Podcast Episodes

Jordan Bardella: The 30-year-old populist hoping to be France's next president

An exclusive interview on immigration, racism, Russia, Farage and Trump.

Jordan Bardella is the leader of National Rally in France, and currently leading the polls to become president in 2027 if his m…

Published on 3 hours ago

Kemi Badenoch: Shooting from the hip

Why did the leader of the opposition call the chancellor 'spineless' and 'shameless'?

Kemi Badenoch joins Nick in the Political Thinking studio to reflect on what lay behind the personal and political…

Published on 1 week, 5 days ago

Shabana Mahmood: Racism, Asylum and Me

Why is the Home Secretary warning against leaving space for "darker forces"?

Shabana Mahmood sits down with Nick off the back of announcing sweeping changes to the asylum system in the UK.

Why did she …

Published on 2 weeks, 6 days ago

'I'm preparing for government': Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth

Can Plaid Cymru replace Labour as the party of power in Wales next year? Rhun ap Iorwerth, the party's leader, thinks so.

Rhun ap Iorwerth joins Nick in the Political Thinking studio to talk about ho…

Published on 3 weeks, 5 days ago

'I like it when people underestimate me': Lib Dem leader Ed Davey

Ed Davey warns Starmer against handing Reform UK 'the keys into 10 Downing Street'

Producer: Daniel Kraemer Research: Chloe Desave Sound: Ged Sudlow and Andrew Mills Editor: Giles Edwards

Published on 1 month ago

Life after Labour: Zarah Sultana on Palestine, Farage and 'Your Party'

How a trip to the West Bank in her teens set the Coventry MP on a path into politics.

Zarah Sultana joins Nick in the studio a few weeks before the launch of her new party with Jeremy Corbyn.

In the in…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

Gaza, Trump and me: UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher

Driving through Gaza is like "driving through the ruins of Hiroshima, or Stalingrad, or Dresden"

Tom Fletcher has been the United Nations humanitarian chief for almost a year and speaks to Nick two we…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Net Zero has become a religion: Claire Coutinho on climate, identity and cooking

The Shadow Energy Minister has transformed her party's approach to climate policy.

In this extended conversation, Claire Coutinho sets out what changed her mind on net zero, a shift that has brought h…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Free Speech Tsar: Arif Ahmed on how to avoid the 'abyss' of political violence

How do you protect and police freedom of speech on campus and in society?

Arif Ahmed is a Cambridge Philosopher who is now responsible for enforcing new freedom of speech rules on universities, colleg…

Published on 2 months ago

Bridget Phillipson on life as education secretary

One of the two candidates to be deputy leader of Labour joins Nick at the end of party's conference in Liverpool.

Bridget Phillipson opens up about how her own experience of poverty informs her politi…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago