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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.


Due to popular demand here is a podcast version of our YouTube — available to watch, for free here or by searching ‘LockdownTV’.


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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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Former CIA officer: The age of America is coming to an end

Former CIA officer: The age of America is coming to an end

UnHerd's Freddie Sayers sits down with former CIA officer, Mike Baker to talk about Israel, Ukraine and China.

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00:59:23  |   Thu 04 Jan 2024
UnHerd's Best of 2023

UnHerd's Best of 2023

Freddie Sayers and Flo Read look back at UnHerd's best moments from 2023, featuring Nick Cave, Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Graham Linehan.

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01:01:16  |   Thu 28 Dec 2023
John Vervaeke: Rituals are rational

John Vervaeke: Rituals are rational

UnHerd’s Flo Read and philosopher and cognitive scientist John Vervaeke sat down at the UnHerd Club to diagnose the alienation and anxiety that pervades our contemporary culture. Is a “meaning crisis…
01:19:25  |   Sun 24 Dec 2023
John Mearsheimer: There is no two-state solution

John Mearsheimer: There is no two-state solution

UnHerd’s Freddie Sayers sits down with John Mearsheimer to discuss the Israel-Palestine conflict, the aftermath of the 7th October attack, and the state of the Ukraine-Russia war.

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00:49:37  |   Fri 15 Dec 2023
Andy Cook: How lockdowns broke Britain

Andy Cook: How lockdowns broke Britain

UnHerd's Freddie Sayers meets Andy Cook, chief executive of the Centre for Social Justice think tank, to discuss their new report on the real-world consequences of lockdowns.

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00:28:59  |   Tue 12 Dec 2023
TRAILER: The Battle for San Francisco

TRAILER: The Battle for San Francisco

Florence Read and Freddie Sayers took a film crew (and an armed security guard) into the Tenderloin district to find out the truth for themselves. This special report includes remarkable interviews w…

00:00:34  |   Sun 10 Dec 2023
Busting the Bill Gates myth

Busting the Bill Gates myth

UnHerd's Flo Read meets Tim Schwab to discuss Bill Gates and the myth of the good billionaire.

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00:35:03  |   Wed 29 Nov 2023
Ayaan Hirsi Ali: From New Atheist to Christian convert

Ayaan Hirsi Ali: From New Atheist to Christian convert

UnHerd's Freddie Sayers sits down with former New Atheist Ayaan Hirsi Ali to discuss why she now considers herself to be Christian.

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00:36:21  |   Wed 22 Nov 2023
How RFK Jr. could decide the 2024 election

How RFK Jr. could decide the 2024 election

UnHerd's Freddie Sayers meets pollster Joe Bedell to discuss the 2024 US election, Trump, and RFK Jr.

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00:27:18  |   Fri 17 Nov 2023
Nick Bostrom: How AI will lead to tyranny

Nick Bostrom: How AI will lead to tyranny

UnHerd's Flo Read meets Nick Bostrom.

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00:43:07  |   Fri 10 Nov 2023
Why does the Left support Palestine?

Why does the Left support Palestine?

UnHerd's Freddie Sayers sits down with professional troublemaker James Lindsay and Novara Media's Aaron Bastani to discuss the modern and historical relationship between the political Left and suppor…
01:06:09  |   Fri 03 Nov 2023
Israeli Ambassador on the War on Gaza

Israeli Ambassador on the War on Gaza

UnHerd’s Freddie Sayers meets Tzipi Hotovely, Israeli Ambassador to the United Kingdom.

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00:28:41  |   Fri 27 Oct 2023
Jonathan Sumption: War, Lockdowns and Lessons from the Past

Jonathan Sumption: War, Lockdowns and Lessons from the Past

Former Supreme Court judge, and celebrated historian of The Hundred Years War, Jonathan Sumption joins UnHerd’s Freddie Sayers to discuss continental entanglements past and present, and the disrupted…

01:06:28  |   Sat 21 Oct 2023
Kathleen Stock: Inside Britain’s new trans clinics

Kathleen Stock: Inside Britain’s new trans clinics

Since its closure was announced last July, Gids — the Gender Identity Development Service at the world-renowned Tavistock and Portman Trust — has become synonymous with mismanagement and medical scan…
00:40:26  |   Thu 19 Oct 2023
Yascha Mounk: Israel to America - escaping the identity trap

Yascha Mounk: Israel to America - escaping the identity trap

Whatever happened to universalism? Academic and author of The Identity Trap, Yascha Mounk, explores how a relatively obscure and marginal set of ideas about identity have come to dominate our social,…
01:04:19  |   Fri 13 Oct 2023
Special Investigation: How scientific is the ZOE app?

Special Investigation: How scientific is the ZOE app?

Professor Tim Spector was one of the “winners” of the Covid era: his ZOE symptom tracker app accrued millions of users during the pandemic


Now he has pivoted back to his true passion, gut health, and …

00:33:39  |   Wed 11 Oct 2023
John Gray: Thoughts after liberalism

John Gray: Thoughts after liberalism

UnHerd's Freddie Sayers sits down with philosopher John Gray at the UnHerd Club.

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01:07:38  |   Sun 08 Oct 2023
Yanis Varoufakis: Welcome to the age of technofeudalism

Yanis Varoufakis: Welcome to the age of technofeudalism

UnHerd's Freddie Sayers sits down with former Greek Minister of Finance Yanis Varoufakis.

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00:36:24  |   Thu 05 Oct 2023
Matthew Crawford: The global war on motorists

Matthew Crawford: The global war on motorists

UnHerd's Freddie Sayers meets Matthew Crawford in San Francisco.

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00:32:53  |   Tue 03 Oct 2023
Michael Wolff: How Donald Trump beat Rupert Murdoch

Michael Wolff: How Donald Trump beat Rupert Murdoch

UnHerd's Freddie Sayers sits down with journalist and author Michael Wolff.

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00:24:17  |   Fri 29 Sep 2023
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