PoliticsJOE Podcast
PoliticsJOE
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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Aug 20, 2025 • 56min
Epping hotel blocked from housing asylum seekers
It's planning laws all the way down. Ed, Oli, and Ava break down the interim injunction that will stop Epping's Bell Hotel from accommodating asylum seekers, alongside some analysis of the new inflation figures.Subscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 19, 2025 • 46min
Zelenskyy's Conversations with Friends
Dudes rock no more. Seán and Laura wrestle back control of the studio to talk Sally Rooney and the Ukraine summit.Subscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 18, 2025 • 57min
Trump and Zelenskyy Showdown
The dudes that rock are back. After kicking down the studio door, Ed and Oli chew the fat over the showdown at the whitehouse, what constitutes a genocide, and a wartime deli in Edinburgh. Subscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 16, 2025 • 12min
Holocaust survivor destroys Israel and Keir Starmer
Holocaust survivor Stephen Kapos joins us in the studio to deliver a searing critique of Israel’s actions in Gaza, Keir Starmer’s leadership, and the UK’s political establishment. Drawing on his own childhood experiences of persecution, Stephen reflects on the dangers of racism, militarism, and the misuse of Holocaust memory to justify oppression.Subscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 13, 2025 • 15min
My family is trapped in Gaza. Israel must be stopped | Humza Yousaf interview
Today we are joined by former Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf to discuss the unfolding atrocities in Gaza, and how his family have been directly affected by the situation.Subscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 12, 2025 • 37min
The truth about asylum hotel protests
Laura was on the ground at the asylum hotel protest in Canary Wharf yesterday, and returns to tell Seán all about it.Subscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 11, 2025 • 48min
Journalists murdered by Israel
Ed, Ava, and Oli discuss the latest in Gaza, as well as the Palestine Action arrests this weekend.Subscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 10, 2025 • 46min
Adam Curtis interview | SHIFTY: The unauthorised sixth episode
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Aug 9, 2025 • 52min
The Bonnie Blue interview
Entrepreneur Bonnie Blue came by JOETowers this week to chat about her new doc on Channel 4, 1000 Men and Me.Subscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 8, 2025 • 39min
How football became a toy for authoritarian regimes | Joey D'Urso interview
Journalist and author Joey D’Urso joins Oli to unpack the big questions facing modern football, and discuss his new book More Than a Shirt: How Football Shirts Explain Global Politics, Money and Power. From the Lionesses’ recent victory and the growing popularity of women’s football, to the dark side of the game: sportswashing, soft power, and the influence of autocratic regimes like Qatar and Saudi Arabia.Subscribe to How to Rebuild Britain now: https://linktr.ee/howtorebuildbritain Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
