Episodes

  • 97: Fat jabs, speed and the banter police

    97: Fat jabs, speed and the banter police
    Oct 22 2024
    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.
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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • 96: See Last Orders *live* this weekend

    96: See Last Orders *live* this weekend
    Oct 17 2024
    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
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    1 min
  • 95: Why London’s nightlife is dying

    95: Why London’s nightlife is dying
    Oct 12 2024
    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/

    Donate £50 or more to spiked and get a signed copy of Brendan O’Neill’s new book, After the Pogrom: 7 October, Israel and the Crisis of Civilisation. We’ll also throw in a year’s membership to spiked supporters: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/

    Listen, share and give us a glowing review on your podcast app. Also, send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode.

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    41 mins
  • 94: Does Chris Whitty run the country?

    94: Does Chris Whitty run the country?
    Sep 28 2024
    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/

    Donate £50 or more to spiked and get a signed copy of Brendan O’Neill’s new book, After the Pogrom: 7 October, Israel and the Crisis of Civilisation. We’ll also throw in a year’s membership to spiked supporters: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/

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

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    35 mins
  • 93: The nanny state is back with a vengeance

    93: The nanny state is back with a vengeance
    Sep 14 2024
    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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    35 mins
  • 92: The AI will see you now

    92: The AI will see you now
    Aug 31 2024
    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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    32 mins
  • 91: Big Keir is watching you

    91: Big Keir is watching you
    Aug 17 2024
    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 lastorders@spiked-online.com 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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    32 mins
  • 90: How universities fell to censorship

    90: How universities fell to censorship
    Aug 3 2024
    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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    46 mins