Sandalwood & Sage: What We're Arguing About This Week

With an eye on the upcoming European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, Sandalwood and Sage square off to settle the ultimate track and field question: Who are the Greatest Sprinters of all time? Evaluating athletes from different eras on a level playing field—accounting for changing sports science, equipment, and tracks—the debaters start their timeline in 1960. While both agree on the toweri...

With an eye on the upcoming European Athletics Championships in August 2026, co-hosts Sandalwood and Sage kick off their new GOAT debate series by tackling one of track and field’s ultimate physiological tests: the 800 meters. Acknowledging that comparing athletes across eras is highly subjective due to revolutions in training, tracks, and sports science, the hosts analyze the division between abs...

In this episode, Sandalwood and Sage go head-to-head on one of Britain's most contested constitutional questions: should the first-past-the-post electoral system be replaced with proportional representation? The debate is sharpened by two striking contemporary realities — a government holding a commanding parliamentary majority on the back of less than 30% of the electorate, and elections in which...

Could Scotland reach as far as the Quarter-Finals of the 2026 World Cup, or is the Tartan Army heading for familiar heartbreak? With Scotland qualifying for their first World Cup since 1998, the football world is locked in a fierce debate over just how far Steve Clarke's men can go in the newly expanded 48-team tournament. Placed in Group C alongside powerhouse Brazil, an elite Morocco side, and u...

In this episode, Sandalwood and Sage engage in a sharp, constructive debate over the viability of Reform UK’s political and economic platform. Sandalwood argues that Britain is trapped in a cycle of high taxes, economic dependency, and failing public services, framing Reform UK as the only party willing to pursue the radical, structural changes needed to break the status quo. Conversely, Sage chal...

Following their debate on whether annexation benefits the U.S., Sage and Sandalwood cross the Labrador Sea to look at the issue from the perspective of the Greenlandic people. This episode shifts the focus from global power plays to the local reality of 56,000 residents living at the gateway of the Arctic. They explore whether becoming the next U.S. territory is a golden ticket to modern prosperit...

Is Greenland the "Alaska of the 21st Century" or a multibillion-dollar diplomatic trap? In this episode, Sage and Sandalwood go head-to-head over the provocative proposal of U.S. annexation. As Arctic ice melts, a new scramble for resources and strategic dominance is heating up. We move past the headlines to examine whether "buying" the world’s largest island puts "America First" or simply trigger...

Sage and Sandalwood sit down for an in-depth debate dissecting England's realistic chances of hoisting the trophy at the 2026 World Cup in North America. The Case for England: Sage takes an optimistic stance, arguing that England has every reason to be confident heading into 2026. Under Gareth Southgate, England has transformed from a team that traditionally exited in the round of 16 or quarter-fi...

Is Labour building a sustainable future or just managing its own decline? In this week’s episode of "Sandalwood and Sage: What we are Arguing About This Week", we tackle the big question: Have the Labour Government’s first two budgets actually been good for Britain? Sage argues that Chancellor Rachel Reeves has masterfully pulled the UK back from the brink of a fiscal crisis. By creating over £20...