UnHerd with Freddie Sayers

Freddie Sayers

euan.dawtrey@unherd.com

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Booking Overview

An interview-led current-affairs and ideas show focused on politics, science, free speech, and the forces shaping society, featuring prominent academics, authors, political commentators, and other public thinkers. PR agencies can credibly pitch established public intellectuals, researchers, authors, policy experts, and politicians with original perspectives or significant subject-matter expertise; booking is likely difficult because the show regularly features highly accomplished and publicly recognized guests.

Metrics

Episodes: 389

Rating: 4.3/5.0

Estimated listeners: 10k-100k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

Contact Information

euan.dawtrey@unherd.com

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Host

Freddie Sayers - Journalist and editor of UnHerd, the online magazine covering politics, culture, science, and ideas.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high
Typical Credentials:  
Established academics, authors, journalists, political commentators, politicians, and subject-matter experts with recognized expertise and a distinctive perspective on major political, scientific, or cultural debates.
Required Achievements:  
Published books, Academic or research expertise, Prominent journalism or political commentary, Public influence on major debates

Recent Guest Discussions

Ross Barkan - Zohran Mamdani’s Political Rise, Democratic Socialism, New York Politics, And The Future Of The Democratic Party.

Jonathan Haidt - Children And Social Media, Addictive Technology, Age Verification, Free Speech, And Platform Regulation.

Norman Finkelstein - Changing Political Support For Israel, America First Anti-war Sentiment, Right-wing Influencers, And Podcast-driven Political Commentary.

Recent Topics

Politics, Free Speech, Science, Public Policy, Philosophy

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
UnHerd with Freddie Sayers
:

Kathleen Stock: The scandal of Jason Arday

August 04, 2026

Jason Arday, the wunderkind sociologist and youngest ever black professor at Cambridge, has an almost unbelievable backstory. Overcoming illiteracy and autism, he became the jewel in the crown of the university’s pivot towards diversity post-2021. He has been lauded by celebrities, raised millions for charity, suffered abuse from detractors and found time to run hundreds of miles. Or has he? Kathleen Stock, former professor at Sussex University, speaks to UnHerd’s Freddie Sayers about her vir...

Ross Barkan: Zohran Mamdani is just the beginning

July 21, 2026

Freddie Sayers is joined by UnHerd columnist and author Ross Barkan - a former campaign colleague of Zohran Mamdani - to discuss the New York Mayor’s rapid political rise and the controversies defining his tenure. They unpack Mamdani's anti-capitalist economic policies, his radical stance on Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and assess what his brand of democratic socialism signals for the future trajectory of the Democratic Party and American politics as a whole. Hosted on Acast. Se...

Jonathan Haidt: Why Big Tech wants your children

July 07, 2026

UnHerd's Freddie Sayers talks with social psychologist and author Jonathan Haidt about the global momentum toward banning under-16s from social media, exploring the tension between protecting children from addictive platforms and safeguarding free speech from state censorship, while outlining how device-based age checks offer a viable solution where traditional parental controls fail. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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