Freddie Sayers meets John Gray in part two of a two-part interview. Watch Part I: https://youtu.be/BvWczz1q0jU Read the accompanying <a href="https://unherd.com/2022/10/the-revenge-of-the-technocrats/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Part I article</a>

John Gray Part II: Welcome to the era of tragic realism

The journalist warns that the Government is extending its surveillance

UnHerd's Freddie Sayers speaks to journalist Peter Hitchens about a disturbing new Big Brother Watch report into UK government spying and censorship. Read the <a href="https://unherd.com/thepost/peter-hitchens-the-covid-censors-are-moving-on-to-ukraine/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Post here</a>

Peter Hitchens: The Covid censors are moving on to Ukraine

The philosopher explains why states like to embrace endless crises

UnHerd's Freddie Sayers chats with American philosopher Matthew B. Crawford in the UnHerd studio. Check out <a href="https://mcrawford.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Matthew's Substack here</a> Read the <a href="https://unherd.com/thepost/matthew-b-crawford-the-ongoing-state-of-emergency/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Post here</a>

Matthew B. Crawford: The perpetual state of emergency

The press is once again promoting a measure proved to be ineffective

UnHerd's Freddie Sayers meets Dr. Margery Smelkinson and Dr. Leslie Bienen to discuss the efficacy of facemasks. Read the full <a href="https://unherd.com/thepost/the-scientific-case-against-facemasks/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Post article here:</a>

The scientific case against facemasks

The PayPal co-founder predicts that Elon Musk has started a great reckoning

UnHerd's Freddie Sayers meets PayPal co-founder David Sacks. Read the full <a href="https://unherd.com/thepost/david-sacks-the-tech-purge/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">post here </a>

David Sacks: The tech reset has only just begun 

The cash activist spoke to UnHerd about the threat of CBDCs

UnHerd's Flo Read mets Brett Scott, author of Cloud Money. Read the <a href="https://unherd.com/thepost/brett-scott-beware-a-cashless-society/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Post here</a>

Brett Scott: Beware a cashless society

The midwinter festival has always been a moment to turn things upside down

UnHerd's Freddie Sayers and Flo Read sit down with founder of The Idler magazine, Tom Hodgkinson, to discuss the fraught history of the winter festival and the moral good in having a merry Christmas. Read the <a href="https://unherd.com/thepost/christmas-is-a-time-for-chaos/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Post here</a>

UnHerd Christmas Special: Christmas is a time for chaos

Elon has moved in his people from Tesla

Freddie Sayers catches up with Dr Jay Bhattacharya about his recent meeting with Elon Musk at Twitter HQ, and what he discovered about the Twitter Files. Read the <a href="https://unherd.com/2022/12/what-i-discovered-at-twitter-hq/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">full article here</a>

Jay Bhattacharya: What I discovered at Twitter HQ

What lessons can we take from the public's treatment of the rapper?

UnHerd's Florence Read meets American author Freddie deBoer to discuss the curious case of Kanye West. In the space of a few months Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, has gone from world-famous rapper to appearing on Alex Jones’s InfoWars praising Hitler. It’s not clear if he will ever recover reputationally from the stigma of this episode. What lessons can we take from the public's treatment of the rapper? Read the <a href="https://unherd.com/thepost/freddie-deboer-we-should-forgive-kanye-west/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Post here</a>

Freddie deBoer: We should forgive Kanye West

Freddie Sayers meets Vivek Ramaswamy

Freddie Sayers meets Vivek Ramaswamy

Vivek Ramaswamy: Elon Musk won't save us

Conversations with original thinkers about what's really going on

Freddie Sayers from online magazine <a href="https://unherd.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">UnHerd</a> 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 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMxiv15iK_MFayY_3fU9loQ" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a> or by searching ‘LockdownTV’. Enjoy! And don't forget to rate, like and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.

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