Unregistered 111: Brendan O’Neill

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🗓️ 25 April 2020

⏱️ 117 minutes

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I had a friendly collision with Brendan O’Neill, the editor of Spiked, about whether democracy is the cure or the disease for our current political troubles. 25% of all CBD products at: https://palomaverdestore.com/ Use discount code: “RENEGADE” at checkout. Subscribe on iTunes: http://www.thaddeusrussell.com/itunes Join the Underground: https://www.unregisteredunderground.com Episode Notes: http://www.thaddeusrussell.com/podcast/111 Renegade U. courses: http://www.thaddeusrussell.com/courses Buy … Continue reading →

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0:00.0	This is the unregistered podcast, and I'm Thaddeus Russell.
0:07.5	This is a show about ideas, people, and behaviors that are considered inappropriate, out of bounds, or beyond the pale.
0:15.6	The things you're not supposed to talk about if you're a schoolteacher, a college professor, a businessman, a politician,
0:23.1	a parent, a neighbor, or even a podcast host. These are the things you're not supposed to say
0:29.3	or even think if you're a good liberal, a good conservative, or a good citizen. Each week,
0:36.8	I'll interview a person who has something bad to say. They might be a journalist or a good citizen. Each week, I'll interview a person who has something bad to say.
0:40.3	They might be a journalist or a professor.
0:42.5	They might be a porn star or a drug dealer.
0:45.4	They might just be an ordinary person with an ordinary job
0:48.9	who doesn't care about the rules of polite society.
0:52.5	I'm not interested in breaking the rules just to be a troublemaker. I'm interested in people who break the rules of polite society. I'm not interested in breaking the rules just to be a troublemaker.
0:56.2	I'm interested in people who break the rules of conventional thought
0:59.5	and to expand the scope of what is possible to say in our society.
1:04.2	I'm interested in people who make me think.
1:09.0	My guest this week is Brendan O'Neill, the editor of Spiked Online, which I think is one of the most interesting political magazines in the world.
1:18.6	Brendan thinks there is a crisis of democracy right now, and I think that democracy is always a crisis.
1:30.3	This is my interview with Brendan O'Neill.
1:43.4	So welcome to the unregistered podcast. I'm joined this week by Brendan O'Neill from,
1:44.8	are you in London? I'm in London, yes.
1:46.2	And that's your, that's your regular hangout.
1:48.7	That's where you are based, as we like to say, these days.
1:51.6	This is my husband, born and bred.
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