The Brendan O'Neill Show

Catherine Liu – author of Traumatised: The New Politics of Public Suffering – is the latest guest on The Brendan O’Neill Show. Catherine and Brendan discuss how Oprah turned pain into profits, why the posh and privileged claim they’re mentally ill, and how the public performance of fragility is used to shut down debate and reinforce the class system.

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Suella Braverman – author of Patriot, Reform UK education spokesperson and former Conservative home secretary – is the latest guest on The Brendan O’Neill Show. Suella and Brendan discuss the Englishness debate, being the ‘token right-winger’ in Rishi Sunak’s cabinet, what it would take to stop the boats and how Islamists are infiltrating Britain’s institutions.

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Alan Dershowitz – lawyer, professor emeritus at Harvard Law School and author of Why I Quit the Dems and So Should You! – is the latest guest on The Brendan O’Neill Show. Alan and Brendan discuss how the Democrats are emboldening Islamism and anti-Semitism, why Republicans are the lesser of two evils, and why America is in a 1930s moment.

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Melanie Phillips – author of Fighting the Hate: A Handbook for Jews Under Siege – returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show. Melanie and Brendan discuss Andy Burnham and Ed Miliband’s demonisation of Israel, the myth of ‘settler violence’ in the West Bank, how Hamas controls the narrative on Gaza, and how Palestinianism became a cult.

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Bridget Phetasy – writer, comedian and host of Dumpster Fire and Walk-Ins Welcome – returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show. Bridget and Brendan discuss the Ed Sheeran / Macklemore meltdown, the glories of Sydney Sweeney’s breasts, the horror of the Lindsay Clancy trial and how 7 October rebirthed the culture war.

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