The Weekly Sceptic

Weekly Sceptic Live!

Welcome to episode 38 of the Weekly Sceptic – live from the Emmanuel Centre in London!
The first ever Weekly Sceptic Live was a huge success. The event was sold out, and the feedback was amazing. Massive thanks to everyone who came along. Nick opens the show with five minutes of comedic genius, then Nick and Toby discuss:-Meghan and Harry’s alleged car chase-The continued fallout from NatCon-Insane immigration levels under the Tories-The closure of Triggernometry’s bank account-The rapid decline of Radio 4 (to unexpected cheers from the crowd!)They then move to Birdwatch, focusing on Elon Musk’s recent interview, followed, of course, by ‘Peak Woke’. Daily Sceptic editor Will Jones makes a special appearance, as does a highly famous mystery guest (you will have to listen to find out who!).The show ends with a Q&A, featuring some unsurprisingly intelligent questions from you, our wise and discerning audience.A great night, and a great podcast that is well worth a listen whether you were there or not!The event was very kindly sponsored by CAR26, organised by the brilliant Lois Perry. Check out their website here:https://car26.org/Follow them on Twitter here:https://twitter.com/CAR26_ORGFollow Lois here:https://twitter.com/LoisPerry26This week's episode sponsor is Thor Holt, connect with him at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thorholt/. To advertise on one of the fastest growing podcasts in the world – or if you have a question for Dr Peterson – drop Nick or Toby a line on thedailysceptic@gmail.com.Please go to https://dailysceptic.org/ and make a donation so we can continue to bring you all this high quality content. Subscribe to Nick’s substack at https://nickdixon.substack.com/. Listen to Nick’s podcast – The Current Thing – by going here https://currentthingpod.podbean.com. Produced by Jason Clift.  Music by Tinderella. 

NatCons v Libtards

Welcome to this week’s Weekly Sceptic podcast – episode 37!
Nick and Toby discuss the National Conservatism conference, having both attended the gala dinner at the Natural History Museum on Monday night. Why has the liberal left convinced itself that it’s some kind of neo-Nazi convention, when the driving force behind National Conservatism is the Israeli intellectual Yarom Hazony? They also defend Douglas Murray, who has been attacked on Twitter for saying in his speech at the gala dinner that Germany has given nationalism a bad name by having ‘mucked up’ twice in the 20th Century. Don’t the haters understand ironic understatement?
They go on to discuss the remarks of Sir Simon Macdonald, formerly the top man at the Foreign Office, who bad-mouthed Britain in an interview in the New Statesman. Nick has some sympathies for his gloomy assessment of Britain’s future as a global power – it doesn’t have one, basically – while Toby says he might as well have hoisted the Chinese flag above Whitehall.
The next topic is Donald Trump’s ‘Town Hall’, which Nick describes as ‘CNN’s Trump Comedy Special’. The boys agree that Trump projected masculine power, and Nick particularly enjoyed Trump telling the audience that the plaintiff in the recent sexual assault case against him has a cat called ‘Vagina’. But Toby says this might not have been an example of the liberal media shooting itself in the foot, as everyone claims. After all, if it helped to consolidate Trump’s status as the Republican front runner, then that will probably help Joe Biden, who Toby thinks will fare better in a run-off against the former President than against Ron DeSantis.
They then talk about the extraordinary amounts of money raised for the defence of Daniel Penny, the ex-marine accused of killing Jordan Neely, and agree that his prosecution is an unwelcome development since it will mean have-a-go-heroes are less likely to intervene to protect the weak and vulnerable from violent males in future.
They take time out to marvel at the new ad for Miller Lite, which credits women with inventing beer. Toby says it’s as if Miller Lite saw the damage that Bud Light’s embrace of woke gobbledegook was doing to its sales and said, ‘Hold my beer.’
In Birdwatch, the boys talk about Tucker Carlson’s forthcoming show on Twitter and puzzle over Elon Musk’s appointment of Linda Yaccarino as the new CEO. Does this represent a pivot away from a subscriber-funded platform back to an advertiser-funded one? And what will that mean for free speech on Twitter?
Daily Sceptic Editor Will Jones then makes an appearance to talk about the top stories of the week on the site.Finally, the boys compete to see who can come up with the most egregious example of Peak Woke.
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Talking Absolute Monarchs

Welcome to this week’s Weekly Sceptic podcast – episode 36!
Nick and Toby discuss the coronation, the arrested protesters and the selective outrage of the ‘free speech’ supporters (who were notably silent during the lockdown protests). Nick admires Penny Mordaunt’s big sword and predicts a Meghan/Xena-esque response. They debate whether an absolute monarchy would be preferable to a constitutional one. 
Nick and Toby discuss whether they believe the Queen said Meghan was evil — Toby is sceptical, even though he thinks it’s true.  
The Tories got smashed in the local elections and Toby and Nick discuss whether the Conservatives are finished or not. 
Andrew Doyle hosted a televised debate between Andrew Bridgen and Fraser Myers about Myers’ polemical attack on Bridgen in Spiked. The boys discuss who did better and why it may have been a missed opportunity. 
They then move on to ‘Across the Pond’, the section of the show about the US, and he and Toby discuss the accidental killing by choking/restraint of a threatening homeless man (Jordan Neely) on a New York subway train. Tucker vs Fox heats up a little as Tucker says he’s going to go nuclear. And Toby brings us the latest on the Bud Lite / Dylan Mulvaney saga and whether Bud Lite may have, in fact, got a raw deal. And Nick discusses the rumour that a former first lady might, in fact, be a man. Nick then falls into a very deep rabbit hole. 
This week’s first sponsor is The Stack Assistant and you can reach him to organise a free Zoom consultation about Bitcoin at thestackassistant@pm.me. 
Dr Will Jones joins Nick for his regular slot discussing the week’s most interesting stories from The Daily Sceptic. 
This show’s second sponsor is Thor Holt and you can connect with him at https://www.linkedin.com/in/thorholt/. 
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Guardian Gets Sketchy

Welcome to this week’s Weekly Sceptic podcast – episode 35!
Nick and Toby discuss their hilarious new insults from their deranged Twitter hate followers.
Nick comes face to face with the North London blob — no, that’s not a euphemism for the Jews — and he and Toby wonder what kind of person goes to Alistair Campbell’s podcast live?
Toby and Nick discuss whether the cartoon of Richard Sharp in The Guardian was antisemitic or not. And whether Richard Sharp’s appointment after helping Boris get a six figure loan was a greater conflict of interest than Sue Gray’s (secret) relationship with Starmer while she was leading the Partygate investigation.
Jess Philips got caught out in what sounds like a lie regarding when she bought her first home – Toby and Nick discuss what was behind her weirdly conflicting claims.
A scathing critique of Andrew Bridgen appeared in Spiked, which Nick and Toby disagree about — Toby thinks Andrew does the cause no favours by exaggerating vaccine harms, whereas Nick thinks you shouldn’t kick a man when he’s down. 
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Nick complains that this podcast is interfering with his carefully-planned footballing diet – so eats a sandwich. After which the boys discuss Steven Crowder’s divorce, whether Crowder should invest in a bike and whether Toby made a mistake by buying a Ring doorbell.
Nick toys with a new section about our American cousins — provisionally-entitled ‘Pond Scum’ — and then goes on to discuss Tucker Carlson’s mega watched video and whether a political career beckons for him.
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Continuing feel good stories from the US – the boys chat about Vice going woke and broke and Bud Light’s continued journey down the crapper…
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Nick and Will Jones go over the most interesting recent stories from the Daily Sceptic.
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And the boys compete for this week’s Peak Woke title and then add a new category — Peak Based!
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Music by Tinderella.

Tuck Off

Welcome to this week’s (slightly late) Weekly Sceptic podcast – episode 34!
Nick and Toby discuss Tucker Carlson's departure from Fox and what may be the real story behind it.
The boys consider BuzzFeed’s demise and whether the ‘listicle’ will be missed or not.
Anheuser-Busch puts Alissa Heinerscheid ‘on leave’, prompting Toby to extol the advantages of being honest when you’ve been fired, whilst recalling how his impressive hacking skills cost him his job at the Times.
Toby and Nick discuss Diane Abbott’s peculiar letter to the Observer, and her laughable attempt at backtracking, despite the fact that many of her woke fellow travellers subscribe to the same bonkers intersectional orthodoxy.Andrew Bridgen has been expelled from the Conservative party. Nick and Toby discuss why, and what the future may hold for him.
Dominic Raab has resigned under Kafkaesque circumstances. Is this just a hit job by the blob?
Comic titan Barry Humphries sadly passes away. Nick and Toby discuss the revolting hypocrisy of those lamenting his passing who had, only a few years ago, called for his cancellation.
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Dr. Will Jones and Nick go over the most interesting recent stories from the Daily Sceptic.  
Jacob Rees-Mogg 'debates' Marina Purkiss on GB News, and the lads discuss whether she ‘owned’ Jacob, or whether she was simply unable to comprehend that someone may have a different opinion to her and the echo chamber in which she resides. 
In this week’s Birdwatch, Nick discusses Elon trolling Stephen King and other celebs with Blue Ticks
And the boys compete for the title of 'Peak Woke'.
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Woke Peak

Welcome to this week’s Weekly Sceptic podcast – episode 33!
Nick and Toby revisit Bud Light’s disastrous decision to pay Dylan Mulvany to endorse its product. They discuss whether this is a turning point in the pushback against woke corporations and wonder if the Right should embrace the same tactics as the Left, i.e., encourage people to boycott companies they disapprove of.
In our regular section ‘Birdwatch’, the boys discuss Elon’s evisceration of a BBC tech correspondent and why it’s so damaging for legacy media companies like the BBC to be caught trafficking in misinformation when trustworthiness is supposed to be their great asset.
They then talk about the latest Just Stop Oil protest, which involved orange powder and a snooker table, and forensically analyse the protestor’s Patreon page.
Joe Biden visited Ireland and Nick and Toby discuss his gaffe-ridden tour and how on earth this has persuaded him to run for president again. Can he win re-election? Not according to Dominic Cummings, who has used AI to predict a Trump victory in a Biden-Trump contest.
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Nick and Dr Will Jones discuss this week’s most interesting stories in the Daily Sceptic.  
And finally, the boys vie for this week’s Peak Woke title.
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Produced by Jason Clift.
Music by Tinderella.

Nike: Just Don’t Do It

Welcome to this week’s Weekly Sceptic podcast – episode 32! 
Nike Women’s wear and Bud Light chose to commit financial suicide this week by hiring Dylan Mulvaney to be the face of both brands; Nick and Toby discuss how the Corporate Equality Index may be behind these decisions and how it’s becoming increasingly hard to distinguish between the latest woke nonsense and satirical memes. 
Trans rights activists have assaulted another person with whom they disagree – this time it was the turn of swimmer, Riley Gaines, at a speech she gave at San Francisco State University. Toby and Nick discuss this as well as how Gaines was held hostage and how the incident was reported as a ‘peaceful protest’ by the mainstream media. 
Still on the trans subject – Toby discusses the possible inflation of numbers of trans people in the last census. 
Nick discusses Channel 4’s descent into newer depths of depravity – with the release of their new show ‘Naked Education’ – and Toby wonders whether flashers and perverts have simply moved from Hampstead Heath to Channel 4 in the past 30 years. 
Toby and Nick discuss the Dalai Lama asking a young boy to suck his tongue and debate whether the whole thing was so unbelievably weird it wasn’t in fact predatory behaviour… The boys also discuss Joe Biden sniffing the hair of young girls. 
Toby talks about The Workers Protection Bill, explains what a terrible law it would be and his good work to stop it. 
Nick talks about the Labour attack adverts against Rishi Sunak – and their rank hypocrisy. 
In Birdwatch – Toby and Nick discuss Elon labelling NPR and BBC as ‘government funded media’ and taking The New York Times blue checkmark away! 
Nick and Dr Will Jones discuss this week’s most interesting recent stories from the Daily Sceptic. 
And finally, Toby and Nick compete for this week’s Peak Woke title.
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Music by Tinderella. 

Freed Top G

Welcome to this week’s Weekly Sceptic podcast – episode 31!
Donald Trump has been indicted by the New York District Attorney – Toby and Nick discuss what might be behind it. Andrew Tate (Top G) has been released, is under house arrest and is back on Twitter! Nick and Toby debate Tate’s meteoric, mythological (and unlikely) path to fame and notoriety. And whether Tate is a useful ally or not… And whether or not Toby might have become a Top G, had he be raised in Luton.
Trans madness continues unabated since last week with the media outdoing themselves referring to the recent school shooting in America, with Christianity being blamed for the tragedy. Nick and Toby discuss this as well as if and why the elites are promoting wokery…
Rishi Sunak is threatening to combat grooming gangs – Toby and Nick consider the predictable meltdown on Twitter as well as whether this was, in fact, a trap set for the Labour party.
Birdwatch makes a welcome return this week with the boys discussing Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s possible sock puppet Twitter account making threats to Matt Walsh and the rising temperature of political discourse in the US.
Will Jones and Nick catch up about the most interesting recent stories from The Daily Sceptic.
Toby and Nick wrestle for this week’s Peak Woke title, the boys discuss anti woke drama (and how much they love the Australian series, Mr Inbetween) and Nick reads out the latest reviews of the podcast.
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Produced by Jason Clift
Music by Tinderella

TERFed out

Welcome to this week’s Weekly Sceptic podcast – episode 30!
Toby and Nick discuss the attack on Kellie-Jay Keen by trans rights activists in New Zealand and Nick’s resulting journey from mens’ rights activist to radical feminist. In other trans related news, transwomen are no longer allowed to compete in international athletics. In the third trans story this week, the boys discuss the trans shooter, Audrey Hale, and the slightly deranged reaction. And In this week’s final trans story, they discuss the woeful tale of Zara Jade, a convicted male rapist who tied up and stabbed his partner, but referred to by the BBC as a ‘woman’, naturally.
They talk about Eddie Izzard being trolled by Leo Kearse and the brutal cancellation of comedian Alfie Brown by people with ‘be nice’ in their Twitter bios.
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As a unionist, Toby celebrates in the fact that the hopeless and authoritarian Humza Yousaf has become the latest SNP leader.
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Peak Woke returns and Nick reads out the latest reviews of the podcast.
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Trumped Up

Welcome to this week’s Weekly Sceptic podcast – episode 29!
Toby and Nick discuss Trump’s arrest and how Ron DeSantis may react. They then talk about the infamous Suella Braverman picture and the thousands of subsequent Auschwitz memes shared on Twitter by people who were only a month ago railing against Andrew Bridgen’s Holocaust quote. Nick and Toby go on to discuss the distinction between ‘disinformation’, ‘misinformation’ and ‘malinformation’…
They then speak about the British Police turning away from enforcing free speech rights whilst spending time (and taxpayer money) on woke diversity training. And Nick and Toby discuss the glorious implosion of the SNP!
Boris is back in the news – with hostilities resuming between he and Dominic Cummings.
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We have a bumper episode of Peak Woke – with Toby and Nick vying for this week’s title… And we’re honoured, again, to have Dr Peterson back to dispense his valuable advice (this week to Toby!).
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