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The Godless Spellchecker Podcast is an award winning weekly sceptical show in a conversational, interview format hosted by Stephen Knight. We hear from leading public figures as well as people without a public profile that have equally valuable experiences and ideas to share. The goal is to amplify good ideas and scrutinise bad ones. I think we've all learned something here today.
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Now displaying: 2023
Jul 28, 2023

The 10 Most Brilliant Psychopaths In Movies | Taste Of Cinema - Movie Reviews and Classic Movie Lists

This week on Taking The Myth, Stephen Knight (@GSpellchecker) and Iram Ramzan of sedaa.org (@Iram_Ramzan) discuss all the big topics.

0:00 Intro
0:28 Barbie or Oppenheimer?
3:34 Iram stays overnight in a Welsh mine.
10:04 Kevin Spacey found not guilty in court.
18:49 Nigel Farage being ‘debanked’ by Coutts
35:03 Sadiq Khan’s ‘maaate’ campaign and gender lunacy.
49:05 Keir Starmer causes controversy by saying a woman is an ‘adult human female’.
50:48 Ending membership with Humanists UK
55:20 Audience Question: Test Cricket in Manchester
56:30 Audience Question: Fight or leave in the face of institutional capture?
59:22 Audience Question: More on ‘maate’.
59:43 Tobias Ellwood’s comments on Afghanistan

Iram’s Welsh mine article: https://www.mailplus.co.uk/edition/features/292700/now-thats-what-you-call-a-deep-sleep

Stephen Knight’s Substack: www.sknight.substack.com

Sedaa: www.sedaa.org

Support the podcast at www.patreon.com/gspellchecker

Also available on iTunes, Stitcher, YouTube & Spotify.

 

 

Jul 26, 2023

This week on The Knight Tube, Stephen Knight (@Gspellchecker) welcomes author Matt Johnson. They will be discussing Matt’s new book ‘How Hitchens Can Save the Left: Rediscovering Fearless Liberalism in an Age of Counter-Enlightenment’.

Video Version on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6a4Ccp9zhQ

0:00 Intro 
0:29 Why focus on Christopher Hitchens to make the points in your book?
2:59 Why does ‘the left’ need saving?
5:55 Leaving the left for the right and Dave Rubin.
09:36 What is meant by ‘the counter-enlightenment’?
11:30 Trump and the right’s hypocrisy on free speech
14:10 Richard Seymour’s terrible book on Christopher Hitchens (‘Unhitched’)
18:36 How much did ‘The Rushdie Affair’ impact the life of Christopher Hitchens?
22:04 Has freedom of speech improved where Islam is concerned since the death of Christopher Hitchens?
25:20 Would it help for people to simply admit they are scared to criticise Islam for safety reasons?
28:57 Stephen Knight’s debate with Chris Hedges about Islam
30:28 What explains the Putin apologism from the American right?
33:34 Christopher Hitchens’s support for the invasion of Iraq
40:12 What did Christopher Hitchens think about identity politics? 
45:18 What is ‘fearless liberalism’? How can it be applied?
49:16 The legacy of Jeremy Corbyn
56:34 Disappointment with Hitchens’s dislike of Sci-fi and preference for limericks over puns.
01:00:14 Sensationalist Youtube Thumbnails

Stephen Knight’s Substack: www.sknight.substack.com

Buy Matt Johnson’s Book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hitchens-Save-Left-Rediscovering-Counter-Enlightenment/dp/1634312341

Support the podcast at http://www.patreon.com/gspellchecker

Also available on iTunes, Stitcher, YouTube & Spotify.

 

May 23, 2023

This week on Taking The Myth, Stephen Knight (@GSpellchecker) and Iram Ramzan of sedaa.org (@Iram_Ramzan) discuss all the big topics.

0:00 Intro
1:25 Golliwog controversy pub closes down
4:21 Iram investigates Brazilian Jiujitsu with Roger Gracie
15:17 Andrew Bridgen spreading vaccine falsehoods
28:04 The unlawful tactics of ‘Just Stop Oil’ protests
35:10 Anti-Monarchy protests and police overreach
47:46 Sarah Comrie: The pregnant NYC nurse dubbed ‘racist Karen’ in bike altercation.
1:00:28 Audience Question: Is Artificial Intelligence an existential risk?
1:05:11 Audience Question: What explains the people that support Putin?
1:09:16 Audience Question: Guardians of The Galaxy volume III
1:10:12 Audience Question: Oxford students needing mental health protection from Kathleen Stock

Stephen Knight’s Substack: www.sknight.substack.com

Iram tries BJJ: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-12100889/IRAM-RAMZAN-tries-hand-Britains-fastest-growing-sport-Brazilian-jiu-jitsu.html

Sedaa: www.sedaa.org

Support the podcast at www.patreon.com/gspellchecker

Also available on iTunes, Stitcher, YouTube & Spotify.

 

 

Apr 15, 2023

Bud Light Doesn't Care That You're Mad About Its Dylan Mulvaney Collab | Them

This week on Taking The Myth, Stephen Knight (@GSpellchecker) and Iram Ramzan of sedaa.org (@Iram_Ramzan) discuss all the big topics.

0:00 Intro
0:44 The Dalai Lama asking a child to “suck my tongue”.
6:17 Stephen Knight reporting from Kellie-Jay Keen event in London
10:16 The Nashville school shooting in the USA.
18:11 Police seize ‘Golliwog’ dolls from a UK pub after complaints.
30:53 Kier Starmer Vs Rishi Sunak on women with penises.
35:21 The backlash to Dylan Mulvaney’s Nike and Bud light endorsements.
45:17 Elon Musk V Substack
51:33 Megan Markle not attending the Coronation of King Charles

Stephen Knight’s Substack: www.sknight.substack.com

Sedaa: www.sedaa.org

Support the podcast at www.patreon.com/gspellchecker

Also available on iTunes, Stitcher, YouTube & Spotify.

Mar 26, 2023

This week on Taking The Myth, Stephen Knight (@GSpellchecker) and Iram Ramzan of sedaa.org (@Iram_Ramzan) discuss all the big topics.

0:00 Intro
0:21 Ramadan
5:10 Shamima Begum loses citizenship appeal and her BBC podcast
14:59 Kellie-Jay Keen (Posie Parker) mobbed in New Zealand
30:13 World Athletics say trans athletes must compete in their correct sex category
40:27 Roald Dahl books changed by publisher to make them more progressive.
54:06 The Wakefield school Quran blasphemy controversy.
01:03:16 Audience Question: Do mobs that shutdown gender critical events actually help to grow support for the gender critical side?
01:06:36 Audience Question: What is going on with Eddie Izzard?

Stephen Knight’s Substack: www.sknight.substack.com

Sedaa: www.sedaa.org

Support the podcast at www.patreon.com/gspellchecker

Also available on iTunes, Stitcher, YouTube & Spotify.

 

Feb 16, 2023

This week on The Knight Tube, Stephen Knight (@Gspellchecker) welcomes the return of Michael Shermer. Michael Shermer is an author and founding publisher of Skeptic magazine. They will be talking about Michael’s new book titled ‘Conspiracy: Why The Rational Believe The Irrational’.

                                                                                                                                                                    
0:00 Intro
0:46 Is it possible for a ‘rational’ person to believe in conspiracy theories?
3:57 Why did you write this book? Was it inspired by the recent conspiracies surrounding ‘stolen elections’ and COVID?
8:37 Why do people believe conspiracies? The tribal, political and emotional reasons.
14:43 Are conspiracy theories becoming more sinister and dangerous? Has there been an escalation?
17:59 Is it worth pushing back against conspiracy theories? Is the best tactic to just ignore them? Why didn’t you push back against Brett Weinstein and Heather Heying?
30:25 If something worse than COVID comes along, will we be able to convince the public to lockdown again?
31:31 Are the COVID anti-vax arguments any different than the ones we have heard for previous vaccines?
35:42 Is it a waste of time to debunk conspiracy theories?
39:28 Peddlers of anti-vax nonsense achieving huge popularity and success
44:41 Should Alex Jones’s conspiracy theories about Sandy Hook have been protected under the First Amendment?
48:09 Is Trump legally culpable for the Capitol riots?
49:26 Does Michael know that Bill Murray’s character in Ghost Busters (2016) is based on him according to Dan Aykroyd?
51:21 Haunted locations and exposing ‘Paranormal Investigators’.

Support the podcast at http://www.patreon.com/gspellchecker

Also available on iTunes, Stitcher, YouTube & Spotify.  

 

Jan 17, 2023

Andrew Tate sends cryptic "Matrix" tweet after 'being rushed to hospital' from jail - Irish Mirror Online

This week on Taking The Myth, Stephen Knight (@GSpellchecker) and Iram Ramzan of sedaa.org (@Iram_Ramzan) discuss all the big topics.

0:00 Intro
1:52 The dangerous ‘grooming gang’ hoax in Cumbria, UK
13:13 The spread of anti-vax misinformation.
14:59 Professor in Minnesota fired for showing painting of Muhammad in art history class.
26:43 The gender recognition act in Scotland and the mystery of ‘non-binary’.
45:17 The rise and arrest of Andrew Tate
51:26 Masculinity, societal shift and male role models.
57:21 Prince Harry’s book revelations and the response to them.
1:05:06 Top Gun review and fatal attraction.


Stephen Knight’s Substack: www.sknight.substack.com

Sedaa: www.sedaa.org

Support the podcast at www.patreon.com/gspellchecker

Also available on iTunes, Stitcher, YouTube & Spotify.

 

 

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