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Comedian and commentator Nick Dixon talks to fascinating guests about politics, the culture war, and anything else that comes up.
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Pete North - The Future of the Right
Nick is joined by Pete North (AKA Northern Variant on X/Twitter) to discuss:-The future of conservatism and the right-His forthright views on Nigel Farage and Reform UK-What will happen to the Tory party -How the next five years of UK politics will look-The political changes sweeping Europe -How to actually achieve political change in Britainand loads more!Get the FULL EPISODE and support the podcast here: www.nickdixon.netMake a one-off donation here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nickdixon
Nick's X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/nickdixoncomicNick's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nick_dixonPete's X/Twitter: https://x.com/FUDdailyHis Substack: https://www.northernvariant.co.uk/
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Graham Linehan - Life After Cancellation
Graham Linehan, legendary comedy writer and creator of Father Ted, Black Books and The IT Crowd, joins Nick for a fascinating and wide-ranging conversation on:-Why Graham took a stand over gender ideology-Losing friends over his views-Whether you can ever come back from cancellation -Why he no longer trusts the BBC and loads more!Get the FULL EPISODE and support the podcast here: www.nickdixon.netMake a one-off donation here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nickdixon
Nick's X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/nickdixoncomicNick's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nick_dixonBuy Graham's new book Tough Crowd https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tough-Crowd-Made-Career-Comedy/dp/B0CLMFP9PT/ref=sr_1_1Graham's X/Twitter: https://x.com/GlinnerHis Substack: https://grahamlinehan.substack.com
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Ashley Frawley - Anti-woke Marxist
Fascinating conversation with the brilliant Dr Ashley Frawley. Topics discussed include:-Why Ashley is still a Marxist
-How our neoliberal/postliberal culture went wrong
-Why the family is essential in finding meaning
-Where woke comes from
-Whether there’ll be a new ‘current thing’ after woke
-Why people fall for fads like gender ideology
-The reason people struggle to accept their own freedom
-Why conspiracy theories are good in moderation And loads more!
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Nick's X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/nickdixoncomicNick's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nick_dixonAshley's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AshleyAFrawleyAshley's X/Twitter: https://x.com/ashleyafrawleyGet Ashley's books: https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Ashley-Frawley/author/B00JHWKCZA
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Lionel Shriver - The Left's War on Merit
Highly acclaimed author and commentator Lionel Shriver discusses her new novel, 'Mania'. Topics include:-Why she choose IQ as the topic of her new book
-Why the left are ‘obsessed with sameness’
-Where ideological ‘manias’ come from and what the next hysteria will be
-The flawed thinking behind ‘social justice’
-The literary influences on her writing
-Why some people conform with social fads and others do not
-The inherent contradictions of woke
-Losing friends due to the culture war
-Her views on euthanasia
-Who she will vote for in the US electionAnd loads more! Get full episodes and ask future guests questions by subscribing to Nick's Substack here: www.nickdixon.netKeep the podcast going by buying Nick a digital coffee here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nickdixon
Nick's X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/nickdixoncomicNick's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nick_dixonBuy Lionel's book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mania-latest-novel-award-winning-author/dp/0008658676/ref=sr_1_1_sspaRead her column: https://www.spectator.co.uk/writer/lionel-shriver/
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Ben Habib - The UK Is Under Threat
Deputy leader of Reform UK Ben Habib joins Nick to discuss: -Why Reform UK allowed leftist activists to cancel its candidates-How to tackle immigration -Why woke and DEI have got to stop-How to fix the UK's economy-His views on Net Zero -Why voting Reform is not just a vote for Labour -Whether Reform UK is actually a conservative party-How close Britain is to becoming a third world country -Why he got into politics -The 'seismic event' he believes can happen if Reform keep polling well And loads more!
Get the full episode and ask guests questions by subscribing to Nick's Substack here: www.nickdixon.netKeep the podcast going by buying Nick a digital coffee here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nickdixon
Nick's X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/nickdixoncomicNick's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nick_dixonBen's X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/benhabib6Ben's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BenHabibLondonReform UK website: https://www.reformparty.uk/
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Carl Benjamin - Woke, Liberalism, and God
Carl Benjamin AKA Sargon returns to the podcast for a fascinating and wide-ranging discussion on:-Whether it could become illegal to be a conservative-Why liberalism leads to communism-Whether woke will be 'put away' or not-The ironic flaws of diversity casting-Whether things like the Cass Review will change anything in the culture war-Why Labour might actually be better than the Tories-Why feminists hate women -Whether Trump can effect real change if he wins again -How the media destroys the democratic process-Why he is still an atheist And loads more!
Ask future guests questions and receive exclusive video responses by subscribing to Nick's Substack here: www.nickdixon.netDonate by buying Nick a digital coffee here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nickdixon
Nick's X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/nickdixoncomicNick's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nick_dixonCarl's X/Twitter: @Sargon_of_Akkad Lotus Eaters: https://www.lotuseaters.comhttps://www.youtube.com/@ThePodcastoftheLotusEaters
Produced by The Westminster Podcast Studio.