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This week on The Knight Tube, Stephen Knight @GSpellchecker) welcomes author Lucy Brown. Lucy will be talking about her new book ‘Hate Club’ which chronicles here turbulent experience working with Tommy Robinson
0:00 Intro
1:29 Cultural shift
3:06 Have your politics changed?
5:31 A failure of the left and the right to understand each other.
8:08 Meeting Tommy Robinson and the decision to write the book
12:20 Do you have some residual loyalty to Robinson
14:39 Employers and political activism.
17:22 First meeting Tommy Robinson
21:41 Tommy Robinson’s public persona
25:00 Ali Dawah and Luc’s falling out with Tommy Robinson
31:52 Lauren Southern’s claims about Andrew Tate and Tommy Robinson
34:38 The behaviour of some of Robinson’s fans
38:50 Does Robinson deserve the credit for exposing grooming gangs?
42:59 Does Robinson use his ‘activism’ to fund his lifestyle?
51:06 The John Sweeney and Panorama controversy.
56:14 Will Lucy be getting more politically active again?
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This week on Taking The Myth, Stephen Knight (@GSpellchecker) and Iram Ramzan (@Iram_Ramzan) discuss all the big topics.
0:00 Intro
0:29 Iram’s travels to Israel
6:08 Iram’s reporting on the Druze
13:13 The assignation of American conservative Charlie Kirk
25:15 The Jimmy Kimmel suspension
28:24 What do we know about Tyler Robinson?
31:18 Islamic knife attacker spared jail.
41:39 Tommy Robinson’s ‘Unite the Kingdom’ march.
49:33 The bizarre claims about Sadiq Khan
59:05 Reform conference, Lucy Connolly and other cranks.
01:07:45 Disagreement on Israel and claims of “genocide”.
01:18:55 The UK recognising a Palestinian state
Stephen Knight’s Substack: www.sknight.substack.com
Iram Ramzan’s Substack: https://iramramzan.substack.com/
Support the podcast at www.patreon.com/gspellchecker
This week on The Knight Tube, Stephen Knight (@GSpellchecker) welcomes author Harry Saul Markham to talk about his new book ‘The Melted Pot: Diversity, Antisemitism, and the Limits of Tolerance’
0:00 Intro
1:24 Why write about these issues?
2:56 Having the book cancelled by the publisher
5:30 Getting endorsed by Stephen Fry
7:20 What do we mean by ‘Islamism’?
10:31 Changing your Jewish surname and assimilating.
18:15 Is Jeremy Corbyn antisemitic?
23:53 Can we learn a lot about a society by how well it treats its Jews?
26:36 The impact of immigration on culture and nation
30:05 Can liberalism still save us?
34:09 ‘The Muslim vote’.
37:14 How has ‘multiculturalism’ failed.
42:20 Jewish safety in Europe
47:45 Israel
52:50 Greta Thunberg’s pro-Palestine activism.
Stephen Knight’s Substack: www.sknight.substack.com
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This week on The Knight Tube, Stephen Knight (@GSpellchecker) welcomes the return of author, comedian and political commentator Andrew Doyle (@AndrewDoyle_com). They discuss Andrew’s new book ‘The End of Woke’ and much, much more!
0:00 Intro
0:41 Why write ‘The End of Woke’?
8:53 The latest Andrew Lawrence controversy about Liverpool
19:09 Has comedy and satire failed us in the ‘woke era’?
22:46 What is the ‘woke right’?
31:09 Islam, Qu’ran burning and the conviction of Hamit Coskun
37:21 Should the state attempt to regular ‘hate’?
42:30 What is ‘liberalism’?
45:51 Is ‘liberalism’ a strong enough tool to defeat harmful ideologies? Has multiculturalism failed?
50:44 The gender critical movement and its tribal elements.
59:09 Should we suspect some arguments are insincere?
Stephen Knight’s Substack: www.sknight.substack.com
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This week on The Knight Tube, Stephen Knight (@GSpellchecker) welcomes the return of author, philosopher and host of the ‘Making Sense’ podcast, Sam Harris.
0:00 Intro
0:55 Podcasting, the digital landscape, misinformation and value of expertise.
6:00 Douglas Murray V Dave Smith on Joe Rogan, and expertise V an ‘Appeal to authority’.
16:19 RFK Jr and the resurgence of the anti-vax movement.
20:24 Elon Musk and how Sam makes the decision to publicly criticise ‘friends’ and associates.
23:15 Sam’s reasons for deactivating his ‘X’ account.
29:44 Sam’s favourite way to communicate and is there a new book on the horizon?
32:26 What does Sam make of the resurgence of Christianity as a pushback against Islam and progressive worldviews?
44:21 How best to convince people that free will is an illusion?
58:49 Will Donald Trump attempt to run for a third term?
Stephen Knight’s Substack: www.sknight.substack.com
Support the podcast at www.patreon.com/gspellchecker
Also available on iTunes, Stitcher, YouTube & Spotify.
This week on Taking The Myth, Stephen Knight (@GSpellchecker) and Iram Ramzan (@Iram_Ramzan) discuss all the big topics.
0:00 Intro
0:24 Iram’s plans to visit Japan
2:11 Iram’s appearance on an ‘The Equiano Project’ Panel.
6:12 Douglas Murray’s appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience and the value of ‘experts’ in the digital era.
14:23 The UK Supreme Court ruling on the definition of ‘woman’.
24:22 The influence of J.K. Rowling
25:36 The failure of mainstream political satire on trans ideology.
31:03 The BBC and the failure of ‘impartiality’ with Muslim ‘reverts’.
34:20 Adolescence on Netflix: A National moral panic?
37:10 Labour MP Lucy Powell’s dismissal of grooming gangs
43:19 India and Pakistan conflict and the potential consequences for the UK
52:13 Movie and TV reviews
Stephen Knight’s Substack: www.sknight.substack.com
Iram Ramzan’s Substack: https://iramramzan.substack.com/
Support the podcast at www.patreon.com/gspellchecker
Link to Iram’s panel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tt1SRShoJ7U&t=1983s
This week on Taking The Myth, Stephen Knight (@GSpellchecker) and Iram Ramzan (@Iram_Ramzan) discuss all the big topics.
0:00 Intro
0:34 Iram leaves The Daily Mail and launched a Substack
3:38 Tribalism v consistent principles and Donald Trump
6:05 Reform UK civil war and race row
9:14 Waitrose employee suspended and investigated for social media posts
15:53 The rise of trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney
21:56 Virgin active gyms, Michelle Dewsbury mixed sex changing room row.
26:07 Ash Sakar becomes anti-woke?
31:46 Man attacked in London for burning a Qur’an.
44:41 Reflecting on 5 years since lockdown
56:07 White Lotus Season 3
57:25 Movie review: ‘A Real Pain’.
59:14 New live-action Snow White movie backlash
Stephen Knight’s Substack: www.sknight.substack.com
Iram Ramzan’s Substack: https://iramramzan.substack.com/
Support the podcast at www.patreon.com/gspellchecker
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
2:08 Interviewing Julie Bindel and the problem with self-appointed “community leaders”.
3:59 Elon Musk and the ‘Nazi Salute’.
10:44 Donald Trump’s executive order on ‘gender ideology’.
16:41 Kemi Badenoch, the failure of the Conservatives, Reform UK and the future of British party politics.
20:44 Southport child murderer Axel Radakubana sentenced to 52 years, conspiracy, reporting restrictions, social media and claims of ‘Islamic terrorism’.
41:16 Mark Zuckerberg’s free speech reforms on Facebook and Instagram and Elon Musk and Grooming gangs
51:50 The renewed interest in ‘grooming gangs’ and calls for a national inquiry.
59:37 Cricket controversy over Afghanistan.
01:02:23 Yvonne Ridley’s Taliban lunacy.
01:04:59 Michael Owen reveals his favourite movies.
Stephen Knight’s Substack: www.sknight.substack.com
Sedaa: www.sedaa.org
Support the podcast at www.patreon.com/gspellchecker
This week on The Knight Tube, Stephen Knight (@GSpellchecker) welcomed the return of Journalist and author Julie Bindel. They discuss the renewed interest in the UK grooming gang scandal.
0:00 Intro
0:19 Trans activists crashing my panel at The Battle of Ideas and Julie confronting them.
03:36 Why is there such determination to stop women simply speaking about gender ideology?
07:29 Mark Zuckerberg’s announcement about new free speech policies on Facebook and Instagram
10:26 The impact of Elon Musk’s focus on UK grooming gangs.
14:40 Do we need a fresh national inquiry into grooming gangs?
20:48 The failure of mainstream journalism/media on grooming gangs.
26:06 The narrative surrounding Tommy Robinson and grooming gangs.
35:38 What was the response to Julie exposing grooming gangs in the media?
39:48 Sarah Champion preventing Julie Bindel from presenting evidence on sexual exploitation due to her gender critical views.
45:45 The downfall of Pink News
Stephen Knight’s Substack: www.sknight.substack.com
Support the podcast at www.patreon.com/gspellchecker
Stephen Knight provides analysis and commentary of Donald Trump's 'gender ideology' executive order.
The video version is available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ans4aa6Et3A
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