‘Woke is like herpes – it keeps coming back and spreading’ | Bridget Phetasy

Want early access to episodes of The Brendan O’Neill Show? Become a spiked supporter or a member of our YouTube channel: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ https://www.youtube.com/@spiked/join  Melanie Phillips – author of Fighting the Hate: A Handbook for Jews Under Siege – returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show. Melanie and Brendan discuss Andy Burnham and Ed Miliband’s demonisation of Israel, the myth of ‘settler violence’ in the West Bank, how Hamas controls the narrative on Gaza, and how Palestinianism became a cult. Order Brendan O’Neill’s Vibe Shift now from: 🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/Vibe-Shift-Wokeness-Greenism-Technocracy/dp/106871932X/  🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Vibe-Shift-Wokeness-Greenism-Technocracy/dp/106871932X/  Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Want early access to episodes of The Brendan O’Neill Show? Become a spiked supporter or a member of our YouTube channel: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ https://www.youtube.com/@spiked/join  Bridget Phetasy – writer, comedian and host of Dumpster Fire and Walk-Ins Welcome – returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show. Bridget and Brendan discuss the Ed Sheeran / Macklemore meltdown, the glories of Sydney Sweeney’s breasts, the horror of the Lindsay Clancy trial and how 7 October rebirthed the culture war. Order Brendan O’Neill’s Vibe Shift now from: 🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/Vibe-Shift-Wokeness-Greenism-Technocracy/dp/106871932X/  🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Vibe-Shift-Wokeness-Greenism-Technocracy/dp/106871932X/  Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Gad Saad – author of Suicidal Empathy: Dying to Be Kind – is the latest guest on The Brendan O’Neill Show. Gad and Brendan discuss Europe’s civilisational seppuku, the nonsense of ‘Islamophobia’ and why our societies need some ‘testicular fortitude’. 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/ Order Brendan O’Neill’s Vibe Shift now from: 🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/Vibe-Shift-Wokeness-Greenism-Technocracy/dp/106871932X/  🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Vibe-Shift-Wokeness-Greenism-Technocracy/dp/106871932X/  Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Simon Sebag Montefiore – historian and author of The Cauldron: The Making of the Modern Middle East – is the latest guest on The Brendan O’Neill Show. Simon and Brendan discuss the historical rulers, revolutionaries and empires that are still shaping the Middle East, the past and present genocides and massacres we don’t talk about, and why Israel is not to blame for the region’s instability. 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/ Order Brendan O’Neill’s Vibe Shift now from: 🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/Vibe-Shift-Wokeness-Greenism-Technocracy/dp/106871932X/  🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Vibe-Shift-Wokeness-Greenism-Technocracy/dp/106871932X/  Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Fred Fleitz – vice-chair of the America First Policy Institute’s American Security department and former executive secretary and chief of staff to Trump’s US National Security Council – returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show. Fred and Brendan discuss why the Iran War has reignited, how far Trump will be willing to go to finish the job, and why the regime is so terrified of its own people. 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/ Order Brendan O’Neill’s Vibe Shift now from: 🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/Vibe-Shift-Wokeness-Greenism-Technocracy/dp/106871932X/  🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Vibe-Shift-Wokeness-Greenism-Technocracy/dp/106871932X/  Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Peter Hitchens – Mail on Sunday columnist – returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show. Peter and Brendan discuss why voting never changes anything, why conservative parties are so hopeless, and why chaos, anarchy and tyranny await. 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/ Order Brendan O’Neill’s Vibe Shift now from: 🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/Vibe-Shift-Wokeness-Greenism-Technocracy/dp/106871932X/  🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Vibe-Shift-Wokeness-Greenism-Technocracy/dp/106871932X/  Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Roy K Altman – US district judge and author of Israel on Trial – is the latest guest on The Brendan O’Neill Show. Roy and Brendan discuss why the Gaza war is not a ‘genocide’, why there is no ‘apartheid’ in Israel, and why Israelis are not ‘colonisers’. 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/ Order Brendan O’Neill’s Vibe Shift now from: 🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/Vibe-Shift-Wokeness-Greenism-Technocracy/dp/106871932X/  🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Vibe-Shift-Wokeness-Greenism-Technocracy/dp/106871932X/  Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kellie-Jay Keen – aka Posie Parker, women's rights activist and founder of Let Women Speak – returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show. Kellie-Jay and Brendan discuss the tweets that attracted the police’s attention, Britain’s backdoor blasphemy law and the feminist silence over Islamist misogyny. 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/ Order Brendan O’Neill’s Vibe Shift now from: 🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/Vibe-Shift-Wokeness-Greenism-Technocracy/dp/106871932X/  🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Vibe-Shift-Wokeness-Greenism-Technocracy/dp/106871932X/  Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Fiona McAnena – director of campaigns at Sex Matters and author of TERF Island – returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show. Fiona and Brendan discuss why Sophie Cunningham, Enes Kanter Freedom and Royce White are right to call out the WNBA, why Imane Khelif should not play in women’s sports, and why the trans madness is far from over. 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/ Order Brendan O’Neill’s Vibe Shift now from: 🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/Vibe-Shift-Wokeness-Greenism-Technocracy/dp/106871932X/  🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Vibe-Shift-Wokeness-Greenism-Technocracy/dp/106871932X/  Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Matt Ridley – co-author of Viral: The Search for the Origin of Covid-19 – returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show. Matt and Brendan discuss the bombshell evidence of a Covid cover-up in Anthony Fauci’s diaries, why the pandemic was the worst man-made disaster of all time, and how climate hysteria threatens the West. 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/ Order Brendan O’Neill’s Vibe Shift now from: 🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/Vibe-Shift-Wokeness-Greenism-Technocracy/dp/106871932X/  🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Vibe-Shift-Wokeness-Greenism-Technocracy/dp/106871932X/  Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices