{"podcast":{"title":"The Current Thing","slug":"the-current-thing-6044590","podcast_index_feed_id":6044590,"rss_url":"https://currentthingpod.podbean.com/feed.xml","website_url":"https://currentthingpod.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/15865515/Current_Thing_Logo_white_2ixqzg.png","author":"Nick Dixon","episode_count":100,"summary":"Comedian and commentator Nick Dixon talks to fascinating guests about politics, the culture war, and anything else that comes up.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-09T16:18:43.673551+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-current-thing-6044590"},"episode":{"title":"How Britain Banned Free Speech - Michael Reiners","slug":"how-britain-banned-free-speech-michael-reiners","published_at":"2026-03-23T17:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-current-thing-6044590/how-britain-banned-free-speech-michael-reiners","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-current-thing-6044590","url":"https://currentthingpod.podbean.com/e/how-britain-banned-free-speech-michael-reiners/","audio_url":"https://pdcn.co/e/mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/bukcpk2thwvdb228/Michael_R_FREE_AUDIO7yqpw.mp3","summary":"On this week’s episode of The Current Thing I am joined by writer, lawyer, and architectural historian, Michael Reiners. We discuss:-His new bill to restore freedom of speech in Britain-Labour’s plan to scrap jury trials-What to do about ‘activist judges’-‘Anti-Muslim hostility’ and the attacks on Nick Timothy -The disastrous new abortion bill-His proposed bill to clarify British citizenship -The problems caused by the Human Rights Act and ECHR-Why the next election is so crucial And lots more! Watch/listen to the full episode here: https://www.nickdixon.net Michael's links:https://reiners.org.uk/billshttps://x.com/ReinersProjecthttps://x.com/MCRReinersSubscribe here: www.nickdixon.net Support us with a donation here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nickdixonNick's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nick_dixon Follow Nick on X: https://x.com/nickdixon","meta_description":"On this week’s episode of The Current Thing I am joined by writer, lawyer, and architectural historian, Michael Reiners. We discuss:-His new bill to resto…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2623,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-current-thing-6044590/episodes/how-britain-banned-free-speech-michael-reiners/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-current-thing-6044590/how-britain-banned-free-speech-michael-reiners.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}