Matt Chorley speaks to Patrick Maguire, the Red Box Editor, who broke the story that US diplomats had issued an extraordinary rebuke to Boris Johnson's government over the impact of Brexit in Northern Ireland. We also hear from Sir Peter Westmacott, a former British ambassador to Washington, and Lewis Lukens, a former US diplomat in London. PLUS India Knight and James Marriott on how the culture wars might be fizzling out. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jun 10, 2021•36 min
Times columnists Alice Thomson and Robert Crampton pick over the day's news, then Matt Chorley and Tim Shipman pause the action at Prime Minister's Questions to explain the Commons exchanges between Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 09, 2021•44 min
Matt Chorley speaks to Barack Obama's Ambassador to the UK Matthew Barzun about his book, The Power of Giving Power Away, his time in London and what happened when he hosted a tennis match between David Cameron and Boris Johnson. PLUS The Atlantic's Tom McTague and the Observer's Andrew Rawnsley discuss the day's news. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 08, 2021•44 min
One year since the toppling of the Colston statue, Matt Chorley tours the city with a long history of protests, and speaks to the mayor Marvin Rees. PLUS Columnists Libby Purves and Rachel Sylvester give their take on the news Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 07, 2021•56 min
Luke Jones is sitting in for Matt Chorley and talks about long-covid after the ONS reveals around one million people in the UK have reported experiencing "long covid" in April. And another one of our pre-pandemic professors, British statistician Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter. Plus, Rachel Cunliffe and Josh Glancy give us their take on the news. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 04, 2021•1 hr 3 min
Luke Jones is sitting in for Matt Chorley and hears about how the pandemic has made the courtroom virtual and what lies in store for the future of the legal system. PLUS Columnists India Knight and Jaems Marriott give us their take on the news and we hear the life and times Epidemiologist and government advisor Mike Tildesley and hear about the pressure on the government scientists when they speak to the media. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jun 03, 2021•1 hr 1 min
Luke Jones is once again sitting in for Matt Chorley and as the race to the 21st June is hotting up, hears about the situation in intensive care to find out is the rise in cases leading to higher hospitalisations? Times Columnists Robert Crampton and Angela Epstein give us their take on the news and standing by in the four nations of the UK, four top hacks to tell us not just about the pandemic but what's really agitating their patch for Disunited Kingdom. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy ...
Jun 02, 2021•1 hr
Luke Jones is in for Matt Chorley again and hears about the life and times of another 'Pre-Pandemic Professor', this time it's Professor of Immunology, Danny Altmann. And talking trade with expert Sam Lowe as well as Angus MacNeil MP, Chair of the International Trade Committee and Alexander Downer, Former Australian foreign minister and High Commissioner to the UK. PLUS Helen Lewis, Staff Writer at the Atlantic and Rosamund Urwin from the Sunday Times on Naomi Osaka and Carrie Johnston's wedding...
Jun 01, 2021•55 min
Luke Jones sits in for Matt Chorley and speaks to Professor of Social Psychology at the University of Kent Dominic Abrams and Former Chief Constable for Manchester Police Sir Peter Fahy to find out how the pandemic has changed our relationship with authority. Plus an interview with the first of our 'Pre-Pandemic Professors', Professor of Public Health at Edinburgh University Linda Bauld, to discuss the life behind the expert. Also Libby Purves and Rachel Sylvester on sitcoms and the impact of sc...
May 31, 2021•49 min
The Tokyo Olympics is to go ahead in July, Matt Chorley speaks to current and former Olympic and paralympic athletes Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, Tom Bosworth and Gail Emms about whether it should go ahead. Plus he speaks to Alex Massie and Rachel Cunliffe on the art of lying. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 28, 2021•40 min
Is the Green Party having a resurgence? Matt Chorley speaks to pollster Chris Curtis and Times Radio Political Correspondent Charlotte Ivers about how the Greens are doing across the country and Green co-leader Jonathan Bartley explains how the party can capitalise on the gains made in the local elections. PLUS Times Columnists India Knight and James Marriott discuss the fallout from Dominic Cummings' mammoth evidence session to the Science and Technology Select Committee. Hosted on Acast. See a...
May 27, 2021•46 min
Times columnist Robert Crampton and John Stevens from the Daily Mail pick over the day's news. Then Matt Chorley and Red Box Editor Patrick Maguire pause the action at Prime Minister's Questions to explain the Commons exchanges between Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 26, 2021•45 min
On the first anniversary of George Floyd's death, Matt Chorley speaks to his school friend Jonathan Veal about his memories of Floyd and reflections on the year since his friend's death, and Labour's Shadow Justice Secretary David Lammy on systemic injustice in the UK today. PLUS Daniel Finkelstein and David Aaronovitch discuss Islamophobia in the Conservative Party. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
May 25, 2021•40 min
Ahead of Dominic Cummings' appearance at the Science and Technology Select Committee on Wednesday, Matt Chorley speaks finds out what select committees do, and why they're so important, with author of How To Survive A Select Committee Scott Colvin, Times Diary Editor Patrick Kidd and Labour MP Sioban McDonagh. PLUS Rachel Sylvester and Libby Purves discuss the BBC, Martin Bashir and education. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
May 25, 2021•40 min
In his first interview since taking over the domestic spy agency, MI5's Director General Ken McCallum speaks to Matt Chorley, along with the head of counter-terror policing Neil Basu, about how being an agent handler works, what social media firms can do to prevent terror spreading online, and how spies have managed to do their job during the pandemic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 21, 2021•1 hr 4 min
Matt Chorley finds out what Red Wall voters really think with YouGov pollster Patrick English and the re-elected Conservative Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen. Plus our columnists James Marriott and Katy Ball on nostalgia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 20, 2021•33 min
Times columnists Alice Thomson and Robert Crampton pick over the day's news, then Matt Chorley and Tim Shipman pause the action at Prime Minister's Questions to explain the Commons exchanges between Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 19, 2021•42 min
What does home ownership mean about your politics? As parliament debate the housing element of the Queen's Speech, Matt Chorley speaks to property royalty Kevin McCloud, former Labour Housing Minister Margaret Beckett and the Resolution Foundation's Lindsay Judge about the politics of home ownership. PLUS Times Columnists Daniel Finkelstein and David Aaronovitch talk about the easing of restrictions and Keir Starmer's documentary Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
May 18, 2021•42 min
As parliament debates the bills related to crime in the Queen's Speech, Matt Chorley speaks to Shadow Domestic Violence Minister Jess Philips, Former Durham Chief Constable Mike Barton and the Times' Crime Correspondent John Simpson about Labour and the government's plans to tackle crime, and where the real threats to society lie. PLUS Libby Purves and Rachel Sylvester discuss moral superiority. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
May 17, 2021•37 min
After Labour's reshuffle earlier this week, Matt Chorley speaks to the people who've conducted them and the people who've been on the receiving end of a botched shake-up, for a special documentary. PLUS The Sunday Times Alex Massie and journalist Angela Epstein discuss the day's news. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 14, 2021•41 min
As the Scottish parliament is sworn in, Matt Chorley looks at the history of Holyrood and speaks to one of the new MSPs, Liberal Democrat's Alex Cole Hamilton. PLUS Times columnists, India Knight and James Marriott, on inquiries and being dull to be successful. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 13, 2021•44 min
Matt Chorley is joined by journalists from the four corners of the UK Parliamentary Correspondent at Yorkshire Live Alexandra Rogers Chief Reporter at the Glasgow Times Catriona Stewart, Welsh Affairs Editor at Wales Online Will Hayward and Crime Correspondent at the Belfast Telegraph Allison Morris to analyse the state of the union in the wake of the elections and to find out how each country is coming out of lockdown. PLUS Times Columnists Alice Thomson and Robert Crampton discuss exams and Da...
May 12, 2021•39 min
Matt Chorley and Times Radio's Chief Political Commentator Tom Newton Dunn analyse the announcements made in the Queen's Speech, and Matt speaks to the head of Care England Martin Green to see what he makes of the announcements about social care reform. PLUS Times columnists Daniel Finkelstein and David Aaronovitch discuss the day's news. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 11, 2021•38 min
In the wake of Labour’s reshuffle, Matt Chorley is joined by Pollster John Curtice, Professor of Politics Roger Awan Scully and Labour List’s Sienna Rodgers to look at what the election results mean for the Labour Party. PLUS Rachel Sylvester and Libby Purves discuss the day’s news. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 10, 2021•42 min
Matt Chorley straps in to a centrifuge to experience the G-force of going into space, and speak to two real life astronauts Clayton Andrew and Chris Hadfield. Plus our columnists James Marriott and Angela Epstein on zoom fatigue. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 06, 2021•55 min
Ahead of local elections Matt Chorley is joined by Hannah Al-Othman who is News Reporter for the Sunday Times based in Manchester, Scottish Political Editor at The Times Kieran Andrews, Sam Cook who is a Presenter at Cardiff TV and Grainne Mckinney Senior Broadcast Journalist at u105 Belfast to get the news form the 4 corners of the UK PLUS Times columnist Alice Thomson and Robert Crampton pick over the day's news Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
May 05, 2021•42 min
Two days out from the local elections, Matt Chorley is joined by former Number 10 pollster James Johnson to convene the Times Radio focus group, this month with SNP voters. PLUS Times columnists Daniel Finkelstein and David Aaronovitch discuss the day's news. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 04, 2021•46 min
As campaigning for the local elections hots up, Matt Chorley looks at some of the most iconic political stunts, from the the Mirror Chicken to Dave the Chameleon and speaks to the brains behind the photos. PLUS Times columnists Libby Purves and Rachel Sylvester discuss the day's news Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 03, 2021•38 min
This weekend marks the 10th anniversary of the US mission to capture al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden, which resulted in his death. Matt Chorley speaks to Times War Correspondent Antony Loyd, former Foreign Secretary William Hague, former British Army Colonel Simon Diggins, and US foreign policy expert Julie Norman about the impact his death had on the region. PLUS Sunday Times columnist India Knight and The Atlantic's Tom McTague discuss the day's news. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...
Apr 29, 2021•40 min
Times columnists Alice Thomson and Rosamund Urwin pick over the day's news, then Matt Chorley and Redbox Editor Patrick Maguire pause the action at Prime Minister's Questions to explain the Commons exchanges between Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 28, 2021•44 min
