Recommended by Tim Gwynn Jones
The safe space for dangerous ideas.
My affection for Szeps has been a slow blossoming. As a podcaster from the US, he was irritating (I recommend watching him speak rather than hearing him - he doesn't look like he sounds). But this new show - especially the paid-for product - has some really good, probing, and intelligent interviews. And he's one of the few Wokesceptics to stay sceptical but not cross to the dark side. And he's funny.
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