On this week's New Statesman podcast, Stephen Bush and Helen Lewis are discussing the latest Brexit developments, now that Theresa May has been granted a six-month extension. Then, in You Ask Us, they respond to a question on how proportional representation would've affected the Brexit process, and, finally, Helen is speaking to actor and writer Andy Nyman about his show Ghost Stories and the Jewish experience in Britain. If you are a New Statesman digital subscriber you can get advert free acce...
Apr 11, 2019•40 min
On this week's New Statesman Podcast, Stephen Bush is joined by Patrick Maguire and Eleni Courea to discuss the May/Corbyn talks and all the latest rounds of voting. And then, in You Ask Us, it's another unlikely union under the microscope: the Lib Dems and Change UK (aka TIG). If you are a New Statesman digital subscriber you can get advert free access to this podcast by visiting newstatesman.com/nssubscribers . If you haven't signed up yet, visit newstatesman.com/subscribe to purchase your sub...
Apr 04, 2019•29 min
On this week's New Statesman podcast, Stephen Bush briefs Helen Lewis on the Brexit developments during her absence, before Helen speaks to comedian Andy Zaltzman about his new show Satirist for Hire. Then, it's The Back Half, where Tom Gatti and Kate Mossman are reviewing Childish Gambino's live show and looking at the 'nonniversary' of the Will Ferrell film Blades of Glory. If you are a New Statesman digital subscriber you can get advert free access to this podcast by visiting newstatesman.com...
Mar 28, 2019•46 min
On this week's New Statesman podcast, Helen is still on holiday, so it's up to Stephen, Patrick Maguire and Eleni Courea to be your guides through the possible outcomes to the continued Brexit stalemate. Then, on You Ask Us, Stephen is talking to a real, live parliamentary staffer, Tara Jane O'Reilly, about what her job consists of and whether Parliament has improved its problems with harassment and bullying. If you are a New Statesman digital subscriber you can get advert free access to this po...
Mar 21, 2019•27 min
On this week's New Statesman podcast, Stephen Bush is joined by Patrick Maguire and Eleni Courea (aka the New Statesman's politics desk) to discuss the past week in Brexit and look ahead to the next set of meaningful votes, amendments and other assorted bits of Brexit arcana. Then, in You Ask Us, they consider what the Lords might do if and when a deal does make it through the Commons. If you are a New Statesman digital subscriber you can get advert free access to this podcast by visiting newsta...
Mar 14, 2019•31 min
On this week's New Statesman podcast, Helen Lewis and Stephen Bush are discussing Britain's issues with knife crime which have been under the microscope in recent weeks. Then, Helen speaks to Anne Washburn about her plays The Twilight Zone and Shipwreck, and what it's like to be a playwright trying to capture Trump's America. And finally, in You Ask Us, Helen and Stephen are answering the unanswerable: what could Christ Grayling do to get sacked? If you are a New Statesman digital subscriber you...
Mar 07, 2019•26 min
On this week's New Statesman podcast, Stephen Bush is joined by Patrick Maguire and Eleni Courea to talk through the latest compromises and deferrals on both sides of the Brexit debate. And in You Ask Us, they tackle the question of whether the one month custodial sentence for Fiona Onasanya is doing anyone any good. If you are a New Statesman digital subscriber you can get advert free access to this podcast by visiting newstatesman.com/nssubscribers . If you haven't signed up yet, visit newstat...
Feb 28, 2019•22 min
On this week's New Statesman podcast, it's a week without Brexit (kind of)! Helen Lewis and Stephen Bush are back to look at the formation of The Independent Group and their 11 splitter MPs. They also touch upon the case of Shamima Begum, before Tom Gatti and Kate Mossman deliver The Back Half, this week looking at Alan Partridge's return to the BBC and the noniversary of Danny Boyle's adaptation of Alex Garland's The Beach. If you are a New Statesman digital subscriber you can get advert free a...
Feb 21, 2019•47 min
On this week's New Statesman podcast, Helen Lewis and Stephen Bush are looking at Jeremy Corbyn's five (new) demands for the Brexit process. Helen then speaks to playwright Laura Wade about her new production, Home, I'm Darling. And finally, in You Ask Us, Stephen and Helen tackle the thorny issue of why Labour's splitters don't simply join the Lib Dems. If you are a New Statesman digital subscriber you can get advert free access to this podcast by visiting newstatesman.com/nssubscribers . If yo...
Feb 14, 2019•34 min
On this week's podcast, Helen Lewis and Stephen Bush are examining rumours of a coming split within the Labour party. Then, in You Ask Us, they consider whether Liam Neeson deserves the condemnation he's received, and, finally, Helen speaks to an SME CEO about the prospect of a People's Vote. If you are a New Statesman digital subscriber you can get advert free access to this podcast by visiting newstatesman.com/nssubscribers . If you haven't signed up yet, visit newstatesman.com/subscribe to pu...
Feb 07, 2019•37 min
On this week's New Statesman Podcast, Stephen Bush is joined, first, by Anoosh Chakelian to discuss the ongoing issues with Universal Credit, and then by Patrick Maguire in You Ask Us to consider whether there's any Brexit deal that could survive the Commons. If you are a New Statesman digital subscriber you can get advert free access to this podcast by visiting newstatesman.com/nssubscribers . If you haven't signed up yet, visit newstatesman.com/subscribe to purchase your subscription. Send us ...
Jan 31, 2019•23 min
On this week's New Statesman Podcast, Helen Lewis and Stephen Bush are talking about... Brexit. Sorry. But also the public policy issues that might have slipped your attention in You Ask Us, and Helen interviews author John Lanchester about his new book The Wall. If you are a New Statesman digital subscriber you can get advert free access to this podcast by visiting newstatesman.com/nssubscribers . If you haven't signed up yet, visit newstatesman.com/subscribe to purchase your subscription. Send...
Jan 24, 2019•37 min
On this week's New Statesman Podcast, Helen Lewis and Stephen Bush are looking at an historic week, which saw the government's Brexit deal crushed in the Commons before surviving a no confidence motion from the opposition. And, in a new monthly feature, Tom Gatti and Kate Mossman present The Back Half, an arts and culture discussion where this week they're looking at Stan & Ollie, a new film about the career of Laurel and Hardy. If you are a New Statesman digital subscriber you can get adver...
Jan 17, 2019•44 min
On this week's New Statesman podcast, Helen Lewis and Stephen Bush are discussing Channel 4's new political drama, Brexit: The Uncivil War, written by James Graham and starring Benedict Cumberbatch. And in You Ask Us, they consider whether a Labour party led by Yvette Cooper would be quite as pro-European as some seem to think. If you are a New Statesman digital subscriber you can get advert free access to this podcast by visiting newstatesman.com/nssubscribers . If you haven't signed up yet, vi...
Jan 10, 2019•31 min
On this week's New Statesman Podcast, Helen Lewis and Stephen Bush are considering whether the so-called 'migrant crisis' in the Channel is a storm in a teacup or something genuinely worthy of the alarmist response. And on You Ask Us they respond to the prompt: 'Should the Parliamentary Lobby be abolished?'. If you are a New Statesman digital subscriber you can get advert free access to this podcast by visiting newstatesman.com/nssubscribers . If you haven't signed up yet, visit newstatesman.com...
Jan 03, 2019•30 min
From Brexit, Windrush and an unending sense of political crisis at home, to Trump, civil war and the rise of the far right abroad, this year proved to be as surreal and terrifying as the last. On the live podcast panel: our associate editor, Helen Lewis; our special correspondent, Stephen Bush; our political correspondent, Patrick Maguire; our senior writer, Anoosh Chakelian; and our online editor, Jonn Elledge, looking back on yet another tumultuous year in politics and discussing their predict...
Dec 24, 2018•33 min
On this week's New Statesman Podcast, Helen Lewis and Stephen Bush discuss Labour's double reverse ferret on the issue of no-confidencing Theresa May's government. In You Ask Us they tackle the question of whether ministers who resign from the cabinet should be allowed to rejoin in the future. And, finally, Helen is joined by Cariad Lloyd, co-writer of the Lyric Hammersmith's 2018 panto, Dick Whittington, to discuss a very British institution. If you are a New Statesman digital subscriber you ca...
Dec 20, 2018•44 min
On this week's New Statesman Podcast, Stephen Bush is joined by Patrick Maguire and LabourList's Sienna Rodgers in the House of Commons shortly after the announcement that Theresa May has survived a vote of no confidence. But what does this mean for the Prime Minister, the Labour party, and the prospect of a no-deal Brexit? If you are a New Statesman digital subscriber you can get advert free access to this podcast by visiting newstatesman.com/nssubscribers . If you haven't signed up yet, visit ...
Dec 13, 2018•17 min
On this week's New Statesman podcast, Stephen and Helen are talking about how Sam Gyimah's resignation as the government's Universities Minister is a huge, and surprising, blow for the Prime Minister. In You Ask Us they tackle the thorny issues surrounding the resignation of Labour's Kate Osamor. If you are a New Statesman digital subscriber you can get advert free access to this podcast by visiting newstatesman.com/nssubscribers . If you haven't signed up yet, visit newstatesman.com/subscribe t...
Dec 06, 2018•21 min
Stephen and Patrick discuss the likely May vs Corbyn showdown in the mooted Brexit TV debate. Then Helen interviews Rebecca Frecknall and Patsy Ferran, director and star of Tennessee Williams' Summer and Smoke , currently playing at the Duke of York's theatre in London. If you are a New Statesman digital subscriber you can get advert free access to this podcast by visiting newstatesman.com/nssubscribers . If you haven't signed up yet, visit newstatesman.com/subscribe to purchase your subscriptio...
Nov 29, 2018•33 min
Stephen is joined by Patrick and Anoosh to discuss the impossible parliamentary arithmetic of the Brexit deal, and the UN poverty expert's tough criticism of the government's welfare policies. If you are a New Statesman digital subscriber you can get advert free access to this podcast by visiting newstatesman.com/nssubscribers . If you haven't signed up yet, visit newstatesman.com/subscribe to purchase your subscription. Send us your questions for future episodes via Twitter @ns_podcasts . Hoste...
Nov 22, 2018•43 min
Helen and Stephen discuss the chances of a Brexit deal passing through parliament, and take a look at what Jeremy Corbyn has been up to recently. If you are a New Statesman digital subscriber you can get advert free access to this podcast by visiting newstatesman.com/nssubscribers . If you haven't signed up yet, visit newstatesman.com/subscribe to purchase your subscription. Send us your questions for future episodes via Twitter @ns_podcasts , @helenlewis or @stephenkb . Hosted on Acast. See aca...
Nov 14, 2018•21 min
Helen and Stephen discuss the results of the US midterm elections, rumours of a cooling in the relationship between Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell, and what might have happened in British politics if the 2017 general election had never happened. If you are a New Statesman digital subscriber you can get early, ad free access to this podcast by visiting newstatesman.com/nssubscribers . If you haven't signed up yet, visit newstatesman.com/subscribe to purchase your subscription. Send us your ques...
Nov 08, 2018•33 min
Helen and Stephen discuss the ongoing fallout from the Budget, a new play about women's football, and answer a pressing question: was Waitrose right to get rid of their magazine editor after an ill-judged joke about vegans? If you are a New Statesman digital subscriber you can get early, ad free access to this podcast by visiting newstatesman.com/nssubscribers . If you haven't signed up yet, visit newstatesman.com/subscribe to purchase your subscription. Send us your questions for future episode...
Nov 01, 2018•45 min
Helen and Stephen are joined by Sir Howard Davies, chairman of RBS and former deputy governor of the Bank of England, to dissect this year's budget. What has Philip Hammond kept up his sleeve for Brexit? Is austerity really 'coming to an end'? And what's the deal with the tax cut for higher earners? All these questions, and many others, answered. Contact us on Twitter @ns_podcasts , @helenlewis or @stephenkb . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Oct 29, 2018•28 min
Helen and Stephen discuss the ongoing trials and tribulations of Tory Brexiteers. Then, they're joined by Labour MP and Shadow Treasury Minister Jonathan Reynolds to discuss the upcoming budget. Finally, Jonn Elledge pops in to answer a listener question: is Doctor Who best when it is just trying to be a children's programme? If you are a New Statesman digital subscriber you can get early, ad free access to this podcast by visiting newstatesman.com/nssubscribers . If you haven't signed up yet, v...
Oct 25, 2018•44 min
Helen and Stephen attempt to bring some calm rationality to the discussion of Brexit and "the backstop" — whatever that turns out to be. Then Helen talks to the American author Rebecca Solnit about reporting on Trump and her new book Call Them by Their True Names . Finally, a listener question: what's going on with universal credit? If you are a New Statesman digital subscriber you can get early, ad free access to this podcast by visiting newstatesman.com/nssubscribers . If you haven't signed up...
Oct 18, 2018•49 min
Helen and Stephen have been on a podcast school trip to David Hare's new play I'm Not Running , and they have some thoughts about how accurately it portrays contemporary Labour politics. Then Emily Sargent from the Wellcome Collection joins to discuss buildings, council estates and housing design. If you are a New Statesman digital subscriber you can get early, ad free access to this podcast by visiting newstatesman.com/nssubscribers . If you haven't signed up yet, visit newstatesman.com/subscri...
Oct 11, 2018•49 min
Helen, Stephen and Anoosh digest the happenings at the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham, discuss Boris Johnson's Telegraph column and the new left media, and answer a listener question: can we still enjoy the work of Kanye West? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 04, 2018•40 min
Stephen and Anoosh are straight off the train from the Labour Party conference in Liverpool, and they discuss why the mood felt more upbeat in previous years and how Labour are handling Brexit. Plus: a listener question — why do people care more about Jeremy Corbyn's euroscepticism than Theresa May's? Send us your questions for future episodes via Twitter @ns_podcasts , @helenlewis , @stephenkb or join us on Facebook for a live Q&A . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informatio...
Sep 27, 2018•27 min
