The spiked podcast

2025: the year of the vibe shift? | spiked podcast: unlocked

*As a Christmas treat, we have removed the paywall for this episode of spiked podcast: unlocked, our exclusive podcast for spiked supporters.*  Simon Evans, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss Britain's broken borders, the revolutionary rise of Reform, the revenge of the millennial left, and why woke refuses to die. Want a signed copy of Vibe Shift, the brilliant new book by Brendan O’Neill? Donate £50 or more to our Christmas appeal and we’ll pop one in the post: https://www.spiked-online.com/xmas/ Become a spiked supporter to watch every episode of spiked podcast: unlocked:  https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2025: Civilisation, barbarism and censorship

Want a signed copy of Vibe Shift, the brilliant new book by Brendan O’Neill? Donate £50 or more – or £30 or more, if you’re a spiked supporter – to our Christmas appeal and we’ll pop one in the post: https://www.spiked-online.com/xmas/  Simon Evans, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the Bondi Beach attack and the scourge of Islamist anti-Semitism, and the battle for free speech after the murder of Charlie Kirk. Watch the second half of the discussion on spiked podcast: unlocked – our weekly bonus podcast, exclusively for spiked supporters – here: https://www.spiked-online.com/podcast-episode/2025-the-year-of-the-vibe-shift/ Become a spiked supporter to access all of spiked’s exclusive content, and get unlimited, ad-free reading and other perks: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Afghan asylum crime wave

Ella Whelan, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on how our broken borders threaten women and girls, Sandie Peggie’s fight for single-sex spaces and Jamie Michael’s never-ending persecution. Want a signed copy of Vibe Shift, the brilliant new book by Brendan O’Neill? Donate £50 or more – or £30 or more, if you’re a spiked supporter – to our Christmas appeal and we’ll pop one in the post: https://www.spiked-online.com/xmas/  Watch the second half of the discussion on spiked podcast: unlocked – our weekly bonus podcast, exclusively for spiked supporters – here: LINK Become a spiked supporter to access all of spiked’s exclusive content, and get unlimited, ad-free reading and other perks: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The lies of Rachel Reeves

Esther Krakue, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on the UK chancellor’s ‘creative accounting’, David Lammy’s tyrannical war on juries and the celebrities on the march against Reform UK. Watch the second half of the discussion on spiked podcast: unlocked – our weekly bonus podcast, exclusively for spiked supporters – here: https://www.spiked-online.com/podcast-episode/your-partys-delicious-meltdown/ Become a spiked supporter to access all of spiked’s exclusive content, and get unlimited, ad-free reading and other perks: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

‘Trans activists are little Hitlers’ | Graham Linehan

Fresh from his acquittal for ‘harassing’ a trans activist, Graham Linehan – creator of Father Ted, Black Books and The IT Crowd – sat down with spiked’s Georgina Mumford to discuss the legal campaigns to have him silenced, the activist capture of the arts, and why the TERFs are finally on the winning side. Read spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/     Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices