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  • 342: Is burning a Koran now a crime in Britain?

    342: Is burning a Koran now a crime in Britain?
    Feb 21 2025
    Jacob Reynolds, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on Britain’s backdoor blasphemy laws, the betrayal of Ukraine and the depravity of Hamas.

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    36 mins
  • 341: ‘Germans are furious’ | Katja Hoyer on the fall of the elites and the rise of the AfD

    341: ‘Germans are furious’ | Katja Hoyer on the fall of the elites and the rise of the AfD
    Feb 19 2025
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    Germany’s ruling Social Democrats (SPD) are facing losses the party has not seen since the 19th century in this weekend’s federal elections, while the populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) is set to double its vote share. Here, historian and journalist Katja Hoyer explains how a failing economy, out-of-control migration and intrusive Net Zero policies have led to mass disaffection with the mainstream parties. She also discusses the growing class divide, the rise and fall of ‘left-conservatism’, and why JD Vance’s warnings about free speech resonated with East Germans.

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    21 mins
  • 340: Britain’s border farce

    340: Britain’s border farce
    Feb 14 2025
    Luke Gittos, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the judicial power-grab behind the Gazan resettlement ruling, why we must kill the assisted-dying bill and the health minister who thinks you can identify as a llama.

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    41 mins
  • 339: The Munich attack: asylum, Islamism and the AfD

    339: The Munich attack: asylum, Islamism and the AfD
    Feb 14 2025
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    At least 30 people were injured in a suspected Islamist terror attack in Munich on Thursday, when an Afghan asylum seeker ploughed his car into a trade-union demonstration. Here, spiked’s Germany correspondent, Sabine Beppler-Spahl, joins Fraser Myers to discuss the suspect, the recent spate of Islamist attacks in Germany, and how rising public anger could boost the AfD in next week’s elections.

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    11 mins
  • 338: Labour’s Islamic blasphemy laws

    338: Labour’s Islamic blasphemy laws
    Feb 7 2025
    Ella Whelan, Paul Embery and Fraser Myers discuss how Angela Rayner could silence criticism of Islam, why the UK is ripe for a Reform revolt and Trump’s ban on men in women’s sport.

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    37 mins
  • 337: ‘I became a pariah in corporate America’ | Jennifer Sey

    337: ‘I became a pariah in corporate America’ | Jennifer Sey
    Feb 5 2025
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    Jennifer Sey – former US national-champion gymnast and brand president at Levi’s – was on her way to the top of the corporate ladder when her career was brutally cut short. For speaking out against Covid school closures, she was branded a heretic, smeared as a bigot, and Levi’s demanded her silence. Here, she gives her inside story of the great ‘awokening’ of corporate America, and explains why the cancel culture that forced her out may now finally be in retreat. Plus, she discusses her new venture, XX-XY Athletics, and its battle to keep men out of women’s sports.
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    25 mins
  • 336: The absurdity of Rachel Reeves’s “green growth”

    336: The absurdity of Rachel Reeves’s “green growth”
    Jan 31 2025
    Miriam Cates, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss how Labour’s green agenda is destroying British industry, how we all became ‘extremists’ and the cruelty of assisted dying.

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    44 mins
  • 335: The truth about Southport

    335: The truth about Southport
    Jan 24 2025
    Candice Holdsworth, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the crimes of Axel Rudakubana, how Trump tamed the ‘Resistance’ and why there’s no such thing as ‘green’ growth.

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    34 mins