Podcast Episodes

How Sweden stood firm: Anders Tegnell looks back on lockdown

In the first of this two-part lockdown retrospective, your co-pilots look back at the events of March 2020, that unexpectedly led to them being at th…

2 years, 9 months ago

Spring Budget Special

Strap in, its Budget week and the Planet Normal rocket has got a first class ticket to the most eagerly anticipated financial breakdown of this Sprin…

2 years, 10 months ago

Tough talking on small boats

We may be aboard the rocket of right thinking, but this week on Planet Normal we're discussing a very different type of vessel, small boats, and the …

2 years, 10 months ago

Truth triumphs on lockdown and lab leak

Our co-pilots are feeling a bit smug this week, as a series of revelations lift the lid on Covid untruths at home and abroad.

Allison argues The Teleg…

2 years, 10 months ago

War on cultural vandalism

Spring is in the air on Planet Normal, with resident economist Halligan spotting some economic green shoots amongst the doom and gloom. But all is no…

2 years, 10 months ago

So long Sturgeon

It’s all eyes on Scotland this week, after First Minister Nicola Sturgeon's surprising decision to stand down. And with a TikTok ban and a Tory tax r…

2 years, 11 months ago

Truss’s turbulent return

She’s back. Former short lived Prime Minister Liz Truss has re-entered the Westminster fray, but is it a triumphant return? Our co-pilots give their …

2 years, 11 months ago

Taking on the Brexit bashers

As we mark the third anniversary of Brexit, our co-pilots take on the doomsters and get to the bottom of why the country feels short-changed by the d…

2 years, 11 months ago

Death by 100 tiny scandals

Our co-pilots feel like they’re back to the 90s this week with a cloud of Tory sleaze and looming recession hanging over the country. But will it be …

2 years, 11 months ago

School's out for winter!

Just when you thought the strikes couldn't get worse, teachers have decided to join the wave of walkouts. But who do our co-pilots think will come ou…

2 years, 11 months ago