Off Script

Mar 03 2024 77 ep. 50 mins 804
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From "wokeness" to cancel culture, the culture wars are in full swing. In this series of no-holds-barred long-form interviews, The Telegraph’s Steven Edginton sits down with world-leading commentators to unpick them. New episodes on Fridays.
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Robert Tombs: Putting the war in Gaza in historical context

Mar 03 2024 71 mins  
To put the recent protests over the war in Gaza into their historical context, The Telegraph’s Steven Edginton is joined by the renowned historian and author of The English and Their History, Robert Tombs, in the latest Off Script podcast.Watch this episode: https://youtu.be/hk-p08GE2-0 |Read more from The Telegraph’s award-winning comment team: www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion

Antony Beevor: Is Putin’s war in Ukraine a continuation of the Russian civil war?

Feb 29 2024 57 mins  
Is Putin’s war a continuation of the Russian civil war? What lessons has the Russian leader learned from Stalin? How has the war in Ukraine impacted historians?To discuss these topics and more, The Telegraph’s Steven Edginton is joined by the historian Antony Beevor.Watch this episode: https://youtu.be/DFW5V4IB_PA |Read more from The Telegraph’s award-winning comment tea

Mark Stoleson: Is woke capitalism a threat to the West?

Feb 15 2024 42 mins  
How has GB News changed British politics? Is woke capitalism a threat to the West?To discuss, Steven Edginton is joined by Mark Stoleson, the CEO of Legatum, a powerful investment firm with interests in GB News and other major projects.Watch this episode: https://youtu.be/B1O_sFO1uPE |Read more from The Telegraph’s award-winning comment team: www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion |For

Simon Heffer: Do the Tories face electoral oblivion?

Jan 22 2024 62 mins  
As opinion polls suggest the Conservatives face electoral oblivion, could we witness a repeat of a 1997 landslide, or even 1906?To discuss, Steven Edginton is joined by the historian and Telegraph columnist Simon Heffer.Watch this episode: https://youtu.be/GLG6xjfOZ-Q |Read more from The Telegraph’s award-winning comment team: www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion |For 30 days’ free

Diana Furchtgott-Roth: Are we in an energy cold war?

Jan 05 2024 49 mins  
Is Net Zero destroying our energy capacity? Are we in an energy cold war?To discuss, The Telegraph’s Steven Edginton is joined by the economist Diana Furchtgott-Roth of the Heritage Foundation who has served in every Republican administration since Ronald Reagan. Watch this episode: https://youtu.be/tB6HxgxVsaE |Read more from The Telegraph’s award-winning comment tea

Dr Kevin Roberts: The state of American conservatism, President Biden and the Blob

Dec 15 2023 51 mins  
Dr Kevin Roberts is the president of The Heritage Foundation, one of America's most influential conservative think tanks.The Telegraph’s Steven Edginton sits down with him to discuss the state of American conservatism, President Biden and the Blob for the latest Off Script podcast.Watch this episode: https://youtu.be/BWST_E8z1eA|Read more from The Telegraph’s award-winning

Jason Kenney: The impact of Canada's radical euthanasia laws

Dec 08 2023 51 mins  
Jason Kenney is the former Premier of Alberta and a Canadian conservative politician. He sits down with Steven Edginton to discuss the state of his country, including Canada’s radical new euthanasia laws.Watch this episode: https://youtu.be/Cv2AcBqap8s|Read more from The Telegraph’s award-winning comment team: www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion |For 30 days’ free access to The

Michael Shellenberger: Why climate change has become a 'religion'

Nov 23 2023 47 mins  
Michael Shellenberger is an environmentalist, author, and advocate for pragmatic solutions to climate change.He joins Steven Edginton to talk about the ‘religion’ of climate change.Watch this episode: https://youtu.be/tqcDyHdbYd4|Read more from The Telegraph’s award-winning comment team: www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion |For 30 days’ free access to The Telegraph: www.telegraph.c

Dennis Prager: What are the threats to Western civilisation?

Nov 17 2023 53 mins  
Dennis Prager is a conservative thinker, commentator and one of America’s most successful political entrepreneurs, most well known for establishing PragerU, one of the largest conservative online platforms. Steven Edginton is joined by Mr Prager to discuss threats to Western civilisation.Watch this episode: https://youtu.be/OudTXT_9CzY|Read more from The Telegraph’s award-winni

Anna Loutfi: Does free speech exist in Britain?

Oct 27 2023 58 mins  
With people being arrested for posting offensive memes, and with crack downs on so-called disinformation, does free speech exist in Britain?To discuss, Steven Edginton is joined by the equality and human rights barrister from the Bad Law Project Anna Loutfi.Watch this episode: https://youtu.be/344S8oLazbI|Read more from The Telegraph’s award-winning comment team: www.telegraph.co