British Thought Leaders

British Thought Leaders features in-depth conversations on issues that affect and shape our society and culture, giving a voice to those marginalised by legacy media. Hosted by NTD UK’s News Director Lee Hall.

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Episodes

Tuesday Nov 14, 2023

NTD's Lee Hall sits down with Reverend Daniel French, vicar of the seaside town of Salcombe and co-host of the popular Irreverend podcast.
Daniel talks about how the lockdowns affected him and his work as a faith leader when churches were forced to close.
He also talks about some of the challenges facing Christianity including the culture wars, dwindling worshipper numbers, and an increasingly progressive Church leadership.
@holydisrupter
irreverendpod.com

Tuesday Nov 14, 2023

NTD's Lee Hall sits down with Marc Sidwell, film-maker, journalist and Director of Research at The Henry Jackson Society. Marc talks about a series of documentaries he made for the New Culture Forum covering the history, achievements and genius of Western civilisation.
Marc says the West is something that should be celebrated, and that despite attacks from within -- and authoritarian powers -- the heyday of the West is not over yet.
@marcsidwell
marcmywords.substack.com

Tuesday Nov 14, 2023

NTD's Lee Hall sits down with Ethan Gutmann, an award-winning China analyst, human rights investigator and author.
Ethan talks about his book The Slaughter, and the horrors he uncovered in talking to people who were involved in forced organ harvesting in China.
He also talks about researching his next book in Kazakhstan, where he spoke to Uyghurs who’ve been detained in camps in Xinjiang.

Tuesday Nov 14, 2023

NTD's Lee Hall sits down with Jo-Anne Nadler, a writer, journalist and concerned parent who recently wrote a report for Civitas thinktank about critical social justice undermining schools.
Jo-Anne says a ‘revolution’ delivered ‘largely by stealth’ is supported by external and often self-declared ‘experts’. They teach children radical ideological positions on issues such as race, gender and sexuality.
Jo-Anne talks about how parents can get informed and fight back against indoctrination of their children.
@JoAnneNadler
www.jo-annenadler.com

Tuesday Nov 14, 2023

James Esses is a commentator, writer and advocate on gender ideology and free speech. He co-founded the group, ‘Thoughtful Therapists’, who are working to change the narrative regarding mental health treatment in this space. Prior to this, he was a Criminal Barrister and spent many years specialising in crime and criminal justice in the public sector, including tackling child sexual abuse and exploitation.
@JamesEsses
http://jamesesses.substack.com

Tuesday Nov 14, 2023

Sam Dunning is a writer, researcher who heads up new charity, UK-China Transparency. They have thus far exposed Chinese infiltration into British Universities, investment in state-owned tech companies and the work done by UK-based Confucius Institutes.
@samdunningo / @ukctransparency
http://ukctransparency.org

Tuesday Nov 14, 2023

Michael Cohen works in AI safety research at the University of Oxford. Michael shares his concerns that without intervention AI poses a risk to humanity.
@Michael05156007
https://www.michael-k-cohen.com/

Tuesday Nov 14, 2023

Anna Loutfi is a legal researcher, commentator and human rights barrister. Anna works with the Bad Law Project to challenge and de-politise our democratic institutions.
@BadLawProject
www.badlawproject.com

Tuesday Nov 14, 2023

Sheldon Thomas is a former gang member who now lectures, trains and consults on gang culture to various governments, police, frontline workers and engages gangs members in the UK and the Caribbean. He is also the founder of Gangs Line.
@SheldonThomas3
@Gangsline

Tuesday Nov 14, 2023

Matt Ridley, 5th Viscount Ridley, is a science-writer, journalist and member of the House of Lords. He inherited the viscountcy in February 2012 and was a Conservative hereditary peer from February 2013, with an elected seat in the House of Lords, until his retirement in December 2021.
His recent book Viral: The Search for the Origin of COVID-19 written with Alina Chan ascribes the spread of the virus to the COVID-19 lab leak theory.
@mattwridley

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