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Yascha Mounk: Israel to America - escaping the identity trap Oct 13, 2023

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Whatever happened to universalism? Academic and author of The Identity Trap, Yascha Mounk, explores how a relatively obscure and marginal set of ideas about identity have come to dominate our social, cultural and political life – and makes the case for universal, humanist values.

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Special Investigation: How scientific is the ZOE app? Oct 11, 2023

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Professor Tim Spector was one of the “winners” of the Covid era: his ZOE symptom tracker app accrued millions of users during the pandemic

Now he has pivoted back to his true passion, gut health, and taken many of his followers with him. Endorsed by celebrities such as Davina McCall and Carrie Johnson, the new version of the ZOE app promises a personalised nutrition plan and comes with a glucose blood monitor usually used by diabetics. It is proving hugely popular, with over 100,000 subscribers paying up to £600 in their first year — and a further 300,000 on the waiting list.

It boasts all the hallmarks of a scientific endeavour, with endorsements by world-leading experts and numerous studies. But how convincing are its claims?

Deborah Cohen, Newsnight’s former Health Editor, and Margaret McCartney, a GP, undertook a forensic investigation for UnHerd and found that ZOE’s scientific foundations aren’t as strong as they would have you think…

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John Gray: Thoughts after liberalism Oct 08, 2023

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UnHerd's Freddie Sayers sits down with philosopher John Gray at the UnHerd Club.

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Yanis Varoufakis: Welcome to the age of technofeudalism Oct 05, 2023

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UnHerd's Freddie Sayers sits down with former Greek Minister of Finance Yanis Varoufakis.

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Matthew Crawford: The global war on motorists Oct 03, 2023

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UnHerd's Freddie Sayers meets Matthew Crawford in San Francisco.

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Michael Wolff: How Donald Trump beat Rupert Murdoch Sep 29, 2023

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UnHerd's Freddie Sayers sits down with journalist and author Michael Wolff.

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Climate scientist: I designed my research to sound catastrophic Sep 25, 2023

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Patrick Brown tells Freddie Sayers why he designed his research to sound catastrophic.

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The Russell Brand divide: Could both sides be right? Sep 19, 2023

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UnHerd’s Freddie Sayers sits down with Mary Harrington to discuss the Russell Brand investigation and accusations.

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Gad Saad: Postmodernism is making us miserable Sep 01, 2023

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UnHerd's Florence Read sits down with Gad Saad to talk about why the Western world is so depressed.

How can we be happy? This question has preoccupied thinkers from Aristotle to the present day, in various disciplines encompassing philosophy, science and religion. In his latest book, The Saad Truth about Happiness, the Canadian evolutionary behavioural scientist Dr. Gad Saad takes on the subject through a scientific and practical lens. He spoke to UnHerd’s Florence Read about how happiness correlates with our politics, our religious beliefs, and the importance we place on play.

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Wolfgang Münchau: Germany is in trouble Aug 25, 2023

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Freddie Sayers sits down with Wolfgang Münchau , former co-editor of FT Deutschland, and founder and co-director of the Eurointelligence blog, to talk about Germany, the new sick man of Europe.

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