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Thinking Class
Thinking Class is a weekly long-form interview podcast and documentary series exploring the cultural, historical, and civilisational forces shaping Britain, the Anglosphere, and the wider West. 20,000 subscribers and 2 million plays across all platforms.
Hosted by John Gillam, founder of the Albion Institute (Lord Nigel Biggar CBE serves as Advisory Board Chair) and creator of The Call of England and the forthcoming Call of America documentary series.
Each episode brings together historians…
Episodes
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#091 - Fergus Butler-Gallie - Christianity’s Contradictions: Faith, Power and the Survival of the Church
Reverend Fergus Butler-Gallie is a writer, priest, and current Vicar of Charlbury in Oxfordshire. Educated at Oxford and Cambridge, he has ministered in…
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#090 - Nathan Pinkoski - On The Moral Fragmentation Of The West & What Comes Next
Nathan Pinkoski is a senior fellow at the Centre for Renewing America. He has written for First Things, Compact, Perspectives on Political Science, and The…
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#089 - Compilation - Saving Britain's Boys, Families And Its Nations
This is a compilation episode about the state of boys and families in Britain, the ideological crusades that have undermined them, why the loss of faith and…
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#088 - Momus Najmi - Britain After Decline: Reformation, Restoration, And The Long Road Back
Momus 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…
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#087 - Fr. Benedict Kiely - Why The Media Is Silent On The Global Persecution Of Christians
Father Benedict Kiely is a priest of the Anglican Ordinariate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the founder of nasarean.org, a charity that supports and…
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#086 - Tom Jones - The 'Yookay': We Are Witnessing The Birth Of A New Country
Tom Jones is a writer and a councillor for Scotton and Lower Wensleydale, North Yorkshire. He is the author of the Substack, The Potemkin Village Idiot and has…
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#085 - Ryszard Legutko - The Strange Alliance: How Western Liberals United With Communists After The Cold War
Ryszard Legutko is a Polish scientist and politician, professor of philosophy, publicist, author of over twenty books on socio-political topics, translator and…
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#084 - Mark Walsh - Why Western Man Is Under Attack: On Nature, Masculinity And Nation
Mark Walsh is a teacher of embodiment, trauma, education, and resilience. He is the author of Embodiment: Working with the Body in Training and Coaching and…
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#083 - Ed Davies - Britain's Crises: Lost Boys, Broken Families & A Nation Out Of Work
Ed Davies is Policy Director of the Centre of Social Justice. A veteran of health policy, he has a storied career as a journalist, editor, and policy wonk and…
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#082 - Philip Pilkington - A Post-Mortem: The Death Of Liberalism (& The Rise Of A New World Order)
Philip Pilkington is a macroeconomist and investment professional. He is the author of a book on economic theory, The Reformation in Economics and his most…
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#081 - Lois McLatchie Miller - The Unspoken Truth About Abortion
Lois McLatchie-Miller is a Senior Legal Communications Officer for the Alliance For Defending Freedom International. Lois is a writer, speaker, and thinker on…
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#080- Prof. Alan Macfarlane - England's Rise, Anglo-America's Fall And An Ascendant China
Alan Macfarlane is a historian and anthropologist who taught at the University of Cambridge for 34 years. He is now Professor Emeritus of Anthropological…
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#079 - Ben Cobley - The Right Side Of History: How Progressives Try To Replace God
Ben Cobley is a journalist, former Labour Party activist, and author of The Tribe: The Liberal-Left and the System of Diversity and The Progress Trap: The…
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#078 - Adam Williams - Why Would A British Zoomer Go Into Politics?
Adam Williams is the Leader of the youth wing of the Social Democratic Party, the SDP, in the UK. In this conversation, Adam and I think out loud about what…
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#077 - Driss Ghali - On Reverse Colonialism: How France Was Colonised
Driss 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…
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#076 - Compilation - Beyond Repair? The Making And Breaking Of England, Britain And Their Peoples
This is a compilation episode focused on the themes of England and Britain's history at home and abroad, the making of its social, political, and cultural…
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#075 - Bijan Omrani - Why God Is An Englishman: England Is A Christian Nation Or No Nation At All
Dr. Bijan Omrani is a classicist, historian, and Oxford-educated barrister. His research explores questions of religious history and cultural identity…
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#074 - Prof. Tim Lang - How Bad British Food Policy Risks Starving The Nation
Prof. Tim Lang is the emeritus professor of food policy at City University London Centre for Food Policy. He was professor of food policy at Citi from 2002 to…
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#073 - Dr. Mario Trabucco - Decolonisation: How Modern Museums Are Destroying The Cultural Fabric
Dr. Mario Trabucco della Torretta is a classical archaeologist trained in Sicily and Athens. Mario's expertise covers classical Greek architecture and…
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#072 - Douglas Carswell - How Britain Became A Divided, Broken, Nanny State & How To Fix It
Douglas Carswell was a member of the British Parliament for 12 years. He also co-founded Vote Leave the Official campaign that won the 2016 Brexit vote in…
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#071 - Charles Cornish-Dale - Why Our Health Depends On Resisting The Growing Corporate Control Of The Food Supply
Charles Cornish Dale, otherwise known as Raw Egg Nationalist, is a writer and owner of a popular X/Twitter account. Charlie is the editor of the Mans World…
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#070 - Nuriyah Khan - Modern-Day Religious Revolution In Britain: What Does The Future Hold?
Nuriyah Khan is the host of the YouTube channel Holy Humanist and is a prominent ex-Muslim and women's rights campaigner, known for her fearless advocacy and…
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#069 - Niall Gooch - How The British Public Lost Trust In Their Politicians & Institutions
Niall Gooch is a writer and has appeared in The Spectator, Unheard, and The Catholic Herald. In this episode, Niall and I think out loud about the unique…
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#068 - Lorenzo Warby - Why Economists' Predictions Go Wrong, The Roman Empire Fell, And Why You Should Never Give Bureaucrats Moral Projects
Lorenzo Warby writes the Substack Lorenzo from Oz and he contributes regularly to Helen Dale's Substack, Not on your team, but always fair. He needs little…
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#067 - Prof. Alan Macfarlane - Exploring The Ancient English Roots Of Capitalism And How They Contributed To Its Protestantism
Alan McFarlane is an anthropologist, historian, and Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at King’s College, Cambridge. He is the author or editor of 20 books and…
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#066 - Theodore Dalrymple - Why Being Non-Judgmental Does Not Make You More Moral & Makes The World Worse
Today, I’m speaking with Dr Anthony Daniels, better known by his pen name, Theodore Dalrymple. He is an English cultural critic, prison physician, and…
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#065 - Neema Parvini - How Out Of Control Western Elites Brought A Civilisation To Its Knees
Neema Parvini is the author of eight books including The Prophets of Doom, The Populist Delusion, The Defenders of Liberty, Shakespeare's Moral Compass. He has…
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#064 - Lord Nigel Biggar - The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Of The British Empire
Lord 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…
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#063 - David Starkey - Britain Has Been A Disaster Since 1945 (And The Crown Is Busy Losing Itself)
David Starkey is a historian, broadcaster, and bestselling author. Known for The Six Wives of Henry VIII and Monarchy, David now runs the popular YouTube…
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#062 - Dr. Roy Baumeister - The Power Of Culture: How We Evolved To Live In The Tribe
Dr. 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…
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#061 - Mark Dooley - On Roger Scruton & Why We Need To Discover The Politics Of Home
Dr. Mark Dooley is an Irish philosopher, author and journalist who has taught at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth, and at University College Dublin…
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#060 - Warren Smith - Rediscovering Humility In The Search For Truth
Warren Smith is the founder of YouTube channel The Secret Scholar Society (@SecretScholars ). He lives in Massachusetts, USA, where he is a volunteer…
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#059 - Sam Bidwell - How Britain's Politicians Broke The Social Contract
Sam 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…
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#058 - Harrison Pitt - Why Mass Immigration Will See The West Give Up Believing In Liberal Fictions
Harrison 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…
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#057 - Ed West & Paul Morland - Why Rediscovering Our Cultural Heritage Can Save The West
Ed 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…
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#056 - Prof. Robert Tombs - Why We Cannot Escape History: England's Past Will Define Its Future
Professor 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…
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#055 - Prof. Alan MacFarlane - How English Individualism Created The Modern World
Professor Alan McFarlane is a renowned anthropologist, historian, and Professor Emeritus of King’s College, Cambridge. Author or editor of 20 books and…
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#054 - Tom Rowsell - An 8,000 Year Story: Exploring The Genetic Histories & Identities Of The British Peoples
Tom 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…
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#053 - David Goodhart - The Impact Of Freedom And The Age Of Sex Equality On Caring For The Family
David Goodhart is a British journalist, commentator and author. David is the Head of the Demography, Immigration and Integration Unit at the think tank Policy…
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#052 - Dr. Philip Kiszely - How British Media Became Cynical And Divided The Nation
Philip 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…
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#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…
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#050 - Carl Trueman - A Warped Reality: How Critical Theory Utterly Transformed Our World
Carl 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…
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#049 - My Reflections On 50 Episodes Of Thinking Class
Hello, classmates, and welcome to Thinking Class. Today I'm speaking with, well, myself and you, dear listener. I'm a management consultant, podcaster, and…
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#048 - Spencer Klavan - On Moral Relativism, Timeless Truths, And Science & Faith
Spencer Klavan is a scholar, writer, and podcaster. A graduate of Yale, he earned his doctorate in ancient Greek literature from Oxford University. Spencer is…
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#046 - Dr. Alka Sehgal Cuthbert - How The Intolerant And Divisive Language Of Anti-Racism And Poor Policy Fractured Britain
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…
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#045 - William Clouston - How Britain Began To Decline And Why Its Leaders Won't Fix It
William 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…
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#044 - Glen Scrivener - Why Human Dignity And Human Rights May Not Survive Without Christianity
Glen Scrivener is an ordained Church of England minister and evangelist who preaches through writing, speaking, and online media. Glen is also the director of…
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#043 - Philip Pilkington - Why European Countries Face Economic Ruination Of Their Own Making
Philip 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…
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#042 - Peter Hitchens - How Britain Witnessed A Moral And Cultural Revolution
Peter 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…
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#041 - Charlie Downes - Why British Zoomers Are Against Mass Immigration And Multiculturalism
Charlie Downes is the co-founder of the think-tank Centre for Migration Control, which is "committed to controlling and reducing immigration to the United…
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#040 - James Esses - Why I Stood Up Against Gender Ideology Despite The Personal Costs
James Esses is a social commentator and writer, the co-founder of Thoughtful Therapists and the coordinator of the Declaration for Biological Reality. In this…
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#039 - Lorenzo Warby - Why Our Genes And Cultures Undermine The Quest For Equality
Lorenzo 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…
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#038 - Dr. John Rapley and Dr. Peter Heather - Why Barbarian Invasion Is Not The Only Reason For The Fall Of An Empire
Dr. John Rapley is a political economist at the University of Cambridge and a senior fellow at the Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Studies. His books…
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#037 - Chris Martz - Why We Must Say No To Climate Alarmism
Chris 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…
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#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…
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#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…
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#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…
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#033 - Frank Furedi - The Beginning Of A Political Revolution: What The Populist Surge In The EU Tells Us
Frank 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…
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#032 - Doug Stokes - Why We Must Understand What It Means To 'Decolonise' Something
Doug Stokes is the Professor of International Relations at Exeter University and acts as the Director for its Strategy and Security Institute. Doug was a…
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#031 - Ben Cobley - We Are Suffering The Institutional Erasure Of The English
Ben 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…