Latest Sayer Podcast Episodes
Labour's shallow victory
UnHerd with Freddie Sayers - July 05, 2024 17:46 - 38 minutesThis morning, British headlines were 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. Hosted on Acast. Se...
Niall Ferguson: Are we the Soviets now?
UnHerd with Freddie Sayers - July 02, 2024 14:55 - 1 hourWith 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 Sir Niall Ferguson joins UnHerd’s Freddie Sayers for a wide-lens tour of populism and its discontents. ...
Peter Hitchens, Rod Liddle, Matt Goodwin, Flo Read, Rowenna Davis: the Alternative Election Hustings
UnHerd with Freddie Sayers - June 29, 2024 14:00 - 1 hourWho should you vote for on the 4th of July? A week ahead of the general election, UnHerd's Freddie Sayers and Tom McTague host an alternative hustings to size up the competition. Our all-star cast includes Peter Hitchens arguing for the Tories (even though he wants to destroy them), Rod Liddle fo...
Emily Jashinsky: Will the Democrats ditch Joe Biden
UnHerd with Freddie Sayers - June 28, 2024 15:49 - 30 minutesEmily Jashinsky, UnHerd’s DC Correspondent, joins Freddie Sayers to give a blow-by-blow of last night’s Trump v. Biden debate and a closer look at the media reaction as it happened. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Emily Jashinsky: Will the Democrats ditch Joe Biden?
UnHerd with Freddie Sayers - June 28, 2024 15:49 - 30 minutesEmily Jashinsky, UnHerd’s DC Correspondent, joins Freddie Sayers to give a blow-by-blow of last night’s Trump v. Biden debate and a closer look at the media reaction as it happened. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
How global government pushes censorship
UnHerd with Freddie Sayers - June 21, 2024 16:14 - 32 minutesPaul 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...
Election deep dive: Europe turns Right
UnHerd with Freddie Sayers - June 10, 2024 22:08 - 1 hourIs 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ex-Reporter Exposes New York Times
UnHerd with Freddie Sayers - June 05, 2024 14:00 - 39 minutesWhen Nellie Bowles got her dream job as a reporter for the New York Times, she thought she'd never leave her job at 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 ab...
Nellie Bowles: Ex-Reporter Exposes New York Times
UnHerd with Freddie Sayers - June 05, 2024 14:00 - 39 minutesWhen Nellie Bowles got her dream job as a reporter for the New York Times, she thought she'd never leave her job at 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 ab...
Richard Dawkins vs Ayaan Hirsi Ali: The God Debate
UnHerd with Freddie Sayers - June 03, 2024 15:53 - 1 hourAt 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.co...
Welcome to the UNIPARTY election
UnHerd with Freddie Sayers - May 31, 2024 17:57 - 37 minutesAre 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...
Peter Singer: How to live a good life
UnHerd with Freddie Sayers - May 29, 2024 14:46 - 1 hourWorld-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 bot...
Fmr Iran Ambassador: "Western idealism has been disastrous"
UnHerd with Freddie Sayers - May 23, 2024 15:51 - 25 minutesWith 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2019 election strategist: We failed to deliver change
UnHerd with Freddie Sayers - May 22, 2024 20:56 - 34 minutesAs 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Lee Cain: A Carthaginian defeat is coming
UnHerd with Freddie Sayers - May 22, 2024 20:56 - 34 minutesAs 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Glenn Greenwald: Are there limits to free speech?
UnHerd with Freddie Sayers - May 17, 2024 14:00 - 38 minutesGlenn 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 toda...
How to destroy the censorship complex
UnHerd with Freddie Sayers - May 09, 2024 14:00 - 38 minutesWhat'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... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr...
Dora Moutot: Why France is censoring my book
UnHerd with Freddie Sayers - May 01, 2024 14:00 - 42 minutesDora Moutot is one of France’s most outspoken gender critical feminists. She joins UnHerd's Florence Read to discuss her provocative new book, ‘Transmania’, and how it came to be censored by the local government in Paris. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Freddie Sayers on the 'disinformation movement'
UnHerd with Freddie Sayers - April 24, 2024 16:58 - 29 minutesFollowing an explosive investigation into the Global Disinformation Index, viewed 8 million times on X/Twitter, UnHerd has been contacted by dozens of lawmakers and activists raising concerns about rating agencies like the GDI. In this update podcast, Freddie Sayers addresses government official...
Jonathan Haidt: PornHub and Instagram are killing childhood
UnHerd with Freddie Sayers - April 19, 2024 14:48 - 47 minutesUnHerd's Flo Read meets Jonathan Haidt to discuss the dangers of modern technology for younger generations. Watch it on the UnHerd website: Listen to the podcast: https://plnk.to/unherd?to=page Since 2012, youth mental health across the West has steadily declined. Jonathan Haidt is an America...
Inside the 'disinformation' industry
UnHerd with Freddie Sayers - April 16, 2024 23:00 - 22 minutesThe verdicts of “ratings agencies” such as the GDI, within the complex machinery that serves online ads, are a little-understood mechanism for controlling the media conversation. In UnHerd’s case, the GDI verdict means that we only received between 2% and 6% of the ad revenue normally expected f...
Sohrab Ahmari: How Israel divided the Right
UnHerd with Freddie Sayers - April 14, 2024 15:51 - 42 minutesSince 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. UnHer...
Prof. Randall Kennedy: Stop forcing academics to support DEI
UnHerd with Freddie Sayers - April 05, 2024 14:17 - 47 minutesLaw 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 ...
Dinosaurs vs. God The Original Culture War
UnHerd with Freddie Sayers - March 28, 2024 15:00 - 50 minutesUnHerd'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
UnHerd with Freddie Sayers - March 19, 2024 15:13 - 58 minutesCould 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 Aca...
Martin Kulldorff: Fired by Harvard for getting Covid right
UnHerd with Freddie Sayers - March 15, 2024 17:15 - 45 minutesAfter 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 coun...
Rob Henderson: How Luxury Beliefs took over the elite
UnHerd with Freddie Sayers - March 13, 2024 17:42 - 25 minutesUnHerd'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 ...
UnHerd in Washington DC Trump vs Biden: Underpriced Scenarios
UnHerd with Freddie Sayers - March 07, 2024 15:00 - 41 minutesFreddie 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
UnHerd with Freddie Sayers - March 02, 2024 09:49 - 48 minutesUnHerd'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
UnHerd with Freddie Sayers - February 23, 2024 18:15 - 21 minutesUnHerd'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.
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