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Hello and welcome to the Spiked Podcast.

I'm Fraser Myers and I'm joined as ever by Spikes the editor Tom Slater.

Hello.

And Spiked columnist Ella Wheeling.

Hi. Coming up on the show we have the micro-aggression police, the labor leadership race, and the

film and TV awards season.

So-called micro-aggression such as asking people where they're really from or joking about their ex

Are you really Asian? Can I see your photo of your mother? People would take a step back and

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