Category: BTL

PREMIERING 3 PM ET (8 PM UK): James Esses: ‘Irreversible Harm is Being Done to Children from Experimental Medication and Surgeries. The Impact is Immeasurable’ | British Thought Leaders

NTD’s Lee Hall sits down with James Esses, a writer, commentator, and co-founder of Thoughtful Therapists. James speaks out about the political, legal, health and cultural impact of gender ideology. He is taking legal action against a university that expellled him from a Masters’ degree in psychotherapy, after he raised concerns about the medicalisation of…


PREMIERING June 13, 3 PM ET (8 PM UK): Sam Dunning: The West Needs to Uphold its Own Ethical Standards when Dealing with a More Authoritarian China | British Thought Leaders

NTD’s Lee Hall sits down with Sam Dunning, a former investigative journalist who runs the charity UK-China Transparency. Sam talks about the Chinese Communist Party’s influence in UK universities through Confucius Institutes and investment by Chinese tech companies. He also talks about China’s continually decreasing transparency and the difficulties this poses for Western companies, policymakers…


PREMIERING June 8, 3 PM ET (8 PM UK): Michael Cohen: ‘Calling for an End to Giant AI Experiments is Not a Fringe Position’ | British Thought Leaders

NTD’s Lee Hall sits down with Michael Cohen, who works in AI safety research at the University of Oxford. Michael shares his concerns that without intervention AI could pose profound risks to humanity. …


Anna Loutfi: ‘In Western So-Called Civilized Societies, We are Encouraging Practices that are Harmful to Young People’ | British Thought Leaders

NTD’s Lee Hall sits down with Anna Loutfi, a legal researcher, commentator and human rights barrister who works with Bad Law Project. Anna talks about the importance of a strong legal system and how it can help tackle the culture wars. And the Bad Law Project’s two major current campaigns: MP Andrew Bridgen’s lawsuit against…


PREMIERING May 30, 3 PM ET (8 PM UK): Sheldon Thomas: Bad Parenting, Absent Fathers and the Destruction of our Culture are Fueling Gang Violence | British Thought Leaders

NTD’s Lee Hall sits down with Sheldon Thomas, founder CEO of Gangsline. Sheldon works with government and police on how to deal with street gangs. He also mentors former gang members and young people at risk. He talks about the root causes of children joining gangs, including bad parenting, absent fathers and exposure to violent…


PREMIERING May 25, 3 PM ET (8 PM UK): Matt Ridley: ‘It’s Absolutely Vital that the World takes the Investigation of the Origin of the Pandemic Seriously’ | British Thought Leaders

NTD’s Lee Hall sits down with Matt Ridley, science writer, journalist and member of the House of Lords. Matt talks to us about his latest book Viral, an investigation into the origins of COVID-19 and an account of the obstacles he encountered when trying to find the truth. Matt’s books have sold over a million…


PREMIERING May 23, 3 PM ET (8 PM UK): Doug Stokes: ‘The West Needs to Rediscover Its Identity so We Can Save Our Culture’ | British Thought Leaders

NTD’s Lee Hall sits down with Professor Doug Stokes, Director of the Strategy and Security Institute at University of Exeter. Doug talks about the damage that wokeness is inflicting on university life, how the new Higher Education Freedom law will remedy this, and his new book on the decline of the West. Doug also talks…


PREMIERING May 18, 3 PM ET (8 PM UK): Mark Sabah: ‘The Very Nature of Hong Kong has been Devastated by the Chinese Communist Party’ | British Thought Leaders

NTD’s Lee Hall sits down with Mark Sabah, director of The Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation and expert on international affairs. Mark talks about the devastation of Hong Kong by the Chinese Communist Party and why Britain is not stepping forward to defend the ‘One Country, Two Systems’ agreement in its former colony….


Bill Browder: ‘Since the Magnitsky Act, Putin has been on a Personal Vendetta to Destroy Me’ | British Thought Leaders

NTD’s Lee Hall sits down with Bill Browder, author, CEO of Hermitage Capital Management and head of the Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign. Bill was Russia’s biggest foreign investor before uncovering massive fraud by government officials and state-run companies. He had to flee the country and has lost several members of his team in the fight…


Baroness Claire Fox: ‘There’s a Range of Opinions that Can’t be Challenged – This Prevents Critical Thinking and Enlightenment’ | British Thought Leaders

NTD’s Lee Hall sits down with Baroness Claire Fox, writer, broadcaster, member of the House of Lords and founder of the Academy of Ideas. Claire talks about the Battle of Ideas Festival, encouraging debate in the younger generation, and the importance of free speech. As well as ideological capture of our cultural institutions and why…