Academic Meadbh Park spends her time interviewing incels.

She swung by JOETowers to chat with Oli about how mainstream media created the blackpill ideology.

Her new book Blackpilled is out now.

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The private rented sector is broken and tenants across the UK have been waiting for the government to ban no-fault evictions.

Labour MP Alex Sobel tabled the amendment that on top of this ban, would see landlords banned from charging tenants more than one months rent up front.

He's also looking at loosening guarantor laws to help more people get into private rentals.

This interview was originally recorded in January 2025.

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Rent in London has increased by a third over the last 5 years - and wages haven’t. The average rent in the capital is now £2121 a month.

Resultantly, an increasing number of young Brits are living as property guardians in empty schools, police stations, and office blocks, usually awaiting demolition - but is this really a viable solution to the housing crisis?

To find out, junior political correspondent Laura Beveridge visited 27-year-old musician Szofia Rozsa (@rozsa___), who lives in a decommissioned NHS hospital.

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