Prince Harry Roasts The British Press
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Jun 07, 2023•11 min
The Owen Jones Podcast
Owen Jones, journalist, author of Chavs and The Establishment, or "that left-wing idiot off the telly", is fed up with the establishment media. After all, it punches down, not up, blames minorities for all the problems in society, and, let's face it, often just parrots the government line. So this podcast is offering something different: speaking truth to power, giving the marginalised a voice, offering hope - and having a laugh along the way. From Michael Sheen to Judith Butler, Prof. Devi Sridhar to Noam Chomsky, Peter Hitchens to Chelsea Manning and Gary Younge to Stewart Lee, the interviewees couldn't be more eclectic. Expect documentaries, too, exposing injustice and going to enemy territory - and discussions with experts on everything from COVID dreams about the pandemic to the history of US-backed coups. We'll learn a lot - but above all else, have our optimism in a better world rebooted.
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Mick Lynch Eats Journalists For Breakfast
Go head to head with Mick Lynch on the facts at your peril. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 06, 2023•11 min
Keir Starmer's Latest Dictatorial Move
Ok, Keir Starmer cheerleaders. Come and try and defend this, without resorting to "waa waa you're a Tory enabler!!" Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 06, 2023•11 min
What Are The Tories Trying To Cover Up?
What do they have to hide? This is ridiculous: the Tories are dragging their own inquiry through the courts to stop them getting hold of crucial messages from Boris Johnson... Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 06, 2023•11 min
How Society Is Destroyed By Anti-Immigration Anger
Enough is enough. We've been lied to for years: and so I'm going to show the truth about immigration, and how it's been used to deflect anger at everything wrong with this country. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 06, 2023•9 min
LIVE: Tory Horsesh*t On Economy Debunked
The Tories want you to believe that we're out of the woods on the economy, but facts are facts: inflation is higher than predicted - particularly food prices; inflation is higher than any Western European nation; and interest rates are set to go even higher than projected. Just how bad a mess are we in - and how much worse will it get? We're joined by brilliant economist James Meadway. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy fo...
May 25, 2023•55 min
Martin Lewis Eats Tories For Breakfast
Oooooof. If you're a Tory trying to spin water privatisation as a resounding success, probably don't do it on a panel with Martin Lewis. And as we see, the claims about our crap spewing water industry are based on lies - which is why public ownership is the only practical solution. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
May 24, 2023•10 min
Suella Braverman: A National Disgrace
Suella Braverman has already been forced to resign once for her behaviour in office, and now she's embroiled in allegations that - after she was caught speeding - she tried to get civil servants to arrange a one on one speeding awareness course to avoid embarrassment. But the real scandal of Braverman goes so much deeper. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
May 23, 2023•9 min
Matt Hancock's Car Crash Says It All About Our Political Elite
I mean, this guy was Health Secretary, part of a government which oversaw a totally catastrophic response to the pandemic, broke his own rules, then tries to spin himself as the victim. Pathetic - and it sums our political elite up. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 20, 2023•10 min
Why We Need A Hung Parliament
Above all else, we need to get the Tories out - but how do we have the best chance of reversing awful Tory laws, getting electoral reform, and stopping Starmer's authoritarian impulses? This is the solution - and here's my answer to the critics, too. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
May 19, 2023•14 min
Brexit Is Collapsing
We were promised sunny uplands and a oven ready deal: instead we've been served extra helpings of cow excrement. As Nigel Farage admits Brexit is a disaster, car manufacturers threaten to walk and Keir Starmer calls for a renegotiation, it's time to accept reality. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
May 17, 2023•11 min
This Right Wing Conference Is Unhinged
Eeeeeeeeesh. What on god's name are you about to listen. Adopt the brace position - because this could be your country's future. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 17, 2023•14 min
Damning Truth About Labour Revealed By Martin Forde KC
After the leaked Labour report revealed damning truths about the behaviour of the party's Right, Keir Starmer commissioned leading barrister Martin Forde to conduct a report. Some - myself included - feared a whitewash: but the conclusions were damning, including on factionalism and perceptions of a hierarchy of racism. But Labour have almost entirely failed to engage with Forde over his report - and now he's broken his silence. We speak to Richard Sanders - one of the makers of Al Jazeera's 'La...
May 16, 2023•33 min
Jacob Rees Mogg's Bombshell Confession
There we have it: a smoking gun, a confession of guilt. Jacob Rees Mogg has admitted the Tories are de facto trying to rig election. Here's what it means - and how we respond. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 16, 2023•12 min
The BBC On Trial: Is Auntie Beeb In Bed With The Tories? - Rob Burley Meets Owen Jones
Rob Burley was long one of the most powerful men in broadcasting, charged with running the live political shows which grill our frontline politicians. In his new book - Why Is This Bastard Lying To Me - he details everything from the art of the political interview, to revelations about the BBC's relationship with government. Fascinating stuff, I thought, which helps us understand how power works in modern Britain. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Ac...
May 15, 2023•50 min
This Is White Fragility: The Hounding of Adjoa Andoh
This tells us so much about modern Britain. The brilliant actor Adjoa Andoh remarked on the contrast between the diverse crowds at the Coronation - and the whiteness of the Royal Family. The result? Thousands have complained to Ofcom. This is white fragility: a certain type of white person who feels angrily resentful at racism being challenged, and relishes any opportunity to turn the tables. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pri...
May 14, 2023•10 min
Tories Admit Humiliating Failure
An entire plank of Tory ideology has collapsed. They promised privatisation would deliver efficiency, cheaper prices, better performance, and modernisation. It did the oppose - and in a humiliating u-turn, they've started having to start nationalising what they flogged off. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
May 12, 2023•9 min
Jacob Rees Mogg's Hypocrisy Exposed
This is grotesque: as Donald Trump was found guilty of sexually abusing a columnist, a GB News show hosted by Jacob Rees Mogg featured a panel composed exclusively of Trump apologists. This whole episode exposes the hypocrisy of right-wingers like Mogg - who grandstand on moral issues when it means opposing civil rights, but having no words of condemnation for the most morally corrupt figures of our time. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See ...
May 11, 2023•9 min
This Is A Tory Police State
So this is how freedom dies. As peaceful protesters are arrested with no legitimate cause at the Coronation, we can see the impact of the Tories' repressive policies. Our democracy is dying - and unless we do something fast, we will end up in a very dark place indeed. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
May 10, 2023•15 min
The Monarchy Is Doomed
On the day of the Coronation, amidst all the pomp and ceremony, predicting the fall of the monarchy might seem far fetched. But the evidence is overwhelming: time is running out for the House of Windsor. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 07, 2023•10 min
King Charles Should Apologise For British Crimes
As the Coronation beckoned, indigenous leaders in 12 Commonwealth nations have demanded an apology for monstrous crimes committed by the British Empire. And do you know what? Good. We haven't had a reckoning with our past - and we will never understand our present until we do. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
May 07, 2023•10 min
This Law Should Terrify You
If this was happening in Putin's Russia - but it's happening here, and it should terrify you. Here's the law the Tories don't want you to know about. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 05, 2023•9 min
Starmer: Addicted To Dishonesty
One of the few promises remaining from Keir Starmer's leadership campaign was to abolish tuition fees: and now his team have briefed the Murdoch press that they're abandoning. This serial dishonesty is the enemy of democracy itself. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
May 05, 2023•12 min
The Hounding of Dylan Mulvaney
The campaign of hatred which has been unleashed against trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney exposes the truth. These people simply do not want trans people to exist - and they won't just stop there: they are coming for the rights of other LGBTQ people and women. We either stand together - or we are all going to fall together. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Apr 30, 2023•20 min
Richard Sharp Exposes Rotten Establishment
As Richard Sharp is forced to resign as BBC Chair, this whole episodes sums up just how rotten our Establishment is - and why they all have to go. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 30, 2023•11 min
The Biggest Lie About Capitalism Debunked
Capitalism, we're told, has lifted billions out of poverty and is the driver of prosperity for humanity. Here's why it's a total nonsense. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 28, 2023•11 min
The Gruesome Truth About The Media
These are the truths about the media they don't want you to know: why they serve the interests of the rich, and act not as a means to educate and inform - but to lobby for powerful vested interests. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 28, 2023•9 min
Theresa May's Crocodile Tears
Oh spare me: every time Theresa May criticises the government, a bunch of liberals applaud her like seals. Yaas queen Theresa! I don't think so. As she criticises the Tories' repulsive Illegal Migration Bill, a reminder that no politician has done more to whip up the anti-migrant and anti-refugee hate campaign which has caused so much misery and suffering as May. Stop rehabilitating monsters! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pri...
Apr 28, 2023•11 min
Should Artificial Intelligence Scare You?
Everyone's talking about it: but how much of the hype around Artificial Intelligence is justified, and how scared should we be? Michael Wooldridge - Professor of Computer Science at Oxford University - tells you everything you need to know! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Apr 28, 2023•17 min
Starmer's Latest Pisstake
Look, my comfort zone is sticking it to the Tories who have wrecked the country. But Starmer's job is to offer a compelling alternative - and instead keeps reneging on his promises. The latest one shows how unprincipled he is - and why his ratings are plummeting. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Apr 28, 2023•11 min
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