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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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Can we forgive Lucy Letby?
Welcome to the the PoliticsJOE Pubcast. Oli, Ava, and Ed discuss Lucy Letby's sentencing, sexism in women's football, and whether Ed would rather be in a hot…
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Another round: How The Sun destroyed British society (with Chris Horrie)
At times, the Sun's position in the print landscape was imperious, wrecking and emboldening political careers. Despite declining newspaper sales, its influence…
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Is this the UK's hottest politician? (with Cllr Carl Cashman)
Welcome to the the PoliticsJOE Pubcast. Oli and Ava are joined by Liverpool Councillor and Lib Dem Carl Cashman, who's often dubbed the UK's hottest…
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Boats, bathrooms, and bullshit
Welcome to the the PoliticsJOE Pubcast. A hungover Oli is reunited with Ava and Ed to discuss Ava's recent trip to the Bibby Stockholm, whether they'd rather…
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Another round: How to stop MPs behaving badly with Chris Bryant
The House of Commons is in an embarrassing state: from partygate, to paid lobbying, to the Pincher scandal. Westminster is broken, but it can be fixed, argues…
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How to fix a broken media system, and Rishi Sunak's future post-election (with Jacob Jarvis)
Welcome to the the PoliticsJOE Pubcast. Today we are joined by special guest, Jacob Jarvis of many great podcasts such as The Bunker, Papercuts and Oh God…
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Schrödinger's Rwanda
Welcome to the the PoliticsJOE Pubcast. Oli is away prepping Charlotte Owen for the House of Lords, but Ava is back and discovers that all boats have names…
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Another round: Is journalism broken? (with Robert Peston)
British journalism is in a bleak place. It's estimated that around 300 local newspapers have ceased operating in the passed decade. And, despite various…
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How to build 4 million homes with Ant Breach
Welcome to the the PoliticsJOE Pubcast. Oli and Ed are joined by Centre for Cities' Ant Breach to discuss how to solve the housing crisis, ULEZ, and their…
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Oppenheimer review (4 hour extended edition)
Welcome to the the PoliticsJOE Pubcast. Oli and Ed went to see Oppenheimer this weekend and, as film bros should, they're going subject you to their thoughts…
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Another round: The problem with George Monbiot's solution to the climate crisis
Recent crises have exposed the weaknesses of globalisation and its hyper-extended supply chains. These shocks will only increase in frequency as climate change…
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How to fix the energy market, and the most powerful company you've never heard of
Welcome to the the PoliticsJOE Pubcast. Oli, Ed and Ava are joined by the founder of Common Wealth, Mathew Lawrence, to discuss why the national grid should be…
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Michael Gove is good?
Welcome to the the PoliticsJOE Pubcast. Oli, Ed and Ava dissect last week's by-elections, Michael Gove's answer to Ava's housing question, and whether Keir…
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Another round: Why capitalism doesn't need democracy with Quinn Slobodian
In Liz Truss' disasterous mini budget, she promised to rip up the so-called economic orthodoxy, slashing taxes, in an effort to make Britain a country more…
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PMQs with Labour MP Jon Trickett
Welcome to the the PoliticsJOE Pubcast. Oli Dugmore and Ava Santina are joined by Labour MP Jon Trickett to react to Prime Minister's Questions. Let us know…
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Meet the dominatrix who unionised Scottish strippers
Welcome to the the PoliticsJOE Pubcast. Oli, Ed, and Ava are joined by dominatrix Megara Furie to discuss her turn as a union organiser, Oli and Ava's recent…
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Another round: George Monbiot
Oli Dugmore interviews writer and radical thinker George Monbiot about why we need a revolution in farming and Russell Brand’s connection to the world of far…
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Huw Edwards and The Sun (don't buy it)
Welcome to the the PoliticsJOE Pubcast. Oli and Ava discuss the Huw Edwards story and The Sun's coverage of it. Let us know what you thought of the episode and…
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PMQs with Labour MP Charlotte Nichols
Welcome to the the PoliticsJOE Pubcast. Oli Dugmore and Ava Santina are joined by Labour MP Charlotte Nichols to react to Prime Minister's Questions and…
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BBC Nonce Top Allegations
Welcome to the the PoliticsJOE Pubcast. Oli, Ed and Ava dissect the allegations at the BBC, then regret it, as well as LBC's latest presenter and the protester…
PoliticsJOE PodcastAnother round: Laura Bates
Ava Santina is joined by founder of the Everyday Sexism project to discuss misogyny online and how influencers like Andrew Tate harm young boys. Subscribe to…
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PMQs: Rayner v Dowden
Welcome to the the PoliticsJOE Pubcast. Oli Dugmore and Ava Santina react to Prime Minister's Questions. Let us know what you thought of the episode and…
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Farage against the machine
Welcome to the the PoliticsJOE Pubcast. Oli is reunited with Ed and Ava to discuss Ofcom's investigations into GB News and Talk TV, the New Conservatives, Lee…
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Another round: Adam Curtis
Oli Dugmore interviews journalist and filmmaker Adam Curtis about austerity, autocracy in Russia, and the Soviet Union's worrying parallels with modern…
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PMQs with Mhairi Black: The 668 Million Dollar Man
Welcome to the the PoliticsJOE Pubcast. Ed Campbell and Ava Santina are joined by SNP MP Mhairi Black to react to Prime Minister's Questions and discuss Andrew…
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Saturday night's alright for fighting
Welcome to the the PoliticsJOE Pubcast. Ed Campbell and Ava Santina are joined by journalist Tom Usher to discuss how fighting helped his mental health, if…
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Another round: Mariana Mazzucato
Economist Mariana Mazzucato joined Oli Dugmore to chat about how the economy is set up to fail and the evils of the consultancy industry. Subscribe to How to…
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PMQs: House of Landlords
Welcome to the the PoliticsJOE Pubcast. Ava and Seán are joined by i-D's Roisin Lanigan to react to Prime Minister's Questions and the mortgage catastrophe's…
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The platonic ideal of a podcast
Welcome to the the PoliticsJOE Pubcast. Golden boy Ed Campbell and PoliticsJOE's own Seán Hickey discuss Johnson's Partygate fate, David Cameron's…
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PMQs (and reviewing d*** pics)
Welcome to the the PoliticsJOE Pubcast. Ed, Ava and Oli react to Prime Minister's Questions, and discuss the Pestminster scandal Let us know what you thought…
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Bye, bye, by(-elections)
Welcome to the the PoliticsJOE Pubcast. Golden boy Ed is reunited with Oli and Ava to discuss the by-elections triggered by Boris Johnson's Resignation…
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Labour lanslide? feat. Carol Vorderman
Welcome to the the PoliticsJOE Pubcast. Oli and Ava discuss polling that shows Labour could storm a general election, from the experts that predicted Trump and…
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What's happening in Ukraine? feat. Jake Hanrahan
Welcome to the the PoliticsJOE Pubcast. Jake Hanrahan joins Oli and Ava to discuss what's happening on the ground in Ukraine, having reported on the war there…
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Another round: Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders joined PoliticsJOE to discuss the repeated failures of capitalism, and what to do about it. Subscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now…
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Breaking: The return of Pestminster
Welcome to the the PoliticsJOE Pubcast. In this bonus shot, Oli Dugmore and Ava Santina discuss Geraint Davies losing the Labour whip over allegations of…
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Doms vs Subs paintball tournament
Welcome to the the PoliticsJOE Pubcast. Two teenagers have died in Ely, and the police lied about. Should we be surprised? Plus, Just Stop Oil target the jeans…
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Another Round: Cleo Madeleine
Cleo Madeleine of Gendered Intelligence joins Ava Santina to discuss the Tories' war on the trans community. Subscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now…
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Shots: Boris better call Saul
Welcome to the the PoliticsJOE Pubcast. In this bonus shot, Oli Dugmore, Ed Campbell and Ava Santina discuss Boris Johnson's legal difficulties with the covid…
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Bad kid Man City
Welcome to the the PoliticsJOE Pubcast. Manchester City are probably going to win the treble, and that sucks. Plus, influencer Mizzy is moving mad on Tik Tok…
PoliticsJOE PodcastAnother Round: Sam Bright
Sam Bright joins Ava Santina to discuss how Old Etonians in the Bullingdon Club wrecked restaurants and then British society. Subscribe to How to Rebuild…
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Shots: A plague of greenbelt houses
Welcome to the the PoliticsJOE Pubcast. In this bonus shot, Oli Dugmore and Ed Campbell discuss Keir Starmer's most recent pledge to make Labour the party of…
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When blue tribes go to war
Welcome to the the PoliticsJOE Pubcast. The team talks in depth about National Conservatism, interviewing Tory councillor and writer Tom Jones, and exploring…
PoliticsJOE PodcastAnother Round: Nish Kumar
Nish Kumar joins Oli Dugmore to discuss Suella Braverman fuelling racist extremism. Subscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now…
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Watch the throne ft. Ben Smoke
Welcome to the the PoliticsJOE Pubcast. The team talks about the coronation of King Charles, and its sadly predictable over-zealous policing, as well as the…
PoliticsJOE PodcastOf Keirs and Kings
Welcome to the inaugural episode of the PoliticsJOE Pubcast. We're talking Labour leader Keir Starmer, we're talking The King, and we're deciding whether or…
PoliticsJOE PodcastTrailer
The Pubcast is a critical look at the surreal chaos of British politics. Mixing the Westminster drama and gossip with the soul-crushing reality of life in…