Make Auntie Great Again – Will Trump destroy the BBC?
Trump and the right wing press are gleefully hounding the BBC over a clumsy speech edit – will they succeed in taking down the broadcaster? Plus, manifesto promises – there’s a huge fuss over Labour potentially breaking them, but is that anything new? And in the extra bit for supporters – reasons to be a Luddite! The panel rallies against smart technology.
• Rachel suggests Fergus Butler-Gallie’s book Touching Cloth
• Jonn recommends Fergus Craig’s upcoming book I'm Not the Only Murderer in My Retirement Home
• Marie is reading New Boy by William Sutcliffe
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Presented by Seth Thevoz with Marie Le Conte, Rachel Cunliffe and Jonn Elledge. Audio Production by Robin Leeburn. Art direction: James Parrett. Theme tune by Cornershop. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production.
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Budget ’25 – Why Rachel Reeves should hold her nerve
Tax rises! Cuts to everything! Here comes the pain! Seldom has a Budget been heralded with such dire warnings… if you believe the Toryform Press. But according to Giles Wilkes – Institute for Government fellow and former adviser to Vince Cable and Theresa May – Britain isn’t in such a disastrous state after all. In a weirdly optimistic conversation he joins Andrew Harrison and Jonn Elledge to look at the real story of Britain’s finances; why Brexit is an even bigger drag anchor than the Treasury will admit; and why the embattled Chancellor needs to stick to her course.
ESCAPE ROUTES
• Jonn has been watching The Celebrity Traitors, yes that again, do our panel ever watch anything else?
• Giles recommends Wellington: The Iron Duke by Richard Holmes.
• Andrew recommends the old school BBC adaptation of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy with Alec Guinness.
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Presented by Andrew Harrison with Jonn Elledge Audio and Video Production by Chris Jones. Art direction: James Parrett. Theme tune by Cornershop. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production.
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Mamdani – First we take Manhattan
Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the New York mayoralty race electrifies the global Left, rocks the Democratic establishment and leaves Trump titanically unamused. What does it all mean? Plus: Do we need to save the Conservative Party? Former Digital Minister and Tory MP for Boston and Skegness Matt Warman helps us examine the drastic measures needed to keep Reform out. And in the aftermath of the Huntingdon knife attacks we look at the usual suspects’ rush to make it all about immigration.
ESCAPE ROUTES
• Jason recommends the 1985 series Edge Of Darkness on BBC iPlayer.
• Seth recommends wandering around Dublin because why not?
• Ros recommends Rory Stewart’s new book Middleland.
• Matt Warman recommends Andrew Ross Sorkin’s 1929: The Inside Story of The Greatest Crash in Wall Street History.
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Presented by Ros Taylor with Seth Thévoz and Jason Hazeley. Audio Production by Robin Leeburn. Art direction: James Parrett. Theme tune by Cornershop. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production.
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Starmer’s dilemma – Electoral reform or Farage in No.10?
After decades of waving away electoral reform, Labour and the Tories suddenly have a reason to question First Past The Post – the nightmare prospect of a Reform government. Has proportional representation’s time finally come? How might it happen? And what system would work for Britain? Proud elections wonk David Klemperer of the Institute for Policy Research at the University of Bath joins Rachel Cunliffe and Andrew Harrison for the world’s first Single Transferable Podcast.
• Could a MAGA-style movement happen in Britain? Prof Roger Griffin talks it through with Andrew on The Bunker.
ESCAPE ROUTES
• Rachel recommends K-Pop Demon Hunters on Netflix.
• David recommends West End Girl by Lily Allen.
• Andrew recommends the 30th anniversary reissue of Different Class by Pulp.
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Presented by Andrew Harrison and Rachel Cunliffe. Audio and video production by Chris Jones. Art direction: James Parrett. Theme tune by Cornershop. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production.
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System Failure – Why does British politics feel broken?
British politics feels stalled and the only people benefiting are Farage and the quick-fix demagogues of Reform UK. Why is the debate about our national future frozen and what can we do about it? Special guest Ben Ansell – author of Why Politics Fails – joins us to talk it over. Plus, a But Your Emails special where we answer as many of your questions as is humanly possible. And in the Extra Bit for Patreon people only… where did the obsession with Hallowe’en come from?
ESCAPE ROUTES
• Jonn recommends Alan Johnson’s memoir This Boy
• Ben has been reading the Robert Harris Cicero trilogy. Book One is Imperium
• Ros has been reading The Endless Country by Sami Kent
• Hannah has been watching The Diplomat on Netflix and listening to Lily Allen's new album
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Presented by Ros Taylor with Hannah Fearn and Jonn Elledge. Audio Production by: Tom Taylor. Art direction: James Parrett. Theme tune by Cornershop. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production.
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Making sense of our political hell every Tuesday and Friday! Oh God, What Now? is the no-bulls**t politics podcast, making the unbearable bearable with top quality guests and analysis, plus poor quality jokes.
Regulars include: Guardian writer Rafael Behr • Rachel Cunliffe of the New Statesman • New Statesman columnist Jonn Elledge • Writer and host of This Is Not A Drill Gavin Esler • Social affairs journalist Hannah Fearn • Comedian Matt Green • The Lead's Westminster Editor Zoë Grünewald • Group Editor Andrew Harrison • Podmasters Managing Editor Jacob Jarvis • Journalist Marie Le Conte • Former Mirror editor Alison Phillips • Writer and commentator Ros Taylor
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