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What is the state of the arts? Winston Marshall, musician and co-founder of the band Mumford & Sons, explores the taboo and totemic issues within the creative industries in a series of interviews with artists, musicians, actors, comedians, and more…

Marshall Matters The Spectator

    • Society & Culture
    • 4.8 • 199 Ratings

What is the state of the arts? Winston Marshall, musician and co-founder of the band Mumford & Sons, explores the taboo and totemic issues within the creative industries in a series of interviews with artists, musicians, actors, comedians, and more…

    'It can be done!': David Goodhart on how to stop illegal immigration

    'It can be done!': David Goodhart on how to stop illegal immigration

    This week Winston speaks to David Goodhart, author of The British Dream: Successes And Failures Of Post-War Immigration, which celebrates its 10 year anniversary this year. On the podcast they discuss the state of immigration in the UK. Is home secretary Suella Braverman right to suggest that immigration an existential threat to the West? Has multiculturalism failed?

    • 57 min
    'I don't believe in progress': Mary Harrington on how modern feminism has harmed women

    'I don't believe in progress': Mary Harrington on how modern feminism has harmed women

    This week Winston speaks to journalist Mary Harrington about her new book, Feminism Against Progress. 

    • 1 hr 2 min
    Silkie Carlo: Is the UK the next surveillance state?

    Silkie Carlo: Is the UK the next surveillance state?

    Winston speaks to Silkie Carlo, director of Big Brother Watch, about the Online Safety Bill, the Digital Services Act and whether Britain will be the next surveillance state.

    • 56 min
    Laura Dodsworth: How to protect yourself from government propaganda

    Laura Dodsworth: How to protect yourself from government propaganda

    Laura Dodsworth is a photographer, artist and author. In her most recent book Free Your Mind: The New World of Manipulation and How to Resist it, Laura draws on the Nudge Unit, behavioural psychology and fact checking services to analyse the range of ways in which our minds are manipulated. On the podcast, Laura talks about the government propaganda machine and how this all relates back to issues such as climate catastrophe, the pandemic and free speech. 

    • 53 min
    Book bans, boomers & censorship – Nick Gillespie

    Book bans, boomers & censorship – Nick Gillespie

    Nick Gillespie is an American libertarian journalist and the editor-at-large for Reason magazine. He is also the author of The Declaration of Independence. On the show, Nick talks about censorship in America in the age of information; the recent trend of book banning and why he believes the debates around demographic collapse are actually a sign of improved quality of life. 

    • 1 hr
    Yeonmi Park: Escaping North Korea, surviving China and finding freedom in America

    Yeonmi Park: Escaping North Korea, surviving China and finding freedom in America

    Yeonmi Park is a North Korean defector who from fled home country through China where she was saved by Christian missionaries. She is the author of two books, In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom and While Time Remains: A North Korean Defector's Search for Freedom in America. Yeonmi now lives in the US, where she writes and campaigns for freedom of speech. She tells Winston about her astonishing journey to freedom, how China props up the Korea dictatorship and the impact of Jordan Peterson on her life.

    • 1 hr 7 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
199 Ratings

199 Ratings

sewbiz ,

Marshall making sense!

I love his podcast and the interviews he does. Insightful. Caring. Thank you for standing up for your beliefs.

translucent2 ,

More podcasts, please!

Miss your insightful podcasts, Winston! Please return!!

jonesy0805 ,

Insightful

If you want to get an accurate view of a tone deaf liberal that birthed the new far left this interview of Francis Fukuyama is quite insightful.

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