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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Average duration: 41 minutes
Episodes: 337
Years Active: 2020 - 2025

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Oren Cass: The philosophy of J.D. Vance

With J. D. Vance as Trump’s pick for VP, how are the masterminds of the New Right set to shape American politics? Policy strategist and founder of American Compass, Oren Cass, speaks to UnHerd’s Fred…

00:38:57 | Tue 16 Jul 2024

Donald Trump now seems invincible

UnHerd's Freddie Sayers talks to Emily Jashinsky about the recent assassination attempt on Donald Trump.

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00:32:01 | Mon 15 Jul 2024

Louis-Vincent Gave: Has populism been thwarted in France?

UnHerd's Florence Read talks to Louis-Vincent Gave about the shock surge in support for the left-wing coalition. Is this the end of populism in France or just the beginning?

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00:32:28 | Mon 08 Jul 2024

Labour's shallow victory

This morning, British headlines were about the Labour Party's landslide victory in the UK general election. But take a closer look at the numbers, and there's another story under the surface. UnHerd'…

00:38:36 | Fri 05 Jul 2024

Niall Ferguson: Are we the Soviets now?

With public calls to remove the sitting US President, a UK election set to unseat its government and the rightward swing in Europe, it’s all change on the Western front. Best-selling historian Sir Ni…

01:11:12 | Tue 02 Jul 2024

Peter Hitchens, Rod Liddle, Matt Goodwin, Flo Read, Rowenna Davis: the Alternative Election Hustings

Who should you vote for on the 4th of July? A week ahead of the general election, UnHerd's Freddie Sayers and Tom McTague host an alternative hustings to size up the competition. Our all-star cast in…

01:26:09 | Sat 29 Jun 2024

Emily Jashinsky: Will the Democrats ditch Joe Biden?

Emily Jashinsky, UnHerd’s DC Correspondent, joins Freddie Sayers to give a blow-by-blow of last night’s Trump v. Biden debate and a closer look at the media reaction as it happened.

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00:30:46 | Fri 28 Jun 2024

How global government pushes censorship

Paul Coleman is executive director of Alliance Defending Freedom and has been involved in more than 20 cases before the European Court of Human Rights. He is the author of Censored (2016), about the …

00:32:03 | Fri 21 Jun 2024

Election deep dive: Europe turns Right

Is a rightward shift really hitting Europe? Regular UnHerd contributors Anne-Elisabeth Moutet, Thomas Fazi and Ralph Schoellhammer react to the breaking news of the European elections, with Freddie S…

01:00:36 | Mon 10 Jun 2024

Nellie Bowles: Ex-Reporter Exposes New York Times

When Nellie Bowles got her dream job as a reporter for the New York Times, she thought she'd never leave her job at the legacy paper. But what she witnessed behind the scenes gave her a very personal…

00:39:56 | Wed 05 Jun 2024

Richard Dawkins vs Ayaan Hirsi Ali: The God Debate

At the UnHerd-sponsored Dissident Dialogues Festival in New York, Richard Dawkins and Ayaan Hirsi Ali discussed her recent conversion to Christianity, and whether the whole ‘New Atheism’ movement of …

01:08:17 | Mon 03 Jun 2024

Welcome to the UNIPARTY election

Are the British Conservative and Labour parties really so different? For many voters, it seems, the answer is no. At least on the most important questions of the day, whether it’s immigration, war or…

00:37:20 | Fri 31 May 2024

Peter Singer: How to live a good life

World-famous utilitarian philosopher and Princeton Professor of Bioethics, Peter Singer, has spent his career asking (and answering) questions that make even the most radical thinkers uncomfortable. …

01:09:04 | Wed 29 May 2024

Fmr Iran Ambassador: "Western idealism has been disastrous"

With the shocking death of Iran's president, Sir Richard Dalton, former British Ambassador to Iran, joins UnHerd's Freddie Sayers for a conversation on the future of the Middle East, Israel and Weste…

00:25:23 | Thu 23 May 2024

Lee Cain: A Carthaginian defeat is coming

As news breaks of a British general election, Former Director of Communications at 10 Downing Street Lee Cain and Political Editor of UnHerd Tom McTague join Freddie Sayers for an emergency roundtabl…

00:34:49 | Wed 22 May 2024

Glenn Greenwald: Are there limits to free speech?

Glenn Greenwald joins UnHerd’s Freddie Sayers to explore the nuances of free speech in today’s digital world. They discuss the challenges of protecting minority voices while upholding free expression…

00:38:36 | Fri 17 May 2024

How to destroy the censorship complex

What's next for the censorship industrial complex? UnHerd's Freddie Sayers, Tablet's Jacob Siegel and Public's Michael Shellenberger sat down at Dissident Dialogues festival in New York City to discu…

00:38:10 | Thu 09 May 2024

Dora Moutot: Why France is censoring my book

Dora Moutot is one of France’s most outspoken gender critical feminists. She joins UnHerd's Florence Read to discuss her provocative new book, ‘Transmania’, and how it came to be censored by the loca…

00:42:21 | Wed 01 May 2024

Freddie Sayers on the 'disinformation movement'

Following an explosive investigation into the Global Disinformation Index, viewed 8 million times on X/Twitter, UnHerd has been contacted by dozens of lawmakers and activists raising concerns about r…

00:29:44 | Wed 24 Apr 2024

Jonathan Haidt: PornHub and Instagram are killing childhood

UnHerd's Flo Read meets Jonathan Haidt to discuss the dangers of modern technology for younger generations.

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00:47:25 | Fri 19 Apr 2024

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