Episodes

  • ‘Populism is the engine of democracy’ | Frank Furedi

    ‘Populism is the engine of democracy’ | Frank Furedi
    May 28 2026
    Listen to Rod Liddle’s Times Radio show, Saturdays 10am to 1pm, on digital radio, your smart speaker or by downloading the free Times Radio app: https://www.thetimes.com/radio?utm_source=spiked&utm_medium=display&utm_campaign=FY26_TML_RodLiddle_ Frank Furedi returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show to discuss his new book, In Defence of Populism. Frank and Brendan discuss why there is more to Reform UK’s rise than ‘protest votes’, why populism is not a threat to democracy, and how we can reverse the West’s slide into decline. Buy Frank’s book here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Defence-Populism-Frank-Furedi/dp/1509571671 Join us for the spiked summit, our biggest ever live event, on Saturday 27 June in Westminster featuring Lionel Shriver, Katharine Birbalsingh, Toby Young, Allison Pearson, Brendan O’Neill, Tom Slater and more speakers to be announced. Get tickets here: https://www.spiked-online.com/event/spiked-summit/ Become a spiked supporter to access all of spiked’s exclusive content, and get unlimited, ad-free reading and other perks: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Order Brendan O’Neill’s Vibe Shift now from: 🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Vibe-Shift-Wokeness-Greenism-Technocracy/dp/106871932X/ 🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Vibe-Shift-Wokeness-Greenism-Technocracy/dp/106871932X/ Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    49 mins
  • The forbidden history of radical Islam | Raymond Ibrahim

    The forbidden history of radical Islam | Raymond Ibrahim
    May 26 2026
    Listen to Rod Liddle’s Times Radio show, Saturdays 10am to 1pm, on digital radio, your smart speaker or by downloading the free Times Radio app: https://www.thetimes.com/radio Raymond Ibrahim – historian and author of Sword and Scimitar – is the latest guest on The Brendan O’Neill Show. Brendan and Raymond discuss the inherent radicalism of Islam, Islam’s history of violent conquest, the truth about the Crusades, and why some fears of Islam are justified. Join us for the spiked summit, our biggest ever live event, on Saturday 27 June in Westminster featuring Lionel Shriver, Katharine Birbalsingh, Toby Young, Allison Pearson, Brendan O’Neill, Tom Slater and more speakers to be announced. Get tickets here: https://www.spiked-online.com/event/spiked-summit/ Become a spiked supporter to access all of spiked’s exclusive content, and get unlimited, ad-free reading and other perks: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Order Brendan O’Neill’s Vibe Shift now from: 🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Vibe-Shift-Wokeness-Greenism-Technocracy/dp/106871932X/ 🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Vibe-Shift-Wokeness-Greenism-Technocracy/dp/106871932X/ Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    46 mins
  • ‘We must break the spell of trans’ | Kellie-Jay Keen

    ‘We must break the spell of trans’ | Kellie-Jay Keen
    May 21 2026
    Listen to Rod Liddle’s Times Radio show, Saturdays 10am to 1pm, on digital radio, your smart speaker or by downloading the free Times Radio app: https://www.thetimes.com/radio Kellie-Jay Keen (aka Posie Parker) – founder of Let Women Speak and leader of the Party of Women – returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show. Brendan and Kellie-Jay on how gender ideology is still harming women and children – and grooming us to lie. Plus, the rise of Islamist misogyny and the fraying of British identity. Join us for the spiked summit, our biggest ever live event, on Saturday 27 June in Westminster featuring Lionel Shriver, Katharine Birbalsingh, Toby Young, Allison Pearson, Brendan O’Neill, Tom Slater and more speakers to be announced. Get tickets here: https://www.spiked-online.com/event/spiked-summit/ Become a spiked supporter to access all of spiked’s exclusive content, and get unlimited, ad-free reading and other perks: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Order Brendan O’Neill’s Vibe Shift now from: 🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Vibe-Shift-Wokeness-Greenism-Technocracy/dp/106871932X/ 🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Vibe-Shift-Wokeness-Greenism-Technocracy/dp/106871932X/ Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters:https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    53 mins
  • ‘The globalists have failed Britain’ | Laila Cunningham

    ‘The globalists have failed Britain’ | Laila Cunningham
    May 19 2026
    Listen to Rod Liddle’s Times Radio show, Saturdays 10am to 1pm, on digital radio, your smart speaker or by downloading the free Times Radio app: https://www.thetimes.com/radio?utm_source=spiked&utm_medium=display&utm_campaign=FY26_TML_RodLiddle_ Laila Cunningham – Reform UK’s candidate for London mayor – is the latest guest on The Brendan O’Neill Show. Laila and Brendan discuss why Reform is winning in Labour heartlands, the catastrophe of mass illegal migration, and why London’s decline is a choice. Join us for the spiked summit, our biggest ever live event, on Saturday 27 June in Westminster featuring Lionel Shriver, Katharine Birbalsingh, Toby Young, Allison Pearson, Brendan O’Neill, Tom Slater and more speakers to be announced. Get tickets here: https://www.spiked-online.com/event/spiked-summit/ Become a spiked supporter to access all of spiked’s exclusive content, and get unlimited, ad-free reading and other perks: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Order Brendan O’Neill’s Vibe Shift now from: 🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Vibe-Shift-Wokeness-Greenism-Technocracy/dp/106871932X/ 🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Vibe-Shift-Wokeness-Greenism-Technocracy/dp/106871932X/ Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    33 mins
  • ‘Starmer is weak, unprincipled and utterly unremarkable’ | Rod Liddle

    ‘Starmer is weak, unprincipled and utterly unremarkable’ | Rod Liddle
    May 13 2026
    Times Radio host Rod Liddle returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show. Rod and Brendan discuss the utter uselessness of Keir Starmer, the civil war in Labour and the elite betrayal of the voters. Listen to Rod’s Times Radio show, Saturdays 10am to 1pm: https://www.thetimes.com/radio?utm_source=spiked&utm_medium=display&utm_campaign=FY26_TML_RodLiddle_ Join us for the spiked summit, our biggest ever live event, on Saturday 27 June in Westminster featuring Lionel Shriver, Katharine Birbalsingh, Toby Young, Allison Pearson, Brendan O’Neill, Tom Slater and more speakers to be announced. Get tickets here: https://www.spiked-online.com/event/spiked-summit/ Become a spiked supporter to access all of spiked’s exclusive content, and get unlimited, ad-free reading and other perks: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Order Brendan O’Neill’s Vibe Shift now from: 🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Vibe-Shift-Wokeness-Greenism-Technocracy/dp/106871932X/ 🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Vibe-Shift-Wokeness-Greenism-Technocracy/dp/106871932X/ Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    36 mins
  • ‘The Greens are lunatic, deranged and evil’ | Melanie Phillips

    ‘The Greens are lunatic, deranged and evil’ | Melanie Phillips
    May 13 2026
    Sign up today for your £1-a-month trial with Shopify and start selling today: https://shopify.co.uk/brendan Melanie Phillips – Times columnist and author of the new book, Fighting the Hate: A Handbook for Jews Under Siege – returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show. Melanie and Brendan discuss the rise of the Islamo-left, Britain’s descent into anti-Semitism and why the Labour Party fell apart. Buy Melanie’s latest book here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fighting-Hate-Handbook-Under-Siege/dp/B0GR8XBFWR/ Join us for the spiked summit, our biggest ever live event, on Saturday 27 June in Westminster featuring Konstantin Kisin, Lionel Shriver, Katharine Birbalsingh, Toby Young, Allison Pearson, Brendan O’Neill, Tom Slater and more speakers to be announced. Get tickets here. Order your copy of Brendan O’Neill’s new book, Vibe Shift: The Revolt Against Wokeness, Greenism and Technocracy, on Amazon now. Join us for the spiked summit, our biggest ever live event, on Saturday 27 June in Westminster featuring Konstantin Kisin, Lionel Shriver, Katharine Birbalsingh, Toby Young, Allison Pearson, Brendan O’Neill, Tom Slater and more speakers to be announced. Get tickets here: https://www.spiked-online.com/event/spiked-summit/ Become a spiked supporter to access all of spiked’s exclusive content, and get unlimited, ad-free reading and other perks: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Order Brendan O’Neill’s Vibe Shift now from: 🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Vibe-Shift-Wokeness-Greenism-Technocracy/dp/106871932X/ 🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Vibe-Shift-Wokeness-Greenism-Technocracy/dp/106871932X/ Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    58 mins
  • The rise of the rainbow-haired killer | Wilfred Reilly

    The rise of the rainbow-haired killer | Wilfred Reilly
    May 3 2026
    Wilfred Reilly – author of Hate Crime Hoax – returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show. Wilfred and Brendan discuss the violent radicalisation of the American left, how ‘anti-racists’ fund the KKK and how woke is being rebranded. Join us for the spiked summit, our biggest ever live event, on Saturday 27 June in Westminster featuring Konstantin Kisin, Lionel Shriver, Katharine Birbalsingh, Toby Young, Allison Pearson, Brendan O’Neill, Tom Slater and more speakers to be announced. Get tickets here: https://www.spiked-online.com/event/spiked-summit/ Become a spiked supporter to access all of spiked’s exclusive content, and get unlimited, ad-free reading and other perks: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Order Brendan O’Neill’s Vibe Shift now from: 🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Vibe-Shift-Wokeness-Greenism-Technocracy/dp/106871932X/ 🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Vibe-Shift-Wokeness-Greenism-Technocracy/dp/106871932X/ Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters:https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    41 mins
  • Labour has brought Britain to the brink of crisis | Liam Halligan

    Labour has brought Britain to the brink of crisis | Liam Halligan
    Apr 28 2026
    Liam Halligan – economist, Telegraph columnist and host of When the Facts Change – returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show. Liam and Brendan discuss Britain’s fiscal ‘doom loop’, the calamity of Net Zero, and why America’s stock-market boom is built on sand. Join us for the spiked summit, our biggest ever live event, on Saturday 27 June in Westminster featuring Konstantin Kisin, Lionel Shriver, Katharine Birbalsingh, Toby Young, Allison Pearson, Brendan O’Neill, Tom Slater and more speakers to be announced. Get tickets here: https://www.spiked-online.com/event/spiked-summit/ Become a spiked supporter to access all of spiked’s exclusive content, and get unlimited, ad-free reading and other perks: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Order Brendan O’Neill’s Vibe Shift now from: 🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Vibe-Shift-Wokeness-Greenism-Technocracy/dp/106871932X/ 🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Vibe-Shift-Wokeness-Greenism-Technocracy/dp/106871932X/ Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Sign up to spiked’s newsletters:https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    58 mins