
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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| Publishes | Twice weekly | Episodes | 383 | Founded | 6 years ago |
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UnHerd's Freddie Sayers talks to John Burn-Murdoch, the chief data reporter for the Financial Times, as well as Hernan Moscoso-Boedo and Nathan Hudson from the University of Cincinnati, to investigate a controversial new study suggesting that the glo... more
UnHerd's Freddie Sayers talks with journalist, author, and historian Adrian Wooldridge about the systemic leadership crisis facing the UK, exploring how the rapid decline of Keir Starmer's Labour government mirrors the previous Conservative downfall ... more
UnHerd’s Freddie Sayers talks with Odd Arne Westad – Professor of History and Global Affairs at Yale University – about his new book The Coming Storm, which argues that rather than entering a new Cold War, we are actually reliving the high-tension mu... more
Freddie Sayers talks with UnHerd’s Aris Roussinos reporting from Hungary about the downfall of Viktor Orban’s long-standing administration at the hands of Peter Magyar, explaining that while the landslide victory for the Tisza party appears to be a w... more
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Freddie’s feathers are constantly ruffled but he never makes an argument or articulates a a thought out position. It’s all “a lot of people might say.” I think it’s because his only recommitment is to stirring up dissent no matter how inconsistent or frankly dumb and then mindlessly hedging between that “dissent” and “consensus.” Lots of echo and zero light.
Two star as the host is fully knowledgeable otherwise it would be 0 stars. But the host openly expresses his bias that with current global conflict has been extremely annoying. Back to searching for good unbiased information with informed guests maybe DOAC.
Even if it was OK to platform this Tucker Carlson backed Jew Hater shouldn’t you have pointed to his links to Nick Fuentes? Not listening to this podcast anymore.
Unherd has devolved into a platform for conspiracy theorists and cranks whose singular obsession with the supposed evils of Israel is vile anti-semitism. Why not interview an Iranian dissident, or a Venezuelan or a serious credible thinker from
Israel? Instead you give hot air time to liars and propagandists such as the entirely irrelevant Joe Kent who disgustingly blames his wife’s death in syria fighting for America on- who else? Of course. What a sicko. And shame on Unherd for its intellectu... more
Great show. Professor Robert Pape's take on the Iran war is unbelievably inaccurate
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This show features provocative conversations with top thinkers across academia, journalism, policy, and politics, often challenging conventional narratives. Episodes frequently dissect geopolitics, science, immigration, free speech, and media narratives, blending rigorous analysis with contrarian or skeptical viewpoints. Notable is the willingness to host controversial figures and to interrogate powerful institutions, while emphasizing civil liberties and evidence-based debate. Listeners tend to value wide-ranging perspectives, rigorous questioning, and a willingness to rethink established orthodoxies, making it attractive for audiences that crave intellectual diversity and policy relevance.
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