Andrew Doyle

Andrew Doyle is a comedian, author of ‘Free Speech and Why It Matters’ and a presenter on GBNews.
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Why has the West caved in to the progressive witch-finders?

34 min listen

Is western society in the grips of a progressive hysterical epidemic comparable to the Salem Witch Trials? My guest on Holy Smoke this week, Andrew Doyle, argues precisely that in his book The New Puritans. He suggests that gender ideology, and particularly the dogmas of trans activists, together with the fantasies of Critical Race Theory,

Andrew Doyle and Ian Leslie: How do we disagree?

51 min listen

The public conversation – especially on social media – is widely agreed to be of a dismally low quality. In this week’s Book Club podcast I’m joined by two people who have ideas about how we can make it better. Andrew Doyle’s new book is Free Speech: And Why It Matters; Ian Leslie’s is Conflicted:

American meltdown: November’s democratic disaster

40 min listen

Is this week’s presidential debate a taste of the chaos to come? (00:55) In defence of ‘wokeness’ (15:10) and are male-only spaces immoral? (30:25) With Matt Purple, Senior Editor at the American Conservative; Karin Robinson, host of the Primarily: 2020 podcast; Sam Leith, The Spectator’s Literary Editor; Andrew Doyle, the writer behind Titania McGrath; and

Joanna Lumley, Lionel Shriver, Andrew Doyle and Jeremy Clarke

27 min listen

On this week’s edition, Joanna Lumley recalls her meeting with Mongolia’s former champion wrestler – now the country’s president – and reflects on the joys of eating birdseed (01:14). Lionel Shriver argues that the true novelty of coronavirus is just how scared it’s made us all (07:14). Andrew Doyle suggests that the SNP’s hate crime

With Andrew Doyle

17 min listen

On the latest episode, Andy and Benedict talk to comedian and author Andrew Doyle, the brains behind the Twitter persona ‘Titania McGrath’. Andrew explains just why he’s so suited to self-isolation, the politicisation of coronavirus, and which quarantined celebrities he feels most sorry for.