UnHerd with Freddie Sayers

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Freddie Sayers from online magazine UnHerd seeks out top scientists, writers, politicians and thinkers for in-depth interviews to try and help us work out what’s really going on. What started as an inquiry into the pandemic has broadened into a fascinating look at free speech, science, meaning and the ideas shaping our world.

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Mar 30, 2023 · 48 min
Quinn Slobodian on crack-up capitalism
UnHerd's Freddie Sayers meets historian Quinn Slobodian to discuss capitalist extremism, states run by corporations and a future without democracy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 24, 2023 · 48 min
Top Harvard astronomer: The evidence for extraterrestrial life
Avi Loeb makes the case for extraterrestrial life
Mar 18, 2023 · 48 min
Philosopher Susan Neiman: The true Left is not woke
Progressive activists have forgotten their intellectual roots
Mar 17, 2023 · 1 hr 10 min
Lionel Shriver: Insensitivity Reader - Live at the UnHerd Club
Lionel Shriver visited The UnHerd Club this week to talk about sensitivity readers, the cowardice that’s infected publishing, and why she’s determined to keep offending people
Mar 15, 2023 · 41 min
Matt Stoller: The case against the SVB rescue
Matthew Stoller set out the dangers of the decision to protect SVB depositors
Mar 13, 2023 · 30 min
Chris Miller: Get ready for the chip wars
There is a 20% chance of military confrontation
Mar 13, 2023 · 45 min
David Sacks: Is the Silicon Valley Bank deal another bailout?
The tech investor argues that the Government is right to protect depositors
Mar 10, 2023 · 1 hr 1 min
Mary Harrington: Feminism against progress
Should the future of womanhood look more like the past?
Mar 8, 2023 · 31 min
Isabel Oakeshott: The lesson of the Lockdown Files
The journalist explains how politicians got drunk on power during the pandemic
Mar 3, 2023 · 39 min
Marianne Williamson: America needs a philosopher king
The Democratic challenger talks to Flo Read about her personal crusade for peace.
Feb 21, 2023 · 48 min
Fiona Hill: Absolute victory over Russia is not possible
Trump's former advisor on the West's mistakes in Ukraine
Feb 15, 2023 · 43 min
Jeffrey Sachs: Who really blew up the Nord Stream 2 pipeline?
Freddie Sayers challenges Jeffrey Sachs on his claim that America was responsible
Feb 13, 2023 · 33 min
Louis-Vincent Gave: China cancels lockdowns... where's the disaster?
UnHerd's Freddie Sayers and Louis-Vincent Gave discuss the current COVID situation in China.
Feb 2, 2023 · 36 min
Military analyst: Is the Ukraine war headed for stalemate?
The military analyst on the risks and rewards of Western intervention
Jan 30, 2023 · 22 min
Peter Hitchens: The Covid censors are moving on to Ukraine
The journalist warns that the Government is extending its surveillance
Jan 17, 2023 · 31 min
Matthew B. Crawford: The perpetual state of emergency
The philosopher explains why states like to embrace endless crises
Jan 13, 2023 · 27 min
The scientific case against facemasks
The press is once again promoting a measure proved to be ineffective
Jan 6, 2023 · 43 min
David Sacks: The tech reset has only just begun
The PayPal co-founder predicts that Elon Musk has started a great reckoning
Jan 3, 2023 · 37 min
Brett Scott: Beware a cashless society
The cash activist spoke to UnHerd about the threat of CBDCs
Dec 23, 2022 · 41 min
UnHerd Christmas Special: Christmas is a time for chaos
The midwinter festival has always been a moment to turn things upside down