The spiked podcast

Robert Tombs – co-author of the new book, Our Island Story: A Better Story About Britain – joins spiked’s Fraser Myers to discuss the demonisation of Britain’s past, the madness of singling out Britain over slavery, why progressives loathe patriotism, who gets to be English and why Remainers are blind to Europe’s problems. Become a spiked supporter to access all of spiked’s exclusive content, and enjoy a whole host of other perks: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Or become a member of our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@spiked/join  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

If you’re ready to launch your business before Black Friday, go to shopify.com to start your free trial: https://www.shopify.com/ Bev Turner joins Tom Slater and Fraser Myers in Washington, DC for the latest episode of the spiked podcast. They discuss how Trump lost touch with his base, how Islamo-leftism took root in the Democrats and the coming civil war in MAGA. On the full, extended episode, they discuss Labour’s migration climbdown, slavery reparations and the Brexit reset. To watch the full episode of this week’s spiked podcast, become a spiked supporter or a member of our YouTube channel: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ https://www.youtube.com/@spiked/join  Join us for the spiked summit 2027. Find out more and get your tickets here: https://www.spiked-online.com/2026/10/19/get-your-tickets-for-the-spiked-summit-2027/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. Plus, they discuss the AI threat to Hollywood, how the videogame industry turned on its own customers, and whether GTA VI can save popular culture. Become a spiked supporter to access all of spiked’s exclusive content, and enjoy a whole host of other perks: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Or become a member of our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@spiked/join  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 slavery reparations. On the full, extended episode, they discuss what the world gets wrong about Israel’s elections and the carnage of Sadiq Khan’s pedestrianised Oxford Street. To watch the full episode of this week’s spiked podcast, become a spiked supporter or a member of our YouTube channel: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ https://www.youtube.com/@spiked/join  Join us for the spiked summit 2027. Find out more and get your tickets here: https://www.spiked-online.com/2026/10/19/get-your-tickets-for-the-spiked-summit-2027/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 of the culture war. Become a spiked supporter to access all of spiked’s exclusive content, and enjoy a whole host of other perks: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Or become a member of our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@spiked/join  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tom Slater, Fraser Myers and Hugo Timms discuss why French civilisation is on the brink, how the left is fanning the flames of lawlessness, the uselessness and aloofness of President Macron, and why the rest of Europe could be next. On the full, extended episode, they discuss the national-security adviser’s Hamas-defending wife, Labour’s civil war over immigration and the folly of neglecting the North Sea.  To watch the full episode of this week’s spiked podcast, become a spiked supporter or a member of our YouTube channel: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ https://www.youtube.com/@spiked/join  Watch our next live show in London, featuring Brendan O’Neill, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers, exclusively for spiked supporters. Get tickets here: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/spikedltd/2397650  Join us for the spiked summit 2027. Find out more and get your tickets here: https://www.spiked-online.com/2026/10/19/get-your-tickets-for-the-spiked-summit-2027/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

French journalist Anne-Élisabeth Moutet joins spiked’s Fraser Myers to talk about the riots engulfing France. They discuss France’s abandonment of law and order, the ‘insurrection’ strategy of La France Insoumise, and how Emmanuel Macron’s centrist technocracy brought France to economic ruin. Become a spiked supporter to access all of spiked’s exclusive content, and enjoy a whole host of other perks: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Or become a member of our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@spiked/join  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this spiked deep dive, Tom Slater talks to Fraser Myers about the threats to Zack Polanski’s leadership of the Green Party, the left’s ‘grand bargain’ with Islamic sectarians, the anti-Semitism behind the ‘Zionism is racism’ motion, and the dark history of the environmental movement. Become a spiked supporter to access all of spiked’s exclusive content, and enjoy a whole host of other perks: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Or become a member of our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@spiked/join  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this spiked deep dive, Fraser Myers talks to Tom Slater about the school shooting in southern France, why these unprecedented riots are not ‘school protests’, how the far-left France Insoumise is fanning the flames, and why the disorder could lead to a Marine Le Pen presidency. Become a spiked supporter to access all of spiked’s exclusive content, and enjoy a whole host of other perks: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Or become a member of our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@spiked/join  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

To watch the full episode of this week’s spiked podcast, become a spiked supporter or a member of our YouTube channel: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ https://www.youtube.com/@spiked/join  Brendan O’Neill joins Tom Slater and Fraser Myers for the latest episode of the spiked podcast. They discuss the Greens’ defeat in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election, the Islamo-left’s hold on British politics, the culture war on Englishness and what the French school ‘protests’ are really about. On the full, extended episode, they discuss the 7 October anniversary and the teenager who was arrested for calling a Tory councillor a ‘rent boy’.  Join us for the spiked podcast live at the Battle of Ideas on Saturday 17 October. Get 20 per cent off with the code SPIKED or via this link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/battle-of-ideas-2026-tickets-1851549427179?discount=SPIKED  If you’re a spiked supporter, you can watch the full episode here: https://www.spiked-online.com/podcast/spiked-podcast-unlocked/  Or if you’re a member of our YouTube channel, watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/@spiked/membership  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices