Synopsis
Comedians Konstantin Kisin and Francis Foster create fun but-serious conversations with fascinating guests. New episodes every Sunday night.
Episodes
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Lionel Shriver on Censorship, Cancel Culture and Free Speech
09/06/2019 Duration: 01h03minHere's a fascinating conversation we recorded with journalist and award-winning novelist Lionel Shriver. Support TRIGGERnometry: Paypal: https://bit.ly/2Tnz8yq https://www.subscribestar.com/triggernometry https://www.patreon.com/triggerpod Find TRIGGERnometry on Social Media: https://twitter.com/triggerpod https://www.facebook.com/triggerpod https://www.instagram.com/triggerpod About TRIGGERnometry: Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@failinghuman) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial writers, leading scientists and notorious comedians. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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William Clouston on the SDP, Community and Social Justice Mania
02/06/2019 Duration: 01h03minWilliam Clouston (@WilliamClouston) is the leader of the Social Democratic Party https://sdp.org.uk. In this episode we discuss: 01:04 Immigration, Integration and Social Justice Mania 21:05 Community and the Future of the Two-Party System 43:42 Brexit Support TRIGGERnometry: Paypal: https://bit.ly/2Tnz8yq https://www.subscribestar.com/triggernometry https://www.patreon.com/triggerpod Find TRIGGERnometry on Social Media: https://twitter.com/triggerpod https://www.facebook.com/triggerpod https://www.instagram.com/triggerpod About TRIGGERnometry: Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@failinghuman) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial writers, leading scientists and notorious comedians. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Douglas Murray on Roger Scruton, Intersectionality and the Trans Debate
26/05/2019 Duration: 57minHere's a fascinating conversation we recorded with Douglas Murray (@douglaskmurray) on location in Oxford. In this episode we discuss: 01:45 Roger Scruton, Smear Tactics and Competitive Victimhood 22:06 Taboo Subjects, Gender and the Trans Debate 39:08 Campus Censorship, Intersectionality and Islam Support TRIGGERnometry: Paypal: https://bit.ly/2Tnz8yq https://www.subscribestar.com/triggernometry https://www.patreon.com/triggerpod Find TRIGGERnometry on Social Media: https://twitter.com/triggerpod https://www.facebook.com/triggerpod https://www.instagram.com/triggerpod About TRIGGERnometry: Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@failinghuman) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial writers, leading scientists and notorious comedians. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Jess Butcher on Women in Tech, Social Media and a Positive Vision of Men and Women
19/05/2019 Duration: 01h05minJessica Butcher MBE (@jessbutcher) is a technology entrepreneur, angel investor, speaker, board director and co-founder of Blippar, a world-leading technology platform and one of Britain’s best-funded technology scale-ups. Jess is the recipient of numerous female entrepreneur and tech awards including Fortune’s Most Powerful female entrepreneurs and BBC’s Top 100 Women. Support TRIGGERnometry: Paypal: https://bit.ly/2Tnz8yq https://www.subscribestar.com/trigger... https://www.patreon.com/triggerpod Find TRIGGERnometry on Social Media: https://twitter.com/triggerpod https://www.facebook.com/triggerpod https://www.instagram.com/triggerpod About TRIGGERnometry: Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@failinghuman) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial writers, leading scientists and notorious comedians. Learn more about your ad
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Toby Young on Social Justice, Unconscious Bias and Woke Corporations
12/05/2019 Duration: 01h11minToby Young (@toadmeister) returns! In this episode we discuss: 00:00:53 Quillette 00:08:28 Greta Thunberg 00:26:21 Social Justice, Unconscious Bias and Go Woke, Go Broke 00:52:29 Roger Scruton 00:59:30 State Censorship Support TRIGGERnometry: Paypal: https://bit.ly/2Tnz8yq https://www.subscribestar.com/triggernometry https://www.patreon.com/triggerpod Find TRIGGERnometry on Social Media: https://twitter.com/triggerpod https://www.facebook.com/triggerpod https://www.instagram.com/triggerpod About TRIGGERnometry: Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@failinghuman) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial writers, leading scientists and notorious comedians. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Mike Driver on the Entrepreneurial Mindset and the Futility of Predictions
05/05/2019 Duration: 01h04minMike Driver (@mdvex) is a serial entrepreneur. He grew a two-person print management business from 2 to 250 staff before selling a minority stake to ECI Private Equity in a £50m deal within 14 years. Mike is now the Chairman of Convex Capital and has helped to sell over £1.5bn worth of owner managed businesses. He is also heavily involved in, and is a regular contributor to, Kilkenomics, the Festival of Comedy and Economics which takes place in Kilkenny in Ireland every year. In this episode, we discuss: Psychopathy and the Entrepreneurial Mindset Forecasting, Brexit and Tax Avoidance Support TRIGGERnometry: Paypal: https://bit.ly/2Tnz8yq https://www.subscribestar.com/triggernometry https://www.patreon.com/triggerpod Find TRIGGERnometry on Social Media: https://twitter.com/triggerpod https://www.facebook.com/triggerpod https://www.instagram.com/triggerpod About TRIGGERnometry: Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@failinghuman) make sense of politics, e
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Vladimir Hernandez on Venezuela, Mexico and the War on Drugs
28/04/2019 Duration: 59minVladimir Hernandez @vlad_hernandez_ is a BBC journalist with years of experience covering Latin American affairs. In this episode, we discuss: 00:01:22 The Humanitarian Catastrophe in Venezuela 00:31:45 Mexico and the Failed War on Drugs Support TRIGGERnometry: Paypal: https://bit.ly/2Tnz8yq https://www.subscribestar.com/triggernometry https://www.patreon.com/triggerpod Find TRIGGERnometry on Social Media: https://twitter.com/triggerpod https://www.facebook.com/triggerpod https://www.instagram.com/triggerpod About TRIGGERnometry: Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@failinghuman) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial writers, leading scientists and notorious comedians. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Zuby on Positive Rap, Identifying as a Woman and White Privilege
21/04/2019 Duration: 01h16minZuby is a rapper, podcaster and creative entrepreneur. In this episode we discuss: Positive Rap and Free Speech Identifying as a Female Powerlifter White Privilege, Racism and White Guilt Abortion Support TRIGGERnometry: Paypal: https://bit.ly/2Tnz8yq https://www.subscribestar.com/triggernometry https://www.patreon.com/triggerpod Find TRIGGERnometry on Social Media: https://twitter.com/triggerpod https://www.facebook.com/triggerpod https://www.instagram.com/triggerpod About TRIGGERnometry: Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@failinghuman) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial writers, leading scientists and notorious comedians. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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India Willoughby on Being Trans, Trans Athletes and Women's Spaces
14/04/2019 Duration: 01h08minIndia Willoughby (@indiawilloughby) is a journalist, broadcaster and was the world's first trans newsreader. In this fascinating episode, India talks about her experience of being trans and the feeling of being trapped in the wrong body. We also discuss trans women in sport, women's spaces and radical feminists. Support TRIGGERnometry: Paypal: https://bit.ly/2Tnz8yq https://www.subscribestar.com/triggernometry https://www.patreon.com/triggerpod Find TRIGGERnometry on Social Media: https://twitter.com/triggerpod https://www.facebook.com/triggerpod https://www.instagram.com/triggerpod About TRIGGERnometry: Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@failinghuman) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial writers, leading Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Geoffrey Miller on Sex Differences, Masculinity & Political Polarisation
07/04/2019 Duration: 01h12minRenowned evolutionary psychologist Geoffrey Miller (@primalypoly) on sex differences, the crisis of masculinity, the human instincts behind consumer culture and the origins of polarisation. Support TRIGGERnometry: Paypal: https://bit.ly/2Tnz8yq https://www.subscribestar.com/triggernometry https://www.patreon.com/triggerpod Find TRIGGERnometry on Social Media: https://twitter.com/triggerpod https://www.facebook.com/triggerpod https://www.instagram.com/triggerpod About TRIGGERnometry: Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@failinghuman) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial writers, leading Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Fin Taylor on Offensive Comedy, Free Speech and Count Dankula
31/03/2019 Duration: 01h04minWe sat with the fantastic Fin Taylor to discuss the nuances of free speech, Count Dankula's case, the culture war, and offensive comedy. 00:02:08 Comedy, Irony and Free Speech 00:31:44 Count Dankula and Hate Speech Fin's Twitter: https://twitter.com/fintaylorcomedy?lang=en Support TRIGGERnometry: Paypal: https://bit.ly/2Tnz8yq https://www.subscribestar.com/triggernometry https://www.patreon.com/triggerpod Find TRIGGERnometry on Social Media: https://twitter.com/triggerpod https://www.facebook.com/triggerpod https://www.instagram.com/triggerpod About TRIGGERnometry: Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@failinghuman) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial writers, leading Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Sir John Curtice on What the Polls Tell Us About Brexit
24/03/2019 Duration: 01h09minIn this episode we got to speak to a world renowned polling expert and political scientist in Sir John Curtice. 00:00:49 Why Polls Fail to Predict Election Outcomes 00:17:33 Why Brexit is Not a Right Wing Issue Support TRIGGERnometry: Paypal: https://bit.ly/2Tnz8yq https://www.subscribestar.com/triggernometry https://www.patreon.com/triggerpod Find TRIGGERnometry on Social Media: https://twitter.com/triggerpod https://www.facebook.com/triggerpod https://www.instagram.com/triggerpod About TRIGGERnometry: Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@failinghuman) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial writers, leading scientists and notorious comedians. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Katharine Birbalsingh on the Failure of Progressive Education
17/03/2019 Duration: 01h05minIn this fascinating episode we got to speak to Katharine Birbalsingh, founder and headmistress of Michaela Community School, a free school in London. 00.00.39 The Problem with Progressive Education 00.43.02 The Politics of Education Follow Katharine: https://twitter.com/Miss_Snuffy Blog: https://tomisswithloveblog.wordpress.com/ Support TRIGGERnometry: https://www.patreon.com/triggerpod https://www.subscribestar.com/triggernometry https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cm…52LB5C&source=url Find TRIGGERnometry on Social Media: https://twitter.com/triggerpod https://www.facebook.com/triggerpod https://www.instagram.com/triggerpod About TRIGGERnometry: Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@failinghuman) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial writers, leading scientists and notorious comedians. Learn more about your ad choices. Vi
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Peter Hitchens on Crime, Immigration, Cannabis & the Left
10/03/2019 Duration: 57minPeter Hitchens on Crime, Immigration, Cannabis & the Left by TRIGGERnometry Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Dr Steve Davies on the Independent Group and a Realignment of British Politics
03/03/2019 Duration: 01h02minDr Steve Davies is Education Director at the Institute of Economic Affairs and we were so pleased to speak him during this fascinating juncture in British party politics. Steve has been talking about a realignment of UK party politics for years and he predicts that the recent goings on with The Independent Group is just the beginning. Find TRIGGERnometry on Social Media: https://twitter.com/triggerpod https://www.facebook.com/triggerpod https://www.instagram.com/triggerpod About TRIGGERnometry: Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@failinghuman) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial writers, leading scientists and notorious comedians. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Count Dankula on Being Arrested for a Joke (on location at Backyard Comedy Club)
24/02/2019 Duration: 31minCount Dankula aka Mark Meechan is a Youtube comedian who was arrested after posting a video of himself training his girlfriend’s pug dog to do a Nazi salute. He has been convicted in a Scottish court of “inciting racial hatred”. We recorded this on location at Backyard Comedy Club in Bethnal Green, London, just a couple of hours before Dankula's standup appearance at Comedy Unleashed. Check out Count Dankula's Youtube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7SeFWZYFmsm1tqWxfuOTPQ/featured The notorious Nazi Pug video here: https://youtu.be/SYslEzHbpus Find TRIGGERnometry on Social Media: twitter.com/triggerpod www.facebook.com/triggerpod www.instagram.com/triggerpod About TRIGGERnometry: Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@failinghuman) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial writers, leading scientists and notorious com
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Ben Cobley on Identity Politics, Positive Discrimination and the Left
17/02/2019 Duration: 01h01minWe hope you enjoy this fascinating conversation with Ben Cobley. Ben is the author of The Tribe: the liberal-left and the system of diversity. The book explores the power of identity politics in contemporary Britain: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tribe-Liberal-Left-System-Diversity-Societas/dp/1845409752 Support TRIGGERnometry: www.patreon.com/triggerpod www.subscribestar.com/triggernometry www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cm…52LB5C&source=url Find us on Social Media: twitter.com/triggerpod www.facebook.com/triggerpod www.instagram.com/triggerpod About TRIGGERnometry: Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@failinghuman) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial writers, leading scientists and notorious comedians. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Dr Tony Sewell on Fatherlessness, Gangs and Knife Crime
10/02/2019 Duration: 59minDr Tony Sewell CBE is CEO of the charity Generating Genius and senior research fellow for Demography, Immigration, and Integration at Policy Exchange. In this episode we discuss absent fathers, masculinity, gang culture, white guilt and knife crime. 0:36 Institutional Racism and the Class System 20:02 Gangs, Knives and Why Boys Need Fathers 44:10 White Guilt and Masculinity Support TRIGGERnometry: https://www.patreon.com/triggerpod https://www.subscribestar.com/triggernometry https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=KEB7Z3N52LB5C&source=url Find us on Social Media: https://twitter.com/triggerpod https://www.facebook.com/triggerpod https://www.instagram.com/triggerpod About TRIGGERnometry: Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@failinghuman) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial writers, leading
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Eshaan Akbar on Islam, Tolerance and Identity
03/02/2019 Duration: 01h03minIt's season 2 | episode 2 and we hope you enjoy this fascinating conversation with former banker turned comedian Eshaan Akbar (@eshaanakbar). In this episode we discuss him growing up practicing Islam, his insight and perspective on Islam as a former follower, identity politics and more. 0:31 Liberal Islam 33:12 Religion of Peace 49:52 Illiberal Identity Politics Eshaan's show, Prophet Like It's Hot, is on at Soho Theatre 11-13 Feb: https://sohotheatre.com/shows/eshaan-akbar-prophet-like-its-hot/ http://www.eshaanakbar.com/ Support TRIGGERnometry: https://www.patreon.com/triggerpod https://www.subscribestar.com/triggernometry https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=KEB7Z3N52LB5C&source=url Find us on Social Media: https://twitter.com/triggerpod https://www.facebook.com/triggerpod https://www.instagram.com/triggerpod About TRIGGERnometry: Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@failinghuman) make sense of politics, economics, f
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Andrew Doyle on Woke Comedy, Left vs Identity Politics and Free Speech
28/01/2019 Duration: 01h01minIt's the first episode of Season 2 and it's great to back. We're kicking things off with a returning guest. Andrew Doyle, stand-up comedian, Spiked Magazine columnist and Jonathan Pie co-writer discusses woke comedy, what makes someone left wing, identity politics, free speech and Brexit (just a bit) with the guys at TRIGGERnometry. Support TRIGGERnometry: https://www.patreon.com/triggerpod https://www.subscribestar.com/triggernometry https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=KEB7Z3N52LB5C&source=url Find us on Social Media: https://twitter.com/triggerpod https://www.facebook.com/triggerpod https://www.instagram.com/triggerpod About TRIGGERnometry: Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@failinghuman) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial writers, leading scientists and notorious comedians. Learn more about