Podcast Ep. 38: Budget Special with added Tory meltdown & ‘Hulk Hogan’ vs Gawker

RD E38, George Osborne and Hulk Hogan

In our budget special we discuss chancellor George Osborne’s plans for the next year, Iain Duncan Smith’s ragequit from the cabinet, and – er – Hulk Hogan’s sex tape case against Gawker.

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Podcast Ep. 37: Queenie on Brexit, Islamic State job applications & International Wimmin’s Day

RD E37, The Queen, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, We Can Do It poster

In your weekly slice of political chatter, the gang ponders whether Lizzie Windsor really does back Brexit, what qualifications you need to join Islamic State, and what exactly the point is of International Women’s Day.

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Is Matt Forde Britain’s answer to Jon Stewart?

Matt Forde, via his website

The berserk news anchor leering over his desk as he fulminates against the blunders and mischief of his government is a phenomenon better known to America than to Britain.

For the longest time Britons have been forbade from this kind of open partisanship practised by the likes of Fox News, our broadcasters being bound by Ofcom guidelines which confine them to a mostly centrist political stance.

It is with this in mind that one must assess Matt Forde, a former Labour staffer turned comedian (at a time when there was some distinction) currently piloting a show that satirises the week’s events in a chat show format.

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Podcast Ep. 36: Trump vs Clinton, Ireland’s electoral stalemate and Snooper’s Charter

RD E36 Donald Trump, Enda Kenny, GCHQ

Donald Trump’s near-certain nomination as a potential president, Ireland’s general election result and the revival of the Snooper’s Charter in Britain are the three topics for this week’s podcast.

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