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PoliticsJOE Podcast
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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Episodes
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Why are Labour banning porn?
From tomorrow, Labour will crack down on porn depicting strangulation or suffocation, sexual activity between people who are related, or adults role-playing as…
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Is Trump about to start Nuclear War? | Scott Lucas interview
Friend of the podcast Scott Lucas joins us to dig into claims made by Tucker Carlson that Donald Trump wants to nuke Iran. Also, what might a post-midterms…
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Why I called out a GB News host on live TV
Andy Twelves caused a bit of a stir on GB News last week, clashing with host Nana Akua in a viral clip. But what was the context? Andy takes us behind the…
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The American Midterms Can END Trump | Jacob Weisberg interview
Donald Trump’s second presidency has been marked by a striking lack of resistance. While figures inside his first administration regularly challenged his…
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Going Deep on Andy Burnham's First Budget
Skip to 9:20 if you want straight economy chat. Andy Burnham's Chancellor John Healey gave his first budget, and the first of Andy Burnham's reign as Prime…
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Should You Be Scared of the Bond Markets?
Robin Wigglesworth, Financial Times journalist and author of The Fabulous Debt, joins us to explain how government borrowing works, why rising gilt yields…
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Is Andy Burnham reversing Brexit?
Andy Burnham’s position on Brexit has been murky since the 2016 referendum, and he's recently called for a debate about Britain’s future with the EU. So what…
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How Big Tech Profit From Terror | Andrew Feinstein interview
Andrew Feinstein is one of the most versatile people in British politics today. Formerly a member of the South African Parliament for Nelson Mandela's ANC, he…
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Going Deep on Andy Burnham's Jackdaw Drilling Deal
Today Andy Burnham's government decided to approve new gas licences for the Jackdaw field in the North Sea. Ava and Seán jumped into the studio to chew over…
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Why don't Brits protest like the French?
In France, protests over education cuts have grown into a movement involving unions, farmers, environmental campaigners and pensioners. Anger over declining…
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How Andy Burnham can save Labour | Tariq Ali interview
Tariq Ali is one of Britain's foremost figures on the left of politics, and following a busy recess for Andy Burnham, he came in to the studio to react to the…
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Going Deep on the Zionism is Racism Motion with NoJusticeMTG
Helena is a Green Party member and the streamer NoJusticeMTG. As someone who was in the room during the Green Party's Zionism is Racism motion that passed at…
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The New Fascists | Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor interview
Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor are fighting for the living world. Their new book charts an alliance between Silicon Valley billionaires, Donald Trump, and the…
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Is Zack Polanski in trouble? | Green Party by-election loss
Zack Polanski did not win the Holborn and St Pancras by-election. But is there a world where he could have? Ava and Seán breakdown the result, what it means…
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Has Andy Burnham Squashed the Green Party? Zack Polanski and Russell Warfield interview
Could Zack Polanski's leadership represent something much bigger than a change of direction for the Green Party? Ava was joined live by Green Party leader Zack…
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We Need To Talk About Cuba | Jeremy Corbyn interview
Jeremy Corbyn has been no stranger to international solidarity in his long career as a politician. He sat down with Ava to discuss his campaigning for the…
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What I didn't get to say on BBC Newsnight
Ava and Seán take to the studio to chat through Ava's appearance on the beeb last week, on the topic of immigration. Having had a couple of chances to speak on…
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Nobel-Winning economist: AI WILL Destroy Democracy | Daron Acemoglu interview
Daron Acemoglu is a Nobel Prize-winning economist and author of What Happened to Liberal Democracy. He joined Ava to explain why liberal democracy is facing…
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Trump will lead to America's downfall | Owen Jones Interview
Owen Jones makes his PolJOE debut to talk all things Western decline, chatting to Ava about where everything went wrong. His new book, The Fall of the West…
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Trump's Greenland Deal Isn't What You Think | Scott Lucas interview
Ava is once again joined by friend of the podcast Scott Lucas to break down the latest in the world of Donald Trump. He had a busy couple of days in New York…
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Going deep on Ed Sheeran's Palestine downfall
Ed Sheeran dropped Macklemore from his tour over the artist's pro-Palestine platform. He played his last gig alone, after all of his supporting artists (and…
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Who broke Britain's energy system? | Arthur Downing interview
Arthur Downing is an energy expert. His new book, Power and the People, charts the history of British energy, and, critically, how things got so bad. Subscribe…
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Cory Doctorow: AI isn't Dangerous. America Is.
There's only one story in town at the moment. With Dario Amodei running around telling us all how dangerous he and his acolytes are, while Trump tells us we…
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Peter Oborne on Nigel Farage's downfall, and Labour's Palestine U-turn
Ava was joined by journalist for the Middle East Eye and author of Complicit, Peter Oborne. They break down the latest scandal engulfing Nigel Farage, and the…
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Gary Stevenson: Tax wealth NOW or prepare for poverty
In what may be Gary Stevenson's last ever interview, he spoke to PoliticsJOE about his new documentary How To Get Filthy Rich, the need for wealth taxes, and…
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Gerry Adams on Andy Burnham, the far-right, and the breakup of the UK
Gerry Adams is one of the most significant political figures on these islands of the last fifty years, and he has taken time out of his busy schedule to speak…
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How The UK Is Letting Silicon Valley Take Over | Beeban Kidron interview
Baroness Beeban Kidron is a filmmaker and tech campaigner, and she joined Ava at Sunday Papers Live recently to speak about her book Users: How Big Tech Took…
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What does Andy Burnham’s Britain look like?
Labour's leadership nominations opened today and, so far, Burnham remains unopposed on his march to Number 10. But who is Andy Burnham, and what does he want…
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Nigel Farage's resignation stunt backfires | PMQs reaction
With Keir Starmer away on NATO duty it's Deputies Day at PMQs, but Ava and Seán are still here to unpack the drama. Nigel Farage's resignation stunt has lost…
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I exposed Nigel Farage's criminal benefactor | Sunday Times Investigation
Ava is joined by Venetia Menzies of Insight, the investigations team at The Sunday Times. Over the weekend, Venetia and her colleagues published a story…
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The walls are closing in on Nigel Farage
Another week, another Reform scandal. Ava, Andy and Seán react to news of an investigation into Nigel Farage after it emerged he accepted gifts from one George…
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Why We Need to Abolish Politicians | Hélène Landemore interview
In this interview, Yale political scientist Hélène Landemore, author of Politics Without Politicians, argues that the political systems we take for granted are…
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Beginning of the end of Keir Starmer | PMQs analysed
Ava and Andy take to the studio to break down Keir Starmer's first PMQs since resigning, where he defended his government's record since taking office in 2024…
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The Biggest Lie about Capitalism | Mariana Mazzucato interview
In this episode, we sit down with renowned economist, author, and founder of the UCL Institute for Innovation & Public Purpose, Professor Mariana Mazzucato, to…
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Is Andy Burnham's win the death of Blue Labour? | Jonathan Hinder interview
As Labour grapples with falling poll ratings, the rise of Reform UK, and growing questions about its political identity, Labour MP Jonathan Hinder joins…
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Going deep on the Makerfield by-election
Before the people of Makerfield head to the polls to potentially crown the next Prime Minister, Ava and Seán break down what they saw on the ground there last…
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Keir Starmer BANS social media for under-16s
Ava and Andy return to the PolJOE sofa to dive deep on Keir Starmer's social media ban, weighing the pros, cons, and wider implications. Is this a…
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Hasan Piker meets Jeremy Corbyn | Israel, Trump, and the death of free speech
Jeremy Corbyn is no stranger to media and political pile-ons. Neither is Hasan Piker. Hasan was due to grace the PolJOE dungeon with his presence, for a chat…
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The truth about the Belfast riots | Claire Hanna interview
Ava is joined by Claire Hanna, the Social Democratic and Labour Party MP for Belfast South and Mid Down, to break down the recent violence and unrest in…
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Why is Starmer So Slow on Fixing Student Loans? With the Conservative's Ruth Davidson
For millions of graduates, student loans are just another deduction on the payslip. But what does Plan 2 actually mean — and why has it become one of the most…
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Starmer fumes at Farage for "exploiting" Henry Nowak tragedy
At the centre of this week's PMQs was the tragic killing of Henry Nowak, which some political figures seem to have used for their own ends. Seán is joined by…
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Can Labour win back the unions?
Simon Dubbins is the Head of International at Unite the union, and came by the JOE studios to speak to us before the leadership race for General Secretary in…
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Hasan Piker banned from the UK & SNP in turmoil
Monday has come around again. Andy and Seán react to Nicola Sturgeon's headline interview with Laura Kuenssberg yesterday in light of her estranged husband's…
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Extremist Billionaires are Taking Over the Internet | Taylor Lorenz interview
Taylor Lorenz is the journalist mapping out the culture of the internet and everything surrounding it. She took time out to swing by the JOE dungeon to speak…
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Boomers created an economy that FAILS young people
As Britain faces a lost generation of over a million young people not in education or employment, the author of a sobering report into the epidemic, Alan…
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Why I walked off Piers Morgan Uncensored
In the wake of Tommy Robinson's Unite the Kingdom rallys in Central London, Ava went on Piers Morgan to debate the happenings on and off the stage. The…
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When will Tony Blair get lost?
Ava, Andy, and Seán brave the heat to cover Tony Blair's latest meddling, with the former PM's institute publishing an essay critical of Labour's lack of…
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The truth about Tommy Robinson's Unite the Kingdom rally
Ava is joined by broadcaster and activist Nicola Thorp to hear what she saw on the ground at last Saturday's Unite the Kingdom rally. Subscribe to How to…
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Why the far-right HATE London | Sadiq Khan interview
Sadiq Khan marked ten years in City Hall this May, and Ava joined the Mayor of London to walk back through a decade running Britain's capital. Sadiq's time in…
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What I saw at Tommy Robinson's right-wing march
Laura reflects on her journey to Central London last Saturday for the Unite the Kingdom rally, fronted by Stephen Yaxley-Lennon aka Tommy Robinson. She breaks…
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This is how Labour can transform Britain's economy | Economist and Labour MP Jeevun Sandher
Jeevun Sandher is a Labour MP and economist, and swung by the studio to speak to us about the economy, Labour and Keir Starmer's woes, and how to turn around…
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Is Keir Starmer finished? PMQs analysis
Ava and Andy sit down to break down Keir Starmer's first PMQs back from recess as his own MPs circle and call for him to resign. Will he make it to another…
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Will the Greens block Burnham's path to No 10?
Ava and Andy take to the PolJOE sofa to unpack last week's chaos, from Wes Streeting's sustained meddling to Mayor Burnham's prospects in the upcoming…
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The sinister plot behind the far-right's shift on Israel | Norman Finkelstein interview
Norman Finkelstein is the foremost scholar on the politics of Palestine and Israel since the foundation of the Israeli state. He took time out of his busy…
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Q&A: Will Wes Streeting be Prime Minister?
Ava Santina and Andy Twelves sit down to answer your questions about a potential Labour leadership contest after a crazy week in British politics. Subscribe to…
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Labour MPs: Wes Streeting will RUIN Labour
Ava reports from Westminster as the attempted coup against Keir Starmer rages on. Independent MP Jeremy Corbyn, as well as Labour MPs Brian Leishman and Ian…
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Who could replace Keir Starmer in Number 10?
Ava and Seán make their way through the Labour runners and riders in a potential leadership election, as Keir Starmer battles to cling on to power while MPs…
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Rayner is READY, Streeting would kill Labour | Labour MP speaks out 000
Clive Lewis came by the PoliticsJOE studio this week to break down the runners and riders in a potential leadership challenge against Keir Starmer. After a…
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KNEECAP on Donald Trump, free speech, and fighting terror charges
Kneecap joined PoliticsJOE, fresh off the back of having a terrorism case, against member Mo Chara, thrown out of the British Court. It's also the premise of…
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Labour's local election wipeout, analysed
Laura and Seán take to the studio to piece together the winners and losers of the 2026 local elections, as Labour's catastrophic run of form sees no sign of…