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The Free Future Podcast

The Free Future Podcast

Fighting for a Free Future 54 episodes Nov 6, 2026

The Free Future Podcast is produced by Fighting for a Free Future. Every two weeks, hosts Rt Hon Steve Baker FRSA and Harry Richer, the organisation's director, speak with leading figures from politics, journalism, and academia. Together they interrogate public debate and explore the issues that matter most. The show also offers bonus episodes and extended interviews to paid supporters.

Episodes

Mark Littlewood: Why I Changed My Mind on Immigration
Mark Littlewood: Why I Changed My Mind on Immigration Nov 6, 2026 18:06 Sponsored by Glint - buy, save and spend real physical gold with a Glint Mastercard®. Visit glintpay.com to find out more.In this bonus clip from Steve Baker and Harry Richer’s interview with Mark Littlewood, Director of Popular Conservatism, the three discuss what it takes to change your mind, and why Mark and Harry have reconsidered their views on immigration. Mark explains why he now sees Brita
“Like Using Lemsip to Treat Cancer” | Mark Littlewood on Labour’s Budget
“Like Using Lemsip to Treat Cancer” | Mark Littlewood on Labour’s Budget Oct 29, 2026 44:32 Sponsored by Glint - buy, save and spend real physical gold with a Glint Mastercard®. Visit glintpay.com to find out more.Mark Littlewood, Director of Popular Conservatism, joins Steve Baker and Harry Richer to react to Labour’s latest “can-kicking” Budget. The three discuss whether modest relief can address Britain’s deeper economic problems, why government keeps treating symptoms rather than cau
We Left the EU. Why Aren’t We Making the Most of It? | Daniel Hannan
We Left the EU. Why Aren’t We Making the Most of It? | Daniel Hannan Oct 23, 2026 01:02:11 Sponsored by Glint - buy, save and spend real physical gold with a Glint Mastercard®. Visit glintpay.com to find out more.Brexit should have made us richer. Why did Britain end up with higher taxes and more rules instead?In this joint episode of The Free Future Podcast and the IEA Podcast, Steve Baker and Harry Richer join Lord Daniel Hannan, Director General of the Institute of Economic Affairs,
Craig Mackinlay on Sepsis, Recovery and Returning to Parliament
Craig Mackinlay on Sepsis, Recovery and Returning to Parliament Oct 16, 2026 15:30 Sponsored by Glint - buy, save and spend real physical gold with a Glint Mastercard®. Visit glintpay.com to find out more.Lord Craig Mackinlay joins Steve Baker to discuss his experience of sepsis, a condition which can develop with frightening speed.Craig reflects on his recovery, rehabilitation and return to Parliament, and on the importance of recognising when something is seriously wrong.📰 Mor
Can Britain Actually Reverse Net Zero? | Craig Mackinlay
Can Britain Actually Reverse Net Zero? | Craig Mackinlay Oct 12, 2026 44:49 Sponsored by Glint - buy, save and spend real physical gold with a Glint Mastercard®. Visit glintpay.com to find out more.Craig Mackinlay joins Steve Baker to ask whether Britain can reverse Net Zero, and what that would mean for energy prices, industry and economic growth.Craig argues that cheap, reliable power is essential if Britain is to make things, compete internationally and avoid further i
Will Burnham’s ‘Ministry of Truth’ Silence Critics?
Will Burnham’s ‘Ministry of Truth’ Silence Critics? Oct 9, 2026 43:56 Sponsored by Glint - buy, save and spend real physical gold with a Glint Mastercard®. Visit glintpay.com to find out more.Will Burnham’s new National Centre for Information Defence protect Britain from hostile disinformation, or give government another way to dismiss legitimate criticism?Harry Richer is joined by Harry Wilkinson, Anna Ridgway and Ted Granger to ask where the line lies between frau
The New Religion That Has Taken Over Britain’s Institutions | David Starkey
The New Religion That Has Taken Over Britain’s Institutions | David Starkey Oct 5, 2026 32:27 Sponsored by Glint - buy, save and spend real physical gold with a Glint Mastercard®. Visit glintpay.com to find out more. David Starkey joins Steve Baker and Harry Richer to ask why Britain is being urged to pay reparations, how American race politics was imported into British public life, and why a new ideology now shapes the country’s universities, public bodies and law. They examine the strugg
Prison Crisis Is Putting Criminals Back on the Street | Prosperity Institute Research
Prison Crisis Is Putting Criminals Back on the Street | Prosperity Institute Research Oct 2, 2026 49:43 Sponsored by Glint - buy, save and spend real physical gold with a Glint Mastercard®. Visit glintpay.com to find out more.Read the Prosperity Institute reports discussed in this episode:📄 Making Space for Justice: A Plan to Solve the Prison Capacity Crisis by Alexander Baker: prosperity.com/media-publications/making-space-for-justice📄 Broken Windows Britain: A Plan for Policing Low-Level Crime and
How Blair’s Constitutional Reforms Broke Britain | David Starkey
How Blair’s Constitutional Reforms Broke Britain | David Starkey Sep 28, 2026 44:03 Sponsored by Glint - buy, save and spend real physical gold with a Glint Mastercard®. Visit glintpay.com to find out more.Historian David Starkey joins Steve Baker and Harry Richer to argue that Tony Blair’s constitutional reforms shifted power away from elected politicians - and why he believes that still shapes immigration, policing, human-rights law and the ability of governments to deliver cha
How Far Will Britain Go to Restrict What We Can Say?
How Far Will Britain Go to Restrict What We Can Say? Sep 26, 2026 37:58 Sponsored by Glint - buy, save and spend real physical gold with a Glint Mastercard®. Visit glintpay.com to find out more.In this panel discussion from our latest event, Prospects For Liberty Under This New Government, Rt Hon Steve Baker FRSA is joined by Fred de Fossard, Director of Strategy at the Prosperity Institute; Jasper Ostle, Head of Research and Education at the Adam Smith Institute; Mae
Daniel Hannan: Britain’s Inheritance of Freedom Is at Risk
Daniel Hannan: Britain’s Inheritance of Freedom Is at Risk Sep 23, 2026 18:59 Sponsored by Glint - buy, save and spend real physical gold with a Glint Mastercard®. Visit glintpay.com to find out more.Lord Dan Hannan, Director General of the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), explains why Britain must defend its inheritance of freedom. He examines free speech, free markets, limited government and the rule of law, and why these achievements cannot be taken for granted. Draw
Liz Truss: The Bank of England Sparked Mini-Budget Chaos
Liz Truss: The Bank of England Sparked Mini-Budget Chaos Sep 14, 2026 51:39 Sponsored by Glint - buy, save and spend real physical gold with a Glint Mastercard®. Visit glintpay.com to find out more.Former Prime Minister Liz Truss joins Steve and Harry to argue that the Bank of England’s decision to announce quantitative tightening on the eve of her mini‑budget - without telling her - was the real trigger for the mini‑budget chaos. In this episode, she sets out why she bel

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