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Politics Unpacked
Hugo Rifkind unpacks the the politics of the day - and the stuff that's even more important - with the brightest brains from the Times and Sunday Times.
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Episodes
- Politics Unpacked
Andrew Marr's Elizabethans
Matt Chorley talks to legendary broadcaster Andrew Marr about 40 years in the industry, holding politicians to account, and which Britons he thinks will define…
- Politics Unpacked
Harry Enfield
Matt Chorley is joined by legendary comedian Harry Enfield to talk about his new West End Show Windsors: Endgame, creating infamous political comedy characters…
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PMQs Unpacked 21-07-21
Matt Chorley and Times Red Box Editor Patrick Maguire pause the action to analyse the exchanges between Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer at Prime Minister's…
- Politics Unpacked
Times Radio Focus Group 20-7-21
Matt Chorley is joined by former Number 10 Pollster James Johnson to see what the Times Radio focus group make of freedom day, the pingdemic and Boris…
- Politics Unpacked
What did the pandemic ever do for us?
Matt Chorley goes through some of the positive things to come out of the pandemic and covid breakthroughs with Sunday Times Science Editor Ben Spencer, Dr…
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Historical PMQs Unpacked: Episode 1
It's 60 years this week since Prime Minister's Questions started properly in the Commons. Matt Chorley goes back to that first PMQs in 1961, and recreating…
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Wolff at The White House
Matt Chorley talks to Michael Wolff, who has spent the last four years chronicling Donald Trump's presidency. His third book Landslide covers the final days in…
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PMQs Unpacked 14-07-21
Matt Chorley and Times Red Box Editor Patrick Maguire pause the action to analyse the exchanges between Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer at Prime Minister's…
- Politics Unpacked
What the FOI?
The government is subject to an inquiry into the way it's handing Freedom of Information Requests; Matt Chorley speaks to veteran FOI journalists Martin…
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"Five Things You Need To Know About Scottish Politics"
Matt Chorley is joined by the Times' Scottish Political Editor Kieran Andrews for a lowdown on the most important things to know about Scottish politics. PLUS…
- Politics Unpacked
Universities Challenged
Matt Chorley talks about universities and what it will be like for students when they go back next term with the Office for Students's chief executive Nicola…
- Politics Unpacked
Can't handle the Ruth
Matt Chorley is joined by former leader of the Scottish Conservatives Ruth Davidson on the union, indyrefs and why she's ruling herself out as Boris Johnson's…
- Politics Unpacked
PMQs Unpacked 07-07-21
Matt Chorley and Times Red Box Editor Patrick Maguire pause the action to analyse the exchanges between Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer at Prime Minister's…
- Politics Unpacked
The Politics of Petrol
Petrol prices are at an 8 year high - Matt speaks to the RAC to find out why and asks whether it's actually a good thing. And on Tuesday's its Finkelvitch!…
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Unions strife
Author Matt Speaks to two union general secretaries, historian Tim Bale and Times Red Box's Patrick Maguire to ask how the relationship between Labour and the…
- Politics Unpacked
Why isn’t Labour doing better?
Matt Chorley looks at the Batley and Spen by-election results with analysis from the Times' Eleni Courea, pollster Chris Curtis, former Labour minister Lord…
- Politics Unpacked
"Best of Frenemies"
Matt Chorley is joined by Sky News Deputy Political Editor Sam Coates to relive the drama of five years ago this week, when Boris Johnson pulled out of the…
- Politics Unpacked
PMQs Unpacked 30-6-21
Matt Chorley and Times Red Box Editor Patrick Maguire pause the action to analyse the exchanges between Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer at Prime Minister's…
- Politics Unpacked
Times Radio Focus Group: One Year Of Politics
Matt Chorley and former Number 10 Pollster James Johnson review the year in politics through the eyes of the Times Radio focus group to mark the station’s…
- Politics Unpacked
Sajid Javid's in-tray
Matt Chorley asks what's next for Hancock, Sajid Javid and the Department of Health. He speaks to The Times' Political Editor Steven Swinford, former Political…
- Politics Unpacked
Dying Well
Matt Chorley speaks to Tanni Grey Thompson, Clair Fisher and Nancy Hey about how end of life care can be made better. PLUS The Sunday Times Josh Glancy and the…
- Politics Unpacked
The Man Who Invented The Red Wall
Matt speaks to pollster and analyst James Kanagasooriam who coined the term Red-Wall in 2019 to describe areas in the North whose constituents tended to vote…
- Politics Unpacked
PMQs Unpacked 23-6-21
Matt Chorley and Sunday Times Political Editor Tim Shipman pause the action at Prime Minister's Questions to analyse the exchanges between Boris Johnson and…
- Politics Unpacked
E-scooters, future or fad
E-scooters, they're being trialled in over 30 areas in the UK, some say they're the future of green urban travel, whilst others say they're a disruptive fad…
- Politics Unpacked
Secrets of The Lobby
Matt Chorley speaks to Times Radio's own Carole Walker about her new book 'Lobby Life' and speaks to Theresa May's Press Secretary Paul Harrison as well as…
- Politics Unpacked
One less blue brick in the wall
Matt Chorley speaks about the symbolic and surprising result of the Chesham and Amersham by-election where the Liberal Democrats took it from the…
- Politics Unpacked
Let's chat about history
History teaches us a lot. It allows us to understand how people and societies behave, understand how wars erupted and how pivotal moments in history have…
- Politics Unpacked
PMQs Unpacked 16-6-21
Matt Chorley and Sunday Times Political Editor Tim Shipman pause the action at Prime Minister's Questions to analyse the exchanges between Boris Johnson and…
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How Do You Jab The World?
After the G7 pledged 1 billion jabs for the developing world, Matt Chorley speaks to a panel of experts including Jane Halton, Lily Caprani, Mary Stephen…
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Times Radio Focus Group - June 2021
This month the Times Radio focus group is chaired by legendary US pollster Frank Luntz, who speaks to swing voters about lockdown, taking the knee, Joe Biden's…
- Politics Unpacked
A funny thing happened at the G7
Matt Chorley is in Cornwall for the G7. He speaks to Esther Webber from Politico and Tom McTague from the Atlantic. And with remembrances of G7s past, former…
- Politics Unpacked
Boris vs Biden
Matt Chorley speaks to Patrick Maguire, the Red Box Editor, who broke the story that US diplomats had issued an extraordinary rebuke to Boris Johnson's…
- Politics Unpacked
PMQs Unpacked 09-6-21
Times columnists Alice Thomson and Robert Crampton pick over the day's news, then Matt Chorley and Tim Shipman pause the action at Prime Minister's Questions…
- Politics Unpacked
The Special Relationship with Matthew Barzun
Matt Chorley speaks to Barack Obama's Ambassador to the UK Matthew Barzun about his book, The Power of Giving Power Away, his time in London and what happened…
- Politics Unpacked
Why Bristol ?
One year since the toppling of the Colston statue, Matt Chorley tours the city with a long history of protests, and speaks to the mayor Marvin Rees. PLUS…
- Politics Unpacked
The pressure of Long-Covid
Luke Jones is sitting in for Matt Chorley and talks about long-covid after the ONS reveals around one million people in the UK have reported experiencing "long…
- Politics Unpacked
The Law of the Future
Luke Jones is sitting in for Matt Chorley and hears about how the pandemic has made the courtroom virtual and what lies in store for the future of the legal…
- Politics Unpacked
Disunited Kingdom 02-06-21
Luke Jones is once again sitting in for Matt Chorley and as the race to the 21st June is hotting up, hears about the situation in intensive care to find out is…
- Politics Unpacked
Tricks of the trade
Luke Jones is in for Matt Chorley again and hears about the life and times of another 'Pre-Pandemic Professor', this time it's Professor of Immunology, Danny…
- Politics Unpacked
"You have no authority here, Luke Jones"
Luke Jones sits in for Matt Chorley and speaks to Professor of Social Psychology at the University of Kent Dominic Abrams and Former Chief Constable for…
- Politics Unpacked
Chariots of Fire
The Tokyo Olympics is to go ahead in July, Matt Chorley speaks to current and former Olympic and paralympic athletes Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, Tom Bosworth…
- Politics Unpacked
"It's Hard Being Green"
Is the Green Party having a resurgence? Matt Chorley speaks to pollster Chris Curtis and Times Radio Political Correspondent Charlotte Ivers about how the…
- Politics Unpacked
PMQs Unpacked 26-5-21
Times columnist Robert Crampton and John Stevens from the Daily Mail pick over the day's news. Then Matt Chorley and Red Box Editor Patrick Maguire pause the…
- Politics Unpacked
Remembering George Floyd
On the first anniversary of George Floyd's death, Matt Chorley speaks to his school friend Jonathan Veal about his memories of Floyd and reflections on the…
- Politics Unpacked
When The Crowd Say Bo' Select Committee
Ahead of Dominic Cummings' appearance at the Science and Technology Select Committee on Wednesday, Matt Chorley speaks finds out what select committees do, and…
- Politics Unpacked
Interview With MI5
In his first interview since taking over the domestic spy agency, MI5's Director General Ken McCallum speaks to Matt Chorley, along with the head of…
- Politics Unpacked
What Red Wall voters want
Matt Chorley finds out what Red Wall voters really think with YouGov pollster Patrick English and the re-elected Conservative Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen…
- Politics Unpacked
PMQs Unpacked 19-5-21
Times columnists Alice Thomson and Robert Crampton pick over the day's news, then Matt Chorley and Tim Shipman pause the action at Prime Minister's Questions…
- Politics Unpacked
Kevin McCloud On The Politics Of Housing
What does home ownership mean about your politics? As parliament debate the housing element of the Queen's Speech, Matt Chorley speaks to property royalty…
- Politics Unpacked
Crime and Punishment
As parliament debates the bills related to crime in the Queen's Speech, Matt Chorley speaks to Shadow Domestic Violence Minister Jess Philips, Former Durham…
- Politics Unpacked
The Art of Reshuffles
After Labour's reshuffle earlier this week, Matt Chorley speaks to the people who've conducted them and the people who've been on the receiving end of a…
- Politics Unpacked
The future of Scottish politics
As the Scottish parliament is sworn in, Matt Chorley looks at the history of Holyrood and speaks to one of the new MSPs, Liberal Democrat's Alex Cole Hamilton…
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Disunited Kingdom - Post-Election Special
Matt Chorley is joined by journalists from the four corners of the UK Parliamentary Correspondent at Yorkshire Live Alexandra Rogers Chief Reporter at the…
- Politics Unpacked
The Queens Speech
Matt Chorley and Times Radio's Chief Political Commentator Tom Newton Dunn analyse the announcements made in the Queen's Speech, and Matt speaks to the head of…
- Politics Unpacked
Reshuffle Kerfuffle
In the wake of Labour’s reshuffle, Matt Chorley is joined by Pollster John Curtice, Professor of Politics Roger Awan Scully and Labour List’s Sienna Rodgers to…
- Politics Unpacked
How to be an astronaut
Matt Chorley straps in to a centrifuge to experience the G-force of going into space, and speak to two real life astronauts Clayton Andrew and Chris Hadfield…
- Politics Unpacked
Disunited Kingdom Election Special
Ahead of local elections Matt Chorley is joined by Hannah Al-Othman who is News Reporter for the Sunday Times based in Manchester, Scottish Political Editor at…
- Politics Unpacked
Times Radio Focus Group - May 2021
Two days out from the local elections, Matt Chorley is joined by former Number 10 pollster James Johnson to convene the Times Radio focus group, this month…
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"When Political Stunts Go Wrong"
As campaigning for the local elections hots up, Matt Chorley looks at some of the most iconic political stunts, from the the Mirror Chicken to Dave the…
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"Bin Laden's Death - Ten Years on"
This weekend marks the 10th anniversary of the US mission to capture al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden, which resulted in his death. Matt Chorley speaks to Times…