The Weekly Sceptic

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Host Nick Dixon discusses the events of the past week with Toby Young. It’s serious, it’s funny, it’s frankly the best podcast in the UK.

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The Weekly Sceptic episodes:

05.29.2024
Absolute Shower
Welcome to the Weekly Sceptic episode 89 This week: -In a General Election special, Nick and Toby talk about: -Why Rishi Sunak called a summer election, surprising everyone, including his Cabinet-Whether a ‘Presidential’ election, with the focus on the Prime Minister rather than...
05.22.2024
Ofcommunists
Welcome to the Weekly Sceptic episode 88 This week: -Nick and Toby talk about Ofcom’s attack on GB News, why it’s unfair and what’s behind it-We’re all gutted about the death of the President of Iran, obviously, but why did Britain’s Deputy...
05.08.2024
Khant Win
Welcome to the Weekly Sceptic episode 87 This week: -Nick and Toby discuss Sadiq Khan’s victory in the London mayoral election and puzzle over why the Tories didn’t make more of an effort -Could Labour’s losses to pro-Palestinian, Muslim candidates be replicated in...
04.30.2024
Humza Useless
Welcome to the Weekly Sceptic episode 86 This week: -Nick and Toby discuss the short and disastrous career of ‘Humza the Brief’, puzzling over why he wanted to lead a country he regarded as ‘structurally racist’?-A Conservative MP defects to Labour, prompting...
04.24.2024
Dross of St George
Welcome to the Weekly Sceptic episode 85 This week: -Nick and Toby wish their viewers and listeners happy St George's Day – or, as Nick puts it, happy wankers-posting-about-how-St-George-was-really-Turkish Day-Are we heading for a summer election, given the passing of the Rwanda...
04.17.2024
Bully Boys in Brussels
Welcome to the Weekly Sceptic episode 84 This week: -Nick and Toby talk to their culture war correspondents on the frontline in Brussels to get the lowdown on the NatCon siege-Iran launches a drone attack on Israel and suddenly all the pro-Palestinian...
04.10.2024
Wraggs to Snitches
Welcome to the Weekly Sceptic episode 83 (recorded live at the Hippodrome) This week: -Will Wragg is praised for being 'brave' by Jeremy Hunt after sending intimate photos to a spear phisher and then, when blackmailed, handing over fellow MPs' phone numbers-The...
04.03.2024
J.K. Trolling
Welcome to The Weekly Sceptic, episode 82! This week:-JK Rowling dares Humza Yousaf and his goons in Police Scotland to arrest her for the crime of 'misgendering'.-A devastating new poll has the Conservatives winning just 98 seats -- and Rishi's might...
03.26.2024
St George is Cross
Welcome to The Weekly Sceptic, episode 81! This week:-Nike comes out with a wildly unpopular ‘playful update’ of the England flag -Beau Dade of Lotus Eaters is dropped by Reform UK, following a hit-piece from Hope Not Hate -The Khan Review is released,...
03.19.2024
Gone Soon-ak?
Welcome to the Weekly Sceptic, episode 80! This week:-How much longer can Rishi Sunak survive after his worst week since becoming PM and with Penny Mordaunt on manoeuvres?-Vaughan Gething, the new Welsh First Minister, becomes the first black politician to lead...
03.12.2024
Lee En-Ticed
Welcome to the Weekly Sceptic, episode 79!This week:-We give Toby the right of reply about a controversial piece published by the Daily Sceptic, which led to an X pile-on (formerly known as a Twitter pile-on)-Lee Anderson defects to Reform UK-Will...
03.05.2024
George: The Revenge
Welcome to the Weekly Sceptic episode 78! This week:* George Galloway gives Keir Starmer a bloody nose in Rochdale, but can he do lasting damage to Labour’s electoral prospects?* Rishi Sunak tries to make a 'healing' speech celebrating Britain’s 'multi-faith democracy',...
02.27.2024
House of Wronguns
Welcome to the Weekly Sceptic episode 77!This week:* Keir Starmer comes under pressure after persuading Lindsay Hoyle to tear up the parliamentary rule book to enable his MPs to kowtow to an islamic mob* Rishi Sunak rescues Starmer by suspending...
02.20.2024
The Wrath of Khan
Welcome to the Weekly Sceptic episode 76. This week: * Rishi Sunak reels from two by-election losses, prompting speculation about whether another leader would do better* Sadiq Khan politicises London’s Overground network, giving woke names to four of the six lines in...
02.13.2024
Putin on a Show – Live at the Hippodrome
Welcome to The Weekly Sceptic episode 75, live from The Hippodrome in London’s Leicester Square! This week:-Joe Biden comes under heavy scrutiny for his dodgy memory-Trump reveals his radical approach to getting NATO to pay up -Tucker Carlson gets a history...
02.06.2024
Insane Asylum
Welcome to The Weekly Sceptic, episode 74! This week: -Toby has all the gossip from Liz Truss’s ‘PopCon’ event -A criminal who gamed the asylum system commits a despicable chemical attack, yet Gillian Keegan and others claim this is “not really about asylum”-MP...
01.30.2024
Woke War 3
Welcome to The Weekly Sceptic, episode 73! This week: — As the world creeps ever closer to all-out war, Nick and Toby discuss whether they’d fight for their country— Laurence Fox loses his lawsuit, but why is it libellous to call someone...
01.23.2024
Lords of Misrule
Welcome to The Weekly Sceptic, episode 72!This week: — The Illegal Immigration Bill hits choppy waters in House of Lords— From Gauleiter to Gaslighter: Keir Starmer claims Culture War is a figment of the Tory imagination— Can Britain’s strictest headmistress teach...
01.16.2024
Starmer-geddon
Welcome to The Weekly Sceptic, episode 71! This week: - A new YouGov poll predicts an extinction-level event for the Conservatives at the next election unless the party does something radical- Rishi Sunak struggles to quell the growing rebellion over the Rwanda...
01.09.2024
Going Postal
Welcome to The Weekly Sceptic, episode 70! This week: - Carl Borg-Neal wins a stunning victory against woke tyranny, with the help of the FSU - Paula Vennells agrees to return her CBE for her failure to address the post office scandal - Rishi...
01.02.2024
Cummings and Goings
Welcome to The Weekly Sceptic, episode 69! This week: -Rishi’s secret meeting with Dominic Cummings is leaked -Kemi Badenoch tops polls to become the next leader of the Conservative Party -Sadiq Khan receives criticism for his narcissist New Year’s Eve -Donald Trump is removed from...
12.19.2023
Aviva Loca
Welcome to The Weekly Sceptic, episode 68! This week:-Aviva cracks down against sexism by being sexist and racist, but it’s ok because it’s only aimed at white men -British Airways removes a Jewish sitcom from their flights -Eddie Izzard fails in his bid...
12.12.2023
Weekly Sceptic Live 2
Welcome to The Weekly Sceptic, episode 67, the second ever Weekly Sceptic Live! We had an amazing sold out show at Lola’s, at the Hippodrome in Leicester Square (the audio doesn’t capture the largeness of the crowd, but trust us, they...
12.05.2023
Go Musk Yourself
Welcome to The Weekly Sceptic, episode 66! This week:-James Cleverly unveils the government’s latest 5 point plan-Keir Starmer has an unlikely new hero-A BBC presenter’s mental health is damaged by the sheer number of white people in his workplace -In a bold...
11.28.2023
Dublin Down
Welcome to The Weekly Sceptic, episode 65! This week:-Dublin kicks off as children are stabbed, yet the ‘far right’ is blamed, and Conor McGregor is investigated for hate speech-Geert Wilders is elected in the Netherlands, as European politics appears to be...
11.21.2023
Farage Eats Ze Bugs
Welcome to The Weekly Sceptic, episode 64! This week:-Elon Musk is boycotted by major brands after accusations of antisemitism, and goes on the offensive by launching a lawsuit against Media Matters-Labour front benchers resign after the so-called ceasefire vote -Teachers are still...
11.14.2023
Tories Need Braver Men
Welcome to The Weekly Sceptic, episode 63! This week:-Sunak’s ‘Ri-shuffle’ rocks the Conservative Party as Suella Braverman is out, and, bizarrely, David Cameron is in-Esther McVey becomes the ‘minister for common sense’-The Armistice Day march goes much as predicted, as does...
11.07.2023
Harmistice Day
Welcome to The Weekly Sceptic, episode 62! This week:-Will the Armistice weekend protests go ahead, and, more importantly should they?-Tommy Robinson and Katie Hopkins are reinstated on the ‘X’ platform -The Met Police is infiltrated by various wronguns-Keir Starmer’s poppy mysteriously goes...
10.31.2023
Jordan’s ARC
Welcome to The Weekly Sceptic, episode 61! This week:-Toby gives us his takeaways from the ARC conference -Boris Johnson joins GB News!-Mass pro-Palestine protests erupt in London -Keir Starmer tries to hold Labour together over the Israel-Palestine division-‘Friends’ star Matthew Perry sadly dies,...
10.24.2023
Woke Jihad
Welcome to the Weekly Sceptic, episode 60! This week:-Toby makes it into The New European’s ‘Shit List 2023’-The Met police gaslights us all about the meaning of Jihad, as does Adil Ray (OBE)-A Tube driver is suspended for leading a chant...
10.17.2023
Safe Spacey
Welcome to the Weekly Sceptic, episode 59! This week:-The FA refuse to light up Wembley stadium in honour of Israel-A major funder backs out of the University of Pennsylvania for their ‘moral relativism’ over Hamas-A leftist Ofcom director is suspended for...
10.10.2023
Hard Times Make Bad Tweets
Welcome to the Weekly Sceptic, episode 58! This week:-Hamas launches horrific attacks on Israel, and some of the responses from the Left are truly appalling-An alleged deep fake audio clip of Keir Starmer circulates on X-Nigel Farage says he won’t join...
10.03.2023
GB Blues
Welcome to the Weekly Sceptic, episode 57! This week:-The mainstream media tries to shut down GB News -Nigel Farage is the unexpected star at the Conservative Party Conference -Suella Braverman gets in trouble for using the correct definition of ‘multiculturalism’-Matt Hancock gets thoroughly...
09.26.2023
Heil Trudeau
Welcome to the Weekly Sceptic, episode 56! This week:-Dame Caroline Dinenage writes a bizarre series of letters attempting to get Russell Brand demonetised, and various firms pull their ads from Rumble -The ‘real Rishi’ comes out with the PM’s policies on inheritance...
09.19.2023
Russell BANNED
Welcome to the Weekly Sceptic, episode 55! This week:-Toby and Nick dissect the Russell Brand story in forensic detail -The BBC cancel a programme on Roisin Murphy, but promote a band that sings “kick terfs all day”-Graham Linehan’s book is praised by...
09.12.2023
Marianna Sprung
Welcome to the Weekly Sceptic, episode 54! This week: - The alleged China spy is revealed - Marianna Spring turns out to have lied on her CV - but who can VERIFY this? - Roisin Murphy has a chart hit despite (or because of?)...
09.05.2023
Dr No Borders
Welcome to the Weekly Sceptic, episode 53!We are officially one year in, and stronger than ever. This week:-Roisin Murphy is cancelled for telling the truth about puberty blockers-Gilligan Keegan gets caught on a hot mic with some ‘choice language’-Sadiq Khan and...
08.29.2023
Trump: Mugshots Fired
Welcome to the Weekly Sceptic, episode 52! Since that’s a year’s worth of episodes, we thought we’d do an extra long edition (actually it wasn’t planned, it’s just such a great episode, we got carried away). This week:-Who won the Republican presidential...
08.22.2023
Political Football
Welcome to the Weekly Sceptic, episode 51! This week:-The Lionesses lose, but is it just because Rishi and Prince William didn’t show up? Or simply because they’re too white?-Mason Greenwood will not play for Manchester Utd again, and Nick and Toby...
08.15.2023
London Falling
Welcome to the Weekly Sceptic, episode 50! This week:-Toby reflects on the sad end of his other podcast, London Calling-Oliver Anthony goes viral with a rebellious country song that resonates with US conservatives-Germany attempts to ban the AFD because they are...
08.08.2023
Taking Out the Cash
Welcome to the Weekly Sceptic, episode 49! This week:-Natwest go cashless, with the bizarre promise that ‘Tomorrow begins today’-Ne-Yo makes a standard woke apology, then completely retracts it, while Jamie Foxx issues his own apology, with Nick and Toby disagreeing on...
08.01.2023
Costa Going Woke
Welcome to episode 48 of the Weekly Sceptic! This week: - Costa Coffee’s insane advert depicting a double mastectomy - Andrew Neil goes full TERF - Rishi Sunak goes full climate denier - Gina Miller is de-banked - Andrew Tate almost apologises for his past in...
07.26.2023
Silly Old Coutts
Welcome to episode 47 of the Weekly Sceptic! This week: Farage enjoys a complete victory over NatWest Barbie undergoes a thorough examination and is found to be infected by the woke mind virus Sadiq Khan’s “Maaate” campaign reveals just how little he cares about...
07.18.2023
Decline of the West (End)
Welcome to episode 46 of the Weekly Sceptic! This week:-Hypocrisy abounds in the Huw Edwards scandal-Stop Funding Hate turn out to be quite hateful, as they are accused of antisemitism-A Conservative councillor is suspended for saying Pride is a sin-London’s famous...
07.12.2023
Huw Dunnit
Welcome to episode 45 of the Weekly Sceptic! This week: -Another BBC presenter gets into a rather sordid pickle-Grind pulls all advertising money from GB News-The CPS says not paying for your partner to transition could be domestic abuse(!)-‘Sarah Jane Baker’ tells...
07.04.2023
Absolute Bankers
Welcome to episode 44 of the Weekly Sceptic, and it’s our longest episode yet! This week: Nigel Farage is de-banked by Coutts – and not because he had insufficient funds in his account! Bank of England captured by Stonewall. Will it now de-bank...
06.27.2023
TERF Island
Welcome to episode 43 of the Weekly Sceptic, and it's a special extended episode!This week: – Prigozhin mounts a coup against Putin – but is it all misdirection? – Culture warriors waste no time in exploiting the Titanic submersible tragedy to scorecheap...
06.20.2023
Top G at Rock Bottom
Welcome to episode 42 of The Weekly Sceptic, and it's an absolute banger! This week:-Andrew Tate is charged (then, in a strictly unrelated incident, follows Nick on Twitter)-Spotify ditch 'grifter' Meghan Markle -Howard from Take That is cancelled for believing in...
06.13.2023
Boris GONE-son
Welcome to episode 41 of The Weekly Sceptic! This week Nick and Toby discuss:-Boris Johnson stepping down-Trump's indictment and whether he might go to jail (and if so, could he pardon himself?)-Nicola's Sturgeon's arrest-The BBC's disinformation campaign, and why the...
06.06.2023
Top G vs BBC
Welcome to episode 40 of the Weekly Sceptic! And it's an epic one, as Nick and Toby discuss:-Holly Willoughby's bizarre monologue about Phillip Schofield-Andrew Tate's confrontation with the BBC-Mizzy's appearance on Newsnight-Prince Harry's appearance in court-The revelations about a dystopian...

What's The Weekly Sceptic about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

The Weekly Sceptic episodes:

Absolute Shower

Ofcommunists

Khant Win

Humza Useless

Dross of St George

Bully Boys in Brussels

Wraggs to Snitches

J.K. Trolling

St George is Cross

Gone Soon-ak?

Lee En-Ticed

George: The Revenge

House of Wronguns

The Wrath of Khan

Putin on a Show – Live at the Hippodrome

Insane Asylum

Woke War 3

Lords of Misrule

Starmer-geddon

Going Postal

Cummings and Goings

Aviva Loca

Weekly Sceptic Live 2

Go Musk Yourself

Dublin Down

Farage Eats Ze Bugs

Tories Need Braver Men

Harmistice Day

Jordan’s ARC

Woke Jihad

Safe Spacey

Hard Times Make Bad Tweets

GB Blues

Heil Trudeau

Russell BANNED

Marianna Sprung

Dr No Borders

Trump: Mugshots Fired

Political Football

London Falling

Taking Out the Cash

Costa Going Woke

Silly Old Coutts

Decline of the West (End)

Huw Dunnit

Absolute Bankers

TERF Island

Top G at Rock Bottom

Boris GONE-son

Top G vs BBC

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