UnHerd Shorts

UnHerd Shorts

Podcast by UnHerd Shorts

  • 15 minutes 35 seconds
    Ian Birrell — The truth about China and Coronavirus
    Freddie Sayers talks to Ian Birrell about his latest piece for UnHerd, "China is not the hero in this darkest hour". Read the full article here: https://unherd.com/2020/03/china-is-not-the-hero-in-this-darkest-hour/
    24 March 2020, 2:00 pm
  • 43 minutes 57 seconds
    Adam Rutherford: How To Argue With A Racist
    Giles Fraser talks to Adam Rutherford about his new book 'How To Argue With A Racist'.
    23 January 2020, 12:00 am
  • 30 minutes 33 seconds
    Debate: How bad is Viktor Orban?
    In this UnHerd Debate, Freddie Sayers talks to Peter Franklin and Phillip Blond about whether the Hungarian Prime Minister's dangerous reputation is justified.
    20 January 2020, 11:52 am
  • 23 minutes 33 seconds
    Rory Stewart on Love, Brexit and Boris Johnson
    Freddie Sayers talks to London mayoral hopeful Rory Stewart about Love, romantic Conservatives and how Boris Johnson made him feel like an abused wife.
    1 November 2019, 12:17 pm
  • 19 minutes 13 seconds
    David Brooks interview: why social freedom is not a good feeling
    Freddie Sayers interviews NYT columnist David Brooks about his latest book 'The Second Mountain'. They discuss how to make life – and politics – more meaningful.
    17 June 2019, 12:14 pm
  • 14 minutes 10 seconds
    Why are Millennials so miserable?
    In this Short, Peter Franklin and Charlotte Pickles diagnose a generational dissatisfaction. Read the article they discuss: 'What's bugging the Millennials?' https://unherd.com/2019/01/whats-bugging-the-millennials/
    14 March 2019, 11:24 am
  • 11 minutes 37 seconds
    A taxing time for the super rich
    In this Short, Charlotte Pickles and Peter Franklin talk about the renewed interest in taxing the super rich. Given the already high levels of tax avoidance, is there any point in increasing their tax rates? Read the article they discuss: 'The irrelevant debate over the top rate of tax': https://unherd.com/2019/02/the-irrelevant-debate-over-the-top-rate-of-tax/
    27 February 2019, 3:12 pm
  • 12 minutes 21 seconds
    The myth of meritocracy
    In this Short, Peter Franklin and Charlotte Pickles talk about American aristocracy and why modern meritocracy is anything but fair. Read the article they discuss: 'The most dangerous thing about meritocracy' https://unherd.com/2018/12/the-most-dangerous-thing-about-meritocracy/
    20 February 2019, 9:48 am
  • 9 minutes 57 seconds
    The problem with experts
    This Short sees Charlotte Pickles and Peter Franklin unpack a paradox: the more we know, the more ignorant we become. Read the article they discuss: 'When eggheads are bigger idiots than meatheads': https://unherd.com/2018/12/why-eggheads-can-be-bigger-idiots-than-meatheads/
    18 February 2019, 8:43 am
  • 22 minutes 8 seconds
    How politics is poisoning the truth
    UnHerd columnist Graeme Archer joins Charlotte Pickles and Peter Franklin to discuss how identity politics and the rush to judgement is poisoning debate. Read the two articles behind the Short: 'How politics is poisoning the truth', about the Covington Boys affair: https://unherd.com/2019/01/how-politics-is-poisoning-truth/ 'This age of semiotics is breaking us', about how political appearances are not always as they seem: https://unherd.com/2019/01/this-age-of-semiotics-is-breaking-us/
    12 February 2019, 2:41 pm
  • 23 minutes 18 seconds
    The second coming of the SDP
    Giles Fraser joins Charlotte Pickles and Peter Franklin to discuss the UK's broken political system, and whether SDP 2.0 might be the party for the politically homeless. Read the articles they discuss: Could Brexit fix our broken politics? https://unherd.com/2019/01/could-brexit-fix-our-broken-politics/ A party for the politically homeless https://unherd.com/2019/01/a-party-for-the-politically-homeless/
    4 February 2019, 5:16 pm
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