Podcast Episodes

Show 382. Gordon McKee

It's the biscuit man!

Gordon is a viral sensation thanks to his novel way of explaining the national debt using Custard Creams and Bourbons. 

This is an entertaining analysis of how to use social media…

Published on 1 day, 15 hours ago

Show 381. Nick Clegg - LIVE

This. Is. Phenomenal. 

Nick Clegg has been one of the most powerful people in the UK and in Silicon Valley. 

He takes us inside the crazy world of Meta and the tech bros. 

What is Mark Zuckerberg really…

Published on 6 days, 23 hours ago

Show 380. Peray Ahmet

Peray is the Labour leader of Haringay Council.

They are leading the way when it comes to building council homes.

But why?

This is a fascinating, entertaining insight into leadership in local government…

Published on 2 weeks, 2 days ago

Show 379. Izzy Conn

Izzy is a political historian and host of the excellent 'Leading Labour' podcast that you can listen to here:

https://leadinglabour.podbean.com/

It's a series analysing every Labour leader from Attlee …

Published on 3 weeks, 1 day ago

The Matt Forde Focus Group Returns!

The Matt Forde Focus Group (BBC RADIO 4) is returning!

Sign up to my mailing list for exclusive access to free tickets for the Christmas Special recording of The Matt Forde Focus Group on Wednesday 17…

Published on 4 weeks ago

Show 378. Marie Tidball

Marie is one of Labour's rising stars of the 2024 intake and was recently awarded 'Parliamentarian of the Year' by The Spectator. 

It's easy to see why. She is a formidable campaigner and has had to o…

Published on 4 weeks, 1 day ago

Show 377. Jack McConnell

This is PHENOMENAL.

Jack was First Minister of Scotland 2001-2007. It was a tumultuous global time and he found himself at the centre of it at the Gleneagles summit.

His stories about George W. Bush an…

Published on 1 month ago

Show 376. Bethany Dawson

Well this is about way more than politics...

Bethany is one of the stars of the Politico Playbook morning email. It's the must-read morning briefing which mixes top-level political analysis with plent…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

Show 375. Harriet Cross

Harriet is a rare thing: a new Conservative MP who won her seat at the last election. In Scotland. 

She's already been made a whip.

So how come she's rising so fast and what's it like entering the Comm…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Show 374. Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah CBE

This is a powerful lesson in campaigning, pragmatism and processing grief. 

Rosamund's daughter Ella died in 2013 at the age of nine. She is still the only person ever in the UK to have air pollution …

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago