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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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Hormuz Crisis: This is what resilient infrastructure looks like
Donald Trump's war with Iran has led many to a rethink of the global economy. With his presidency already weakening relations between Britain and the US and…
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Economist explains how Big Banks are CHEATING Britain | James Meadway interview
James Meadway is an economist and Green Party candidate for Tower Hamlets council in tomorrow's local elections. He joined us in studio to talk about the…
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Reform declare war on the Greens
It's gloves off between Reform and the Greens, with Zia Yusuf vowing that, if elected, Reform will prioritise putting migrant detention centres in…
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This is why my constituents HATE Keir Starmer | Sorcha Eastwood Interview
On this episode of the PoliticsJOE Podcast, Alliance MP Sorcha Eastwood joins the team for a candid and unfiltered conversation about the realities of…
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Lefties clash over MPs drinking in Parliament
Columnist Stella Tsantekidou and Turn Left Media's Curtis Daly were feuding on Twitter earlier this week. In response to our Hannah Spencer interview, Stella…
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Is this Keir Starmer's last PMQs?
Ava, Seán, and Laura bear witness to what could be Keir Starmer's last PMQs as Prime Minister. Hear a man on the brink attempt to defend his record and talk up…
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Morgan McSweeney backs Starmer in Mandelson committee
Earlier today Morgan McSweeney, formerly Keir Starmer's Chief of Staff, appeared before the Foreign Affairs Committee; thrust out from the shadows and into the…
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Debriefing the Hannah Spencer interview
Andy, Seán, and Ava wade into the discourse inferno set alight by yesterday's interview with Green MP Hannah Spencer, with one question in particular emerging…
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Why Starmer can't recover from the Mandelson scandal | David Maddox interview
The Independent's Political Editor David Maddox came by the JOE studios to break down his story revealing the depth and breadth of the Peter Mandelson vetting…
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Keir Starmer survives Mandelson fiasco, just | PMQs Analysis
After bombshells were dropped in sacked civil servant Olly Robbins’ Select Committee appearance yesterday, Kemi Badenoch has kept up pressure on the Prime…
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Civil Servant ends Keir Starmer in Select Committee
The recently sacked Olly Robbins was called before the Foreign Affairs Select Committee this morning where he outlined what he knew and when during the…
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Is Keir Starmer about to resign?
The latest Peter Mandelson revelations are still looming large over the Prime Minister despite the sacking of Olly Robins, and Starmer maintains that he wasn't…
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Holocaust Survivor eviscerates Israel, Netanyahu, and the far-right | Stephen Kapos interview
Stephen Kapos is an 88-year-old Holocaust survivor, and joins us to speak about his activism, his opposition to Israel's systemic destruction of Gaza and the…
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Military experts break down if UK is ready for war
PoliticsJOE is joined by the UK's former permanent representative to Nato, Sir Adam Thomson, and former Navy Commander Kevin Rowlands to discuss the state of…
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Keir Starmer slammed over grim Defence spending "complacency" | PMQs reaction
Keir Starmer was back at the despatch box after the Easter break facing questions over Lord Robertson's defence review, warning the government's complacency…
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What Viktor Orbán’s election wipeout means for Trump and Farage
Ava is joined once again by friend of PoliticsJOE Sam Bright to break down the latest news from the continent, after Hungary's quasi dictator Viktor Orbán was…
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Tucker Carlson makes the BBC look silly
Andy and Seán take to the poljoe dungeon to recap the Sunday shows, where America's most prominent right-wing pundit went on the BBC, and ended up coming…
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Can the Green Party fix the housing crisis? Zoë Garbett interview
Ava spoke to the Green Party candidate for Hackney Mayor Zoë Garbett at the Green Party's local election launch in Stoke Newington. Zoë outlines the Greens'…
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What's next after Trump's Iran ceasefire? Scott Lucas interview
Seán is joined by friend of the podcast Scott Lucas to make sense of the relative peace that has fallen in Tehran after the striking of a ceasefire deal on…
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Karl Turner: Labour suspends MP critical of Keir Starmer
In this episode, we dive into the political storm surrounding Karl Turner, who was suspended after publicly criticising Keir Starmer. What does this moment…
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Kanye West banned from the UK
Seán, Andy, and Ava return from the long weekend to unpack Kanye West's controversial headlining of the now-cancelled Wireless Festival and its resultant…
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Answering your questions at Easter
After a national four-day weekend Seán and Ava return to open up the debate and answer some of your burning questions. Subscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now…
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Your boss is scamming you. This is how | Matthew Cole interview
Matthew Cole is an academic and author specialising in labour and technology, and swung by the studio to talk about his book Unpaid: The Past, Present and…
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Does Britain have a porn problem? With Ipsos
We are once again joined by friend of the podcast Richie Jones to chew through the latest IPSOS polling in collaboration with JOE Media Group. Subscribe to How…
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Brian Eno: The system is broken. We need a wealth tax now.
We caught up with Brian Eno at DiEM last week to chat about inequality, taxes, and the urgent need to rebalance the global system to save ordinary people from…
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Grace Blakeley: Elites want to ruin the world. This is how we stop them
Political economist Grace Blakeley caught up with Ava at DiEM's Resistance Is Existence: The Fight For Our Future event last week to chat about joining the…
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I humiliated a GB News host on live TV
Andy joins Seán to debrief his televised clash with Matt Goodwin last Friday over his accusations that the Gorton and Denton by-election loser used AI to…
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Explained: Elon Musk's plan for world domination | Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff interview
Ava sits down with the co-authors of Muskism, Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff, to dive deep on the world's richest man. Subscribe to How to Rebuild Britain…
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Populism is taking over Britain. This is how we stop it | Liam Byrne interview
Liam Byrne is a Labour MP and the chair of the Commons Business and Trade Committee. He came by the studio to speak to Ava about his new book, Why Populists…
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Yanis Varoufakis: Europe is pathetic in face of Trump's fascism
Ava caught economist Yanis Varoufakis before his conversation with Zack Polanski, Jeremy Corbyn, and Grace Blakeley at DiEM25. She talks to him about Keir…
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Is Kemi Badenoch getting WORSE at her job? | PMQs Analysis
Laura, Seán and Andy react to today's bout at the despatch box, as well as questions from MPs and Nigel Farage's storm out. Subscribe to How to Rebuild Britain…
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Donald Trump's plan for Iran is doomed to fail | Daniel Levy interview
Daniel Levy is an expert in Israeli geopolitics and the President of the U.S./Middle East Project. He spoke to us about the unfolding situation in Iran and how…
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GB News Host writes book FULL of AI slop, says journalist
Andy's been looking into Gorton and Denton by-election loser Matthew Goodwin's new book over the weekend, and has some hefty claims about its author. He tells…
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Labour tried to ruin me for exposing Keir Starmer | Paul Holden interview
Paul Holden is an investigative journalist and author of The Fraud: Keir Starmer, Morgan McSweeney, and the crisis of British Democracy. He came by the…
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Labour are coming for cowboy bosses scamming workers | Kate Dearden interview
Kate Dearden is the Employment Rights Minister, and she sat down with Ava to break down the government's new plan to crack down on employers failing to pay…
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Britain is built on misery. This is how. | Lena Swedlow interview
Laura sits down with Lena Swedlow of Compass to uncover the flaws of Britain's electoral system, as well as imagining what a future without it could look like…
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Is Angela Rayner about to topple Keir Starmer? | PMQs Analysis
Laura and Seán are back to react to another fiery PMQs. Despite mentions of Iran and the Mandelson files, today's real headline comes from outside the Commons…
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Everything Louis Theroux got wrong about the manosphere | James Bloodworth interview
Last week, Netflix dropped Louis Theroux's exploration of the manosphere. But, some watchers of the patriarchal online world were left unimpressed. James…
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Should Keir Starmer resign?
Another Monday, and the US-Israeli war with Iran continues. Ava, Seán, and Andy debate Keir Starmer's position, who's idea it really was, and how tenable it…
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I lost my job after confronting Matt Lucas on Palestine | Cancelled
Thomas Bourne has been a Palestine activist for around a decade. His prominence in the movement has seen him face online abuse in the past. Last month the line…
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Going deep on the Mandelson files
Following the Humble Address that forced the government to publish internal material surrounding Peter Mandelson’s appointment and dismissal as UK ambassador…
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Starmer humiliates Badenoch over Iran warmongering | PMQs Analysis
Another Wednesday, another blockbuster PMQs. Kemi Badenoch's enthusiasm for entering the war with Iran last week has aged poorly, and the Prime Minister wasted…
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Is Trump's war in Iran over?
Laura and Seán discuss the rumoured end of Trump's war with Iran, the fall and sale of Brewdog, and the recent fire on Glasgow's Union Street. Subscribe to How…
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Tony Blair is warmongering again
At a private lunch last Friday, Tony Blair said that Keir Starmer "should have backed America from the very beginning". Andy and Laura discuss the former PM's…
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The Old System is Finished. What Now? Ash Sarkar interview
Today Seán is joined by none other than Ash Sarkar as her book Minority Rule hits paperback. After a turbulent 2025 and an utterly batshit start to 2026, Ash…
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The Truth about Donald Trump's war on Iran | David Hearst interview
Ava is joined by Editor-in-Chief of Middle East Eye David Hearst to break down the foreign policy nightmare Donald Trump could be facing in his continued war…
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Jeremy Corbyn on Iran, student loans, and electing the king
Laura caught up with Jeremy Corbyn outside parliament yesterday after Rachel Reeves' Spring Forecast speech. Subscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now…
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Who is funding the Reform Party? | Sam Bright interview
Sam Bright is an investigative journalist and author. He came by the studio to talk to Ava about Nigel Farage's strategy at the helm of Reform UK, the funders…
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I was cancelled for calling the Green Party middle-class
Lisa McKenzie is an academic who fell into an online storm when her tweets about Hannah Spencer and class went viral. Lisa joins Andy in our first episode of…
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Are the Tories pushing for Iraq 2.0? | PMQs Analysis
Andy, Laura, and Seán react to a particularly heated PMQs showdown between Kemi Badenoch and Keir Starmer, as the Tory leader ramps up the rhetoric over…
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What the media aren't telling you about Trump and Iran | Scott Lucas interview
We are once again joined by the great Scott Lucas to make sense of another chaotic weekend in Donald Trump's foreign policy escapades. This time, the President…
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Gorton and Denton goes Green
Seán, Ava, and Andy unpack what Hannah Spencer and the Green Party's victory in the Gorton and Denton by-election means for British politics, as well as the…
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Palantir is taking over Britain. This is how | Martin Wrigley interview
Laura is joined by Lib Dem MP Martin Wrigley to find out just how deep Palantir's influence stretches in British society, including in the NHS, the MOD, and…
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Can anyone stop the Green Party's surge? Rachel Millward interview
Earlier this week we spoke to Green Party co-deputy leader Rachel Millward about the party's surge in support under Zack Polanski, their prospects as the new…
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What should we replace the monarchy with? Q&A special
With the shroud of purdah descending this fine Thursday, we take to the studio to answer some of your burning questions. Subscribe to How to Rebuild Britain…
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Fact-checking Keir Starmer's Student Loans claims at PMQs
Ava, Laura, and Seán sit down after PMQs to make sense of Keir Starmer's claims that the country is on the up and up, even though nobody feels it. Subscribe to…
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Are MPs about to expose ANOTHER Andrew scandal?
Just hours after Peter Mandelson was released on bail by police investigating allegations of misconduct in a public office, Ava, Laura, and Seán head to the…
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Nigel Farage denied entry to Chagos and Prince Andrew's shady dealings
It's Monday once again. Seán, Laura, and Andy get stuck into Nigel Farage's thwarted attempt to accompany a humanitarian mission to the Chagos Islands, further…
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Capitalism is a trap - and you can't get out | Clara Mattei interview
Ava sits down with economist Clara Mattei to explore a bold and unsettling idea: capitalism isn’t failing - it’s functioning exactly as intended. Subscribe to…
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The Truth about Morgan McSweeney | Peter Oborne interview
Today Ava is joined by journalist Peter Oborne to discuss the Labour party under Keir Starmer, and the man that dragged him into power: Morgan McSweeney. Peter…