A political podcast hosted by Max Klinger, featuring interviews with well-known guests. Things we are generally in favour of: free thought, free discussion and reasoned arguments. Things we are generally against: mindless groupthink, hysterical social media outrage mobs and illiberalism. 'The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but how it thinks.' - Christopher Hitchens.
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Yaron Brook Interview | Big tech censorship, false historical narratives, why Elon Musk gets attacked for changing the world, and more
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54:36Please give the show a good rating and a review if you liked it, that really helps us grow! Also - no pressure, but on the off-chance you loved this episode it's now possible to support the show financially via our Patreon Page, or by donating through our Youtube channel. PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/e2review YOUTUBE Along with all other episod…
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'It shattered a lot of myths' | Dr Rakib Ehsan returns to discuss the government's race report
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20:52Please give the show a good rating and a review if you liked it, that really helps us grow! YOUTUBE Along with all other episodes, this podcast is also available on our youtube channel, 'E2 Review Podcast'. Dr Rakib Ehsan specialises in the socio-political behaviour and attitudes of Britain's ethnic minorities. In this episode he joins Max (again) …
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Dr Rakib Ehsan Interview | Islamism, diversity, and why a 'simplistic narrative' is being pushed
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1:08:20Please give the show a good rating and a review if you liked it, that really helps us grow! YOUTUBE Along with all other episodes, this podcast is also available on our youtube channel, 'E2 Review Podcast'. Dr Rakib Ehsan is a research fellow at The Henry Jackson Society, and specialises in the socio-political behaviour and attitudes of Britain's e…
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Johan Norberg Interview | Why this is the greatest time in history to be alive (but most people don't realise it)
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44:26Please give the show a good rating and a review if you liked it, that really helps us grow! YOUTUBE Along with all other episodes, this podcast is also available on our youtube channel, 'E2 Review Podcast'. Link to this episode on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUbwxEMRUJw Johan Norberg is an author and lecturer. He is a Senior Fellow at …
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Dr Rod Graham Interview | The lingering effects of racism, and the nature of critical theory
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31:27Please give the show a good rating and a review if you liked it, that really helps us grow! YOUTUBE Along with all other episodes, this podcast is also available on our youtube channel, 'E2 Review Podcast'. Link to this episode on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOL3INFm1SA Max is joined by Dr Roderick Graham, who is an assistant professor…
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Brendan O'Neill Interview | BLM, 'unquestioning conformism', and the moral cowardice of groupthink
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58:57Please give the show a good rating and a review if you liked it, that really helps us grow! YOUTUBE Along with all other episodes, this podcast is also available on our youtube channel, 'E2 Review Podcast'. Link to this episode on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBXbpRQDQOU This week's guest is Brendan O'Neill. Brendan is the editor of Spi…
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Inaya Folarin Iman Interview | BLM, free speech, and the problems with a 'corrosive narrative'
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35:13Please give the show a good rating and a review if you liked it, that really helps us grow! You can also watch this episode on youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKWV1KqKFPQ This week's guest Inaya Folarin Iman. Inaya is the founder of The Equiano Project (link: https://www.theequianoproject.com/), a debate, discussion and ideas forum ai…
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John Wood, Jr. Interview | BLM, the historical and structural legacy of racism, and why we're so polarised
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58:37Please give the show a good rating and a review if you liked it, that really helps us grow! This week's guest John Wood, Jr.. John is a national leader for Braver Angels, a former nominee for congress, and a noted writer and speaker on subjects including racial and political reconciliation. In the first section of the interview we discuss the cause…
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Zuby Interview | Black Lives Matter, Cancel Culture, and the Warping of Language
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59:17Please give this a rating and a good review if you liked it, that really helps people find the podcast. Cheers! I spoke to rapper, podcaster and political commentator Zuby for this episode of E2 Review. We discussed the Black Lives Matter movement, cancel culture, political groupthink, what it's like being a prominent black commentator who rejects …
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Katharine Birbalsingh Interview #2 | Black Lives Matter: Protests, policing and race relations
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42:46This week's guest is the awesome Katharine Birbalsingh, who is the founder of, and headteacher at, Michaela Community School in London. We discussed the killing of George Floyd, the Black Lives Matter protests, policing, statues, the nature of racism, and more. This episode is part of our series of shows focussed specifically on the Black Lives Mat…
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Wilfred Reilly Interview | Black Lives Matter: Stats professor debunks some key claims
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37:06This is also available as a youtube video on the E2 Review Podcast youtube channel: here's the link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bt88SbZWmY Please subscribe, and give us a good rating and a review if you liked this, that helps the show reach more people. Thanks! This podcast is available on every single podcast app. Search for 'E2 Review' to …
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Tom Slater Interview | The deputy editor of Spiked on freedom of speech, Brexit, identity politics and more
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50:19I spoke to Tom Slater, deputy editor of the online political magazine Spiked, for this week's episode. Along with all other episodes, this podcast is also available on our youtube channel, 'E2 Review Podcast'. Click here, or use this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMQIUnZ9Wag&feature=youtu.be SOCIAL MEDIA: Follow Max (the host) on Twitter: @…
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Katharine Birbalsingh Interview | Why 'liberal' groupthink in education is holding black and poor kids back
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54:51I spoke to Katharine Birbalsingh, founder of and headmistress at Michaela Community School in London, well known commentator, educationalist and general legend for this week's episode. Along with all other episodes, this podcast is also available on our youtube channel, 'E2 Review Podcast'. Click here, or use this link: https://www.youtube.com/watc…
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Noam Dworman Interview | Owner of the world's most famous comedy club on Israel's critics, comedy, Biden, Trump, media bias and Louis C.K.
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47:37Please remember to give this a good rating and review if you liked it, that really helps people find the show (apparently). I spoke to Noam Dworman, owner of the iconic and world famous Comedy Cellar in NYC, host of the 'Live from the Table' podcast and general legend about everything from Comedy to Trump. Along with all other episodes, this podcas…
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James Lindsay Interview | Why many 'Critical Social Justice' arguments are fraudulent dogma, and how this spreads a false narrative
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1:02:11Please remember to give this a good rating and review if you liked it, that really helps people find the show (apparently). I spoke to acclaimed author and former academic James Lindsay about his involvement in the 'Grievance Studies Probe', which he led, and which demonstrated that so much of what passes as progressive academic thought is little m…
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Matthew Lesh Interview | Coronavirus (COVID-19): Was the government given bad advice?
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42:41Please remember to give this a good rating and review if you liked it, that really helps people find the show (apparently). Matthew Lesh makes a glorious return to E2 Review. He's the head of research at the Adam Smith Institute (an influential think tank), author of 'Democracy in a Divided Australia' (link: http://australiadivided.com/) and a well…
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Interview with Professor Eric Kaufmann | Immigration, populism and the nature of left-wing orthodoxies
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55:30I spoke to Eric Kaufmann, professor of politics at Birkbeck College, University of London and author of a number of books most recently 'Whiteshift: Populism, Immigration and the Future of White Majorities.' Please remember to give this a good rating and review if you liked it, that really helps people find the show (apparently). Sorry for the slig…
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Tarjinder Gill Interview | Why we need less activism in education
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1:03:50I spoke with educationalist, commentator and teacher Tarjinder Gill about the failings of progressive education, the culture wars, Brexit, the 'Oppression Olympics' and everything else under the sun. Please remember to give this a good rating and review if you liked it, that really helps people find the show (apparently). Sorry for the slightly dod…
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Emily Carver Interview | Gender pay gap myths, left-wing hypocrisy, and why economic growth is great
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47:02This week's guest is Emily Carver, Media Manager at The Institute of Economic Affairs, an influential think tank. We discussed everything from whether the gender pay gap is a myth, to whether the free market is the best economic system. Please remember to give this a good rating and review if you liked it, that really helps people find the show (ap…
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Matthew Lesh Interview: 'The left insists that things are awful, but this is actually the greatest period in history to be alive.'
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54:31This week's guest is Matthew Lesh, the head of research at the Adam Smith Institute (an influential think tank), author of 'Democracy in a Divided Australia' (link: http://australiadivided.com/) and a well-known political commentator. Follow Matthew on Twitter: @Matthewlesh E2 REVIEW SOCIAL MEDIA: Follow Max (the host) on twitter: @theposhgent Foll…
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Interview with Dr Iona Italia | Subeditor of Areo Magazine, author, and host of the 'Two for Tea' podcast
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1:02:24This week's guest is Dr Iona Italia. She is the subeditor of Areo Magazine, hosts the Two for Tea podcast, has published three books, worked as an academic for many years, and is generally just a very astute social and political commentator. We discuss everything from whether or not woke intersectional critical race theory is complete rubbish, to w…
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Interview with Hossein Abedini, a leading figure in Iran's secular, democratic resistance movement
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15:28This week I met with Hossein Abedini, a member of the National Council of Resistance of Iran who has been exiled from his country, in the Houses of Parliament in Westminster. We discussed the situation in Iran, failed assassination attempts aimed at killing Hossein, women's rights, the religious persecution of minorities and more. Please remember t…
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Laurence Fox, Question Time, and the cynical manipulation of language (short episode)
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6:14During his Question Time appearance, Laurence Fox, an actor, claimed that Britain is generally 'a tolerant place' (it is). As a result, he was called a 'white privileged male' by a 'professor of race and ethnicity', actors called for him to be banned from acting, unions denounced him as a 'disgrace', there was mass social media outrage...etc etc. B…
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Why (and how) many 'progressives' are getting things wrong
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13:48A long time ago in galaxy far, far away I used to be the furthest left it's possible to be politically. I now find so much of progressive discourse (some of which has seeped into mainstream 'liberal' politics more broadly) very annoying, irrational, and worse. That's this week's topic. Link to the youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC…
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Why celebrity virtue-signalling is so unbearable
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10:19Ricky Gervais absolutely rinsing virtue-signalling Hollywood celebrities at the Golden Globes this week must be one of the most satisfying things that's ever happened. In this episode we look at the reasons why people are so fed up with preachy, attention seeking awards speeches by celebrities who are some of the most privileged people on the plane…
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Follow Max (the host) on twitter: @theposhgent Follow E2 Review on twitter: @E2Review Don't forget to subscribe to the show and give it a rating and a review if you like it, it really helps people find it! We're on Youtube as well, check out our channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP0n0eS2gmKQrYdtn98crxw Labour suffered a huge defeat in the r…
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Are Corbyn and the Labour Party antisemitic?
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14:14Follow the show on twitter: @E2Review Follow me (Max Klinger) on twitter: @theposhgent This episodes provides a summary of some of the main examples of UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn's (possibly) antisemitic behaviour, provides further context to accusations of antisemitism made against Corbyn and his party, and assesses the merit of these accusati…
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Response to the London Bridge Terror Attack (Short Episode)
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4:42A very quick episode in response to the disgusting terror attack in London this week. Parts of the media have simply refused to mention the words 'Islamism' or 'Jihadism' at all in relation to this attack. That amounts to shielding this murderous ideology from critique. I discuss this and reflect on the week's horrific events. Support the show…
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Free Speech, the Overton Window, and Epstein.
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21:05In recent years there's been an attempt by some on the left to shift the parameters of 'acceptable' thought and discussion. Instead of disagreeing with speakers or the points they are making, there's an increasing tendency to try to prevent those speakers from being given a platform at all. To take one example, on university campuses, 'progressive'…
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