UnHerd with Freddie Sayers
243 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 days ago -Freddie Sayers from online magazine UnHerd seeks out top scientists, writers, politicians and thinkers for in-depth interviews to try and help us work out what’s really going on. What started as an inquiry into the pandemic has broadened into a fascinating look at free speech, science, meaning and the ideas shaping our world.
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Sohrab Ahmari: How Israel divided the Right
April 14, 2024 15:51 - 42 minutes - 58.1 MBSince October 7th, old divides between Right and Left on support for Israel were predictably resurfaced. Less expected, however, was a new civil war on the online Right. Compact founder and key figure in the so-called ‘New Right’ Sohrab Ahmari joined UnHerd’s Freddie Sayers to discuss it. UnHerd's Freddie Sayers talks to Sohrab Ahmari Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Prof. Randall Kennedy: Stop forcing academics to support DEI
April 05, 2024 14:17 - 47 minutes - 65.6 MBLaw Professor Randall Kennedy has taught at Harvard University for 40 years and written hundreds of thousands of words on race politics and the legal system. He is a vocal defender of affirmative action, so why this week did he write an essay about the 'resentment' caused by compulsory diversity statements? He spoke to UnHerd's Freddie Sayers about DEI, meritocracy and how good intentions so often turn into social coercion. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dinosaurs vs. God The Original Culture War
March 28, 2024 15:00 - 50 minutes - 68.8 MBUnHerd's Giles Fraser chats to author and historian Michael Taylor about his new book ‘Impossible Monsters’, and what the war between rationalism and religion have to tell us about our future... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Abigail Shrier: How therapy culture creates victims
March 19, 2024 15:13 - 58 minutes - 80.6 MBCould it be possible that the boom in therapy for young people is harming, not helping, the next generation? UnHerd's Florence Read spoke to the author of a new book 'Bad Therapy', Abigail Shrier, about mental health myths, gentle parenting and the medicalisation of American kids. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Martin Kulldorff: Fired by Harvard for getting Covid right
March 15, 2024 17:15 - 45 minutes - 62 MBAfter the Great Barrington Declaration was announced in 2020, Harvard Professor Martin Kulldorff suddenly emerged into the public consciousness as a controversial figure. Despite data showing his skepticism about lockdowns and vaccine mandates were ultimate legitimate, especially in his home country of Sweden, Professor Kulldorff was fired by Harvard. Why? UnHerd's Freddie Sayers spoke to him to find out. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Rob Henderson: How Luxury Beliefs took over the elite
March 13, 2024 17:42 - 25 minutes - 34.4 MBUnHerd's Freddie Sayers meets Rob Henderson Why are the top 1% so politically correct? Rob Henderson coined the term ‘luxury beliefs’ to explain how affluent people signal high status with ‘woke’ ideas. In his new memoir ‘Troubled’, Henderson tells the story of a difficult childhood and how it opened his eyes to the hypocrisy of America’s elite. He joins UnHerd’s Freddie Sayers to discuss the concept of luxury beliefs and much more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informa...
UnHerd in Washington DC Trump vs Biden: Underpriced Scenarios
March 07, 2024 15:00 - 41 minutes - 56.7 MBFreddie Sayers was joined in Washington DC by Ruy Teixeira, Robby Soave and Emily Jashinsky to ask: who will win in 2024? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Why the American Right loves Viktor Orbán, with Gladden Pappin
March 02, 2024 09:49 - 48 minutes - 67.1 MBUnHerd's Freddie Sayers was joined in the studio by Gladden Pappin to discuss why the American Right seem so enamoured with Viktor Orbán's political philosophy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jonathan Sumption: The case for Shamima Begum
February 23, 2024 18:15 - 21 minutes - 29.3 MBUnHerd's Freddie Sayers talks to Jonathan Sumption about the case in support of Shamima Begum. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Freddie Sayers and Konstantin Kisin: What happened to Tucker Carlson?
February 17, 2024 17:15 - 27 minutes - 38.1 MBUnHerd's Freddie Sayers and Triggernometry's Konstantin Kisin discuss Tucker Carlson, his interview with Putin, and what's to follow... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The History Professor Sanctioned by Putin
February 14, 2024 15:49 - 24 minutes - 34.1 MBUnHerd's Freddie Sayers meets historian David Abulafia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ioan Grillo: The Real Story of the US/Mexico Border Crisis
February 11, 2024 17:00 - 24 minutes - 33.7 MBUnHerd's Freddie Sayers talks to Ioan Grillo about the ongoing issue at the border between the US and Mexico. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Lee Fang: My Warning to Congress on Censorship
February 06, 2024 22:24 - 24 minutes - 34 MBUnHerd's Flo Read sits down with journalist Lee Fang to discuss his testimony to Congress on the risks of AI-powered censorship. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Andrew Sullivan: What I Got Wrong About Trump
February 02, 2024 15:08 - 33 minutes - 45.5 MBUnHerd's Freddie Sayers meets with Andrew Sullivan, to discuss what he got wrong about Donald Trump Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Will Europe Lose World War Three?
January 31, 2024 19:00 - 37 minutes - 51.1 MBUnHerd's Freddie Sayers talks to Aris Roussinos, Elbridge Colby and Pippa Malmgren about the prospect of a World War Three. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
David Mamet: Why Trump Will Win 2024
January 21, 2024 17:00 - 43 minutes - 59.2 MBUnHerd's Florence Read sits down with Pulitzer Prize winning playwright David Mamet to talk about the demise of Hollywood, and why Trump will win in 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Katherine Birbalsingh: My High Court Case to Ban Prayer in School
January 19, 2024 17:19 - 37 minutes - 51.7 MBUnHerd's Freddie Sayers meets Katharine Birbalsingh, 'Britain's strictest headteacher'. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oleksiy Arestovych: Zelensky's Challenger
January 14, 2024 15:00 - 58 minutes - 80.3 MBUnHerd’s Freddie Sayers meets Oleksiy Arestovych, who intends to challenge President Zelensky in Ukraine's next general election. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The New War for the Red Sea
January 12, 2024 18:33 - 36 minutes - 49.5 MBUnHerd's Freddie Sayers and Tom McTague discuss the new war in the Red Sea Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Former CIA officer: The age of America is coming to an end
January 04, 2024 15:00 - 59 minutes - 81.6 MBUnHerd's Freddie Sayers sits down with former CIA officer, Mike Baker to talk about Israel, Ukraine and China. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
UnHerd's Best of 2023
December 28, 2023 15:00 - 1 hour - 84.2 MBFreddie Sayers and Flo Read look back at UnHerd's best moments from 2023, featuring Nick Cave, Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Graham Linehan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
John Vervaeke: Rituals are rational
December 24, 2023 15:00 - 1 hour - 109 MBUnHerd’s Flo Read and philosopher and cognitive scientist John Vervaeke sat down at the UnHerd Club to diagnose the alienation and anxiety that pervades our contemporary culture. Is a “meaning crisis” at the root of all the other crises we face – environmental, political, spiritual? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
John Mearsheimer: There is no two-state solution
December 15, 2023 15:00 - 49 minutes - 68.2 MBUnHerd’s Freddie Sayers sits down with John Mearsheimer to discuss the Israel-Palestine conflict, the aftermath of the 7th October attack, and the state of the Ukraine-Russia war. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Andy Cook: How lockdowns broke Britain
December 12, 2023 16:37 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MBUnHerd's Freddie Sayers meets Andy Cook, chief executive of the Centre for Social Justice think tank, to discuss their new report on the real-world consequences of lockdowns. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
TRAILER: The Battle for San Francisco
December 10, 2023 15:00 - 34 seconds - 812 KBFlorence Read and Freddie Sayers took a film crew (and an armed security guard) into the Tenderloin district to find out the truth for themselves. This special report includes remarkable interviews with city supervisor Dean Preston and Michael Shellenberger, author of San Fransicko, as well as drug users, locals and activists across the West. Visit https://unherd.com/2023/12/the-battle-for-san-francisco/ to watch. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Busting the Bill Gates myth
November 29, 2023 16:06 - 35 minutes - 48.2 MBUnHerd's Flo Read meets Tim Schwab to discuss Bill Gates and the myth of the good billionaire. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ayaan Hirsi Ali: From New Atheist to Christian convert
November 22, 2023 16:10 - 36 minutes - 49.9 MBUnHerd's Freddie Sayers sits down with former New Atheist Ayaan Hirsi Ali to discuss why she now considers herself to be Christian. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
How RFK Jr. could decide the 2024 election
November 17, 2023 16:10 - 27 minutes - 37.5 MBUnHerd's Freddie Sayers meets pollster Joe Bedell to discuss the 2024 US election, Trump, and RFK Jr. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nick Bostrom: How AI will lead to tyranny
November 10, 2023 17:00 - 43 minutes - 59.3 MBUnHerd's Flo Read meets Nick Bostrom. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Why does the Left support Palestine?
November 03, 2023 15:58 - 1 hour - 1.42 GBUnHerd's Freddie Sayers sits down with professional troublemaker James Lindsay and Novara Media's Aaron Bastani to discuss the modern and historical relationship between the political Left and support of Palestine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Israeli Ambassador on the War on Gaza
October 27, 2023 18:00 - 28 minutes - 39.4 MBUnHerd’s Freddie Sayers meets Tzipi Hotovely, Israeli Ambassador to the United Kingdom. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jonathan Sumption: War, Lockdowns and Lessons from the Past
October 21, 2023 18:00 - 1 hour - 91.3 MBFormer Supreme Court judge, and celebrated historian of The Hundred Years War, Jonathan Sumption joins UnHerd’s Freddie Sayers to discuss continental entanglements past and present, and the disrupted civil and international order we face today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Kathleen Stock: Inside Britain’s new trans clinics
October 19, 2023 14:13 - 40 minutes - 55.6 MBSince its closure was announced last July, Gids — the Gender Identity Development Service at the world-renowned Tavistock and Portman Trust — has become synonymous with mismanagement and medical scandal.It was supposed to be a haven for young people experiencing gender-related distress. Instead, following a string of complaints by whistle-blowers, an “inadequate” rating by the Care Quality Commission, a high-profile judicial review and, finally, a damning independent review, it was deemed uns...
Yascha Mounk: Israel to America - escaping the identity trap
October 13, 2023 18:00 - 1 hour - 88.3 MBWhatever happened to universalism? Academic and author of The Identity Trap, Yascha Mounk, explores how a relatively obscure and marginal set of ideas about identity have come to dominate our social, cultural and political life – and makes the case for universal, humanist values. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Special Investigation: How scientific is the ZOE app?
October 11, 2023 17:05 - 33 minutes - 46.2 MBProfessor Tim Spector was one of the “winners” of the Covid era: his ZOE symptom tracker app accrued millions of users during the pandemic Now he has pivoted back to his true passion, gut health, and taken many of his followers with him. Endorsed by celebrities such as Davina McCall and Carrie Johnson, the new version of the ZOE app promises a personalised nutrition plan and comes with a glucose blood monitor usually used by diabetics. It is proving hugely popular, with over 100,000 subscri...
John Gray: Thoughts after liberalism
October 08, 2023 15:01 - 1 hour - 92.9 MBUnHerd's Freddie Sayers sits down with philosopher John Gray at the UnHerd Club. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Yanis Varoufakis: Welcome to the age of technofeudalism
October 05, 2023 15:33 - 36 minutes - 50 MBUnHerd's Freddie Sayers sits down with former Greek Minister of Finance Yanis Varoufakis. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Matthew Crawford: The global war on motorists
October 03, 2023 15:17 - 32 minutes - 45.2 MBUnHerd's Freddie Sayers meets Matthew Crawford in San Francisco. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Michael Wolff: How Donald Trump beat Rupert Murdoch
September 29, 2023 17:35 - 24 minutes - 33.4 MBUnHerd's Freddie Sayers sits down with journalist and author Michael Wolff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Climate scientist: I designed my research to sound catastrophic
September 25, 2023 15:12 - 34 minutes - 47.1 MBPatrick Brown tells Freddie Sayers why he designed his research to sound catastrophic. Read the post here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Russell Brand divide: Could both sides be right?
September 19, 2023 16:45 - 26 minutes - 37.1 MBUnHerd’s Freddie Sayers sits down with Mary Harrington to discuss the Russell Brand investigation and accusations. Read the Post here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Gad Saad: Postmodernism is making us miserable
September 01, 2023 16:45 - 45 minutes - 496 MBUnHerd's Florence Read sits down with Gad Saad to talk about why the Western world is so depressed. How can we be happy? This question has preoccupied thinkers from Aristotle to the present day, in various disciplines encompassing philosophy, science and religion. In his latest book, The Saad Truth about Happiness, the Canadian evolutionary behavioural scientist Dr. Gad Saad takes on the subject through a scientific and practical lens. He spoke to UnHerd’s Florence Read about how happiness ...
Gad Saad: Postmodernism is making you miserable
September 01, 2023 16:45 - 45 minutes - 496 MBUnHerd's Florence Read sits down with Gad Saad to talk about why the Western world is so depressed. How can we be happy? This question has preoccupied thinkers from Aristotle to the present day, in various disciplines encompassing philosophy, science and religion. In his latest book, The Saad Truth about Happiness, the Canadian evolutionary behavioural scientist Dr. Gad Saad takes on the subject through a scientific and practical lens. He spoke to UnHerd’s Florence Read about how happiness ...
Wolfgang Münchau: Germany is in trouble
August 25, 2023 14:31 - 36 minutes - 731 MBFreddie Sayers sits down with Wolfgang Münchau , former co-editor of FT Deutschland, and founder and co-director of the Eurointelligence blog, to talk about Germany, the new sick man of Europe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Special Report: Inside Tony Blair Inc
August 06, 2023 21:31 - 39 minutes - 53.9 MBAt the end of every week, Tony Blair receives his “box” to review over the weekend. It is no longer the tatty, old red briefcase of a Prime Minister, but a virtual one accessible from his laptop wherever he is in the world. Yet, the process remains much the same as when he was in Downing Street. Those who work for him must submit their papers before the box is closed for the weekend. Blair will then review the documents and add comments before meeting his team the following week. Only those r...
Countess Alexandra Tolstoy: Debanked for being Russian
August 02, 2023 15:14 - 24 minutes - 33.4 MBUnHerd's Freddie Sayers meets Countess Alexandra Tolstoy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Edward Luttwak: Biden and Putin are ready to do a deal
July 18, 2023 14:58 - 47 minutes - 65 MBUS President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin are ready to do a deal, according to the historian, military strategist and advisor to the US government Edward Luttwak. The comments were made in a discussion this week with UnHerd’s Freddie Sayers, during which Luttwak argued that “a shift in the overall situation” has resulted in both leaders being more willing to negotiate an end to the Ukraine war. The author, who has worked inside and outside of the Pentagon and the US ...
Professor Ashok Swain: The strange disappearance of the anti-war movement
July 12, 2023 16:32 - 30 minutes - 41.9 MBJoining UnHerd to talk about why so few voices in public life and the media have spoken out against the shipment of cluster bombs, and about the recession of anti-war sentiment more widely, is the academic and writer Ashok Swain. A professor of peace and conflict research at Uppsala University in Sweden, he is one of the world’s leading experts on conflict resolution. His nation of residence is now set to join Nato, and he sat down with Freddie Sayers to unpick how Sweden’s proposed membershi...
Tom Holland: Lessons from the Roman Empire
July 07, 2023 16:14 - 1 hour - 92.3 MBAt its peak, the Roman Empire was perhaps the greatest civilisation in history. But like so many cultures before and after it, it declined and finally ended. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Lee Fang: Did Pfizer sponsor vaccine mandates?
July 07, 2023 11:42 - 34 minutes - 47.4 MBThe pharmaceutical company Pfizer financed groups lobbying for Covid-19 vaccine mandates, the investigative reporter Lee Fang has claimed. Speaking to UnHerd’s Florence Read, Fang discussed a recent report he wrote in which he uncovered the Chicago Urban League’s acceptance of a special $100,000 donation from Pfizer that was not publicly disclosed. Fang suggested that such a lack of disclosure could have a particularly negative impact on African Americans, who have historically been victims o...