PoliticsJOE Podcast (PoliticsJOE)

The Pubcast is a critical look at the surreal chaos of British politics. Mixing the Westminster drama and gossip with the soul-crushing reality of life in Modern Britain.

You’ll hear from distinguished thinkers and slightly less-distinguished politicians.

And PoliticsJOE's take on all of it, via the dulcet tones of Oli Dugmore, Ava Santina, and Ed Campbell.

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Welcome to the inaugural episode of the PoliticsJOE Pubcast.

We're talking Labour leader Keir Starmer, we're talking The King, and we're deciding whether or not to replace Ed Campbell with Ed Miliband.

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Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ava Santina, Ed Campbell

Producer: Laura Beveridge

Sting design: Chris White

Production: Oli Johnson, Joel Dunn-Wilson, Jack Parry

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Welcome to the the PoliticsJOE Pubcast.

The team talks about the coronation of King Charles, and its sadly predictable over-zealous policing, as well as the local elections results, and Suella Braverman's hate boat.

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Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ed Campbell, Ben Smoke

Producer: Laura Beveridge

Sting design: Chris White

Production: Shawnee Linstead, Joanne George

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Welcome to the the PoliticsJOE Pubcast.

The team talks in depth about National Conservatism, interviewing Tory councillor and writer Tom Jones, and exploring Ed's vox pops with conference attendees - including a man who believes Britain is descending into sexual chaos.

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Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ed Campbell, Ava Santina

Producer: Laura Beveridge

Sting design: Chris White

Production: Shawnee Linstead, Oli Johnson

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Welcome to the the PoliticsJOE Pubcast.

In this bonus shot, Oli Dugmore and Ed Campbell discuss Keir Starmer's most recent pledge to make Labour the party of housebuilding, to "back the builders, not the blockers" and allow councils to build on greenbelts.

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Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ed Campbell

Producer: Laura Beveridge

Sting design: Chris White

Production: Shawnee Linstead, Oli Johnson, Kesia Evans

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Welcome to the the PoliticsJOE Pubcast.

Manchester City are probably going to win the treble, and that sucks. Plus, influencer Mizzy is moving mad on Tik Tok, and Dominic Raab has put us all out of our misery.

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Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ed Campbell, Ava Santina

Producer: Laura Beveridge, Eve Brennan

Sting design: Chris White

Production: Shawnee Linstead, Oli Johnson, Seán Hickey

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Welcome to the the PoliticsJOE Pubcast.

In this bonus shot, Oli Dugmore, Ed Campbell and Ava Santina discuss Boris Johnson's legal difficulties with the covid inquiry, the latest PMQs mudslinging, and Suella Braverman.

Let us know what you thought of the episode by aggressively tweeting us or the PolJOE account.

Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ed Campbell, Ava Santina

Producer: Laura Beveridge

Sting design: Chris White

Production: Shawnee Linstead, Seán Hickey, Kesia Evans

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Welcome to the the PoliticsJOE Pubcast.

Two teenagers have died in Ely, and the police lied about. Should we be surprised? Plus, Just Stop Oil target the jeans and sheux brigade, and millennials stand to inherit trillions.

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Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ed Campbell, Ava Santina

Producer: Laura Beveridge

Sting design: Chris White

Production: Kesia Evans, Henry Lewin-Titt, Joel Dunn-Wilson

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Welcome to the the PoliticsJOE Pubcast.

In this bonus shot, Oli Dugmore and Ava Santina discuss Geraint Davies losing the Labour whip over allegations of sexual harassment and whether Westminster's culture is conducive to these behaviours.

Let us know what you thought of the episode by aggressively tweeting us or the PolJOE account.

Presenters: Oli Dugmore and Ava Santina

Producer: Laura Beveridge

Sting design: Chris White

Production: Shawnee Linstead, Seán Hickey, Kesia Evans

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Welcome to the the PoliticsJOE Pubcast.

Jake Hanrahan joins Oli and Ava to discuss what's happening on the ground in Ukraine, having reported on the war there since 2016.

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Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ava Santina, Jake Hanrahan

Producer: Laura Beveridge

Sting design: Chris White

Production: Seán Hickey, Oli Johnson, Henry Lewin-Titt

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Welcome to the the PoliticsJOE Pubcast.

Oli and Ava discuss polling that shows Labour could storm a general election, from the experts that predicted Trump and Johnson's majority (within one seat.)

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Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ava Santina

Producer: Laura Beveridge

Sting design: Chris White

Production: Oli Johnson, Henry Lewin-Titt

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Welcome to the the PoliticsJOE Pubcast.

Golden boy Ed is reunited with Oli and Ava to discuss the by-elections triggered by Boris Johnson's Resignation Honours, Nicola getting nicked, and Britain's antiquated abortion laws.

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Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ava Santina, Ed Campbell

Producer: Laura Beveridge

Sting design: Chris White

Production: Seán Hickey, Oli Johnson, Shawnee Linstead

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Welcome to the the PoliticsJOE Pubcast.

Ed, Ava and Oli react to Prime Minister's Questions, and discuss the Pestminster scandal

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Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ava Santina, Ed Campbell

Producer: Laura Beveridge

Sting design: Chris White

Production: Shawnee Linstead, Kesia Evans

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Welcome to the the PoliticsJOE Pubcast.

Golden boy Ed Campbell and PoliticsJOE's own Seán Hickey discuss Johnson's Partygate fate, David Cameron's parliamentary grilling, and wax lyrical about wind turbines.

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Presenters: Ed Campbell and Seán Hickey

Producer: Laura Beveridge

Sting design: Chris White

Production: Shawnee Linstead, Oli Johnson

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Welcome to the the PoliticsJOE Pubcast.

Ava and Seán are joined by i-D's Roisin Lanigan to react to Prime Minister's Questions and the mortgage catastrophe's effects on renters.

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Presenters: Ava Santina, Seán Hickey and Roisin Lanigan

Producer: Laura Beveridge

Sting design: Chris White

Production: Shawnee Linstead, Oli Johnson

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Welcome to the the PoliticsJOE Pubcast.

Ed Campbell and Ava Santina are joined by journalist Tom Usher to discuss how fighting helped his mental health, if Glastonbury is middle class, and Labour's decision not to include universal free school meals in their manifesto.

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Presenters: Ed Campbell, Ava Santina, and Tom Usher

Producer: Laura Beveridge

Sting design: Chris White

Production: Shawnee Linstead, Oli Johnson

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Welcome to the the PoliticsJOE Pubcast.

Ed Campbell and Ava Santina are joined by SNP MP Mhairi Black to react to Prime Minister's Questions and discuss Andrew Bridgen's bizarre ten-minute rule bill.

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Presenters: Ava Santina, Ed Campbell, and Mhairi Black

Producer: Laura Beveridge

Sting design: Chris White

Production: Shawnee Linstead, Oli Johnson

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Oli Dugmore interviews journalist and filmmaker Adam Curtis about austerity, autocracy in Russia, and the Soviet Union's worrying parallels with modern Britain.

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Welcome to the the PoliticsJOE Pubcast.

Oli is reunited with Ed and Ava to discuss Ofcom's investigations into GB News and Talk TV, the New Conservatives, Lee Anderson eating cat food, and Nigel Farage's banking troubles.

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Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ava Santina, Ed Campbell

Producer: Laura Beveridge

Sting design: Chris White

Production: Shawnee Linstead

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Welcome to the the PoliticsJOE Pubcast.

Oli Dugmore and Ava Santina react to Prime Minister's Questions.

Let us know what you thought of the episode and aggressively tweet us or the PolJOE account.

Presenters: Oli Dugmore and Ava Santina

Producer: Laura Beveridge

Sting design: Chris White

Production: Oli Johnson

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Welcome to the the PoliticsJOE Pubcast.

Oli, Ed and Ava dissect the allegations at the BBC, then regret it, as well as LBC's latest presenter and the protester at George Osborne's wedding.

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Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ava Santina, Ed Campbell

Producer: Laura Beveridge

Sting design: Chris White

Production: Shawnee Linstead, Oli Johnson

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Welcome to the the PoliticsJOE Pubcast.

Oli Dugmore and Ava Santina are joined by Labour MP Charlotte Nichols to react to Prime Minister's Questions and discuss her work as Chair of the Pubs APPG.

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Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ava Santina, Charlotte Nichols

Producer: Laura Beveridge

Sting design: Chris White

Production: Shawnee Linstead, Oli Johnson

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Welcome to the the PoliticsJOE Pubcast.

Oli and Ava discuss the Huw Edwards story and The Sun's coverage of it.

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Presenters: Oli Dugmore and Ava Santina

Producer: Laura Beveridge

Sting design: Chris White

Production: Shawnee Linstead, Oli Johnson

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Oli Dugmore interviews writer and radical thinker George Monbiot about why we need a revolution in farming and Russell Brand’s connection to the world of far right conspiracy. 

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Welcome to the the PoliticsJOE Pubcast.

Oli, Ed, and Ava are joined by dominatrix Megara Furie to discuss her turn as a union organiser, Oli and Ava's recent appearances on the BBC, and which university courses the Conservatives consider to be Mickey Mouse degrees.

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Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ava Santina, Ed Campbell

Producer: Laura Beveridge

Sting design: Chris White

Production: Oli Johnson

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Welcome to the the PoliticsJOE Pubcast.

Oli Dugmore and Ava Santina are joined by Labour MP Jon Trickett to react to Prime Minister's Questions.

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Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ava Santina, Jon Trickett

Producer: Laura Beveridge

Sting design: Chris White

Production: Shawnee Linstead, Oli Johnson

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In Liz Truss' disasterous mini budget, she promised to rip up the so-called economic orthodoxy, slashing taxes, in an effort to make Britain a country more like Singapore - but one where you're allowed to chew gum.

The ideas that Liz Truss was so determined to implement can be found in practice all over the world: in zones where capital can run unburdened, free from the limits of pesky, old democracy. And, the British right are still looking to them for inspiration.

Ed Campbell explores the story of these zones in this interview with professor and author Quinn Slobodian.

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Welcome to the the PoliticsJOE Pubcast.

Oli, Ed and Ava dissect last week's by-elections, Michael Gove's answer to Ava's housing question, and whether Keir Starmer's 'prevention politics' could save the NHS from an oncoming crisis.

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Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ava Santina, Ed Campbell

Producer: Laura Beveridge

Sting design: Chris White

Production: Shawnee Linstead, Joel Dunn-Wilson

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Welcome to the the PoliticsJOE Pubcast.

Oli, Ed and Ava are joined by the founder of Common Wealth, Mathew Lawrence, to discuss why the national grid should be taken into public ownership and the power of BlackRock.

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Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ava Santina, Ed Campbell, Mathew Lawrence

Producer: Laura Beveridge

Sting design: Chris White

Production: Shawnee Linstead, Oli Johnson

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Recent crises have exposed the weaknesses of globalisation and its hyper-extended supply chains. These shocks will only increase in frequency as climate change further destabilises the planet, inducing famines and the mass movement of people escaping extreme weather events.

Human activity is the root cause of these problems - including the industrialised way in which we farm.

Chris Smaje proposes agrarian localism as a radical alternative: the construction of many, many small-holdings across the UK, with enough land to grow food and raise livestock for the people that live in them.

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Welcome to the the PoliticsJOE Pubcast.

Oli and Ed went to see Oppenheimer this weekend and, as film bros should, they're going subject you to their thoughts about it, before discussing Ed's trip to a Cannabis Club in Teesside and Rishi Sunak's trip to Scotland.

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Presenters: Oli Dugmore and Ed Campbell

Producer: Laura Beveridge

Sting design: Chris White

Production: Shawnee Linstead, Kesia Evans

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Welcome to the the PoliticsJOE Pubcast.

Oli and Ed are joined by Centre for Cities' Ant Breach to discuss how to solve the housing crisis, ULEZ, and their favourite - and least favourite - cities.

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Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ed Campbell, Ant Breach

Producer: Laura Beveridge

Sting design: Chris White

Production: Shawnee Linstead, Kesia Evans

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British journalism is in a bleak place. It's estimated that around 300 local newspapers have ceased operating in the passed decade. And, despite various efforts to diversify newsrooms, they remain the domain of the middle classes.

During this conversation, Robert Peston tells Ed about his efforts to expand work experience placements for state school kids and his opinion on whether Westminster journalism is fit for purpose.

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Welcome to the the PoliticsJOE Pubcast.

Oli is away prepping Charlotte Owen for the House of Lords, but Ava is back and discovers that all boats have names. She and Ed pick apart rumours that the Tories are planning to send asylum seekers to a mid-Atlantic rock if Rwanda falls through, before discussing Keir Starmer's move to start cheerleading for the oil and gas industry. Finally, we pick through Liz Truss' planned honours list, and how some would-be lords aren't keen on getting nominated by her.

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Presenters: Ed Campbell and Ava Santina

Producer: Seán Hickey

Sting design: Chris White

Production: Shawnee Linstead, Seán Hickey

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Welcome to the the PoliticsJOE Pubcast.

Today we are joined by special guest, Jacob Jarvis of many great podcasts such as The Bunker, Papercuts and Oh God, What Now? We chat to Jacob about the state of the journalism and the world of news media, the problems of political centrism, and the future of the Conservative party once they finally face their fate of total electoral wipeout next year.

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Presenters: Ed Campbell and Ava Santina

Producer: Seán Hickey

Sting design: Chris White

Production: Shawnee Linstead, Seán Hickey

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The House of Commons is in an embarrassing state: from partygate, to paid lobbying, to the Pincher scandal.

Westminster is broken, but it can be fixed, argues the Chair of parliament's Standards Committee.

Rhondda MP Chris Bryant sat down with Oli to discuss all this and more.

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Welcome to the the PoliticsJOE Pubcast.

A hungover Oli is reunited with Ava and Ed to discuss Ava's recent trip to the Bibby Stockholm, whether they'd rather have a pint with Starmer or Sunak, and the government's crackdown on gender-neutral toilets.

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Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ava Santina, Ed Campbell

Producer: Laura Beveridge

Sting design: Chris White

Production: Shawnee Linstead, Seán Hickey

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Welcome to the the PoliticsJOE Pubcast.

Oli and Ava are joined by Liverpool Councillor and Lib Dem Carl Cashman, who's often dubbed the UK's hottest politician. We chat to Carl about his city, Net Zero, and - most importantly - hitting the gym.

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Presenters: Oli Dugmore and Ava Santina

Producer: Laura Beveridge

Sting design: Chris White

Production: Shawnee Linstead, Seán Hickey

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At times, the Sun's position in the print landscape was imperious, wrecking and emboldening political careers.

Despite declining newspaper sales, its influence still exists: mostly because broadcast journalists use The Sun and other papers to inform and dictate their own coverage.

Oli sat down with Chris Horrie, journalist and author of Stick it Up Your Punter: The Uncut Story of the Sun Newspaper, to discuss its turbulent role within British society.

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Welcome to the the PoliticsJOE Pubcast.

Oli, Ava, and Ed discuss Lucy Letby's sentencing, sexism in women's football, and whether Ed would rather be in a hot tub with a tuna or a salmon.

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Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ava Santina, Ed Campbell

Producer: Laura Beveridge

Sting design: Chris White

Production: Shawnee Linstead, Seán Hickey

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Welcome to the the PoliticsJOE Pubcast.

Oli, Ava, and Ed are joined by co-founder of the environmental movement Take The Jump, Tom Bailey. Ed reveals how he cleans his bathroom, while Tom reveals how small changes to our everyday lives can help save the environment.

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Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ava Santina, Ed Campbell

Producer: Laura Beveridge

Sting design: Chris White

Production: Shawnee Linstead, Seán Hickey

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Winston Churchill. You learned about him at school. The wartime prime minister who gave rousing speeches and led the allied forces to victory in Europe. 

But, history is made up of narratives which, more-often-than-not, serve some purpose in the present day.

Oli sat down with the author of Winston Churchill: His Times, His Crimes, Tariq Ali, to discuss the events and episodes of the Prime Minister's life that they didn't teach you in your high school history class.

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Welcome to the the PoliticsJOE Pubcast.

Oli and Ed discuss Rachel Reeves ruling out a wealth tax, Nadine Dorries finally resigning, ULEZ, and Luis Rubiales' shocking behaviour at the Women's World Cup.

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Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ed Campbell

Producer: Laura Beveridge

Sting design: Chris White

Production: Oli Johnson

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Welcome to the the PoliticsJOE Pubcast.

Oli and Ed are joined by the director of Compass, Neal Lawson, to discuss what a "good society" looks like and why he may be kicked out of the Labour Party.

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Presenters: Oli Dugmore and Ed Campbell

Producer: Laura Beveridge

Sting design: Chris White

Production: Oli Johnson

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As space travel becomes cheaper, more players are entering the space race, and it really matters who wins.

Ed chats to author Tim Marshall about his latest book The Future of Geography, why space warfare is inevitable, and how the battlefields of this new frontier are beginning to take shape.

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Welcome to the the PoliticsJOE Pubcast.

Oli, Ava, and Ed give their thoughts on Keir Starmer's cabinet reshuffle, Gillian Keegan's hot mic moment, and the pros and cons of national service.

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Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ava Santin, and Ed Campbell

Producer: Laura Beveridge

Sting design: Chris White

Production: Shawnee Linstead, Oli Johnson

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Welcome to the the PoliticsJOE Pubcast.

Oli, Ava, and Ed are joined by the New Statesman's Harry Lambert to react to the first Prime Minister's Questions post-recess.

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Presenters: Oli Dugmore and Ava Santina

Producer: Laura Beveridge

Sting design: Chris White

Production: Oli Johnson

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With MPs returning from recess, it's been a busy week in Westminster - and, unsurprisingly, a busy week for PoliticsJOE's political correspondent, Ava Santina.

She caught up with Mayor of London Sadiq Khan as he announced funding for free school meals and chatted to naturalist Chris Packham, fresh off the back of a summer of protesting with Just Stop Oil.

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Welcome to the the PoliticsJOE Pubcast.

Today's episode contains two piping hot espionage-related PoliticsJOE exclusives.

Ed and Oli are joined by Horatio Castille, who was arrested after being mistaken for escaped prisoner Daniel Khalife, while on his way to a Royal Blood signing.

Then, Golden Boy breaks that he met the alleged Chinese spy in Westminster at a Model UN Conference, where he represented Iran. And, find out why he declared himself the "snatch hoover" as Ed reads out their DMs.

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Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ed Campbell

Producer: Laura Beveridge

Sting design: Chris White

Production: Oli Johnson, Shawnee Linstead

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Welcome to the the PoliticsJOE Pubcast.

Ava and Ed react to PMQs Dugmore-less as Oli celebrates his thirtieth birthday at SoHo House's all-you-can-eat buffet (according to Ed). They chat prisons, national security, and Keir Starmer impressions.

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Presenters: Ava Santina and Ed Campell

Producer: Laura Beveridge

Sting design: Chris White

Production: Oli Johnson

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British politicians are obsessed with growth. But what if putting growth at the centre of economic policymaking is a mistake? 

Economist and founding director of the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose Mariana Mazzucato argues that it is. 

Ten years since her book The Entrepreneurial State: Debunking Public v Private Sector Myths was first published, Oli chats to her about what Labour and the Conservatives get wrong about economic policy.

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Welcome to the the PoliticsJOE Pubcast.

Oli, Ava, and Ed return to discuss the allegations made against Russell Brand over the weekend and the reaction to them.

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Buy tickets to our live Pubcast in Liverpool here: https://theworldtransformed.org/twt23/programme/the-politicsjoe-pubcast-live/

Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ava Santina, and Ed Campbell

Producer: Laura Beveridge

Sting design: Chris White

Production: Shawnee Linstead, Oli Johnson

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Welcome to the PoliticsJOE Pubcast.

Ava and Ed give their thoughts on the Prime Minister's decision to U-turn on Net Zero policies - including scrapping the seven bins that we all have.

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Presenters: Ava Santina and Ed Campbell

Producer: Laura Beveridge

Sting design: Chris White

Production: Seán Hickey and Cem Ibrahim

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The systems of colonialism didn't end with the British Empire.

And, now the same systems which uphold inequality between nations are driving inequality at home, argues academic and author of Uncommon Wealth, Kojo Koram.

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Welcome to the PoliticsJOE Pubcast.

Ed reveals what he learned attending a Bully XL protest, Oli gives his thoughts on whether the Met Police should be armed, and Ava reveals an interesting fact about former MP Edwina Currie.

Buy tickets to our live Pubcast in Liverpool here: https://theworldtransformed.org/twt23/programme/the-politicsjoe-pubcast-live/

Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ava Santina, and Ed Campbell

Producer: Laura Beveridge

Sting design: Chris White

Production: Seán Hickey and Oli Johnson

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Welcome to the PoliticsJOE Pubcast.

Ava and Ed respond to the comments made last night by Laurence Fox on Dan Wootton's GB News show.

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Presenters: Ava Santina and Ed Campbell

Producer: Laura Beveridge

Sting design: Chris White

Production: Seán Hickey and Oli Johnson

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In 2019, when Russell Brand was still a contestant on Celebrity Bake Off, "conspiracy theorist" conjured images of eccentric flat-earthers or your uncle, who was never quite convinced Neil Armstrong landed on the moon.

But, then, the pandemic hit.

Dr Naomi Klein's new book, Doppelganger, she explores the conspiracy landscape that went mainstream during the covid-years.

Oli speaks to her about this; whether conspiracy “influencers” are simply grifters; and why the wellness community found a friend in fascism. 

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Welcome to the PoliticsJOE Pubcast.

While Ed's in Manchester at his favourite annual event - Tory Conference -, Oli and Ava discuss the infighting within the Conservative Party that's threatening to upstage the Prime Minister.

Buy tickets to our live Pubcast in Liverpool here: https://theworldtransformed.org/twt23/programme/the-politicsjoe-pubcast-live/

Presenters: Oli Dugmore and Ava Santina

Producer: Laura Beveridge

Sting design: Chris White

Production: Seán Hickey and Shawnee Linstead

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Welcome to the PoliticsJOE Pubcast.

Ed's returned from Tory Conference to dissect Rishi Sunak's speech with Ava.

Buy tickets to our live Pubcast in Liverpool here: https://theworldtransformed.org/twt23/programme/the-politicsjoe-pubcast-live/

Presenters: Ed Campbell and Ava Santina

Producer: Laura Beveridge

Sting design: Chris White

Production: Seán Hickey and Shawnee Linstead

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After Suella Braverman's statements regarding immigration and transgender people at Conservative conference, her colleague Caroline Nokes swung by JOE Towers to explain why she could not serve as a minister under the current Home Secretary.

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Enjoy the first Pubcast in front of a live studio audience at The World Transformed in Liverpool, recorded on the first day of the Labour Party Conference.

Ava is joined by the General Secretary of the RMT, Mick Lynch, as well as friend of PoliticsJOE and digital editor of HUCK Magazine, Ben Smoke.

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Upon her return from Labour conference, Ava discusses Keir Starmer's speech and reveals which MPs could be found in the DJ booth. Oli explains why he thinks Sir Starmer listens to PoliticsJOE and why he's enthused about Sadiq Khan's beavers.

Presenters: Oli Dugmore and Ava Santina

Producer: Laura Beveridge

Sting design: Chris White

Production: Seán Hickey and Shawnee Linstead

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Yanis Varoufakis is an economist, former politician, and author of Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism.

Capitalism's latest mutation has turned us into serfs, training the algorithms of our Big Tech feudal lords with every Amazon purchase made, Tweet liked, and Tesla driven. 

Oli and Yanis discuss the personal and geopolitical implications of recognising this economic epoch - and if we can every break free from its chains.

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Ed, Oli, and Ava are reunited to analyse Sunak and Starmer's responses to the unfolding events in Israel and Palestine, as well as the latest MP facing suspension for sexual misconduct. They also chat the SNP's ingenious new plan for independence and how many prisoners Ed could take at HMP Belmarsh.

Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ava Santina, and Ed Campbell

Producer: Laura Beveridge

Sting design: Chris White

Production: Seán Hickey and Shawnee Linstead

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Ed, Oli, and Ava analyse the most recent Prime Minister's Questions, which focused on events in Israel and Palestine.

Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ava Santina, and Ed Campbell

Producer: Laura Beveridge

Sting design: Chris White

Production: Seán Hickey and Shawnee Linstead

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Oli, Ava, and Ed are joined by filmmaker Oobah Butler to discuss his latest project in which he takes on Amazon, going undercover in their fulfilment centre and selling drivers' piss on their website.

You can watch Oobah's documentary The Great Amazon Heist tonight at 10pm on Channel 4.

Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ava Santina, and Ed Campbell

Producer: Laura Beveridge

Sting design: Chris White

Production: Seán Hickey and Shawnee Linstead

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Ava and Ed discuss Labour's stonking wins in the Tamworth and Mid-Bedfordshire by-elections, constituencies that they both spent time in this week.

Presenters: Ava Santina and Ed Campbell

Producer: Laura Beveridge

Sting design: Chris White

Production: Seán Hickey and Shawnee Linstead

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The optimistic assumptions of liberalism are failing us, causing crises abroad and at home.

And, our political parties are unfit to address them, argues political philosopher John Gray. 

In this conversation, he explains to Oli why we must perceive politics differently to create any hope of escaping current crises. 

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Oli and Ava are joined by producer Laura for a segment on the pro-Palestine and Israel rallies that took place in London this weekend. Then, Ava explains how we're all being screwed by landlords and why Michael Gove - and his Renters' Reform Bill - may be our saviour.

Presenters: Ava Santina and Ed Campbell

Producer: Laura Beveridge

Sting design: Chris White

Production: Seán Hickey and Shawnee Linstead

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Oli, Ed, and Ava react to PMQs, including the SNP's Mhairi Black's call for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza.

Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ava Santina, and Ed Campbell

Producer: Laura Beveridge

Sting design: Chris White

Production: Seán Hickey and Joel Dunn-Wilson

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We’ve all seen the horrifying images of death and destruction that have emerged out of Israel and Palestine.

Hamas’ launching of 5,000 rockets into Southern Israel on October 7th sparked a flashpoint in a region with a long and complex history. 

A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy recounts the road accident that took the life of Abed’s five-year-old son, Milad, and five other Palestinian children. In the aftermath, Abed’s search for his son sees him navigate the travel restrictions placed on Palestinians within Israel. 

Oli interviews Abed, and the book's author Nathan Thrall, an American journalist, living in Jerusalem, whose reporting and analysis of Israel has been cited on the floor of the UN General Assembly and in the UN Security Council.

In doing so, a concise image is painted of the territories and boundaries within which we can place the current, unfolding events. 

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With Ava away, the platonic ideal of a podcast returns.

Oli and Ed discuss why the former PM has joined GB News, where the Government's WhatsApp messages have gone, and the meet up of "the absolute worst f*****s in the world" - also known as the ARC Conference, taking place in London this week.

Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ava Santina, and Ed Campbell

Producer: Laura Beveridge

Sting design: Chris White

Production: Seán Hickey and Joel Dunn-Wilson

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Oli, Ava, and Ed are joined by Digital Editor of the Jewish Chronicle Josh Kaplan to analyse the revelations of the Covid Inquiry, including exactly what is a f*ckpig.

Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ava Santina, Ed Campbell, and Josh Caplan

Producer: Laura Beveridge

Sting design: Chris White

Production: Seán Hickey and Shawnee Linstead

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In the second part of the gang's conversation with Josh Kaplan of the Jewish Chronicle, they discuss Starmer's speech in which he did not call for a ceasefire in Gaza, and protests in London.

Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ava Santina, Ed Campbell, and Josh Caplan

Producer: Laura Beveridge

Sting design: Chris White

Production: Seán Hickey and Shawnee Linstead

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"The most dangerous philosopher in the West", Salvoj Žižek, says "context” has become a dirty word in the discussion of Israel and Palestine.

However, in this conversation, he dives into that context discussing: how the real aim of Hamas is to “eternalise war”; why the war serves Netanhyahu’s purpose; and why the West is guilty of anti-semetic zionism.

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Ed and Ava are joined by Matthew Torbitt, a Labour MP's staffer, who was once himself homeless, to discuss Braverman's leaked plans to ban rough sleepers' tents. They also chat the claim, alluded to by Nadine Dorries, that the Tory Party covered up alleged rapes by an MP; and the Government's fear that Armistice Day will be 'desecrated' by 'hate marches'.

Presenters: Ava Santina and Ed Campbell

Producer: Laura Beveridge

Sting design: Chris White

Production: Seán Hickey and Shawnee Linstead

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Oli, Ava, and Ed chat Braverman stirring up football hooligans into defending the Cenotaph, as well as the commencement of the laughing gas ban (including Oli's once lucrative side hustle).

Then, Ava is joined by Jeremy Corbyn to hear why he believes a ceasefire is the only option in the Israel-Hamas war.

Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ava Santina, and Ed Campbell

Producer: Laura Beveridge

Sting design: Chris White

Production: Seán Hickey and Shawnee Linstead

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Ava is joined by Jeremy Corbyn, former Labour leader and Independent MP for Islington North.

They discuss the need for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, Labour's decision under Keir Starmer to call for a "humanitarian pause" instead, and the King's Speech.

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Oli and Ava chat about the sacking of Suella Braverman, the far right turning out on the streets of London, and the glorious return of David Cameron to frontline politics.

Then, Ava is joined by Jeremy Corbyn to hear why he believes a ceasefire is the only option in the Israel-Hamas war.

Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ava Santina, and Ed Campbell

Producer: Laura Beveridge

Sting design: Chris White

Production: Seán Hickey and Shawnee Linstead

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In this additional episode to the Pubcast's roster, Oli and Ava discuss just what makes David Cameron fit - or unfit - to be Foreign Secretary.

Presenters: Oli Dugmore and Ava Santina

Producer: Laura Beveridge

Sting design: Chris White

Production: Seán Hickey and Shawnee Linstead

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Oli, Ava, and Ed react to Sunak defending both his appointment of David Cameron to Foreign Secretary and the Government's controversial Rwanda plan, which was upheld as unlawful by the Supreme Court this morning.

Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ava Santina, and Ed Campbell

Producer: Laura Beveridge

Sting design: Chris White

Production: Seán Hickey and Shawnee Linstead

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Oli, Ava, and Ed discuss the dramatic scenes in parliament yesterday evening as eight Labour frontbenchers resigned - and dozens more backbench MPs rebelled - in order to back an SNP motion calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.

Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ava Santina, and Ed Campbell

Producer: Laura Beveridge

Sting design: Chris White

Production: Seán Hickey and Shawnee Linstead

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In the fifth instalment of the Pubcast this week, Oli, Ava, and Ed reflect on Ed's experience attending Saturday's defence of the cenotaph and interviewing its attendees.

Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ava Santina, and Ed Campbell

Producer: Laura Beveridge

Sting design: Chris White

Production: Seán Hickey and Shawnee Linstead

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It’s been a turbulent week in British politics. Thankfully, in his new book, James O’Brien provides a genealogy of this chaos. 

In this conversation, O’Brien tells Oli why “Suella Braverman is like a nasty rash”, why Sunak’s party is “like a drunk in a pub car park”, and why we shouldn’t be fooled into thinking Cameron is a centrist. 

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After Nigel Farage's debut on I'm a Celebrity: Get Me Out of Here last night, Ed and Ava set out to answer why do politicians go on reality TV? As well as, is Glastonbury really just for the middle-class Range Rover set? And, does the Government even know what's in the Autumn statement?

Presenters: Ava Santina, and Ed Campbell

Producer: Laura Beveridge

Sting design: Chris White

Production: Seán Hickey and Oli Johnson

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In the Pubcast this week, Oli, Ava, and Ed analyse the Autumn Statement and react to Prime Minister's Questions.

Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ava Santina, and Ed Campbell

Producer: Laura Beveridge

Sting design: Chris White

Production: Oli Johnson

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On Wednesday this week, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced the biggest tax cuts since 1988.

But are we actually going to be better off?

Economist Torsten Bell explains why the Government are actually in the business of tax rises - and why, in spite of this, public services probably won't improve.

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In the Pubcast this week, Ed subjects Oli and Ava to the age-old Scottish tradition of complaining about the price of things.

We also discuss the weekend's protests, and whether the UK should return the Elgin Marbles.

Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ava Santina, and Ed Campbell

Producer: Laura Beveridge

Sting design: Chris White

Production: Shawnee Linstead

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Welcome to the PoliticsJOE...podcast.

Oli, Ava, and Ed reveal why the podcast's intro may be changing. Then, after 25 minutes of pints, chit chat, and good people, they react to this week's PMQs.

Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ava Santina, and Ed Campbell

Producer: Laura Beveridge

Sting design: Chris White

Production: Shawnee Linstead and Seán Hickey

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Labour MP Clive Lewis speaks to Ava about his friendship with former BBC journalist Laura Trevelyan, whose family owned more than 1,000 slaves in Grenada - including Clive's relatives.

Their new podcast Heirs of Enslavement sees Clive and Laura travel to Grenada to explore their families' histories and the campaign for reparative justice.

In this conversation, Clive discusses how the Atlantic slave trade led to present-day debt in Caribbean nations, as well as to the wealth of British banks and a certain MP, whose fortune derives from slave plantations.

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Ed takes a break from his XL Bully farm to join Oli and Ava as they reflect on Starmer's praising of Margaret Thatcher this weekend.

Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ava Santina, and Ed Campbell

Producer: Laura Beveridge

Sting design: Chris White

Production: Shawnee Linstead and Seán Hickey

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Analysing this week's PMQs, Ed and Ava discuss the James Cleverly's Rwanda scheme revival and Sunak's plan to cut net immigration, before disagreeing over whether there should be a Minister for Men.

Presenters: Ava Santina and Ed Campbell

Producer: Laura Beveridge

Sting design: Chris White

Production: Shawnee Linstead and Seán Hickey

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Welcome to the PoliticsJOE Podcast.

In this three hour special, Oli, Ava, and Ed answer your questions - featuring copious amounts of alcohol, live fish, and guest appearances from the whole PoliticsJOE team.

Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ava Santina, and Ed Campbell

Producer: Laura Beveridge

Sting design: Chris White

Production: Shawnee Linstead, Seán Hickey, and Harry Ainsworth

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Oli popped down to the Private Eye offices to catch up with Ian Hislop and mark the release of the the magazine's 2023 annual.

Ian and Oli roll back the months in what has proved to be yet another unhinged year of British politics, including Charles' coronation, the arrest of Nicola Sturgeon, and Rishi Sunak's weak attempts to steady the creaking ship that is the Conservative Party.

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