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  • 318: Debunking the lies about Israel | Natasha Hausdorff

    318: Debunking the lies about Israel | Natasha Hausdorff
    Nov 19 2024
    This is the audio from a video we have just published on our YouTube channel – an interview with Natasha Hausdorff. To make sure you never miss great content like this, subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/@spiked

    Israel is easily the most demonised nation on Earth. Despite the Jewish State being a liberal democracy, Western activists spend vastly more time raging against it than they do genuinely despotic regimes. We’re told Israel is committing ‘genocide’ in Gaza, that it is going out of its way to kill civilians in its war against Hamas, that it is an ‘apartheid state’. But none of this bears any resemblance to reality. Here, barrister Natasha Hausdorff debunks the anti-Israel myths, which she says have become a kind of new blood libel.

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    23 mins
  • 317: Musk Derangement Syndrome

    317: Musk Derangement Syndrome
    Nov 15 2024
    Rakib Ehsan, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the rage against Elon Musk, the X-odus, the Allison Pearson scandal and the tragedy of Gary Lineker.

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    31 mins
  • 316: The deplorables strike back

    316: The deplorables strike back
    Nov 7 2024
    In this US election special, Joel Kotkin, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss why Trump won, the revolt against identity politics and the irrepressible rise of populism.

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    34 mins
  • 315: Why Trump won

    315: Why Trump won
    Nov 6 2024
    This is the audio from a video we have just published on our YouTube channel, featuring Batya Ungar-Sargon, Zaid Jilani and Nick Gillespie. To make sure you never miss great content like this, subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/@spiked

    Donald Trump has defied the odds – and the elites – to stage the political comeback of the century. Here, Batya Ungar-Sargon, Zaid Jilani and Nick Gillespie explain why Trump’s victory over Kamala Harris was so stunning. They discuss Trump’s appeal to the working class, the complacency of the Democrats and why there’s no justification for the elite’s ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’.
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    34 mins
  • 314: Who are the Democrats calling ‘garbage’?

    314: Who are the Democrats calling ‘garbage’?
    Nov 1 2024
    Luke Gittos, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the US election, slavery reparations and the Southport revelations.

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    33 mins
  • 313: Chris Kaba and the shamelessness of the ‘anti-racists’

    313: Chris Kaba and the shamelessness of the ‘anti-racists’
    Oct 25 2024
    Ian Acheson, Paul Embery and Tom Slater discuss the attempt to turn Chris Kaba into Britain’s George Floyd, the death of rioter Peter Lynch, and the ‘Trump is Hitler’ smear.

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    38 mins
  • 312: Why I loathe Kamala Harris | Lionel Shriver

    312: Why I loathe Kamala Harris | Lionel Shriver
    Oct 23 2024
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    Kamala Harris has been hailed as the candidate of ‘joy’. But is there any substance beneath the supposedly feelgood vibes? Here, Lionel Shriver – author of Mania – tells spiked that there’s something fraudulent about Harris, who she says has never had an original idea nor held a consistent principle. Shriver also weighs in on the interminable ‘Trump is a fascist’ debate, the incompetence of Tim Walz and the dangers of a tight election result.

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    29 mins
  • 311: Live at the Battle of Ideas 2024

    311: Live at the Battle of Ideas 2024
    Oct 22 2024
    Graham Linehan, Kathleen Stock and Rakib Ehsan joined Tom Slater and Fraser Myers for this special live edition of the spiked podcast, hosted at the Battle of Ideas festival on Sunday 20 October. They discussed why Keir Starmer has turned out to be so rubbish as PM, the plan to legalise assisted suicide, whether Kemi Badenoch or Robert Jenrick is the ailing Tories’ best bet for renewal, whether America will plump for Trump or Kamala, and the killing of Yahya Sinwar.
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    1 hr and 31 mins