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English, Chat, 1 season, 78 episodes, 2 days, 3 hours, 35 minutes
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Chris Snowdon, Tom Slater and guests discuss the latest in nanny-state killjoyism.
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77: Starmer’s nanny state

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 just how bad a Labour government will be for freedom, the public-health plot against large wine glasses and the sinister rise of Brummiephobia. Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ 
1/27/202437 minutes, 32 seconds
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76: Punching down

Lou Perez, comedian and author of That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders. They discuss the rise of anti-woke comedy, the hypocrisy of the health-food lobby and the joys of Wetherspoons. Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ 
1/13/202438 minutes, 5 seconds
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75: The year freedom went up in smoke

The Spectator’s Kate Andrews joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders. In this special end-of-year round-up, they discuss everything from food fads to fag bans to laughing gas to the coming crackdown on the internet. Enjoy!  This episode is sponsored by Magic Mind. Fans of Last Orders can get up to 56% off their first subscription or 20% off a one-time purchase. Just use the code LASTORDERS20 here: https://magicmind.com/products/magic-mind?utm_source=affiliate&utm_medium=podcasts&utm_campaign=lastorder  Please dig deep for spiked this Christmas.  Donate: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/ Get a mug: https://www.spiked-online.com/mug/  Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ 
12/16/202358 minutes
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74: AI is not going to kill us all

Andrew Orlowski joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders. They discuss the hysteria over AI, New Zealand’s u-turn on smoking and whether selfies are a public-health risk. Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ 
12/3/202342 minutes, 14 seconds
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73: Should schools be free to indoctrinate?

Alka Sehgal Cuthbert, director of Don’t Divide Us, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders. They discuss the rise of racial identity politics in schools, the uselessness of the WHO, and the perils of prohibition. Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ 
11/18/202346 minutes, 1 second
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72: Live at the Battle of Ideas!

The Telegraph’s Madeline Grant and GB News’s Patrick Christys joined Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for a very special live episode of Last Orders at the Battle of Ideas festival last weekend. They discussed how the Tories became the party of the nanny state, the farcical Covid inquiry, the debanking scandal, banning Bully XLs, and much more.  Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ 
11/4/20231 hour, 13 minutes, 40 seconds
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71: Australia’s Brexit moment

Matthew Lesh, director of public policy and communications at the Institute of Economic Affairs, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders. They discuss the Voice to Parliament referendum in Australia, the latest on Rishi Sunak’s crusade against smoking, and Labour’s plan to criminalise misgendering.  We’re doing our first live show! On Saturday 28 October, Chris and Tom will be joined by the Telegraph’s Madeline Grant and GB News’s Patrick Christys for a special live edition of Last Orders at the Battle of Ideas festival in Westminster. Find out more about the festival and get your tickets here: https://www.battleofideas.org.uk/  Enter the code SPIKED at checkout to get 20 per cent off your ticket.  Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ 
10/21/202344 minutes, 8 seconds
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70: Sunak’s smoking ban

Patrick O’Flynn, political commentator and former MEP, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders. They discuss Rishi Sunak’s plan for smoking prohibition, the war on motorists, and why centrist Tories ruin everything. This episode is sponsored by Beckett’s Gin. Last Orders fans can get 20 per cent off all Beckett’s Gin products, including its London Dry Gin, Spirited Gin, Sloe Gin, Barrel-Aged Sloe Gin and the Gin Miniatures Variety Gift Set. To get your discount, click here. We’re doing our first live show! On Saturday 28 October, Chris, Tom and some very special guests will be recording a live edition of this podcast at the Battle of Ideas festival in Westminster. Find out more about the festival and get your tickets here: https://www.battleofideas.org.uk/  Enter the code SPIKED at checkout to get 20 per cent off your ticket.  Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ 
10/7/202344 minutes, 53 seconds
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69: An ultra-processed panic

Anthony Warner, food writer, author and self-styled Angry Chef, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders. They discuss the demonisation of ‘ultra-processed food’, the ban on disposable vapes, and why everyone is getting so fat.  We’re doing our first live show! On Saturday 28 October, Chris, Tom and some very special guests will be recording a live edition of this podcast at the Battle of Ideas festival in Westminster. Find out more about the festival and get your tickets here: https://www.battleofideas.org.uk/  Enter the code SPIKED at checkout to get 20 per cent off your ticket.  Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ 
9/23/202348 minutes, 26 seconds
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68: Can liberalism survive trans ideology?

Marc Glendening, head of cultural affairs at the Institute of Economic Affairs, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders. They discuss the philosophical clash between liberalism and transgenderism, the killjoys who want to limit you to two beers a week, and the tragic death of Ursula von der Leyen’s pony. We’re doing our first live show! On Saturday 28 October, Chris, Tom and some very special guests will be recording a live edition of this podcast at the Battle of Ideas festival in Westminster. Find out more about the festival and get your tickets here: https://www.battleofideas.org.uk/  Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ 
9/9/202338 minutes, 23 seconds
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67: Bring back wolves?

Stand-up comedian and spiked columnist Simon Evans joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders. They discuss the witch-hunting of Graham Linehan, the ridiculous regulation of takeaway pints, and the mad plan to reintroduce wolves to the English countryside. Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Get your ticket for Brendan O’Neill’s next live podcast, in conversation with Michael Shellenberger, on Tuesday 29 August at 7pm: https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/08/09/event-michael-shellenberger-and-brendan-oneill-live/  Buy Brendan O’Neill’s A Heretic’s Manifesto from: 🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/Heretics-Manifesto-Essays-Unsayable/dp/1913019861  🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Heretics-Manifesto-Essays-Unsayable/dp/1913019861  Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ 
8/26/202343 minutes, 54 seconds
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66: What happened to the Edinburgh Fringe?

Comedian Leo Kearse joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders. They discuss woke censorship in comedy, the junk science about ‘ultra-processed foods’, and why middle-aged, privately educated liberals are ruining everything.  Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Get your ticket for Brendan O’Neill's next live podcast, in conversation with Michael Shellenberger, on Tuesday 29 August at 7pm: https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/08/09/event-michael-shellenberger-and-brendan-oneill-live/  Buy Brendan O’Neill’s A Heretic’s Manifesto from: 🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/Heretics-Manifesto-Essays-Unsayable/dp/1913019861  🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Heretics-Manifesto-Essays-Unsayable/dp/1913019861  Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ 
8/12/202343 minutes, 14 seconds
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65: Why Net Zero is a dangerous fantasy

Ralph Schoellhammer – assistant professor in economics and political science at Webster University Vienna – joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders. They discuss the revolt against green zealotry, Tony Blair’s call for more sin taxes, and the nanny-state lobby’s tantrum over free Barbies. Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Buy Brendan O’Neill’s A Heretic’s Manifesto from: 🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/Heretics-Manifesto-Essays-Unsayable/dp/1913019861  🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Heretics-Manifesto-Essays-Unsayable/dp/1913019861  Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ 
7/29/202338 minutes, 13 seconds
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64: Sadiq Khan’s war on cake

James Woudhuysen – visiting professor of forecasting and innovation at London South Bank University – joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders. They discuss Transport for London’s absurd junk-food advertising ban, the fear-mongering over problem gambling, and the deranged views of Just Stop Oil.  Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. 🖊️ 📕 Donate £50 to get a signed copy of Brendan O’Neill’s new book: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/ Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ 
7/15/202337 minutes, 34 seconds
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63: The shameful suppression of the lab-leak theory

Robby Soave, senior editor at Reason and co-host of Rising on The Hill TV, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders. They discuss why the misinformation cops got Covid so wrong, the ridiculousness of minimum pricing on alcohol, and how to take on Big Tech censorship. Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Get your copy of Brendan O’Neill’s new book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Heretics-Manifesto-Essays-Unsayable/dp/1913019861  Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ 
7/1/202337 minutes, 31 seconds
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62: The scourge of the Online Safety Bill

Claire Fox, member of the House of Lords and director of the Academy of Ideas, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders. They discuss the government’s attempt to clamp down on online speech, Panorama’s whacky food propaganda, and more. Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Get your copy of Brendan O’Neill’s new book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Heretics-Manifesto-Essays-Unsayable/dp/1913019861  Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ 
6/17/202341 minutes, 20 seconds
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61: Will Britain ever legalise drugs?

Paul North, director of Volteface, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater for the latest episode of Last Orders. They discuss the worst nanny states in Europe, the benefits of boozing, and the campaign for drug liberalisation.  Get your tickets to the online launch of Brendan O’Neill’s new spiked book, A Heretic’s Manifesto. Brendan will be interviewed by Andrew Doyle on Monday 5 June at 7pm. Find out more: https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/05/18/event-brendan-oneills-book-launch/  Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Apply now for spiked’s internship scheme: https://www.spiked-online.com/interns  Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ 
6/3/202340 minutes, 37 seconds
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60: The fight for free speech at Oxford

Jan Macvarish – education and events director of the Free Speech Union – joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss the attempt to No Platform Kathleen Stock, Labour’s war on smoking, and if artificial sweeteners are making us fat. Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Pre-order Brendan O’Neill’s A Heretic’s Manifesto now from: 🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/Heretics-Manifesto-Essays-Unsayable/dp/1913019861  🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Heretics-Manifesto-Essays-Unsayable/dp/1913019861  🖊️ 📕 Or donate £50 to get a signed copy: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/ Apply now for spiked’s internship scheme: https://www.spiked-online.com/interns  Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ 
5/21/202348 minutes, 5 seconds
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59: How identity politics is tearing Australia apart

Australian journalist Nick Cater joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss the hysteria over Coco Pops, George Osborne’s deranged attacks on smoking, and why Australia’s plan for an Indigenous ‘Voice to Parliament’ is a truly terrible idea.  Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Find out more about spiked’s internship scheme here: https://www.spiked-online.com/interns   Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ 
5/6/202345 minutes, 59 seconds
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58: What’s Just Stop Oil’s problem with snooker?

Comedian and writer Dominic Frisby joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss Just Stop Oil's stunt at the Crucible, the government’s plan for state-sponsored vaping and the genius of PG Wodehouse. Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/  Read Dominic’s Substack here:  https://www.theflyingfrisby.com/  And listen to his serialised musical, Kisses on a Postcard, here:  https://kissesonapostcard.com/ 
4/23/202332 minutes, 31 seconds
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57: Why the nos ban is no laughing matter, with Mark Littlewood

Mark Littlewood – director-general of the Institute of Economic Affairs – joins Snowdon and Slater to discuss the laughing-gas ban, the coming crackdown on vaping and the madness of the ULEZ.  Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ 
4/8/202342 minutes, 13 seconds
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56: How blasphemy trials returned to Britain, with Liam Duffy

Liam Duffy – strategic advisor for the Counter Extremism Project – joins Snowdon and Slater to discuss the Islamist threat to free speech, the panic over young people vaping, and Chris’s triumph over Jonathan Portes. Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ 
3/25/202335 minutes, 14 seconds
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55: Has the lab-leak theory been vindicated?, with Matt Ridley

Matt Ridley – co-author of Viral: The Search for the Origin of Covid-19 – joins Snowdon and Slater to discuss Covid cover-ups, the Lockdown Files and the zealotry of the anti-smoking lobby. Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ 
3/11/202342 minutes, 50 seconds
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54: Britain’s Covid Ministry of Truth, with Silkie Carlo

Big Brother Watch’s Silkie Carlo joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss the government’s war on lockdown sceptics, Nicola Sturgeon’s nanny-state legacy, and the madness of the WHO. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/  Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode.
2/25/202344 minutes, 50 seconds
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53: The uselessness of electric cars, with Andrew Orlowski

Andrew Orlowski joins Snowdon and Slater to discuss the idiocy of our green elites, the rise and fall of FTX, and the cult of booze prohibition. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/  Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode.
2/11/202342 minutes, 29 seconds
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52: Passive cake, with Francis Foster

Francis Foster joins Snowdon and Slater to discuss the miserabilism of the nanny state, the ridiculousness of Seatbeltgate, and the authoritarian legacy of Jacinda Ardern. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/  Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode.
1/28/202340 minutes, 16 seconds
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51: Fight for your right to smoke, with Patrick Christys

Patrick Christys joins Snowdon and Slater to discuss Labour’s war on smoking, Prince Harry’s crusade against the tabloids, and how wokeness has infected public health. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ Check out spiked’s shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/  Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode.
1/14/202338 minutes, 52 seconds
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50: The perils of a cashless society, with Geoff Norcott

Comedian Geoff Norcott joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss cash, smoking and Elon Musk. Get tickets to Geoff’s work-in-progress shows here: https://www.livenation.co.uk/artist-geoff-norcott-1252793  Donate to spiked this Christmas: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/  Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode.
12/24/202244 minutes, 32 seconds
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49: Hands off the internet

Charlie Peters, GB News documentary filmmaker, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss the Online Safety Bill, Nicola Sturgeon’s nanny state, the grooming-gangs scandal and more. Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Read spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/  Become a spiked supporter and get your free ticket to Brendan O’Neill’s upcoming live show with Toby Young: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/
12/10/202245 minutes, 32 seconds
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48: The Woke World Cup, with Julia Hartley-Brewer

Julia Hartley-Brewer, TalkTV’s breakfast-show host, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss knee-taking, free speech on campus, the campaign to cut our energy use, and more. Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Read spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/  Become a spiked supporter and get your free ticket to Brendan O’Neill’s upcoming live show with Toby Young: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/
11/26/202243 minutes, 37 seconds
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47: The red trickle, with Nick Gillespie

Nick Gillespie, editor-at-large of Reason, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss the Midterms, the war on nicotine, Elon Musk and more.  Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Read spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/  Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/
11/13/202255 minutes
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46: The lies of the nanny state, with Rod Liddle

Rod Liddle, journalist and member of the SDP, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss the propaganda war on smokers, the madness of Just Stop Oil and the future of British politics.  Send your postbag questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/
10/19/202245 minutes, 41 seconds
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45: Liz Truss vs the Blob, with Sam Ashworth-Hayes

Sam Ashworth-Hayes joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss Liz Truss’s war on the nanny state. Plus, we discuss James O’Brien’s queue conspiracy theory and answer your questions in our postbag section. Send your questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Donate £50 to spiked and get a free, signed copy of ‘How Woke Won’, plus a year’s free membership to spiked supporters: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/
9/24/202241 minutes, 36 seconds
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44: How the middle classes ruined comedy, with Leo Kearse

Comedian Leo Kearse joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss the cancellation of Jerry Sadowitz, the perilous state of pubs and the moral crusade against gambling. Plus, we answer your questions in our new postbag section. Send your questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Order your copy of ‘How Woke Won’ by Joanna Williams here: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/  Donate to spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/  Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ 
8/24/202239 minutes, 43 seconds
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43: The monkeypox panic

Joanna Williams, author of How Woke Won, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss monkeypox, the fall of the Tavistock and the rise of Britain’s thoughtpolice. Plus, we answer your questions in our new postbag section. Send your questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Order your copy of ‘How Woke Won’ by Joanna Williams here: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/  Donate to spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/  Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ 
8/6/202237 minutes, 7 seconds
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42: The war on smokers, with Claire Fox

Claire Fox, director of the Academy of Ideas, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss the plans for a smoke-free England and abortion rights after Roe. Plus, we answer your questions in our new postbag section. Send your questions to lastorders@spiked-online.com and we’ll try to answer them in the next episode. Order your copy of ‘How Woke Won’ by Joanna Williams: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/  Donate to spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/  Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/
7/2/202242 minutes, 8 seconds
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41: Why Jamie Oliver can BOGOF

Patrick O’Flynn joins Snowdon and Slater to discuss Partygate, Ricky Gervais and Jamie Oliver.  Enjoy! And be sure to email any questions or comments you have for Chris and Tom to lastorders@spiked-online.com – for our new mail-bag section at the end of each show.  Order your copy of ‘How Woke Won’ by Joanna Williams: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/  Hoping to get into journalism? Are you passionate about spiked’s pro-freedom, anti-woke politics? Apply now for our paid internship programme: https://www.spiked-online.com/interns  Donate to spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/  Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Sign up to spiked’s newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ 
5/28/202229 minutes, 3 seconds
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40: Musk Derangement Syndrome, with Andrew Doyle

GB News’ Andrew Doyle joins Snowdon and Slater to discuss Big Tech censorship, ‘grossly offensive’ jokes and calorie counts on menus. Get your ticket to “How woke won – with Joanna Williams and Brendan O’Neill”: https://www.spiked-online.com/2022/04/25/live-event-joanna-williams-and-brendan-oneill-on-how-woke-won/  Donate to spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/  Visit the spiked shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Sign up to our newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters
4/30/202236 minutes, 14 seconds
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39: Will Smith and the tyranny of takes, with Brendan O’Neill

Brendan O’Neill joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss the hot takes from the Oscars, the cost-of-living crisis and the Batley Grammar scandal. Donate to spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/   Visit the spiked shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/  Sign up to our newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters
3/30/202238 minutes, 15 seconds
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38: Is Covid finally over?, with Dominic Frisby

The end of Covid rules, Nadine Dorries vs Jimmy Carr, and the law of unintended consequences… comedian and financial writer Dominic Frisby joins Snowdon and Slater to discuss. Donate to spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/   Visit the spiked shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/  Sign up to our newsletters: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters 
2/19/202233 minutes, 10 seconds
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37: Another year on plague island

Vaccines, variants, Matt Hancock’s wandering hands… spiked columnist Rob Lyons joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to look back on the highs and lows of 2021. Donate to spiked this Christmas: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate/ 
12/21/202134 minutes, 29 seconds
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36: A new strain of panic, with Simon Evans

The Omicron variant, America on the verge of breakdown and the genius of Barry Humphries – Simon Evans joins Snowdon and Slater to discuss. Become a spiked supporter and claim your free ticket to our live event with David Starkey and Brendan O’Neill: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Visit the spiked shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/
12/1/202135 minutes, 42 seconds
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35: Will the lockdown lobby ever stop?

Covid restrictions, David’s Law, Dave Chappelle and Scotland’s nanny state -- Charlie Peters joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss.  Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/    Visit the spiked shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/
10/27/202141 minutes, 38 seconds
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34: Joe Biden’s Potemkin presidency, with Freddy Gray

Petrol panic, betting ads and Sleepy Joe -- the Spectator’s Freddy Gray joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Visit the spiked shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/
10/2/202132 minutes, 23 seconds
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33: The madness of Extinction Rebellion, with Mark Littlewood

Mark Littlewood, director-general of the IEA, joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss eco-insanity, smoking bans and Zero Covid. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Visit the spiked shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Related articles: Tom Slater: Extinction Rebellion doesn’t care what you think https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/08/26/extinction-rebellion-doesnt-care-what-you-think/  James Bolt: Australia is at breaking point https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/08/26/australia-is-at-breaking-point/
8/29/202135 minutes, 27 seconds
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32: Cancel culture and prescription cabbages, with Leo Kearse

Comedian Leo Kearse joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss Freedom Day, fatty food and free speech. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/  Visit the spiked shop: https://www.spiked-online.com/shop/ Related articles: Tom Slater: Up the vaccines, down with vaccine passports https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/07/20/up-the-vaccines-down-with-vaccine-passports/ Chris Snowdon: Henry Dimbleby is right about one thing https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/07/16/henry-dimbleby-is-right-about-one-thing/ Leo Kearse: Cancel culture is a grave threat to comedy https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/07/15/cancel-culture-is-a-grave-threat-to-comedy/
7/21/202138 minutes, 29 seconds
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31: The great American race game

Martin Durkin returns to the show to discuss his explosive new film on race in America. Plus: the fall of Matt Hancock and the intolerance of the public-health mob. Watch ‘Great American Race Game’ here: https://greatamericanracegame.com/
6/28/202131 minutes, 8 seconds
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30: No delay to Freedom Day, with Julia Hartley-Brewer

Julia Hartley-Brewer, host of talkRADIO’s breakfast show, joins Snowdon and Slater to discuss 21 June, taking the knee and defunding the WHO. Become a spiked supporter: https://www.spiked-online.com/supporters/ 
6/11/202135 minutes, 57 seconds
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29: Why the left keeps losing, with Geoff Norcott

Geoff Norcott, stand-up comedian and author of Where Did I Go Right?, joins Snowdon and Slater to discuss working-class Tories, the pub lockdown and PC policing. Sign up to our daily newsletter: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/  Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ 
5/7/202139 minutes, 31 seconds
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28: Do we need a licence to be free?, with Claire Fox

Claire Fox joins Snowdon and Slater to discuss vaccine passports, the Batley Grammar cartoon controversy and public health after the pandemic.
4/1/202144 minutes, 2 seconds
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27: The tyranny of Zero Covid

Nick Cater joins Snowdon and Slater to talk Zero Covid, Australia vs Big Tech, and campus censorship. Sign up to Today on spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/  Support this show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ 
2/26/202132 minutes, 52 seconds
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26: The end of the free internet?, with Timandra Harkness

Timandra Harkness joins Snowdon and Slater to talk tech censorship, Covid vaccines and sin taxes. Listen to Timandra’s latest radio series, Steelmanning, on BBC Radio 4: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000rdzs Support Last Orders by donating to spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ 
1/26/202139 minutes, 17 seconds
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25: The year we lost our liberty, with Simon Evans

Comedian Simon Evans joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to look back at the year of lockdowns and woke authoritarianism.  Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/
12/22/202047 minutes, 2 seconds
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24: What is the point of Boris Johnson?

Madeline Grant joins Chris and Tom to discuss lockdown, green Toryism and junk food.  Buy the spiked book: https://www.spiked-online.com/book/
11/27/202033 minutes, 26 seconds
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23: A senseless shutdown, with Daniel Hannan

Daniel joins Tom and Chris to discuss the winter lockdown, hate speech and the Brexit negotiations. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/
11/5/202036 minutes, 35 seconds
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22: Our Covid police state, with James Delingpole

Corona, lockdown and the culture war -- James Delingpole, Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater discuss.  Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/
9/30/202033 minutes, 16 seconds
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21: The fall of PHE and the return of Turkey Twizzlers

Rob Lyons joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss some rare victories for liberty in an otherwise dismal year.  Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/
8/27/202033 minutes, 17 seconds
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20: Why white working-class boys are so lost

Brendan O’Neill joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss the myth of white privilege, Boris Johnson’s health kick and the great mask debate.  Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/
7/31/202033 minutes, 48 seconds
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19: Has lockdown sent us all mad?, with Konstantin Kisin

The BLM cultural revolution, second waves, and Big Tech censorship. Konstantin Kisin joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/
6/26/202039 minutes, 44 seconds
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18: How innovation will defeat Covid-19, with Matt Ridley

Matt Ridley joins Snowdon and Slater to discuss his new book, How Innovation Works, the UK’s never-ending lockdown, and the rise of corona prohibition. Pre-order How Innovation Works now: https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Innovation-Works-Flourishes-Freedom/dp/0062916599/ref=nodl_
5/29/202036 minutes, 48 seconds
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17: Is it time to end the lockdown?, with Toby Young

The cost of lockdown, Trump vs the WHO, and smoking away coronavirus. Toby Young, Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater discuss all this and more on the latest episode of Last Orders.  Check out Lockdown Sceptics: https://lockdownsceptics.org/ Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/
4/23/202040 minutes, 23 seconds
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16: What a real public-health crisis looks like

Claire Fox joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss coronavirus. Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/
3/27/202033 minutes, 47 seconds
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16: The weird war on whiteness, with Andrew Doyle

The man behind Titania McGrath joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss woke politics, coal fires and the state of the BBC. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/
2/29/202043 minutes, 42 seconds
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15: The art of suppression: prohibition then and now

Dominic Frisby joins Snowdon and Slater to discuss prohibition, the Peasants’ Revolt and the fake news about fake news. Become a regular donor: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/
1/28/202048 minutes, 7 seconds
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14: Are we heading for a smoke-free world?

Foreign aid, prohibition and Jamie Oliver -- Rob Lyons joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/
12/20/201934 minutes, 14 seconds
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13: The rise of woke capitalism

Toby Young joins Snowdon and Slater to discuss Irn-Bru’s capitulation to the sugar tax, the departure of the nanny-in-chief, and the creepy use of kids in public-health campaigns. Check out the spiked shop: https://shop.spreadshirt.co.uk/spiked
11/6/201929 minutes, 27 seconds
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12: The Great American Vaping Panic

Killer e-cigs, nanny-state fake news, and the demonisation of smokers -- Martin Durkin joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss the latest in public-health killjoyism. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/
10/8/201937 minutes, 46 seconds
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11: The tyranny of ‘health by stealth’

The IEA’s Mark Littlewood joins Snowdon and Slater to discuss snack taxes, America’s vaping panic, and Britain’s ban on sexist adverts.   Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/
9/12/201936 minutes, 25 seconds
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10: Weed, cigarettes and Irn-Bru, with Julia Hartley-Brewer

The talkRADIO host joins Snowdon and Slater to discuss cannabis legalisation, Theresa May's prohibitionist legacy, and how the sugar tax ruined Irn-Bru. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/  
8/6/201939 minutes, 34 seconds
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9: Sin taxes, spice zombies and San Francisco

Timandra Harkness joins Snowdon and Slater to discuss Boris, vaping, spice and minimum pricing. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/
7/9/201939 minutes, 26 seconds
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8: Bring back Turkey Twizzlers!

Kate Andrews joins Snowdon and Slater to talk plain packs, smoking opium, and Jamie Oliver. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/
6/6/201936 minutes, 4 seconds
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7: Now the London Underground is banning its own adverts

Brendan O’Neill joins the show to talk junk-food ad bans, plastic politics and the war on vaping.   Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/
5/8/201931 minutes, 16 seconds
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6: Why we must repeal the Porn Laws

Andrew Doyle joins us to talk porn passes, sock puppets and junk food.   Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/  
4/1/201932 minutes, 8 seconds
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5: Frosties, booze and weed, with Geoff Norcott

Geoff Norcott joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to discuss the latest nanny-state news.
2/27/201934 minutes, 32 seconds
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4: Food fads and fat-shaming, with the Angry Chef

Anthony Warner joins Chris and Tom to discuss society’s messed up relationship with food. Support the show: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/
1/29/201945 minutes, 31 seconds
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3: Why your Christmas chocolates are shrinking

Chris Snowdon, Tom Slater and Rob Lyons look back on the year in public-health killjoyism. Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/
12/23/201838 minutes, 29 seconds
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2: The truth about FOBTs

Chris Snowdon, Dominic Frisby and Tom Slater discuss the 'crack cocaine of gambling', meat taxes and vaping. Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/
11/28/201829 minutes, 58 seconds
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1: Woke coke fiends and Tory puritans, with Simon Evans

Simon Evans joins Chris Snowdon and Tom Slater to talk drugs in London, nanny-state misfires and the Tory killjoys. Support the show here: www.spiked-online.com/newsite/about/326/
10/17/201830 minutes, 47 seconds