The Politics Show

We talk the budget, and what it means for Labour, and the mysterious case of Reddit's disappearing moderators. (Helen Lewis, George Eaton, Stephen Bush, Barbara Speed) LISTEN AD-FREE: 📱 Download the New Statesman app MORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN: ❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday ⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning ✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email every Satur...

From inheritance tax to maintenance loans to the new "living wage", we bring you a run down of this morning's budget. (Anoosh Chakelian, Stephen Bush, Helen Lewis). LISTEN AD-FREE: 📱 Download the New Statesman app MORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN: ❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday ⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning ✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email every Saturday...

We talk about the financial crisis in Greece, its domestic ramifications, and ask whether the UK really needs another runway. (Helen Lewis, Stephen Bush, George Eaton, Matina Stevis, Caroline Crampton, Jonn Elledge, Anoosh Chakelian) LISTEN AD-FREE: 📱 Download the New Statesman app MORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN: ❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday ⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter ev...

For the 100th episode of the NS podcast, the team explore the politics, economics, and pedagogy of the Harry Potter series. In collaboration with the NS's new pop culture podcast, SRSLY. (Helen Lewis, Caroline Crampton, Anna Leszkiewicz, Stephen Bush, Stephanie Boland, Barbara Speed, Jonn Elledge) LISTEN AD-FREE: 📱 Download the New Statesman app MORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN: ❓ Ask a question – we...

This week, we discuss our interview with Labour leadership hopeful Andy Burnham, and how drone technology could aid women who need abortions. (Helen Lewis, Anoosh Chakelian, Stephen Bush, Barbara Speed, Caroline Crampton.) LISTEN AD-FREE: 📱 Download the New Statesman app MORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN: ❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday ⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning...

We discuss Labour leadership contests and binge-watching Netflix's Orange is the New Black. (Helen Lewis, Stephen Bush, George Eaton, Caroline Crampton, Barbara Speed, Anna Leszkiewicz) LISTEN AD-FREE: 📱 Download the New Statesman app MORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN: ❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday ⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning ✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via...

This week, we discuss party leadership elections, the problem with the tube map, and why we get bored. (Caroline Crampton, Stephen Bush, George Eaton, Barbara Speed, Jonn Elledge, Anoosh Chakelian, Tosin Thompson). LISTEN AD-FREE: 📱 Download the New Statesman app MORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN: ❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday ⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning ✍️ Enjo...

We talk about the Labour leadership race and Ali Smith's How to Be Both. Plus, a poem from a reader. (Caroline Crampton, George Eaton, Anoosh Chakelian, Tom Gatti, Stephanie Boland.) LISTEN AD-FREE: 📱 Download the New Statesman app MORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN: ❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday ⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning ✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via em...

Singer and artist Amanda Palmer and her husband, novelist Neil Gaiman, talk about their guest edit of the New Statesman. LISTEN AD-FREE: 📱 Download the New Statesman app MORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN: ❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday ⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning ✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email every Saturday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

We talk the week in politics (warning: features Tristram Hunt impressions. Listen to the end for a special Easter Egg! (Helen Lewis, Stephen Bush, George Eaton, Anoosh Chakelian). LISTEN AD-FREE: 📱 Download the New Statesman app MORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN: ❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday ⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning ✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email...

The changing political scene in Scotland, discussed by NS editor Jason Cowley and writer Gerry Hassan. LISTEN AD-FREE: 📱 Download the New Statesman app MORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN: ❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday ⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning ✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email every Saturday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We discuss the Labour leadership campaign and the rise and rise of women in comedy. Featuring Helen Lewis, George Eaton, Stephen Bush, Barbara Speed and Anna Leszkiewicz. LISTEN AD-FREE: 📱 Download the New Statesman app MORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN: ❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday ⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning ✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email every Sa...

After the election: the post-mortem. We discuss the results, and look to the future - considering the Labour leadership candidates. (Helen Lewis, Stephen Bush, George Eaton) LISTEN AD-FREE: 📱 Download the New Statesman app MORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN: ❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday ⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning ✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email every...

On the day before the 2015 general election, we talk Scotland (Gerry Hassan, Jason Cowley) and the final polls (George Eaton, Stephen Bush). Hosted by Helen Lewis. LISTEN AD-FREE: 📱 Download the New Statesman app MORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN: ❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday ⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning ✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email every Saturday...

This week, Helen Lewis talks to NS editor Jason Cowley and political editor George Eaton about marginal constituencies and the magazine's endorsement of Labour, and Caroline Crampton and Anoosh Chakelian ask what do those pesky women voters want? LISTEN AD-FREE: 📱 Download the New Statesman app MORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN: ❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday ⏰ Get our daily politics...

This week, Helen Lewis asks Jason Cowley and George Eaton if the SNP are as scary as the Tories say they are, and Stephen Bush and Harry Lambert talk #milifandom LISTEN AD-FREE: 📱 Download the New Statesman app MORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN: ❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday ⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning ✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email every Saturday Ho...

This week, Helen Lewis talks to Stephen Bush about the political landscape in Wales, and Jonn Elledge explains why the Tories's Right to Buy scheme spells disaster for the housing crisis. LISTEN AD-FREE: 📱 Download the New Statesman app MORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN: ❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday ⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning ✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing v...

Helen Lewis, George Eaton and Stephen Bush discuss an exciting week in politics, from yet more televised debates to those pesky non-doms. LISTEN AD-FREE: 📱 Download the New Statesman app MORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN: ❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday ⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning ✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email every Saturday Hosted on Acast. See acast...

This week, Helen Lewis talks to editor Jason Cowley and George Eaton about Labour's approach to business, Harry Lambert and Stephen Bush talk polls, and Ian Steadman gets philosophical with John Gray. LISTEN AD-FREE: 📱 Download the New Statesman app MORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN: ❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday ⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning ✍️ Enjoy the best of...

In this special edition of the New Statesman podcast, New Statesman editor Jason Cowley speaks to George Eaton and philosopher and contributor John Gray on the question: has Ed Miliband misunderstood the present? LISTEN AD-FREE: 📱 Download the New Statesman app MORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN: ❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday ⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning ✍️ Enjoy...

Helen Lewis speaks to Anoosh Chakelian, Stephen Bush and Ashley Cowburn about the week in politics and the end of term. LISTEN AD-FREE: 📱 Download the New Statesman app MORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN: ❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday ⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning ✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email every Saturday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for m...

Cost-neutral rabbits alive! It's a special episode of the podcast this week as we get nerdy about all things #Budget2015. Helen Lewis, Anoosh Chakelian and Stephen Bush discuss whether Osborne's budget was purely political, the response from Parliament and what it all means in practical terms. LISTEN AD-FREE: 📱 Download the New Statesman app MORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN: ❓ Ask a question – we ans...

This week, Anoosh Chakelian speaks to George Eaton and Stephen Bush about Ed Balls, while Helen Lewis, Stephanie Boland and Jonn Elledge get angry about the internet, and Ian Steadman and Tosin Thompson evaluate the Apple watch. LISTEN AD-FREE: 📱 Download the New Statesman app MORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN: ❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday ⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every m...

This week, Helen Lewis talks to Stephen Bush and Jonn Elledge about swinging polls and televised debates, and Ian Steadman and Tosin Thompson discuss a fossil discovery that alters our understanding of the origins of man. LISTEN AD-FREE: 📱 Download the New Statesman app MORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN: ❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday ⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning...

This week, George Eaton and Stephen Bush ask if it's too soon to write off Ukip, Ian Steadman tells you everything you need to know about dwarf planet Ceres, and Stephanie Boland praises London's Feminist Library. LISTEN AD-FREE: 📱 Download the New Statesman app MORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN: ❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday ⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning ✍️ Enjoy...