Journalist, author, and Mail on Sunday columnist Peter Hitchens was my guest on today’s show. He is a former foreign correspondent from Moscow and Washington and author of numerous books including The Rage Against God and The Abolition of Britain. This was a really exciting interview for me and definitely one of the…
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Chatter #83 – Brian O’Boyle on Planet Before Profit and Transitioning To a Post-Carbon Economy
Brian O’Boyle, the author of People Before Profit’s Eco-Socialist Manifesto, was my guest on this version of the show. As part of research for a future book I have been doing a lot of thinking about how we might reimagine our world post-covid. People Before Profit have obviously sat down and thoughtfully constructed…
Chatter #82 – Scott Santens on the Case for Universal Basic Income
Scott Santens, writer, full-time advocate of unconditional basic income (UBI), and editor of Basic Income Today was my guest on this episode of Chatter. I first heard of the idea of Universal Basic Income during my time at university and have been fascinated by the idea ever since. I’ve thought for quite a…
Chatter #81 – Nicholas Shaxson on The Finance Curse
Nicholas Shaxson, author of The Finance Curse was my guest on today’s show. The Finance Curse lays out the case that an over-sized financial sector can be as much of a drain on a country’s economy as a resource like oil or copper, where one industry sucks money, talent, and investment out of…
Chatter #80 – Ruaidhri O’Donnell on Life Inside Corbyn’s Labour Party
Ruaidhri O’Donnell, the former Labour staffer and head of the 2019 battle bus, was my guest on today’s show. I first met Ruaidhri when we were briefly working in the same restaurant in Belfast when I was at Queen’s University. Since then he has gone on to work for Open Europe and then…
Chatter #79 – Brian Frydenborg on Ukrainegate and the Trump/Russia Connections
Brian Frydenborg, the journalist and author, was my guest on today’s show. He is the author of several books on the Trump/Russia connections, including his most recent book on Ukrainegate, the scandal being pushed by the Trump campaign as an attempt to discredit Joe Biden. Our conversation was a fantastic in-depth look at…
