Podcast Episodes

A War on Children: A Generation in Gaza at Risk (James Elder)

Episode 152

Why is the humanitarian situation in Gaza the worst that James Elder has ever seen? What does the process of rebuilding Gaza look like? How do the people working on the ground not lose hope? 

UNICEF…

Published on 20 hours ago

Prime Minister of Norway: On Trump, Tech, and Brexit Lessons (Jonas Gahr Støre)

Episode 151

Why is the nation with the world’s richest sovereign wealth fund not ‘universally happy’? What can the UK learn from Norway’s relationship with the EU? Is Jonas Gahr Støre really standing between Tru…

Published on 1 week ago

Nicola Sturgeon: What Really Happened In The Scottish Referendum (Part 2)

Episode 150

How did the media and Westminster impact the Scottish Referendum? Why are spin rooms "utterly pointless" in Nicola's view? Is misogyny in politics as bad as it used to be, or getting worse due to soc…

Published on 2 weeks ago

Nicola Sturgeon: On Margaret Thatcher, Alex Salmond, and the Push for Independence (Part 1)

Episode 149

What is the difference between class distinctions in Scotland and the rest of the UK? How did Nicola Sturgeon's childhood in Scotland inform her politics? What was Margaret Thatcher's influence on Ni…

Published on 3 weeks ago

The President of Guyana: The Fastest Growing Economy in the World (Irfaan Ali)

Episode 148

How does Guyana balance its unprecedented economic growth, largely due to oil discoveries, with environmental sustainability? How does Guyana perceive and address the historical scar left by slavery…

Published on 3 weeks, 3 days ago

I Thought It Was a Prank - Then I Was Chancellor: Jeremy Hunt (Part 2)

Episode 147

What was it like to be handed the reins to the economy following the Liz Truss mini-budget collapse? How did Jeremy Hunt feel fighting an election that he knew the Conservatives would lose? How would…

Published on 4 weeks ago

The Rise and Fall of The Conservative Party: Jeremy Hunt (Part 1)

Episode 146

How did Jeremy Hunt lose the Conservative leadership race to Boris Johnson? What does the longest serving Health Minister think will fix the NHS? What does Jeremy Hunt really think of Kemi Badenoch’s…

Published on 1 month ago

Gary Stevenson: Masculinity, Money, and the Myth of Meritocracy (Part 2)

Episode 145

How did Gary become a multimillionaire by the age of 25? How big a difference can a wealth tax make on regular people's lives? Have centrist politics failed on the economy?

Rory and Alastair are joi…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

Gary Stevenson: From Teenage Drug Dealer to Millionaire Trader (Part 1)

Episode 144

How did Gary Stevenson go from being expelled for drug dealing, to one of the most successful traders in London? How does class and privilege play into the world of finance in the UK? What could men …

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Iraq, Trump, and America’s Slide to Authoritarianism (Congressman Seth Moulton)

Episode 143

How did Congressman Moulton keep fighting the Iraq war when he thought it was a mistake? Is there anyone who can stop Trump, or is he an absolute monarch? Have substandard politicians used military s…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago