Thinking Class
By John Gillam
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Thinking Class is a weekly long-form interview podcast exploring the cultural, historical, and civilisational forces shaping England, Britain, and the Western world.
Hosted by John Gillam, the show brings together historians, philosophers, theologians, economists, and public intellectuals for conversations that go beyond the news cycle by examining the deep roots of the West's present predicament and asking what genuine recovery might require.
Guests have included David Starkey, Lord Jonathan Sumption, Lord Nigel Biggar, Robert Tombs, Peter Hitchens, Lionel Shriver, Roy Baumeister, Kathleen Stock, Carl Trueman, and many others.
If you value serious conversation about Britain, the West, and the forces shaping our future, then this is the show for you.
New episodes every week.
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#125 - Theodore Dalrymple & Rob Henderson: The Ideas That Claimed To Help Britain & America's Poor And Made Everything Worse
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May 01, 2026 |
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#124 - Michael Lind: Why Britain And America Keep Betraying Their Working Class
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Apr 24, 2026 |
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#123 - Carl Trueman - The West Killed God. Then It Killed Man. Now Something Darker Is Coming.
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Apr 17, 2026 |
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#122 - Richard IV - Britain Stopped Giving Men Heroes And This Is What Fills The Vacuum
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Apr 10, 2026 |
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#121 - Kathleen Stock - The West Is Offering Death As A Solution — Do Not Go Gentle
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Apr 03, 2026 |
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#120 - Lord Nigel Biggar & Tirthankar Roy: Britain's Empire Was Not What You Were Taught — An Indian Historian Has The Evidence
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Mar 27, 2026 |
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#119 - John Waters - Ireland's Moral Revolution And The Crisis Of Authority
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Mar 13, 2026 |
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#118 - Michael Reiners - The Laws That Quietly Abolished England: Blair's Constitutional Settlement And What Can Be Done About It
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Mar 06, 2026 |
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#117 - Lord Nigel Biggar - The New Dark Age: How Britain's Institutions Became Afraid Of The Truth
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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#116 - Lionel Shriver - A Better Life? Immigration, Demography, and Belonging In The West
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Feb 20, 2026 |
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#115 - Lord Jonathan Sumption - Can Democracy Survive the Britain We’re Becoming?
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Feb 13, 2026 |
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#114 - Dr Carrie Gress - How Feminism Became the West’s New Moral Authority
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Feb 06, 2026 |
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#113 - Bijan Omrani & Alka Sehgal-Cuthbert - Britain’s Cultural Inheritance Is Being Squandered And We’re Living With the Consequences
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Jan 30, 2026 |
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#112 - Firas Modad - Britain Is Losing Control At Home and Abroad: Demographics, Sovereignty, And Power
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Jan 23, 2026 |
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#111 - Prof. Azar Gat - Why Ethnicity Is Inescapably Political And Nationalism Endures: Lessons For Britain & The West
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Jan 16, 2026 |
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#110 - Renaud Camus - “The Disaster”: The Great Replacement, Elite Failure, And The Crisis Of The West
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Jan 09, 2026 |
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#109 - William Clouston - Why British Politics Is A Case Study In Governing Against The National Interest
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Jan 02, 2026 |
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#108 - Prof. Eric Kaufmann & Dr Paul Morland - Demographic Timebomb 2060: The English & British Are Headed For Minority Status & Why It Matters
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Dec 26, 2025 |
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#107 - Stephen Balogh - The State Of Democracy: Why Voters In Britain & Western Europe Are So Unhappy With Politics
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Dec 19, 2025 |
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#106 - Driss Ghali - France’s Identity Crisis: Violence, Islamism & The Risk Of Social Fracture
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Dec 12, 2025 |
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#105 - Neema Parvini - Why Politics Is Like Pro-Wrestling And Democracy Is An Illusion
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Dec 05, 2025 |
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#104 - Alexander Chula - What A Small African Country & Its Dictator Can Teach Us About Western Civilisation
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Nov 28, 2025 |
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#103 - Martin Sellner - Remigration & European Identity
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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#102 - David Betz - Tribes At War: The Sectarian Battle For Britain's Future & Its Grim Reality
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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#101 - Nina Power - Beyond Deportations: The Restoration Of Britain's Soul
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Nov 07, 2025 |
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#100 - Philip Cunliffe - Britain After Globalism: Demographics, Identity And The National Interest
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Oct 31, 2025 |
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#099 - Paul Embery - Why Diversity Is Britain's Greatest Challenge
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Oct 25, 2025 |
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#98 - Lord Nigel Biggar - The Case Against Britain Paying Reparations For Its Role In The Transatlantic Slave Trade
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Oct 10, 2025 |
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#97 - Andreas Svanlund - Why The 'Energy Transition' Is Dead
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Oct 03, 2025 |
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#096 - Dominic Frisby - Gold, Power, And The State: What Honest Money Reveals About Civilisation
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Sep 26, 2025 |
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#095 - David Shipley - Why Britain’s Justice System Has Lost Its Moral Compass
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Sep 19, 2025 |
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#094 - Lorenzo Warby - Crushing Dissent: How The Rise Of The 'Unaccountable Class' Ruined Everything
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Sep 12, 2025 |
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#093 - George Owers - Britain's 350-Year Culture War: The Birth Of Party Politics
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Sep 05, 2025 |
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#092 - Mark Vernon - Living Life More Deeply: Why William Blake Matters Now More Than Ever
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Aug 29, 2025 |
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#091 - Fergus Butler-Gallie - Christianity’s Contradictions: Faith, Power and the Survival of the Church
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Aug 22, 2025 |
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#090 - Nathan Pinkoski - On The Moral Fragmentation Of The West & What Comes Next
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Aug 08, 2025 |
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#089 - Compilation - Saving Britain's Boys, Families And Its Nations
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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#088 - Momus Najmi - Britain After Decline: Reformation, Restoration, And The Long Road Back
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Jul 25, 2025 |
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#087 - Fr. Benedict Kiely - Why The Media Is Silent On The Global Persecution Of Christians
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Jul 18, 2025 |
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#086 - Tom Jones - The 'Yookay': We Are Witnessing The Birth Of A New Country
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Jul 11, 2025 |
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#085 - Ryszard Legutko - The Strange Alliance: How Western Liberals United With Communists After The Cold War
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Jul 04, 2025 |
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#084 - Mark Walsh - Why Western Man Is Under Attack: On Nature, Masculinity And Nation
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Jun 27, 2025 |
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#083 - Ed Davies - Britain's Crises: Lost Boys, Broken Families & A Nation Out Of Work
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Jun 20, 2025 |
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#082 - Philip Pilkington - A Post-Mortem: The Death Of Liberalism (& The Rise Of A New World Order)
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Jun 13, 2025 |
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#081 - Lois McLatchie Miller - The Unspoken Truth About Abortion
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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#080- Prof. Alan Macfarlane - England's Rise, Anglo-America's Fall And An Ascendant China
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May 30, 2025 |
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#079 - Ben Cobley - The Right Side Of History: How Progressives Try To Replace God
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May 23, 2025 |
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#078 - Adam Williams - Why Would A British Zoomer Go Into Politics?
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May 16, 2025 |
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#077 - Driss Ghali - On Reverse Colonialism: How France Was Colonised
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May 09, 2025 |
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#076 - Compilation - Beyond Repair? The Making And Breaking Of England, Britain And Their Peoples
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May 02, 2025 |
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#075 - Bijan Omrani - Why God Is An Englishman: England Is A Christian Nation Or No Nation At All
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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#074 - Prof. Tim Lang - How Bad British Food Policy Risks Starving The Nation
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Apr 18, 2025 |
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#073 - Dr. Mario Trabucco - Decolonisation: How Modern Museums Are Destroying The Cultural Fabric
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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#072 - Douglas Carswell - How Britain Became A Divided, Broken, Nanny State & How To Fix It
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Apr 04, 2025 |
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#071 - Charles Cornish-Dale - Why Our Health Depends On Resisting The Growing Corporate Control Of The Food Supply
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Mar 28, 2025 |
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#070 - Nuriyah Khan - Modern-Day Religious Revolution In Britain: What Does The Future Hold?
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Mar 21, 2025 |
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#069 - Niall Gooch - How The British Public Lost Trust In Their Politicians & Institutions
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Mar 14, 2025 |
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#068 - Lorenzo Warby - Why Economists' Predictions Go Wrong, The Roman Empire Fell, And Why You Should Never Give Bureaucrats Moral Projects
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Mar 07, 2025 |
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#067 - Prof. Alan Macfarlane - Exploring The Ancient English Roots Of Capitalism And How They Contributed To Its Protestantism
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Feb 28, 2025 |
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#066 - Theodore Dalrymple - Why Being Non-Judgmental Does Not Make You More Moral & Makes The World Worse
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Feb 21, 2025 |
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#065 - Neema Parvini - How Out Of Control Western Elites Brought A Civilisation To Its Knees
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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#064 - Lord Nigel Biggar - The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Of The British Empire
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Feb 07, 2025 |
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#063 - David Starkey - Britain Has Been A Disaster Since 1945 (And The Crown Is Busy Losing Itself)
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Jan 31, 2025 |
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#062 - Dr. Roy Baumeister - The Power Of Culture: How We Evolved To Live In The Tribe
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Jan 24, 2025 |
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#061 - Mark Dooley - On Roger Scruton & Why We Need To Discover The Politics Of Home
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Jan 17, 2025 |
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#060 - Warren Smith - Rediscovering Humility In The Search For Truth
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Jan 10, 2025 |
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#059 - Sam Bidwell - How Britain's Politicians Broke The Social Contract
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Jan 03, 2025 |
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#058 - Harrison Pitt - Why Mass Immigration Will See The West Give Up Believing In Liberal Fictions
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Dec 27, 2024 |
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#057 - Ed West & Paul Morland - Why Rediscovering Our Cultural Heritage Can Save The West
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Dec 20, 2024 |
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#056 - Prof. Robert Tombs - Why We Cannot Escape History: England's Past Will Define Its Future
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Dec 13, 2024 |
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#055 - Prof. Alan MacFarlane - How English Individualism Created The Modern World
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Dec 06, 2024 |
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#054 - Tom Rowsell - An 8,000 Year Story: Exploring The Genetic Histories & Identities Of The British Peoples
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Nov 29, 2024 |
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#053 - David Goodhart - The Impact Of Freedom And The Age Of Sex Equality On Caring For The Family
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Nov 22, 2024 |
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#052 - Dr. Philip Kiszely - How British Media Became Cynical And Divided The Nation
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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#051 - Prof. James Clark - The Hidden & Profound Impact On English Life Through Henry VIII's Dissolution Of The Monasteries
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Nov 08, 2024 |
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#050 - Carl Trueman - A Warped Reality: How Critical Theory Utterly Transformed Our World
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Nov 01, 2024 |
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#049 - My Reflections On 50 Episodes Of Thinking Class
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Oct 25, 2024 |
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#048 - Spencer Klavan - On Moral Relativism, Timeless Truths, And Science & Faith
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Oct 18, 2024 |
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#046 - Dr. Alka Sehgal Cuthbert - How The Intolerant And Divisive Language Of Anti-Racism And Poor Policy Fractured Britain
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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#045 - William Clouston - How Britain Began To Decline And Why Its Leaders Won't Fix It
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Sep 27, 2024 |
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#044 - Glen Scrivener - Why Human Dignity And Human Rights May Not Survive Without Christianity
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Sep 20, 2024 |
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#043 - Philip Pilkington - Why European Countries Face Economic Ruination Of Their Own Making
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Sep 13, 2024 |
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#042 - Peter Hitchens - How Britain Witnessed A Moral And Cultural Revolution
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Sep 06, 2024 |
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#041 - Charlie Downes - Why British Zoomers Are Against Mass Immigration And Multiculturalism
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Aug 30, 2024 |
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#040 - James Esses - Why I Stood Up Against Gender Ideology Despite The Personal Costs
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Aug 23, 2024 |
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#039 - Lorenzo Warby - Why Our Genes And Cultures Undermine The Quest For Equality
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Aug 16, 2024 |
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#038 - Dr. John Rapley and Dr. Peter Heather - Why Barbarian Invasion Is Not The Only Reason For The Fall Of An Empire
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Aug 02, 2024 |
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#037 - Chris Martz - Why We Must Say No To Climate Alarmism
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Jul 26, 2024 |
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#036 - Tobi Emonts-Holley - Family Comes First: 'I'm A Dad of Six And A CEO And I Love My Life'
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Jul 19, 2024 |
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#035 - Hilary White - The Philosophical Revolution Behind The West's Decline (And It Began Much Earlier Than You Think)
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Jul 12, 2024 |
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#034 - Garett Jones - Why We Need Selective Immigration Policies (People Make Countries They Move To Like The Ones They Left)
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Jul 05, 2024 |
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#033 - Frank Furedi - The Beginning Of A Political Revolution: What The Populist Surge In The EU Tells Us
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Jun 28, 2024 |
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#032 - Doug Stokes - Why We Must Understand What It Means To 'Decolonise' Something
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Jun 21, 2024 |
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#031 - Ben Cobley - We Are Suffering The Institutional Erasure Of The English
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Jun 15, 2024 |
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#030 - Connor Tomlinson - 'The Right Of Gen-Z Will Make Sure We Have A Healthy Civilisation Again'
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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#029 - Lorenzo Warby - Forget The War Of The Sexes: Men And Women Were Made To Complement Each Other
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May 31, 2024 |
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#028 - David Goodhart - Post-Brexit & Trump: The Anywhere Class Still Doesn't Understand
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May 24, 2024 |
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#027 - Emma Wells - Building Beautiful To Save Our Souls
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May 17, 2024 |
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#026 - Carl Trueman - These Ideas Have Been Terrible For Our Humanity And Our Culture
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May 10, 2024 |
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#025 - Eric Kaufmann - The Taboos That Produced A Woke Cultural Revolution
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May 03, 2024 |
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#024 - Sebastian Milbank - We Think We Know What Freedom Is But We Don't
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Apr 26, 2024 |
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#023 - Helen Pluckrose - How To Keep Liberal Principles Alive In An Illiberal World
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Apr 19, 2024 |
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#022 - Dr. Paul Morland - Demography Is Destiny: What Future Have We Chosen?
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Apr 12, 2024 |
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#021 - Elisabeth Braw - Goodbye Globalisation, Hello Divided World
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Apr 05, 2024 |
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#020 - Momus Najmi - Britain Is Suffering A Clash Of Civilisations
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Mar 29, 2024 |
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#019 - Ian Williams: China's Influence Is Everywhere But It's Future Is Not Golden
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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#018 - Lionel Shriver: Why I Left Britain (And Feel Guilty About It)
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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#017 - Paul Embery - Why British Politicians Are Treating Citizens With Contempt
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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#016 - Tom Jones - Betraying Britain's Future: "The Conservatives' Governing Strategy Is Bankrupt"
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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#015 - Martina Macpherson - What ESG Is And Why There Is A Backlash
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Feb 23, 2024 |
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#014 - Ed West - Lessons From History: Elites, Populists, and Cultural Amnesia
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Feb 16, 2024 |
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#013 - Tomiwa Owolade: Why America's Culture War Should Not Be Britain's
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Feb 09, 2024 |
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#012 - Dr. Rakib Ehsan: Why Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Policies Do More Harm Than Good
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Feb 02, 2024 |
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#011 - Esmé Partridge: Why King Charles Could Improve Social Cohesion In Modern Britain
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Jan 26, 2024 |
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#010 - Frank Furedi: The Elite Won't Reform Itself. We Have To Replace It.
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Jan 19, 2024 |
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#009 - Tom Morris - Discover Ancient Wisdom And Take Control Of Your Life
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Jan 12, 2024 |
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#008 - Iancu Daramus - Can Corporations Really Be Environmentalists?
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Jan 05, 2024 |
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#007 - Andreas Svanlund - The Civilisational Risk To The West In The Energy Transition
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Dec 29, 2023 |
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#006 - Matthew Davis: Why Business School Students Need To Know The Limits Of Their Knowledge
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Dec 22, 2023 |
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#005 - Bridget Ryder - The Dark Side Of Green Energy
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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#004 - Ryan Hopkins - Why Is Wellbeing At Work So Low?
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Dec 08, 2023 |
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#003 - Katrin Gülden Le Maire - Why Business Leaders Need To Understand Theology
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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#002 - Kahlil Corazo - The Nature Of Human Desire And Solving The Problem Of Meaningless Work
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Nov 24, 2023 |
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#001 - The Foundation Of Ethics And The Limits Of Liberalism And Technocracy
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Nov 17, 2023 |