
    Julia Hartley-Brewer, Simon Evans and Kate Andrews joined Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for this very special edition of the Last Orders podcast, recorded live at the Battle of Ideas festival in Westminster on Saturday 19 October. They discussed the rise of Ozempic, Labour’s plan to cleanse pubs of offensive speech, why weed is the boring drug, how speed could solve our productivity problem, and much more.
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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • 96: See Last Orders *live* this weekend

    96: See Last Orders *live* this weekend
    Oct 17 2024
    This is your last chance to get tickets to see us at the Battle of Ideas festival this weekend. On Saturday, at Church House in Westminster, we’ll be doing a very special live show, featuring Julia Hartley-Brewer, Simon Evans, Kate Andrews and loads of audience participation. If you’re already coming to the Battle of Ideas, get yourself down to the Robert Runcie Room at 12.15pm on Saturday. If you’re not coming to the festival, why not? It’s brilliant, plus fans of this podcast can get 20 per cent off their tickets by using the code SPIKED24 at checkout or by clicking on this link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/battle-of-ideas-festival-2024-tickets-807629249827?discount=SPIKED24
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    1 min