Today's chat with Mike Graham on @talkRADIO - all about the new (old) stunt of stalking celebs outside their houses, why actors are glove puppets, and how displaying one's virtue instead of competence is a way of achieving status without effort. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzKkWW8064o

Hate it as many do, the popularity of Jeremy Kyle speaks to something fundamental in human appetites, and allows me to introduce listeners to the role of 'editor' - the person who produced Roman gladiatorial shows. *Please do not watch this version - go here instead: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OfnFlVk1IU&t=2s Once again, music is by Ally Darville.

The story of Andy Ngo, Brian Leach, and Noah Carl. This podcast is based on a piece of mine in this week's Spectator, available here for subscribers: https://www.spectator.co.uk/2019/07/cancel-culture/ [Yes, the Speccie has a paywall - if it tosses you out, either take out a digital subscription or pick up a copy of the magazine at the newsagent's; there's lots of good stuff in it.] UPDATE with some positive news - Brian Leach has been reinstated at ASDA after a campaign by the National Secular Society (story broke about an hour ago as of 14:11 BST Friday): https://www.secularism.org.uk/news/2019/07/employee-sacked-for-sharing-clip-mocking-religion-is-reinstated ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-HQdobmNX8

Are social media companies publishers? Should they be treated as publishers in law? I'm publishing this eight-minute teaser in advance of a longer podcast on the legal issues swirling around social media entities exercising the sort of editorial control publishers do while not being treated, in law, as publishers. This issue has generated an enormous amount of heat and not much light, which I've addressed in this month's Standpoint Magazine (on newsstands now). What I say here is a companion to my article: https://standpointmag.co.uk/issues/june-2019/baked-in-bias/ The full podcast will be up on Saturday or Sunday.