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spiked is the magazine that wants to make history as well as report it. Subscribe to The spiked podcast for our weekly round-up of politics and culture.

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Bev Turner joins Tom Slater and Fraser Myers in Washington, DC for the latest episode of the spiked podcast. They discu... more

The Critical Drinker and Nerdrotic join spiked’s Fraser Myers to talk about ‘prestige TV’ fatigue, race-swapping in Harry Potter, wokeness in the new Narnia and why even Tom Cruise’s star power can’t persuade us to watch a lecture on climate change. ... more

Ameer Kotecha joins Tom Slater and Fraser Myers for the latest episode of the spiked podcast. They discuss John Healey’s disastrous first budget, why the government will be to blame for the next emergency, and why Britain must not pay a penny in slav... more

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Phil Craig – filmmaker, TV producer and host of the Scandal Mongers podcast – joins spiked’s Fraser Myers to discuss the BBC’s crisis of impartiality, how it got the Gaza war so wrong, and whether public-service broadcasting can ever work in the age ... more

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Recent Guests

Ameer Kotecha
Former civil servant and CEO of the Centre for Government Reform.
Centre for Government Reform
Episode: How Burnham is bankrupting Britain
Phil Craig
Filmmaker, television producer and host of the Scandal Mongers podcast
Episode: ‘The BBC is terrified of its activist staff’ | BBC veteran Phil Craig
Anne-Élisabeth Moutet
French journalist
Episode: How France fell to anarchy | Anne-Élisabeth Moutet
Michael Tracey
Journalist guest providing analysis and critique
Self-employed journalist
Episode: Why I named the ‘Cornell 7’ accuser | Michael Tracey
Victor Davis Hanson
Historian, commentator on US current affairs
The Counterrevolution (book)
Episode: The Islamo-left takeover of the Democrats | Victor Davis Hanson
Poppy Coburn
Guest
Episode: Andy Burnham: dangerous, delusional and an enemy of democracy
Jake Wallace Simons
Brink podcast co-host, Telegraph columnist
The Brink / Telegraph
Episode: Andy Burnham: dangerous, delusional and an enemy of democracy
Francis Foster
Guest
Episode: Andy Burnham: dangerous, delusional and an enemy of democracy
Fires Mughal
Founder of Tellmuma
Tellmuma
Episode: Andy Burnham: dangerous, delusional and an enemy of democracy

Hosts

Fraser Myers
Host of The Spiked Podcast; Spiked
Tom Slater
Editor of The Spiked Podcast; Spiked

Reviews

4.5 out of 5 stars from 2k ratings
  • Very informative podcast.

    Podcast Addict
    5
    Yuval
    22 days ago
  • What?

    Victor DH is great but he speaks so softly that I can’t understand half of what he says! He needs elocution lessons or a megaphone 📣 Don’t have guests who I can’t hear 👂

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Nome Chapel
    United Statesa month ago
  • Milquetoast

    Strong on domestic politics; awful on foreign affairs – particularly those concerning Australia and America, about which they know about as much as the chap down the pub who skims headlines while drowning his sorrows in cheap Canadian whisky. Please, do us all a favour and stop regurgitating whatever nonsense you’ve read in the Telegraph or Guardian on these subjects.

    Before this became yet another offering for the bourgeois Sensible Centrists among us, this was a refreshingly stimulating podca... more

    Apple Podcasts
    2
    Bibliophenia
    United Kingdom2 months ago
  • Quite Soy

    Before this became yet another podcast for the bourgeois Sensible Centrists, this was a refreshingly stimulating podcast & publication, but both have become thoroughly orthodox in outlook and decidedly generic, with a surfeit of bien pensant pearl-clutching worthy of every EU simp and BBC toady. When can we expect Emily Maitlis or Rory Stewart to be fêted on the show?

    Editor Tom Slater never misses a chance to tut-tut like a schoolmistress over the “chronically online right.” Fraser Myers’ ta... more

    Apple Podcasts
    4
    Bibliophenia
    United Kingdom2 months ago
  • Pompous veneer over populist right-wing thinking

    Not all hosts are equally presumptuous, but you can often hear a one-sided, right-leaning, and simplistic thinking behind the posh accents and intellectual affectation.

    The hosts are of course eloquent, and some arguments tend to be properly scrutinized. But often you see one host trying to salvage the discussion because another dismisses entire fields of study (sociology, for example) as “complete nonsense”, narrow discussions on History, and an overall banter that lack the substance they hon... more

    Apple Podcasts
    1
    Sergio St
    Finland3 months ago

Listeners Say

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Audience appreciation often centers on candid takes on free speech and immigration policy.
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Listeners often cite a forceful, unapologetic stance and provocative guests as strengths.

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#165
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Recent interactions between the hosts and their guests.

‘The BBC is terrified of its activist staff’ | BBC veteran Phil Craig
Q: Is it possible to repair the public's relationship with the BBC and restore trust in a public broadcaster, or are things too far gone?
Craig says the BBC can improve with more confident leadership and consistent enforcement of impartiality standards. He believes staff who breach those principles should face consequences, while the broadcaster remains a place for fierce debate.
‘The BBC is terrified of its activist staff’ | BBC veteran Phil Craig
Q: Why is your faith in the national broadcaster as a dispenser of impartial information and news ebbing away?
Craig says he still values the BBC and its strong work, but believes its leadership has become demoralized and unable to uphold impartiality. He points to coverage of the Gaza war, internal pressure from activist staff and slow corrections as examples.
How France fell to anarchy | Anne-Élisabeth Moutet
Q: And what game do you think Jean-Luc Mélenchon is playing, or has been playing in the past few weeks?
Moutet characterizes Mélenchon as pursuing an insurrectionary strategy, encouraging the idea that political violence can be legitimate and seeking unrest to advance his political position.
How France fell to anarchy | Anne-Élisabeth Moutet
Q: What is the role of the banlieue in this?
Moutet says many young people involved in the riots are French citizens whose families migrated, but argues that changes in assimilation, political mobilization, and Islamist influence have contributed to social fragmentation.
Why I named the ‘Cornell 7’ accuser | Michael Tracey
Q: What might be the legal or policy changes that could come from this, such as changes to the law around intoxication and consent?
Tracey discusses potential changes like tightening intoxication-related consent laws (the so-called rape loophole) in New York, arguing such measures could criminalize situations that may involve voluntary intoxication, but also notes concerns about due process and the erosion of the Sixth Amendment.

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This program offers brisk, opinionated takes on politics, culture, and policy from a consistently contrarian, center-right perspective. Episodes frequently dissect immigration, free speech, media bias, and European/UK politics, often framing debates through a libertarian or anti-establishment lens. Guests range from historians and journalists to policy commentators, delivering provocative critiques of mainstream narratives and elite institutions. The tone is combative, witty, and unapologetically provocative, with a tendency toward strong stances and sharp rejoinders. Listeners who enjoy rapid-fire debates, cross-cutting cultural critique, and coverage of high-profile political stories from a reform-minded angle will likely find it compelli... more

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