Oh God, What Now?

Nov 07 2024 575 ep. 58 mins 8.9k
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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: Dorian Lynskey, author of The Ministry Of Truth: A Biography of Orwell’s 1984 and host of Origin Story • Writer and commentator Ros Taylor • Rachel Cunliffe of the New Statesman • 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 • Journalist Marie Le Conte • Podmasters Managing Editor Jacob Jarvis • New Statesman columnist Jonn Elledge • Guardian writer Rafael Behr

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Oh God, Not Again – The revolting return of Donald Trump

Nov 07 2024 53 mins  
• Get your tickets to our 10th December live show at the Comedy Store London here! It’s happened, Trump has retaken the White House. How did the orange felon who’s also racist win the election and what might he do now? Andrew Rudalevige is a professor of government at Bowdoin College and joins the panel to confront it all. Plus, in the run-up to Remembrance Day, we dig up the

Harris-Trump finale: Fear of an orange planet

Nov 04 2024 71 mins  
Get your tickets to our 10th December live show at the Comedy Store here! On the eve of the US election, nobody is quite sure how Donald Trump still has a chance of becoming president. But should the orange man lose, how does the Republican Party recover from his reign? Home Front podcast host and Republican campaign veteran. Reed Galen, has been a vehement anti-Trumper for years

Emergency ToryCast – If it’s Badenoch for you, it’s bad enough for me

Nov 02 2024 34 mins  
• Get your tickets to Oh God, What Now? live at the Comedy Store on Tue 10 Dec – now with special guest John Crace of The Guardian. Kemi “start a fight in an empty room” Badenoch wins the Tory leadership, beating Robert Jenrick in a surprisingly low turnout. Will an electorate that’s just turfed out the Conservative Party be in the mood for more of the same only more co

I like big budgets and I cannot lie

Oct 31 2024 64 mins  
Go here to get tickets for Oh God, What Now? live at the Comedy Store on Tue 10 Dec – now with special guest John Crace of The Guardian. Big tax rises, big ambition. Labour’s first budget since regaining power, from Britain’s first-ever female chancellor, is rocking the nation. Beyond frantic headlines in the Tory press, what’s Rachel Reeves up to? Former chief economist

If you voted for better government, then fight for it – with guest Polly Toynbee

Oct 28 2024 64 mins  
• Go here to get tickets for Oh God, What Now? live at the Comedy Store on Tue 10 Dec. Labour’s first budget since regaining power is an opportunity to get back on the front foot and silence its critics on the right. What could Rachel Reeves introduce in this budget, how key is a focus on the NHS going to be, and, importantly, WHO THE HELL does the bins at Buckingham Palace?! P

Starmer vs. The Media – Can Labour handle the press? – with guest Adam Boulton

Oct 24 2024 67 mins  
• Go here to get tickets for Oh God, What Now? live at the Comedy Store on Tue 10 Dec. Starmer’s still under media pressure over the Swiftgate/freebie scandal, he just can’t shake it off… (I'll get my coat). Should Labour give up on getting a fair crack from Britain’s media – and how much are the problems the party’s own fault? Broadcaster and ex-Sky News political ed

Taster – ‘Why do people join cults?’ – from the new series of Why? with Emma Kennedy

Oct 23 2024 11 mins  
A bonus clip from the new series of science and psychology podcast, Why? – from the makers of Oh God, What Now? In Episode One: Most of us think we’re too smart, stable and strong-willed to join a cult – but clearly somebody’s joining them. So why do people willingly give up their free will and independence to join secretive communities with charismatic leaders – an

Squeaky Trump time – with guest Brian Klaas

Oct 21 2024 64 mins  
The US election is hanging in the balance with either candidate looking just as likely to win in November. Brian Klaas, author of Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters and professor of global politics at University College London, says it’s “absurd” that the race is as close as it is and joins the panel to explain how catastrophic a Trump 2.0 Presidency could

Pulp Faction – What's really going on inside the Labour Party?

Oct 17 2024 67 mins  
It’s not been plain sailing for the Labour government since the election, but what’s the state of play within the wider party? Now we’ve had 100 days of Starmer, how are the factions behaving, and where does the real power lie? Morgan Jones is a contributing editor for Renewal and formerly of Labour List – she gives us the lowdown on it all. Plus, why has the UK economy sto

We've picked the wingnuts by mistake!

Oct 14 2024 61 mins  
The Tory leadership race is down to two: Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick – did this really take the Tories by surprise? Plus, we’re 100 days into the new Government. How long does Starmer have before he has to start producing results? And Andrew Harrison talks to ITV’s Deputy Political Editor Anushka Asthana about her new book: Taken as Red How the Election Was Won and Lost