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Quiet Riot
Quiet Riot, the politics podcast with more passion, less shouting and lots of laughter
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Quiet RiotThe Madness of King Donald
NOW what's he done, and why? Trump, the self-appointed King of Chaos, is ramping up that chaos, kidnapping foreign leaders, hijacking oil tankers, reiterating…
Quiet RiotOptimism in activism: Our 2026 predictions... and how to avoid them
Buckle up as we break out our crystal ball to make a few tentative predictions for the year ahead. Joining Naomi and Alex is Danny Sriskandarajah, chief…
Quiet RiotA Cup o' Kindness: Wokey Dokey & Grin And Share It special!
HAPPY NEW YEAR! And we kick off 2026 with an uplifting 40minutes that is short on politics and big ... very big ... on Wokey Dokey and Grin And Share It. These…
Quiet Riot2025 reviewed Pt2: This was fine... with James O'Brien
What's this? More holiday helpings of our James O'Brien special? You'd better believe it. And, as well as looking over our shoulders as 2025 disappears beneath…
Quiet Riot2025 reviewed: Nothing to see Year... with James O'Brien
Ding-dong! It's time for our festive specials and this year we've got broadcaster extraordinaire James O'Brien with us to help prod the soggy sprout that's…
Quiet RiotSunday School: Missing in Redaction
Turns out Epstein was a keen black rectangle collector. Either than or the DoJ is trying to rewrite history. Or at least redact history. ALSO - The Westminster…
Quiet RiotThe Space Between Peace And War
We need to talk about war. MI6 has warned that we are, in this country, now in the space between peace and war. The Government has announced an independent…
Quiet RiotSunday School: Belgian Waffling
So it turns out Belgium of all places has Russia by the financial short and curlies ... and that's awks for various reasons. The EU is immobilising…
Quiet RiotBONUS EPISODE: Pints of view, with Josh Babarinde
The Lib Dems have elected a new president and his journey to that lofty position is pretty non-standard. Naomi Smith sits down with Josh Babarinde to find out…
Quiet RiotNational Insecurity Strategy: Trump's attack on European values
It is time for Europe to get past squabbling and realise that the US is no longer even ambivalent, but an active hostile antagonist, intent on picking off…
Quiet RiotSunday School: Algorithm & Blues
You know the right-wing content that crops up relentlessly in your socials? Well, it's not your fault and you can't escape it, even if you start a new account…
Quiet RiotWhat's past is prologue
History defines our present, our present defines our future. And so this week we look at the lessons finally being accepted from Brexit, plus some lessons for…
Quiet RiotSunday School: Oh! What a Lovely War
From Labour's Budget to Corbyn/Sultana's conference ending in acrimony, it's been a big week for the political left. You can buy Mismanaged Decline: What…
Quiet RiotSPOILER ALERT: Unpicking the Budget, with Vicky Pryce
Budget 2025: A world of taxes, benefits and leaks. Mostly leaks. Tune in to find out what Alex Andreou and Naomi Smith make of it all. And they are joined by…
Quiet RiotSunday School: Backing the USSR + Covid Inquiry Report
Alex Andreou and Naomi Smith, mull the week's news. The second part of the Covid Inquiry issues its report on decision making and is scathing about the…
Quiet RiotCrime and Banishment: A broken justice system, and hard Labour for Starmer
In this country, we can get through multiple Prime Ministers in the time it takes for a serious sexual assault allegation to make it to trial. As Keir Starmer…
Quiet RiotSunday School: Tax of my tears
Not AGAIN, Labour comms team... After a week that started with a leadership kerfuffle and ended with an income tax volte-face (or was it..?), Naomi Smith and…
Quiet RiotDial S for Starmer: how NOT to supress a leadership challenge
It takes a very special team to accidentally advertise and fuel a leadership challenge that was not even real yet, but the current team in No.10 is nothing if…
Quiet RiotSunday School: Trillion Dollar Manbaby
Why is a moral panic gripping the country about a handful of mistaken prisoner releases? How do we lift our gaze to a better horizon? Musk's remuneration…
Quiet RiotBig Apple Won - Big Orange Zero
The future's bright, the future's not orange. Perhaps. Trump may think he's the ultimate New Yorker but the Big Apple turned rotten on him, as Zohran Mamdani…
Quiet RiotSunday School: Halloween House(s) of Horror
This week, a nod to Halloween, we have a real CREEPSHOW. Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell look at how Buck House, the media and the Metropolitan Police have…
Quiet RiotHouse Rules: Defending democracy when the game is rigged
Lies, lies and more lies. How many lies can our institutions survive? And why are we so bad at defending those institutions? Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell…
Quiet RiotSunday School: Well Plaid!
When the trust vanishes, you're finished, whether you're Labour in Caerphilly or a celebrity in BBC's The Traitors. Alex and Kenny pore over three examples of…
Quiet RiotZack to The Future: The rise and rise of Zack Polanski
Special guest Zoe Williams (and young Ruby), discuss the week's big stories with Alex and Kenny. What is it about Zack Polanski that seems to be taking the…
Quiet RiotSunday School: Villa of The Damned
Should we be bending over backwards to welcome Israeli football supporters, while Israel rolls out the red carpet for English hooligans? ALSO - Is Rachel…
Quiet RiotCaerphilly Does It: Welsh Politics, Russian Bribes, & Chinese Spies
Special guest Plaid Cymru's Liz Saville-Roberts, discusses the week's big stories with Alex, Naomi, and Kenny. Chinese Spy Trial: cock-up, cover up, or…
Quiet RiotScotland special: Bread roll with it
We're off to Scotland for a keek at the SNP conference (and a couple of Aberdeen rowies – don't worry, we'll explain). Quiet Riot's occasionally tame Scot…
Quiet RiotSunday School: The Big Blag Theory
Who is María Corina Machado - the woman who won the Nobel Peace Prize? Is the Gaza 20-point plan anything more than a ceasefire with a wishlist attached? And…
Quiet RiotAnti-Woke Wake: Is the Tory Party dead or just resting?
Special guest Sam Freedman, discusses the week's big stories with Alex, Naomi, and Kenny. Is there a future for the Conservative Party? Is there a future IN…
Quiet RiotSunday School: Game of Mones
Strip away the schadenfreude around Michelle Mone's fall from grace, and what is the real story here? Naomi Smith and Kenny Campbell look at a scandal that is…
Quiet RiotKeir as Crystal - Time to Call Things by Their Names
Do fightbacks always begin at Liverpool? An unexpectedly feisty speech by Starmer leads to a lot of pearl-clutching by Reform. But will our media cover it?…
Quiet RiotSunday School: Identity Politics
***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Starmer heads to Labour Conference fending off challenges from within and outwith, not…
Quiet RiotWaterslides and Escalators: Don't let Trump's America become Farage's Britain
Is Ed Davey the Anti-Trump? We digest the Lib Dem Conference. PLUS: A crazy 48 hours for Trump, even by Trump standards. Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and special…
Quiet RiotSunday School: Unidentified Party in Begging Area
"Your Party" seems to be falling apart. Can it be salvaged. And does it need to be, with Zack Polanski's Greens providing a challenger from a similar political…
Quiet RiotThe Windsor Knot: How to tie up a strongman without him noticing
Trump gets the full Windsor treatment and turns to Royal Jelly. PLUS: How to defeat the far right. Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and special guest, boss of Hope…
Quiet RiotSunday School: Guns and Roses
Charlie Kirk, Peter Mandelson and two drunk raccoons feature as we try to balance the grim with some giggly for your listening pleasure. In the US, the Kirk…
Quiet RiotQuiet Riot: Putin v Poland special
Why is Putin provoking Poland, and how bad could this get? In this Quiet Riot special, Kenny Campbell is joined by Behind The Lines host and geopolitics…
Quiet RiotDecoding Populism
Poland and Qatar are being dragged into conflict, while some of the West dithers and some falls apart. Is there a way back from the brink. PLUS - Decoding…
Quiet RiotSunday School: Freedom of Screech
Are Graham Linehan and Lucy Connolly the right pin-ups for an issue as important as Freedom of Speech? Naomi Smith and Alex Andreou discuss whether absorbing a…
Quiet RiotMidnight Mass: Emergency Reshuffle Special
They finally got her. But Rayner's departure triggers a wider reshuffle that nobody expected. Is this panic or is it - finally - grip? Naomi Smith, Alex…
Quiet RiotThe Rayner Raineth Every Day
If we do not defend a working class woman like Rayner, against this onslaught by a media that loathes her, we condemn our politics to be the pursuit of only…
Quiet RiotSunday School: What a cankle rankle
Trump's presidency reaches the 'Is he dead?' stage, Angela Rayner is pilloried yet again for not breaking the law, and a big tub of sand helps Finland stay…
Quiet RiotCitizens Advance: Labour on The Front Foot?
The Labour government is talking about Europe, attacking the opposition, and putting forward some positive ideas. Could the new school year be better for them?…
Quiet RiotSunday School: Tweet and Sour
Social media firestorms agogo in this week's scorching Sunday School. Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell take a sideways look at how socials are starting to go…
Quiet RiotThe Art of The Kneel
After Monday's European course-correction to Trump’s wobble, the situation is moving. The question is: in which direction? Plus regular features 'Wokey Dokey'…
Quiet RiotMidnight Mass: Babysitters, assemble!
And so Volodymyr Zelensky returned to the White House, but this time with a phalanx of European leaders to support him – and, perhaps, to make sure the orange…
Quiet RiotSunday School: Half-Baked Alaska
The Iceman cometh to Alaska, the Iceman getteth his photo opp and then the Iceman poppeth off again, leaving the Donald in a pool of tepid ignominy. Alex…
Quiet RiotA little more conversation, a little less faction
In trade, as in immigration, and every policy area, we have forgotten how to compromise. We demand the truth, but have a temper tantrum, when we get it. Naomi…
Quiet RiotSunday School: Vance, Like Nobody's Watching
Just smile and make nice until he VPees off; Our water is mostly poop now; A big fuss about a little pasta. Naomi Smith and Alex Andreou achew over the weeks…
Quiet RiotThe fault, dear POTUS, is not in our stats
MAGA begins to turn on Trump. Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and special guest Brian Klaas discuss the reasons for the Find Out stage coming so soon in this second…
Quiet RiotSunday School: It's the stupid, economy
Uh-oh, the US economy appears to be entering the 'find out' stage of team Trump's eff-around experiment. As employment figures, market confidence and senior…
Quiet RiotAge Against The Machine
All about contested spaces: physical statehood and online safety. Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell discuss the impending recognition of Palestine…
Quiet RiotSunday School: Heeeeere's Jeremy!
The Left has a new bouncing baby party! Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell talk through the week's political stories, with a focus on Your Party - no, not your…
Quiet RiotHow do you solve a problem like migration?
Alex Andreou, Naomi Smith and special guest, CEO of migrant support charity PRAXIS, Minnie Rahman, discuss the protest flashpoint in Epping and ask what does a…
Quiet RiotSunday School: Smells like teen spirit
Votes for 16-year-olds incoming, Stephen Colbert's Late Show outgoing. Naomi Smith and Kenny Campbell take a peek at the latest moves to let 16 and…
Quiet RiotPalaces or Parliaments? Keeping score of Democracy's losses.
Alex Andreou, Naomi Smith and special guest, data scientist Christina Pagel, discuss the Afghan data breach, the confusion over resettlement schemes…
Quiet RiotHow dark money is taking our politics backwards
Alex Andreou and special guest, investigative journalist Peter Geoghegan, discuss how dark money is "Americanising" our political debate in areas like women's…
Quiet RiotSunday School: A Very Clever Cat
Naomi Smith and Alex Andreou talk through the week's political stories, covering the outcome of Macron's state visit, and the churn on the right of politics…
Quiet RiotManu Best Friend - Macron's visit may be a turning point
Alex Andreou, Naomi Smith and special guest, investigative journalist Peter Geoghegan, discuss the significance of the French President's visit, the Post…
Quiet RiotSunday School: Not Another One!
Another new party is created, another Reform MP is un-created, another ceasefire is hoped for, and another depressing poll. Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell…