AntiSocial podcast

AntiSocial

Peace talks for the culture wars. In an era of polarisation, propaganda and pile-ons, AntiSocial offers an alternative: understanding, facts, and respect. Each week, Adam Fleming takes on a topic that's generating conflict on social media, blogs, talk shows and phone-ins and helps you work out what the arguments are really about.

Peace talks for the culture wars. In an era of polarisation, propaganda and pile-ons, AntiSocial offers an alternative: understanding, facts, and respect. Each week, Adam Fleming takes on a topic that's generating conflict on social media, blogs, talk shows and phone-ins and helps you work out what the arguments are really about.

 

#145

The single woman stigma

For hundreds of years women were treated as somehow incomplete, or dangerous, if they didn... more

11 Nov 2025

05 MINS

05:22

11 Nov 2025


#144

Are women better off single?

An article in British Vogue asking if it's "embarrassing" to have a boyfriend prompts a di... more

07 Nov 2025

45 MINS

45:10

07 Nov 2025


#143

Is sexual harassment on public transport getting worse?

What do we know about the levels of sexual harassment on public transport? Statistics show... more

04 Nov 2025

06 MINS

06:16

04 Nov 2025


#142

Women’s safety and public transport

A petition calling for women-only tube carriages has surpassed 12,000 signatures. It comes... more

31 Oct 2025

53 MINS

53:54

31 Oct 2025


#141

How much would reparations for slavery cost?

The comedian Lenny Henry in a new book has backed calls for the UK to pay more than £18 tr... more

28 Oct 2025

05 MINS

05:22

28 Oct 2025


#140

Racism and reparations

Sir Lenny Henry has called for the UK government to pay £18tn in slavery reparations for i... more

24 Oct 2025

53 MINS

53:37

24 Oct 2025


#139

How right-wing activists use 'Western civilisation'

When an art exhibition featuring stickers made to look like graffiti opened in Canterbury ... more

21 Oct 2025

06 MINS

06:05

21 Oct 2025


#138

Graffiti, church, and Western civilisation

An art exhibition in Canterbury Cathedral has enraged traditionalists who believe that it ... more

17 Oct 2025

1 HR 00 MINS

1:00:43

17 Oct 2025


#137

The politics of anger

Are middle aged white men angry and if so why and how does that affect our politics? Profe... more

14 Oct 2025

06 MINS

06:03

14 Oct 2025


#136

Angry middle-aged white men

Football pundit and former Manchester United star Gary Neville posted a video that he pitc... more

10 Oct 2025

53 MINS

53:38

10 Oct 2025


#135

A potted history of patriotism

Patriotism is a concept that’s been used throughout history. From rallying the troops in w... more

07 Oct 2025

06 MINS

06:15

07 Oct 2025


#134

What is patriotism?

It seems like everyone wants to be a patriot this week, from Prime Minister Keir Starmer t... more

03 Oct 2025

53 MINS

53:50

03 Oct 2025


#133

Where does the UK house asylum seekers?

When people come to the UK seeking asylum they’re supposed to be placed in homes all over ... more

19 Aug 2025

06 MINS

06:43

19 Aug 2025


#132

Asylum hotels

Anger has flared outside hotels used to house asylum seekers. Protestors say they are worr... more

15 Aug 2025

51 MINS

51:14

15 Aug 2025


#131

Brands and culture

At first it was about creating an image that people could aspire to. Then, in the 2000s, b... more

12 Aug 2025

06 MINS

06:30

12 Aug 2025


#130

Sydney Sweeney, jeans and genes

A jeans advert featuring the American actress Sydney Sweeney talking about her good genes ... more

08 Aug 2025

53 MINS

53:34

08 Aug 2025


#129

Do men behave worse than women in the dating game?

Cheating, ghosting and catfishing are all rife in modern dating and it’s often assumed tha... more

05 Aug 2025

05 MINS

05:09

05 Aug 2025


#128

Dating and toxicity

An app offering women dating safety tools and advice has suspended some of its services fo... more

01 Aug 2025

53 MINS

53:42

01 Aug 2025


#127

Examining racism in the UK

In 2023, a big piece of research was published examining the way different ethnic groups e... more

29 Jul 2025

06 MINS

06:13

29 Jul 2025


#126

Racism and prejudice

The debate around a hierarchy of racism was reignited this week when Labour MP Diane Abbot... more

25 Jul 2025

53 MINS

53:46

25 Jul 2025


#125

How does an author get published?

It’s always been difficult to get a book published. But is it especially difficult now if ... more

22 Jul 2025

05 MINS

05:58

22 Jul 2025


#124

Are men being pushed out of publishing?

Just a few years ago the gender gap in book publishing was seen as an issue to address, wi... more

21 Jul 2025

53 MINS

53:00

21 Jul 2025


#123

Just joking?

A new law to bolster workers' rights by making it an employer's job to prevent staff being... more

15 Jul 2025

06 MINS

06:28

15 Jul 2025


#122

Banter and harassment

An extension of workers' rights, designed to further protect them from harassment on the j... more

11 Jul 2025

53 MINS

53:47

11 Jul 2025


#121

Teaching character in schools

Government ministers have been trying to promote grit among young people in England as par... more

28 May 2025

06 MINS

06:25

28 May 2025