System of a Climbdown – Starmer: Year One ends in tears
What better way for Labour to celebrate a year in power than with a humiliating climbdown on welfare? Political historian Steven Fielding joins the panel to discuss rebellions, “Austerity PSD”, and how Starmer and Reeves can make Year Two better than Year One. Plus, after the anti-IDF rants by punk band Bob Vylan at Glastonbury, has the festival really become the antisemitic “hatefest” its critics claim? Unlike most of them, our own Andrew Harrison was actually there… And in the Extra Bit for Patreon supporters, is far-right ideologue Matthew Goodwin serious when he says he wants to be Reform UK’s Home Secretary, or just waffling to sell his Substack?
• Listen to Why? with Emma Kennedy: Could we make a real Jurassic Park?
ESCAPE ROUTES
• Rachel has been bingeing on Wimbledon.
• Jonn has been reading Trespasses by Louise Kennedy.
• Steven has been listening to the title track of Close To The Edge by Yes.
• Alison is very excited about the Women’s Euros.
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Tiers for Keirs
With Labour MPs rebelling over Keir Starmer’s planned cuts to welfare benefits – where does he stand now with his party and does even more trouble lie ahead? Plus, the UK’s new industrial strategy is hot off the press. What makes it so ambitious, and has it learned the lessons from Boris Johnson's failed levelling up plan?
ESCAPE ROUTES
• Seth recommends Gilbert and Sullivan’s Princess Ida
• Hannah recommends Slags by Emma Jane Unsworth and the new Adam Curtis series, Shifty
• Zoe recommends Olivia Rodrigo at Glastonbury
• Ros recommends The Four Seasons on Netflix
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Presented by Ros Taylor with Zoë Grünewald, Seth Thévoz and Hannah Fearn. Audio Production by: Robin Leeburn. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production.
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Rivers of Bulls*it – Why is the modern right copying Enoch Powell?
Dog whistle think pieces seem to be back in fashion and right wingers are more frequently using rhetoric that sounds a bit like Enoch Powell. Powell was condemned for Rivers of Blood, why isn’t sounding like him so damaging for the modern right? Plus – AI and copyright. It’s put Labour at odds with Elton John, never a good place to be. Politico’s Joseph Bambridge joins the panel to talk through the furore.
Read Joseph’s piece in Politico: https://www.politico.eu/article/ai-copyright-political-nightmare-labour-uk-models-tech/
ESCAPE ROUTES
• Rachel watched Virgin Island on Channel 4
• Raf has been reading Barbara Kingsolver novels
• Joseph watched The Contestant
• Dorian watched Black Ops
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Presented by Dorian Lynskey with Rafael Behr and Rachel Cunliffe. Producer: Chris Jones. Audio. Production by: Robin Leeburn. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production.
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Oh God, Not Now! – War in Iran and a Brexit anniversary
Happy Dan Hannan Day! We “celebrate” nine years of Desperate Dan’s infamous Brexit prediction. Plus, War in and/or on Iran. Whatever happened to “America First”? Does Britain have any influence on Trump in this? And would Tony Blair have joined in America military action? And… this terrible, terrible heat. As the 1.5 degree limit looks increasingly fanciful, is living in a sweaty Britain the best we can hope for?
Charlotte Nichols MP of Warrington North is our special guest.
ESCAPE ROUTES
• Zoe recommends Shock And War: Iraq 20 Years On on BBC Sounds and Sirens on Netflix.
• Marie recommends Hacks on Amazon Prime.
• Charlotte recommends Everything Must Go by our own Dorian Lynskey and On The Calculation Of Volume by Solvej Balle.
• Ros recommends Lionessheart: The Life and Times of Joanna Plantagenet by Catherine Hanley.
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Presented by Ros Taylor with Marie le Conte and Zoe Grünewald. Audio production by Robin Leeburn. Theme music by Cornershop. Produced by Chris Jones. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production.
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Dawn of the Dread – Ten years of Trump
Trump came down that golden escalator ten years ago this week, and thus began America’s descent to the depths of madness. The gang looks back on his political journey, from launching into the GOP race from Trump Tower to whatever you’d describe where we are now. Plus, Reform UK won loads of council seats – and now it actually has to take charge of things. So, how’s that going? (We promise we say more than just bad.) Then in the Extra Bit for supporters – can we ever be as happy as Finland? And what does that even mean?
• Listen to The Bunker including Andrew’s interview with Peter Ricketts.
ESCAPE ROUTES
• Matt went to see The Ballad of Wallis Island at the cinema
• Zoe went to Primavera in Barcelona – and she says to watch Chappell Roan’s set online if you can!
• Raf went to see Showstopper!
• Dorian suggests Decoder Ring
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Presented by Dorian Lynskey with Rafael Behr, Zoe Grunewald and Matt Green. Producer: Chris Jones. Audio. Production by Robin Leeburn. Music by Cornershop Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production.
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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: Dorian Lynskey, author of The Ministry Of Truth: A Biography of Orwell’s 1984 and host of Origin Story • Writer and commentator Ros Taylor • Rachel Cunliffe of the New Statesman • 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 • Journalist Marie Le Conte • Podmasters Managing Editor Jacob Jarvis • New Statesman columnist Jonn Elledge • Guardian writer Rafael Behr
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