Second Thought for the day

About Second Thought for the day

Training the crosshairs of reason on the broadcast output of Thought For The Day from BBC Radio 4, which frequently features nonsensical claims and other affronts to reason with no apparent accountability. SecondThought aims to provide that accountability. secondthoughtfortheday.com (https://secondthoughtfortheday.com)

Publisher

Dan Beach

Category

comedy · religion & spirituality

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

3 Jun 2025

Latest episode

20 Apr 2026

Latest episodes

21 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   20 Apr 2026

   Jayne Manfredi - Unimaginatively manipulative desperation from Anglican

   Catastrophic attempt to string together meaning from Manfredi. She opens with seemingly dishonest assessment of John Lennon's Imagine. Manages to troll Philip Larkin in same sentence. Gets worse.

2. 

   13 Apr 2026

   John Studzinski - Very poor advice on what, and how, to fear

   After quite a lot of rubbish about what in the world we should fear, John Studzinski makes outlandish claims on channeling his soul as an effective means to handle fear.

3. 

   30 Mar 2026

   Daniel Greenberg - Unsound claims about the existence of words from late idiosyncratic rabbis

   Greenberg delivers a harmless broadcast but reinforces a hypercorrection from an age of pedantic linguistic elitism. Oh, and a small case of exaggeration.

Who has been a guest on Second Thought for the day

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Angela Tilby
• Lucy Winkett
• Jasvir Singh
• Catherine Pepinster
• Ephraim Mirvis