The Brendan O'Neill Show
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‘Henry Nowak: like George Floyd through the looking glass’ | Victor Davis Hanson
Victor Davis Hanson – historian, journalist and author of The Counterrevolution: The Fall and Rise of Donald Trump and the MAGA Movement – is the latest guest on The Brendan O’Neill Show. Victor and Brendan discuss the fall of the UK, the transatlantic revolt against racial identity politics, why the Democrats loathe Israel, and why Trump must stop negotiating with the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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‘Populism is the engine of democracy’ | Frank Furedi
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Frank Furedi returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show to discuss his new book, In Defence of Populism. Frank and Brendan discuss why there is more to Reform U
The forbidden history of radical Islam | Raymond Ibrahim
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Raymond Ibrahim – historian and author of Sword and Scimitar – is the latest guest on The Brendan O’Neill Show. Brendan and Raymond discuss the inherent radicalism of Islam, Islam’s history of violent conquest, the truth ab
‘We must break the spell of trans’ | Kellie-Jay Keen
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Kellie-Jay Keen (aka Posie Parker) – founder of Let Women Speak and leader of the Party of Women – returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show. Brendan and Kellie-Jay on how gender ideology is still harming women and children – and
‘The globalists have failed Britain’ | Laila Cunningham
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Laila Cunningham – Reform UK’s candidate for London mayor – is the latest guest on The Brendan O’Neill Show. Laila and Brendan discuss why Reform is winn
‘Starmer is weak, unprincipled and utterly unremarkable’ | Rod Liddle
Times Radio host Rod Liddle returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show. Rod and Brendan discuss the utter uselessness of Keir Starmer, the civil war in Labour and the elite betrayal of the voters.
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‘The Greens are lunatic, deranged and evil’ | Melanie Phillips
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Melanie Phillips – Times columnist and author of the new book, Fighting the Hate: A Handbook for Jews Under Siege – returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show. Melanie and Brendan discuss the rise of the Islamo-left, Britain’s descent into anti-Semitism and why the Labour Party fell apart.
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The rise of the rainbow-haired killer | Wilfred Reilly
Wilfred Reilly – author of Hate Crime Hoax – returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show. Wilfred and Brendan discuss the violent radicalisation of the American left, how ‘anti-racists’ fund the KKK and how woke is being rebranded.
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Labour has brought Britain to the brink of crisis | Liam Halligan
Liam Halligan – economist, Telegraph columnist and host of When the Facts Change – returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show. Liam and Brendan discuss Britain’s fiscal ‘doom loop’, the calamity of Net Zero, and why America’s stock-market boom is built on sand.
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Iran is *still* a nuclear threat | Trump adviser Mark Dubowitz
Mark Dubowitz – CEO of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, adviser on Iran to Obama, Biden and Trump – is the latest guest on The Brendan O’Neill Show. Mark and Brendan discuss Iran’s path to nuclear weapons, how Obama surrendered to the ayatollahs, and why opposing the Islamic Republic is a moral imperative.
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Why Iran is not a new ‘forever war’ | US vet Nate Vance
Nate Vance – Marine veteran, volunteer in the Russo-Ukrainian War, and cousin of US vice-president JD Vance – is the latest guest on The Brendan O’Neill Show. Nate tells Brendan why a US victory in Iran is closer than you think, what he saw on the front line in Ukraine, and why the West must prepare for a more dangerous world.
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‘Starmer has sold out Britain’ | Brexit negotiator David Frost
David Frost – Boris Johnson’s Brexit negotiator – returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show to discuss how Keir Starmer’s Brexit reset will damage democracy and the British economy.
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‘The reign of terror is almost over’ | Iranian dissident Ali Safavi
Iranian dissident Ali Safavi – member of Iran's Parliament in Exile and National Council of Resistance of Iran – is the latest guest to join Brendan O’Neill on The Brendan O’Neill Show. Ali talks about his brother’s murder at the hands of the regime, the peaceful future Iranians want, and why a restoration of the Shah is not the answer.
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‘Iran is on its last legs’ | Former Trump official Fred Fleitz
Fred Fleitz – vice-chair of the America First Policy Institute’s American Security department and former executive secretary and chief of staff to Trump’s US National Security Council – is the latest guest on The Brendan O’Neill Show. Fred and Brendan discuss America and Israel’s degradation of Iran, how the blockade of Hormuz could cripple the regime and how Trump is remaking the Middle East.
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‘We can’t make peace with a terrorist state’ | Ex-Israeli ambassador Michael Oren
Michael Oren – Israeli ambassador to the Obama administration – is the latest guest on The Brendan O’Neill Show. Michael and Brendan discuss Iran’s ceaseless war against the US, why Trump is losing credibility in the Middle East and how the West lost its way.
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Zoe Strimpel: How ‘anti-Zionism’ corrupted the arts
Writer and historian Zoe Strimpel returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show to discuss her notorious encounter with Matthew Collings’s self-described ‘anti-Semitic art show’. Plus: they discuss her new book, Good Slut, and how the left and the right turned against women’s freedom.
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Why the Islamic Republic must fall, with Jonathan Harounoff
Jonathan Harounoff – Israel’s International Spokesperson to the United Nations and author of Unveiled: Inside Iran’s #WomanLifeFreedom Revolt – is the latest guest on The Brendan O’Neill Show. Jonathan and Brendan discuss why the Iran War was not ‘unprovoked’, Iran’s proxies in the West, and how Iranians can win their freedom.
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Kathleen Stock: the ‘progressive’ cult of death
Kathleen Stock returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show to discuss her new book, Do Not Go Gentle.
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Can Trump still claim victory in Iran?, with Daniel McCarthy
Daniel McCarthy – editor of Modern Age – returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show. Daniel and Brendan discuss what Trump will do next, the new geopolitical order and why the Islamic Republic poses such a threat to its neighbours and beyond.
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Melanie Phillips: Iran’s evil empire
Melanie Phillips – author of Fighting the Hate: A Handbook for Jews Under Siege – returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show. Melanie and Brendan discuss Iran’s decades-long war on the West, the insanity of the ayatollah apologists and why anti-Zionism is indistinguishable from anti-Semitism.
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Stephen J Shaw: The global population collapse has already begun
Stephen J Shaw – producer and director of Birthgap – joined Brendan O’Neill for the latest episode of The Brendan O’Neill Show. Stephen and Brendan discuss the tragedy of unintended childlessness, the hollowing out of ageing societies, and why immigration is no solution to the fertility crisis.
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Julie Bindel: Will Britain *ever* stop the grooming gangs?
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.
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Iran: can the Islamic Republic be toppled?, with Andrew Fox
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.
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LIVE: Vibe Shift – the revolt against wokeness, greenism and technocracy
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.
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The new dark age, with Nigel Biggar
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.
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The truth about the Epstein Files, with Michael Tracey
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.
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The West’s war on ‘whiteness’, with Marie Kawthar Daouda
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.
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Bridget Phetasy: The entitled rage of the white liberal woman
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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
Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Islamism, Iran and the West’s descent into barbarism
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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 inst
Iran, Venezuela and the new age of instability, with Frank Furedi
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.
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What Trump wants from Venezuela, with Daniel McCarthy
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.
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Rosie Kay: How woke is killing the arts
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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 l
Christopher Caldwell: The battle to secure the West’s borders
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.
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Robin Aitken: How the BBC became the voice of the progressive elite
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.
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Matthew Syed: The coddling of the Western mind
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.
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Helen Joyce: Another trans experiment on children
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.
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The myth of ‘Palestinian liberation’, with Rabbi Daniel Rowe
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.
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Heather Mac Donald: Will Mayor Mamdani ruin New York?
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.
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Robin Aitken: How the BBC became the voice of the progressive elite
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.
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Europe’s free-speech emergency, with Paul Coleman
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.
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Eli Lake: Zohran Mamdani’s woke intifada
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.
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How Trump wrongfooted his critics, with Daniel McCarthy
Daniel McCarthy – editor of Modern Age – on the impotence of the No Kings protests, the perils of Zohran Mamdani and why the working class backs Trump on trade and borders.
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How Trump’s Gaza deal shatters the lies about Israel, with Natasha Hausdorff
Natasha Hausdorff – barrister and legal director at the UK Lawyers for Israel Charitable Trust – on the return of the hostages, the evils of Hamas and the corruption of the UN.
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Jonathan Sacerdoti: Two years of jihad against the Jews
Writer and broadcaster Jonathan Sacerdoti returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show to discuss the horror in Manchester, the West’s capitulation to Islamism, and why the hate marchers are furious with Trump’s Gaza peace deal.
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Inside Mossad, with ex-spy chief Yossi Cohen
Yossi Cohen – former Mossad chief and author of The Sword of Freedom – is the latest guest on The Brendan O’Neill Show. Yossi and Brendan discuss Mossad’s fearsome reputation, the existential threats facing Israel, and how espionage is critical to the Jewish State’s survival.
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Lionel Shriver: Charlie Kirk, free speech and the new barbarism on the left
Lionel Shriver – novelist, journalist and author of Mania – returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show to discuss the violence of the American left, the Trumpian threat to free speech and the rage of trans activists.
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Graham Linehan: I won’t be silenced
Graham Linehan – creator of Father Ted, Black Books and The IT Crowd – returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show. Graham talks to Brendan about his arrest, the cowardice of his former colleagues and how Charlie Kirk’s killing will chill open debate.
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Jake Wallis Simons: How the West betrayed itself
Jake Wallis Simons – author of Never Again? – is the latest guest on The Brendan O’Neill Show. Jake and Brendan discuss how we learned the wrong lessons from Nazi Germany, the poisonous influence of the Muslim Brotherhood, and what Britain must learn from Israel.
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2020: the summer we lost our minds, with Thomas Chatterton Willaims
Thomas Chatterton Williams – author of Summer of our Discontent – is the latest guest on The Brendan O’Neill Show. Thomas and Brendan discuss the exploitation of George Floyd, the hollowness of Black Lives Matter and the inevitable right-wing backlash.
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David Starkey: We are ruled by lies
Historian and broadcaster David Starkey returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show to discuss how the ‘Blob’ suppresses dissent, the tyranny of ‘human rights’ and how the establishment enabled the grooming gangs.
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Owen Matthews: How to end the war in Ukraine
Owen Matthews – associate editor of the Spectator and author of Overreach: The Inside Story of Putin’s War on Ukraine – is the latest guest on The Brendan O’Neill Show. Owen and Brendan discuss the Alaska and White House peace summits, why Ukraine is running out of options and why Trump is no ‘useful idiot’ for Russia.
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Graham Linehan: Is Britain a lost cause?
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Graham Linehan – creator of Father Ted, Black Books and The IT Crowd – returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show. Graham and Brendan discuss the intolerance of Britain's cultural elite, how trans ideology staggers on, and the
Andrew Fox: What I saw in Gaza
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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 real reasons Gazans are going hungry, why Hamas’s casua
Ian O’Doherty: Ireland’s immigration powder keg
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Ian O’Doherty – columnist at the Irish Independent and host of The State of Us – returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show. Ian and Brendan discuss how migrant hotels took over rural Ireland, Dublin’s contempt for the working
Matt Ridley: Climate, Covid and the corruption of science
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Matt Ridley – author of Birds, Sex and Beauty and Viral – returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show. Matt and Brendan discuss the conspiracy of silence over the origins of Covid-19, the dangers of climate alarmism and how Ed
Konstantin Kisin: Beware the woke right
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Konstantin Kisin – co-host of Triggernometry – returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show. Konstantin and Brendan discuss what the woke left and the new right have in common, how conspiracy theories took over the world and the
Lionel Shriver: The revenge of the woke
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Lionel Shriver – novelist, journalist and author of Mania – returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show. Lionel and Brendan discuss the insanity of the Democrats, the fall of New York and why Starmer’s Britain is a tinderbox.
Natasha Hausdorff: The great lie of the Gaza ‘genocide’
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Natasha Hausdorff – barrister and legal director at the UK Lawyers for Israel Charitable Trust – is the latest guest on The Brendan O’Neill Show. Natasha and Brendan discuss Bob Vylan’s vile chants at Glastonbury, the h
Kellie-Jay Keen: The TERF wars aren’t over yet
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Kellie-Jay Keen – aka Posie Parker; founder of Let Women Speak – returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show to discuss the ongoing battle against gender ideology, the cowardice of modern feminism, and why Islamist misogyny mus
Melanie Phillips: Israel, Iran and the global struggle against barbarism
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Times columnist Melanie Phillips returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show to discuss Israel’s audacious strikes on Iran, the fanaticism of the Iranian regime, and why Israel is the best contender for leader of the free world
368: Rod Liddle: The two Englands
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Rod Liddle – associate editor of the Spectator and Times Radio presenter – returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show. Rod and Brendan discuss the hollowness of Keir Starmer, the horrors of two-tier policing, and why Nigel Far
335: Douglas Murray: Can civilisation survive?
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Douglas Murray – author of On Democracies and Death Cults: Israel, Hamas and the Future of the West – is the latest guest on The Brendan O’Neill Show. Douglas and Brendan discuss how rising anti-Semitis
334: Wilfred Reilly: How Black Lives Matter fooled the world
Wilfred Reilly – author of Lies My Liberal Teacher Told Me and Hate Crime Hoax – returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show this week to discuss the five-year anniversary of the killing of George Floyd. Wilfred and Brendan talk about the myth of America’s race war, how BLM put black people in danger, and why race relations could improve Donald Trump.
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333: Tiffany Jenkins: The rise and fall of private life
Tiffany Jenkins joins The Brendan O’Neill Show this week to talk about her new book, Strangers and Intimates: The Rise and Fall of Private Life. Tiffany and Brendan discuss why tech isn’t to blame for the erosion of our privacy, the dangerous melding of the personal and political, and what Harry and Meghan reveal about the state of privacy today.
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332: SPECIAL: ‘Israel is at war with fascism’ | Brendan O’Neill live
spiked’s chief political writer sat down with the Jewish Chronicle to discuss the left’s betrayal of Jews, the evils of Hamas and Israel’s war for civilisation.
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331: Nick Cater: Labor’s hollow victory Down Under
Nick Cater – columnist at the Australian and senior fellow at the Menzies Research Centre – returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show. Nick and Brendan discuss Australia’s first ‘post-truth’ election, the withering of the mainstream parties and the growing alienation of the working classes.
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330: Julie Bindel: The trans erasure of lesbians
Julie Bindel – author of Lesbians: Where Are We Now? – is the latest guest on The Brendan O’Neill Show. Julie and Brendan discuss why the Supreme Court’s gender ruling is so vital for lesbians, why gay rights and trans rights have nothing in common, and why being a lesbian used to be fun.
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329: Jacob Mchangama: The free-speech recession
Jacob Mchangama – executive director of The Future of Free Speech and author of Free Speech: A History From Socrates to Social Media – returns for the latest episode of The Brendan O’Neill Show. Jacob and Brendan discuss Trump’s deportations of campus activists, the return of blasphemy laws to Europe, and why we must be free to hate.
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328: Julia Hartley-Brewer: How two-tier Keir is tearing Britain apart
Julia Hartley-Brewer – Talk presenter and Sun columnist – returned to The Brendan O’Neill Show for this special live episode. Julia and Brendan discussed Labour’s woes, Britain’s free-speech crisis, the appeal of Trump in a world gone mad, and why politicians need to start fearing voters again.
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327: Fiona McAnena: The trans corruption of women’s sport
Fiona McAnena – director of campaigns at Sex Matters – returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show. Fiona and Brendan discuss why no sport is safe from gender ideology, how the denial of biology harms women and girls, and why Trump’s executive order on women’s sports isn’t working.
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326: Bridget Phetasy: Tariffs, tech and Trump Devotion Syndrome
Bridget Phetasy – writer, comedian and host of Dumpster Fire – returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show. Bridget and Brendan discuss how the White House is embracing the politics of cruelty, how Trump’s cult of personality is making everyone insane, and the rise of the ‘woke right’.
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325: Nick Timothy: Has Labour doomed Britain?
Nick Timothy – Conservative MP and former joint chief of staff in Downing Street – returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show. Nick and Brendan discuss Rachel Reeves’s disastrous spring statement, how Net Zero is fuelling deindustrialisation, and how multiculturalism has torn society apart.
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324: Jonathan Sacerdoti: Israel’s war against barbarism
Writer and broadcaster Jonathan Sacerdoti is the latest guest on The Brendan O’Neill Show. Jonathan joined Brendan to discuss why the Gaza ceasefire was bound to fail, the horror of 7 October denial, and how anti-Semitism is on the rise across the political spectrum.
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323: Frank Furedi: The death pains of globalism
Frank Furedi – executive director of MCC Brussels – returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show. Frank and Brendan discuss the Trump-Zelensky bust-up, Europe’s struggles to rearm and the hollowness of the liberal international order.
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322: David Christopher Kaufman: How Trump is shattering the old certainties
David Christopher Kaufman – editor and columnist at the New York Post – is the latest guest on The Brendan O’Neill Show. David joined Brendan to discuss Trump’s war on ‘the blob’, the horror of America’s pro-Hamas protests and why Jews can’t afford to be timid after 7 October.
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321: Alex Ryvchin: My home was firebombed
Alex Ryvchin – CEO of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry – is the latest guest on The Brendan O’Neill Show. Alex joined Brendan to discuss the attacks on his family by anti-Semites, the surge in Jew hatred in Australia since the 7 October pogrom, and why anti-Zionism can’t be separated from anti-Semitism.
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320: Yasmine Mohammed: My escape from radical Islam
Yasmine Mohammed – president of Free Hearts Free Minds and co-founder of Clarity Coalition is the latest guest on The Brendan O’Neill Show. Yasmine joined Brendan to discuss the killing of ‘blasphemer’ Salwan Momika, the lethal spread of Islamist intolerance, and the racism of never criticising Muslims. Find her on Instagram, X and Facebook.
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319: Wilfred Reilly: America after woke
Wilfred Reilly – author of Lies My Liberal Teacher Told Me – returned for the latest episode of The Brendan O’Neill Show. Wilfred joined Brendan to discuss the demise of DEI and gender ideology, how Trump rode the ‘vibe shift’ and the infantilism of the Very Online right.
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318: Robby Soave: Has Trump blocked the tech censors?
Robby Soave – senior editor of Reason and co-host of Rising on The Hill TV – returned for the latest episode of The Brendan O’Neill Show. Robby joined Brendan to discuss the horrors of the ‘censorship industrial complex’, the tech-bro takeover of the MAGA movement, and why the ‘Resistance’ is in disarray.
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317: Moira Deeming: I was called a Nazi for defending women’s rights
Australian politician Moira Deeming is the latest guest on The Brendan O’Neill Show. Moira joined Brendan to discuss how attending a women’s rights rally turned her into a nationwide hate figure, her fight to clear her name, and why she has no regrets about standing up for biological truth.
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