Can I Make A Point?: Recent Episodes
The Conversational Lemon
The weekly political podcast hosted by comrades Bradley Endsor, a conservative, and Daniel Hodson, a socialist (it's a potent blend, we know). Every Monday, they listen to ideas, guests and sometimes even each other.
On the podcast this week is the author, of Socialism: The Failed Idea That Never Dies and Universal Healthcare Without The NHS, Kristian Niemietz. Kristian, who works for the Institute for Economic Affairs, explains the problems with socialism, makes the case for free markets and tells us of his dislike for tribal politics.
Joining Bradley and Danny this week is the author of A Party With Socialists In It, Simon Hannah, who discusses the history of the Labour Party, its role in British politics and where it goes from here.
Joining Bradley and Danny this week is Associate Lecturer in Politics at the University of York, Remi Adekoya. They discuss his book, Biracial Britain, race in Britain, and the politics of identity.
Bradley and Danny are joined by the comedian, writer and former Brexit Party candidate, Dominic Frisby to talk tax, Brexit and the state of British politics.
Danny and Bradley welcome Eric Kaufmann, the author of White Shift, on to the podcast to discuss the politics of immigration, identity and race as well as woke politics and academic freedom in universities.
This week's podcast episode discusses conservatism, red-toryism and philosophy with writer and thinker Phillip Blond.
Joining Bradley and Danny this week is the American philosopher and writer Michael Shermer who talks free speech, capitalism and landing on Mars.
Can I Make A Point? is in conversation with Professor Bill Mitchell talking about Modern Monetary Theory, the Job Guarantee and why the government doesn't need to issue debt.
This week Bradley and Danny meet the leader of the SDP, William Clouston, and cover a multitude of topics including British politics, Blair, Social Democracy and the future of his party.
In this episode, Danny and Bradley chat to author and radio host Iain Dale about his two most recent books 'Why Can't We All Get Along?' and 'The Prime Minsters'. They discuss tolerance, tribes and the political virus.
On today's podcast with Bradley and Danny is Gabriel Podgrund, The Times journalist who has written an account of the Corbyn years called 'Left Out'. In the interview they discuss the book and the rise and fall of Corbynism.
Bradley and Danny are joined by Will Dawson to talk all things liberalism and the tribalism of politics, ranging from what it means to be a liberal to hate speech and its relation to freedom of speech.
In a wide ranging discussion, Bradley and Danny speak to Paul Embery about his book 'Despised: Why the Modern Left Loathes the Working Class' and the Labour party. Paul explains what happened to bring Labour to that histroic defeat in 2019 and where they can go from here.