Ralph Schoellhammer, assistant professor in economics and political science at Webster University Vienna, talks to Brendan O'Neill about the green delusions of the elites, why energy is so crucial to prosperity and why the populist revolt is ju

The rise of woke homophobia, with James Dreyfus

1 Nov 25th, 2021 49m 27s

Actor James Dreyfus joins Brendan O’Neill to discuss the cruelty of cancel culture, how radicals became censors and how gender ideology undermines gay rights.Become a spiked supporter:https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/ Visit the sp

Why we must never lock down again, with Luke Johnson

1 May 12th, 2021 1h 7m

Entrepreneur Luke Johnson talks to Brendan O’Neill about the extraordinary harms of lockdown.Support the show:https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/Sign up to “Today on spiked”:https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/Get 2

Big Tech vs free speech, with Jeffrey Rosen

Oct 6th, 2020 58m 19s

National Constitution Center president Jeffrey Rosen tells Brendan O’Neill what’s driving Silicon Valley’s embrace of censorship. Read the transcript: https://www.spiked-online.com/2020/10/12/censorship-by-algorithm/Support the show: htt

We should all be populists, with Thomas Frank

Sep 22nd, 2020 1h 14m

Thomas Frank, author of ‘The People, No’, talks to Brendan O’Neill about the history of populism and the elite’s war on democracy.Read the transcript: https://www.spiked-online.com/2020/09/28/people-are-absolutely-justified-in-mistrusting-the

Why black autonomy matters, with Glenn Loury

Aug 25th, 2020 1h 3m

Glenn Loury joins Brendan O’Neill to discuss the myth of police racism and the dangers of racial identity politics.Read the transcript: https://www.spiked-online.com/2020/08/31/in-racialising-everything-we-are-playing-with-fire/Support th

The racism of identity politics, with Trevor Phillips

Jun 16th, 2020 46m 45s

Trevor Phillips, writer, broadcaster and former politician, joins Brendan O’Neill to discuss identity politics, Covid-19, and being expelled from the Labour Party.Read the transcript: https://www.spiked-online.com/2020/06/24/not-all-people-o

The virus of wokeness, with Dave Rubin

Jun 2nd, 2020 1h 2m

Dave Rubin, host of the Rubin Report and author of Don’t Burn This Book, joins Brendan O’Neill to discuss the regressive left, radical Islam and free speech.Read the transcript: https://www.spiked-online.com/2020/06/11/the-left-is-taking-us-b

Have we reached peak trans?, with Helen Joyce

Aug 11th, 2022 1h 5m

Have we reached peak trans?, with Helen JoyceHelen Joyce – journalist and author of ‘Trans: When Ideology Meets Reality’ – joins Brendan O’Neill to discuss the downfall of the Tavistock clinic, how trans ideology threatens gay rights, and why

Sall Grover: My fight for women-only spaces

7 days ago 56m 24s

Sall Grover, founder of women-only social-media app Giggle, is the latest guest on The Brendan O’Neill Show. Sall and Brendan discuss how her app was brought down by trans activists and her legal battle to defend women’s privacy.This episode

Batya Ungar-Sargon: Why the culture war is a class war

14 days ago 1h 9m

Batya Ungar-Sargon returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show to talk about her new book, Second Class: How the Elites Betrayed America's Working Men and Women. Batya and Brendan discuss the death of the American dream, the rise of the managerial elit

Gareth Roberts: The return of gay shame

21 days ago 1h 3m

Novelist, screenwriter and commentator Gareth Roberts joins The Brendan O’Neill Show this week to talk about his new book, Gay Shame. Gareth and Brendan discuss how trans activists hijacked gay rights, the misogyny of gender ideology and why wo

Marcus Evans: Why I blew the whistle on the Tavistock

28 days ago 1h

Former governor at the Tavistock gender clinic Marcus Evans is the latest guest on The Brendan O’Neill Show. Marcus and Brendan discuss the medical scandal of transitioning kids, the ideological capture of the NHS and the silencing of whistlebl

Lionel Shriver: The age of mania

Apr 18th, 2024 1h 9m

Lionel Shriver – author of the new novel, Mania – returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show. Lionel and Brendan discuss the collective derangement behind lockdown, climate alarmism and the trans ideology.Find out more about spiked’s internship prog

Martin Kulldorff: We must take on the authoritarians

Apr 11th, 2024 57m 34s

Epidemiologist and biostatistician Martin Kulldorff is the latest guest on The Brendan O’Neill Show. Martin and Brendan discuss why Sweden was right about lockdown, why it’s wrong to shut down scientific debate and how free speech can save live

Ruy Teixeira: The Democrats vs the working class

Apr 4th, 2024 1h 2m

Ruy Teixeira, co-author of Where Have All the Democrats Gone?, is the latest guest on The Brendan O’Neill Show. Ruy and Brendan discuss how the Democrats abandoned ordinary people, why ethnic-minority voters are flocking to the Republi

Matt Ridley: The Covid lab leak and the corruption of science

Mar 28th, 2024 1h 1m

Matt Ridley – science writer and co-author of Viral: The Search for the Origin of Covid-19 – returned to The Brendan O’Neill Show for this special live episode. Matt and Brendan discussed censorship in science, the folly of lockdown and the mis

Christopher Caldwell: The great betrayal of the masses

Mar 21st, 2024 59m 56s

Christopher Caldwell, senior fellow at the Claremont Institute and author of The Age of Entitlement: America Since the Sixties, returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show. Christopher and Brendan discuss the rise of the anti-worker left, the insanity

Tony Sewell: The truth about black Britain

Mar 14th, 2024 55m

Tony Sewell joins The Brendan O’Neill Show this week to discuss his new book, Black Success: The Surprising Truth. Tony and Brendan discuss the myth of ‘structural racism’, the paternalism of white liberals and the patriotism of ethnic minoriti

Abigail Shrier: Bad therapy is hurting our kids

Mar 7th, 2024 1h 2m

Abigail Shrier joined Brendan O’Neill on the latest episode of The Brendan O’Neill Show to talk about her new book, Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren’t Growing Up. Abigail and Brendan discuss the rampant overdiagnosis of mental-health disorders, h

Ross Clark: The painful truth about Net Zero

Feb 29th, 2024 57m 26s

Ross Clark – journalist and author of Not Zero – returns for the latest episode of The Brendan O’Neill Show. Ross and Brendan discuss why fossil fuels still make the world go round, the dangers of climate alarmism and the green crusade against

Heather Mac Donald: DEI is a threat to the West

Feb 22nd, 2024 1h 1m

Heather Mac Donald – Thomas W Smith fellow at the Manhattan Institute and author of When Race Trumps Merit – returns for the latest episode of The Brendan O’Neill Show. Heather and Brendan discuss the woke hatred of Western civilisation, how af

Debbie Hayton: The transsexual apostate

Feb 15th, 2024 54m 55s

Debbie Hayton, author of Transsexual Apostate: My Journey Back to Reality, talks to Brendan O’Neill about why women should have their own spaces and the real reason so many men are identifying as women.Order Brendan O’Neill’s A Heretic’s Mani

Katharine Birbalsingh: The battle to save my school

Feb 8th, 2024 46m 58s

Katharine Birbalsingh, headteacher of the Michaela Community School, discusses the High Court case against the Michaela school, why she banned prayer and the importance of secular education.Order Brendan O’Neill’s A Heretic’s Manifesto now fr

Eylon Levy: The West’s betrayal of Israel

Feb 1st, 2024 47m 36s

Israeli government spokesman Eylon Levy joins Brendan O’Neill for the latest episode of The Brendan O’Neill Show. Eylon and Brendan discuss the media smearing of Israel, the whitewashing of the 7 October pogrom, and why the Jewish State must de