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The Critical Drinker and Nerdrotic join spiked’s Fraser Myers to talk about ‘prestige TV’ fatigue, race-swapping in Harry Potter, wokeness in the new Narnia and why even Tom Cruise’s star power can’t persuade us to watch a lecture on climate change. Plus, they discuss the AI threat to Hollywood, how the videogame industry turned on its own customers, and whether GTA VI can save popular culture.

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Ameer Kotecha joins Tom Slater and Fraser Myers for the latest episode of the spiked podcast. They discuss John Healey’s disastrous first budget, why the government will be to blame for the next emergency, and why Britain must not pay a penny in slavery reparations.

On the full, extended episode, they discuss what the world gets wrong about Israel’s elections and the carnage of Sadiq Khan’s pedestrianised Oxford Street.

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Phil Craig – filmmaker, TV producer and host of the Scandal Mongers podcast – joins spiked’s Fraser Myers to discuss the BBC’s crisis of impartiality, how it got the Gaza war so wrong, and whether public-service broadcasting can ever work in the age of the culture war.

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Tom Slater, Fraser Myers and Hugo Timms discuss why French civilisation is on the brink, how the left is fanning the flames of lawlessness, the uselessness and aloofness of President Macron, and why the rest of Europe could be next.

On the full, extended episode, they discuss the national-security adviser’s Hamas-defending wife, Labour’s civil war over immigration and the folly of neglecting the North Sea. 

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French journalist Anne-Élisabeth Moutet joins spiked’s Fraser Myers to talk about the riots engulfing France. They discuss France’s abandonment of law and order, the ‘insurrection’ strategy of La France Insoumise, and how Emmanuel Macron’s centrist technocracy brought France to economic ruin.

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In this spiked deep dive, Tom Slater talks to Fraser Myers about the threats to Zack Polanski’s leadership of the Green Party, the left’s ‘grand bargain’ with Islamic sectarians, the anti-Semitism behind the ‘Zionism is racism’ motion, and the dark history of the environmental movement.

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In this spiked deep dive, Fraser Myers talks to Tom Slater about the school shooting in southern France, why these unprecedented riots are not ‘school protests’, how the far-left France Insoumise is fanning the flames, and why the disorder could lead to a Marine Le Pen presidency.

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Brendan O’Neill joins Tom Slater and Fraser Myers for the latest episode of the spiked podcast. They discuss the Greens’ defeat in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election, the Islamo-left’s hold on British politics, the culture war on Englishness and what the French school ‘protests’ are really about.

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Independent journalist Michael Tracey sits down with spiked’s Fraser Myers to discuss the myths and misinformation being spread about the ‘Cornell 7’ case, the injustice of naming the accused and not the accuser, the lawyers who stand to profit, and why Democrats like Kathy Hochul and AOC want to revive the #MeToo mania.

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Victor Davis Hanson – historian, journalist and author of The Counterrevolution: The Fall and Rise of Donald Trump and the MAGA Movement – sits down with spiked’s Fraser Myers to discuss why the midterms are tighter than they seem, how the Democrats emboldened their craziest fringe, the plot to destroy Donald Trump, why the AI panic is overblown, how to win the economic war with Iran, and why Europe needs to get a grip of its borders.

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Jake Wallis Simons, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on Labour’s retreat from reality, the Brexit betrayal and the next migrant crisis.

On the full, extended episode, they discuss the Hamas terrorist with a British passport and how country pubs, warm ale and black labradors became ‘far right’. 

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Josh Howie, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on the public’s fury over illegal migration, Andy Burnham’s Ministry of Truth and the war on comedy, from John Cleese to Mitchell and Webb.

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Lauren Southern – commentator and author of This Is Not Real Life – sits down with spiked’s Fraser Myers to discuss the left and right’s hypocrisy over Sydney Sweeney, the phony gender wars over the Lindsay Clancy trial, her run-ins with Andrew Tate and Tommy Robinson, and why Woke 2.0 will be even worse than the original.

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Nick Tyrone, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on how Palestine mania ruins everything, Piddington’s genteel uprising against illegal migration and how Reform can win the Waitrose belt.

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Ross Clark – author of new book, Britain is Bust: The Coming Sovereign Debt Crisis and what it Will Mean for You – sits down with spiked’s Fraser Myers to discuss the eye-watering cost of servicing the UK’s debt, how the government wastes your hard-earned cash and why taxing or printing money won’t rescue us from this crisis.

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This is the second half of historian David Starkey’s conversation with spiked’s Fraser Myers. Here, David and Fraser discuss the Northern Irelandisation of British politics, why Tommy Robinson and Danny Tommo are emerging as the ‘community leaders’ of the ignored working classes, and why the UK needs a Great Repeal Act to restore sovereignty to parliament.

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Katja Hoyer – historian and author of Weimar: Life on the Edge of Catastrophe – sat down with spiked’s Fraser Myers to discuss the seismic results of the Saxony-Anhalt state elections. Katja and Fraser discuss the collapse of Germany’s centrist parties, the spectacular failure of the AfD ‘firewall’, why the former East Germany is so ripe for rebellion and why the AfD’s more unsavoury characters are not putting off voters.

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This is the first half of historian David Starkey’s conversation with spiked’s Fraser Myers. On the 25th anniversary of 9/11, they discuss the religious roots of Islamic extremism, the insanity of the Iraq War and how the West gave up on its civilisation.

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Mark Dolan, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on the Dover and Portsmouth protests, the AfD surge and the return of Harry and Meghan.

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Ella Whelan, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on a year of mad Zack, why Andy Burnham is not your friend and why the French won’t stop the boats. 

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Connie Shaw, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the Cambridge don who joined an Islamist terror group, the unravelling of the Green Party and Birmingham’s fatwa on the England flag.

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Esther Krakue joins Tom Slater and Fraser Myers for the latest episode of the spiked podcast. They discuss the deification of Jason Arday, the whitewashing of his falsehoods and fantasies, and why we must defend press freedom against the onslaught of smears.

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Candice Holdsworth joins Tom Slater and Hugo Timms for the latest episode of the spiked podcast. They discuss Nigel Farage’s victory in Clacton, Andy Burnham’s stuttering ‘listening tour’ and the latest border fiasco. 

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Jacob Reynolds, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the Cambridge professor who fooled the world, Spain’s migration catastrophe and Rod Liddle’s legacy.

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Esteemed Israeli historian Benny Morris joins spiked’s Tom Slater to bust the myths about the Israel-Palestine conflict, from the claims Israel is a ‘settler-colonial’ project to the notion that the Jewish State has perpetrated a genocide in Gaza. They also discuss the role radical Islam plays in the Palestinian cause and why Iran should never get its hands on nuclear weapons.

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Rod Liddle – Spectator columnist and Times Radio host – has died at aged 66. He was a great champion of spiked and a regular contributor to our podcasts, videos and live events. Here are some of his best bits, including from The Brendan O’Neill Show, Last Orders and Podcast Live.

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Albie Amankona, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the Berlin Pride attack and the fall of Zack Polanski

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Will Jordan – aka the Critical Drinker and Critical Gamer – talks to spiked’s Fraser Myers about the Christopher Nolan film that launched a thousand takes. Plus, they discuss how diversity casting, girlbosses and oversaturated franchises are destroying the film industry, and why gamers were so quick to revolt against wokeness.

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Joanna Williams, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the emptiness of Burnham-mania and what we now know about Ann Widdecombe’s murder.

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Joanna Williams, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the emptiness of Burnham-mania and what we now know about Ann Widdecombe’s murder.

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Claire Fox joins Tom Slater and Hugo Timms to discuss the murder of Ann Widdecombe and the despicable reactions to it. Plus, they reflect on the cringey coronation of Andy Burnham.

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Francis Foster and Nick Tyrone join Tom Slater to discuss Farage’s Clacton gambit, Prince Harry’s humiliation in court, and Labour’s latest war on ‘misinformation’

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Ross Kempsell, Luke Gittos and Fraser Myers on the hollowness of ‘Manchesterism’, the gang-rapist we can’t deport and the media myth of ‘Peak Reform’

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Zia Yusuf – Reform UK’s home-affairs spokesperson – made a surprise appearance at the inaugural spiked summit on Saturday. He spoke to spiked editor Tom Slater about how the establishment will seek to frustrate a Reform government, the half-a-trillion-pound cost of mass migration, and the uselessness of Britain’s ruling class.

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Brendan O’Neill and Fraser Myers discuss Keir Starmer’s grey tyranny, Andy Burnham’s flip-flopping and why Labour will never win back the working class.

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Julia Hartley-Brewer and Claire Fox join Tom Slater to discuss why Andy Burnham won’t bring ‘change’ to Labour, why Reform UK fell short, and whether Restore Britain will continue to nip at Farage’s heels

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Ben Jones talks to spiked’s Fraser Myers about his new book, author of Island of Strangers: Diversity, Decline and Free Speech in Crisis. They discuss what Keir Starmer got right about Britain’s fraying social fabric, why Islam is granted special protections, and why two-tier policing is inevitable under multiculturalism.

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Brendan O’Neill, Rakib Ehsan and Fraser Myers on the anti-migrant riots in Belfast, Restore vs Reform, and why Starmer’s social-media crackdown won’t end with teenagers.

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Chris Rose – political commentator and YouTuber – joins Tom Slater and Fraser Myers for the latest episode of the spiked podcast. They discuss the horrors of DEI-driven policing, the profound emptiness of the Labour government, and why Hasan Piker and Cenk Uygur should be allowed to come to Britain.

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William Clouston – leader of the Social Democratic Party – joins Tom Slater and Fraser Myers for the latest episode of the spiked podcast. They discuss the Reform-Restore rift, why Blair can’t fix broken Britain, and Peter Murrell’s confessions of a shopaholic.

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