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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.

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...

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.

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.

UnHerd's Flo Read meets Tommy Lundberg to discuss the 46 second fight between Algerian boxer Imane Khelif and Italian Angela Carini

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.

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. --- 📰 Subscribe to UnHerd & Undercurrents today at: https://bit.ly/3Qdkd5y See more from Undercurrents at @UndercurrentsUnherd Follow UnHerd on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/unherd Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/unherd/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unherd/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@unherdtv // TIMECODES // 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

📰 Subscribe to UnHerd today at: https://bit.ly/3Qdkd5y UnHerd's Freddie Sayers speaks to DC Correspondent Emily Jashinsky about Trump's huge speech at the Republican National Convention. Watch it on the UnHerd website: Listen to the podcast: https://plnk.to/unherd?to=page 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. Follow UnHerd on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/unherd Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/unherd/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unherd/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@unherdtv #UnHerd #DonaldTrump #RepublicanNationalConvention

📰 Subscribe to UnHerd today at: https://bit.ly/3Qdkd5y UnHerd's Freddie Sayers meets Oren Cass. Watch it on the UnHerd website: Listen to the podcast: https://plnk.to/unherd?to=page 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. Follow UnHerd on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/unherd Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/unherd/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unherd/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@unherdtv #UnHerd #JDVance #Trump

📰 Subscribe to UnHerd today at: https://bit.ly/3Qdkd5y UnHerd's Flo Read meets Louis-Vincent Gave. Watch it on the UnHerd website: https://unherd.com/watch-listen/has-populism-been-thwarted-in-france/ Listen to the podcast: https://plnk.to/unherd?to=page 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. Follow UnHerd on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/unherd Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/unherd/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unherd/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@unherdtv // TIMECODES // 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

📰 Subscribe to UnHerd today at: https://bit.ly/3Qdkd5y 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. Watch it on the UnHerd website: Listen to the podcast: https://plnk.to/unherd?to=page Follow UnHerd on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/unherd Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/unherd/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unherd/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@unherdtv #UnHerd #Labour #KeirStarmer

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.

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.

📰 Subscribe to UnHerd today at: https://bit.ly/3Qdkd5y UnHerd's Freddie Sayers meets Paul Coleman. Watch it on the UnHerd website: https://unherd.com/watch-listen/how-global-government-pushes-censorship/ Listen to the podcast: https://plnk.to/unherd?to=page 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. Follow UnHerd on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/unherd Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/unherd/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unherd/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@unherdtv // TIMECODES // #UnHerd #Disinformation #Censorship

📰 Subscribe to UnHerd today at: https://bit.ly/3Qdkd5y UnHerd's Freddie Sayers discusses the European Parliament election results with Anne-Elisabeth Moutet, Thomas Fazi and Ralph Schoellhammer. Watch it on the UnHerd website: https://unherd.com/watch-listen/election-deep-dive-europe-turns-right/ Listen to the podcast: https://plnk.to/unherd?to=page 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. Follow UnHerd on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/unherd Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/unherd/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unherd/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@unherdtv #UnHerd #EU #EuropeanElections

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.

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.

📰 Subscribe to UnHerd today at: https://bit.ly/3Qdkd5y UnHerd's Freddie Sayers sits down with Aris Roussinos, Mary Harrington and Tom McTague to discuss the 2024 UK general election. Watch it on the UnHerd website: https://unherd.com/watch-listen/welcome-to-the-uniparty-election/ Listen to the podcast: https://plnk.to/unherd?to=page 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? Follow UnHerd on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/unherd Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/unherd/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unherd/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@unherdtv #UnHerd #Uniparty #GeneralElection

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. 📰 Subscribe to UnHerd today at: https://bit.ly/3Qdkd5y Follow UnHerd on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/unherd Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/unherd/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unherd/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@unherdtv #UnHerd #philosophy #PeterSinger

📰 Subscribe to UnHerd today at: https://bit.ly/3Qdkd5y UnHerd's Freddie Sayers meets Sir Richard Dalton. Watch it on the UnHerd website: https://unherd.com/watch-listen/western-idealism-has-been-disastrous/ Listen to the podcast: https://plnk.to/unherd?to=page 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. Follow UnHerd on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/unherd Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/unherd/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unherd/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@unherdtv // TIMECODES // 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

📰 Subscribe to UnHerd today at: https://bit.ly/3Qdkd5y 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. Watch it on the UnHerd website: Listen to the podcast: https://plnk.to/unherd?to=page Follow UnHerd on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/unherd Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/unherd/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unherd/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@unherdtv #UnHerd #RishiSunak #generalelection

📰 Subscribe to UnHerd today at: https://bit.ly/3Qdkd5y UnHerd's Freddie Sayers meets Glenn Greenwald. Watch it on the UnHerd website: https://unherd.com/watch-listen/are-there-limits-to-free-speech/ Listen to the podcast: https://plnk.to/unherd?to=page 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. Watch the full interview above. Follow UnHerd on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/unherd Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/unherd/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unherd/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@unherdtv // TIMECODES // 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

Subscribe to UnHerd today at: http://unherd.com/join 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’. Follow UnHerd on social media: X: https://twitter.com/unherd Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/unherd/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unherd/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@unherdtv #UnHerd #christian #secularism

📰 Subscribe to UnHerd today at: https://bit.ly/3Qdkd5y UnHerd's Freddie Sayers sits down with Michael Shellenberger and Jacob Siegel to discuss the censorship industrial complex. Watch it on the UnHerd website: https://unherd.com/watch-listen/how-to-destroy-the-censorship-complex/ Listen to the podcast: https://plnk.to/unherd?to=page 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. Follow UnHerd on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/unherd Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/unherd/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unherd/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@unherdtv // TIMECODES // 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