Podcast

Marshall Matters

What is the state of the arts? Winston Marshall, musician and co-founder of the band Mumford & Sons, explores the taboo and totemic issues within the creative industries in a series of interviews with artists, musicians, actors, comedians, and more…

What is the state of the arts? Winston Marshall, musician and co-founder of the band Mumford & Sons, explores the taboo and totemic issues within the creative industries in a series of interviews with artists, musicians, actors, comedians, and more…

Marshall Matters

Laurence Fox: My Son Hunter, Biden corruption and free speech

This week on Marshall Matters, Winston speaks with actor turned political activist Laurence Fox on his new film My Son Hunter, Biden corruption, being ostracised from the film industry and the importance of free speech. 

Play 30 mins

Marshall Matters

Yasmine Mohammed: Salman Rushdie and how Western liberals empower radical Islam

Winston speaks with author and human rights activist Yasmine Mohammed. They discuss Salman Rushdie’s Fatwa, The Satanic Verses, Islamic blasphemy laws and how liberals empower radical Islam.

Play 48 mins

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Ariel Pink: Trump, Capitol riots and breaking music’s orthodoxy

Winston speaks with American indie legend Ariel Pink. The accomplished singer-songwriter had his life turned on its head for the great crime of supporting Trump. Listen to find out what happened and why. They discuss January 6th, Alex Jones, life after cancellation and more.

Play 26 mins

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Rosie Kay: Controversial choreography and overcoming an emotional cancelling

Winston speaks with dancer and choreographer Rosie Kay. Rosie is returning to the world of dance after being forced to resign from her eponymous company in 2021 when she ran afoul of trans ideologues. Rosie discusses the world of dance, controversial choreography, ideological capture, emotional impact of being cancelled, Virginia Woolf and much more.

Play 36 mins

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Coleman Hughes: Blasphemy, reparations and counter-culture

Winston speaks with writer, musician and host of Conversations with Coleman, Coleman Hughes. They discuss blasphemy in the music industry, counter-culture, race, reparations, colourblindness and much more… Presented by Winston Marshall Produced by Sam Holmes

Play 70 mins

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Rahima Mahmut on Uyghur history, music and the Adrian Zenz report

This week on Marshall Matters Winston speaks to Rahima Mahmut. Rahima is a Uyghur singer, writer, translator and activist. They discussed the history and genocide of her people, compared CCP narrative to the Uyghur perspective, the Adrian Zenz report, her musical background and her song Tarim.

Play 52 mins

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Andrew Doyle: Free speech absolutism, Elon Musk and Titania McGrath

This week on Marshall Matters, Winston speaks with Comedian, author and TV host Andrew Doyle. They discuss his book Free Speech and Why it Matters, Elon Musk, Twitter, Andrew’s creation Titania McGrath, Stonewall the comedy industry and much more.

Play 46 mins

Marshall Matters

Seth Dillon – Will Elon Musk ‘Free The Bee’?

This week on Marshall Matters Winston speaks with Seth Dillon, CEO and owner of American political satire site The Babylon Bee. The Babylon Bee are currently locked out of their Twitter account for a joke that has been deemed ‘hate speech’ by the social media site. But the Bee are refusing to accept this. Seth

Play 30 mins

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Konstantin Kisin on the war in Ukraine

This week Winston is joined by Russian-British comedian, podcaster and author Konstantin Kisin. Konstantin gives his insight into the ongoing war in Ukraine, the Russian mindset, the potent myth of fighting Nazis and a little on his forthcoming new book ‘An Immigrant’s Love Letter To The West’.

Play 35 mins

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Putin has unified us – Ukrainian rock star turned freedom fighter

On this week’s episode of Marshall Matters, Winston speaks with Svyatoslav Vakarchuk in Ukraine. Svyatoslav is the lead singer of Ukraine’s biggest band, Okean Elzy. He has also served in the Ukrainian parliament. Speaking to him on the eleventh day of conflict he describes his experience so far, the atmosphere of his invaded country and

Play 20 mins

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Artemy Troitsky – ‘I’m pretty sure Ukrainians will win’

On this week’s episode of Marshall Matters, Winston speaks with Russian author, journalist and culture and music historian Artemy Troitsky. Troitsky has had a long history of being anti-establishment. In the 80s he was blacklisted by the Soviet Union. But it wasn’t until Putin’s rule that he felt he finally had to leave his motherland.

Play 36 mins

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Tracy–Ann Oberman – Political purity tests in films and theatre

This week on Marshall Matters Winston is joined by British actress Tracy-Ann Oberman, star of Afterlife, Toast of London, Ridley Road and Eastenders, to name but a few. Tracy-Ann discussed the problem of anti-Semitism with relation to Equity – the trade union for actors – as well as in the entertainment industry more broadly and

Play 45 mins

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Don McLean – ‘The day the music died’

This week Winston is joined by American songwriting legend Don McLean. Don discusses his work, the atmosphere of America when he was starting in the 60s compared to now, and how he predicted the state of the world today in his all time classic “American Pie”.

Play 25 mins

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David Baddiel – is anti-Semitism a blind spot?

In the second episode of Marshall Matters, Winston speaks with David Baddiel on his powerful book Jews Don’t Count, the experience of writing the alternative national anthem ‘Three Lions’ and his recent stand up show ‘Trolls — Not The Dolls’.

Play 46 mins

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Ignat Solzhenitsyn – Music, Aleksandr, and Western Values

In this inaugural episode of Marshall Matters, Winston interviews Ignat Solzhenitsyn on the pursuit of art, the state of classical music, the lasting influence of his father Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and the thunderous (or gentle) essay ‘Live Not By Lies’…

Play 36 mins