{"podcast":{"title":"The Daily Heretic","slug":"the-daily-heretic-7574275","podcast_index_feed_id":7574275,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/OTEP5129963398","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/7f545bee-9fa0-11f0-a599-47a70b15bc27/image/1f6e9d9b1618c8bcba18f3b943bb5e15.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"On the Edge Productions Ltd.","episode_count":1033,"summary":"All the best clips to remind you of some of you favourite episodes. Catch the full episodes here: https://open.spotify.com/show/2NiFf7pGB4pqkvbrnS1b9X?si=a682a36c0f6841bd","last_synced_at":"2026-07-30T22:17:15.550962+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-heretic-7574275"},"episode":{"title":"Nigel Biggar - 'My WOKE Critics Behave Like They Are Little Gods!'","slug":"nigel-biggar-my-woke-critics-behave-like-they-are-little-gods","published_at":"2026-07-27T15:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-heretic-7574275/nigel-biggar-my-woke-critics-behave-like-they-are-little-gods","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-heretic-7574275","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/OTEP7333106595.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/OTEP7333106595.mp3","summary":"What happens when academics stop debating ideas and start policing morality instead? In this explosive conversation, Oxford ethicist Nigel Biggar joins Andrew Gold to explain why he believes many of his critics approach political and historical debates with absolute moral certainty — and why challenging modern ideological orthodoxy can trigger outrage campaigns, reputational attacks, and attempts to silence dissent. 👉 Subscribe to The Daily Heretic now for fearless conversations: https://www.youtube.com/@hereticsclips/videos Nigel Biggar is one of Oxford University’s most respected professors of ethics and public theology, yet after arguing that British history contains reasons for both “shame and pride”, he became one of the most controversial academics in Britain. In this focused discussion, Biggar reflects on the fierce backlash surrounding his Ethics and Empire project and his books Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning and Reparations: Slavery and the Tyranny of Imaginary Guilt. Why do some historical debates now feel more like moral crusades than intellectual discussions? And has modern academic culture become increasingly intolerant of nuance, disagreement, and historical complexity? The conversation explores colonialism, reparations, British Empire debates, cancel culture, academic freedom, race politics, ideological conformity, historical memory, media outrage, and the growing culture wars inside universities. Biggar explains how critics accused him of downplaying the violence and racism associated with empire, while others claimed his work defended British institutions at the expense of acknowledging historical injustice and contemporary inequality. What makes this interview particularly compelling is Biggar’s argument that many modern ideological movements increasi…","meta_description":"What happens when academics stop debating ideas and start policing morality instead? In this explosive conversation, Oxford ethicist Nigel Biggar joins An…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":368,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-daily-heretic-7574275/episodes/nigel-biggar-my-woke-critics-behave-like-they-are-little-gods/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-daily-heretic-7574275/nigel-biggar-my-woke-critics-behave-like-they-are-little-gods.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}