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Oh God, What Now?
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Oh God, What Now?

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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: Guardian writer Rafael Behr • Rachel Cunliffe of the New Statesman • New Statesman columnist Jonn Elledge • 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 • Comedy writer Jason Hazeley • Podmasters Managing Editor Jacob Jarvis • Journalist Marie Le Conte • Writer and commentator Ros Taylor

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Burnham or Polanski – Who's under more by-election pressure?
18 September 2026

Burnham or Polanski – Who's under more by-election pressure?

It’s the most important by-election ever since the last by-election! The candidates are finalised for the fight for Keir Starmer’s old St. Pancras and Holborn seat. It’s a test for Burnham’s Labour and for Green leader Zack Polanski. Who’s most likely to win? And what would victory and defeat mean for each figurehead? Plus, Mark Carney is having a moment – if Canada can be an “associate member”...
Donations shock – Can Farage buy power for £72m?
15 September 2026

Donations shock – Can Farage buy power for £72m?

Reform has been bolstered with £72 million from crypto billionaires – is it enough for Nigel Farage to buy his way to power? What will the money be spent on? And what rules could change in the wake of this? Plus, Ed Miliband is reshaping Britain’s foreign policy, what is motivating him and what are his goals? Ros Taylor is joined by Marie Le Conte, Rafael Behr and Seth Thévoz to discuss. Escape...
Jon Ronson in the Manosphere of Madness – Weekend Bonus
13 September 2026

Jon Ronson in the Manosphere of Madness – Weekend Bonus

Another of our weekend bonus editions… When author Jon Ronson’s son texted him from a supposed party in a medieval castle (?) and said it was getting “very weird”, Jon had no idea that it would open the door into some of the strangest reaches of the manosphere. In the resulting book The Castle, he meets a fantasist who thinks he’s the new Hugh Hefner; a man who cranks out far-right rage videos...
The Power of Gov – Is this Burnham's biggest problem?
11 September 2026

The Power of Gov – Is this Burnham's biggest problem?

Andy Burnham wants to change who holds the power in Britain, taking the levers of government out of Whitehall’s hands. Plenty of his predecessors have tried – and failed – to make their vision stick. So, can the PM’s model survive contact with reality? Veteran journalist Phil Tinline joins us to weigh in. Plus: poor old Tommy Robinson is apparently skint, de-banked and has “nothing to hide”. So...
Denial and Error – Are Farage and Reform done for?
08 September 2026

Denial and Error – Are Farage and Reform done for?

Nigel Farage’s family has even urged him to “pack it in” and “walk away” amid recent scandals. Can he and his party survive the latest scrutiny? The beleaguered Reform leader tried to appear unruffled at his party conference after a bombshell Channel 4 documentary raised fresh questions about foreign donations. What will come next? Plus: masked anti-migrant protestors took to the streets of Dover...
“Brexit has left us at Trump’s mercy,” says Sir Vince Cable – Weekend Bonus
06 September 2026

“Brexit has left us at Trump’s mercy,” says Sir Vince Cable – Weekend Bonus

Weekend bonus episode… Britain still mired in Brexit, Europe divided, economic stagnation in the West and Donald Trump’s disastrous culture wars and actual wars. Are they all just a blip in human history or does the West’s decline mark the beginning of a new world order? What if that future belongs to rising powers of the East – China and India?That’s the premise of Sir Vince Cable’s new book,...
Farage and Reform’s donation humiliation – Emergencycast!
04 September 2026

Farage and Reform’s donation humiliation – Emergencycast!

Fast reaction with News Statesman’s associate political editor Rachel Cunliffe and Jacob Jarvis. Nigel Farage and Reform are facing another crisis after two – now former – senior officials were filmed in an undercover sting appearing to plot how to circumvent electoral law to bag a £500,000 foreign donation… Reform says it’s all a “hoax”, predictably… Can Reform weather the storm? Is Farage...
How Big Tech is still getting away with it – with kids’ campaigner Baroness Beeban Kidron
04 September 2026

How Big Tech is still getting away with it – with kids’ campaigner Baroness Beeban Kidron

Facebook owners Meta hit the headlines with an $18bn settlement in the US over accusations that its products had harmed kids. But was the bill really so onerous, or just the price of keeping Zuckerberg out of the witness box? Special guest Baroness Beeban Kidron OBE – activist, digital rights champion and former film director – talks us through the reality of the fight to protect kids online;...
Andy’s first day at Big School
02 September 2026

Andy’s first day at Big School

Andy Burnham is feeling a sudden wave of the back-to-school blues. Not only did Keir Starmer tactlessly decide to quit Parliament just before his first Commons speech, but a long list of challenges is also piling up in the PM’s in-tray. So, what’s causing Burnham the biggest headaches? Is the Burnham bounce finally over? And what happens next?Plus: Badenoch reshuffles her shadow cabinet, Iceland...
Is Trump a Russian Asset? – Bonus with The Guardian’s Russia expert Luke Harding
31 August 2026

Is Trump a Russian Asset? – Bonus with The Guardian’s Russia expert Luke Harding

The first of our occasional weekend bonus episodes… Bewildered by the tangled stories of Putin’s war on Ukraine, Trump’s incomprehensible loyalty to the Russian tyrant, and Russia’s interference in British politics? The Guardian’s foreign correspondent Luke Harding ties all the threads together in his riveting new book Betrayed: Trump, Putin And The New Age Of Conquest – laying bare how...