The Godless Spellchecker Podcast

Ep#206 - Lucy Brown - Hate Club

This week on The Knight Tube, Stephen Knight @GSpellchecker) welcomes author Lucy Brown. Lucy will be talking about her new book 'Hate Club' which chronicles here turbulent experience working with Tommy Robinson 0:00 Intro 1:29 Cultural shift 3:06 Have your politics changed? 5:31 A failure of the left and the right to understand each other. 8:08 Meeting Tommy Robinson and the decision to write the book 12:20 Do you have some residual loyalty to Robinson 14:39 Employers and political activism. 17:22 First meeting Tommy Robinson 21:41 Tommy Robinson's public persona 25:00 Ali Dawah and Luc's falling out with Tommy Robinson 31:52 Lauren Southern's claims about Andrew Tate and Tommy Robinson 34:38 The behaviour of some of Robinson's fans 38:50 Does Robinson deserve the credit for exposing grooming gangs? 42:59 Does Robinson use his 'activism' to fund his lifestyle? 51:06 The John Sweeney and Panorama controversy. 56:14 Will Lucy be getting more politically active again? Stephen Knight's Substack: www.sknight.substack.com [http://www.sknight.substack.com] Support the podcast at www.patreon.com/gspellchecker [http://www.patreon.com/gspellchecker] Also available on iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/godless-spellchecker-podcast/id780794967], Stitcher [http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=41293&refid=stpr], YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/gspellchecker] & Spotify. [https://open.spotify.com/show/0TTwnlVpzJRQuM6xfj7W0h]

Taking The Myth - September 2025 Edition

This week on Taking The Myth, Stephen Knight [https://www.twitter.com/gspellchecker] (@GSpellchecker) and Iram Ramzan [https://twitter.com/iram_ramzan] (@Iram_Ramzan) discuss all the big topics. 0:00 Intro 0:29 Iram's travels to Israel 6:08 Iram's reporting on the Druze 13:13 The assignation of American conservative Charlie Kirk 25:15 The Jimmy Kimmel suspension 28:24 What do we know about Tyler Robinson? 31:18 Islamic knife attacker spared jail. 41:39 Tommy Robinson's 'Unite the Kingdom' march. 49:33 The bizarre claims about Sadiq Khan 59:05 Reform conference, Lucy Connolly and other cranks. 01:07:45 Disagreement on Israel and claims of "genocide". 01:18:55 The UK recognising a Palestinian state Stephen Knight's Substack: www.sknight.substack.com [http://www.sknight.substack.com] Iram Ramzan's Substack: https://iramramzan.substack.com/ [https://iramramzan.substack.com/] Support the podcast at www.patreon.com/gspellchecker [http://www.patreon.com/gspellchecker] Also available on iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/godless-spellchecker-podcast/id780794967], Stitcher [http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=41293&refid=stpr], YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/gspellchecker] & Spotify. [https://open.spotify.com/show/0TTwnlVpzJRQuM6xfj7W0h]

Ep#205 - Harry Saul Markham - The Melted Pot

This week on The Knight Tube, Stephen Knight (@GSpellchecker) welcomes author Harry Saul Markham to talk about his new book 'The Melted Pot: Diversity, Antisemitism, and the Limits of Tolerance' 0:00 Intro 1:24 Why write about these issues? 2:56 Having the book cancelled by the publisher 5:30 Getting endorsed by Stephen Fry 7:20 What do we mean by 'Islamism'? 10:31 Changing your Jewish surname and assimilating. 18:15 Is Jeremy Corbyn antisemitic? 23:53 Can we learn a lot about a society by how well it treats its Jews? 26:36 The impact of immigration on culture and nation 30:05 Can liberalism still save us? 34:09 'The Muslim vote'. 37:14 How has 'multiculturalism' failed. 42:20 Jewish safety in Europe 47:45 Israel 52:50 Greta Thunberg's pro-Palestine activism. Stephen Knight's Substack: www.sknight.substack.com [http://www.sknight.substack.com] Support the podcast at www.patreon.com/gspellchecker [http://www.patreon.com/gspellchecker] Also available on iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/godless-spellchecker-podcast/id780794967], Stitcher [http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=41293&refid=stpr], YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/gspellchecker] & Spotify. [https://open.spotify.com/show/0TTwnlVpzJRQuM6xfj7W0h]

Ep#204 - Andrew Doyle - The End of Woke?

This week on The Knight Tube, Stephen Knight (@GSpellchecker) welcomes the return of author, comedian and political commentator Andrew Doyle (@AndrewDoyle_com). They discuss Andrew's new book 'The End of Woke' and much, much more! 0:00 Intro 0:41 Why write 'The End of Woke'? 8:53 The latest Andrew Lawrence controversy about Liverpool 19:09 Has comedy and satire failed us in the 'woke era'? 22:46 What is the 'woke right'? 31:09 Islam, Qu'ran burning and the conviction of Hamit Coskun 37:21 Should the state attempt to regular 'hate'? 42:30 What is 'liberalism'? 45:51 Is 'liberalism' a strong enough tool to defeat harmful ideologies? Has multiculturalism failed? 50:44 The gender critical movement and its tribal elements. 59:09 Should we suspect some arguments are insincere? Stephen Knight's Substack: www.sknight.substack.com [http://www.sknight.substack.com] Support the podcast at www.patreon.com/gspellchecker [http://www.patreon.com/gspellchecker] Also available on iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/godless-spellchecker-podcast/id780794967], Stitcher [http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=41293&refid=stpr], YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/gspellchecker] & Spotify. [https://open.spotify.com/show/0TTwnlVpzJRQuM6xfj7W0h]

Ep#203 - Sam Harris returns

This week on The Knight Tube, Stephen Knight (@GSpellchecker) welcomes the return of author, philosopher and host of the 'Making Sense' podcast, Sam Harris. 0:00 Intro 0:55 Podcasting, the digital landscape, misinformation and value of expertise. 6:00 Douglas Murray V Dave Smith on Joe Rogan, and expertise V an 'Appeal to authority'. 16:19 RFK Jr and the resurgence of the anti-vax movement. 20:24 Elon Musk and how Sam makes the decision to publicly criticise 'friends' and associates. 23:15 Sam's reasons for deactivating his 'X' account. 29:44 Sam's favourite way to communicate and is there a new book on the horizon? 32:26 What does Sam make of the resurgence of Christianity as a pushback against Islam and progressive worldviews? 44:21 How best to convince people that free will is an illusion? 58:49 Will Donald Trump attempt to run for a third term? Stephen Knight's Substack: www.sknight.substack.com [http://www.sknight.substack.com] Support the podcast at www.patreon.com/gspellchecker [http://www.patreon.com/gspellchecker] Also available on iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/godless-spellchecker-podcast/id780794967], Stitcher [http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=41293&refid=stpr], YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/gspellchecker] & Spotify. [https://open.spotify.com/show/0TTwnlVpzJRQuM6xfj7W0h]