Thinking Class
Join John Gillam and his guests in reclaiming the space to think out loud and learn to pay attention to what matters. Including guests like David Starkey, Peter Hitchens, Roy Baumeister, Nigel Biggar, Ed West, David Goodhart, Eric Kaufmann, Paul Embery, Frank Furedi, Carl Trueman, Connor Tomlinson, Harrison Pitt, Neema Parvini, Robert Tombs, Bijan Omrani, Mark Vernon, Philip Pilkington and Alan Macfarlane.
Episodes
104 episodes
#105 - Neema Parvini - Why Politics Is Like Pro-Wrestling And Democracy Is An Illusion
Neema Parvini is the author of nine books including Applied Elite Theory, The Prophets of Doom, The Populist Del...
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1:06:36
#104 - Alexander Chula - What A Small African Country & Its Dictator Can Teach Us About Western Civilisation
Alexander Chula is a medical doctor and writer working in London. His first book, Goodbye. Dr Banda was published 2023.In this episode, Alexander and I think out loud about what an African dictator can teach the West about itself, how m...
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1:22:59
#103 - Martin Sellner - Remigration: The Taboo Political Topic Now Spoken About Openly Across Europe
Martin Sellner is an Austrian activist, author and political organiser and his "goal is to save the identity and soul of [his] nation & Europe". He is author of several books in the German language, one of which, "Regime Change From The Rig...
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1:10:00
#102 - David Betz - Tribes At War: The Sectarian Battle For Britain's Future & Its Grim Reality
David Betz is Professor of War in the Department of War Studies at King's College London where he heads the MA War Studies programme. He is a...
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1:20:43
#101 - Nina Power - Beyond Deportations: The Restoration Of Britain's Soul
Nina Power is a philosopher, writer, and author of books including What Do Men Want?: Masculinity and Its Discontents. Nina runs philosophy courses with Verdurin and is also the author of the Subst...
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1:15:32
#100 - Philip Cunliffe - Britain's Future Now Globalisation Is Dead: Demographics, Identity And The National Interest
Philip Cunliffe is Associate Professor of International Relations at the UCL, where he researches and teaches on the topics of international order, multinational military intervention, and conflict management. He has 20 years of academic experi...
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1:14:53
#099 - Paul Embery - Why Diversity Is Britain's Greatest Challenge & How The Labour Party Is Punishing Britain
Paul Embery is a firefighter, trade union activist, writer and broadcaster. Paul has been a member of the Labour party since 1994 and active in the wider labour movement for most of his adult life. He has served on the executive council of the ...
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#98 - Lord Nigel Biggar - The Case Against Britain Paying Reparations For Its Role In The Transatlantic Slave Trade
Lord Nigel Biggar is Emeritus Regius Professor of Moral Theology at the University of Oxford and Distinguished Scholar in Residence at Pusey House, Oxford. He holds a B.A. in Modern History from Oxford and a PhD in Christian Theology and Ethics...
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1:05:30
#97 - Andreas Svanlund - Why The 'Energy Transition' Is Dead
Andreas Svanlund is Chief Commercial Officer at Safe Clean, a Norwegian hydrocarbons company. Formerly an officer in the Norwegian Armed Forces, Andreas later joined the defence industry as a business developer with a focus on NATO and Europol ...
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#096 - Dominic Frisby - The Secret History Of Gold: The Best, Worst & Bravest Of Humanity
Dominic Frisby is a financial writer, broadcaster, and comedian. Dominic is the author of Life After the State, Bitcoin: The Future of Money, and Daylight Robbery: How Tax Shaped Our Past and Will Change Our Future. He contributes regularly to ...
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#095 - David Shipley - Rediscovering The Rod Of Justice: The Radical Changes Britain's Justice System Needs
David Shipley is a writer, campaigner, has worked as a consultant prison inspector, and is the author of the Substack Shipley Writes. David's work has appeared in
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1:08:58
#094 - Lorenzo Warby - Crushing Dissent: How The Rise Of The 'Unaccountable Class' Ruined Everything
Lorenzo Warby, is a writer of the Substack Lorenzo from Oz and a regular contributor to Helen Dale’s
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1:01:09
#093 - George Owers - Britain's 350-Year Culture War: The Birth Of Party Politics
George Owers is an editor, writer, and author of the newly released The Rage of Party: How Whig Versus Tory Made Modern Britain. In this episode, George and I think out loud about ...
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1:04:15
#092 - Mark Vernon - Living Life More Deeply: Why William Blake Matters Now More Than Ever
Mark Vernon is a psychotherapist, writer, a former Anglican priest, the host of the YouTube channel Plato's Podcasts and the author of the Substack
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1:01:32
#091 - Reverend Fergus Butler-Gallie - Christianity’s Contradictions: Faith, Power and the Survival of the Church
Reverend Fergus Butler-Gallie is a writer, priest, and current Vicar of Charlbury in Oxfordshire. Educated at Oxford and Cambridge, he has ministered in parishes in Liverpool and Central London, and spent time living and working in the Czech Re...
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#090 - Nathan Pinkoski - On The Moral Fragmentation Of The West & What Comes Next
Nathan Pinkoski is a senior fellow at the Centre for Renewing America. He has written for First Things, Compact, Perspectives on Political Science, and The Claremont Review of Books. His forthcoming book, Actually Existing Post-Liberalism
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1:14:46
#089 - Compilation - Saving Britain's Boys, Families And Its Nations
This is a compilation episode about the state of boys and families in Britain, the ideological crusades that have undermined them, why the loss of faith and hyper-liberalism are to blame for this, and what may be required to save our individual...
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1:21:59
#088 - Momus Najmi - Losing Its Way: 'Britain Needs A 21st Century Reformation & Restoration'
Momus Najmi is a writer, cultural commentator and history enthusiast. He is the author of the Substack, "The World Of Momus" and owner of the popular YouTube channel of the same name.In this episode, Momus and I think out loud about the ...
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1:11:28
#087 - Fr. Benedict Kiely - Why The Media Is Silent On The Global Persecution Of Christians & Erasure Of Their Faith
Father Benedict Kiely is a priest of the Anglican Ordinariate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the founder of nasarean.org, a charity that supports and advocates for persecuted Christians across the Middle...
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#086 - Tom Jones - The 'Yookay': We Are Witnessing The Birth Of A New Country
Tom Jones is a writer and a councillor for Scotton and Lower Wensleydale, North Yorkshire. He is the author of the Substack, The Potemkin Village Idiot and has written for The Spectator, The Cr...
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#085 - Ryszard Legutko - The Strange Alliance: How Western Liberals United With Communists After The Cold War
Ryszard Legutko is a Polish scientist and politician, professor of philosophy, publicist, author of over twenty books on socio-political topics, translator and commentator of Plato’s works. He specializes in political and social philosophy, anc...
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#084 - Mark Walsh - Why Western Man Is Under Attack: On Nature, Masculinity And Nation
Mark Walsh is a teacher of embodiment, trauma, education, and resilience. He is the author of Embodiment: Working with the Body in Training and Coaching and <...
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#083 - Ed Davies - Britain's Crises: Lost Boys, Broken Families & A Nation Out Of Work
Ed Davies is Policy Director of the Centre of Social Justice. A veteran of health policy, he has a storied career as a journalist, editor, and policy wonk and has worked for several UK go...
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