Iain Dale All Talk

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Award-winning LBC radio presenter, writer and ‘For the Many’ podcast co-host, Iain Dale brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs as he speaks with high profile media and political figures.

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293. Glen Oglaza

Iain Dale interviews political journalist Glen Oglaza about his career in TV covering Hillsborough, Dunblane and the fall of the Berlin Wall among much else - it's all contained in his memoirs WHEN I STORIES and MORE WHEN I STORIES.

58 min
11 DEC

292. Jonathan Ashworth

Iain Dale interviews former Labour MP and shadow cabinet figure Jonathan Ashworth, who's now the boss of the influential Labour Together think tank. They talk about life after losing an election, how the government is getting on, whether he'd like to return to the political front line and more!

48 min
4 DEC

291. Nadine Dorries

Iain Dale interviews former culture secretary Nadine Dorries about her latest book DOWNFALL: THE SELF-DESTRUCTION OF THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY. They discuss what's going wrong for the Tories - and the toxic culture Nadine thinks is rife in Westminster.

57 min
27 NOV

290. Sir Richard Evans

Iain Dale speaks on his LBC show to historian and author Sir Richard Evans - who used to teach Iain at uni! They discuss his book HITLER'S PEOPLE, all about those men and women who created and served the Third Reich - and why so many Germans took part in the crimes of Nazi Germany. Sir Richard also takes calls from LBC listeners.

50 min
20 NOV

289. Katja Hoyer

Iain Dale interviews historian and journalist Katja Hoyer about what life was like in East Germany, where she was born, as well as the fall of the Berlin Wall, getting used to British culture (including Doctor Who) and plenty more besides.

53 min
13 NOV

288. Robert Hardman

Iain Dale interviews Royal journalist and filmmaker Robert Hardman about how King Charles III has settled into the role, whether Donald Trump got along with Queen Elisabeth II and which prime ministers got on best with the late Queen - as well as Robert's book CHARLES III: NEW KING. NEW COURT. THE INSIDE STORY.

54 min
6 NOV

287. Sir Peter Bottomley

Iain Dale interviews former Conservative MP and Father of the House of Commons Sir Peter Bottomley. They discuss his many years of service as an MP, doing battle with journalists and how politics has changed - and much more.

54 min
30 OCT

286. Tom Skinner

Iain Dale interviews political adviser Tom Skinner about his work on James Cleverly's leadership campaign and what went wrong, working in government under Liz Truss - and what the Conservative Party should do next.

54 min

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TRAILER

Introducing: Unprecedented

Brexit, Covid, Partygate, lockdowns, leaks, the war in Ukraine, a cost-of-living crisis and the scandals that plagued our politics. Guto Harri was in the room when the big decisions were made. In this podcast, expect unprecedented access behind the shiny black door of Number 10 Downing Street, during one of the most chaotic periods in British political history. Guto was Boris Johnson’s Communications Chief. When he first walked over the Number 10 threshold, things weren’t normal. A set of circumstances, scandals and chaos that will never be repeated. It was unprecedented. Episode one out now on Global Player.

15/05/2023

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414 Ratings

Liz Truss

9 Aug

Sixsmithridesagain

I just listened to Matthew Stadlen interviewing Liz Truss. I rediscovered all over again how much I like Liz Truss - but I did miss Iain’s kinder approach. Matthew Stadlen’s ‘political’ questioning made for quite uncomfortable listening sometimes, which I never feel with Iain. I’ve had to listen to this in short sections because of Matthew Stadlen’s tone. Just getting to the end now - by golly Mathew Stadlen is snide.
Deborah Slattery

23 May

Red head fiery girl

I have to say I throughly enjoyed, laughed and cried this morning. Your interview with Deborah Slattery was very thought provoking. Thank you.
Liz truss interview

9 Aug

Cr254

Delusional is how I would describe Liz Truss but Matthew’s lack of economic and government structure knowledge meant he was unable to get effectively challenge her washwhite of her own responsibility as a member of the Government and Pm
Best interviewer

11 May

Luke Rigg

In my opinion, Iain is the best political interviewers when it comes to these friendly exploratory chats. Only Andrew Neil beats him but those would be the hard hitting, scrutinising interviews, whereas All Talk is much more conversational.

Award-winning LBC radio presenter, writer and ‘For the Many’ podcast co-host, Iain Dale brings his acclaimed, incisive insight on current affairs as he speaks with high profile media and political figures.