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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The Dark Side of Technology
20/01/2019 Duration: 39minOne week until Season 2! Thanks for your patience, we're excited to get started and spark some conversations with our listeners. In the meantime we've been reflecting on some fascinating conversations from Season 1 about technology and social media. The following fantastic guests feature in this episode (with time stamps): 00.57 Dr Linda Papadopoulos 15.31 Rory Sutherland 26.00 Dr Pippa Malmgren Support TRIGGERnometry: https://www.subscribestar.com/triggernometry https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=caGqe03cYmIRHfqisleIS3gyA-cTsCvTzfkKrEsf376WU76uIOIw9gxRMltLWxDqahloCm&fromUL=true&country.x=GB&locale.x=en_GB 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 journalis
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Racism and the Diversity Agenda
13/01/2019 Duration: 45minWe've pulled together some our favourite conversations with our fantastic guests from Season 1 - this time around racism. We have really enjoyed looking back through our episodes but we're happy to announce that Season 2 will launch next week! The following fantastic guests feature in this episode (with time stamps): 00.53 Nicholas Gruen 09.05 Munira Mirza 20.00 Remi Adekoya 30.29 Brendan O'Neill Support TRIGGERnometry: https://www.subscribestar.com/triggernometry https://www.paypal.com/donate/?token=caGqe03cYmIRHfqisleIS3gyA-cTsCvTzfkKrEsf376WU76uIOIw9gxRMltLWxDqahloCm&fromUL=true&country.x=GB&locale.x=en_GB 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 journalist
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Brexit and Why People Voted For It
31/12/2018 Duration: 29minWell Brexit hasn't had much airtime in 2018 so we thought we'd redress the balance in this last episode of the year. We've picked out some of our favourite bits of conversation from Season 1 on the subject. Brand new episodes coming in just a couple of weeks! The following fantastic guests feature in this episode: - Matt Goodwin - Ella Whelan - Eric Kaufmann - Geoff Norcott Support TRIGGERnometry: https://www.subscribestar.com/trigger... https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr... 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 your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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The Truths and Myths of the Gender Pay Gap
24/12/2018 Duration: 27minWe've hand picked our favourite bits of fascinating conversation from Season 1 on the subject of the gender pay gap. The following fantastic guests feature in this episode: - Dr Diana Fleischman - Andrew Doyle - Kate Andrews - Dr Joanna Williams Support TRIGGERnometry: https://www.subscribestar.com/triggernometry https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr... 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 your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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The Truth About Free Speech: TRIGGERnometry Highlights
17/12/2018 Duration: 30minSeason 2 is fast approaching. In the meantime, we've curated some of our favourite bits of conversation around a given subject from the recent first season. It's great for us at this time of year to look back at how the look and sound of the show has steadily improved in 6 months. Bring on 2019! In light of recent events we are focusing on Free Speech this week. On this subject we've picked out conversations with: - Brendan O'Neill - Peter Tatchell - Claire Fox - Geoff Norcott - Tom Slater Support TRIGGERnometry: https://www.subscribestar.com/trigger... https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr... 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, controversi
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Munira Mirza on Multiculturalism, "Institutional Racism", "White Privilege" and Diversity
10/12/2018 Duration: 01h01minMunira Mirza, former Deputy Mayor of London for Education and Culture, discusses multiculturalism, identity politics, the myths of institutional racism and white privilege, racial disparities, offence culture, Brexit, liberalism, the European Union, polarisation, and a lot more with the guys at TRIGGERnometry. Check out Munira's interview with the BBC: https://youtu.be/o8IXWuXXEZs Read the AllInBritain blog: https://allinbritain.org/ Support TRIGGERnometry: https://www.patreon.com/triggerpod 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 your ad choices. Visit megaphone
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News From TRIGGERnomtery
03/12/2018 Duration: 05minA short episode this week with some announcements and an update on some exciting changes going on with TRIGGERnometry. If you enjoy our content and would like to support our mission to facilitate open and fact-based discussion on important and controversial issues visit: www.patreon.com/triggerpod 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 your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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David Goodhart on the Left, Multiculturalism, Cognitive Elites & Brexit
26/11/2018 Duration: 01h08minDavid Goodhart (@david_goodhart), the author of the Road to Somewhere, discusses leaving the Left, multiculturalism, nationalism, national populism, immigration, populism, Brexit, liberalism, the liberal consensus, the European Union, polarisation, cognitive elites and a lot more with the guys at TRIGGERnometry. Buy David's book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Road-Somewhe... Support TRIGGERnometry: www.patreon.com/triggerpod 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 your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Chloe Westley on Tax, Brexit & Socialism
19/11/2018 Duration: 58minChloe Westley (@lowtaxchloe), Campaign Manager at the Taxpayers' Alliance, discusses the case for low tax, quangos, waste, HS2, corporate tax evasion, corporatism, Brexit, being a right-wing woman, socialism, online hate mobs, capitalism, free speech, and a lot more with the guys at TRIGGERnometry. Check out Chloe's channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX469QlvW5gdPCMek-d-kuQ 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 your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Helen Pluckrose on Grievance Studies & Postmodernism
12/11/2018 Duration: 01h02minAreo magazine editor Helen Pluckrose (@HPluckrose) discusses grievance studies, hoax papers, social justice, feminism, the patriarchy, post modernism, fat activism, the regressive left, liberalism, illiberal progressives, the far right and a lot more with the guys at TRIGGERnometry. 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 your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Geoff Norcott on Conservative Comedy, Brexit & Free Speech
05/11/2018 Duration: 01h03minRight-leaning comedian Geoff Norcott (@geoffnorcott) discusses conservatism, being a working class Tory, comedy, offense culture, free speech, diversity of thought, immigration, populism, austerity, Brexit, the European Union, Tommy Robinson, the far right and a lot more with the guys at TRIGGERnometry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Eric Kaufmann on Nationalism, White Identity & Immigration
29/10/2018 Duration: 01h37sEric Kaufmann, Professor of Politics at Birkbeck College, University of London (@epkaufm) discusses nationalism, national populism, immigration, populism, Brexit, Donald Trump, academic corruption, bias in academia, liberalism, the liberal consensus, the European Union, the future of politics and a lot more with the guys at TRIGGERnometry. Buy Eric's latest book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07CHZZ9YZ/ 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 your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Matt Goodwin on National Populism, Immigration, Brexit & the Future of Politics
22/10/2018 Duration: 01h03minMatt Goodwin, Professor of Political Science at the University of Kent (@GoodwinMJ) discusses national populism, immigration, populism, Brexit, Donald Trump, academic corruption, bias in academia, liberalism, the liberal consensus, the European Union, the future of politics and a lot more with the guys at TRIGGERnometry. Buy Matt's latest book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/National-Populism-Against-Liberal-Democracy/dp/0241312000/ 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 your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Nicholas Gruen on Immigration, Corruption in Academia and Citizens' Assemblies
15/10/2018 Duration: 01h33sEconomist & CEO of Lateral Economics, Nicholas Gruen (@NGruen1) discusses immigration, refugees, the culture wars, Australian politics, academic corruption, bias in academia, fast-food politics, authenticity in politics, Donald Trump, Julia Gillard citizens' assemblies and a lot more with the guys at TRIGGERnometry. 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 your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Dr Linda Papadopoulos on Trigger Warnings, Social Media & Mental Health
08/10/2018 Duration: 55minPsychologist Dr Linda Papadopoulos (@DrLinda_P) discusses trigger warnings, social media, social media addiction, mental health, intellectual dishonesty, diversity, diversity of thought, men & women, CBT, psychology, personal development, meditation, stress, depression and a lot more with the guys at TRIGGERnometry. 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 your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Kate Andrews on the Gender Pay Gap, Feminism, Socialism & the NHS
01/10/2018 Duration: 01h09minAssociate Director of the Institute of Economic Affairs, Kate Andrews (@KateAndrs) discusses the gender pay gap, feminism, metoo, classical liberalism, individualism, socialism, the housing crisis, austerity, healthcare, the NHS and a lot more with the guys at TRIGGERnometry. 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 your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Dr Pippa Malmgren on Trump, Social Credit, AI & Virtual Reality
24/09/2018 Duration: 01h07minFormer US Presidential advisor and tech entrepreneur, Dr Pippa Malmgren (@DrPippaM) discusses the Trump presidency, impeachment, her new book (The Leadership Lab), China's social credit system, artificial intelligence, robotics, big data, the future of technology, free will, teledildonics, haptics, virtual reality, social media, liberal bias and a lot more with the guys at TRIGGERnometry. 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 your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Ella Whelan on Brexit, Feminism, #MeToo, Grooming Gangs & Abortion
17/09/2018 Duration: 01h26minSpiked Columnist Ella Whelan (@ella_m_whelan) discusses the Left, Brexit, feminism, #metoo, sexual politics, grooming gangs, abortion and a lot more with the guys at TRIGGERnometry. 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 your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Remi Adekoya on Black Identity Politics, Racism, White Privilege & Populism
10/09/2018 Duration: 01h20minJournalist and researcher Remi Adekoya (@remiadekoya1) discusses his Quillette article (https://quillette.com/2018/07/08/the-fear-of-white-power/), black identity politics, identitarianism, race and racism, reparations, white privilege, right wing populism and a lot more with the guys at TRIGGERnometry. 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 your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Tom Slater on Free Speech, Brexit, Immigration & Communism
04/09/2018 Duration: 58minDeputy Editor of Spiked, Tom Slater (@Tom_Slater_) discusses free speech, censorship, campus culture, Brexit, immigration, democracy, Twitter mobs, public shaming, intersectionality, identity politics, communism and a lot more with the guys at TRIGGERnometry. 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 your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices