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UnHerd with Freddie Sayers - Podcast

UnHerd with Freddie Sayers

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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Science Culture Interviews Society & Culture News Philosophy
Update frequency
every 4 days
Average duration
41 minutes
Episodes
337
Years Active
2020 - 2025
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Stephen Sackur: How the BBC killed HARDtalk

Stephen Sackur: How the BBC killed HARDtalk

Join UnHerd's Freddie Sayers as he sits down with Stephen Sackur, the iconic host of BBC’s HARDtalk, to discuss the shocking closure of the long-running show after nearly three decades.


Sackur shares …

00:31:21  |   Wed 26 Mar 2025
Cancer, autism, and long covid: The

Cancer, autism, and long covid: The "over-diagnosis" crisis

Award-winning author Dr. Suzanne O’Sullivan discusses her new book The Age of Diagnosis, and some curious cases of “over-diagnosis”.


1 in 10 in England now believe they have long Covid. The UK’s new H…

00:43:35  |   Thu 20 Mar 2025
Peter Hitchens: Lockdowns, 5 years on

Peter Hitchens: Lockdowns, 5 years on

Journalist and author Peter Hitchens joins Freddie Sayers to reflect on the world 5 years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. As society grapples with the lasting impact of lockdowns, Hitchens …

00:32:51  |   Mon 17 Mar 2025
Elizabeth Oldfield & John Vervaeke: Can faith solve the meaning crisis?

Elizabeth Oldfield & John Vervaeke: Can faith solve the meaning crisis?

Could a revival in Christianity reverse the West’s loss of confidence? Cognitive scientist John Vervaeke, who coined the term ‘meaning crisis’, debates host of The Sacred podcast Elizabeth Oldfield, …
01:11:01  |   Fri 14 Mar 2025
Reform civil war: Former Farage adviser on Rupert Lowe crisis

Reform civil war: Former Farage adviser on Rupert Lowe crisis

UnHerd's Freddie Sayers sits down with Nigel Farage's closest former adviser and fired Head of Press for Reform UK, Gawain Towler, to delve into the party’s internal strife.


Towler shares the inside s…

00:46:53  |   Thu 13 Mar 2025
Carney VS. Trump: The battle for North America

Carney VS. Trump: The battle for North America

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For years, Western politics has been domi…

00:27:23  |   Mon 10 Mar 2025
Maurice Glasman: Labour’s MAGA Lord

Maurice Glasman: Labour’s MAGA Lord

Lord Maurice Glasman sits down with UnHerd’s Freddie Sayers to share insider insights on the Trump administration, the debate between isolationism and intervention in Ukraine, and the shifting dynami…
00:51:45  |   Thu 06 Mar 2025
Katja Hoyer: How the AfD changed German politics

Katja Hoyer: How the AfD changed German politics

Author of 'Beyond the Wall' Katja Hoyer joins UnHerd's Freddie Sayers to break down the results of Germany's era-defining general election.



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00:35:50  |   Mon 24 Feb 2025
Inside the DEI consultancy complex

Inside the DEI consultancy complex

From USAID to the FDA, Nathan Halberstadt reflects on his time at Boston Consulting Group and the DEI policies he helped impose on BCG's clients.

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00:30:50  |   Thu 20 Feb 2025
N.S. Lyons: The return of strong gods

N.S. Lyons: The return of strong gods

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With increasing Western reliance on Chine…

01:11:58  |   Tue 18 Feb 2025
Valentine's Debate: Is romance dead?

Valentine's Debate: Is romance dead?

Between incel culture, tradwifery, polyamory and online dating, what hope is there for modern romance? For a Saint Valentine’s Day special join writers Poppy Sowerby, Freya India and Sheehan Quirke a…
01:05:11  |   Fri 14 Feb 2025
Wolfgang Münchau: Why Trump would win a tariff war

Wolfgang Münchau: Why Trump would win a tariff war

Are tariffs the 'art of the deal' in action? Economist Wolfgang Münchau joins UnHerd's Freddie Sayers to discuss the true cost of a trade war and how Trump could use European division to his advantag…
00:49:11  |   Wed 05 Feb 2025
John Rapley & Philip Pilkington: Is a market crash coming?

John Rapley & Philip Pilkington: Is a market crash coming?

Macroeconomists and market watchers John Rapley and Philip Pilkington join UnHerd’s Freddie Sayers to investigate the apparent market slump set off by Chinese AI app DeepSeek.

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00:30:09  |   Mon 27 Jan 2025
Debate: This house welcomes the new Trump era

Debate: This house welcomes the new Trump era

On inauguration day, UnHerd gathers outspoken critics and cheerleaders of the new US President to debate the promise and peril of Donald Trump 2.0. Will the 47th leader of the free world really make …
01:11:44  |   Tue 21 Jan 2025
Will blackouts come to Britain?

Will blackouts come to Britain?

Did the UK only narrowly avoid a blackout last week? Freddie Sayers is joined by energy analyst Kathryn Porter to break down the National Grid numbers and find out how Net Zero might cause blackouts …
00:47:02  |   Wed 15 Jan 2025
Trudeau out: Is the vibeshift complete?

Trudeau out: Is the vibeshift complete?

The slow-burn collapse of Canada's Liberal party seems to mark the end of the Obama era. What will follow it? And what might this moment mean for the rest of the world? UnHerd's Freddie Sayers is joi…
00:30:27  |   Wed 08 Jan 2025
Is Reform UK now inevitable?

Is Reform UK now inevitable?

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After meeting Elon Musk in Florida, Reform leader Nigel Farage has doubled down on his reputation as a Mar-a-Lago insider. Could this moment m…

00:36:59  |   Wed 18 Dec 2024
Luigi Mangione: Anti-tech terrorist?

Luigi Mangione: Anti-tech terrorist?

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UnHerd's Flo Read meets Katherine Dee.


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00:20:46  |   Thu 12 Dec 2024
Kash Patel: Future chief of the FBI?

Kash Patel: Future chief of the FBI?

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UnHerd's Freddie Sayers and DC correspondent Emily Jashinsky discuss Donald Trump's nomination of Kash Patel for head of the FBI.


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00:39:37  |   Tue 03 Dec 2024
Kevin Roberts: The Second American REVOLUTION

Kevin Roberts: The Second American REVOLUTION

What is Project 2025? Kevin Roberts is the President of the Heritage Foundation and author of the federal policy blueprint for a radical restructuring of the US government under Donald Trump. He join…
00:31:04  |   Wed 27 Nov 2024
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