Educationally Outraged

Educationally Outraged seeks to spark discussions from all sides of the political spectrum and social standing, offering alternative interpretations of various subjects.
We will discuss everything from education to mental health, from politics to social issues, and all that lies in between.
Each episode aims to provide a platform for voices - primarily mine, but more importantly the voices of others who may have differing opinions on topics that matter deeply to them.

Episodes

We Need to Talk About... Serial Killers And Our Strange Addiction To True Crime Documentaries

March 19, 2026 • Season 2 • Episode 4 • 44:12

Here's What I Think About... Eric Gill And The BBC’s Continued Indifference To Pedophiles

This episode examines how the BBC—an institution repeatedly scarred by scandals involving figures like Jimmy Savile—continues to protect a prominent sculpture by Eric Gill, an artist who confessed in his own diaries to sexually abusing children...

March 16, 2026 • Season 1 • Episode 10 • 9:20

Here's What I Think About... Boris, The Buffoon

I once wrote a message in the aftermath of an election, convinced I was being overly dramatic. Years later, I found those words again — and realised they weren’t exaggeration, but anticipation. This episode is a reflection on what happens when ...

February 16, 2026 • Season 1 • Episode 9 • 9:55

Here's What I Think About... Keir Starmer and his Politics of Antisemite Scapegoats

A routine, postponed school visit becomes a national scandal — and a lesson in how safeguarding gets twisted into antisemitism for political gain. This podcast unpacks how a calm decision to protect children exposed the dangerous way that power...

February 02, 2026 • Season 1 • Episode 8 • 9:07

Here's What I Think About... St George and The Flag of Irony

In this episode, I take a close look at St George and the Flag of Irony, and how it exposes a big contradiction at the heart of flag-waving nationalism. I challenge the idea of who gets to call themselves a patriot, and I remind us that England...

January 19, 2026 • Season 1 • Episode 7 • 7:41

Here's What I Think About... Stupid People

In this episode I try to explain why it’s not ignorance but stupidity — ignorance wrapped in confidence — that does the real damage in politics and public life. From World War I generals to modern British ministers, I explore how half-knowledge...

January 05, 2026 • Season 1 • Episode 6 • 10:03

We Need To Talk About... "I'm Going To Be Assassinated On The Number 55 Bus"... And Other Conspiracy Theories

In this episode, we are joined by colleagues Chertarnia and Callum, where we discuss conspiracy theories. It's funny, it's mind blowing, it's a little bit weird... but is any of it true?

December 11, 2025 • Season 2 • Episode 3 • 45:44

Here's What I Think About... Andrew, Formerly Known as Prince: A Very Purple Reign

In this episode I delve into the dark history of the Royal Family; from the First World War through the twentieth century, bringing us right up to the present-day disgrace of Andrew.

November 24, 2025 • Season 1 • Episode 4 • 10:07

We Need to Talk About... Jayne & Peter - At Home With The Greens

In this week's episode we talk with Peter and Jayne Walsh, Green Party members and activists. Amongst many subjects we discuss, Zach Polanski (newly elected Green Party Leader), the state of the nation, Climate matters, Boris Johnson, the media...

November 20, 2025 • Season 2 • Episode 2 • 59:35

Here's What I Think About... The (Moss) Bourne Supremacy: Hair, Fear, and the Cult of Control

In today's episode I discuss how obsession with conformity from the plains of North Korea to some Secondary School classrooms in Hackney (and one in particular) shapes a culture built on fear, not creativity.

November 10, 2025 • Season 1 • Episode 3 • 8:23

Educationally Outraged

Episodes

20 episodes

We Need to Talk About... Serial Killers And Our Strange Addiction To True Crime Documentaries

Here's What I Think About... Eric Gill And The BBC’s Continued Indifference To Pedophiles

Here's What I Think About... Boris, The Buffoon

Here's What I Think About... Keir Starmer and his Politics of Antisemite Scapegoats

Here's What I Think About... St George and The Flag of Irony

Here's What I Think About... Stupid People

We Need To Talk About... "I'm Going To Be Assassinated On The Number 55 Bus"... And Other Conspiracy Theories

Here's What I Think About... Andrew, Formerly Known as Prince: A Very Purple Reign

We Need to Talk About... Jayne & Peter - At Home With The Greens

Here's What I Think About... The (Moss) Bourne Supremacy: Hair, Fear, and the Cult of Control

We Need to Talk About... Sam Lavelle - The Highs and Lows of The Beautiful Game

Here's What I Think About... Farage: He's Only Making Plans for Nigel

Here's What I Think About... Gaza and the Silence of the Lambs

We Need to Talk About… Ofsted; Inadequate or Requires Improvement?

We Need to Talk About... The UK Union movement - ‘Alive and Kicking’…just!

We Need to Talk About... Tania Pope - and that cancer thing

We Need to Talk About... Mossbourne Academy, Hackney

We Need to Talk About... J.K Rowling and the Chamber of Bigotry

We Need to Talk About... How Free is Free Speech?

Educationally Outraged: The Intro