Last Orders - a spiked podcast

Last Orders - a spiked podcast

Chris Snowdon, Tom Slater and guests discuss the latest in nanny-state killjoyism.

  • 36 minutes 41 seconds
    98: The banter era returns
    Reem Ibrahim – communications manager at the Institute of Economic Affairs – joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders. They discuss the hilarious backlash to Donald Trump’s re-election, the revival of the smoking ban, and why adults like flavoured vapes, too.

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    9 November 2024, 8:55 am
  • 1 hour 16 minutes
    97: Fat jabs, speed and the banter police
    Julia Hartley-Brewer, Simon Evans and Kate Andrews joined Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for this very special edition of the Last Orders podcast, recorded live at the Battle of Ideas festival in Westminster on Saturday 19 October. They discussed the rise of Ozempic, Labour’s plan to cleanse pubs of offensive speech, why weed is the boring drug, how speed could solve our productivity problem, and much more. 
    22 October 2024, 7:32 pm
  • 1 minute 15 seconds
    96: See Last Orders *live* this weekend
    This is your last chance to get tickets to see us at the Battle of Ideas festival this weekend. On Saturday, at Church House in Westminster, we’ll be doing a very special live show, featuring Julia Hartley-Brewer, Simon Evans, Kate Andrews and loads of audience participation. If you’re already coming to the Battle of Ideas, get yourself down to the Robert Runcie Room at 12.15pm on Saturday. If you’re not coming to the festival, why not? It’s brilliant, plus fans of this podcast can get 20 per cent off their tickets by using the code SPIKED24 at checkout or by clicking on this link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/battle-of-ideas-festival-2024-tickets-807629249827?discount=SPIKED24  
    17 October 2024, 4:58 pm
  • 40 minutes 48 seconds
    95: Why London’s nightlife is dying
    Matthew Lesh – public policy fellow at the Institute of Economic Affairs and country manager for Freshwater Strategy – joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders. They discuss the departure of London’s ‘night tsar’, Scotland’s regressive experiment with ‘minimum pricing’ for alcohol, and the battle to open a chip shop in a Welsh seaside town. 

    Don’t miss our live show at the Battle of Ideas festival. Chris and Tom will be joined by Julia Hartley-Brewer, Simon Evans and Kate Andrews in Westminster on Saturday 19 October. Get 20 per cent off your ticket by entering the promo code SPIKED24 at checkout or using this special link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/battle-of-ideas-festival-2024-tickets-807629249827?discount=SPIKED24  

    You can find out more about the festival here: https://www.battleofideas.org.uk/ 

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    12 October 2024, 7:55 am
  • 34 minutes 44 seconds
    94: Does Chris Whitty run the country?
    Josie Appleton, director of the Manifesto Club, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders. They discuss Chris Whitty’s one-man crusade against smoking and drinking, the calls to abolish the pint glass, and what Labour’s ‘respect order’ will mean for civil liberties. 

    Don’t miss our upcoming live show at the Battle of Ideas festival. Chris and Tom will be joined by Julia Hartley-Brewer, Simon Evans and Kate Andrews in Westminster on Saturday 19 October.
    Fans of the podcast can get 20 per cent off their tickets. Just enter the promo code SPIKED24 at checkout or use this link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/battle-of-ideas-festival-2024-tickets-807629249827?discount=SPIKED24  

    You can find out more about the festival here: https://www.battleofideas.org.uk/ 

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    You can also order a regular copy on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1068719303/ 

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    28 September 2024, 3:05 pm
  • 35 minutes 26 seconds
    93: The nanny state is back with a vengeance
    Smoking bans, a crackdown on junk food, state-sanctioned fat-shaming… it’s been a miserable few weeks in Keir Starmer’s Britain. In the latest episode of Last Orders, Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater discuss Labour’s zealous embrace of public-health paternalism – and whether or not it’s time for Chris to emigrate. 

    Don’t miss our upcoming live episode at the Battle of Ideas festival. Chris and Tom will be joined by some very special guests in Westminster on Saturday 19 October.
    Fans of the podcast can get 20 per cent off. Just enter the promo code SPIKED24 at checkout or use this URL: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/battle-of-ideas-festival-2024-tickets-807629249827?discount=SPIKED24  

    You can find out more about the festival here: https://www.battleofideas.org.uk/ 

    See you there!

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    14 September 2024, 7:55 am
  • 31 minutes 52 seconds
    92: The AI will see you now
    Rob Lyons, science and technology director at the Academy of Ideas, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders. They discuss whether chatbots are the future of medicine, the sorry state of Irish boozing, and why ‘Gamblegate’ disappeared after the election.

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    31 August 2024, 7:55 am
  • 31 minutes 52 seconds
    91: Big Keir is watching you
    Big Brother Watch’s Mark Johnson is this week’s guest on Last Orders, with Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater. They discuss the crackdown on free speech after the riots, the creepy rise of facial-recognition technology, why booze and nicotine can be good for you, and the return of monkeypox. 

    Send your postbag questions to [email protected] and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode.

    You can get tickets to Simon Evans’s Alas, Smith and Hume! here and Footnotes to Smith here

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    17 August 2024, 7:55 am
  • 45 minutes 40 seconds
    90: How universities fell to censorship
    The Free Speech Union’s Jan Macvarish returns to Last Orders with Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater. They discuss why Labour is abandoning the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act, how drinking made Western civilisation and the problem with ‘problem gambling’. 

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    3 August 2024, 7:17 pm
  • 44 minutes 29 seconds
    89: The green zealotry of Ed Miliband
    James Woudhuysen – visiting professor of forecasting and innovation at London South Bank University – returns to Last Orders with Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater. They discuss the Labour government’s disastrous green agenda, the snobbery of the nanny state and the rise of Lucy Letby trutherism. 

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    20 July 2024, 7:55 am
  • 36 minutes 54 seconds
    88: From Starmer’s gulag
    spiked’s Tim Black joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders. They discuss whether Keir Starmer is an empty suit or a crypto-Stalinist, the Gamble-gate hysteria and the pathetic attempt to turn ‘ultra-processed food’ into the ‘new tobacco’. Plus, we respond to an outraged nutritionist.  

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    3 July 2024, 12:44 pm
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