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Can Andy Burnham really change British politics?
Episode 371
For his final turn in James' chair for now, Lewis Goodall asks whether Andy Burnham’s promised “circuit breaker” in British politics could really cha…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Why aren't Brits having kids?
Episode 370
Lewis Goodall sits in for James O’Brien and takes on a quiet but profound crisis: Britain’s birth rate has fallen so far that deaths are now outnumbe…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Nigel Farage’s money problem
Episode 369
Lewis Goodall sits in for James and asks a blunt question about Nigel Farage: if you want to be Prime Minister, how much outside money is too much?
Wi…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Is Britain now ready for war?
Episode 368
Lewis Goodall sits in for James O’Brien and takes on one of the biggest questions facing the country: are we spending enough on defence in a far more…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
Can Andy Burnham really "rewire" Britain?
Episode 367
Lewis Goodall sits in for James O’Brien and reacts to Andy Burnham’s first major speech as Prime Minister-in-waiting.
Broadcast from Manchester, Burnh…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
Is climate change denial over?
Episode 366
With scientists linking the extreme temperatures directly to fossil fuel emissions, James explores why so many people still look away, why net zero i…
3 months ago
Record UK temperatures - how to survive the heat
Episode 365
As Britain braces for another record-breaking June scorcher, James O’Brien asks the question beyond the weather forecast: what are we actually going …
3 months ago
The UK is cooking... why don't we care about climate change?
Episode 364
The UK is experiencing another red weather warning heatwave this week. So why, even as temperatures soar and climate warnings become impossible to ig…
3 months ago
Should Andy Burnham be crowned, or contested?
Episode 363
James reacts to the resignation of Keir Starmer and asks the question now hanging over British politics: should Labour move fast to "crown" Andy Burn…
3 months ago
Keir Starmer is out
Episode 362
Keir Starmer is out. James reflects on where it all went wrong, why his premiership became so brittle, and whether Britain may come to regret forcing…
3 months ago