UnHerd with Freddie Sayers

Freddie Sayers

euan.dawtrey@unherd.com

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Booking Overview

UnHerd with Freddie Sayers is a long-form interview series bringing together leading scientists, writers, politicians, and thinkers to unpack what’s really shaping the world. For PR pros, it’s a strong platform for credible, ideas-led guests who can speak to society-wide debates like free speech and the role of science in public life.

Metrics

Episodes: 385

Frequency: Irregular

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 - Freddie Sayers (of online magazine UnHerd) seeks out top scientists, writers, politicians, and thinkers for in-depth interviews, originally focused on the pandemic and broadened into free speech, s...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high
Typical Credentials:  
Established journalists, editors, authors, historians, and subject-matter experts in science/data, alongside prominent politicians and public intellectuals—people able to argue from evidence and engage in complex ideas-led debate.
Required Achievements:  
Top-tier media or editorial leadership role, Published books or sustained public intellectual work, Research output tied to high-profile, policy-relevant topics, Recognition through influential reporting or academic contributions

Recent Guest Discussions

Sohrab Ahmari - AI Encyclical And Philosophical/political Fractures Within The American Populist Right; Technology Regulation; Transnational Governance; Us-vatican Relationship

Michael Knowles - AI Encyclical And Philosophical/political Fractures Within The American Populist Right; Technology Regulation; Transnational Governance; Us-vatican Relationship

Nathan Hudson - Fertility Crisis; Smartphone And Social Media Effects On Youth Behavior; Fertility Rate Decline

Hernan Moscoso-Boedo - Fertility Crisis; Smartphone And Social Media Effects On Youth Behavior; Fertility Rate Decline

John Burn-Murdoch - Fertility Crisis; Smartphone And Social Media Effects On Youth Behavior; Fertility Rate Decline

Recent Topics

Free Speech, Science, Philosophy, Politics, Public Policy

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
UnHerd with Freddie Sayers
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Jake Sullivan: Trump has handed Iran victory

June 19, 2026

In this exclusive UnHerd interview Freddie Sayers meets Jake Sullivan, former National Security Advisor under Joe Biden and chief negotiator during the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. Jake Sullivan co-hosts the weekly national security podcast ‘The Long Game’ with Jon Finer, former deputy national security advisor under Sullivan.Freddie and Jake analyse the geopolitical and financial implications of the Trump administration's memorandum of understanding with Iran. Could the concessions of the agreeme...

Will Pope Leo divide the Right?

June 01, 2026

Freddie Sayers talks to The Daily Wire’s Michael Knowles and UnHerd US editor Sohrab Ahmari to explore how Pope Leo XIV’s landmark AI encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, is exposing deep philosophical and political fractures within the American populist Right over global technology regulation, transnational governance, and the Trump administration's relationship with the Vatican. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John Burn-Murdoch: What's causing the fertility crisis?

May 21, 2026

UnHerd's Freddie Sayers talks to John Burn-Murdoch, the chief data reporter for the Financial Times, as well as Hernan Moscoso-Boedo and Nathan Hudson from the University of Cincinnati, to investigate a controversial new study suggesting that the global proliferation of smartphones and social media since 2007 has drastically altered young people's behaviour, halved face-to-face socialisation, and accelerated a worldwide collapse in fertility rates that cannot simply be explained by the global...

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