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Phil Wang
Season 2 Episode 126
Comedian Phil Wang has decided he's got to start being silly in response to a world which he thinks is getting serious. Born in Stoke on Trent to an English mother, Wang moved to Malaysia where his f…
Published on 2 years, 10 months ago
Amanda Abbington
Season 2 Episode 125
Actress Amanda Abbington, star of Sherlock and Netflix thriller Safe, speaks to James about her misdirected early attempts at dancing, the moment she realised she was an actor and the adrenaline rush…
Published on 2 years, 10 months ago
Neil Kinnock
Season 2 Episode 124
He is credited with reestablishing the Labour Party as a mainstream, centrist political force after a period of hard-left internal conflict. Sound familiar? The former leader of the Labour Party spea…
Published on 2 years, 10 months ago
Terry Christian
Season 2 Episode 123
Broadcaster Terry Christian grew up in a large Irish Catholic family in Manchester where not attending mass or university was out of the question. After dropping out of a chemistry course he didn't w…
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
Sir Tony Robinson
Season 2 Episode 122
Blackadder legend Tony Robinson talks to James about the state of British politics, the power of meditation and the return of Time Team.
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
Matthew Collins
Season 2 Episode 121
Content warning: this episode contains descriptions of racial violence, racial slurs and suicidal feelings. By the time Matthew Collins was 15 years old, he was enthralled by the far-right and had jo…
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
George Takei
Season 2 Episode 120
The internment of Japanese Americans across the U.S. during World War II is not an obvious subject on which to develop a musical, however it is exactly what George Takei, Star Trek legend and social …
Published on 2 years, 11 months ago
Tracy Brabin
Season 2 Episode 119
Back in the day when she was best known as Tricia Armstrong in Coronation Street, Tracy Brabin did not shy away from national politics, appearing in Labour campaigns and using her stardom to generate…
Published on 3 years ago
Alan Johnson
Season 2 Episode 118
From union General Secretary, to Home Secretary to award-winning writer. By his own admission, Alan Johnson has lived a charmed life. He speaks to James about his tricky early years and political her…
Published on 3 years ago
Lisa Nandy
Season 2 Episode 117
A quick glance at Lisa Nandy's family tree shows that politics runs through her veins, but when she first arrived in the House of Commons it wasn't an easy transition. She speaks to James about her l…
Published on 3 years ago