Recent Episodes
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109: Is there really ‘no safe level’ of drinking?
Apr 20, 2025 – 44:46 -
108: The death of the Great British boozer
Apr 6, 2025 – 39:37 -
107: Banter bouncers and black-market cigs
Mar 22, 2025 – 40:48 -
106: The nonsense of Islamophobia
Mar 8, 2025 – 37:05 -
105: Does the UK need a DOGE?
Feb 22, 2025 – 39:14 -
104: DeepSeek, deep-fried coriander and Lucy Letby
Feb 8, 2025 – 47:35 -
103: Think before you post
Jan 25, 2025 – 42:00 -
102: The vibe shift
Jan 12, 2025 – 47:41 -
101: Liquid lunches in North Korea
Dec 21, 2024 – 43:24 -
100: Scandal, gossip and Guido Fawkes
Dec 8, 2024 – 31:35 -
99: Non-crimes and the misery of veganism
Nov 23, 2024 – 32:17 -
98: The banter era returns
Nov 9, 2024 – 36:41 -
97: Fat jabs, speed and the banter police
Oct 22, 2024 – 01:16:00 -
96: See Last Orders *live* this weekend
Oct 17, 2024 – 01:15 -
95: Why London’s nightlife is dying
Oct 12, 2024 – 40:48 -
94: Does Chris Whitty run the country?
Sep 28, 2024 – 34:44 -
93: The nanny state is back with a vengeance
Sep 14, 2024 – 35:26 -
92: The AI will see you now
Aug 31, 2024 – 31:52 -
91: Big Keir is watching you
Aug 17, 2024 – 31:52 -
90: How universities fell to censorship
Aug 3, 2024 – 45:40 -
89: The green zealotry of Ed Miliband
Jul 20, 2024 – 44:29 -
88: From Starmer’s gulag
Jul 3, 2024 – 36:54 -
87: You're not singing any more
Jun 22, 2024 – 36:36 -
86: Farage, cakes and single-use vapes
Jun 8, 2024 – 31:42 -
85: The snobbery of the ultra-processed-food panic
May 25, 2024 – 30:00 -
84: The battle for the soul of Toryism, with David Frost
May 11, 2024 – 40:30 -
83: Why we shouldn’t ban smoking – or the hate marches
Apr 27, 2024 – 44:32 -
82: The free-speech wars in comedy
Apr 14, 2024 – 46:32 -
81: How local councils went woke
Mar 30, 2024 – 39:18 -
80: Vape juice, cigars and extremism
Mar 12, 2024 – 33:04 -
79: Prince Harry vs the press
Feb 24, 2024 – 38:47 -
78: Hands off our vapes
Feb 10, 2024 – 37:06 -
77: Starmer’s nanny state
Jan 27, 2024 – 37:20 -
76: Punching down
Jan 13, 2024 – 38:05 -
75: The year freedom went up in smoke
Dec 16, 2023 – 58:00 -
74: AI is not going to kill us all
Dec 3, 2023 – 42:14 -
73: Should schools be free to indoctrinate?
Nov 18, 2023 – 46:01 -
72: Live at the Battle of Ideas!
Nov 4, 2023 – 01:13:40 -
71: Australia’s Brexit moment
Oct 21, 2023 – 44:08 -
70: Sunak’s smoking ban
Oct 7, 2023 – 44:53 -
69: An ultra-processed panic
Sep 23, 2023 – 48:26 -
68: Can liberalism survive trans ideology?
Sep 9, 2023 – 38:23 -
67: Bring back wolves?
Aug 26, 2023 – 43:54 -
66: What happened to the Edinburgh Fringe?
Aug 12, 2023 – 43:14 -
65: Why Net Zero is a dangerous fantasy
Jul 29, 2023 – 38:13 -
64: Sadiq Khan’s war on cake
Jul 15, 2023 – 37:34 -
63: The shameful suppression of the lab-leak theory
Jul 1, 2023 – 37:31 -
62: The scourge of the Online Safety Bill
Jun 17, 2023 – 41:20 -
61: Will Britain ever legalise drugs?
Jun 3, 2023 – 40:37 -
60: The fight for free speech at Oxford
May 21, 2023 – 48:05
Recent Reviews
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Kevin LearyTime well spentA podcast that is extremely informative through the format of civil conversation with highly informed and thoughtful individuals. No bombast.
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RelativelyJonesAlways an excellent exchange.Got interested in the podcast during Covid and never looked back.
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spudWorks78A Great ListenIt seemed like it was monthly before but has now become bi-weekly and I'm happier for it. Chris and Tom are a rational great listen.
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nicmartBanal journalist jabberVirtually every talk show or podcast consisting of journalists talking is tedious. This podcast is no exception. Few journalists are anything but ordinarily intelligent and even fewer have any interesting specialized knowledge. Certainly not enough to sustain regular discussion.
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Monkeyhaus75Great podcastI love that they kick the nanny state types right in the teeth.
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Beccaaz746Dec.’19 - more focus on Ebola-type diseaseEpisode 14 - 8:50 - they say that international medical communities are wasting resources by focusing on lifestyle issues in third-world places. WHO should be preparing more to limit communicable diseases, like Ebola....
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