This week on Taking The Myth, Stephen Knight (@GSpellchecker) and Iram Ramzan of sedaa.org (@Iram_Ramzan) discuss all the big topics.

0:00 Intro
0:22 Iram and Stephen debrief their appearance at the Battle of Ideas in Westminster.
7:08 Donald Trump wins the election, the leftist response and the cult of MAGA.
13:00 The car attack at a Christmas market in Germany. What do we know about the suspect? How are people reporting the ‘facts’?
30:37 The intentional sensationalizing of current events by online ‘content creators’.
34:20 The response to Lilly Phillips
44:15 Cousin marriage in the UK.
52:37 The Spectator magazine censured by IPSO for describing a trans women as a “man that claims to be a woman”.
01:04:54 PinkNews bosses accused of ‘sexual misconduct’
01:13:32 Audience Question: Stephen Fry’s comments about Stonewall and a resurgence in Christianity.
1:22:16 Audience Question: Worst Christmas present?

Stephen Knight’s Substack: www.sknight.substack.com

Sedaa: www.sedaa.org

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Listen to the full panel ‘Gender Wars: No End in Sight?’ recorded at the Battle of Ideas on Saturday the 19th October.

Chair: Claire Fox, director, Academy of Ideas.

Panelists:

Jo Phoenix, professor of Criminology.

Simon Calvert, deputy director, The Christian Institute

Fiona McAnena, director of campaigns, Sex Matters

Bev Jackon, co-founder and trustee, LGB Alliance

Stephen Knight, Reporter and podcaster.

0:00 Claire Fox: Intros
6:16 Jo Phoenix: Opening arguments
14:27 Simon Calvert: Opening arguments
20:59 Fiona McAnena: Opening arguments
29:08 Bev Jackson: Opening Arguments
36:45 Stephen Knight: Opening Arguments
43:42 Audience Questions
52:30 Jo Responds
54:49 Simon Responds
56:55 Fiona Responds
58:19 Bev Responds
01:00:30 Stephen Knight Responds
01:03:18 More audience questions
01:23:51 The panelist’s final thoughts.

Full panel info: https://www.battleofideas.org.uk/session/whats-the-future-of-the-gender-wars/

The Academy of Ideas: https://academyofideas.org.uk/

Stephen Knight’s Substack: www.sknight.substack.com

Support the podcast at www.patreon.com/gspellchecker

Also available on iTunes, Stitcher, YouTube & Spotify.

Listen to Stephen Knight's opening arguments from The Battle Of Ideas panel Gender wars: no end in sight?, live from Westminster, London.