Podcast Episodes

Inside the making of the Employment Rights Bill | Politics with Anoosh Chakelian

Last October, the government published the Employment Rights Bill, a slate of reforms set to change workers' rights in the UK - from banning “fire an…

11 months, 1 week ago

What the Treasury reshuffle reveals about the budget | Politics with Will Dunn

Ahead of this autumn’s budget there has been a reshuffle in Rachel Reeves’ treasury team. What’s at play? And what might it tell us about the traject…

11 months, 1 week ago

The Manosphere: Red pills, incels and a misogyny epidemic | James Bloodworth interview

Students across the UK have reported a dramatic rise in misogyny in their schools. The government has described this as being on an "epidemic scale".…

11 months, 1 week ago

Can the UK solve the plummeting birthrate dilemma? | Politics with Anoosh Chakelian

Due to Britain’s falling birth rates and the government’s desire for lower immigration levels, does the government have any plan to financially encou…

11 months, 1 week ago

Andy Burnham: the next Prime Minister? | Politics with Anoosh Chakelian

The Mayor of Manchester is the most popular choice to replace Keir Starmer as Prime Minister.

Keir Starmer is now less popular than Donald Trump.

Despi…

11 months, 2 weeks ago

Why are people talking about an English civil war? | Politics with Anoosh Chakelian

Following last year’s riots, in the wake of the Southport murders, Elon Musk predicted civil war in the UK was “inevitable”. So far, however, no civi…

11 months, 2 weeks ago

War triangle | Geopolitics with Katie Stallard

Yesterday, Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Washington, flanked by seven European leaders, in order to meet with Donald Trump and pu…

11 months, 2 weeks ago

Palestine Action arrests "will bring the law into disrepute" | Jonathan Dimbleby interview

In 1978, the broadcaster and journalist Jonathan Dimbleby, and photojournalist Don McCullin, published The Palestinians - a book that sought to tell …

11 months, 2 weeks ago

The New Statesman’s ultimate beach reads

There’s one thing you need this summer. A good book.

Will Lloyd is joined by culture editor Tanjil Rashid, and staff writer Finn McRedmond to discuss …

11 months, 2 weeks ago

The government must address the graduate job crisis | Politics with Anoosh Chakelian

Will Starmer face a vote of no confidence? What does Reform UK mean by scrap Net Zero? Should the Democrats distance themselves from the Clintons?

Ano…

11 months, 2 weeks ago