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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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Lewis Goodall unpacks the madness of 2024
Rival podcaster and erstwhile News Agent Lewis Goodall swung by PolJOE Towers to try to make sense of the madness that was 2024. Subscribe to How to Rebuild…
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Another round: The best of economists on PoliticsJOE
Welcome to the PoliticsJOE Podcast. Enjoy the best takes from economists that chatted to PoliticsJOE in 2024. In order of appearance: Yanis Varoufakis, Eliza…
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Christmas Q&A Special
Welcome to the PoliticsJOE Podcast. It's the Christmas Q&A Special! Oli, Ed, and Ava enjoy some Madri and Pringles while answering your questions. Presenters…
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The future of Britain's post-industrial towns
Welcome to the PoliticsJOE Podcast. 2024 has seen the continued closure of the industries that once fuelled the British economy. Ava and Laura discuss the…
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Another Round: The hypocrisy of consumer capitalism
Sky's Economics Editor - and author of multiple books on the topic - swung by JOETowers to chat to Oli about his latest title Material World. Material World is…
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PMQs (and if Starmer needs to befriend Musk)
Welcome to the PoliticsJOE Podcast. Ava and Ed react to the last PMQs before Parliament breaks for Christmas, before disagreeing over Farage's latest meeting…
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Nigel Farage could be the next Prime Minister (and Royal Mail is over)
Welcome to the PoliticsJOE Podcast. Ed and Ava are re-united to discuss the government approved sale of the Royal Mail to a Czech billionaire and the latest in…
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Another Round: How the Treasury keeps you poor
Economist - and Knight of the Realm - Paul Collier swung by JOETowers to chat about regional inequality in the UK, the Treasury's role in creating it, and how…
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PMQs analysis and the attack on cousin love
Before we get into the meat and spud of this week's PMQs analysis, we reflect on the presentation of a bill to ban first cousins marrying each other, and one…
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Reading United Healthcare CEO shooter fanfiction
Welcome to the PoliticsJOE Podcast. Ed and Oli are re-united for a Dudes Rock episode of the podcast. As Assad is reported to be in Moscow, Ed and Oli discuss…
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Another round: Being stalked showed me the law needs to change
Welcome to the PoliticsJOE Podcast. Actress, activist, and broadcaster Nicola Thorp joined Ava to discuss her experience being stalked, and how it's led her to…
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PMQs analysis (feat. Nicola Thorp)
Welcome to the PoliticsJOE Podcast. Oli, Ava, and Ed react to this week's face-off between Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch. Then, Ava is joined by actress…
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Joe Biden: Dad of the Year
Welcome to the PoliticsJOE Podcast. Oli, Ava, and Ed wonder what's the British equivalent of a presidential pardon, and discuss The Times' report that Elon…
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Another round: Ian Hislop reviews 2024
As we wind down another wild year of politics at home and abroad, Oli sat down with Private Eye editor Ian Hislop to review the highs and lows of 2024…
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PMQs analysis (and Cooking with Gerry Adams)
Welcome to the PoliticsJOE Podcast. Ava and Ed react to this week's PMQs - and pitch a new PoliticsJOE show featuring Gerry Adams. Presenters: Ava Santina, and…
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Is New Labour back?
Welcome to the PoliticsJOE Podcast. Oli, Ava, and Ed are re-united to discuss where Keir Starmer seems to be drawing inspiration from lately. With the…
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Another round: How football violence became England's favourite pastime
Football writer Sam Diss swung by JOE Towers to chat about football hooliganism: why people enjoy it, its relationship to class, and its cross-over with the…
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(Deputy) PMQs: Farmers and Reeves' CV
Welcome to the PoliticsJOE Podcast. Oli, Ava, and Ed are re-united to react to PMQ's, which was helmed this week by the deputy leaders. And Ava, back from the…
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Keir Starmer: Farmer Harmer or Dalai Lama?
Ed and Oli dig into the all the farmer harming that's been going on in Westminster. Subscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now…
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PoliticsJOE react to PMQs
Ed and Ava react to Starmer v Badenoch at PMQs. Subscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See…
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What Keir Starmer should learn from Trump
Welcome to a dudes rock edition of the PoliticsJOE Podcast. Oli and Ed reflect on the US election: what lessons Starmer should take from Trump's victory; the…
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Another round: Where Kamala Harris' went wrong
Welcome to the PoliticsJOE podcast. On the day of Trump's victory, Laura chatted with New Statesman's US Correspondent Freddie Hayward about where the…
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PMQs: Reacting to Kemi Badenoch's first outing as Tory leader
Ed and Laura are still going from the US election this morning and are joined by Seán, who had the decency to come in to work today. We react to Kemi…
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Trump taking back the White House
Welcome to the PoliticsJOE Podcast. Trump's declaring victory, so Ed and Laura are chatting about what this could mean for the US, UK, and Ukraine. Presenters…
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Kemi Badenoch's in charge
Welcome to the PoliticsJOE Podcast. Ed and Ava react to Kemi Badenoch's Tory leadership win and the Sunday Times' revelation that the King charges millions in…
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Another Round: News Agent Jon Sopel on the US Election
The News Agents Jon Sopel swung by JOETowers to chat to Ed ahead of the US election to chat why men could be the deciding factor in its outcome. Jon's new book…
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Live Budget Reaction
Welcome to a two-hour long, live record of the PoliticsJOE Podcast. Listen along with Oli, Ava, and Ed to Rachel Reeves delivering the Budget. Subscribe to How…
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Another round: The dark side of Vinted
With the second-hand clothes market booming, journalist Ellie Flynn investigated Vinted, an app that has seen rapid growth, to find hidden dangers that users…
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PMQs: Rayner v Dowden
Welcome to the PoliticsJOE Podcast. Are the "far-left" Labour Party interfering in the UK? What's Trump's podcast strategy? And who does Keir Starmer consider…
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Cinema tickets on the NHS
Today we're taking a look at the government's consultation into the future of the NHS, where you can make public suggestions on the running of the health…
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Another round: How I oversaw the downfall of three Prime Ministers
Former Tory MP Graham Brady was the 1922 committee's leader for 14 years. He had the task of receiving letters of no confidence, and informing the Prime…
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PMQs analysis (and the Assisted Dying Bill)
Welcome to the PoliticsJOE Podcast. Ed and Ava analyse this week's PMQs in which Ed Davey compelled the Government to sanction Israeli ministers. Then, they…
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Alex Salmond's mixed legacy
Welcome to the PoliticsJOE Podcast. Ed and Ava analyse Keir Starmer's morning courting investment from the world's largest companies. Then, Ed's joined by…
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Another round: Baroness Sayeeda Warsi on Israel-Gaza and her Party's move to the far-right
Former Conservative Party Chairwoman, Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, came by JOETowers to speak to Ava about her outrage over the Government's approach to Israel and…
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Midnight special: Labour's plan to 'make work pay'
Welcome to the PoliticsJOE Podcast. At 00.01, Labour revealed it's plan to 'make work pay', including changes to the minimum wage, ending zero-hours contracts…
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PMQs returns
Welcome to the PoliticsJOE Podcast. After a quick recess for conferences, Prime Minister's Questions has returned. Ava and Ed analyse Sunak's line of…
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October 7, Britain's "crime against humanity", and Sue Gray
Welcome to the PoliticsJOE Podcast. Following a Pro-Palestine rally this weekend demanding a ceasefire, Ed and Ava talk on the one year anniversary of October…
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Another round: How inheritance is destroying our economy
The Bank of Mum and Dad is one the UK's biggest mortgage lenders. But the impact of inheritance stretches far beyond one's ability to get onto the property…
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The Tories' leadership race gets weird
Welcome to the PoliticsJOE Podcast. It's an all-timer. The trio are re-united to dissect the Tory leadership candidates' speeches to conference - featuring a…
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Irish Mount Rushmore (and Tory conference breakdown)
Ava and Ed return to the PolJOE dungeon for this episode of the podcast, where we catch up on what the runners and riders in the Tory leadership contest as the…
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Another round: Inside Andrew Tate's Romanian compound
Oli spoke with former Vice journalists Matt Shea and Jamie Tahsin about the time they spent with Andrew Tate in Romania taking part in the masculinity test he…
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Reacting to Keir Starmer's speech with senior Labour politicians
Ava and Laura catch up with Barry Gardiner, Tracy Brabin, Alastair Strathern, and Anas Sarwar to analyse Keir Starmer's first speech to Labour conference as…
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Rachel Reeves' promises at Labour Conference (feat. Andrew Fisher)
Welcome to the PoliticsJOE Podcast. Ava and Laura are joined by the Corbyn-era director of Labour policy, Andrew Fisher, to analyse Rachel Reeves' conference…
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Opening night at Labour Conference
Welcome to the PoliticsJOE Podcast Ava and Laura are podcasting from Labour Conference. They chat a less than ideal weekend of headlines for Keir Starmer's…
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Another round: Adam Friedland on Kamala Harris, Israel and Palestine, and Starmer's Arsenal tickets
This is not The Adam Friedland Show - it's the PoliticsJOE Podcast. But, Ed and Seán are joined by its host for this wide ranging discussion of British and…
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An entirely uncontroversial episode about Brexit, abortion, and Scottish independence
Welcome to the PoliticsJOE Podcast. Ed and Ava unite to talk about the tenth anniversary of the Scottish independence referendum, John Major's opinions on that…
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The Prime Minister's new clothes
Welcome to the PoliticsJOE Podcast. Ed returns to join Ava. They chat Keir Starmer's meeting with Italy's Giorgia Meloni to discuss immigration. Then, whether…
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Another round: Carol Vorderman on the insane weirdness of Tories
We had the pleasure of being joined at JOE Towers by Carol Vorderman for a chat about all things political. Here Carol reacts to some choice moments of the…
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Is this the end of the NHS as we know it?
Ava attended Starmer's speech this morning in which he announced three fundamental reforms to the NHS. She was joined by Laura in the studio to discuss whether…
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PMQs analysis
Welcome to the PoliticsJOE Podcast. PMQs is back and Oli and Ava are here to analyse it - alongside chat about Chaucer and the Unibomber. Presenters: Oli…
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Cold as Your Nan (Taylor's Version)
Welcome to the PoliticsJOE podcast. Today we're getting into Keir Starmer's decision to strip some pensioners of their winter fuel allowance. Then, we look to…
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Another Round: How Liz Truss ruined the country with Anthony Seldon
Historian and author Sir Anthony Seldon swung by JOE Towers this week to chat to us about his new book, Truss at 10: 49 Days That Changed Britain. During the…
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Findings of the Grenfell Inquiry (and PMQs)
Welcome to the PoliticsJOE Podcast. Ava and Laura discuss the damning findings of the Grenfell Inquiry released today. Then, the chat the first PMQs back after…
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There's a new party in parliament
Welcome to the PoliticsJOE Podcast. Ava is joined by Laura and Seán as news breaks of the new Independent Alliance of MPs in parliament, involving Jeremy…
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Another round: What's next for the Conservative Party? (with Telegraph political editor, Ben Riley-Smith)
The Telegraph's political editor Ben Riley-Smith swung by JOE Towers to talk to Oli about his new book, Blue Murder: The Rise and Fall of the Conservative…
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Phantom Tax
Welcome to the PoliticsJOE Podcast. Ed and Ava discuss the paranormal and pranking, before chatting with Dr Richard Murphy about Keir Starmer's economic plans…
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Definitely, maybe a podcast about politics
Welcome to the PoliticsJOE podcast. Should we tax gear to fill the £22 billion blackhole in the economy? Oli, Ed, and Ava are reunited to chat the Oasis…
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Another round: KNEECAP on bridging divides, British colonialism, and the far-right
To mark the release of their self-titled movie in Britain, Belfast rap trio KNEECAP sat down with us this week for a chat. We get into the resurgence of the…
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The boyfriends of Taylor Swift
Welcome to the PoliticsJOE podcast. It's another helping of dudes rock, with a thoughtful chat on masculinity after Ed's interviews with boyfriends attending…
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Farage's freebies and Starmer's ASOS haul
Welcome to the PoliticsJOE Podcast. It's once again the platonic ideal of a podcast as Oli and Ed chat MPs declaring their alternative income sources and…