UnHerd with Freddie Sayers

Does the rapid rise of the populist AfD party and the inauguration of Donald Trump mark a perfect storm for Germany? Wolfgang Munchau, founder of Eurointelligence, joined UnHerd's Freddie Sayers to reflect on the upcoming German elections.

Former finance minister of Greece Yanis Varoufakis has dedicated his life to fighting crony capitalism. Now he faces a total rewiring of global power by the billionaires of Big Tech. How, he asks, did ‘the cloud’ kill capitalism and what has replaced it? The economist, politician and bestselling author of ‘Techno Feudalism’ joins UnHerd for an evening of conversation and Q&A.

Megyn Kelly joins Emily to preview Election Night on Undercurrents.

UnHerd's Freddie Sayers meets Glenn Loury to discuss what the US could look like, post election.

Professor of psychology and author Mattias Desmet is the world expert on mass formation psychosis, a condition he observed during the pandemic years. He joins UnHerd's Florence Read to unpack the links between herd mentality and totalitarianism.

Rosie Duffield quit the Labour Party less than 100 days after she was elected MP for Canterbury. She likened working under UK Prime Minister Kier Starmer to being in an “abusive relationship”. UnHerd's Freddie Sayers spoke to her in the aftermath of her ferocious condemnation of her former comrades.

David Owen has spent the last 60 years at the heart of British politics. After becoming a Labour MP in 1966 and serving as foreign secretary under Jim Callaghan from 1977-1979, he became disillusioned with the direction of the increasingly Left-wing Labour Party. Owen co-founded the Social Democratic Party and went on to lead it twice. In the 1990s, he was an EU peace negotiator in the former Yugoslavia and co-authored the consequential Vance-Owen Peace Plan. He joined UnHerd’s Freddie Sayers live at the UnHerd Club, to talk about his life in politics, the ideological shifts of the recent decades and the future of the British Left.

Robby Soave joins Emily for a rapid response breakdown of the Oct. 1 vice presidential debate between JD Vance and Tim Walz hosted by CBS.