The Current Thing

Comedian and commentator Nick Dixon talks to fascinating guests about politics, the culture war, and anything else that comes up.

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Episodes

Friday Oct 04, 2024

Welcome to another episode of The Current Thing, this week with GB News presenter, bestselling author, and all round legend Andrew Doyle.We discuss-The US vice-presidential debate between JD Vance and Tim Walz-The Tory Party conference, and which leadership candidate looks most promising -Whether the Tories and Reform UK will merge -Rosie Duffield quitting the Labour Party -Dawn Butler’s bizarre video calling herself the ‘chosen one’-How art suffers when politics becomes ubiquitous And loads more!
Get full episodes with top guests, plus Nick's exclusive solo reaction episodes, all his articles, and of course support the podcast and help us keep doing this work, all for just £5 by going to nickdixon.net
Or make a one-off donation here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nickdixonSubstack: nickdixon.netX/Twitter: https://twitter.com/nickdixoncomicYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nick_dixonAndrew's Substack: https://andrewdoyle.substack.com/Andrew's X/Twitter: https://x.com/andrewdoyle_comPeterson Academy with Andrew's Shakespeare lectures: https://petersonacademy.com/

Thursday Sep 26, 2024

Welcome to another episode of The Current Thing, this week with our old friend Paul Cox.We discuss-Nigel Farage’s recent comments on English culture and mass deportations -The Labour conference, and Keir Starmer’s plan to bring back the sausages-Labour freebies and hypocrisy-The ongoing nightmare for Labour that is the Winter Fuel Payment policy -The future of the Tories vs Reform And loads more!
Get full episodes with top guests, plus Nick's exclusive solo reaction episodes, all his articles, and of course support the podcast and help us keep doing this work, all for just £5 by going to nickdixon.net
Or make a one-off donation here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nickdixonSubstack: nickdixon.netX/Twitter: https://twitter.com/nickdixoncomicYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nick_dixon
Paul's Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/PaulCoxComedyPaul's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@paulcoxcomedyPaul's comedy clubs: https://www.epiccomedy.co.uk/

Wednesday Sep 18, 2024

GB News presenter and one of Britain's greatest comedians Simon Evans returns to talk about:-The latest assassination attempt on Trump-Whether they are really 'eating the dogs', and does it matter?-Huw Edwards avoiding jail-Keir Starmer's clothes scandal  -The Lib Dem who got PTSD due to Brexit-The UK's version of Jussie Smollett and loads more!
Follow Simon on X: https://twitter.com/TheSimonEvansGo to his website: https://thesimonevans.com
Get full episodes with top guests, plus Nick's exclusive solo reaction episodes, all his articles, and of course support the podcast and help us keep doing this work, all for just £5 by going to nickdixon.net
Or make a one-off donation here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nickdixonSubstack: nickdixon.netX/Twitter: https://twitter.com/nickdixoncomicYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nick_dixon
 

Monday Sep 16, 2024

This is a short preview of Nick's brand new interview with Ed Dutton, discussing Ed's extremely non-controversial new book, Woke Eugenics: How Social Justice is a Mask for Social Darwinism.
For the full episode go to www.nickdixon.net
In this funny and informative episode we talk about:
-Ed's theory that woke people are selecting themselves into extinction-How Keir Starmer’s childhood explains his current behaviour-Why Japan doesn’t have wokeness-Why society will become more religious -What the collapse of society will look like, and when it will happenAnd loads more!
As you may know, we now do a free weekly topical show that is still called The Current Thing, but these full guest interview episodes are only available on www.nickdixon.net, where you also get Nick's solo reaction episodes, his articles, and of course the great feeling of supporting the podcast and helping us keep doing this work, all for just £5 on nickdixon.net
Or make a one-off donation here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nickdixonAnd of course you can find Ed at https://www.jollyheretic.com/

Thursday Sep 12, 2024

Nick's guest today is proper journo Will Kingston, host of The Spectator podcast Fire at Will.Nick and Will discuss:-Who won the Trump / Harris debate?-Are they really ‘eating the dogs’?-The outrage around Tucker Carlson’s interview on Churchill’s legacy -Why Starmer is letting out dangerous prisoners-Labour’s strange and cruel winter fuel payment policy-Diane Abbott’s less than dream date with Jeremy Corbyn And loads more!
Get full episodes with top guests, plus Nick's exclusive solo reaction episodes, all his articles, and of course support the podcast and help us keep doing this work, all for just £5 by going to nickdixon.net
Or make a one-off donation here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nickdixonSubstack: nickdixon.netX/Twitter: https://twitter.com/nickdixoncomicYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nick_dixonWill's podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/fire-at-will/id1669163871

Thursday Sep 05, 2024

Welcome to the second episode of the new look topical version of The Current Thing, this time with Paul Cox!We talk about:-Starmer forgetting he is prime minister FIVE TIMES in the House of Commons -Labour’s attack on Oasis over ticket prices, and where Oasis stand in the culture war-Who will win the Tory leadership contest?-Jeremy Corbyn’s new ‘Independent Alliance’ -The University of Nottingham removes the term ‘Anglo-Saxon’And loads more!
Get full episodes with top guests, plus Nick's exclusive solo reaction episodes, all his articles, and of course support the podcast and help us keep doing this work, all for just £5 by going to nickdixon.net
Or make a one-off donation here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nickdixonSubstack: nickdixon.netX/Twitter: https://twitter.com/nickdixoncomicYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nick_dixon
Paul's Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/PaulCoxComedyPaul's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@paulcoxcomedyPaul's comedy clubs: https://www.epiccomedy.co.uk/

Starmergeddon - with Leo Kearse

Thursday Aug 29, 2024

Thursday Aug 29, 2024

The Current Thing will now be a weekly topical show, hosted by Nick with a rotation of awesome guests. In addition, we will still do the in depth guest interviews.For this topical episode, Leo Kearse returns to talk about:-Starmer's incredibly grim speech-Civil Service corruption-Notting Hill carnival chaos-The Nando's waitress on the wrong side of two-tier policing-The arrest of Telegram's CEO-Mark Zuckerberg's revelations about Democrat censorship and coercion-RFK Jr endorsing TrumpAnd loads more!
Get full episodes of The Current Thing, plus Nick's exclusive solo reaction episodes, all his articles, and of course support the podcast and help us keep doing this work, all for just £5 by going to nickdixon.net
Or make a one-off donation here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nickdixonSubstack: nickdixon.netX/Twitter: https://twitter.com/nickdixoncomicYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nick_dixonSubscribe to Leo's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LeoKearseFollow Leo on X: https://twitter.com/LeoKearse

Friday Aug 16, 2024

The Rev Dr Jamie Franklin returns to talk to Nick about the UK riots, and two-tier Keir Starmer persecuting the British working class. This is a crossover episode with Jamie's podcast, Irreverand, so please enjoy this almost two hour chunk of quality podcasting. 
Get full episodes of The Current Thing, plus Nick's exclusive solo reaction episodes, all his articles, and of course support the podcast and help us keep doing this work, all for just £5 by going to nickdixon.net
Or make a one-off donation here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nickdixonSubstack: nickdixon.netX/Twitter: https://twitter.com/nickdixoncomicYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nick_dixon
Follow Jamie on X: https://twitter.com/JamieFranklin40Listen to Jamie's Podcast: https://irreverend.buzzsprout.comJamie's Substack: https://jamiefranklin.substack.com/

Monday Jul 29, 2024

Journalist Steven Edginton joins us to discuss:
-How he almost went to prison due to an investigation by counter terrorism police -Corruption and bias in the government and Civil Service -His insider knowledge of DEI practices in the workplace-What he has learned from covering politics on the ground in America-His thoughts on the assassination attempt against TrumpAnd loads more!
The FULL EPISODE is only available on nickdixon.netSo sign up for just £5 a month to watch/listen to this and all our other episodes, and help me keep the show going. Thanks!
Get the FULL EPISODE and support the podcast HERE: www.nickdixon.netMake a one-off donation here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nickdixonSubstack: nickdixon.netX/Twitter: https://twitter.com/nickdixoncomicYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nick_dixonSteve's X/Twitter: https://x.com/StevenEdginton

Monday Jul 22, 2024

Conservative peer and former chief Brexit negotiator Lord Frost returns to the show to discuss:
-What went wrong for the Tories in the recent election -What the future of the Conservative Party looks like-Who he favours as next Tory leader-His views on Nigel Farage and Reform UK -What the country will look like under Labour-How he was 'blocked' from standing as a Tory MP-His thoughts on Trump and the dangers politicians face
And lots more!
The FULL EPISODE is only available on nickdixon.netSo sign up for just £5 a month to watch/listen to this and all our other episodes, and help me keep the show going. Thanks!
Get the FULL EPISODE and support the podcast HERE: www.nickdixon.netMake a one-off donation here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nickdixonNick's X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/nickdixoncomicNick's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nick_dixonFollow Lord Frost on X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/DavidGHFrost Read his Telegraph articles: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/d/da-de/david-frost

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