Episodes

  • 313: Toby Young: Starmer’s thoughtpolice

    313: Toby Young: Starmer’s thoughtpolice
    Jan 2 2025
    Toby Young – general secretary of the Free Speech Union – returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show. Toby and Brendan discuss how ‘banter bouncers’ could soon be deployed in pubs and football stadiums, the perils of banning Islamophobia and why woke isn’t over yet.

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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • 312: James Dreyfus: Have we finally reached peak woke?

    312: James Dreyfus: Have we finally reached peak woke?
    Dec 19 2024
    James Dreyfus – star of Gimme Gimme Gimme and Absolutely Fabulous – returned to The Brendan O’Neill Show for this very special live episode. James and Brendan discussed the trans assault on gay rights, the viciousness of cancel culture and why we can’t be complacent about wokeness.

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    59 mins
  • 311: Jonathan Turley: Free speech in an age of rage

    311: Jonathan Turley: Free speech in an age of rage
    Dec 13 2024
    Jonathan Turley – a legal expert who testified at the impeachments of Bill Clinton and Donald Trump – joined this week’s episode of The Brendan O’Neill Show to discuss his new book, The Indispensable Right. Jonathan and Brendan discuss the assault on the First Amendment, the historical roots of the ‘misinformation’ panic, and why free expression is at the essence of what it means to be human.

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    59 mins
  • 310: Josh Szeps: Why I had to escape the mainstream media

    310: Josh Szeps: Why I had to escape the mainstream media
    Dec 5 2024
    Josh Szeps – former ABC broadcaster and host of the
    Uncomfortable Conversations podcast – joined Brendan O’Neill on this week’s episode of The Brendan O’Neill Show. Josh discusses his break from the mainstream media, how diversity quotas breed conformity and the lost art of talking across the divide.

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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • 309: Kevin Yuill: Why humanists should reject assisted dying

    309: Kevin Yuill: Why humanists should reject assisted dying
    Nov 28 2024
    Kevin Yuill – historian and author of Assisted Suicide: The Liberal, Humanist Case Against Legalisation – is this week’s guest on The Brendan O’Neill Show. Kevin and Brendan discuss the flaws in the UK’s proposed assisted-dying bill, Canada’s horrifying euthanasia laws and the sinister roots of the right-to-die movement.

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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • 308: Bridget Phetasy: Has Trump broken the spell of woke?

    308: Bridget Phetasy: Has Trump broken the spell of woke?
    Nov 21 2024
    Bridget Phetasy – writer, comedian and host of Dumpster Fire – returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show. Bridget discusses why she voted for Donald Trump, the realignment of US politics, and how the left lost its ‘cool’ factor.

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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • 307: John ‘Rick’ MacArthur: The lobotomisation of the Democrats

    307: John ‘Rick’ MacArthur: The lobotomisation of the Democrats
    Nov 14 2024
    John ‘Rick’ MacArthur, president and publisher of Harper’s Magazine, returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show. Rick and Brendan discuss why Joe Biden’s presidency was a disaster for workers, why ordinary voters hate woke, and why the Democrats will learn nothing from Donald Trump’s victory.

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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • 306: Freddy Gray: It’s Donald Trump’s world

    306: Freddy Gray: It’s Donald Trump’s world
    Nov 7 2024
    Freddy Gray – deputy editor of the Spectator and host of the Americano podcast – returns to the The Brendan O’Neill Show to dissect the US election. Freddy and Brendan discuss the political comeback of the century, why the Harris-Walz campaign crashed and burned, and the popular revolt against the elites.

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    56 mins