58: 'Free speech is crucial in the battle of ideas'

58: 'Free speech is crucial in the battle of ideas'

This week’s spiked podcast is a Battle of Ideas special. To give you a flavour of the discussions at this year’s festival, held this weekend at the Barbican in London and organised by the Institute of Ideas, Claire Fox discusses the age of echo chambers, Andrew Doyle talks satire and oversensitivity, and Nick Gillespie explains what’s really going on in the Rust Belt. Get your tickets to the Battle of Ideas here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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142: Why vaccine passports are a terrible idea

142: Why vaccine passports are a terrible idea

Vaccine passports, woke homophobia, NHS diversity managers, and Geronimo. Fraser, Tom and Ella discuss. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/support...  Visit the spiked shop:...

3 Sep 202136min

141: Extinction Rebellion: a revolt against the people

141: Extinction Rebellion: a revolt against the people

The XR protests, rainbow police cars, the Nirvana baby, and ‘The Tiger Who Came To Tea’. Fraser, Tom and Ella discuss. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/support...  Visit t...

27 Aug 202138min

140: Afghanistan: a disaster made in the West

140: Afghanistan: a disaster made in the West

The fall of Kabul, the ‘incel’ phenomenon, the crackdown on private speech, and Lily Cole’s Taliban chic. Fraser, Tom and Ella discuss. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supp...

20 Aug 202143min

139: The myth of the climate ‘apocalypse’

139: The myth of the climate ‘apocalypse’

Climate-change alarmism, Kate Clanchy and the new book-burners, and Geronimo the alpaca -- Fraser, Tom and Ella discuss. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Visi...

13 Aug 202137min

138: The Oppression Olympics

138: The Oppression Olympics

Identity politics in sport, sex offenders in women’s hospital wards, and the hounding of a pro-Brexit trade unionist -- Fraser, Tom and Ella discuss. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-o...

6 Aug 202136min

137: The Covid apocalypse that wasn’t

137: The Covid apocalypse that wasn’t

The end of lockdown, climate alarmism and Simone Biles quits the Olympics. Brendan O’Neill, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters...

30 Jul 202137min

136: The tyranny of vaccine passports

136: The tyranny of vaccine passports

The ‘pingdemic’, Dominic Cummings and Tory authoritarianism. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Visit the spiked shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Spo...

23 Jul 202139min

135: The great football racism panic

135: The great football racism panic

The smearing of England fans, the flip-flopping over Freedom Day, and the snobbery over salty food. Tom Slater, Ella Whelan and Fraser Myers discuss. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-o...

16 Jul 202136min

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