Oh God, What Now‪?‬ Podmasters

You might have noticed how terrible Rishi Sunak’s government is on basically everything, yet, if you listen to his cabinet you might think it’s all going swimmingly. How do we survive the next few months of a government eating itself alive without losing our sanity? Plus, why does British politics find it so hard to deal with religious issues? That’s Oh God, What Now? with guest Times Radio’s Hugo Rifkind.


“It’s like watching a man who’s watching his house falling down, running from small DIY job to DIY job but actually making it all worse.” – Ros Taylor.

“I think they think they’re in it to win it, it’s just bonkers, the dogs in the street can see they’re about to lose an election from the centre.” – Hugo Rifkind.

“The problems with authority that Sunak has is that he’s literally not meant to be there.” – Hugo Rifkind.


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Presented by Group Editor Andrew Harrison with Ros Taylor, Yasmeen Serhan and guest Hugo Rifkind. Producer: Chris Jones. Audio production by: Alex Rees. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production.
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Our Monday morning mini-cast for subscribers… This week: Gavin Esler has written a lot of books, both fact and fiction. Join as Alex Andreou quizzes him on the differences in writing across genres, how he’s dealt with critical feedback and his own personal writing process.

“I’ve gone back to non-fiction because at the moment the truth is more unbelievable” - Gavin Esler
“With fiction I always think of characters who would never meet, and I never know where it’s going to end” - Gavin Esler

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Matt Hancock has been giving evidence to the Covid-19 Inquiry and frankly he’s not done himself any good. Alex Andreou has been locked in to the sessions on Thursday and Friday. He joins Andrew Harrison to unpack what the former Health Secretary said – and just how badly he came across. 

• “His appearance was always going to be very defensive.” – Alex Andreou
• “He was doing the same bullshitting that he was being accused of.” – Alex Andreou
• “Someone of his limited ability should never have been in that position.” – Alex Andreou

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The first ceasefire deal in the Israel/Hamas conflict has been signed and hostages have been released. How will the war continue after this pause ends? Yair Wallach is a cultural historian of modern Palestine/Israel at SOAS University of London and joins the panel to discuss. Plus, With the Tories suffering so much in the polls how scared of the Reform UK party should they be? And in the extra bit for subscribers we ask: has Rishi Sunak lost his marbles? We unpack his row with Greece over ancient treasures.

• “Netanyahu has almost been in shock – he’s not been able to form any kind of empathetic response to the Israeli public.” – Yair Wallach
• “Reform is going forward with very clear messaging in a way that the Tory party is having an internal fight over.” – Rachel Cunliffe

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Presented by Dorian Lynskey with Alex Andreou, Rachel Cunliffe, and guest Yair Wallach. Producers: Chris Jones and Alex Rees. Social Media Producer: Jess Harpin. Audio production by: Alex Rees. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production.
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Net migration is at a record high in the UK, and as you might expect the Tories are tearing their hair out over it. After the failure of the Rwanda plan, Home Secretary James Cleverly sayid that plan is not the “be all and end all”, angering those on the very right of his party. Can Sunak provide a credible answer to the backlash the Tory party has received over its migration policies? Or has it lost all public trust? And the general election is somewhere on the horizon, but does it really matter when the election takes place with the polls so in favour of Labour?
“Everyone is pissed off but in different ways.” – Geri Scott.
“I’m not sure Cleverly needs to be dragged to the right to sure-up his position.” – Geri Scott.
“When people are afraid and during a crisis they tend to vote for what they know.” – Ros Taylor
“I think the Tories could benefit from something truly disastrous happening.” – Ros Taylor.
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Written and Presented by Managing Editor Jacob Jarvis with Ros Taylor and Geri Scott. Producers: Chris Jones and Alex Rees. Social Media Producer: Jess Harpin. Audio production by: Alex Rees. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production.
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Hold tight for the white-hot excitement of the Autumn Statement! Why is Jeremy Hunt cutting taxes when public services are in the toilet? And what’s gone under the radar? Special guest Miatta Fahnbulleh of the New Economics Foundation has the receipts and the cheats. Plus, the great inheritance tax panic. Why is a tax that only 4% of estates pay such a hot potato? 
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• “Hunt said very little about how he’s going to resuscitate our public services… To bake in cuts at this stage stores up real problems for the next government.” – Miatta Fahnbulleh 
• “The Tory attack line now is, If you don’t watch out, Labour might do something that WE actually DID…” – Matt Green
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Written and presented by Ros Taylor with Matt Green and Alex Andreou. Audio producer: Alex Rees. Theme music by Cornershop. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production.
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