Welcome to the PoliticsJOE Podcast. In this whopper of an episode, Oli, Ava, and Ed discuss Keir Starmer's call for a ceasefire - but not an immediate one - in Gaza and the bizarre cadre of candidates standing in the Rochdale by-election. Also featured is journalist Ben Zand, who Ed interviewed about his recent investigation into transmaxxing, the latest incel offshoot. Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ava Santina, and Ed Campbell Producer: Laura Beveridge Sting design: Chris White Production: Shawnee L...
Feb 19, 2024•1 hr 31 min
If elected, Keir Starmer, a man - I quote - with nothing between his ears, is going to veer towards the ultra-right, betraying the people he claims to represent, says economist Yanis Varoufakis. How can he be so sure? Well, he’s seen it before. In his conversation with Oli, he polemicises Starmer’s Labour, the west’s complicity in genocide in Gaza, and laments how the City of London operates like a mafia, with its capos rewarded by Westminster. You can find out more about In The Eye of the Storm...
Feb 17, 2024•54 min
Welcome to the PoliticsJOE Podcast. After two-short-TV-shows-worth of chat about the Super Bowl, Oli, Ava, and Ed discuss whether 28 A-levels is too many A-levels. They also reveal why Michael Gove is scared to come on the podcast after a WhatsApp from Oli, and why Labour U-turned on a promise to spend £28bn a year on green investment. Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ava Santina, and Ed Campbell Producer: Laura Beveridge Sting design: Chris White Production: Shawnee Linstead and Finley Talbot-Jones Hos...
Feb 12, 2024•1 hr 13 min
In the week that saw Piers Morgan interview the Prime Minister and former Fox News pundit Tucker Carlson interview Vladimir Putin, it seems like there is no better time to ask what makes a good political interviewer and what makes a good political interviewee. Oli sat down with Rob Burley, who worked alongside the likes of Andrew Marr and Emily Maitlis as the BBC’s editor of live political programmes, and today is the author of Why is this Lying Bastard Lying to Me: The Search for Truth on Polit...
Feb 10, 2024•49 min
Welcome back to another edition of PMQs analysis. Oli is away this week, so Ed and Ava take up the mantle to break down the lows and the very lows of Rishi Sunak's shameless conduct during this week's session. Presenters: Ava Santina and Ed Campbell Edit: Seán Hickey Sting design: Chris White Production: Shawnee Linstead and Seán Hickey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Feb 07, 2024•40 min
Corruption. It’s something that happens in tin-pot dictatorships. Amongst oligarchs scrambling for power in post-communist states. Not in the democratic mother of all parliaments. Right? But, this week, investigative journalist Peter Geoghegan, revealed that Rishi Sunak’s wife part-owns the IT firm Infosys, which is set to land tens of millions of pounds in government contracts. Oli sat down with Peter to discuss these findings and what they mean for government integrity. Hosted on Acast. See ac...
Feb 03, 2024•24 min
Welcome to the PoliticsJOE Podcast. Who had the funniest divorce? What's Ed's safe word? What do you buy in Iceland? These are the questions Oli is asking - but the trio are (mainly) reacting to Keir Starmer's questions for the Prime Minister today. Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ava Santina, and Ed Campbell Producer: Laura Beveridge Sting design: Chris White Production: Shawnee Linstead and Finley Talbot-Jones Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jan 31, 2024•49 min
Welcome to the PoliticsJOE podcast. Joined by comedian Olga Koch, Ed and Oli disagree over Rishi Sunak's ban on ripping fat (disposable) vapes. They also chat cancel culture and what British Homes for British Workers actually means. Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ed Campbell, and Olga Koch Producer: Laura Beveridge Sting design: Chris White Production: Shawnee Linstead and Finley Talbot-Jones Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jan 29, 2024•53 min
The interview you’re listening to, with Holocaust survivor Uri Winterstein, is published on Holocaust Memorial Day. It marks 78 years since Auschwitz-Birkenau was liberated by the Soviets and remembers the millions of people, including 6 million Jews, who were murdered in the Holocaust - and in the genocides that followed. Uri Winterstein shares his testimony in schools and colleges across the UK through the Holocaust Educational Trust’s Outreach Programme, ensuring that everyone everywhere has ...
Jan 27, 2024•26 min
Welcome back to another episode of the PoliticsJOE podcast. Oli has returned and is joined by capital J journalist Ava Santina to analyse this week's particularly punchy Prime Minister's Questions. Presenters: Oli Dugmore and Ava Santina Producer: Laura Beveridge Sting design: Chris White Production: Shawnee Linstead and Seán Hickey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 24, 2024•48 min
Oli is away, establishing his trout farm in the USA. So, Ed and Ava are joined by Sean to discuss Ava’s campaign to be London’s Night Tsar, Rishi Sunak’s plan to help first-time buyers, and whether they would pass the British citizenship test. Presenters: Ava Santina, Ed Campbell, and Seán Hickey Producer: Laura Beveridge Sting design: Chris White Production: Shawnee Linstead and Fin Talbot-Jones Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jan 22, 2024•58 min
Zoe Gardner is a researcher and campaigner and general expert in UK & EU refugees & migration. With this expertise, she has supplied evidence to multiple government bills - including the Nationality and Borders bill. Today, she debunks some of the myths pumped out by the government. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 20, 2024•32 min
Ed and Oli are away. So Ava helms this week's analysis of Prime Minister's Questions, joined by producer Laura and content editor Sean. Presenters: Ava Santina, Laura Beveridge, and Producer: Laura Beveridge Sting design: Chris White Production: Shawnee Linstead and Finley Talbot-Jones Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 17, 2024•33 min
In what could be the most tangent-full episode yet, Oli, Ed, and Ava discuss the culture wars and David Cameron's performance as foreign secretary. Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ava Santina, and Ed Campbell Producer: Laura Beveridge Sting design: Chris White Production: Shawnee Linstead Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 15, 2024•1 hr 21 min
Broadcaster and journalist Jon Ronson came into PoliticsJOE to discuss the culture wars, getting sucked in himself, and why the right are turning away from them. The second series of Jon's podcast Things Fell Apart is available now on BBC Sounds. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 13, 2024•32 min
Oli, Ava, and Ed discuss PMQs. Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ava Santina, and Ed Campbell Producer: Laura Beveridge Sting design: Chris White Production: Shawnee Linstead Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 10, 2024•42 min
Oli, Ava, and Ed are re-united to discuss ex-footballer Joey Barton's comments on female pundits which dominated timelines this weekend. They also chat Jeremy Corbyn's return to party politics, the Post Office scandal, and ask the perennial question: are 9/11 jokes funny? Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ava Santina, and Ed Campbell Producer: Laura Beveridge Sting design: Chris White Production: Shawnee Linstead Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jan 08, 2024•1 hr 9 min
Chris Huhne, the former Lib Dem energy secretary, made headlines when he settled a phone hacking allegation against News UK for a six-figure sum. Huhne alleges that executives at the corporation authorised the hacking of his phone to facilitate Rupert Murdoch's attempted purchase of BSkyB. Ed sat down with Chris to discuss the trial, Rupert Murdoch, and the state of the British media. ** Responding to the statement, a spokesperson for News UK told the Guardian that Chris Huhne had made “serious ...
Jan 06, 2024•31 min
What's Ed been up to? Do Reform UK present a legitimate threat to the Conservative's vote share? Is it fair that the HMRC is coming for the Depop girlies? Oli, Ava, and Ed disagree over the answers to these questions - as well as the French, Saltburn, and Woody Allen. Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ava Santina, and Ed Campbell Producer: Laura Beveridge Sting design: Chris White Production: Shawnee Linstead Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jan 03, 2024•48 min
Welcome to the PoliticsJOE podcast. The gang are reunited for the first time since the 100th episode "incident" to discuss Rishi Sunak's immigration obsession, the XL Bully Ban, and their predictions for 2024. Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ava Santina, and Ed Campbell Producer: Ava Santina Sting design: Chris White Production: Shawnee Linstead Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jan 02, 2024•1 hr 7 min
Ben Ansell is a political scientist, Professor at Oxford University, and the BBC's Reith Lecturer for 2023. He came by JOETowers to speak about his book, Why Politics Fails, unpicking the fundamental issues in the British political system and how to solve them. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 23, 2023•35 min
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Dec 20, 2023•1 hr
Welcome to the PoliticsJOE Podcast! Ed and Ava are at the helm this week as Oli is busy advising the Conservative party on their digital strategy. We're talking Michelle Mone and Miriam Cates and the heat they get simply for being girl bosses. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 18, 2023•39 min
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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Dec 16, 2023•58 min
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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Dec 15, 2023•3 hr 37 min
Welcome to the PoliticsJOE podcast. 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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Dec 06, 2023•41 min
Welcome to the PoliticsJOE podcast. 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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 04, 2023•59 min
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 ...
Dec 02, 2023•51 min
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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Nov 29, 2023•49 min
Welcome to the PoliticsJOE Pubcast. 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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Nov 27, 2023•1 hr 3 min
