Taking The Myth - December 2024 Edition
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This week on Taking The Myth, (@GSpellchecker) and of sedaa.org (@Iram_Ramzan) discuss all the big topics. 0:00 Intro 0:22 Iram and Stephen debrief their appearance at the Battle of Ideas in Westminster. 7:08 Donald Trump wins the election, the leftist response and the cult of MAGA. 13:00 The car attack at a Christmas market in Germany. What do we know about the suspect? How are people reporting the ‘facts’? 30:37 The intentional sensationalizing of current events by online ‘content creators’. 34:20 The response to Lilly Phillips 44:15 Cousin marriage in the UK. 52:37 The...
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Full Panel - Gender Wars: No End in Sight?
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Listen to the full panel ‘Gender Wars: No End in Sight?’ recorded at the Battle of Ideas on Saturday the 19th October. Chair: Claire Fox, director, Academy of Ideas. Panelists: Jo Phoenix, professor of Criminology. Simon Calvert, deputy director, The Christian Institute Fiona McAnena, director of campaigns, Sex Matters Bev Jackon, co-founder and trustee, LGB Alliance Stephen Knight, Reporter and podcaster. 0:00 Claire Fox: Intros 6:16 Jo Phoenix: Opening arguments 14:27 Simon Calvert: Opening arguments 20:59 Fiona McAnena: Opening arguments 29:08 Bev Jackson: Opening Arguments...
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Gender Wars: No end in sight? Stephen Knight's opening arguments at Th
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Listen to Stephen Knight's opening arguments from The Battle Of Ideas panel , live from Westminster, London.
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Taking The Myth - October 2024 Edition
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This week on Taking The Myth, (@GSpellchecker) and of sedaa.org (@Iram_Ramzan) discuss all the big topics. 0:00 Intro 1:49 Stephen and Iram will be doing a live podcast at October’s Battle Of Ideas in London 5:51 A year on from the 7th of October terror attacks in Israel and war in the middle-east. 25:10 Police officers fired for Bianca Williams stop and search win appeal. 33:34 Violent incident at Manchester airport 37:57 Summer riots in the UK, misinformation, excuse making for thuggery. 48.42 The re-emergence of white identity politics 51:05 Misinformation, Elon Musk and whether...
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Ep#201 - Sall Grover - Being sued for 'women only' social app
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This week on The Knight Tube, Stephen Knight (@GSpellchecker) speaks to Sall Grover. Sall is a businesswoman currently embroiled in a legal row for trying to create a single sex social App called ‘Giggle’ 0:00 Intro 0:59 About Sall and what happened with her App. 5:22 At what point in time did it become controversial to say that “men aren’t women”? 7:23 What does it mean to be “peaked”? 9:23 Why say “there is no such thing as trans”? 11:53 How much of this is ‘cultural’? 15:53 Has trans rights activism hijacked the gay rights movement? 19:38 Does Sall have public...
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Taking The Myth - July 2024 Edition
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This week on Taking The Myth, (@GSpellchecker) and of sedaa.org (@Iram_Ramzan) discuss all the big topics. 0:00 Intro 0:19 Obligatory instance of British people moaning about weather. 2:57 Euros 2024 4:30 General Election: Thoughts on a Labour victory and what The Conservatives got wrong. 11:26 The attempted assassination of Donald Trump 15:26 The mental decline of President Joe Biden 19:14 The partisan tribalism with Dems V GOP. 20:58 Tenacious D: Kyle Gass’s Trump assassination joke and the right’s hypocrisy on ‘cancel culture’. 30:50 Endless online conspiracy theories thanks...
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Ep#200 - Andrew Gold Returns - The Psychology of Secrets
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This week on The Knight Tube, (@GSpellchecker) Journalist and Author Andrew Gold (@AndrewGold_OK) returns to talk about hid fascinating new book ‘The Psychology of Secrets: My Adventures with Murderers, Cults and Influencers’. You can watch the video version at www.youtube.com/gspellchecker 0:00 Intro 0:08 Air conditioning and summer heat 1:24 Andrew’s YouTube success and avoiding audience capture 3:51 Doe accusations of bigotry hurt? 8:59 Prosocial lies: How do we recognise when we aren’t being honest? 14:14 Is it dangerous to talk to extreme people? Why cover the most dark,...
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Taking The Myth - May 2024 Edition
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This week on Taking The Myth, (@GSpellchecker) and of sedaa.org (@Iram_Ramzan) discuss all the big topics. 0:00 Intro 0:21 Where the hell have we been?! 1:19 Iram’s trip to Tel Aviv 16:13 Social media 20:44 Palestinian student has UK student visa revoked for comments about October 7th terror attacks and the topic of Palestinian refugees. 36:37 New proposals for single sex spaces in UK public spaces 44:59 New guidance banning teaching ‘gender ideology’ in schools. 49:52 The Cass Review into gender services for children 57:59 Man tries to enter women’s loos in Central Park 59:53 Is...
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Stephen Knight's Opening Remarks - BattleFest - Antisemitism
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In November 2023 Stephen Knight spoke on the Panel ’ at The Battle of Ideas. Here are his opening arguments and some highlights from the panel. You can watch the full debate on YouTube here:
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Ep#199 - Louise Distras - Cancelled By The Music Industry
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This week on The Knight Tube, (@GSpellchecker) speaks to musician Louise Distras (@LouiseDistras) 0:00 Intro 0:37 About Louise 1:00 On the perception of ‘cancel culture’ and a bad childhood. 6:13 Policing the language women are allowed to use in this debate 7:13 The political climate in the music industry. 11:20 What first got you in to trouble on the gender debate? 13:28 Being banned from Bandcamp and dropped from her booking agent. 20:27 Is Louise able to record new music now? 22:02 The Smiths singer Morrisey 25:26 Online trans activist mobs 26:55 What happened with Billy Bragg?...
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This week on The Knight Tube, Stephen Knight (@Gspellchecker) welcomes the return of counter-extremist Liam Duffy. Liam has recently released a report chronicling the problem of violence in response to perceived ‘blasphemy’ in the west. They will discuss the high profile cases and the effect this has had on freedom of expression in the West.
Watch the video version: www.youtube.com/gspellchecker
0:00 Intro
01:02 Have we failed to make any progress on the issue of Islamic ‘blasphemy’ in the west?
01:14 What is ‘The Counter Extremism Project’?
05:41 How are we defining ‘blasphemy’?
08:27 Sensitivity surrounding Islam’s prophet Muhammad
14:32 The chilling effect on free speech: Is it now just a bad idea to publish cartoons that will inevitably inspire violence?
18:03 Elon Musk and should Muhammad cartoons violate Twitter’s rules?
23:56 Are modern blasphemy controversies in the west almost exclusively Islam related?
28:45 The reaction to the attempted murder of Salman Rushdie in New York
35:09 The silence from the UK Government on the Batley teacher forced into hiding.
38:10 Will we see more isolated attacks rather than largescale ones?
44:11 UK ‘hate speech’ laws as secularized blasphemy codes.
Report: Violence Against Perceived Blasphemers In The West – From Khamenei’s Fatwa To The Present: https://www.counterextremism.com/sites/default/files/2023-06/Violence%20Against%20Perceived%20Blasphemers%20in%20the%20West_July%202022.pdf
Stephen Knight’s Substack: www.sknight.substack.com
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