meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
The Brendan O'Neill Show

315: Melanie Phillips: Israel’s fight for civilisation

The Brendan O'Neill Show

The Brendan O'Neill Show

News, Society & Culture, Government, Politics

4.81.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Broadcaster and Times columnist Melanie Phillips returns to The Brendan O’Neill Show to talk about her new book, The Builder’s Stone: How Jews and Christians Built the West – and Why Only They Can Save It. Melanie and Brendan discuss why Islamism must be defeated, the ancient anti-Semitism making a comeback in Europe, and how to fill society’s god-shaped hole. 

Order Brendan O’Neill’s After the Pogrom now from:
🇬🇧 📕 Amazon UK: 
https://www.amazon.co.uk/After-Pogrom-October-Israel-Civilisation/dp/1068719303/ 
🇺🇸 📕 Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/After-Pogrom-October-Israel-Civilisation/dp/1068719303/ 

Support spiked:  
https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ 
Sign up to spiked’s newsletters:
https://www.spiked-online.com/newsletters/ 

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Hi, it's Lauren Smith here, the producer of the Brendan O'Neill Show.

0:03.4

Before we get into this week's brilliant episode with Melanie Phillips,

0:06.3

I just want to let you all know that Spike's internship program is now open for applications.

0:10.8

We're looking for an aspiring journalist to join our team on a six-month paid full-time placement.

0:15.6

You'd be working with us at the Spiked Office in London, helping us with all our output,

0:19.3

including articles, blogs, videos and

0:21.3

and podcasts like this one. You don't need any prior experience to apply, but if you have worked

0:25.6

in journalism before, or you know your way around video, audio and social media management,

0:30.0

then do make this clear in your application. Above all, we're looking for someone who has a passion

0:34.1

for our pro-freedom, pro-human politics, someone who's hardworking, dedicated and willing to learn on the job,

0:39.6

and someone who's got a good eye for a story and a flair for journalism.

0:43.0

Everything else you can learn on the job.

0:45.1

I started at Spike as an intern, so I can highly recommend applying for this.

0:48.6

It's an amazing experience, and you get to earn while doing something you love.

0:52.0

There really is nowhere better to kickstart your

0:54.1

career in journalism. To find out more and to apply, go to spike-typhononline.com slash interns. That's

1:00.2

spiked hyphen online.com slash interns. You have until Sunday the 23rd of February to apply. Good luck. This was bestial and depraved behaviour and a level of sadism, which combination we collectively remember from the Holocaust.

1:22.4

So it was a seven-front onslaught of clear genocidal intent. Based with this, the Western world turned on Israel.

1:29.9

The Jewish people has survived every single thing that could possibly be thrown at a culture.

1:34.7

Not only did the West not understand that this war is against itself, but it didn't understand.

1:39.9

It was a war against civilization. The division is within those who actually want civilization

1:45.2

to survive and those who want it finished. That's the division.

...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in -75 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Brendan O'Neill Show, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of The Brendan O'Neill Show and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.