Publishing's gatekeepers get the microphone on Triggernometry
Oliver Malcolm's interview examines which books get attention, alongside immigration debate and Brendan O'Neill's Ireland discussion.
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“I Hired Them. They Reported Me for Missing a DEI Meeting” – Oliver Malcolm
Triggernometry turned from border policy to the people who decide what reaches a bookshelf. Oliver Malcolm's Saturday interview was its fastest-moving upload by the weekend, passing 100,000 views in its opening ten hours.
The conversation follows Malcolm's route into publishing before examining what he describes as the industry's ideological conformity and culture of fear. Its chapters take in books getting sidelined, publishers responding to staff pressure, and the different treatment afforded particular authors. J.K. Rowling, Salman Rushdie and Roald Dahl all enter the discussion, as does Francis Foster's own book experience.
Across seven uploads, though, the largest new-video audience belonged to "Konstantin Clashes with Owen Jones on Immigration," approaching 580,000 views. Jones asks for evidence while Konstantin Kisin sets out his preference for more selective entry and greater scrutiny of unauthorized arrivals. Their disagreement is also about the conversation itself: Kisin repeatedly asks to finish his explanation without interruption.
Brendan O'Neill supplied another substantial interview, discussing Ireland, Israel, national identity and immigration. Friday's Off the Fence moved between Trump's Russia-Ukraine energy ceasefire and criticism of a Shane Gillis joke, connecting the week's foreign-policy arguments with its comedy interests.
Subscribers were unchanged over the week, while daily viewing finished slightly below its usual level. Nearby political channels had varied weeks: Breaking Points was drawing well above its usual daily audience, while Rebel News was quieter. On Triggernometry, Malcolm's publishing conversation was supplying the strongest fresh momentum.
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- Triggernometry
- Subscribers
- 1,940,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 4,123,922
- Videos published this week
- 7
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- October 17, 2026
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- 106,624
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