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Helping you make sense of politics – every week.Anoosh Chakelian and the New Statesman team bring you sharp reporting, clear analysis and thoughtful conversations to help you understand what’s really going on in Westminster and beyond.The New Statesman is Britain’s leading source of news and commentary on politics and culture with a progressive perspective. On Politics, our journalists and expert guests cut through the noise of the headlines to explain the forces shaping our world. From the battles inside the Labour Party to the future of the Conservatives, from the rise of Reform UK to the debates that dominate Parliament, we provide the clarity you need to follow UK politics.--START HERE:▶︎ Kemi Badenoch isn't working | Cover Story with Tom McTague▶︎ Do billionaires really benefit the UK?▶︎ One year of Labour rule: can things still only get better?--LISTEN AD-FREE:📱Download and subscribe in the New Statesman app to enjoy all our episodes without the ads.--MORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:❓ Ask a question - we answer them on the podcast every Friday⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter in your inbox every morning✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email every Saturday--Hosts:Anoosh ChakelianRegular contributors and co-hosts:Tom McTague, Editor-in-chiefAilbhe Rea, Political editorProduction team:Senior podcast producer: Catharine HughesPodcast and video producer: Rob Le MareAssistant producer: Biba KangExecutive producer: Chris Stone Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Feb 6, 2014 • 30min
The New Statesman Podcast: Episode Thirty-Five
Rafael Behr, George Eaton and Caroline Crampton assess David Cameron's future as leader of the Conservatives, Kate Mossman tells Philip Maughan why Taylor Swift isn't only for teenagers, and Ian Steadman considers the likelihood that your house will be swallowed by a giant sinkhole.LISTEN AD-FREE:📱Download the New Statesman appMORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email every Saturday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 30, 2014 • 37min
The New Statesman Podcast: Episode Thirty-Four
On this week's podcast David and George Kynaston talk to NS editor Jason Cowley about Britain's 7 per cent problem: the dominance of the privately-educated in public life. Rafael Behr and Caroline Crampton ask whether Labour are really bashing the rich and Caroline Criado-Perez discusses reforms to the laws on domestic violence.LISTEN AD-FREE:📱Download the New Statesman appMORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email every Saturday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 23, 2014 • 26min
The New Statesman Podcast: Episode Thirty-Three
Rafael Behr, Helen Lewis and George Eaton discuss the progress of London's Crossrail project and the possibility of a gradual re-nationalisation of the train network under Labour, Caroline Crampton asks why Lena Dunham's "Girls" is such a lightning rod for criticism, and Ian Steadman tells us about the space probe which has just woken up on a comet millions of miles from the Earth.LISTEN AD-FREE:📱Download the New Statesman appMORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email every Saturday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 16, 2014 • 30min
The New Statesman Podcast: Episode Thirty-Two
Helen Lewis, George Eaton and Rafael Behr discuss Labour's drive to be the party of the middle class, Philip Maughan talks to New Statesman film critic Ryan Gilbey about reactions to Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street, while Ian Steadman explains why America is running out of the drugs it needs to carry out executions.LISTEN AD-FREE:📱Download the New Statesman appMORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email every Saturday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jan 10, 2014 • 30min
The New Statesman Podcast: Episode Thirty-One
Helen Lewis and George Eaton talk about Ed Balls and Labour's fortunes, Rafael Behr interviews Ryan Shorthouse of Bright Blue about Tory modernisation, and Ian Steadman and Laurie Penny join Helen to discuss trolling and internet abuse.LISTEN AD-FREE:📱Download the New Statesman appMORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email every Saturday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 20, 2013 • 17min
The New Statesman Podcast: Episode Thirty
Rafael Behr, Helen Lewis and George Eaton discuss the year in politics, and make predictions for 2014, while Sean Anderson and Ian Steadman consider the year's best internet memes (with a crib for the uninitiated).LISTEN AD-FREE:📱Download the New Statesman appMORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email every Saturday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dec 13, 2013 • 28min
The New Statesman Podcast: Episode Twenty-Nine
Helen Lewis, Rafael Behr and George Eaton talk about housing and the London mayoral race, Philip Maughan and Michael Prodger round up the real books of 2013, and Ian Steadman explains the possiblities and potential pitfalls of home genome testing.LISTEN AD-FREE:📱Download the New Statesman appMORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email every Saturday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 28, 2013 • 29min
The New Statesman Podcast: Episode Twenty-Eight
A special northern-themed episode of the podcast. George Eaton and Rafael Behr ask - who speaks for the north? Stuart Maconie explains how (not) to write about the north, Philip Maughan reads a new poem by Simon Armitage and Ian Steadman explains what the hell is actually happening with the onlinecryptocurrency Bitcoin.LISTEN AD-FREE:📱Download the New Statesman appMORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email every Saturday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 22, 2013 • 40min
The New Statesman Podcast: Episode Twenty-Seven
Is Labour winning the battle of ideas? Rafael Behr, George Eaton, and Helen Lewis discuss Labour's prospects and the rumbling debate about welfare; we dissect the news that the London Underground is to stay open 24 hours a day, but shed 750 jobs; and Ian Steadman and Sophie McBain ask whether we are approaching the end of the age of antibiotics.LISTEN AD-FREE:📱Download the New Statesman appMORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email every Saturday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nov 15, 2013 • 28min
The New Statesman Podcast: Episode Twenty-Six
We discuss the Conservative Party's attempt to erase their pre-2010 speeches from the internet; Caroline Crampton interviews Adam Price, writer of Danish political drama Borgen; and Ian Steadman reviews a new Science Museum exhibition about the Large Hadron Collider.LISTEN AD-FREE:📱Download the New Statesman appMORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email every Saturday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.


