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The podcast for employers and employees who think it's time to talk about the failings of workplace culture - and how we can do better. Host: Tanya de Grunwald

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Suffer from 'imposter syndrome'? So does this University of Oxford lecturer... but not for the reason you might expect. Can we help with his workplace dilemma? And who wants to point out the elephants in the room?

This is what the end of woke sounds like. In a new BBC interview, Ricky Gervais doubles down on his jokes about transgenderism, fat shaming and disability, and then laughs with the confidence of a man who knows his audience gets it - and the BBC interviewer doesn't. Link ⬇️

An unexpectedly emotional moment from our latest episode. Corporate trans activist Bobbi Pickard boasts of 'tearing a strip off' the EHRC's Mary-Ann Stephenson at a public event, 'almost reducing her to tears.' People need to hear his words, right? Link to full episode ⬇️

'I had a bit of a fumble.' The CIPD has been named in the #DarlingtonNurses case. Back in 2022 this 'trainer' told CIPD staff self-ID was lawful. CEO Peter Cheese CIPD knew him and attended the training. Then the 2023 CIPD employer guidance was wrong. Should Cheese resign? More 👇

CEOs with a 'trans child' should be removed from decisions about Pride and trans inclusion policies, says corporate advisor Paul Sweeney. Boards must not allow 'woke' bosses to push activist agendas onto customers and employees. Link to full episode⬇️

Fire the whole senior leadership team at Sky TV for this. In 2026, nobody's senior legal counsel should be declaring their pronouns in a meeting, let alone in a customer-facing TV ad.

FUN! Stonewall has a new PODCAST! Sadly it's not called 'Yes Debate'... but we can't wait to hear all the 'open and honest' conversations CEO Simon Blake has planned on 'the issues that matter most right now'. Who should his first guests be?

Prediction: Amnesty UK's press team will make their crisis worse. Why say that? You can tell a lot about what's going on INternally by looking at what an org posts EXternally. This video from May 2026 shows the rot is EVERYWHERE, including their comms department.

'It's a women-only bootcamp, we're not open to men in dresses.' Business owner Sharon Smith says Stonewall asked her to welcome trans women in 2018 - and she refused. Links to G I JANE BOOTCAMP ⬇️

However you measure it, Trans Awareness Week 2025 is a bust. Trans in the City's sponsor logos should be in the background, but there aren't any. 'Trans' has turned toxic. Next: brands will try to torch the evidence... but the reckoning is coming. PS. New episode out this week!

Does law firm Clifford Chance think the UK Supreme Court judges are 'f*cking idiots'? Why did their global head of DEI host an 'LGBT' event where lawyers laughed at this comment? Helen Joyce and HR director Inji Duducu want answers! 🧵

Bosses with pronouns in their bio must leave top jobs, says Dominic Cummings: 'All of the madness needs rooting out'. Is he right?

NEW EPISODE In workplaces around the UK, activist staff are kicking off - pushing their politics onto colleagues who have had enough. But do employers understand what they're up against? Thanks to JacovZ Critical Therapy Antidote for his fascinating insights and advice! Link⬇️

Is this @santanderUK video for #Pride2026... a) Dated b) Offensive c) Weird d) Dated, offensive and weird? We're going with d).

The clip that's making everyone laugh! Is HR full of 'midwits'? Is woke eating itself? And why was Keir Starmer's Pride garden party so weird? Enjoy! Link to full episode with Eric Kaufmann at #BattleFest ⬇️

Are cross-dressers peaking their colleagues at work? Were DEI activists really bullied at school - or are *they* the bullies? Loved this conversation with Stephanie Winn, LMFT | ROGD Repair Stephanie Winn - thank you! Link ⬇️

NEW: Orgs still 'waiting for EHRC guidance' are run by activists. Sensible UK employers are NOT confused about the Supreme Court ruling. We gathered 50 senior business people 3 weeks ago. Trans came up repeatedly – and we discussed it like grown-ups. Fascinating new episode ⬇️

Are cross-dressers peaking their colleagues at work? Were DEI activists really bullied at school - or are they the bullies? Loved this conversation with Stephanie Winn, LMFT | ROGD Repair Stephanie Winn - thank you! Link ⬇️