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It’s election week!
With just a few days to go before people go to the polls, Amol and Nick reflect on the strategies behind the parties’ get-out-the-vote messages.
And t…
2 years, 3 months ago
Should we trust the polls?
There’s a week to go before votes are counted and barely a day goes by in the campaign without a new poll.
So are the Conservatives really on course f…
2 years, 3 months ago
Newscast x The Today Podcast x When It Hits The Fan
The Today Podcast, Newscast and When It Hits The Fan have come together for a special episode, to look at the role of the media in the general electi…
2 years, 3 months ago
Sunak’s betting crisis, Starmer’s gender row and Farage takes on the Mail
With ten days until polling day Amol and Nick look at the ongoing betting crisis for the Conservatives and discuss why gender is back in the headline…
2 years, 3 months ago
Bonus Q&A – Why do politicians use big numbers and why do we vote with pencils?
Why do politicians use big numbers in interviews? How will political reporting change in the future? And why do we vote using pencils?
Amol and Nick a…
2 years, 3 months ago
Growing pains: how to grow an economy and get young people voting
Amol and Nick take a look at why politicians are so keen to talk about economic growth in this election campaign – and whether any have the right pol…
2 years, 3 months ago
Farage’s non-manifesto, should Corbyn have stood for the Greens and where’s Boris Johnson?
With the first postal votes being cast this week, Amol and Nick look at how parties are hoping to change voters' minds at a crucial point in the camp…
2 years, 3 months ago
Extra! The Today Podcast Live! Bonus episode ft. James May
It’s the second part of The Today Podcast Live!
Recorded in the BBC Radio Theatre in Broadcasting House in London in front of a live audience, Amol an…
2 years, 3 months ago
The Today Podcast: Live!
Hundreds of our listeners assembled in the BBC Radio Theatre for the first ever live recording of The Today Podcast!
Nick and Amol were joined on stag…
2 years, 3 months ago
Manifesto week, political earthquakes and interview tactics
Amol and Nick look ahead to the week in which the release of party manifestos could well reset the narrative of the election.
They consider what the r…
2 years, 4 months ago