{"podcast":{"title":"The Brink","slug":"the-brink-7481910","podcast_index_feed_id":7481910,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/68bb49871af371182ae70db4","website_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/the-brink","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/cover/1757104476134-28bd493d-5273-4cf0-9918-8a6d2148544c.jpeg","author":"The Brink","episode_count":57,"summary":"Welcome to your much-needed antidote to centrist dad podcasts. Presented by Daily Telegraph columnist and foreign correspondent Jake Wallis Simons and former parachute regiment officer and geopolitical analyst Andrew Fox, The Brink brings their wealth of real-life experience to bear upon the most important topics of the day, from Israel to immigration, Ukraine to Islamism, asylum hotels to the rise of Reform UK. With a host of stellar guests and an emphasis on common sense, Jake and Andrew explore what it will take to bring the West back from the brink. A podcast from the edge of what’s coming. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-17T06:17:52.521942+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-brink-7481910"},"episode":{"title":"‘What would Thatcher do?’ Iran, Islam, Trump and Reform with Charles Moore","slug":"what-would-thatcher-do-iran-islam-trump-and-reform-with-charles-moore","published_at":"2026-03-30T17:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-brink-7481910/what-would-thatcher-do-iran-islam-trump-and-reform-with-charles-moore","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-brink-7481910","url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-brink/episodes/69caa1ddbfb99db0bcf2dd05","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/68bb49871af371182ae70db4/e/69caa1ddbfb99db0bcf2dd05/media.mp3","summary":"Watch the full uncut interview HERE: https://open.substack.com/pub/thebrinkpodcast/p/what-would-thatcher-do-iran-islam?r=63dafp&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true In this episode of The Brink, we sit down with Charles Moore, former editor of The Daily Telegraph and The Spectator, and the definitive biographer of Margaret Thatcher, to examine a West in crisis. With geopolitical tensions rising, the transatlantic alliance under strain, and Britain facing deep internal divisions, Moore offers a sweeping diagnosis of where things have gone wrong and what might come next. The conversation begins with one of the most difficult and urgent questions facing Europe today: how Islam fits within Western societies. Moore reflects on decades of thought on the subject, arguing that the challenge is not simply demographic, but philosophical, rooted in unresolved tensions between religion, state, and pluralism. From integration and extremism to the failures of government policy, he lays out why current approaches may be empowering the wrong voices. We then turn to British politics, where the collapse of trust in the main parties has given rise to insurgent movements on both left and right. Moore explains why this fragmentation is both understandable and dangerous, and why populist parties often diagnose problems better than they solve them. The discussion also explores the weakening of the transatlantic relationship in the age of Trump, the rise of ideological extremes in American politics, and the growing confusion in the information age, where truth, propaganda, and narrative increasingly blur together. This is a wide-ranging and deeply thought-provoking conversation about identity, leadership, and the future of the West. Don't forget to check out ou…","meta_description":"Watch the full uncut interview HERE: https://open.substack.com/pub/thebrinkpodcast/p/what-would-thatcher-do-iran-islam?r=63dafp&utm_campaign=post&…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2966,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-brink-7481910/episodes/what-would-thatcher-do-iran-islam-trump-and-reform-with-charles-moore/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-brink-7481910/what-would-thatcher-do-iran-islam-trump-and-reform-with-charles-moore.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}