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In Back to the Pub: With Peter Hitchens, Peter Hitchens joins PoliticsJOE for his first post-lockdown pint as pubs reopen across the UK. The conversation explores British society, politics, the COVID-19 pandemic, lockdown restrictions, and Hitchens’ views on the changes taking place in the country. Recorded in July 2020, the interview captures the atmosphere and debates surrounding the reopening of pubs during the pandemic.

For this week’s Edition , William Moore is joined by the Spectator ’s associate editor and director of the Free Speech Union Toby Young, journalist and author Esther Walker, and Mail on Sunday columnist Peter Hitchens. This week: the men on the spectrum who rule the world. Charles Steel writes in the magazine about the wealthy, obsessive and often unconventional figures who increasingly shape politics and technology – from Elon Musk to the crypto billionaire Ben Delo. Is autism a useful way of understanding these men or has society become too obsessed with diagnosing people? Toby argues that traits such as hyper-focus and an indifference to what others think can be an advantage in competitive professions, while Peter dismisses our enthusiasm for putting people on ‘spectrums’ altogether. And, as tech leaders issue increasingly apocalyptic warnings about artificial intelligence, should we take them seriously or be suspicious of calls for greater regulation? Also: should parents really be worried about the ‘manosphere’? Esther argues that the moral panic surrounding online influencers such as Andrew Tate is already out of date. Teenage boys, she says, are perfectly capable of recognising when misogyny is being used as a business model – and many are more interested in mocking influencers than following them. But with ‘looksmaxxing’, bodybuilding and increasingly extreme attempts at self-improvement taking off online, are boys becoming more like the teenage girls of previous generations? Plus: Peter reveals why he has fallen out of love with America – and in love with Canada, while Toby marks 35 years since the launch of the Modern Review . Produced by Patrick Gibbons. Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to spectator.co.uk/adfree to find out more. For more Spectator podcasts, go to spectator.co.uk/podcasts . Contact us: podcast@spectator.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Pharmakeia — Show Notes: Fight Laugh Feast Documentary In this Fight Laugh Feast documentary, CrossPolitic traces a single Greek word — pharmakeia — from Homer's Odyssey through the book of Revelation to argue that the ancient world never separated medicine from sorcery, and that the modern West's attempt to draw that line may be its most consequential mistake. The film follows materialism's promise from the Big Bang to the therapy couch, tracks the ladder from prescription pharmaceuticals to ayahuasca retreats in Peru, and asks why the men who most loudly deny the existence of demons are increasingly found in dark rooms communing with named spirit entities. Along the way it draws on C.S. Lewis, Aldous Huxley, Peter Hitchens, and the testimony of a man who sat in fifteen ayahuasca ceremonies — and what finally set him free. The answer is not another ceremony. It is guilt, repentance, and the One who drank the cup fully awake so we wouldn't have to. Timestamps 0:24 — What is a woman? What is a human being? — and why getting the answer wrong collapses everything 1:04 — The materialist answer: evolved apes, accidental universe, cosmic soup — and why it can't hold 2:06 — Materialism as a religion — no God, no soul, just chemicals and atoms colliding 2:39 — The swept house: materialism cleared out demons and filled the room with diagnoses and serotonin levels 3:36 — Ayahuasca retreats, psilocybin therapy, and $7,000–$20,000 luxury ceremonies in Jamaica and Peru 4:00 — Pharmakeia — one Greek word from Homer to Revelation meaning both medicine and sorcery 4:40 — The ladder: prescription → marijuana → ecstasy → mushrooms → the dark room in Peru 7:52 — Huxley's 1962 Berkeley lecture: the controlling oligarchy will get people to love their servitude 8:43 — Peter Hitchens and the Uvalde shooter — the marijuana detail that disappeared from the New York Times 11:12 — Attacker Smoked Cannabis — the man with a laptop building the file the national press unpublished 12:08 — Orwell's jack boots vs. Huxley's chains — drugs and sex as the state's soft bribe 13:20 — Dominion Wealth Strategies — sponsor read 14:41 — CS Lewis: the materialist magician — science and magic as twins, one that worked better 16:39 — Lewis's nightmare: magic returning in a lab coat, using the language of forces and energies 17:31 — </str

Welcome to Episode 28 of the Sceptic ! On the show this week, host Laurie Wastell speaks to the following guests: Peter Hitchens, columnist at the Mail on Sunday and author of books including The Abolition of Britain , on the bombshell expert findings about Lucy Letby and why her case must now be heard again. Barrister Adam King, on his client with the Free Speech Union, former Royal Marine Jamie Michael, being found not guilty of stirring up racial hatred – and what it says about the Government’s post-Southport crackdown. And for our premium subscribers, Laurie speaks to pseudonymous commentator Eugyppius, author of the substack Eugyppius: a plague chronicle , on the chaos in German politics after the fall of the German establishment parties’ cordon sanitaire against the AfD. Donate to the Daily Sceptic to access our premium content . Follow Laurie on X . Follow Peter on X . Follow Adam on X . Join the Free Speech Union here . Read Eugyppius’s latest on the Daily Sceptic here . Follow Eugyppius on X . Subscribe to the Daily Sceptic YouTube Channel here . Produced by Richard Eldred. Filmed at the Westminster Podcast Studio.

The Western world faces a tidal wave of secularisation, which shows no signs of receding. In the UK, Christian self-identification has plummeted – dropping, for example, from 72% in 2001 to 47% in 2021. The secularists argue that this trend reflects a shift towards an inclusive and intellectually progressive society; their critics, however, warn that the decline of faith erodes our moral foundations and frays our social ties. "The secular flood isn't just about church attendance," they say, "but strikes at the heart of our nation's identity and stability." For many conservatives, nowhere is this betrayal of our values more evident than our education system. In the UK, the 1944 Education Act introduced free secondary education to all children for the first time – with grammar schools said to offer exceptional educations to our most talented students. Today, grammar schools are in decline, and the founding of new ones prohibited. It was argued that these schools favoured the middle classes and perpetuated social divisions; others, however, believe that closing these pathways has reduced educational and social opportunities. Like the Christian identity of the nation, grammar schools are at risk of being confined to history books. In this episode, we'll be speaking with Peter Hitchens – British journalist, author, and social critic – about what religious and educational changes mean for the soul of Britain. Together, we'll explore whether this shift marks the dawn of a more inclusive era – or the washing away of a once Great Britain. Links Peter Hitchens, Mail Online: Blog Peter Hitchens, The Spectator Peter Hitchens, The Rage Against God (book) Peter Hitchens, A Revolution Betrayed (book)

The Western world faces a tidal wave of secularisation, which shows no signs of receding. In the UK, Christian self-identification has plummeted – dropping, for example, from 72% in 2001 to 47% in 2021. The secularists argue that this trend reflects a shift towards an inclusive and intellectually progressive society; their critics, however, warn that the decline of faith erodes our moral foundations and frays our social ties. "The secular flood isn't just about church attendance," they say, "but strikes at the heart of our nation's identity and stability." For many conservatives, nowhere is this betrayal of our values more evident than our education system. In the UK, the 1944 Education Act introduced free secondary education to all children for the first time – with grammar schools said to offer exceptional educations to our most talented students. Today, grammar schools are in decline, and the founding of new ones prohibited. It was argued that these schools favoured the middle classes and perpetuated social divisions; others, however, believe that closing these pathways has reduced educational and social opportunities. Like the Christian identity of the nation, grammar schools are at risk of being confined to history books. In this episode, we'll be speaking with Peter Hitchens – British journalist, author, and social critic – about what religious and educational changes mean for the soul of Britain. Together, we'll explore whether this shift marks the dawn of a more inclusive era – or the washing away of a once Great Britain. Links Peter Hitchens, Mail Online: Blog Peter Hitchens, The Spectator Peter Hitchens, The Rage Against God (book) Peter Hitchens, A Revolution Betrayed (book)

Title: The Rage Against God Subtitle: Christianity, Atheism and The Moral Foundations of The West Guest: Peter Hitchens For more than two centuries the West has steadily moved away from Christianity, yet many of the moral assumptions that shape our societies still depend upon it. What happens if those foundations disappear? In this conversation I sit down with British journalist, author and columnist Peter Hitchens to discuss his influential book The Rage Against God and the deeper questions that sit beneath today's debates about faith, atheism and modern society. Rather than revisiting the well-known disagreements between Peter and his late brother Christopher Hitchens, we explore the ideas at the heart of Peter's work: his journey from atheism to Christianity, the relationship between morality and religious belief, whether Western civilisation can sustain its values after abandoning Christianity, and what he learned while witnessing the collapse of the Soviet Union firsthand. We also discuss the New Atheist movement, Richard Dawkins, Jordan Peterson, the decline of religious institutions, the importance of intellectual honesty, the role of suffering in shaping character, Rogier van der Weyden's The Last Judgement, and why Peter believes Christianity remains one of the strongest restraints against political and ideological power. Whether you agree with Peter or not, this conversation offers a thoughtful challenge to many of the assumptions that underpin contemporary debates about religion, culture, freedom and the future of the West. Topics include: • Peter Hitchens' journey from atheism to Christianity • The moral foundations of Western civilisation • Christopher Hitchens and the New Atheists • Richard Dawkins and secularism • Life inside the collapsing Soviet Union • Why Christianity shaped modern ideas of law and human dignity • Faith, reason and intellectual honesty • Jordan Peterson and the return of biblical ideas • Tradition, transcendence and the future of the West Notable links and conversation references: Peter Hitchens on X (Twitter) - h ttps://x.com/ClarkeMicah C-Span ‘The Abolition of Britain: From Lady Chatterley to Tony Blair’ debate - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DM7K1wql-Qs&t C-Span Events in the News Episode (February 14, 1994) - https://www.c-span.org/video/?54546-1/events-news The Spectator - https://www.spectator.co.uk/writer/peter-hitchens/ Mail on Sunday - https://hitchensblog.mailonsunday.co.uk/ Buy The Rage Against God - https://www.eden.co.uk/christian-books/understanding-the-faith/apologetics/rage-against-god/ John Wesley’s Concept of Faith as a Conscious State - https://place.asburyseminary.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2588&context=asburyjournal Story of Pavlik Morozov - https://www.britannica.com/biography/Pavlik-Morozov If you enjoy long-form conversations exploring philosophy,

Peter Hitchens is the only voice I've found who takes a broader wider view on the surrender of freedom to governments around the world. He sees a long history, from at least 1914, of people preferring safety over freedom and voting for an ever-larger state that assumes the roles previously occupied by now hobbled institutions such as family and faith. This interview asks 'Why did this happen?' and is best viewed as a sequel to the 20min summary video where we asked 'What happened?' which you can view at: https://youtu.be/ebr27kk-4m4 We had no planned topics for this 'Why' interview and I was genuinely surprised to hear Peter quickly move us onto the footing of Christianity and its role in the success of Commonwealth countries. He educated and challenged me on concepts like 'the rule of law' which I thought I understood from my legal training. I did not understand. Watch this interview on Youtube: https://youtu.be/UhzM5nEsg-A --------------------------------------------------- Follow Peter Hitchens https://twitter.com/ClarkeMicah https://hitchensblog.mailonsunday.co.uk His books and audio books are available at: https://www.amazon.com.au/Peter-Hitchens/e/B00JOF9Y22 --------------------------------------------------- Thank you to the incredible Youtube Channel Unlocked who originally interviewed Peter Hitchens: https://youtu.be/7qy6ZG93aSw DISCERNABLE The Podcast: http://discernable.io/listen The Crew Mailing List: https://discernable.io/crew The Video Archive: https://www.youtube.com/discernable https://www.discernable.io/ --------------------------------------------------- Show notes with timestamps coming soon

Peter Hitchens returns to discuss the rage against the critics of lockdown Read the transcript: https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/01/25/covid-denier-is-a-disgusting-dog-whistle-slur/ Support the show with a donation to spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/ Sponsored by: The Great Courses Plus: https://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/brendan ExpressVPN: http://expressvpn.com/brendan Freetrade: http://freetrade.io/brendan

Peter Hitchens, outspoken opponent of the coronavirus lockdown, joins Brendan O’Neill to discuss the rush to shut down democracy, dissent and the economy in response to Covid-19. Read the transcript: https://www.spiked-online.com/2020/04/03/the-alleged-cure-is-immensely-worse-than-the-disease/ Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/donate-to-spiked/

This week we return to a major theme; free speech. Joining us we have Lucy Brown, who tweets as @LucyFrown on twitter. She gives us her point of view on the so-called "new right". A movement which involves younger people taking on perspectives which are traditionally seen as the preserve of dusty old folk. We also have John O'Connell, representing the twitter account and website @Far_Right_Watch he puts forward his view on "hate speech" and explains a position which we've discussed critically in the past on the podcast. Finally we have an old interview with Peter Hitchens, who tweets as @ClarkeMicah and is probably one of the most amusing accounts on that social media site, largely because he spends all his time arguing with randoms. Thanks for all the nice words about last fortnight's effort. We've got quite an audience cooking here, I didn't expect it to take off quite so quickly. Do keep spreading the word. We'll have another one in a couple of weeks, assuming the Goddess is kind in her chaos.

Peter Hitchens is a renowned journalist, commentator, and author hailing from the United Kingdom. His scathing tomes having taken on everything from left-wing ideology (The Abolition of Britain) to the flamboyant atheism of his brother Christopher (The Rage Against God.) He came on The Bridgehead to discuss the current state of the West—and dig into some of the issues we face.