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GUEST INTERVIEWS - Every Monday and Thursday - WEEKLY NEWS REVIEW - Every Weekend - Hearts of Oak is a Free Speech Alliance that bridges the transatlantic and cultural gap between the UK and the USA. Despite the this gap, values such as common sense, conviction and courage can transcend borders. For all our social media , video , livestream platforms and more https://heartsofoak.org/connect/
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Hearts of Oak Podcast - The Week According To . . . Liz Phillips
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07/09/22 • 53 min

What a week it's been in British politics and who better to have join us than our own 'Iron Lady', Liz Phillips. We will be looking at the events leading to the fall of Boris Johnson and much, much more including... - The tsunami of resignations. - The race is on to be PM, who are the front-runners? - Something fishy with Rishi and his leadership campaign website. - Kemi Badenoch pledges truth and honesty in her statement as she seeks to become leader. - MPs who quit have been revealed to get huge amounts in redundancy pay. - Just what the Dickens was Bill Gates doing in London while all this political turmoil was unfolding? - Elon Musk abandons his Twitter takeover so what's next for social media? - New Covid variant revealed called Ninja and it lives up to its name as it is apparently 'The most dangerous one yet' !! - Five guys named Mo? Actually its a heck of a lot more! Muhammad is revealed to be the No1 baby name in the UK so far this year.

**NOTE** Apologies for short periods of audio dropping out, poor Liz had some unwelcome microphone gremlins! Liz Phillips was brought up as a farmer's daughter in rural Kent in South East England. She has led a varied life, working in many industries including animal feed manufacturing, fencing, paper making and security. Liz was on the management team that opened the first ever Argos store, she owned and leased three restaurants in Mid Wales and has even managed a 5000 acre estate in France!! A member of both the Referendum Party and UKIP working latterly for Nigel Farage and Gerard Batten as PA, to help achieve the referendum and Brexit vote. Liz also has fond memories of working with the late Stuart Wheeler to reach the same goal. Married to an ex serviceman for the last 34 years, Liz and her husband started their own Free Speech platform in 2020 to rebut the propaganda and fake news from the MSM, Freedom Digital Broadcasting for TV is available on ROKU, Amazon Fire and on their website. Liz and her husband have also used their extensive knowledge of the security industry to re-train and help with the tutoring of Peace Constables and Common Law. Follow and support Liz and Freedom Digital Broadcasting at the following links WEB: https://freedomdigitalbroadcasting.tv/ GETTR: https://gettr.com/user/FreedomDigita10 TWITTER: https://twitter.com/FreedomDigita10?s=20&t=78rQZh83Eix9hu2eFkvwrA Originally broadcast as a live news discussion 9.7.22 Audio Podcast version available at ⁣https://heartsofoak.podbean.com/ and all major podcast directories. To sign up for our weekly email, find our social media, podcasts, video, livestreaming platforms and more go to https://heartsofoak.org/find-us/ Please like, subscribe & share! Events leading up to Boris resignation https://www.npr.org/2022/07/05/1109863241/uk-ministers-resign-boris-johnson-scandal 38 resignations in 24 hours https://metro.co.uk/2022/07/06/michael-gove-tells-boris-johnson-to-resign-16953622 Race to be PM gathers pace https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-62086798 Is this the reason Rishi quit? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10997345/Rishi-Sunak-resigned-following-row-Boris-Johnson-cut-corporation-tax.html Kemi Badenoch: I want to set us free by telling people the truth https://archive.ph/9m2dD The eyewatering amounts of redundancy pay MPs get who quit https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politics/eyewatering-amounts-mps-who-quit-24423495 What was Bill Gates doing in London https://gettr.com/post/p1hk7wnd35d Jason Miller on Elon Musk Abandoning Twitter Takeover https://about.gettr.com/press/tatement-from-gettr-ceo-jason-miller-on-elon-musk-abandoning-twitter-takeover New ‘Ninja’ COVID Variant https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/ninja-covid-variant-most-dangerous-084832058.html Is Covid set to paralyse Britain again? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/he...

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Hearts of Oak have watched Paul Golding and Britain First from afar for years and after their result at the Wakefield by election I asked Paul to come and talk to us. I had no idea the lengths the state had gone to silence Paul and Britain First and in this interview, you will hear what has happened first hand. As a registered political party, Britain First should receive fair coverage during any election but yet their message, which rings true to any free minded conservative, is silenced by the establishment, the media and police. It's time for every member of the public to hear what Britain First are about so they can make up their own minds and decide without interference whether they deserve an X beside their name in any future election. Paul Golding was born in London in 1982. He first got involved in patriotic politics in 1999, served as Director of Publicity and Director of Communications for a former political party and was elected as a local councillor in 2009. Paul is a Christian and in 2011 founded the Britain First movement with a membership of only three individuals. Eight years later, under his leadership, the Britain First movement has millions of supporters globally, the movement he has built has been recognised from Washington to Moscow. Paul has stood in elections for parliament and for Mayor of London. He was sent to prison in 2016 for confronting a Muslim hate preacher who was secretly recorded saying it's okay for Muslims to keep sex slaves and has been served with official death threat 'Osman Warning' and jihadists have been imprisoned for planning to behead him. Paul was sent to prison again in March 2018 for 'harassing' a migrant paedophile rape gang in Ramsgate and has been arrested over fifteen times while constantly being harassed by 'S015 Counter Terrorism Command' for his political activities. Paul has spent time in HMP Pentonville, HMP Elmley and HMP Liverpool, all for political activities, while in HMP Elmley, Paul was attacked by a bearded Islamist prison gang and suffered injuries. Despite CCTV evidence, the police refused to prosecute the Islamist gang. The authorities have tried every trick in the book to try and silence him, such as High Court injunctions, probation orders, bail conditions and post-sentence supervision orders. Paul has risked his life many times confronting dangerous Islamic extremists and convicted terrorists and he led a street confrontation campaign against known Islamic extremists - such as notorious hate preacher Anjem Choudary - that resulted in them being driven off the streets. In April 2019, Paul launched his book 'The Battle for Britain', which detailed the horrific suffering, persecution and terror threats he has faced. Paul Golding is perhaps the most lied about and slandered politician in British history and has suffered numerous media hatchet jobs to try and destroy his reputation, his official Wikipedia page is riddled with lies. He is one of a tiny handful of people around the world who is permanently banned from Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube. Despite the constant setbacks, prison terms and social media censorship, Paul has rebuilt Britain First to be the most active and most energetic patriot movement in Britain. Follow and support Paul and Britain First WEB: https://www.britainfirst.org/ GAB: https://gab.com/BritainFirst Paul's autobiography ‘The Battle for Britain’ can be found on Amazon https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/164945838X Interview recorded 28.6.22 *Special thanks to Bosch Fawstin for recording our intro/outro on this podcast. Check out his art https://theboschfawstinstore.blogspot.com/ and follow him on GETTR https://gettr.com/user/BoschFawstin To sign up for our weekly email, find our social media, podcasts, video, livestream platforms and more go to https://heartsofoak.org/find-us/ Please like, subscribe and share!

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Two stories have really stood out this week, one from each side of the pond that we want to focus on. This episode we look firstly at the big news in the US, that the Supreme Court of the US (SCOTUS) has overturned the 40 year old ruling of Roe vs Wade, that stated that it was a constitutional right to have an abortion. Under this ruling It now goes back to the individual states. This is a huge win for the pro life movement and was only made possible through President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominations. A big talking point this week in Britain was the culmination of an investigation into South Yorkshire Police for their failings to respond effectively to the grooming gang scandal. In the UK the police regulate themselves and imagine our surprise that they have decided that there is no case to answer for! The UK has 43 police forces and this 7 year investigation was into one of them, and although they acknowledge failings, not one single police officer will face prosecution. Originally broadcast 25.6.22 *Special thanks to Bosch Fawstin for recording our intro/outro on this podcast. Check out his art https://theboschfawstinstore.blogspot.com/ and follow him on GETTR https://gettr.com/user/BoschFawstin To sign up for our weekly email, find our social media, podcasts, video, livestreaming platforms and more go to https://heartsofoak.org/find-us/ Please like, subscribe & share!

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Hearts of Oak Podcast - Tommy Robinson - SILENCED: His Bombshell New Book
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06/23/22 • 44 min

Great to have Tommy Robinson back on Hearts of Oak to discuss his latest book, 'Silenced'. 2015 Amazon best-seller, Enemy of the State, was the first time Tommy had put pen to paper to tell us his story and 'Silenced' updates us on what has happened since then. Even this week we have seen Grooming Gangs in the headlines yet again, the ineptitude of the police and their inability to stop these individuals. Tommy has spoken out boldly on this dark topic and paid the price for his determination to expose the lies and make the media address this issue. As a journalist, he has used his name to shine a light on the failings and injustices all over the UK and this book is a must read for anyone who has followed him either closely or at a cautious distance, get this book and let Tommy tell you, in his own words, his side of the story. 'Silenced' is available on Amazon https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tommy-Robinson-Silenced/dp/1800687524/ref=asc_df_1800687524/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=570409167989&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=11362869697024325664&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1006897&hvtargid=pla-1663792155571&psc=1 Follow and support Tommy on GETTR https://gettr.com/user/TommyRobinson1 Interview recorded 23.6.22 *Apologies for Tommy's audio in parts! *Special thanks to Bosch Fawstin for recording our intro/outro on this podcast. Check out his art https://theboschfawstinstore.blogspot.com/ and follow him on GETTR https://gettr.com/user/BoschFawstin To sign up for our weekly email, find our social media, podcasts, video, livestreaming platforms and more go to https://heartsofoak.org/find-us/ Please like, subscribe & share!

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Dr Clare Craig has become known to many of us over the last 3 years for her medical wisdom and common sense shared on her Twitter account.
For 15 years she worked in the NHS so her subsequent time in pathology and clinical data puts her in a perfect position to make sense of the Covid data bombarding us all.
Clare joins Hearts of Oak to discuss her first book that was recently published titled 'Expired: Covid, the Untold Story'.
She goes through 12 beliefs or assumptions we were all told as fact which she debunks in a clear and systematic way before discussing the media attacks which she has faced, including from so called 'friendly' media.
We finish by looking at a new train of thought, that maybe viruses don't even exist, and Dr Craig eloquently puts forward the case to dismantle this argument.

Dr Clare Craig BM BCh FRCPath studied medicine at Cambridge University moving to Oxford for her final three years of clinical training. After qualifying she practised in the NHS for 15 years specialising as a diagnostic pathologist and becoming a fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists. Subsequently she was the day to day lead for pathology and clinical data in the cancer arm of the 100,000 Genomes Project and worked in A.I. cancer diagnostics.
From May 2020, she has worked full time, pro bono, on covid research, distilling the evidence for a lay audience. Since January 2021 she has co-chaired HART with Dr Jonathan Engler. HART (Health Advisory and Recovery Team) is a multi-disciplinary body of experts who have provided an independent source of information on covid issues. Despite attempts to smear her (supported by government) she has continued speaking out and remained a consistent voice of reason and calm throughout the covid era.

'Expired: Covid the untold story' available from Amazon in paperback, audio-book and e-book
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0C9FNHYTV/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0

Connect with Dr Craig...
TwitterX: https://twitter.com/ClareCraigPath?s=20
HART Group: https://www.hartgroup.org/

Interview recorded 19.7.23

*Special thanks to Bosch Fawstin for recording our intro/outro on this podcast.

Check out his art https://theboschfawstinstore.blogspot.com/ and follow him on GETTR https://gettr.com/user/BoschFawstin and Twitter https://twitter.com/TheBoschFawstin?s=20

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(Hearts of Oak)

Hello Hearts of Oak and welcome to another interview coming up in a moment with Dr. Clare Craig.

I had the privilege of meeting Clare at a Workers for England Union conference earlier this year and she has for the last three years spoken boldly truth on COVID and on Twitter.
Not one of her impersonators is the tagline and she's obviously got a medical background, studied Oxford, Cambridge, 15 years in the NHS and she joined us to talk about a book she has just had published her first book, Expired, Covid the Untold Story, and she goes through 12 of the lies, the myths that we were given, and systematically takes those apart. Very well written. And then we look at HART, the Health Advisory and Recovery Team that she has co-chaired since the beginning of 2021, why that's needed, the attacks they have had from the mainstream media, but also more surprisingly the attacks from the so-called friendly media, those that supposedly were on side with us, that often are the most vicious.

Dr. Clare Craig, it is wonderful to have you with us today. Thank you so much for joining us.

(Dr Clare Craig)

Thanks for having me on Peter.

No, great to have you on and can I just point out that she is not one of her impersonators. Do you know that tagline, that stuck with me and I knew what your tagline was before I knew who you were and I kept saying, what's this not one of her impersonators? Who is this person and then I delve deeper. So I love that little tagline you have on it.

Actually, my daughter persuaded me to remove it this week, so why do you say that, it's so embarrassing.
And actually I haven't had an impersonator for a while, so I did take it off this week, so now I'm just me.
Just you, all good, all good. And obviously, @ClareCraigPATH on Twitter, the best place to find you and then all the links out from there. And your background, obviously medical, studied medicine at Cambridge University before moving to Oxford. You were in the NHS 15 years, and then you worked a lot on the cancer side. That's possibly for another time. That's an intriguing side, just that, but we'll park that aside. We're going to get on to your book, which has just co...

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Delighted to have Barbie Rivera join us as she discusses her book "Enough is Enough," sharing her personal experience with her son being labelled as 'mentally handicapped' by the school system, despite no signs of it at home. She criticizes the pressure to medicate children in schools and highlights the education system's failure in supporting her son, leading to low self-esteem. Barbie advocates for home-schooling as a solution, sharing success stories of her own children thriving in a personalized environment. She calls for an individualized approach to education and envisions a future where home-schooling is a common option. Barbie aims to raise awareness about education system flaws, promote home-schooling, and revolutionize children's education for a brighter future

Barbie Rivera is an artist and mother of four. Painting her way to “fame and fortune” was her dream; however, in 1991 after a teacher told her that her six-year-old was “mentally handicapped” and in need of psychotropic medication, Barbie put her paintbrushes aside and began to start a school from her home. She found teaching to be just as creative, if not more so, than fine art. Within the first week of home-schooling, Barbie had seven additional students who were the children of friends, all learning to read, write and do math. No stress. No homework. No state-required tests. The word of mouth spread, creating such a demand that Barbie established a small private school, H.E.L.P. Miami.
Over the last 30-plus years, Barbie has encountered hundreds of children who, like her son, were told they could not learn. Many had been placed on multiple mind-altering medications before their baby teeth had fallen out. Barbie found that in addition to the medications being pushed, the textbooks and lesson plans were overly complicated and deliberately confusing, thus ruining a child’s natural love of learning.
Her new book Enough Is Enough! fully documents the destructive agendas and psychological manipulation that American children are subjected to in mainstream public, private and charter schools, which aims to “keep them drugged and keep them dumb.”

'Enough Is Enough!: Exposing the Education System After Their Failed Attempt to Label and Drug My Son' in paperback on Amazon https://a.co/d/gz00RPD

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FACEBOOK facebook.com/barbieriveraeducator
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Interview recorded 18.7.24

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Hearts of Oak:

I'm delighted to be joined by a brand new guest. Thanks to the wonderful Sam Sorbo for connecting us. And that's Barbie Rivera. Barbie, thank you so much for your time today.

Barbie Rivera:

Thank you for having me.

Not at all. Whenever I hadn't come across your book and whenever Sam had sent it over, it was intriguing, fascinating subject on education and the battle and the fight that many of us are learning that we're having. And there is the picture there, Enough is Enough, exposing the education system after their failed attempt to label and drug my son. And we're going to get into your personal story, which is what the book, the personal story, and then looking at the education system. And then you end up on what you had to do, your actions on it. But you're the founder and principal of Help Miami, a K-12 private school, author of Enough is Enough. And we're going to go in there. And I saw the Red Epoch Times article, and they did a 16-page article about this in 2022. And the links will be in the description, whether people are watching or they're listening on any of the podcasting apps later on. But tell us right back to 1991.

You were brought into the school and your six-year-old was labeled as mentally handicapped by the school. So, yeah, tell us about that situation as a parent.

Barbie Rivera:

Okay, so I never let him get officially labeled, but that's what I was told he suffered from. And we're talking the second Friday of the school year. Like, the second Friday. And to be completely honest about my son, and I'm not one of these parents of my child does no wrong. He never tells a lie. I have eyes in the back of my head. I know my kids, right? But Damon was bilingual when he was six. I don't speak two languages. His grandfather is Cuban and they were bonded, you know, from birth, first grandson, very well behaved, like really easy going. He would, you know, very creative, like after dinner, put a blanket over the dining room table, make a tent would always draw was would play was would ask questions that were normal, like I understand these questions. So in sch...

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On this episode of Hearts of Oak Podcast, we sit down with Topher Field, a prominent Australian libertarian commentator and activist. Topher shares his experience navigating the challenging landscape of media and activism during the COVID-19 lockdowns in Melbourne. He discusses the charges he faced for advocating peaceful protests against government actions and the importance of freedom of speech in the face of oppressive measures.
The interview delves into the impact of lockdowns on mental health and relationships, which fuelled Topher's increased activism. He provides a detailed account of the progression of protests in Melbourne, highlighting the power of grassroots movements in challenging authority. The conversation also touches on leaderless movements, accountability in COVID inquiries, and the need to resist oppressive policies.
Throughout the episode, Topher encourages listeners to question authority, uphold morality, and resist unjust laws and critiques the worship of government and the compliance of churches with oppressive regulations, advocating for spiritual autonomy and the purity of faith-based practices.

Over 15 years Topher Field has accumulated over 2 Million video views, over 150,000 regular followers, 14 film awards, 2 Libertarian awards, and released his first book in 2023.
But his proudest achievement is without doubt his two criminal charges for ‘Incitement’. During the world famous Melbourne Lockdowns Topher was awarded these charges by Victoria Police for encouraging people to exercise their Human Rights during the Covid era in 2021.
Topher is a renowned public speaker, interviewer, podcaster, writer, satirist, and champion of Human Rights.

Good People Break Bad Laws: Civil Disobedience in the Modern Age in paperback and e-book from Amazon amzn.eu/d/09MJazgR

Watch award winning 'Battleground Melbourne' battlegroundmelbourne.com

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WEBSITE topherfield.net
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INSTAGRAM instagram.com/topherfield

Interview recorded 16.7.24

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(Hearts of Oak)

And I'm delighted to have someone from down under that I've seen the name quite a bit in my feeds over the last couple of years.

It's always great to talk to someone that you've watched from afar, and that's Topher Field. Topher, thank you so much for your time today.

(Topher Field)

Well, Peter, what a pleasure, and thank you for having me.

Not at all, it's great to have you on.

And obviously, people can follow you @TopherField on Twitter, and TopherField.net is your website.

And of course you're, I mean I've seen you on twitter quite a bit and whenever Sam Sobel connected us, and I thought I kind of recognized that name, because Topher is not a name that's very popular.

So, you're thinking that definitely sticks out but you're probably one of Australia's leading, I think most recognized libertarian political commentators.

And you've, it's it's your work in in the media and I know that's your background from when you were younger and now you've really made a name for yourself winning awards: libertarian awards.

Also that documentary Battleground Melbourne setting.

The madness that you faced there in Australia and author of Good People Break Bad Laws which is a fascinating topic.

I know we'll delve into that a little bit and loved, I think on your website you said that your proudest moment, proudest achievement is getting those incitements, those punishments for standing up against the COVID lockdown.

Not just punishments, criminal charges.

They chased me with criminal charges and tried to lock me away for two and a half years for the crime of encouraging people to exercise their human right to engage in peaceful political protest at a time when our government was violating human rights.

So yeah, that is honestly, that is my proudest achievement and, I hope never to have to repeat such a thing in my, in the future, but unfortunately you and I both know this fight is far from over.

Oh, absolutely.

Could I tell them, I mean, leading, leading up to that, what, you're also your, your background, I mean, you grew up with your dad being involved in media and your understanding a little bit about the business.

Some of us have been thrown into this and we've either sunk or swell or swum, but y...

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Maureen Bannon, a military veteran with a famous father joins Hearts of Oak to discuss the weaponization of institutions against the American people.
We delve into the military's shift towards woke agendas, the impact on warfighting, and unit cohesion.
Maureen criticizes Biden's military downsizing and emphasizes the need for strong leadership.
We also touch on the media's role in spreading misinformation and highlight the importance of alternative platforms like WarRoom and Real America's Voice.
The podcast underscores the challenges posed by institutional manipulation for political gain and advocates for truth and transparency in public discourse.

Maureen Bannon is the CEO of WarRoom, an Army Veteran, Operation New Dawn Veteran and Steve Bannon’s Daughter

Connect with Maureen...
X/TWITTER x.com/maureen_bannon
GETTR gettr.com/user/maureen_bannon
WARROOM warroom.org/

Interview recorded 4.6.24

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(Hearts of Oak)

I'm delighted to have a brand new guest, someone I've kind of got to know here and there over the last few years, and that is Maureen Bannon.

Maureen, thank you so much for joining us today.

(Maureen Bannon)

Thank you, Peter, for having me on.

Not at all.

It was about time.

You kind of connect with people and you think it's probably about time to have them on for an interview. So it is great to have you. Obviously, people can follow you on Twitter.

@maureenbannon is your handle and obviously you're the CEO of war room, army veteran, and of course you have a sideline of being Mr Bannon's daughter and people will know you.

We've had lots of war and posse on. Lots as in, we've had Karli Bonne’ on and Noor Bin Ladin this week, so it has been a WarRoom Posse week.

So, it's always good fun to connect with those giving input into the program itself, into War Room, and sharing it to our half and half US, UK audience here.

But I want to talk about institutions being weaponized against us all.

And I think the conversation is just as valid for you, stateside, as it is for us in the UK and across Europe.

We've seen that in many different levels. But maybe we can ask you, You've fought for your country, your background is in the military, and you've gone to war for, I guess, American interests and to fight for American values.

Maybe start there, just tell us why you joined the military and what are your thoughts on the current state of the military?

So, I joined the military.

Like you said, I was in the Army.

I graduated from West Point in 2006, and then I served almost nine years on active duty. So I got out.

My last day in the Army was May 1st of 2019.

So, I joined West or went to West Point, started back in 06. And I knew growing up that I wanted to be in the military.

My dad is a Navy vet.

My uncle is a Navy vet.

One of my older cousins is also a Navy vet.

And actually on 9-11, I had two cousins living in New York City.

So, my mom woke me up on 9-11 and I was living in California. So, we were three hours behind and she told me, you know, a plane's hit the first tower.

And then I was in the kitchen watching on our little black and white TV in the kitchen and I saw the second plane hit the second tower and it was kind of right then that I knew that, that an act of terrorism was going on and.

I wanted to help my country.

So, the next day, I told my parents, I want to join the military. I was 12, 13.

What was the response?

Both parents were like, okay, that's admirable, but no one's going to believe that you're 17, 18 years old and can enlist in the military.

There's no way.

maybe 16, I could get a waiver or 17, get away, 17, get a waiver, but not at 13.

Like there was no way that I was going to convince anyone that I was old enough to serve at that time. But in high school, you know, I was like, okay, I still want to serve the military.

But I want to go to a normal like four-year civilian college and actually, I was playing volleyball since the fourth grade and my dad said: well all these schools are recruiting you why don't you reach out to the service academies.

You want to be in the military, you know, you can still play volleyball and you can serve your country. I was like: well I don't know but I did.

And I got recruited by all three major service academ...

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We are delighted to welcome comedian Alistair Williams to share his journey of remaining authentic in the comedy industry despite pressure to conform to mainstream narratives.
He integrates his Christian faith into his comedy, prioritizing faith over worldly concerns and uses his talents to spread joy and truth.
Alistair discusses the impact of satire in conveying truths and highlights the challenges of balancing industry expectations with personal convictions.
He emphasizes the importance of upholding moral integrity in a secular world, advocating for spreading Christian values through comedic work.
The conversation delves into societal values, the decline of ethical grounding, and the need to discern biblical truths amidst challenges and industry pressures.
We end this interview by discussing the struggles content creators face aligning their work with faith and values in the current economic landscape and the significance of staying true to one's beliefs and spreading messages of faith and truth.

Alistair Williams, a self-proclaimed “rambling moron,” emerges as a rising star on the UK comedy scene. He’s soared through the ranks, claiming the Piccadilly Comedy Club’s New Comedian of the Year 2014 award, securing spots in prestigious competitions and recently he was crowned 'British Comedian Of The Year 2023'.
A firm believer in Free Speech and a fearless ’Soldier of God’, Alistair is a charismatic observational storyteller, combining high energy with a knack for crafting top-tier material.
Whether winning awards or reaching finals, he’s on a rapid ascent to comedic stardom.

Connect with Alistair...
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RUMBLE rumble.com/user/alistairwilliams

Interview recorded 27.5.24

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(Hearts of Oak)

I am delighted today to be joined by comedian Alistair Williams. Alistair, thank you so much for your time today.

(Alistair Williams)

Anytime. Anytime. Good afternoon.

Great to have you on.

Obviously, people can follow you @awilliamscomedy, which is your Twitter or X handle. And, of course, on Rumble, it's just Alistair Williams.

And on it, you talk about, I think, your two phrases, more or less, on your Twitter is, Real comedian.

Soldier of God and I want to delve into both of those which are separate, but you do mix them like asking whether God wants to cut down ULEZ cameras or remember on comedy only, so you do mix them up the times, but you're some of the some of the the comments I've seen about you online Alistair Williams is quickly making a name for himself with razor sharp content and high what charm unafraid of tackling rough subject matter.

He's a passionate health campaigner combining raw personal antidotes on a jam-packed gag count and slick extroverted style. Another one says he is smart, passionate, impressively quick-witted and bursting with infectious confidence. So there you go.

They're just some of the...

Things I wrote about myself off the internet.

That was off your Twitter page, so I didn't want to say that.

Alistair, before we get on to kind of your life in comedy and what that means for you maybe you could just take a moment to introduce yourself especially to our kind of half U.S audience who may not have come across you, so maybe just introduce yourself give us a bit of your background story.

Sweet okay, well I'm a stand-up comedian.

I would say I'm one of, if not the most censored stand-up comedian in the world.

I had a YouTube channel that was pretty popular that got cancelled.

Most of the comedy clubs in UK, the major ones sort of stopped booking me at the same time after I had this really viral piece piece of comedy go viral about Brexit at the time and the whole internet started sharing.

Just at that time, the exact same time the comedy industry decided I did, or this guy has to never be seen again.

You know, I used to have like an agent I used to, I was on the TV, but, I quickly figured out after my first TV experience that it doesn't really matter how funny you are, unless you are willing to be malleable, unless you are willing to change what you're saying to fit in with the narrative of what the television says.

Like you're never going to be, a stand-up comedian, basically comedies, pretty ...

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Dr Sebastian Gorka joins Hearts of Oak to discuss the latest bout of Trump Derangement Syndrome.
Dr Gorka is a unique figure in the US media and political scene as he is originally a Londoner with Hungarian background which gives him a deep understanding of European culture and politics.
And as someone who served in the Trump White House he has seen many attacks from the left and from The GOP on DJT.
The most recent indictment (No 3) is just the latest attack from the establishment who fear President Trump more than anyone else. There is no end to their hate and fear of MAGA.
Dr Gorka also discusses election integrity and the lack of action to protect this process before moving onto the latest sorry saga in the Hunter soap opera (an appointed special counsel) and we finish up by looking at Dr Gorka's 2016 book "Defeating Jihad: The Winnable War" and why this topic is no longer part of the conversation.

Dr. Sebastian Gorka was named as the newest Talk Show Host on the Salem Radio Network Platform, and began his show AMERICA FIRST on New Years Day, 2019. His ascent to this role could not have been more unusual, or more of a true “American Story.”
To find out how it began, you have to go back to the 1950s, to Communist controlled Hungary.
Hoping for freedom after the utter devastation of the Second War, the proud nation of Hungary was instead taken over by a Stalinist dictatorship subordinate to Moscow. One young man, who had suffered under the Nazis, decided to resist and so Paul Gorka created a secret Christian student organization to subvert the Communist stranglehold of his homeland. Paul was eventually betrayed by the British double-agent Kim Philby, arrested by the Secret Police, tortured and then given a life sentence for fighting for democracy and liberty.
After two years in solitary confinement, two years down a prison coal mine, and two years in the central political prison in Budapest, Paul was eventually liberated by the brave freedom fighters of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. With the 17-year old daughter of a fellow political prisoner, Paul escaped across the minefields along the border of Western Hungary to a life of liberty in the UK, where Paul and Susan would be married and their son, Sebastian, was born.
With parents who had lived as children under fascism and then escaped Communist Hungary, Sebastian was raised to love freedom. And his love of talk-radio developed early. As a child he would listen late into the night to the shows of the London Broadcasting Company with a small transistor radio under his pillow. It was with this special family background, and growing up under the influence of the Conservative warrior Margaret Thatcher, that Sebastian learned how to fight totalitarian ideologies, be they Fascism, Communism, or Global Jihadism.
He would end up serving in the British Army reserve in a Military Intelligence unit, then after the fall of the Berlin Wall, in the first freely-elected Conservative administration in Hungary. The after the 9/11 attacks he became a professor on a Pentagon-funded counter-terrorism program run out of Germany.
In 2008 he moved to America with his family where he continued to work for the Defense Department and become a proud American citizen in 2012. He obtained his doctorate in Political Science from Corvinus University in Budapest and was a fellow at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. In Washington, he served as Associate Dean for Congressional Affairs and Relations to the Special Operations Community at National Defense University and has also taught on the Masters program at Georgetown University.
In 2020, President Donald Trump named Gorka to the National Security Education Board. This board provides strategic consultation and was established by congressional act in 1991.
Dr. Gorka has briefed the CIA, the DIA, the US Navy Seals, the Commandant of the Marine Corps, served as an expert for the DoJ during the Boston Bombing trial, and testified before Congress on the threat of Global Jihadism. He remains a guest instructor at the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School, at Fort Bragg, the home of the Green Berets.

Connect with Dr Gorka....
X: https://twitter.com/SebGorka?s=20
GETTR: https://gettr.com/user/sebgorka
TRUTH: https://truthsocial.com/@SebGorka
SUBSTACK: https://substack.com/@sebastiangorka
WEBSITE: https://www.sebgorka.com/

Interview recorded 16.8.23

*Special thanks to Bosch Fawstin for recording our intro/outro on this podcast.

Check out his art https://theboschfawstinstore.blogspot.com/ and follow him on GETTR https://gettr.com/user/BoschFawstin and Twitter https://twitter.com/TheBoschFawstin?s=20

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