For Wales, See Wales

Jan 29 2025 18 ep. 44 mins 56

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For Wales, See Wales is a podcast helping you better understand the most wonderful country on earth - Wales.

Each week we shine a light on the utterly bizarre (and often hilarious) world of Welsh politics and issues.

So many people care deeply about Cymru but very little attention is given to it by the wider UK media. This podcast aims to help fill this gap.

Guardian columnist Will Hayward along with comedians Mel Owen and Robin Morgan are here to pick apart the political scene in Wales with a combination of journalistic insight and satirical sideswipes.

For Wales, See Wales is a Hayman Media production.

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Ep17: God bless the councillors!

Jan 29 2025 42 mins

“It wasn’t a Nazi salute I promise!” This week the pod covers everything from international politics to local government. Will starts fanboying over a group of Welsh local councillors who took on the Welsh Government and won whereas Mel admits that perhaps she may actually not dislike all politicians! They also breakdown the good and the bad of Mark Drakeford’s interview an

Ep16: Mark Drakeford, Cheese and Politics

Jan 22 2025 65 mins

For Wales, See Wales has their first ever guest in the form of former First Minister Mark Drakeford. What better way to welcome this cheese obsessed politician than with some brie, Caerphilly and…erm… Babybels? The gang scrutinise Mr Drakeford over Labour’s record in Wales and how the Welsh NHS can be fixed. Plus we find out what he really thought of Boris Johnson and what hi

Ep15: Do Reform and Nigel Farage care about Wales?

Jan 15 2025 41 mins

In this week pod Will enters a rage spiral after Reform refuses to name a Welsh leader. The gang discuss whether Nigel Farage’s party (or should that be company) has Wales’ best interests at heart.Elsewhere Mel explains how Welsh cakes once got her in trouble with Mexican border force and Robin makes his pitch to be First Minister.Plus some very exciting news about a live show�

What can Wales do to reach ‘Net Zero’?

Jan 08 2025 63 mins

In this week’s episode, the For Wales See Wales gang get environmental. Will breaks down Wales’ position on the fight against climate change, Mel admits she is a high-emissions girly and Robin confesses a vendetta against Norman Price.From considering the biodiversity of Bannau Brycheiniog to debating the Welsh Government’s plans for adapting the agricultural industry, the th

Ep13: Predictions for 2025

Jan 01 2025 43 mins

Mel, Robin and Will put their heads together to make some bold predictions for what will happen in Welsh politics in 2025.Can we expect an official Welsh leader of Reform? Will the Tories change leader (again)? The gang make their predictions and show their workings. They also start working their way through a string of listener questions including whether Wales is in decline and w

Ep12: It’s Quizmass time

Dec 25 2024 26 mins

Good Will (Hayward) to all men, red-breasted Christmas Robin (Morgan) and jingles Mels (Owen), it’s time for a festive pod. The gang gets very April 2020 and has a quiz. Turns out Mel loves power, Egghead Robin has a very competitive streak and Will knows an uncanny amount about older women. The pod’s males battle it out in a Welsh politics knowledge battle while Mel reflects o

Ep11: Plaid Cymru’s day of reckoning

Dec 19 2024 48 mins

This week Mel asked the big question - “what are you wearing Will?”.Will (and his “Year 8 vibes”) talks through his interview with Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth.Robin and Mel break down and react to exactly how the Senedd might look in 2026 and what the chances are of Reform being the official opposition. Plus the Welsh Government announce their new draft budget and M

Ep10: The Welsh Tories' Massive Mistake

Dec 12 2024 49 mins

If you take one thing from this episode, know this - Mel does not want the church and state to mix.The team breaks down Andrew RT Davies using “the language of the farm” while Will eats Nigella Lawson’s cookies.Robin explains his manifesto, where he lays out why he wants politicians to be paid more and all three guess the only two places in Wales who are projected to have no

Ep9: Polls, First Ministers, Danny Dyer and shoe horns

Dec 04 2024 57 mins

The team breakdown an “earthquake” of a new poll which shows Plaid Cymru leading in Wales for the first time in 14 years. Will interviews Eluned Morgan who sets a pretty ambitious target for the Welsh NHS. Meanwhile Mel analyses the challenge facing the Welsh Tories and asks where the talent is?Though the biggest question the gang answers comes from Robin - exactly what crisps

Ep8: How Welsh are you?

Nov 27 2024 60 mins

So it turns out Will really loves birds of prey…As well as that bombshell, the gang discuss the awful flooding in South Wales. The chat then turns to Welshness and Welsh identity. Robin reveals he was born in England (“don’t hate a baby”), Will realises he has probably gone native while Mel explains her long and turbulent relationship with Welshness that led her from the Co