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Welcome to another episode of The Current Thing, this week with our old friend Paul Cox. We discuss -Nigel Farage’s recent comments on English culture and mass deportations -The Labour conference, and Keir Starmer’s plan to bring back the sausages -Labour freebies and hypocrisy -The ongoing nightmare for Labour that is the Winter Fuel Payment polic…

GB News presenter and one of Britain's greatest comedians Simon Evans returns to talk about: -The latest assassination attempt on Trump -Whether they are really 'eating the dogs', and does it matter? -Huw Edwards avoiding jail -Keir Starmer's clothes scandal -The Lib Dem who got PTSD due to Brexit -The UK's version of Jussie Smollett and loads more…

This is a short preview of Nick's brand new interview with Ed Dutton, discussing Ed's extremely non-controversial new book, Woke Eugenics: How Social Justice is a Mask for Social Darwinism. For the full episode go to www.nickdixon.net In this funny and informative episode we talk about: -Ed's theory that woke people are selecting themselves into ex…

Nick's guest today is proper journo Will Kingston, host of The Spectator podcast Fire at Will. Nick and Will discuss: -Who won the Trump / Harris debate? -Are they really ‘eating the dogs’? -The outrage around Tucker Carlson’s interview on Churchill’s legacy -Why Starmer is letting out dangerous prisoners -Labour’s strange and cruel winter fuel pay…

Welcome to the second episode of the new look topical version of The Current Thing, this time with Paul Cox! We talk about: -Starmer forgetting he is prime minister FIVE TIMES in the House of Commons -Labour’s attack on Oasis over ticket prices, and where Oasis stand in the culture war -Who will win the Tory leadership contest? -Jeremy Corbyn’s new…

The Current Thing will now be a weekly topical show, hosted by Nick with a rotation of awesome guests. In addition, we will still do the in depth guest interviews. For this topical episode, Leo Kearse returns to talk about: -Starmer's incredibly grim speech -Civil Service corruption -Notting Hill carnival chaos -The Nando's waitress on the wrong si…

The Rev Dr Jamie Franklin returns to talk to Nick about the UK riots, and two-tier Keir Starmer persecuting the British working class. This is a crossover episode with Jamie's podcast, Irreverand, so please enjoy this almost two hour chunk of quality podcasting. Get full episodes of The Current Thing, plus Nick's exclusive solo reaction episodes, a…

Journalist Steven Edginton joins us to discuss: -How he almost went to prison due to an investigation by counter terrorism police -Corruption and bias in the government and Civil Service -His insider knowledge of DEI practices in the workplace -What he has learned from covering politics on the ground in America -His thoughts on the assassination at…

Conservative peer and former chief Brexit negotiator Lord Frost returns to the show to discuss: -What went wrong for the Tories in the recent election -What the future of the Conservative Party looks like -Who he favours as next Tory leader -His views on Nigel Farage and Reform UK -What the country will look like under Labour -How he was 'blocked' …

My thoughts on the terrible attack on President Trump, initially for paid subscribers, now releasing as a podcast. I talk about: -hearing the news while on live TV -different theories on how it happened -some shocking reactions from the media and various misguided individuals -what might happen next To get things like this in advance, plus the full…

This week Nick and The Radical English Gentleman (AKA Zoomer Rory) go over all the highs and lows of election night and what it all means for the future of the UK. They discuss: -Reform UK winning 5 seats and Nigel Farage's crushing victory in Clacton -The big Tory candidates who lost their seats -The future of the Conservative Party -Whether Labou…

Nick is joined by Professor Eric Kaufmann to discuss his new book, Taboo: How Making Race Sacred Produced a Cultural Revolution. Topics covered include: -Why liberals are more to blame for woke than the radical left -The problem of 'cultural socialism' -Why emotional taboos are the real source of woke -How race became a 'sacred' category, and why w…

Nick is joined by Auron MacIntyre to discuss his new book, The Total State. Topics covered include: -Why the US Constitution didn't stop Covid tyranny -How liberal democracy morphed into the oppressive 'Total State' -Why the Total State is woke -How the state uses cancel culture to police public opinion -Auron's views on the Trump trial -What will …

Connor Tomlinson of Lotus Eaters joins Nick to talk about: -His controversial recent interview with Liz Truss -Tory betrayal -His views on Nigel Farage and Reform UK -What a Labour government will look like -Why young men are becoming right wing and loads more! Get the FULL EPISODE and support the podcast HERE: www.nickdixon.net Make a one-off dona…

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 Britain a…

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 reaso…

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 writi…

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 clos…

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 La…

GB News presenter and comedian Mark Dolan drops by our new studio to chat with Nick about: -The future of GB News -How Covid woke him up -How to fix the immigration problem -Whether he has changed his mind on Brexit -How to win the culture war -His thoughts on Liz Truss's time as PM -Why he is still optimistic about Britain -The state of comedy in …

The Rev Dr Jamie Franklin returns for his best episode yet! Nick and Jamie discuss: -Richard Dawkins' comments on 'cultural Christianity' -Pascal's wager -What Toby Young and David Starkey get wrong about Christianity -Whether Christianity leads to wokeness -The failures of liberalism -The flaws in the atheist argument for the beginning of the univ…

This week Nick and The Radical English Gentleman (AKA Woke Zoomer Rory) discuss: -The William Wragg sext scandal -Angela Rayner's lies about her house -How the Tories keep conservative candidates out of the party -Rishi's Adidas Sambas -Reform UK dropping more candidates, and whether Farage will return -The death of British aid workers in Gaza, and…

Hope you had a great Easter. We had a very short Easter break, hence this coming out a day late. But it is a great discussion with based genius filmmaker and friend of the podcast, Alexander McCarron. We discuss: -Sunak's disastrous poll numbers, and what it all means -How authoritarian / effective a Labour government will be -Whether we are stuck …

Simon Evans returns to talk about: -Scotland's insane new hate crime law -Whether woke is ending -The survival chances of Rishi Sunak -Whether Trump is a real threat to the deep state -The pros and cons of liberal democracy -Aristocracy vs meritocracy and loads more! Follow Simon on X: https://twitter.com/TheSimonEvans Go to his website: https://th…

The Rev Dr Jamie Franklin returns for a fascinating episode that will be enjoyed by atheists, Christians, and probably even pagans. We exam a number of pressing social, spiritual, and ethical issues with the benefit of Jamie’s wider philosophical insights. Topics discussed include: -Justin Welby’s pathetic endorsement of Ramadan at the expense of a…

This week Nick and The Radical English Gentleman (AKA Zoomer Rory) discuss: -Rory's observations on the ground at George Galloway's Rochdale campaign -The Met Police's dubious arrest of a man with a factual sign about Hamas -The attack on the Lord Balfour painting -The shocking revelations about WPATH -Biden's bizarre State of the Union speech And …

Academic Agent joins us for an epic podcast on a broad range of topics, including:-His theory that the Regime will ‘put the woke away’-What would have happened if Jeremy Corbyn had won the General Election -Why platforms like GB News should stop talking about woke all the time-Who are the actual ruling elite, and what scares them?-The alarming exte…

Paul Cox returns to talk about the chaos in parliament, the suspension of Lee Anderson, and the future of Islam in the UK. It is a lot more fun than those topics would suggest! Paul's X: https://twitter.com/PaulCoxComedy Paul's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@paulcoxcomedy Paul's comedy clubs: https://www.epiccomedy.co.uk/ Nick's X: https://twitt…

This week Nick and Zoomer Rory discuss: -The Tory by-election defeats in Wellingborough and Kingswood -The silent disco at Canterbury Cathedral -The meaning of Lent -The Girls Gone Bible viral clip And loads more! Nick's X: https://twitter.com/nickdixoncomic Nick's Substack: https://nickdixon.substack.com Nick's YouTube (with all Current Thing epis…

Nick is interviewed by Professor Edward Dutton of The Jolly Heretic about the decline of comedy. This interview was previously only available behind a paywall at https://www.jollyheretic.com, but Ed has kindly allowed us to release it here. Follow Ed on X: https://twitter.com/jollyheretic YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheJollyHeretic Substack: …

Awesome conversation with OG of the Red Pill John Sonmez, of Bulldog Mindset, a YouTube channel and membership site he took to 360k subscribers. John talks about: -His incredible physical and mental transformation -His friendship with Andrew Tate and what he thinks of him now -How he became one of the founders of the Red Pill movement and why he le…

Our old friend Leo Kearse returns to talk about: -Why no one wants to join the army -The plot to oust Rishi Sunak -The future of party politics in the UK -Why he still prefers DeSantis to Trump -Events in Texas and the possible civil war in America -The decline of DEI -The birth rate problem And loads more! Nick's X: https://twitter.com/nickdixonco…

This week Nick debates Rory on their respective predictions for 2024. They discuss: -Why Zoomers are so useless -Whether Reform can take over from The Conservative Party -Israel vs Palestine -DEI, and the Claudine Gay scandal at Harvard -Whether woke will be defeated in 2024 -Trump vs Biden And loads more! Nick's X: https://twitter.com/nickdixoncom…

Slightly different episode today. The Rev Dr Jamie Franklin considers Nick's many mental health problems from a Christian perspective. There is also banter. Nick and Jamie talk about: -Whether Christians should ever get depressed -Demonic possession and exorcisms -Whether feminism is rooted in the occult -St Paul and St John of the Cross’s views on…

Fascinating conversation with demographer and author Paul Morland, on one of the most important problems facing humanity: the collapse of birth rates. Paul talks about: -Why the elites still believe in the overpopulation myth -How we can solve the fertility problem -The reasons people stop having children -Why immigration does not work as a substit…

In a special one-off show, Nick becomes the guest and is interviewed by Rory Jacobs of the Radical English Gentleman podcast. It turns out to be Nick's most personal interview ever. Nick talks about: -His childhood -Why he started comedy -Why he defends Andrew Tate -What Christianity means to him -The biggest problem facing the UK And loads more! N…

Great chat with Nick Buckley about his campaign to become mayor of Greater Manchester. Nick talks about: -The policies he would implement as mayor of Greater Manchester -How to fix our police -The future of the Conservative Party -His views on feminism -Whether Britain is finished -How to win the culture war And loads more! Nick Buckley links: Supp…

Eccentric genius Professor Edward Dutton (The Jolly Heretic) stops by to talk about the decline in intelligence that will cause our society to collapse. Good times. Ed talks about: -Why intelligence is declining -The reason intelligent people stop having children -Why conservatives always give ground to the left -How we could swing from woke to an …

In this third part of our 'Exploring Genesis' series with Rev Jamie Franklin, Jamie and Nick discuss the story of Noah and the flood. This is the best yet in this much-requested series! Follow Jamie on X: https://twitter.com/JamieFranklin40 Listen to Jamie's Podcast: https://irreverend.buzzsprout.com Jamie's Substack: https://jamiefranklin.substack…

Ethicist, philosopher, and doctor Calum Miller explains the scientific and moral arguments behind the pro life position. Calum tells us: -His view on where life begins -Why the pro life movement should also be a left wing cause -Why men should be allowed to speak about abortion -Why the pro life movement is perceived so differently in the US compar…

This is a very special episode with Dave Rubin, live from the ARC Conference. Dave talks about: -His thoughts on the ARC Conference -Why the West needs to tell a compelling story -Why the anti-woke struggle to form alliances-His reflections on his time in the 'Intellectual Dark Web'-Why the battle is now woke vs ‘modern conservative’-His thoughts o…

Fascinating conversation with Laura Dodsworth about her new book 'Free Your Mind'. Laura talks about: -Why some resisted the Covid propaganda, while others bought it all -How sales techniques were used to get people to take the vaccine -The dangers of 'midwits' -How some go too far and end up seeing everything as a conspiracy -The 'woke vs Israel' …

Great conversation with comedian Nicholas De Santo. Nicholas talks about: -Being forced out of his BBC job due to his right wing comedy -His time spent in an Iranian jail -Why he still believes in comedy despite being cancelled by the UK circuit -His views on Christianity -His thoughts on family, and the birth rate problem -Whether Britain is finis…

This is an extremely eye-opening conversation with the author of ‘The Way of Men’, Jack Donovan. Jack talks about:-Why we should pursue masculinity even though it’s now ‘optional’ in society -Why men are treated like 'defective women'-His views on Andrew Tate and Jordan Peterson -Why men need a ‘gang’ -Why the mainstream can no longer avoid the con…

Very enjoyable conversation with comedian, star of GB News, and top lad Paul Cox. Paul talks about: -What it's like to work for GB News, his thoughts on the recent scandal, and where he thinks the channel will go in the future -The comedy world's reaction to him appearing on GB -Why he is optimistic about British comedy -Where he stands politically…

This is a mind-blowing conversation with Will Knowland, who was sacked from Eton College for his lecture on masculinity and patriarchy. Will talks about: -Getting fired from Eton-Why we shouldn’t give up on marriage -The Pearl vs Matt Walsh debate-Why promiscuity is feminist, and feminism is actually misogynist -Why Louise Perry is wrong to say fem…

Fascinating conversation with Dr James Orr, Associate Professor of Philosophy of Religion at the University of Cambridge. James talks about: -His conclusions from the recent NatCon conference -Whether there is any hope for the Conservative Party -Why the Tories have failed to fight the culture war -His definition of 'conservatism' -The flaws of lib…

In this, the second part of our 'Exploring Genesis' series with Rev Jamie Franklin, Jamie and Nick go in depth on Cain and Abel. They talk about: -What Cain and Abel teaches us about personal responsibility -Jordan Peterson’s interpretation -The nature of sacrifice -How literally we are to take the story -Why Cain and Abel is like The Devil Wears P…

Fascinating conversation with Professor Doug Stokes about his excellent new book, 'Against Decolonisation'. Doug talks about: -The reality behind claims of 'white privilege' -Why Marxism pivoted to the third world to continue its agenda -Why post colonial theory is dangerous and flawed -The concept of 'whiteness', and why some believe it is a menta…