Show Notes
Catherine Liu – author of Traumatised: The New Politics of Public Suffering – is the latest guest on The Brendan O’Neill Show. Catherine and Brendan discuss how Oprah turned pain into profits, why the posh and privileged claim they’re mentally ill, and how the public performance of fragility is used to shut down debate and reinforce the class system.
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Gad Saad – author of Suicidal Empathy: Dying to Be Kind – is the latest guest on The Brendan O’Neill Show. Gad and Brendan discuss Europe’s civilisational seppuku, the nonsense of ‘Islamophobia’ and why our societies need some ‘testicular fortitude’. Become a spiked supporter to access all of spiked’s exclusive content, and get unlimited, ad-free reading and other perks: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/