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Episode 150: Graham Linehan on Comedy, Cancellation, and Being Gender-Critical
Graham Linehan is a five-time BAFTA-winning comedian and writer who created Father Ted, Black Books, and The IT Crowd. He also wrote for The Fast Sho…
5 months, 1 week ago
Episode 149: Kara Dansky on The Abolition of Sex
Feminists have a saying—we can’t fight sexism if we can’t say what sex is. And that is precisely where we are as a society today—we can’t say what se…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Episode 148: Dr Leslie Gruis on Privacy and Surveillance
In her book The Privacy Pirates: How Your Privacy Is Being Stolen and What You Can Do About It, Dr Leslie Gruis describes the current situation in st…
6 months, 1 week ago
Episode 147: A Tale of Two Protests
On September 13, central London was taken over by competing gatherings. One, organised by Tommy Robinson, was billed as a free speech festival and na…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Episode 146: Michael Box and Patrick Hague on Punk Rock Dystopia
Michael Box and Patrick Hague are creative partners in EchoEterna Productions and have worked together for almost 20 years as musicians, writers, and…
7 months ago
Episode 145: Joe Raiola on Satire, Censorship, and MAD Magazine
Free speech dies, comedy dies. It’s that simple.
From 1952 to 2018, MAD Magazine published over five hundred regular editions as well as specials and …
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Episode 144: Frank Sanazi on Being A Comedy Dictator
Frank Sanazi is a unique comedy character, a tongue-in-cheek mashup of Adolf Hitler and Frank Sinatra described by his creator, the British singer an…
8 months ago
Episode 143: Shady El Damaty on Reclaiming Digital Privacy
It’s trite to point out that the internet is an increasingly weird and difficult space to explore. AI-generated ‘slop’ muddies search results and eve…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Episode 142: BeLikeWater on Forecasting and Understanding Probability
BeLikeWater (a.k.a. Lisa) is a Superforecaster® with Good Judgment Inc., the forecasting project co-created by Professor Philip Tetlock (the co-autho…
8 months, 4 weeks ago
Episode 141: Matthew Feeney on Big Brother in Britain
There is sadly a lot to worry about when it comes to the rights to privacy and free speech.
Digital ID, central bank digital currency, facial recognit…
9 months, 2 weeks ago