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Russell Brand has been sentenced to 10 and a half years for rape and three sexual assaults. We discuss his conviction, Brand's history on the political Left, Megyn Kelly’s defence of Brand, and whether his wife is being coercively controlled? Plus,
Brand’s magnetism, our skepticism of charisma, sex addiction, 
Andrew Sachs’ granddaughters comments post-conviction and the original 'Sachsgate', and how sexuality is like no other thing and therefore sexual violence is incredibly different to other forms of violence.

We react to news of Meghan Markle's father, Thomas Markle, being investigated for possessing child sexual abuse imagery in the Philippines, and the failure of the London Metropolitan Police to investigate him back in 2019. Plus, family legacies that cast shadows, managing inherited baggage, the contagiousness of class anxiety, Meghan’s homeware brand, the new £1000 fines for telephones on loud speaker on British public transport, how the UK police force have been ideologically captured, and where does the slur 'fag' come from?

Comedian and actor Russell Brand's trial for three counts of rape and other sexual assaults against a total of six women began in London a fortnight ago. We discuss the allegations, the women's testimonies in court, and the tactics that Brand's defence team are using to defend him. Plus, whether Christianity and history of being simply a 'cad' are cover stories, Brand's time on the political left from 1999 to the 2010s, and what will happen if he's found guilty.

Gloria Steinem, a key figure of the feminist second-wave, died last month. We are joined by Australian academic and feminist philosopher Kate Phelan to discuss Steinem's work and whether she had a moderating, liberalising effect on the women’s movement. Plus, menstrual leave, hobosexuals, feminist revolution, porn as free speech, women becoming more radical as age, and Steinem’s CIA connections.

We discuss whether the defeat of transgenderism in the UK could be reversed? Specifically under our incoming new Prime Minister Andy Burnham, who is to the left of Keir Starmer. How are sexual politics going to fit in to Burnham’s Britain? Will the new Burnham regime embolden the possibility of euthanasia being passed on its second try? And why has the Labour Party never had a woman leader?
Plus, the claim Andy Burnham is in effect the UK’s ‘first female prime minister’, the particularities of the feminised, deep-seated beta male sexism of the left, Starmer's mistreatment of gender critical MP Rosie Duffield, and the uniformity and ruthless conformity amongst women on the left in order to survive politically.