• Christmas Q&A Special
    Dec 25 2024

    Welcome to the PoliticsJOE Podcast.


    It's the Christmas Q&A Special!


    Oli, Ed, and Ava enjoy some Madri and Pringles while answering your questions.


    Presenters: Oli Dugmore, Ava Santina, and Ed Campbell

    Producer: Laura Beveridge

    Sting design: Chris White

    Production: Sam Sharrocks and Seán Hickey


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    35 mins
  • The future of Britain's post-industrial towns
    Dec 23 2024

    Welcome to the PoliticsJOE Podcast.


    2024 has seen the continued closure of the industries that once fuelled the British economy. Ava and Laura discuss the towns they visited this year - from Grangemouth's oil refinery to Port Talbot's Steelworks - and what the future may hold for them.


    Presenters: Ava Santina and Laura Beveridge

    Producer: Laura Beveridge

    Sting design: Chris White

    Production: Sam Sharrocks


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    23 mins
  • Another Round: The hypocrisy of consumer capitalism
    Dec 21 2024

    Sky's Economics Editor - and author of multiple books on the topic - swung by JOETowers to chat to Oli about his latest title Material World.


    Material World is out now.


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    53 mins
  • PMQs (and if Starmer needs to befriend Musk)
    Dec 18 2024

    Welcome to the PoliticsJOE Podcast.


    Ava and Ed react to the last PMQs before Parliament breaks for Christmas, before disagreeing over Farage's latest meeting with Musk.


    Presenters: Ava Santina and Ed Campbell

    Producer: Laura Beveridge

    Sting design: Chris White

    Production: Izzy Duffus


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    38 mins
  • Nigel Farage could be the next Prime Minister (and Royal Mail is over)
    Dec 16 2024

    Welcome to the PoliticsJOE Podcast.


    Ed and Ava are re-united to discuss the government approved sale of the Royal Mail to a Czech billionaire and the latest in the Prince Andrew spy drama.


    Presenters: Ava Santina and Ed Campbell

    Producer: Laura Beveridge

    Sting design: Chris White

    Production: Sam Sharrocks


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    49 mins
  • Another Round: How the Treasury keeps you poor
    Dec 14 2024

    Economist - and Knight of the Realm - Paul Collier swung by JOETowers to chat about regional inequality in the UK, the Treasury's role in creating it, and how to fix it.


    His new book Left Behind: A New Economics for Neglected Places is out now.


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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • PMQs analysis and the attack on cousin love
    Dec 11 2024
    Before we get into the meat and spud of this week's PMQs analysis, we reflect on the presentation of a bill to ban first cousins marrying each other, and one brave MPs decision to stand against such overreach.

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    50 mins
  • Reading United Healthcare CEO shooter fanfiction
    Dec 9 2024

    Welcome to the PoliticsJOE Podcast.


    Ed and Oli are re-united for a Dudes Rock episode of the podcast. As Assad is reported to be in Moscow, Ed and Oli discuss the Syrian civil war's connection to UK politics. Then, Ed reads Oli fanfiction about United Healthcare's CEO shooter - and what this means for class consciousness in the USA.


    Presenters: Oli Dugmore and Ed Campbell

    Producer: Laura Beveridge

    Sting design: Chris White

    Production: Sam Sharrocks, Oli Johnson, and Seán Hickey


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    1 hr and 7 mins