Gad Saad: cancel culture is dangerous and anti-liberal
Freddie Sayers chats to the evolutionary psychologist about wokeness
Rutger Bregman: Why civilisation is a curse
Freddie Sayers hears from the Dutch historian why Hobbes was wrong
Malcolm Turnbull: Trump is not a conservative
Freddie Sayers speaks to the former Australian Prime Minister
Norwegian health chief: we advised against closing schools
Freddie Sayers speaks to Camilla Stoltenberg, head of the Norwegian Institute for Public Health
Chicago Pastor: Police should not allow looting
Freddie Sayers speaks to Chicago pastor Corey Brooks about rioting in his community
Ross Douthat: BLM protests and the Decadent Society
Hold on to your hats, we hit some big topics in this half hour! Hope you enjoy.
Karl Friston: up to 80% not even susceptible to Covid-19
The influential professor's statistical observations could radically change how we lift lockdown
Sunetra Gupta: Covid-19 is on the way out
The author of the Oxford model defends her view that the virus has passed through the UK's population
Niall Ferguson: Covid-19 is China’s Chernobyl moment
The historian talks to Freddie Sayers about the geopolitics of this pandemic
Professor Karol Sikora: fear is more dangerous than the virus
The oncologist speaks to Freddie Sayers on a range of issues
US expert: The case for lockdowns
Biostatistician Dr Natalie Dean argues that a 'herd immunity' strategy would cost millions of lives
Michael Ignatieff’s Confessions — Liberalism, populism and multiculturalism
The former leader of the Canadian Liberal Party on how his family went from Russian nobles to Canadian refugees, why the Brexit debate was good for the UK's democracy and what threat populism poses to liberalism.
German virologist: Covid-19 is less deadly than feared
Professor Hendrik Streeck's findings show a fatality rate of 0.24-0.36%
Nobel prize-winning scientist: lockdown is a “huge mistake”
Professor Michael Levitt has been following the numbers, and believes that lockdown policies are a mistake
Jonathan Aitken’s Confessions — Parliament, prison and prayer
Giles chats to former MP and convict and now ordained chaplin about the importance of diversity in politics, the power of forgiveness and how a tweet led him to become ordained.
Imperial’s Neil Ferguson defends lockdown strategy
Freddie Sayers speaks to the British epidemiologist on Lockdown TV
US Entrepreneurs call for easing of lockdown measures
Freddie Sayers speaks to the JetBlue founder David Neeleman and Second Home co-founder Rohan Silva
Swedish expert: Why lockdowns are the wrong policy
Freddie Sayers speaks to Professor Johan Giesecke, who says that our policy is not driven by evidence
Alastair Campbell and Maajid Nawaz on ‘gotcha’ journalism
The pair discuss how the UK press has performed during the pandemic
Nicky Gumbel’s Confessions — Family, faith and finding God
Giles chats to the Anglican priest and pioneer of the Alpha Course in our Good Friday special.
Helen Thompson’s Confessions — Elections, economics and Euroscepticism
Giles talks to the Cambridge Professor about not fitting in at Warwick University Labour Club, why Margaret Thatcher would have voted Leave and what to look out for in politics in 2020.
Mervyn King’s Confessions — Crises, capital and coronavirus
Giles talks to the former Governor of the Bank of England about why economists don't understand human nature, what caused the 2008 financial crisis and the mistake both sides made in the Brexit referendum.
Jonathan Sacks’s Confessions — Capitalism, community and covenant
Giles talks to the former Chief Rabbi about the power of community, antisemitism in the 21st century and the 72-hour American bus journey that changed his life.
Debate: How bad is Viktor Orban?
Freddie Sayers gets opposing views from Peter Franklin and Phillip Blond on whether the Hungarian Prime Minister's dangerous reputation is justified.
Richard Layard’s Confessions — History, happiness and mental health
Giles talks to the happiness expert about his journey from the humanities to science, why individualism is making us depressed and how we can be more happy.
Charles Moore’s Confessions — Thatcher, theology and the Tories
Giles talks to the former Telegraph editor about becoming a Catholic, how the licence fee is dividing 'somewheres' and 'anywheres' and why he's never liked the Conservative Party.
Jonathan Sumption’s Confessions – Rights, rhetoric and rationalism
Giles talks to the historian and former Supreme Court Justice about leaving academia behind for a career in law, the problem with human rights and the art of persuasion.
Susan Hill’s Confessions — Christmas, children and coping with grief
In a Christmas special, Giles chats to the novelist about writing ghost stories, the coffin maker who taught her how to whistle and losing her 5-week-old daughter.
Patrick Deneen’s Confessions – Wendell Berry, working class Tories and why liberalism failed
Giles talks to the political theorist about why liberalism has failed, how the Conservatives became the party of the working class and the revolution yet to come.
Jonathan Rowson’s Confessions — Chess, concentration and climate change
Giles chats to the philosopher and chess grandmaster about the beauty of chess, the importance of spirituality and why the political spectrum is fake news.
Andrew Sullivan’s Confessions — Catholicism, coming out and Jeremy Corbyn
Giles talks to author and political commentator Andrew Sullivan about his troubled home life, how moving to America liberated him and why Jeremy Corbyn is the real 'Britain Trump'.
George Monbiot’s Confessions — Boarding school, the BBC and Extinction Rebellion
Giles chats to the environmental activist and "professional troublemaker" about boarding school, the climate emergency and a near-death experience.
Rory Stewart on Love, Brexit and Boris Johnson
Freddie Sayers talks to Rory Stewart about Love, romantic Conservatives and how Boris Johnson made him feel like an abused wife
Grace Blakely: what the Left can learn from Thatcher
Freddie Sayers talks to the Left-wing economics writer about what her plans would mean in the real world
The truth about immigration in Sweden
Freddie Sayers talks to Swedish activist Siavosh Derakhti about antisemitism and violence in Malmö
Hassan Damluji interview: Can we Build a Global Nation?
Freddie talks to Hassan Damluji about his new book 'The Responsible Globalist'
Tory MP on Kleptocrats and crime lords living “bling” lifestyles
Freddie Sayers asks the PM's 'anti-corruption advisor' John Penrose MP about the "good rich" versus the "bad rich"
Conference roundtable: David Goodhart, Madeline Grant, Matthew Goodwin
We found a quiet spot outside Conservative Party Conference to discuss whether, beyond Brexit, the Tory Party are really answering the demands of Brexit voters...
Stephen Kinnock: the Labour Party is in danger
Paul Embery talks to Stephen Kinnock at the Labour Party Conference about the future of the Labour Party, and why he wants a cross party Brexit deal.
Sam Gyimah: why I became a Lib Dem
Freddie Sayers sits down in Bournemouth with the newest Lib Dem MP and asks, how is he not a true conservative?
Charles Clarke: what we got wrong on globalisation
Freddie Sayers asks Tony Blair's home secretary whether the roots of Brexit were sewn during his time
Yoram Hazony’s Confessions – Nationalism, Imperialism, and Israel
Giles sits down with Israeli philosopher Yoram Hazony in a special episode recorded in Jerusalem.
Tom Tugendhat interview: is ‘National Conservatism’ coming to the UK?
What constitutes a “real” Conservative, and what's the future of Conservatism?
Lisa Nandy: Why I didn’t vote for May’s deal
Representing the overwhelmingly pro-Leave constituency of Wigan, she was one of a group of Labour MPs that those of us who supported Theresa May’s deal had hoped would eventually swing behind it...
Vernon Bogdanor: blame MPs, not the government
Freddie Sayers sits down with constitutional expert Vernon Bogdanor at the Big Tent Ideas Festival.
David Brooks interview: why social freedom is not a good feeling
The NYT columnist discusses how to make life – and politics – more meaningful