This is PoliticsJOE's podcast - the only explicitly anti-nonce podcast in the UK.
Reporting on British politics with a sense of humour, the podcast is a recorded version of the conversations we have after work.
So pull up a stool, pour yourself a cold one, and laugh through the misery alongside us.
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Today the triple threat are back in the dungeon on this, the Monday after Glastonbury, to chew the cud over the weekend's events. As the BBC comes under fire for broadcasting Bob Vylan's set where the group led anti-IDF chants, we ask whether the backlash is overegged and whether free speech is dying at the hands of right-wing snowflakes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Chris Snowden of the IEA, a neoliberal think tank, joins Ava in the JOETowers basement to talk smoking, gambling, and threats to the neoliberal way of life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ava sits down with the US Editor of Channel 4 News Anushka Asthana on the launch of her new book Taken for Red. They get into the mind of Keir Starmer, his plans for the country, and his cutthroat nature at the helm of Labour. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Today Ava and Conor talk welfare cuts, the rebellion Starmer faces over them, and the state of Pride in 2025. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Comedian and friend of friends of the podcast Vittorio Angelone joins us for some (deputy) PMQs analysis. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Laura returns from yesterday's Palestine Action protest to tell Seán all about it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In what could be described as a loose record, Ed and Ava touch on recent developments in the Middle East, Labour's threatened proscription of Palestine Action, and are joined by Fawaz Gerges, Professor of International Relations at LSE, for some real analysis of Trump's actions in Iran. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Author of The Big Short Michael Lewis swing by JOETowers to chat to Oli about "who" actually is government. His new book Who is Government? is out now. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Helen Lewis swung by JOETowers to chat if anyone is actually a genius - and what who we label "geniuses" tells us about society. She argues that "genius" is a romanticised idea: the notion that extraordinary talent excuses bad behaviour or moral failings. Think, Elon Musk. She unpacks how celebrated (almost always male) figures like Edison, Einstein, Picasso, Tolstoy (and even Elon Musk) benefit from a halo effect that glosses over serious flaws such as abuse, neglect, misogyny, and selfishness....
After reporting from the scene of Mo Chara's court hearing and its surrounding protest yesterday, Seán and Laura dive into what they saw and why the British state are really going after KNEECAP. Support PoliticsJOE's journalism: https://www.patreon.com/PoliticsJOE (0:00:00) JOEnlyFans (0:01:20) Love Irish podcasts hate Irish nonces (0:01:47) A note on endangered languages (0:04:30) The trial of Mo Chara Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
On today's 'tight' record, Ed and Oli discuss the illustrious Deputy Prime Minister's Questions, Robert Jenrick's dark arts, and school uniforms. Support PoliticsJOE's journalism: https://www.patreon.com/PoliticsJOE (0:00:00) JOEnlyFans (0:01:20) Grand opening (0:03:40) (D)PMQs (0:40:13) The record gets loose Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
After Yvette Cooper's statement in the Commons yesterday responding to the findings of the Casey report, Seán, Oli, and Laura delve into what's really going on with grooming gangs. Support PoliticsJOE's journalism: https://www.patreon.com/PoliticsJOE (0:00:00) A bit of chat (0:07:10) But why JOEnlyFans? (0:15:24) Grooming gangs Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ed returns to the studio to discuss his Journalism in Northern Ireland, where he was on the ground reporting on the Ballymena riots. Oli joins him to create the platonic ideal of a podcast. Support PoliticsJOE's journalism: https://www.patreon.com/PoliticsJOE (0:00:00) Dross (0:10:01) PoliticsJOE Premium (0:22:40) Witches (0:26:18) Ballymena Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ava is joined by journalist and historian Anne Applebaum on the release of the paperback of her book Autocracy Inc. They discuss Trump, authoritarianism, and the failure of liberal democracies and world order. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Laura's been in Birmingham, finding out about the city's synthetic opioid crisis. She chats to DISPATCH's editor Jacob Furedi about the drug deadlier than fentanyl being cut into Britain's drug supply. You can watch Laura's report tomorrow on the PoliticsJOE YouTube. You can read Jacob's investigation here: https://dispatch-media.com/britains-hidden-opioid-crisis/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
In a quiet studio, Oli Dugmore alone takes on Rachel Reeves' spending review with some hard analysis... and a surprise at the end. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Before Oli dives into the spending review tomorrow morning, Seán joins him to talk the Ballymena riots and how the far right are mobilising across borders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ava was at Reform's unveiling of a new party chairman on Tuesday, where Zia Yusuf was also shown off as heading up their UK DOGE wing. We got in the studio for a quick few minutes to break down the crossroads the party is beginning to find itself. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mathew Lawrence of the progressive think tank Common Wealth makes the trip down to JOETowers to talk deindustrialisation, GB Energy, and all things nationalisation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ed, Oli, and Ava hastily reassemble in the PolJoe dungeon to cover Labour's announcement that they will reinstate the winter fuel payment for pensioners. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Following his return from Scotland, Ed is reunited with Oli and Ava to talk immigration protests in LA, wade into last week's backlash, and figure out what's going on with Reform. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Iain Dale is a broadcaster, political geek and author of many books, most recent among them Margaret Thatcher: The Prime Ministers Series. He swung by JOETowers on release of his book to sit down with Oli and chew the fat over her legacy, her policies and how her actions as Britain's first female Prime Minister are misunderstood. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In recent years, Ireland has seen a steady increase in anti-immigration, racist and conspiracy laden politics. What began as an online fringe has manifested in recent months and years into events such as the Dublin riots in 2023, or the burning down of buildings destined to house asylum seekers across the country. While the sentiment and emotion behind Ireland's anti-refugee activists tends to be represented in the media by racist and xenophobic protesters, there are underlying cultural and soci...
Sound the emergency podcast button, it's Trump versus Musk, politics is good again baby, awooga! Ed and Laura chat about the insane fallout between Trump and Musk, Zia Yusuf leaving Reform, and what really happened in a Scottish by-election. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Today Ava and Conor are joined by totem of the British music industry Kate Nash. We get into attacks against Imane Khelif, anti-trans activists, and right-wing grifters hell-bent on making everybody's life worse. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
PMQs is back with a vengeance, and Ava and Oli rise to the occasion. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
On this fine Tuesday Ava and Seán react live to Robert Jenrick's latest video in his one-man war against Labour, as well as Ava's interview with Secretary for Work and Pensions Liz Kendall. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week Oli and Ava draw back the curtain and discuss what went into last Friday's interview with U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders. Join them for a peek. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Bernie Sanders is a busy man these days. When he's not holding Trump's cabinet to account, he's speaking to record-breaking crowds with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as part of his Fighting Oligarchy tour. The Senator for Vermont was in the UK this week, and took time out of his busy schedule to speak to us about Donald Trump, the billionaires ruling the world, and how to reclaim power from them. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Ava was in Cheltenham at Question Time on Thursday night and came back to the PolJOE dungeon to talk about it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
