UnHerd with Freddie Sayers

UnHerd

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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389 episodes
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Jun 2, 2021 · 41 min
Peter Singer: Despite everything, I’m still a cosmopolitan
The moral philosopher discusses whether his progressive worldview has come back to haunt him
May 28, 2021 · 30 min
Parent: Why I pulled my daughter out of antiracist school
Freddie Sayers spoke to Andrew Gutmann about his decision
May 24, 2021 · 32 min
Sohrab Ahmari: Why conservatives need to fight
Sohrab Ahmari's new book makes a strong case for tradition — but ignores material reality, read the full review by Niall Gooch here on UnHerd: https://unherd.com/2021/05/what-conservatives-can-learn-from-marx/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 20, 2021 · 34 min
Nicholas Wade: the case for the Covid lab-leak theory
Freddie Sayers spoke to Nicholas Wade about his investigation into the origins of Covid-19
May 18, 2021 · 18 min
Fired Apple employee: a reckoning is underway
Freddie Sayers spoke to the tech engineer about his recent dismissal from the company
May 14, 2021 · 53 min
Douglas Murray and Yanis Varoufakis: The EU is broken
Two thinkers of Left and Right find common ground in their critique of the bloc
May 13, 2021 · 39 min
Amy Chua: Americans are now fearful of Asians
As the country’s ‘model-minority’, Asian-Americans have experienced different forms of discrimination compared to other ethnic groups, but the recent spate of Asian-American violence and rise in anti-China rhetoric has thrown this tension into sharper focus. There is perhaps no public intellectual better equipped to give an insight into these issues than Amy Chua, a Law Professor at Yale and author of five books, including the famous book ‘Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother’, which advocated strict Chinese-style parenting. Chua is the child of two ethnically Chinese parents, who emigrated from the Philippines to the US when she was a baby. She has written extensively about her Confuscian upbringing at home (respect for elders, deference to authority) as well as her schooling in America, both of which gave her a deeper understanding of the values that underpin those two countries. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 10, 2021 · 28 min
Tory Mayor Ben Houchen: Red wall voters aren't nostalgic
Freddie Sayers meets Teesside's newly re-elected Conservative mayor, Ben Houchen.
Apr 30, 2021 · 41 min
Matthew B Crawford: science has become corrupted
We spoke to philosopher and writer Matthew B. Crawford
Apr 26, 2021 · 36 min
John McWhorter: white people should stand up to antiracist ideologues
Freddie Sayers spoke to the Columbia professor about race relations in America
Apr 20, 2021 · 23 min
Church leaders: vaccine passports are un-Christian
Two signatories of the open letter to the PM on vaccine passports speak out
Apr 20, 2021 · 36 min
Jesse Singal on the American obsession with fad psychology
Hear Jesse Singal discuss his latest book with Freddie Sayers Further reading: The empty promise of pop psychology Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 16, 2021 · 41 min
Did Sweden get Covid wrong?
Johan Giesecke, the outspoken epidemiologist, assesses a year of pandemic
Apr 14, 2021 · 40 min
Bridget Phetasy: the power of Big Tech is chilling
We spoke to comedian and podcaster Bridget Phetasy about her vulnerability to big tech, vaccine passports, and California
Apr 9, 2021 · 15 min
Sir Nicholas Soames: the values of Philip's generation are now far away
Having known the Duke for 60 years, Sir Nicholas shares his reflections with UnHerd
Apr 6, 2021 · 43 min
Dave Rubin: why the ‘Intellectual Dark Web’ split up
We spoke to the YouTube star about his political ambitions and the 'Intellectual Dark Web'
Mar 31, 2021 · 34 min
Vermont Professor: I stand by my anti-whiteness video
We spoke to Aaron Kindsvatter, professor of counselling at the University of Vermont
Mar 29, 2021 · 41 min
Tim Pool on Joe Biden, Occupy and Big Tech
We spoke to Youtuber and journalist Tim Pool about media censorship, Trump, Biden and Big Tech
Mar 26, 2021 · 16 min
Tom Tugendhat: the Chinese Government sent letters to my home
We spoke to Tom Tugendhat MP about being placed on the sanctions list by the Chinese Communist Party
Mar 25, 2021 · 29 min
Spermageddon: are humans going extinct?
We spoke to Professor Shanna Swan about her claim that sperm counts could reach zero by 2045