David Frost – Conservative peer and former chief Brexit negotiator and – returns for this post-election edition of The Brendan O’Neill Show. David and Brendan discuss how the Conservative Party got it so wrong, what Nigel Farage got right, and

William Clouston: Why Britain needs an alternative

11 days ago 56m 56s

William Clouston, leader of the Social Democratic Party, returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show to discuss the withering of British democracy, why the UK must reindustrialise and why we need to talk about mass migration.Order Brendan O’Neill’s A

Wilfred Reilly: Lies my liberal teacher told me

18 days ago 1h 6m

Wilfred Reilly returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show to talk about his new book, Lies My Liberal Teacher Told Me: Debunking the False Narratives Defining America's School Curricula. Wilfred and Brendan discuss why the hippies were no heroes, the

Greg Lukianoff: The right to hate

25 days ago 1h

Greg Lukianoff – president of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) – returns for the latest episode of The Brendan O’Neill Show. Greg and Brendan discuss the Gaza protests in US universities, the dire consequences of cance

Glenn Loury: confessions of a black conservative

Jun 6th, 2024 1h 4m

Glenn Loury – professor of economics at Brown University and author of Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black Conservative – returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show. Glenn talks about his tumultuous life, the problem with racial identity politics

Frank Furedi: The hollowing out of British democracy

May 30th, 2024 42m 50s

Frank Furedi, executive director of MCC Brussels, returns for the latest episode of The Brendan O’Neill Show. Frank and Brendan discuss the Tory-Labour duopoly, the growing rift between the people and the elites and why the culture war matters.

Jonathan Haidt: The making of an anxious generation

May 23rd, 2024 1h 8m

Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt returns for the latest episode of The Brendan O’Neill Show to talk about his new book, The Anxious Generation. Jonathan and Brendan discuss how smartphones, overprotective parents and a lack of real-world inte

Sall Grover: My fight for women-only spaces

May 16th, 2024 56m 24s

Sall Grover, founder of women-only social-media app Giggle, is the latest guest on The Brendan O’Neill Show. Sall and Brendan discuss how her app was brought down by trans activists and her legal battle to defend women’s privacy.This episode

Batya Ungar-Sargon: Why the culture war is a class war

May 9th, 2024 1h 9m

Batya Ungar-Sargon returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show to talk about her new book, Second Class: How the Elites Betrayed America's Working Men and Women. Batya and Brendan discuss the death of the American dream, the rise of the managerial elit

Gareth Roberts: The return of gay shame

May 2nd, 2024 1h 3m

Novelist, screenwriter and commentator Gareth Roberts joins The Brendan O’Neill Show this week to talk about his new book, Gay Shame. Gareth and Brendan discuss how trans activists hijacked gay rights, the misogyny of gender ideology and why wo

Marcus Evans: Why I blew the whistle on the Tavistock

Apr 25th, 2024 1h

Former governor at the Tavistock gender clinic Marcus Evans is the latest guest on The Brendan O’Neill Show. Marcus and Brendan discuss the medical scandal of transitioning kids, the ideological capture of the NHS and the silencing of whistlebl

Lionel Shriver: The age of mania

Apr 18th, 2024 1h 9m

Lionel Shriver – author of the new novel, Mania – returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show. Lionel and Brendan discuss the collective derangement behind lockdown, climate alarmism and the trans ideology.Find out more about spiked’s internship prog

Martin Kulldorff: We must take on the authoritarians

Apr 11th, 2024 57m 34s

Epidemiologist and biostatistician Martin Kulldorff is the latest guest on The Brendan O’Neill Show. Martin and Brendan discuss why Sweden was right about lockdown, why it’s wrong to shut down scientific debate and how free speech can save live

Ruy Teixeira: The Democrats vs the working class

Apr 4th, 2024 1h 2m

Ruy Teixeira, co-author of Where Have All the Democrats Gone?, is the latest guest on The Brendan O’Neill Show. Ruy and Brendan discuss how the Democrats abandoned ordinary people, why ethnic-minority voters are flocking to the Republi

Matt Ridley: The Covid lab leak and the corruption of science

Mar 28th, 2024 1h 1m

Matt Ridley – science writer and co-author of Viral: The Search for the Origin of Covid-19 – returned to The Brendan O’Neill Show for this special live episode. Matt and Brendan discussed censorship in science, the folly of lockdown and the mis

Christopher Caldwell: The great betrayal of the masses

Mar 21st, 2024 59m 56s

Christopher Caldwell, senior fellow at the Claremont Institute and author of The Age of Entitlement: America Since the Sixties, returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show. Christopher and Brendan discuss the rise of the anti-worker left, the insanity

Tony Sewell: The truth about black Britain

Mar 14th, 2024 55m

Tony Sewell joins The Brendan O’Neill Show this week to discuss his new book, Black Success: The Surprising Truth. Tony and Brendan discuss the myth of ‘structural racism’, the paternalism of white liberals and the patriotism of ethnic minoriti

Abigail Shrier: Bad therapy is hurting our kids

Mar 7th, 2024 1h 2m

Abigail Shrier joined Brendan O’Neill on the latest episode of The Brendan O’Neill Show to talk about her new book, Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren’t Growing Up. Abigail and Brendan discuss the rampant overdiagnosis of mental-health disorders, h

Ross Clark: The painful truth about Net Zero

Feb 29th, 2024 57m 26s

Ross Clark – journalist and author of Not Zero – returns for the latest episode of The Brendan O’Neill Show. Ross and Brendan discuss why fossil fuels still make the world go round, the dangers of climate alarmism and the green crusade against

Heather Mac Donald: DEI is a threat to the West

Feb 22nd, 2024 1h 1m

Heather Mac Donald – Thomas W Smith fellow at the Manhattan Institute and author of When Race Trumps Merit – returns for the latest episode of The Brendan O’Neill Show. Heather and Brendan discuss the woke hatred of Western civilisation, how af

Debbie Hayton: The transsexual apostate

Feb 15th, 2024 54m 55s

Debbie Hayton, author of Transsexual Apostate: My Journey Back to Reality, talks to Brendan O’Neill about why women should have their own spaces and the real reason so many men are identifying as women.Order Brendan O’Neill’s A Heretic’s Mani

Katharine Birbalsingh: The battle to save my school

Feb 8th, 2024 46m 58s

Katharine Birbalsingh, headteacher of the Michaela Community School, discusses the High Court case against the Michaela school, why she banned prayer and the importance of secular education.Order Brendan O’Neill’s A Heretic’s Manifesto now fr

Eylon Levy: The West’s betrayal of Israel

Feb 1st, 2024 47m 36s

Israeli government spokesman Eylon Levy joins Brendan O’Neill for the latest episode of The Brendan O’Neill Show. Eylon and Brendan discuss the media smearing of Israel, the whitewashing of the 7 October pogrom, and why the Jewish State must de

Daniel McCarthy: What Trump voters want

Jan 25th, 2024 1h 7m

Daniel McCarthy – editor-in-chief of Modern Age: A Conservative Review – returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show. In this episode, Daniel and Brendan discuss why Donald Trump has dominated the Republican primaries and why the establishment’s war on

Rosie Kay: When art becomes propaganda

Jan 18th, 2024 55m 5s

Rosie Kay – co-founder of Freedom in the Arts – makes her return to The Brendan O’Neill Show this week. In this episode, Rosie and Brendan discuss the trans takeover of the arts, why more and more artists live in fear of cancellation and how fr