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Silkie Carlo: Get ready for the crackdown
Could Keir Starmer exploit the summer riots to curtail civil liberties? From the return of the Counter Disinformation Unit to the start of live facial recognition, Big Brother Watch's Silkie Carlo joins UnHerd to discuss the UK crackdown.
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Beauty, Anarchy and Everything Else with Geoff Dyer
World-famous author Geoff Dyer has written on the charms of everything from elite tennis to experimental jazz. Perhaps most famous for his bestselling black comedy ‘Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi’, Dyer has forged a unique career as a chronicler of the stranger side of the human condition. He joins UnHerd’s Florence Read for an evening of conversation and audience Q&A.
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Who REALLY blew up the Nord Stream pipeline?
It has been the most contested and mysterious event in the Russia-Ukraine war.
Who was responsible for sabotaging the Nord Stream pipelines that connected Germany to Russia?
The Russians? The CIA? Or Ukraine itself?
Bojan Pancevski has had access to the plotters themselves and tells Freddie Sayers an extraordinary story of extra-state actors, deep sea divers, bombs and sailing boats that sounds more like the plot of a movie than real life. Except, according to this prize-winning investigative reporter, it's all too real...
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Silkie Carlo: Get ready for the crackdown
Could Keir Starmer exploit the summer riots to curtail civil liberties? From the return of the Counter Disinformation Unit to the start of live facial recognition, Big Brother Watch's Silkie Carlo joins UnHerd to discuss the UK crackdown.
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Aris Roussinos: Has ethnic conflict come to Britain?
Riots that began in Southport last week have since spread to London, Rotherham, Middlesbrough, Liverpool, Bolton and Northern Ireland. UnHerd columnist Aris Roussinos was on the ground in Belfast as a firsthand witness to what he calls the 'ethnic conflict' of our era. He spoke to Freddie Sayers about what he saw and how civil clashes might change the future of the UK.
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Are men boxing against women?
UnHerd's Flo Read meets Tommy Lundberg to discuss the 46 second fight between Algerian boxer Imane Khelif and Italian Angela Carini
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Nina Power: The free speech trial of our age
After a years-long legal battle, philosopher Nina Power has found herself on the vanguard of a complex question: do artists have the responsibility to engage with dangerous ideas? She joined UnHerd's Freddie Sayers to discuss the trial, why she still reads controversial books and what her story can tell us about the culture wars.
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Emily Jashinsky presents: Undercurrents Episode ONE - News beneath the surface
Emily and James analyze Netanyahu's chaotic visit to Capitol Hill, dive into the weird world of AI dating, break down the attacks on right wing tech bros, and look at a new study on COVID masking. Emily explains why Republican attacks on cat ladies are counterproductive. Lee Fang joins the show for an in-depth look at Kamala Harris's history.
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00:00 - 02:17 - Introduction
02:17 - 20:58 - Newsroom
20:58 - 25:31 - The Take
25:31 - 50:54 - Lee Fang interview
50:54 - 51:35 - Concluding thoughts
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Emily Jashinsky: It was a new Donald Trump... for ten minutes!
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UnHerd's Freddie Sayers speaks to DC Correspondent Emily Jashinsky about Trump's huge speech at the Republican National Convention.
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As the Republican National Convention comes to a close, what has it told us about the future of the party? Fresh from watching Trump's headline speech in Milwaukee, DC Correspondent Emily Jashinsky joins UnHerd's Freddie Sayers to discuss the GOP gathering.
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Oren Cass: The philosophy of J.D. Vance
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UnHerd's Freddie Sayers meets Oren Cass.
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With J. D. Vance as Trump’s pick for VP, how are the masterminds of the New Right set to shape American politics? Policy strategist and founder of American Compass, Oren Cass, speaks to UnHerd’s Freddie Sayers.
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Has populism been thwarted in France?
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UnHerd's Flo Read meets Louis-Vincent Gave.
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Is the right-wing playing a long game in France? Analyst Louis-Vincent Gave joins UnHerd's Florence Read to discuss how yesterday's shock surge against Marine Le Pen could come to benefit the National Rally.
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00:00 - 01:06 - Introduction
01:06 - 04:16 - Why did polls get the French election so wrong, and how are markets reacting?
04:16 - 12:26 - Is this a victory for Macron and a defeat for the Right? How will Macron deal with the Left?
12:26 - 19:41 - How does populism in France compare to the rest of Europe?
19:41 - 23:43 - How the divided French Right eventually united
23:43 - 25:40 - The role of Trump and Biden
25:40 - 29:57 - What does the future look like for the French Left and Right?
29:57 - Concluding thoughts
#UnHerd #france #election
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Labour's shallow victory
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British headlines this morning were all about the Labour Party's landslide victory in the UK general election. But take a closer look at the numbers, and there's another story under the surface. UnHerd's Political Editor Tom McTague joins Freddie Sayers to dive into the data.
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#UnHerd #Labour #KeirStarmer
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Niall Ferguson: Are we the Soviets now?
With public calls to remove the sitting US President, a UK election set to unseat its government and the rightward swing in Europe, it’s all change on the Western front. Best-selling historian Niall Ferguson joins UnHerd’s Freddie Sayers for a wide-lens tour of populism and its discontents.
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Will the Democrats ditch Joe Biden?
The main story out of last night’s debate was President Joe Biden’s apparent senility. Since then, figures previously loyal to the Democrat party line have joined to demand his resignation. UnHerd's DC Correspondent Emily Jashinsky joins Freddie Sayers to give a blow by blow of the showdown, and a closer look at the media reaction to the Trump v. Biden debate, as it happened.
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How global government pushes censorship
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UnHerd's Freddie Sayers meets Paul Coleman.
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Can bureaucracy conceal a system of censorship?
Paul Coleman is executive director of Alliance Defending Freedom and has been involved in more than 20 cases before the European Court of Human Rights. He is the author of Censored (2016), about the rise of European hate crime laws. He joins UnHerd’s Freddie Sayers to demystify the inner workings of the international censorship complex.
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#UnHerd #Disinformation #Censorship
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Election deep dive: Europe turns Right
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UnHerd's Freddie Sayers discusses the European Parliament election results with Anne-Elisabeth Moutet, Thomas Fazi and Ralph Schoellhammer.
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Is a rightward shift really hitting Europe? Regular UnHerd contributors Anne-Elisabeth Moutet, Thomas Fazi and Ralph Schoellhammer react to the breaking news of the European elections, with Freddie Sayers.
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#UnHerd #EU #EuropeanElections
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Ex-Reporter Exposes New York Times
When Nellie Bowles got her dream job as a reporter for the New York Times, she thought she'd never leave her the legacy paper. But what she witnessed behind the scenes gave her a very personal insight into the political capture of the American newsroom. She tells UnHerd's Freddie Sayers about how the disinformation movement, mainstream media bias and finding herself outside the tribe.
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Richard Dawkins vs Ayaan Hirsi Ali: The God debate
At the UnHerd-sponsored Dissident Dialogues Festival in New York, Richard Dawkins and Ayaan Hirsi Ali discussed her recent conversion to Christianity, and whether the whole ‘New Atheism’ movement of which they had both been key members had done more harm than good.
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Welcome to the uniparty election
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UnHerd's Freddie Sayers sits down with Aris Roussinos, Mary Harrington and Tom McTague to discuss the 2024 UK general election.
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Are the British Conservative and Labour parties really so different? For many voters, it seems, the answer is no. At least on the most important questions of the day, whether it’s immigration, war or culture. With the general election looming, UnHerd columnists Aris Roussinos, Mary Harrington and Tom McTague join Freddie Sayers for a roundtable on election ennui and ask: what are we to do with the uniparty?
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Peter Singer: The moral philosopher of our time
World-famous utilitarian philosopher and Princeton Professor of Bioethics, Peter Singer, has spent his career asking (and answering) questions that make even the most radical thinkers uncomfortable. He joins UnHerd to discuss his maverick moral calculus and the struggle for telos in a culture both more isolated and more connected than ever before.
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Fmr Iran Ambassador: "Western idealism has been disastrous"
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UnHerd's Freddie Sayers meets Sir Richard Dalton.
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With the shocking death of Iran's president, Sir Richard Dalton, former British Ambassador to Iran, joins UnHerd's Freddie Sayers for a conversation on the future of the Middle East, Israel, and Western interventionism.
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00:00 - 01:15 - Introduction
01:15 - 05:15 - How does the death of prime minister Ebrahim Raisi alter Iranian politics?
05:15 - 11:30 - Is the West to blame for Iran’s hostility?
11:30 - 15:48 - Israel’s relationship to Iran
15:48 - 19:30 - The West’s support for Israel
19:30 - 21:38 - Was Saudi Arabia involved in 9/11?
21:38 - 24:36 - Is there a peaceful resolution to the conflict in the Middle East?
#UnHerd #Iran #EbrahimRaisi
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2019 election strategist: We failed to deliver change
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As news breaks of a British general election, Former Director of Communications at 10 Downing Street Lee Cain and Political Editor of UnHerd Tom McTague join Freddie Sayers for an emergency roundtable.
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#UnHerd #RishiSunak #generalelection
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Glenn Greenwald: Are there limits to free speech?
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UnHerd's Freddie Sayers meets Glenn Greenwald.
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Glenn Greenwald joins UnHerd’s Freddie Sayers to explore the nuances of free speech in today’s digital world. They discuss the challenges of protecting minority voices while upholding free expression, the dangers of corporate censorship, and the importance of critical thinking in navigating today’s complex information landscape.
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00:00 - 00:31 - Introduction
00:31 - 03:51 - Robert Rico shooting
03:51 - 19:04 - Media bias on Palestine/Israel protests and the limits of free speech
19:04 - 21:13 - Does Glenn himself stick to his free speech principle?
21:13 - 27:19 - How has “disinformation” led to increased censorship?
27:19 - 38:02 - Glenn discuss how important “internet freedom” is and the government’s role
38:02 - 38:33 - Concluding thoughts
#UnHerd #freespeech #disinformation
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Christian revival: fantasy or reality? - UnHerd LIVE
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With recent examples of high-profile atheists publicly converting to religious faith, or aligning with ‘cultural Christianity’, it seems the tide might be turning against secularism in Britain and America. But do stars of the rationalist movement finding faith mark a greater social shift? Joining UnHerd to discuss this very question are presenter of ‘The Surprising Rebirth Of Belief In God’ podcast Justin Brierley, host of ‘The Sacred’ Elizabeth Oldfield and Alex O’Connor, otherwise known as the ‘Cosmic Skeptic’.
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#UnHerd #christian #secularism
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How to destroy the censorship complex
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UnHerd's Freddie Sayers sits down with Michael Shellenberger and Jacob Siegel to discuss the censorship industrial complex.
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What's next for the censorship industrial complex? UnHerd's Freddie Sayers, Tablet's Jacob Siegel and Public's Michael Shellenberger sat down at Dissident Dialogues festival in New York City to discuss the growing disinformation industry and how to combat it.
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00:00 - 00:54 - Introduction
00:54 - 05:30 - Understanding the disinformation movement
05:30 - 11:00 - Increasing public awareness of censorship
11:00 - 15:38 - The power behind the disinformation movement
15:38 - 20:00 - Should there be any disinformation monitors?
20:00 - 23:45 - Maintaining the firewall between domestic vs foreign counter-information operations
23:45 - 29:10 - How do we prevent the free market choosing censorship?
29:10 - 31:08 - Can we shift government incentives away from censorship?
31:08 - 37:40 - The return of former disinformation tsar Nina Jankowicz
37:40 - 38:05 - Concluding thoughts
#UnHerd #MichaelShellenberger #Censorship
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