Dr Steve Davies on the Independent Group and a Realignment of British Politics
Dr Steve Davies is Education Director at the Institute of Economic Affairs and we were so pleased to speak him during this fascinating juncture in British party politics. Steve has been talking about a realignment of UK party politics for years and he predicts that the recent goings on with The Independent Group is just the beginning. Find TRIGGERnometry on Social Media: https://twitter.com/triggerpod https://www.facebook.com/triggerpod https://www.instagram.com/triggerpod About TRIGGERnometry: Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@failinghuman) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial writers, leading scientists and notorious comedians. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
3 Mars 20191h 2min
Count Dankula on Being Arrested for a Joke (on location at Backyard Comedy Club)
Count Dankula aka Mark Meechan is a Youtube comedian who was arrested after posting a video of himself training his girlfriend’s pug dog to do a Nazi salute. He has been convicted in a Scottish court of “inciting racial hatred”. We recorded this on location at Backyard Comedy Club in Bethnal Green, London, just a couple of hours before Dankula's standup appearance at Comedy Unleashed. Check out Count Dankula's Youtube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7SeFWZYFmsm1tqWxfuOTPQ/featured The notorious Nazi Pug video here: https://youtu.be/SYslEzHbpus Find TRIGGERnometry on Social Media: twitter.com/triggerpod www.facebook.com/triggerpod www.instagram.com/triggerpod About TRIGGERnometry: Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@failinghuman) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial writers, leading scientists and notorious comedians. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
24 Feb 201931min
Ben Cobley on Identity Politics, Positive Discrimination and the Left
We hope you enjoy this fascinating conversation with Ben Cobley. Ben is the author of The Tribe: the liberal-left and the system of diversity. The book explores the power of identity politics in contemporary Britain: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tribe-Liberal-Left-System-Diversity-Societas/dp/1845409752 Support TRIGGERnometry: www.patreon.com/triggerpod www.subscribestar.com/triggernometry www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cm…52LB5C&source=url Find us on Social Media: twitter.com/triggerpod www.facebook.com/triggerpod www.instagram.com/triggerpod About TRIGGERnometry: Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@failinghuman) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial writers, leading scientists and notorious comedians. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
17 Feb 20191h 1min
Dr Tony Sewell on Fatherlessness, Gangs and Knife Crime
Dr Tony Sewell CBE is CEO of the charity Generating Genius and senior research fellow for Demography, Immigration, and Integration at Policy Exchange. In this episode we discuss absent fathers, masculinity, gang culture, white guilt and knife crime. 0:36 Institutional Racism and the Class System 20:02 Gangs, Knives and Why Boys Need Fathers 44:10 White Guilt and Masculinity Support TRIGGERnometry: https://www.patreon.com/triggerpod https://www.subscribestar.com/triggernometry https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=KEB7Z3N52LB5C&source=url Find us on Social Media: https://twitter.com/triggerpod https://www.facebook.com/triggerpod https://www.instagram.com/triggerpod About TRIGGERnometry: Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@failinghuman) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial writers, leading scientists and notorious comedians. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
10 Feb 201959min
Eshaan Akbar on Islam, Tolerance and Identity
It's season 2 | episode 2 and we hope you enjoy this fascinating conversation with former banker turned comedian Eshaan Akbar (@eshaanakbar). In this episode we discuss him growing up practicing Islam, his insight and perspective on Islam as a former follower, identity politics and more. 0:31 Liberal Islam 33:12 Religion of Peace 49:52 Illiberal Identity Politics Eshaan's show, Prophet Like It's Hot, is on at Soho Theatre 11-13 Feb: https://sohotheatre.com/shows/eshaan-akbar-prophet-like-its-hot/ http://www.eshaanakbar.com/ Support TRIGGERnometry: https://www.patreon.com/triggerpod https://www.subscribestar.com/triggernometry https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=KEB7Z3N52LB5C&source=url Find us on Social Media: https://twitter.com/triggerpod https://www.facebook.com/triggerpod https://www.instagram.com/triggerpod About TRIGGERnometry: Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@failinghuman) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial writers, leading scientists and notorious comedians. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
3 Feb 20191h 3min
Andrew Doyle on Woke Comedy, Left vs Identity Politics and Free Speech
It's the first episode of Season 2 and it's great to back. We're kicking things off with a returning guest. Andrew Doyle, stand-up comedian, Spiked Magazine columnist and Jonathan Pie co-writer discusses woke comedy, what makes someone left wing, identity politics, free speech and Brexit (just a bit) with the guys at TRIGGERnometry. Support TRIGGERnometry: https://www.patreon.com/triggerpod https://www.subscribestar.com/triggernometry https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=KEB7Z3N52LB5C&source=url Find us on Social Media: https://twitter.com/triggerpod https://www.facebook.com/triggerpod https://www.instagram.com/triggerpod About TRIGGERnometry: Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@failinghuman) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial writers, leading scientists and notorious comedians. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
28 Jan 20191h 1min
The Dark Side of Technology
One week until Season 2! Thanks for your patience, we're excited to get started and spark some conversations with our listeners. In the meantime we've been reflecting on some fascinating conversations from Season 1 about technology and social media. The following fantastic guests feature in this episode (with time stamps): 00.57 Dr Linda Papadopoulos 15.31 Rory Sutherland 26.00 Dr Pippa Malmgren Support TRIGGERnometry: https://www.subscribestar.com/triggernometry https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=caGqe03cYmIRHfqisleIS3gyA-cTsCvTzfkKrEsf376WU76uIOIw9gxRMltLWxDqahloCm&fromUL=true&country.x=GB&locale.x=en_GB Find us on Social Media: https://twitter.com/triggerpod https://www.facebook.com/triggerpod https://www.instagram.com/triggerpod About TRIGGERnometry: Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@failinghuman) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial writers, leading scientists and notorious comedians. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
20 Jan 201939min
Racism and the Diversity Agenda
We've pulled together some our favourite conversations with our fantastic guests from Season 1 - this time around racism. We have really enjoyed looking back through our episodes but we're happy to announce that Season 2 will launch next week! The following fantastic guests feature in this episode (with time stamps): 00.53 Nicholas Gruen 09.05 Munira Mirza 20.00 Remi Adekoya 30.29 Brendan O'Neill Support TRIGGERnometry: https://www.subscribestar.com/triggernometry https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=caGqe03cYmIRHfqisleIS3gyA-cTsCvTzfkKrEsf376WU76uIOIw9gxRMltLWxDqahloCm&fromUL=true&country.x=GB&locale.x=en_GB Find us on Social Media: https://twitter.com/triggerpod https://www.facebook.com/triggerpod https://www.instagram.com/triggerpod About TRIGGERnometry: Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@failinghuman) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial writers, leading scientists and notorious comedians. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
13 Jan 201945min
