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  • 330: Julie Bindel: The trans erasure of lesbians

    330: Julie Bindel: The trans erasure of lesbians
    May 1 2025
    Julie Bindel – author of Lesbians: Where Are We Now – is the latest guest on The Brendan O’Neill Show. Julie and Brendan discuss why the Supreme Court’s gender ruling is so vital for lesbians, why gay rights and trans rights have nothing in common, and why being a lesbian used to be fun.

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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • 329: Jacob Mchangama: The free-speech recession

    329: Jacob Mchangama: The free-speech recession
    Apr 24 2025
    Jacob Mchangama – executive director of The Future of Free Speech and author of Free Speech: A History From Socrates to Social Media – returns for the latest episode of The Brendan O’Neill Show. Jacob and Brendan discuss Trump’s deportations of campus activists, the return of blasphemy laws to Europe, and why we must be free to hate.

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    56 mins
  • 328: Julia Hartley-Brewer: How two-tier Keir is tearing Britain apart

    328: Julia Hartley-Brewer: How two-tier Keir is tearing Britain apart
    Apr 17 2025
    Julia Hartley-Brewer – Talk presenter and Sun columnist – returned to The Brendan O’Neill Show for this special live episode. Julia and Brendan discussed Labour’s woes, Britain’s free-speech crisis, the appeal of Trump in a world gone mad, and why politicians need to start fearing voters again.

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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • 327: Fiona McAnena: The trans corruption of women’s sport

    327: Fiona McAnena: The trans corruption of women’s sport
    Apr 10 2025
    Fiona McAnena – director of campaigns at Sex Matters – returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show. Fiona and Brendan discuss why no sport is safe from gender ideology, how the denial of biology harms women and girls, and why Trump’s executive order on women’s sports isn’t working.

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    55 mins
  • 326: Bridget Phetasy: Tariffs, tech and Trump Devotion Syndrome

    326: Bridget Phetasy: Tariffs, tech and Trump Devotion Syndrome
    Apr 3 2025
    Bridget Phetasy – writer, comedian and host of Dumpster Fire – returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show. Bridget and Brendan discuss how the White House is embracing the politics of cruelty, how Trump’s cult of personality is making everyone insane, and the rise of the ‘woke right’.

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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • 325: Nick Timothy: Has Labour doomed Britain?

    325: Nick Timothy: Has Labour doomed Britain?
    Mar 27 2025
    Nick Timothy – Conservative MP and former joint chief of staff in Downing Street – returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show. Nick and Brendan discuss Rachel Reeves’s disastrous spring statement, how Net Zero is fuelling deindustrialisation, and how multiculturalism has torn society apart.

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    41 mins
  • 324: Jonathan Sacerdoti: Israel’s war against barbarism

    324: Jonathan Sacerdoti: Israel’s war against barbarism
    Mar 20 2025
    Writer and broadcaster Jonathan Sacerdoti is the latest guest on The Brendan O’Neill Show. Jonathan joined Brendan to discuss why the Gaza ceasefire was bound to fail, the horror of 7 October denial, and how anti-Semitism is on the rise across the political spectrum.

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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • 323: Frank Furedi: The death pains of globalism

    323: Frank Furedi: The death pains of globalism
    Mar 13 2025
    Frank Furedi – executive director of MCC Brussels – returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show. Frank and Brendan discuss the Trump-Zelensky bust-up, Europe’s struggles to rearm and the hollowness of the liberal international order.

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    53 mins