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Thinking Class#117 - Lord Nigel Biggar - The New Dark Age: How Britain's Institutions Became Afraid Of The TruthLord Nigel Biggar is an Anglican priest, theologian, and moral philosopher, a member of the House of Lords, and Professor Emeritus of Moral Theology at the University of Oxford. His most recent books are The New Dark Age: Why Liberals Must Win The Culture War, Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning (2023), What’s Wrong with Rights?, In Defence of War, and Between Kin and Cosmopolis: An Ethic of the Nation. In the press he has written articles for the Financial Times, the (London) Times, the Daily Telegraph, the Spectator, the (Glasgow} Herald, the Irish Times, Standpoint, The Critic, The Article, UnHerd and...
2026-02-2758 minThinking Class#116 - Lionel Shriver - A Better Life? Immigration, Demography, and Belonging In The WestLionel Shriver is a novelist and columnist at The Spectator, and the author of We Need to Talk About Kevin, Mania, and A Better Life among many other books.Lionel Shriver returns to Thinking Class to discuss mass immigration in the West—not as an abstract moral debate, but as a lived experience reshaping belonging, institutions, and politics.We start with Lionel’s new novel A Better Life, which tackles immigration through fiction from the host-country’s point of view. We explore why the “native-born” perspective is rarely told, what happens when immigration becomes mass-scale, and why vo...
2026-02-201h 02Thinking Class#115 - Lord Jonathan Sumption - Can Democracy Survive the Britain We’re Becoming?Lord Jonathan Sumption is a British judge and historian, who served as a Supreme Court Justice from 2012 – 2018. He is the author of The Challenges of Democracy And The Rule Of Law, the Sunday Times bestseller Trials of the State, Law in a Time of Crisis, and Divided Houses, which won the 2009 Wolfson History Prize.Across Britain and the wider West democratic decision-making is increasingly being hollowed out by courts, by bureaucracies, by delayed elections, by restrictions on speech, and by a political class that often appears unwilling to govern according to the public will.In th...
2026-02-1358 minThinking Class#114 - Dr Carrie Gress - How Feminism Became the West’s New Moral AuthorityDr Carrie Gress has a doctorate in philosophy from the Catholic University of America and is the editor at the online women’s magazine Theology of Home. Carrie’s work has appeared in numerous publications, including National Review, Daily Caller, Daily Wire, First Things, Newsweek, The American Spectator, The Catholic Thing, The Federalist, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Examiner. She is a frequent radio and podcast guest and has appeared on Fox, BBC, CBC, EWTN, OAN, and Russia Times television. She is the best-selling author of eleven books including The Marian Option, and The Anti-Mary Exposed, The End...
2026-02-061h 00Thinking Class#113 - Bijan Omrani & Alka Sehgal-Cuthbert - Britain’s Cultural Inheritance Is Being Squandered And We’re Living With the ConsequencesDr. Bijan Omrani is a classicist, historian, and Oxford-educated barrister. His research explores questions of religious history and cultural identity, spanning from ancient Roman Greece to Afghanistan and the Silk Road. He has taught Classics at Eton College and Westminster School, is a former editor of Asian Affairs, and currently serves as a Research Fellow at the University of Exeter. He is also a churchwarden.Dr. Alka Sehgal-Cuthbert is the director of the organisation Don't Divide Us. She is an educator, academic, author, and campaigner who believes passionately in the essential importance of impartiality. What d...
2026-01-301h 07Thinking Class#112 - Firas Modad - Britain Is Losing Control At Home and Abroad: Demographics, Sovereignty, And PowerFiras Modad is an analyst and political economist focused on the Middle East and global geopolitics. He runs his own consultancy, Modad Geopolitics, helping companies and investors understand the commercial impact of political, economic, and security risks they face. Firas Modad is a host on Podcast of the LotusEaters.Firas examines how Britain’s security is being quietly undermined at home and abroad, and why so few in the political class are willing to confront the scale of the problem.In this conversation, we think out loud about:Britain’s internal security and the risk...
2026-01-231h 21Thinking Class#111 - Prof. Azar Gat - Why Ethnicity Is Inescapably Political And Nationalism Endures: Lessons For Britain & The WestProfessor Azar Gat, one of the world’s leading scholars of nationalism, war, and political identity.Professor Gat is Professor Emeritus at Tel Aviv University and the author of several major works on conflict and political order, including War in Human Civilization and, most notably for this conversation, Nations: The Long History and Deep Roots of Political Ethnicity and Nationalism.In that book — and in our discussion today — Gat challenges one of the most dominant assumptions of modern political thought: that nations are merely recent inventions, artificial constructs, or the superficial products of elite...
2026-01-161h 07Thinking Class#110 - Renaud Camus - “The Disaster”: The Great Replacement, Elite Failure, And The Crisis Of The WestRenaud Camus, writer, painter, photographer, was born in 1946. He is now the author of more than one hundred and sixty works. His works are marked by the question of meaning and the fight against the industrialisation of man and the massacre of landscapes. In this episode of Thinking Class, John Gillam and essayist Renaud Camus engage in a wide-ranging conversation about what Camus has long described as “the disaster” — the civilisational, cultural, and demographic transformations reshaping France, Britain, and much of the Western world.Camus is widely known in public debate for his writings on demogra...
2026-01-0953 minThinking Class#109 - William Clouston - Why British Politics Is A Case Study In Governing Against The National InterestWilliam Clouston is the leader of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the United Kingdom and a member of the advisory board for Restore Britain. In this conversation, William Clouston and I think out loud about the current state of British politics, focusing on the disconnect between government promises and actual governance. We explore:The need for a cultural and civilisational vision beyond economicsThe challenges posed by mass immigration for social democracy and defining remigrationThe importance of governing in the national interest and what the national interest isWhether Western European nations will be forced into ending m...
2026-01-021h 11Thinking Class#108 - Prof. Eric Kaufmann & Dr Paul Morland - Demographic Timebomb 2060: The English & British Are Headed For Minority Status & Why It MattersEric Kaufmann is Professor of Politics at The University of Buckingham and Director of the Centre for Heterodox Social Science. He directs Buckingham’s new MA in the Politics of Cultural Conflict and PhD in Cultural Politics as well as its open online course on Woke: the Origins, Dynamics and Implications of an Elite Ideology. He is the author of Taboo: How Making Race Sacred Produced a Cultural Revolution, Whiteshift: Immigration, Populism and the Future of White Majorities, Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth, The Rise and Fall of Anglo-America, The Orange Order and one other book. He is co...
2025-12-261h 05Thinking Class#107 - Stephen Balogh - The State Of Democracy: Why Voters In Britain & Western Europe Are So Unhappy With PoliticsStephen Balogh is the Chairperson for the Social Democratic Party. Stephen is also active in non-profit and public policy organisations that promote the flourishing of society through the thoughtful application of socially responsible, small-c conservative politics. Following a 30-year business career, he now devotes his time to initiatives aimed at community building from local neighbourhood to international levels, whether by means of social, political or commercial exchange. Stephen has also acted as New Culture Forum’s National Organiser, helping to establish a network of “NCF Locals” groups around Great Britain and he has acted as contributing author to two NCF pu...
2025-12-191h 04Thinking Class#106 - Driss Ghali - France’s Identity Crisis: Violence, Islamism & The Risk Of Social FractureDriss Ghali is a political author and speaker. Driss was born in Morocco and educated in Europe. He graduated from prestigious French universities and spent a lot of time in a corporate career focused on high-tech companies. Driss is an intellectual and observer of human nature as it is: ugly and splendid at the same time. Since 2017, he has written books about violence and identity. Driss frequently appears in French media to talk about immigration, diversity, the Middle East and French politics. One of his books has been translated into English titled, A Counter-History of French Colonization....
2025-12-121h 20Thinking Class#105 - Neema Parvini - Why Politics Is Like Pro-Wrestling And Democracy Is An IllusionNeema Parvini is the author of nine books including Applied Elite Theory, The Prophets of Doom, The Populist Delusion, The Defenders of Liberty, Shakespeare's Moral Compass. He has also written dozens of chapters and articles in scholarly publications and the media. Neema is the Director of Academic Agency, which he set up to focus on core academic skills and knowledge areas which can help students and learners of all ages to achieve both academic excellence and improve communication and research skills in the workplace. He runs the YouTube channel Academic Agent and the Substack The Forbidden Texts....
2025-12-051h 06Thinking Class#104 - Alexander Chula - What A Small African Country & Its Dictator Can Teach Us About Western CivilisationAlexander 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 multiculturalism impacts conceptions of personal and national identity, the perceived cultural openness of modern society compared to the past and why engagement by middle-class Westerners on with foreign cultures on their travels are superficial in their nature, why this is a quick contrasts this with the more profound respect and curiosity exhibited by earlier generations, including those...
2025-11-281h 22Thinking Class#103 - Martin Sellner - Remigration & European IdentityMartin 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 Right", is now published in English, while another, "Remigration", will be published in English early 2026.Martin Sellner joins John Gillam to address the sensitive topic of remigration and national identity in contemporary Europe. Placing demographic shifts and political identity in historical perspective, this conversation explores why questions about cultural cohesion and national futures are increasingly central...
2025-11-211h 10Thinking Class#102 - David Betz - Tribes At War: The Sectarian Battle For Britain's Future & Its Grim RealityDavid 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 also a Senior Fellow of the Foreign Policy Research Institute. Prof. Betz's most recent book, The Guarded Age: Fortification in the 21st Century, is published by Polity.In this episode, David and I think out loud about the role of political institutions in civil conflict, the impact of demographics on politics & how the election of Zohran Mamdani for Mayor of New York City and continued election of Sadiq Khan for the...
2025-11-141h 20Thinking Class#101 - Nina Power - Beyond Deportations: The Restoration Of Britain's SoulNina 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 Substack Nina Power and the host of the podcast The Lack.In this episode, Nina and I think out loud about whether the end of liberalism is real, whether post-liberalism is a dead end, why lots of English people keep invoking Tolkien and the scouring of the Shire, whether there's an England left to be saved, what a restoration of Britain would like beyond deportations...
2025-11-071h 15Thinking Class#100 - Philip Cunliffe - Britain After Globalism: Demographics, Identity And The National InterestPhilip 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 experience, having previously worked as a Senior Lecturer at the University of Kent and a Temporary Lecturer at the UK’s Joint Services Command and Staff College. He obtained his PhD in War Studies from King’s College London. He has also worked as a contributor to the Economist Intelligence Unit.He is a prolific author and editor, having published eight books and numerous acad...
2025-10-311h 14Thinking Class#099 - Paul Embery - Why Diversity Is Britain's Greatest ChallengePaul 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 Fire Brigades Union and as the national organiser of Trade Unionists Against the EU.Paul has written extensively about working-class politics and culture, including for UnHerd, The Huffington Post, The Spectator, Spiked and Compact. His first book is Despised: why the modern Left loathes the working class, which was published in 2020.In...
2025-10-251h 02Thinking Class#98 - Lord Nigel Biggar - The Case Against Britain Paying Reparations For Its Role In The Transatlantic Slave TradeLord 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 from the University of Chicago. In 2021, he was appointed Commander of the British Empire (CBE) for 'services to higher education'.Nigel is the author of several acclaimed works, including Reparations: Slavery and the Tyranny of Guilt, Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning, What’s Wrong with Rights?, In Defence of War, and Between Kin and Cosmos: An Et...
2025-10-101h 05Thinking Class#97 - Andreas Svanlund - Why The 'Energy Transition' Is DeadAndreas 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 special forces. He has also supplied combat uniforms and equipment to the Norwegian military, working closely with national counter-terrorism and organised crime units.In this episode, Andreas and I think out loud about the critical importance of energy resilience for Western nations in today’s multipolar world. We discuss why the much-vaunted “energy transition” to renewables has not only failed...
2025-10-0354 minThinking Class#096 - Dominic Frisby - Gold, Power, And The State: What Honest Money Reveals About CivilisationDominic Frisby is a financial writer, broadcaster, and comedian. He 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 writes regularly for MoneyWeek and has performed stand-up comedy in the UK and internationally.In this episode, we think out loud about the long and revealing history of gold — and what humanity’s relationship with money tells us about power, honesty, and civilisation itself.We discuss why gold has been desired, hoarded, stolen, regulated, and demonised throughout history; why...
2025-09-2654 minThinking Class#095 - David Shipley - Why Britain’s Justice System Has Lost Its Moral CompassDavid 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 The Spectator, The Sunday Times and The Telegraph. In this conversation, we think out loud about the moral and institutional collapse of Britain’s justice system — and what meaningful reform would actually require.David reflects on his extraordinary life journey: from a career in corporate finance, to imprisonment for fraud, to becoming one of the most forthright critics of Britain’s prison regime. We discuss how the prison system...
2025-09-191h 08Thinking Class#092 - Mark Vernon - Living Life More Deeply: Why William Blake Matters Now More Than EverMark Vernon is a psychotherapist, writer, a former Anglican priest, the host of the YouTube channel Plato's Podcasts and the author of the Substack A Golden String with Mark Vernon. Mark holds a PhD in Ancient Greek philosophy as well as degrees in theology and physics. He is the author of A Secret History of Christianity, Jesus: The Last Inkling and the Evolution of Consciousness, Dante’s Divine Comedy: A Guide for the Spiritual Journey, Spiritual Intelligence in Seven Steps, and most recently Awake: William Blake and the Power of the Imagination.In this episode, Mark and I...
2025-08-291h 01Thinking Class#091 - Reverend Fergus Butler-Gallie - Christianity’s Contradictions: Faith, Power and the Survival of the ChurchReverend 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 Republic and South Africa. Fergus is the author of Touching Cloth—a Times and Mail on Sunday Book of the Year—as well as Priests de la Résistance! (a Spectator Book of the Year) and, most recently, Twelve Churches: An Unlikely History of the Buildings that Made Christianity. He also writes widely for publications including The Times, The Independent, The Guard...
2025-08-2253 minThinking Class#090 - Nathan Pinkoski - On The Moral Fragmentation Of The West & What Comes NextNathan 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, explores the transformation of the West since 1989 and is due to be published by Basic Books. He is also translating Éric Zemmour’s bestseller The Suicide of the French into English for Encounter Books.In this episode, Nathan and I think out loud about Nathan's academic journey, why Alasdair MacIntyre was one of the most important philosophers of our age, why modern mor...
2025-08-081h 14Thinking Class#089 - Compilation - Saving Britain's Boys, Families And Its NationsThis 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 and collective souls.You can expect to hear from Ed Davies of the Centre for Social Justice, Lois McClatchie Miller from the Alliance for Defending Freedom, Connor Tomlinson of Courage Media, Neema Parvini a.k.a. Academic Agent, the philosophers Carl Trueman and Ryszard Legutko, Father Benedict Kiely, Philip Pilkington and Bijan Omrani....
2025-08-011h 21Thinking Class#088 - Momus Najmi - Britain After Decline: Reformation, Restoration, And The Long Road BackMomus Najmi is a writer, cultural commentator, and history enthusiast. He writes The World of Momus on Substack and runs a YouTube channel exploring Britain’s cultural, political, and civilisational predicament.In this conversation, we think out loud about a question many sense but struggle to articulate: has Britain lost its way and if so, what would genuine reform actually require?We explore: why Britain’s problems are not merely economic or political, but cultural and spiritual; whether the monarchy and wider institutions are capable of reform; and why the next general election is unlike...
2025-07-251h 11Thinking Class#087 - Fr. Benedict Kiely - Why The Media Is Silent On The Global Persecution Of ChristiansFather 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 East and beyond, offering practical aid to displaced families and small businesses.Christian persecution is one of the world’s most underreported realities—and its neglect tells us something about Western moral attention. Fr Benedict Kiely describes the realities facing Christians abroad, and reflects on what aggressive secularism and moral fashion mean for public life at home.We think out loud abou...
2025-07-1859 minThinking Class#064 - Lord Nigel Biggar - The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Of The British EmpireLord Nigel Biggar CBE is Emeritus Regis Professor of Moral Theology at Oxford and Distinguished Scholar in Residence at Pusey House. Nigel holds a BA in Modern History from Oxford and a PhD in Christian Theology and Ethics from the University of Chicago. In 2021, he was appointed CBE for services to higher education. His books include Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning and What's Wrong With Rights?. He has written for publications such as the Financial Times, The Times, Daily Telegraph, The Spectator, The Irish Times, and Quillette.In this episode, Nigel and I think out aloud about why...
2025-02-0759 minThinking Class#063 - David Starkey - Forgetting History: Boomers, Blair & The Bulldozing Of BritainDavid Starkey is a historian, broadcaster, and bestselling author. Known for The Six Wives of Henry VIII and Monarchy, David now runs the popular YouTube channel David Starkey Talks and has written extensively on the British monarchy, including Monarchy, Crown and Country, and Henry, a Virtuous Prince.In this episode David and I think out loud about why history, properly taught, is the basis of our civilisation, why we should be terrified of the current political class for their lack of historical awareness, his thoughts on what drover Axel Radakubana to commit the terrorist atrocities...
2025-01-311h 09Thinking Class#062 - Dr. Roy Baumeister - The Power Of Culture: How We Evolved To Live In The TribeDr. Roy Baumeister is one of the world's most prolific and influential psychologists. He has published over 700 scientific works, including over 40 books. In 2013 he received the highest award given by the Association for Psychological Science, the William James Fellow Award in recognition of his lifetime achievements. As of 2023, Roy holds affiliations with Harvard University in the USA, Constructor University Bremen in Germany, Florida State University, also in the U. S., Better Up, Inc., U. S., and the University of Bamberg in Germany. His 2011 book, Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength with John Tierney, was a New York Times bestseller...
2025-01-241h 10Thinking Class#061 - Mark Dooley - On Roger Scruton & Why We Need To Discover The Politics Of HomeDr. Mark Dooley is an Irish philosopher, author and journalist who has taught at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth, and at University College Dublin where he was John Henry Newman Scholar in Theology. He has been a columnist for both the Sunday Independent and the Irish Daily Mail, and is currently a Contributing Editor to The European Conservative magazine. His many books include The Roger Scruton Reader, Why Be a Catholic?, Moral Matters: A Philosophy of Homecoming, and Conversations with Roger Scruton, all published by Bloomsbury. In 2022, he edited and published Against the Tide: The Best of Roger...
2025-01-171h 02Thinking Class#060 - Warren Smith - Rediscovering Humility In The Search For TruthWarren Smith is the founder of YouTube channel The Secret Scholar Society (@SecretScholars ). He lives in Massachusetts, USA, where he is a volunteer firefighter. In this episode Warren and I discuss his transition from teaching to becoming a full time YouTuber with his channel and why that 'career-change' happened at all, and we think out loud about the importance of critical thinking, the nature of truth, how to navigate political discourse and media narratives, and why storytelling helps us understand reality and the impact of societal taboos on open discussions, how to recognise objective truths in a w...
2025-01-1052 min
The Black Studies PodcastReighan Gillam - Department of Latin American, Latino, and Caribbean Studies, Dartmouth CollegeThis is John Drabinski and you’re listening to The Black Studies podcast, a Mellon grant sponsored series of conversations examining the history of the field. Our conversations engage with a wide range of activists and scholars - senior figures in the field, late doctoral students, and everyone in between, culture workers, and political organizers - in order to explore the cultural and political meaning of Black Studies as an area of inquiry and its critical methods.Today’s conversation is with Reighan Gillam, who teaches in the Department of Latin American, Latino, and Cari...
2025-01-0649 minThinking Class#059 - Sam Bidwell - How Britain's Politicians Broke The Social ContractSam Bidwell is the Director of the Next Generation Centre at the Adam Smith Institute and has worked as a Parliamentary Researcher, and as a Press and Research Consultant for the Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council. His writing on foreign affairs has been published internationally, including in Australia, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, and he was a contributor to the 2023 Commonwealth Security Review. Sam is a graduate of the University of Cambridge where he studied Law at Sidney Sussex College, specialising in public law, jurisprudence, and legal history.In this episode, Sam and I think out loud about whether...
2025-01-031h 04Thinking Class#058 - Harrison Pitt - Why Mass Immigration Will See The West Give Up Believing In Liberal FictionsHarrison Pitt is a writer at the European Conservative and a fellow at the New Culture Forum. In this episode, Harrison and I think out loud about the problem in talking about British values and why they cannot be reduced to bullet point summaries, the philosophical underpinnings of national identity and cultural heritage, the impact of mass immigration on British culture, whether integration in a diverse society is possible, the implications of multicultural policies in a historically homogeneous nation, the moral implications of diversity in Britain, why 're-migration' is becoming popular across Europe, the political will needed t...
2024-12-2757 minThinking Class#057 - Ed West & Paul Morland - Why Rediscovering Our Cultural Heritage Can Save The WestEd West is a British author, journalist, and blogger known for The Wrong Side of History on Substack and his work with UnHerd, The Catholic Herald, The Spectator, and more. His books include Small Men on the Wrong Side of History, The Diversity Illusion, and Tory Boy.Paul Morland is one of the world’s leading demographers, exploring how population trends shape our world. A former research fellow at Birkbeck and senior member of St. Antony’s College, Oxford, his books include The Human Tide, Tomorrow’s People, and No One Left. Together, Ed and Paul host The Ca...
2024-12-201h 17Thinking Class#056 - Prof. Robert Tombs - Why We Cannot Escape History: England's Past Will Define Its FutureProfessor Robert Tombs is Professor Emeritus of French History at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of St John’s College. Robert is the author of That Sweet Enemy (2006, co-written with his wife Isabel), The English and Their History (2014), and the Sunday Times bestseller This Sovereign Isle: Britain In and Out of Europe. In this episode, Robert and I think out loud about whether England and Britain are in decline, how England's national identity was formed, England's historical stability and contributions, why we should beware the rise of radical ideologies that seek to rewrite history, the importance of...
2024-12-1357 minThinking Class#055 - Prof. Alan MacFarlane - How English Individualism Created The Modern WorldProfessor Alan McFarlane is a renowned anthropologist, historian, and Professor Emeritus of King’s College, Cambridge. Author or editor of 20 books and countless articles, Alan has spent his career exploring the origins and nature of the modern world. Alan is also the creator of the YouTube channel @ayabaya.In this episode, we Alan and I discuss England’s unique national character and its influence on politics, language, law, economics, and literature, the origins of English individualism and how it shaped the modern world, why England was capitalist long before the Industrial Revolution, how England’s history of mobilit...
2024-12-061h 04Thinking Class#054 - Tom Rowsell - An 8,000 Year Story: Exploring The Genetic Histories & Identities Of The British PeoplesTom Rowsell is a historian and an independent film maker, director and editor, known for From Runes to Ruins (2014) and his YouTube channel Survive the Jive, which includes documentary films about pagan religion and ancient European cultures.In this episode, Tom and I delve into the genetic ancestry of the British peoples and how Genetic studies reveal the stability of Northwest European ancestry over time, the significance of ancient monuments, and national myths such as those surrounding King Arthur, the impact of Christianity on Germanic cultures and the evolving narratives that shape British identity, the complex history...
2024-11-291h 04Thinking Class#053 - David Goodhart - The Impact Of Freedom And The Age Of Sex Equality On Caring For The FamilyDavid Goodhart is a British journalist, commentator and author. David is the Head of the Demography, Immigration and Integration Unit at the think tank Policy Exchange and the founder and a former editor of Prospect magazine. David has authored four books, including The British Dream: Successes and Failures of Post-War Immigration, The Road to Somewhere: The Populist Revolt & The Future Of Politics, Head, Hand, Heart: The Struggle For Dignity And Status In The 21st Century, and most recently, The Care Dilemma: Caring Enough In The Age Of Sex Equality.In this episode, we talk about David's latest...
2024-11-221h 04Thinking Class#052 - Dr. Philip Kiszely - How British Media Became Cynical And Divided The NationPhilip Kiszely is a cultural historian, an academic, an author, a political commentator, and senior fellow at the New Culture Forum. In this episode, we talk about the evolution of British culture, media, and education from the post-war era to the present day, why we have seen significant shifts in the media's treatment of Britain and its history, how British comedy has changed, how social media has impacted cultural identity, the decline of traditional music and comedy, our changing relationship with cultural heritage and what this means for youth culture today, the profound cultural shifts occurring in...
2024-11-151h 12Thinking Class#051 - Prof. James Clark - The Hidden & Profound Impact On English Life Through Henry VIII's Dissolution Of The Monasteries Professor James Clark is Professor of History at the University of Exeter and has published widely on medieval monasteries and their place in the medieval world and he was historical advisor on the BBC TV series Tudor Monastery Farm. His book, The Dissolution of the Monasteries: A New History was published in 2022 to widespread acclaim. In this conversation, James and I talk about the impact of Henry VIII's dissolution of the monasteries in England, its historical significance, cultural impact, and the common misconceptions surrounding it, how important the role of monasteries were in everyday life, and the gr...
2024-11-081h 10Thinking Class#050 - Carl Trueman - A Warped Reality: How Critical Theory Utterly Transformed Our WorldCarl Trueman is Professor of Biblical and Religious Studies at Grove City College in Grove City, Pennsylvania. And he is the author of several books and perhaps best known for The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self, Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and The Road to Sexual Revolution. Karl is also the author of To Change All Worlds, Critical Theory from Marx to Marcuse. In this conversation, Karl and I talk about why it is important to Unpack a topic, an idea, or a philosophy before criticizing it, why critical theory is a core area of focus f...
2024-11-011h 06Thinking Class#049 - My Reflections On 50 Episodes Of Thinking ClassHello, classmates, and welcome to Thinking Class. Today I'm speaking with, well, myself and you, dear listener. I'm a management consultant, podcaster, and proud Northumbrian, Englishman and Briton. I'm recording this episode to mark 50 episodes of Thinking Class and almost one year, and to reflect on what I've learned, which episodes have proven popular and why they spoke deeply to me, and what I've had to start telling myself, the deeper I have found myself getting into the topics of this podcast. Enjoy the show classmates. And don't forget to subscribe.You can fol...
2024-10-2527 minThinking Class#048 - Spencer Klavan - On Moral Relativism, Timeless Truths, And Science & FaithSpencer Klavan is a scholar, writer, and podcaster. A graduate of Yale, he earned his doctorate in ancient Greek literature from Oxford University. Spencer is the author of the acclaimed book How to Save the West, Ancient Wisdom for Five Modern Crises, and his latest release is Light of the Mind, Light of the World: Illuminating Science through Faith. Spencer is also the editor of Gateway to the Stoics, the host of the Young Heretics podcast, and associate editor of the Claremont Review of Books. And he has written for many outlets, including The Atlantic, the Los Angeles Times...
2024-10-181h 11Thinking Class#048 - Pete North - Rising Sectarianism In The UK: "We Must Stop Burying Our Heads In Sand"Pete North is the author of the Substack Northern Variant, where he analyses news and current affairs across the United Kingdom and Europe. In this conversation, Pete discusses his motivations for writing a comprehensive manifesto aimed at the right of politics, critiques the current political landscape in the UK, and emphasises the need for coherent immigration policies and local governance. Pete also reflects on how his personal experiences growing up in Bradford impacted the development of his own politics, why the UK is seeing a rise of sectarianism, the complexities of political ideologies, and he advocates for a...
2024-10-111h 17Thinking Class#046 - Dr. Alka Sehgal Cuthbert - How The Intolerant And Divisive Language Of Anti-Racism And Poor Policy Fractured BritainDr. Alka Sehgal-Cuthbert is the director of the organisation Don't Divide Us. She is an educator, academic, author, and campaigner who believes passionately in the essential importance of impartiality. In this episode, Alka and I think out loud about the importance of recognising our common humanity amidst a sea of divisive ideologies, the various critiques of the current anti-racism movement and why Alka emphasises the need for a more universal and humanistic approach to governance, how the role of education and public policy shape societal attitudes, what the inherent dangers of multiculturalism are and its contribution to t...
2024-10-031h 05Thinking Class#045 - William Clouston - How Britain Began To Decline And Why Its Leaders Won't Fix ItWilliam Clouston is the leader of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the United Kingdom. In this episode, William and I talk about the reasons behind the SDP’s resurgence, his personal political journey, what the current political landscape looks like in Britain, and why it’s hard to escape the feeling of civilisational decline in the country, how cultural identity is being undermined through ideological zeal, mass immigration, and multiculturalism, Britain’s immigration challenges and the SDP’s proposed solutions for immigration control, why the ruling class’s reluctance to align with public sentiment poses risks to societal...
2024-09-271h 07Thinking Class#044 - Glen Scrivener - Why Human Dignity And Human Rights May Not Survive Without ChristianityGlen Scrivener is an ordained Church of England minister and evangelist who preaches through writing, speaking, and online media. Glen is also the director of Speak Life, and the creator of the 3-2-1 evangelism course.In this episode, Glenn and I talk about the profound impact of Christianity on Western values, the personal journeys that lead someone to faith, and the cultural shifts that have resulted in a meaning crisis, why it is important to understand the Christian story as foundational to human rights and societal values, how the Christian narrative provides a unique protection against...
2024-09-201h 07Thinking Class#043 - Philip Pilkington - Why European Countries Face Economic Ruination Of Their Own MakingPhilip Pilkington is a macroeconomist and investment professional, and he's also the host of the Multipolarity Podcast. In this episode, Phil and I talk about why European nations are struggling so much economically, and why the macroeconomic environment shows that we're in for a scary ride, how the European Union and the European Central Bank are intervening in national elections, why central banks are increasingly intervening in democratic elections or political office, what is stopping the UK and European nations from re-industrialising, potential pathways to re-industrialisation, how to address labour shortages and low birth rates without giving m...
2024-09-131h 03Thinking Class#042 - Peter Hitchens - How Britain Witnessed A Moral And Cultural RevolutionPeter Hitchens is a columnist for the Mail on Sunday and a contributor to many other publications. He has published several books, mainly on aspects of what he regards as a cultural revolution which has transformed Britain for the worse in the last half century, and these include The Abolition of Britain and The Rage Against God. Peter has been a journalist for nearly 50 years, has reported from 57 countries, and was a resident correspondent in Moscow and Washington. Peter is a former revolutionary Marxist, who now describes himself as a socially conservative social democrat. In this episode, P...
2024-09-0655 minThinking Class#041 - Charlie Downes - Why British Zoomers Are Against Mass Immigration And MulticulturalismCharlie Downes is the co-founder of the think-tank Centre for Migration Control, which is "committed to controlling and reducing immigration to the United Kingdom". In this episode, Charlie and I talk about why there is only a hair's breadth between the Conservative Party and the Labour Party on immigration policy; how the negative impacts of mass immigration can be seen in the crime statistics, the performance of the National Health Service, living standards, the tax bill of Britain's, and the changing landscape; how a combination of mass immigration and multiculturalism has left young British people without a s...
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Nationalism and the Culture Wars podcastOn John Gillam, Thinking Classhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuJu-98_UTs
Hello class mates and welcome to the show. I'm John Gillam and today I'm speaking with Eric Kaufmann. Eric Kaufmann is Professor of Politics at the University of Buckingham. He is the author of Whiteshift: Populism, Immigration and the Future of White Majorities (Penguin, 2018; Abrams, 2019), Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth (Profile, 2010), Taboo: How Making Race Sacred Produced a Cultural Revolution (Forum, 2024) and numerous academic books and papers.
He is an editor of the journal Nations & Nationalism, and has written for New York Times, Times of London, Financial Times, Newsweek International, Foreign...
2024-08-264h 33Thinking Class#040 - James Esses - Why I Stood Up Against Gender Ideology Despite The Personal CostsJames Esses is a social commentator and writer, the co-founder of Thoughtful Therapists and the coordinator of the Declaration for Biological Reality. In this episode, James and I talk about why he was expelled from a Masters in Psychotherapy three years ago, the personal consequences he suffered for airing his gender critical views, the extent of ideological capture of Britain's largest institutions, what compelled James to speak up and the nature of bravery, how the Overton window on transgenderism has shifted, but not for everyone, the need for CEOs and leaders of corporations to de-politicise their business, a...
2024-08-2359 minThinking Class#039 - Lorenzo Warby - Why Our Genes And Cultures Undermine The Quest For EqualityLorenzo Warby writes the substack Lorenzo from Oz, and he contributes regularly to one of Substack's recommended publications, Helen Dale’s Not On Your Team, But Always Fair.In this episode, Lorenzo and I talk about what hereditarianism is, and whether it is compatible with our notions of equality, the pitfalls of making political decisions based on people's genes, cultures, and environment over considerations of equality, the current problems with making political decisions based on equality alone, why social justice ideals are so prevalent within our institutions, the core tenets of Western civilization and where they came fr...
2024-08-161h 19Thinking Class#039 - Benjamin De Rebel - Anglofuturism Might Be The Governing Philosophy Britain NeedsBenjamin De Rebel is an Anglo-futurist and runs a popular X account. In this episode Ben and I talk about what Anglofuturism is and why it is becoming popular, what opportunities Anglofuturism offers the Anglosphere for cultural renewal, and how Anglofuturism may give those in the Anglosphere a positive identity and help cure the dislocation caused by multiculturalism, how the social contract has broken down between the elite class and those they govern, and the transformative effect of fatherhood, and much more. Benjamin is an endearing chap and is certainly trying to put some meat on...
2024-08-091h 15Thinking Class#038 - Dr. John Rapley and Dr. Peter Heather - Why Barbarian Invasion Is Not The Only Reason For The Fall Of An EmpireDr. John Rapley is a political economist at the University of Cambridge and a senior fellow at the Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Studies. His books include Understanding Development, Globalization and Inequality, and most recently, Twilight of the Money Gods, Economics as a Religion, and How It All Went Wrong.Dr. Peter Heather is a British historian of Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages. Peter is Chair of the Medieval History Department and Professor of Medieval History at King's College London. His many books include The Fall of the Roman Empire, Empires and Barbarians, Migration, Development, and...
2024-08-021h 23Thinking Class#037 - Chris Martz - Why We Must Say No To Climate AlarmismChris Martz is a meteorology student who interns at CFACT, the Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow, runs a hugely popular x profile, and writes the climate blog chrismartzweather.com. In this episode Chris and I talk about his passion for climate science and meteorology began and how he was concerned about the increasing talk of climate change, how his mind began to change as he was exposed to more data sets, how data shows a disconnect between the narrative on all-time high temperatures in the U S and the reality of historic weather data, the red herrings w...
2024-07-261h 24Thinking Class#036 - Tobi Emonts-Holley - Family Comes First: 'I'm A Dad of Six And A CEO And I Love My Life'Tobi Emonts-Holley is a husband, a dad of six, and a CEO of Tipareth, a nonprofit organisation that provides support and opportunities to people with learning disabilities. In this episode, Tobi tells us what being a father has taught him about his relationship to time and, well, death; how parenting taught him the wisdom of the ages without having to read philosophy or theology from the last few thousand years; the importance of slowing down at work and at home, how becoming a father taught him what he should pay attention to and what he shouldn't; how h...
2024-07-1958 minThinking Class#035 - Hilary White - The Philosophical Revolution Behind The West's Decline (And It Began Much Earlier Than You Think)Hilary White is the creator of the Sacred Images Project, which you can find on Substack, and which explores the Christian life, thought, history, and culture through the lens of the first 1, 200 years of sacred art.In this episode, Hilary and I talk about what classifies as sacred art and why it is so important, how the Renaissance led to sacred art's (and the West's) decline when man became the measure of all things (and lots of Florentine bankers money was thrown around in the 15th century onwards to support it), how Cosmo de Medici would have...
2024-07-121h 13Thinking Class#034 - Garett Jones - Why We Need Selective Immigration Policies (People Make Countries They Move To Like The Ones They Left)Garett Jones lives in Washington D. C. and is Associate Professor of Economics and BB&T Professor for the Study of Capitalism at George Mason University. Garett's research spans macroeconomics, political economy, and the foundations of economic growth.Along with many scholarly articles, Dr. Jones is the author of three books, his Singapore Trilogy, all published with the Stanford University Press - The Hive Mind, How Your Nation's IQ Matters So Much More Than Your Own, 10 percent Less Democracy, and The Culture Transplant, How Migrants Make The Economies They Move To A Lot Like The Ones They...
2024-07-0558 minThinking Class#033 - Frank Furedi - The Beginning Of A Political Revolution: What The Populist Surge In The EU Tells UsFrank Furedi is an author, social commentator and Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Kent, author of more than 26 books, Frank's studies have been devoted to an exploration of the cultural developments in Western societies.And in recent years, he's published several studies on the impact of the culture wars on family life, socialisation, education, and public life. In this episode, Frank and I talk about what the recent shift toward populist, sovereigntist parties in the European parliament elections means for Europe, how it may be the beginning of a replacement of the c...
2024-06-2858 minThinking Class#032 - Doug Stokes - Why We Must Understand What It Means To 'Decolonise' SomethingDoug Stokes is the Professor of International Relations at Exeter University and acts as the Director for its Strategy and Security Institute. Doug was a Senior Research Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute for over a decade and is currently the Thomas Telford Fellow at the Council on Geostrategy and the senior advisor to the Legatum Institute's Sovereignty Unit.Doug is the author of Against Decolonisation: Campus Culture Wars and the Decline of the West and writes regularly for major news outlets, including the Times, the Telegraph, the Spectator, and the Daily Mail, and enjoys doing t...
2024-06-211h 14Thinking Class#031 - Ben Cobley - We Are Suffering The Institutional Erasure Of The EnglishBen Cobley writes the blog, A Free Left Blog, and is author of The Tribe: The Liberal Left and the System of Diversity. Ben is a journalist by trade and a former Labour Party activist. In this episode, Ben and I talk about Being English and Englishness, what it is and how it has come under threat from the spread of progressive ideologies, what it means to be a part of a nation, why there might be a hostility toward the English and Englishness, the impact of liberalism on England and the world, the difficulty of finding t...
2024-06-151h 03Thinking Class#030 - Connor Tomlinson - 'The Right Of Gen-Z Will Make Sure We Have A Healthy Civilisation Again'Connor Tomlinson is a writer and presenter at LotusEaters.com and Co-host of the Deprogrammed podcast by NewCultureForum. Connor has also frequently contributed to Talk TV and GB News, and writes for The European Conservative and The Critic.In this episode Connor and I talk about why Gen-Z are not so much being anti-civilisational insomuch as they didn't receive a cultural inheritance at all, the impact of the internet and the post 1960s education system on cultural identity, why not all of Gen-Z is woke, why individualism and consumer capitalism has made everyone miserable, why the topdown...
2024-06-141h 01Thinking Class#029 - Lorenzo Warby - Forget The War Of The Sexes: Men And Women Were Made To Complement Each OtherLorenzo Warby writes for one of Substack's featured publications for 2024, Helen Dale's Not On Your Team, But Always Fair, as well as for his own Substack Lorenzo from Oz. Lorenzo writes frequently about evolutionary anthropology, evolutionary psychology, human nature, the institutional health of the West, the differences between civilisations, and the impact of political ideologies on public life. Lorenzo has a very interesting background, having worked in the Australian public service and non-profit sector, and now he puts on medieval and ancient days for schools. In this episode, Lorenzo tells us about human social dynamics and why w...
2024-05-311h 21Thinking Class#028 - David Goodhart - Post-Brexit & Trump: The Anywhere Class Still Doesn't UnderstandDavid Goodhart is a journalist, writer and thinktanker. He worked for the Financial Times for 12 years before setting up Prospect magazine in 1995. He has been involved with issues relating to equality and discrimination for 20 years.In 2013 he published a book on race and immigration, 'The British Dream' (runner up for the Orwell prize). When director of the Demos think tank he set up the Integration Hub website as a focus for data and debate about ethnic minority integration and segregation. In his current role as Head of the Demography Unit at the Policy Exchange think...
2024-05-241h 30Thinking Class#027 - Emma Wells - Building Beautiful To Save Our SoulsEmma Wells is an English church historian, academic, consultant author, and broadcaster, specialising in the ecclesiastical and architectural history of the late medieval and early modern age. Emma is the author of two books, including the 2021 book Heaven on Earth: Lives & Legacies of the world's greatest cathedrals; and the 2016 book Pilgrim routes of the British Isles. Emma is working on her third book at the time of recording.In this episode, Emma and I talk about why the medieval and dark ages gave us much more than we give them credit for, why so many cathedrals were...
2024-05-1748 minThinking Class#026 - Carl Trueman - These Ideas Have Been Terrible For Our Humanity And Our CultureDr Carl Trueman is a Christian theologian and ecclesiastical historian. Carl is Professor of Biblical and Religious Studies at Grove City College in Grove City, Pennsylvania. He has written many books including, 'The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution.' He contributes to First Things), blogs regularly at Reformation21 and co-hosts the Mortification of Spin podcast.In this episode, Carl and I talk about the importance of our cultural elite in shaping how we see the world, what the four ages of man are and why...
2024-05-101h 04Thinking Class#025 - Eric Kaufmann - The Taboos That Produced A Woke Cultural RevolutionEric Kaufmann is Professor of Politics at the University of Buckingham. He is the author of Whiteshift: Populism, Immigration and the Future of White Majorities (Penguin, 2018; Abrams, 2019), Shall the Religious Inherit the Earth (Profile, 2010), Taboo: How Making Race Sacred Produced a Cultural Revolution (Forum, 2024) and numerous academic books and papers.He is an editor of the journal Nations & Nationalism, and has written for New York Times, Times of London, Financial Times, Newsweek International, Foreign Policy and Prospect magazines.In this episode, Eric and I talk about why the spread of Woke ideas contributed...
2024-05-031h 01Thinking Class#024 - Sebastian Milbank - We Think We Know What Freedom Is But We Don'tSebastian Milbank is the Executive Editor of The Critic magazine, and a journalist, writer and academic with a special interest in political theology.In this episode, Sebastian and I talk about why the changing media landscape is due to dissident energy, why liberalism has a dark side, why the concept of freedom itself is about more than just free choice, how the liberty won in the French Revolution continues to have an impact today, why the centre right has been losing so much over the years and the left has been winning, why Britain's governance and infrastructure...
2024-04-2658 minThinking Class#023 - Helen Pluckrose - How To Keep Liberal Principles Alive In An Illiberal WorldHelen Pluckrose is a political and cultural writer and commentator, addressing current affairs from a liberal humanist perspective. Her particular focus is Critical Social Justice (woke) scholarship and activism. Helen took part in the Grievance Studies Affair (along with Peter Bogossian and James Lindsay) which submitted shoddy, ridiculous and ideologically biased papers to academic journals known for publishing Critical Social Justice scholarship. In 2020, she co-authored Cynical Theories with James Lindsay, which traced the evolution of postmodern thought into Critical Social Justice scholarship. In that same year, she co-founded Counterweight, an organization for helping individuals push back at a...
2024-04-191h 05Thinking Class#022 - Dr. Paul Morland - Demography Is Destiny: What Future Have We Chosen?Dr. Paul Morland is an author and broadcaster who writes and speaks about population and the big demographic trends across the world, both contemporary and historic.Described as the 'UK's leading demographer' and 'one of the world's pre-eminent demographers', Paul has written three books: ‘Tomorrow’s People’, ‘The Human Tide’ and ‘Demographic Engineering’ and his work has been translated into nine languages. He has written for and been interviewed in many of the world’s leading newspapers and magazines including the Financial Times, the Sunday Times, The Telegraph, The Toronto Globe and Mail, Der Spiegel and the Jerusalem Post...
2024-04-121h 04Thinking Class#021 - Elisabeth Braw - Goodbye Globalisation, Hello Divided WorldElisabeth Braw is a columnist at Foreign Policy, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, and the author of "Goodbye Globalization. In this episode, Elisabeth and I talk about what globalisation is and why we are saying goodbye to it as we know it, why we should trade with countries similar in values, the different approaches taken across the West in dealing with the end of globalisation, why ESG is having a negative impact on the defense sector and Western countries' ability to defend themselves, and why the West's liberalism blinded it to other countries' cultures and p...
2024-04-0538 minThinking Class#020 - Momus Najmi - Britain Is Suffering A Clash Of CivilisationsMomus Najmi is writer, commentator, and podcaster. Host of The World of Momus podcast and author of the Substack 'The World of Momus'. Momus has made appearances on broadcast media such as GB News and on podcasts such as New Culture, British Thought Leaders, and many more. In this episode, Momus and I talk about his experience of leaving Islam, why he chose to England and Britain as the place he wished to call home, the tension between British culture and Islam, and the impact of mass immigration on culture.Show notes...
2024-03-291h 01Thinking Class#019 - Ian Williams: China's Influence Is Everywhere But It's Future Is Not GoldenIan Williams is an author and award-winning journalist who has reported from across the world. He covered business and technology for the Sunday Times before moving to television. He was a foreign correspondent, first for Channel 4 News in Moscow and Asia, and then for NBC news, based in Bangkok and Beijing. Ian has travelled and reported from across China and has also covered conflicts across the Balkans, the Middle East, and Ukraine. In this episode, Ian Williams and I talk about the political class’s response to China in recent decades, what Britain and the western world sho...
2024-03-221h 07Thinking Class#018 - Lionel Shriver: Why I Left Britain (And Feel Guilty About It)Lionel Shriver is an author of 8 books, including, 'We Need To Talk About Kevin', which won the Orange Prize for Fiction in 2005 and a journalist, with a fortnightly column in The Spectator and a contributor to The Times. In this episode, Lionel and I talk about mass immigration to Britain and the subsequent demographic transformation, why populism is thriving even without political representation, the role complacency plays in a country's future, cultural decline and the prospect of renewal, and the fragility of order.Show notesI'm leaving Britain - and I feel...
2024-03-151h 03Thinking Class#017 - Paul Embery - Why British Politicians Are Treating Citizens With ContemptPaul 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 Fire Brigades Union and as the national organiser of Trade Unionists Against the EU.Paul has written extensively about working-class politics and culture, including for UnHerd, The Huffington Post, The Spectator, Spiked and Compact. His first book is Despised: why the modern Left loathes the working class, which was published in 2020.
2024-03-0859 minThinking Class#016 - Tom Jones - Betraying Britain's Future: "The Conservatives' Governing Strategy Is Bankrupt"Tom Jones is a writer and Councillor for Scotton and Lower Wensleydale, in North Yorkshire, England. Tom is the author of Substack 'The Potemkin Village Idiot' and he writes, for The Critic, Con Home, Cap X, Unherd, and The Guardian. Tom is concerned with winning back a conservative Britain fit for the 21st Century and engages is a commentator and critic of social policy, culture, and the political class.In this episode, we talk about his motivations for public service, the decline of conservatism in British political class, whether Gen-Z might possess a reactionary streak, what people...
2024-03-011h 19Thinking Class#015 - Martina Macpherson - What ESG Is And Why There Is A BacklashMartina Macpherson has been recognised as a one of the ‘Top 50 Women in Finance’ (World Finance Forum 2022), and as a strategic engager and influencer (Commetric ESG Influencer Index, 2020, 2021; Modern Slavery Influencer Index, 2018) and by various organisations and bodies for her sustainable investing track record and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) work across industry and academia. Martina is Head of ESG Product Management at SIX - the Swiss Exchanges Group - and a Board Member of the Network for Sustainable Financial Markets. She is a visiting fellow at Henley Business School and a guest lecturer at University of Zuri...
2024-02-2355 minThinking Class#014 - Ed West - Lessons From History: Elites, Populists, and Cultural AmnesiaEd West is a columnist and author of the popular 'Wrong Side of History' Substack. Ed's work has appeared in many of Britain's biggest publications. He is also the author of many books, including Saxons versus Vikings: Alfred The Great, 1215 and all that, 1066 and before all that, and What We Got Wrong About Immigration and How To Set It Right. We talk about why why cultural elites (and the ideas they hold) matter, why having a shared common cultural narrative is important, whether we we need 'historical leaders, historic misalignments between rulers and ruled, examples of top-down...
2024-02-161h 10Thinking Class#013 - Tomiwa Owolade: Why America's Culture War Should Not Be Britain'sTomiwa Owolade is a writer and critic and is the author of the book This Is Not America. Tom has written for The Times, The Sunday Times, The Spectator, The Financial Times, The Evening Standard, and the Literary Review. He is also a contributing writer at The New Statesman and has made appearances on GB News and BBC Radio 4.In this episode we talk about why Britain should not import America's racial politics, the complexities of identity, why social class is a bigger determinant of life outcomes in Britain than race is, and the impact of secularisation a...
2024-02-091h 03Thinking Class#012 - Dr. Rakib Ehsan: Why Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Policies Do More Harm Than GoodDr. Rakib Ehsan is a research analyst and writer, specialising in matters of social cohesion, race relations, and public security and it's safe to say he has established himself as a prominent British authority on matters of racial identity and social integration. He is the author of the 'Beyond Grievance: What The Left Gets Wrong About Ethnic Minorities'. Rakib holds a PhD in Political Science in which he investigated the impact of social integration on the public attitudes of British non-white ethnic minorities. Currently a columnist at Sp!ked and a regular contributor for Mail Plus and The Telegraph...
2024-02-021h 03Thinking Class#011 - Esmé Partridge: Why King Charles Could Improve Social Cohesion In Modern BritainEsmé Partridge is an MPhil student at the University of Cambridge and writer for publications including UnHerd, The Critic, and First Things. Esmé previously worked for a consultancy at the intersection of religion and politics where she was involved in several projects relating to religious freedom and interfaith relations.Today we talk about the shift in contemporary religion and spirituality with traditional religions versus a menu of options, the importance of elites and their attitudes, King Charles III's philosophical worldview and why it could matter for social cohesion in an ethnically diverse and multi-faith United Kingdom, tradition, or...
2024-01-2656 minThinking Class#010 - Frank Furedi: The Elite Won't Reform Itself. We Have To Replace It.Dr. Frank Furedi is an author, social commentator and emeritus professor of sociology at the University of Kent. Author of more than 26 books, Furedi’s studies have been devoted to an exploration of the cultural developments in western societies. In recent years he has published several studies on the impact of the Culture Wars on family life, socialisation, education and public life. His most recent book, 100 Years of Identity Crisis, argues that it disrupts the socialisation of young people and encourages the estrangement of generations from one another.In this episode Frank and I talk about populism as...
2024-01-1959 minThinking Class#009 - Tom Morris - Discover Ancient Wisdom And Take Control Of Your LifeDr. Tom Morris is a native of North Carolina in the United States, a graduate of UNC Chapel Hill, where he was a Morehead-Cain Scholar, and was the recipient of a double PhD from Yale University. He has gone from being the most popular professor at The University of Notre Dame, where he taught for 15 years, to now serving as one of the world's most active public philosophers, authoring over 32 books, including national business bestsellers, while bringing the wisdom of the ages to many of the biggest and most successful companies in the world in over 1,200 public talks. More r...
2024-01-121h 03Thinking Class#008 - Iancu Daramus - Can Corporations Really Be Environmentalists?Iancu Daramus is the Head of Sustainability for Fulcrum Asset Management and has been working in the field of Sustainable Finance for a decade. Through shareholder engagements, Iancu has helped shaped the strategies of the world's largest companies. Iancu writes and publishes regularly on investment portfolio alignment, energy and investment stewardship, including as one of the lead authors in the CFA Institute's Certificate of ESG Investing. Described as a committed sustainability advocate with strong credentials by Investment Week, Iancu won the rising star award at the 2022 Sustainable Investment Awards and was selected on Brummel Magazine's Ones To Watch for 30...
2024-01-051h 17Thinking Class#007 - Andreas Svanlund - The Civilisational Risk To The West In The Energy TransitionAndreas Svanlund is a board member of XBED, a Norwegian deep sea mining company that provides offshore companies with geo data to help them design, build, and operate offshore assets. Formerly an officer in the Norwegian Armed Forces, Andreas joined the defence industry as business developer with a special focus towards the special forces elements within NATO and Europol. Andreas was a proprietor of combat uniform equipment to the Norwegian Armed Forces and worked closely with the National Response, counter-terrorism and organised crime units. In this episode, we talk about the civilisational risk of the energy transition, h...
2023-12-2945 minThinking Class#006 - Matthew Davis: Why Business School Students Need To Know The Limits Of Their KnowledgeMatthew Davis is the Business School Director of Culture and Values at the University of Leeds, England, and is a psychologist, researcher, educator, and consultant. Matt works with public and private sector organisations to develop strategies to support hybrid working, workplace design, and sustainability. Matt has worked with partners including Rolls Royce, Marks & Spencer, Arup Consulting, Leeds City Council and British Gas. Matt has been featured by the BBC, the New Yorker, the Atlantic, and The Telegraph.In this episode we talk about epistemic humility, what it is and why business schools need to learn it; the do...
2023-12-2258 minThinking Class#005 - Bridget Ryder - The Dark Side Of Green EnergyBridget Ryder is a freelance writer based in Spain. She writes on a wide variety of topics from European Union and Spanish politics to environmental issues and religion. Her work has appeared in The European Conservative and America Magazine. An American, she grew up in the American heartland and has spent stints traveling and working in Latin America and Europe. She cut her teeth on journalism as a small town beat and general assignment reporter near Yellowstone National Park. As an American with two liberal arts degrees (one in Spanish and one in Catholic Studies) she has held a va...
2023-12-1559 minThinking Class#004 - Ryan Hopkins - Why Is Wellbeing At Work So Low?Ryan Hopkins is Chief Impact Officer at JAAQ, author of '52 weeks of wellbeing: a no nonsense guide to a fulfilling work life' - published 03/01/24. Before joining Jaaq, Ryan led the Future of Wellbeing at Deloitte. He's a LinkedIn Top Voice for Work Life Balance, host of the Audacious Goals Club and Creator of Toilet Break Wellbeing. Ryan is also a TEDx Speaker - Shoreditch.Expect to hear about the impact of discovering philosophy in our lives, why business leaders need to read philosophy, the common reasons cited for a lack of wellbeing at work, the wellbeing cr...
2023-12-0852 minThinking Class#003 - Katrin Gülden Le Maire - Why Business Leaders Need To Understand TheologyHello everybodyJoining me in Thinking Class today is Katrin Gülden Le Maire. Katrin is a trained theologian, a strategic advisor, and an independent scientific researcher with more than 20 years experience in various European markets. She works across all industries and sectors, with special expertise in finance. She has been nominated as board member of the All Party Parliamentary Group on ESG in Westminster in 2022 and is a member of the board of the FIIT Institut at the Ruprecht Karls-Universität Heidelberg in Germany. Katrin conducts scientific research, focusing on Cyber Ethics, democracy development and social coh...
2023-12-0136 minThinking Class#002 - Kahlil Corazo - The Nature Of Human Desire And Solving The Problem Of Meaningless WorkKahlil Corazo is the author of How to Turn Ideas Into Reality: Project Management for Entrepreneurship and Creative Work and the founder of Advenient.co, a Philippine-based outsourced partner of digital agencies handling the technical side of internet marketing. His current writing project is Explorations.ph, where he explores the applications of the ideas of thinkers such as René Girard and Venkatesh Rao to Philippine history and culture. Kahlil's Linkedin bio says that he is a "gentleman scholar." In the podcast, he explains what this means. Today we talk about the influence of Rene Girard, the three-city p...
2023-11-241h 02Thinking Class#001 - The Foundation Of Ethics And The Limits Of Liberalism And TechnocracyTom Hancocks is an ethics and compliance and ESG consultant, currently working professional services. An academic ethicist by background, Tom has lectured and consulted widely on the topics of business ethics, ESG, professional standards and corporate governance. His doctoral work applied legal and political philosophy to the context of political transition.Today we talk about technocracy, its limits and its future, the misunderstanding of ethics in business, the role of religion in shaping ethics, and liberalism and its fate. This episode is the inaugural episode of the show. See you next time. S...
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Real Estate Elevated with Cheryl Knowlton, CSPJohn Gillam: Real Estate Re-Invented!In this episode, Cheryl and John discuss: How skipping diligence leaves all sides open for harm Giving a buyer an opportunity to discover any issues Helping consumers make informed decisions Marketing your property accurately Key Takeaways: Skipping due diligence leaves all sides open for harm. Theres a possibility for sellers and brokers to be liable for misrepresentation while a buyer may encounter problems too late and will suffer for it. Better to give the buyer an opportunity to discover any issues about the property and still want to continue rather than ran through th...
2022-05-1349 minSpeaker RealJohn Gillam: Real Estate Re-Invented!In this episode, Cheryl and John discuss: How skipping diligence leaves all sides open for harm Giving a buyer an opportunity to discover any issues Helping consumers make informed decisions Marketing your property accurately Key Takeaways: Skipping due diligence leaves all sides open for harm. Theres a possibility for sellers and brokers to be liable for misrepresentation while a buyer may encounter problems too late and will suffer for it. Better to give the buyer an opportunity to discover any issues about the property and still want to continue rather than ran through th...
2022-05-1349 min
Its My Time PodcastBeing Strong Enough to Overcome Wounds - with Peter John Gillam | IMTP #50Peter John Gillam is a husband, father, safety coordinator, an author, musician, and music producer. A cheers to new beginnings, this was a great talk about how to be vulnerable as a man and heal. Moving Forward with less regret.
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2021-04-2759 min
Home Inspector Podcast by InterNACHI150. The More You Know, The More You Grow with John GillamJohn Gillam will give a webinar on the value of home inspectors marketing their services to reduce liability for states that have licensure. He will also discuss how to coordinate with brokers / escrow officers in presenting the potential need for these services.
2020-06-1957 min