When Lenore Skenazy let her nine-year-old use the New York Subway on his own, she was dubbed ‘America’s Worst Mom’. In our age of safetyism, children are expected to be supervised, monitored and coddled at all times – not left alone to explore the outside world. No generation has ever been so sheltered. And nor has any generation felt so anxious and depressed. Here, Lenore Skenazy – president of Let Grow – makes the case for free-range parenting, for letting kids have some independence from their parents, and toning down the panic over ‘stranger danger’. Read spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/     Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

*As a Christmas treat, we have removed the paywall for this episode of spiked podcast: unlocked, our exclusive podcast for spiked supporters.*  Simon Evans, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss Britain's broken borders, the revolutionary rise of Reform, the revenge of the millennial left, and why woke refuses to die. Want a signed copy of Vibe Shift, the brilliant new book by Brendan O’Neill? Donate £50 or more to our Christmas appeal and we’ll pop one in the post: https://www.spiked-online.com/xmas/ Become a spiked supporter to watch every episode of spiked podcast: unlocked:  https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Want a signed copy of Vibe Shift, the brilliant new book by Brendan O’Neill? Donate £50 or more – or £30 or more, if you’re a spiked supporter – to our Christmas appeal and we’ll pop one in the post: https://www.spiked-online.com/xmas/  Simon Evans, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the Bondi Beach attack and the scourge of Islamist anti-Semitism, and the battle for free speech after the murder of Charlie Kirk. Watch the second half of the discussion on spiked podcast: unlocked – our weekly bonus podcast, exclusively for spiked supporters – here: https://www.spiked-online.com/podcast-episode/2025-the-year-of-the-vibe-shift/ Become a spiked supporter to access all of spiked’s exclusive content, and get unlimited, ad-free reading and other perks: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ella Whelan, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on how our broken borders threaten women and girls, Sandie Peggie’s fight for single-sex spaces and Jamie Michael’s never-ending persecution. Want a signed copy of Vibe Shift, the brilliant new book by Brendan O’Neill? Donate £50 or more – or £30 or more, if you’re a spiked supporter – to our Christmas appeal and we’ll pop one in the post: https://www.spiked-online.com/xmas/  Watch the second half of the discussion on spiked podcast: unlocked – our weekly bonus podcast, exclusively for spiked supporters – here: LINK Become a spiked supporter to access all of spiked’s exclusive content, and get unlimited, ad-free reading and other perks: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

‘The police have imbibed the activist worldview’ | Ex-officer Paul Birch  Arrests in Britain for social-media posts have soared by 58 per cent since 2019. Meanwhile, actual crimes like burglary or assault are only rarely pursued or solved. Here, Paul Birch – former Metropolitan Police officer and counter-terrorism specialist – explains why the police became so obsessed with tackling so-called thoughtcrime. Social-justice activism, he says, is now fully institutionalised, warping police priorities and ensuring a two-tier approach to justice. Read spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/     Support spiked:https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Esther Krakue, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on the UK chancellor’s ‘creative accounting’, David Lammy’s tyrannical war on juries and the celebrities on the march against Reform UK. Watch the second half of the discussion on spiked podcast: unlocked – our weekly bonus podcast, exclusively for spiked supporters – here: https://www.spiked-online.com/podcast-episode/your-partys-delicious-meltdown/ Become a spiked supporter to access all of spiked’s exclusive content, and get unlimited, ad-free reading and other perks: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fresh from his acquittal for ‘harassing’ a trans activist, Graham Linehan – creator of Father Ted, Black Books and The IT Crowd – sat down with spiked’s Georgina Mumford to discuss the legal campaigns to have him silenced, the activist capture of the arts, and why the TERFs are finally on the winning side. Read spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/     Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Liam Halligan and Fraser Myers discuss the horrors in the autumn budget, why our sky-high taxes lead to dreadful public services, and where the next economic crisis could come from. New episodes every Friday. Watch the second half of the show on spiked podcast: unlocked – our weekly bonus podcast, exclusively for spiked supporters – here: https://www.spiked-online.com/podcast-episode/the-smear-campaign-against-nigel-farage/ Become a spiked supporter to access all of spiked’s exclusive content, and get unlimited, ad-free reading and other perks: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Watch Think Before You Post, our documentary on the rise of the British speech police, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0smxO4WiOA  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The UK’s Covid inquiry has made the audacious – and utterly misleading – claim that an earlier lockdown could have saved thousands of lives. Here, Michael Simmons – economics editor at the Spectator and host of the Reality Check podcast – exposes the dodgy data being peddled by the ‘experts’, the groupthink that pushed us into lockdown, and the economic devastation that is still being felt today.  Read spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/     Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joanna Williams, Candice Holdsworth, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers  on Rich Mix’s cancellation of ‘Think Before You Post’, the left’s meltdown over Shabana Mahmood and the miserablism of the milkshake tax. To join the waiting list for the premiere of Think Before You Post, on Tuesday 25 November in London, email us at supporters@spiked-online.com  Watch the second half of the discussion on spiked podcast: unlocked – our weekly bonus podcast, exclusively for spiked supporters – here: https://www.spiked-online.com/podcast-episode/zack-polanskis-coalition-of-cranks/ Become a spiked supporter to access all of spiked’s exclusive content, and get unlimited, ad-free reading and other perks: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cheating. That’s how Sharron Davies – Olympic medallist, Tory peer and CEO of the Women’s Sports Union – describes the Olympics’ deranged policy of letting men enter women’s sports. Here, she tells spiked’s Georgina Mumford how ‘trans inclusion’ treats female athletes as second-class citizens, eroding fair competition and placing them in physical danger.  Read spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/     Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Miriam Cates joins Tom Slater and Georgina Mumford for the latest episode of the spiked podcast. They discuss the BBC bias scandal, Labour’s meltdown and the Olympics trans farce. Get your tickets to the premiere of Think Before You Post, on Tuesday 25 November in London: https://www.spiked-online.com/events/  Watch the second half of the discussion on spiked podcast: unlocked – our weekly bonus podcast, exclusively for spiked supporters – here: https://www.spiked-online.com/podcast-episode/the-flag-wars-and-the-future-of-the-right/ Become a spiked supporter to access all of spiked’s exclusive content, and get unlimited, ad-free reading and other perks: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wikipedia has been hijacked. Although the free internet encyclopedia poses as a neutral, unbiased and trustworthy source of information, it can easily be manipulated by ideologues, governments and other partisan actors. Here, Ashley Rindsberg – editor and chief investigative officer of @NPOVMedia – lifts the lid on the behind-the-scenes policies that make bias inevitable and allow a handful of anonymous editors to rewrite reality. Read more of Ashley’s work on Wikipedia here: https://npov.substack.com/ Read spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/     Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Benedict Spence joins Tom Slater and Georgina Mumford for the latest episode of the spiked podcast. They discuss the horrific knife attack on a train in Cambridgeshire, Zohran Mamdani’s victory in New York City and the BBC’s fake news about Donald Trump. Watch the second half of the discussion on spiked podcast: unlocked – our weekly bonus podcast, exclusively for spiked supporters – here: https://www.spiked-online.com/podcast-episode/the-fall-of-prince-andrew-and-the-madness-of-mehdi-hasan/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After Uxbridge: our broken borders are a threat to us all Colin Brazier, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers discuss the horrific attack in west London, whether Sarah Pochin has a point about diversity in advertising, and why our censorship documentary has been censored. Watch Think Before You Post, our documentary on the rise of the British speech police, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0smxO4WiOA  New episodes every Friday. Watch the second half of the discussion on spiked podcast: unlocked – our weekly bonus podcast, exclusively for spiked supporters – here: https://www.spiked-online.com/podcast-episode/supporter-exclusive-colin-brazier-on-why-he-joined-reform/ Become a spiked supporter to access all of spiked’s exclusive content, and get unlimited, ad-free reading and other perks: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Andrew Fox, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on Jess Phillips’s betrayal of grooming-gang victims, Graham Linehan’s victory over the tweet police and the Jew hunt at City University. New episodes every Friday. Watch the second half of the discussion on spiked podcast: unlocked – our weekly bonus podcast, exclusively for spiked supporters – here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxRSLKHKKGABecome a spiked supporter to access all of spiked’s exclusive content, and get unlimited, ad-free reading and other perks: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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James Johnson – co-founder of JL Partners – talks to Fraser Myers about the Reform UK surge, why a second term for Labour is more likely than you think, and why the Tories need to stop chasing the ‘liberal centrist’ vote. See the spiked podcast and Last Orders live at the Battle of Ideas festival on 18 and 19 October. Get 20 per cent off with the promo code SPIKED: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/battle-of-ideas-festival-2025-tickets-1055046124359?discount=SPIKED  Read spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/     Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jake Wallis Simons, Tom Slater and Fraser Myers on the hypocrisy of the Israelophobes, the truth about 7 October and the stain of anti-Semitism in Britain. New episodes every Friday. Watch the first episode of spiked podcast: unlocked – our weekly bonus episode, exclusively for spiked supporters – here: https://www.spiked-online.com/podcast-episode/introducing-spiked-podcast-unlocked/    Become a spiked supporter to access all of spiked’s exclusive content, and get unlimited, ad-free reading and other perks: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ See the spiked podcast and Last Orders live at the Battle of Ideas festival on 18 and 19 October. Get 20 per cent off with the promo code SPIKED: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/battle-of-ideas-festival-2025-tickets-1055046124359?discount=SPIKED Take your business to the next level with Shopify. Sign up now and get a £1-per-month trial period: https://shopify.co.uk/spiked Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There is more than one way to burn a book. In the modern publishing industry, books are censored, edited or scrapped entirely to avoid straying from woke dogma. ‘Sensitivity readers’ scour for words, characters and plot lines that could cause offence to minorities. ‘Morality clauses’ ensure that authors espouse the correct views in public. The result is books that are bland, predictable and utterly safe. Here, Adam Szetela – author of That Book is Dangerous! – lifts the lid on how the publishing industry itself became the enemy of literature. See the spiked podcast and Last Orders live at the Battle of Ideas festival on 18 and 19 October. Get 20 per cent off with the promo code SPIKED: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/battle-of-ideas-festival-2025-tickets-1055046124359?discount=SPIKED  Read spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/     Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices