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#Borderlines: Mic Check at Glastonbury: The Politics of Free Speech & Selective Outrage

50 minutes | Friday, 4 July 2025

In this bold and provocative episode of Borderlines, Irish comedian, writer, and filmmaker Tadhg Hickey joins Ireti Bakare-Yusuf to unpack the fallout from Glastonbury Festival, where discussions around free speech, cancel culture, and political double standards took centre stage.
Hickey, never one to shy away from hard truths, shares his thoughts on the festival’s controversial programming choices, the silencing of pro-Palestinian voices, and the broader climate of selective outrage in Western liberal spaces.
​​​​​​​Together, they explore how comedy, art, and public discourse are being reshaped by ideological boundaries and what it really means to speak truth to power when the platforms are controlled by the very forces being criticised.

#Borderlines: Mic Check at Glastonbury: The Politics of Free Speech & Selective Outrage
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