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Oh God, What Now? Podmasters
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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 • Alex Andreou, writer, commentator, cook, actor, secret agent • Writer and commentator Ros Taylor • Rachel Cunliffe of the New Statesman • Writer and host of This Is Not A Drill Gavin Esler • Hannah Fearn of the i paper • Comedian Matt Green • New Statesman policy and politics corresponent Zoë Grünewald • Group Editor Andrew Harrison • Journalist Marie Le Conte • Podmasters Managing Editor Jacob Jarvis
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Is Rishi No-Mates the Tories’ human shield?
Rishi Sunak is clearly terrible at politics, as the Election campaign is showing. Will his lack of ability give the Tory Party a smokescreen for their awful record? Plus, Diane Abbott and Jeremy Corbyn were once Labour stalwarts – but now the left wingers are clashing heavily with Starmer. Could Corbyn win as an independent? Plus, in the Extra Bit for subscribers, why is Britain so obsessed with private schools?
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Presented by Dorian Lynskey with Rachel Cunliffe and Zoë Grünewald. Producers: Chris Jones and Jacob Jarvis. Audio production by Alex Rees. Video production by Keiron Leslie. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production
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Bothers in Arms – the national service fiasco
Rishi Sunak says he’ll bring back national service for all you IDLE YOUTH in his latest raft of randomly selected policies. Will putting teenagers in the military turn it around for the Tories come July? Doubtful. Plus, international trade! As yet more Brexit turkeys come home to roost we welcome back global commerce megabrain Dmitry Grozoubinski – author of Why Politicians Lie About Trade... and What You Need to Know About It – to update us on matters of import. And export.
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Presented by Alex Andreou with Marie Le Conte and Matt Green plus guest Dmitry Grozoubinski . Producer: Chris Jones. Audio production by special guest Alex Rees. Video production by Keiron Leslie. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production
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Election ’24 Update: Sunak and Starmer Square Up
It seems like a lifetime ago that Rishi Sunak called the General Election – even though it’s only been a couple of days. So, how has it gone in the aftermath of that rainy day in Downing Street? Ros Taylor joins Jacob Jarvis to talk about the state of the race so far in the first of what we’re sure will be many bonus podcast updates.
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Presented by Jacob Jarvis with Ros Taylor. Producer: Chris Jones. Audio production by: Jade Bailey. Video production by Chris Jones. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production.
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Election ’24 Update: Sunak and Starmer Square Up
It seems like a lifetime ago that Rishi Sunak called the General Election – even though it’s only been a couple of days. So, how has it gone in the aftermath of that rainy day in Downing Street? Ros Taylor joins Jacob Jarvis to talk about the state of the race so far in the first of what we’re sure will be many bonus podcast updates.
We’re on YouTube!: https://www.youtube.com/@ohgodwhatnow
Presented by Jacob Jarvis with Ros Taylor. Producer: Chris Jones. Audio production by: Jade Bailey. Video production by Chris Jones. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production.
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Election 2024: Things Can Only Get Wetter
Rishi Sunak has only gone and done it – a General Election will finally happen on July 4. Why now? In a super speed podcast put together in the aftermath of the rainiest Number 10 announcement on record, we discuss the new hottest date on the British political calendar. Plus we talk about the colossal scandals where justice has either been delayed or denied. And in the extra bit – it’s the end of Newsnight as we know it, what does the panel think to the BBC’s cost cutting?
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Presented by Andrew Harrison with Hannah Fearn, Jonn Elledge and Yasmeen Serhan. Producer: Chris Jones. Audio production by: Robin Leeburn. Video production by Chris Jones. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production.
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Live in London Part 2: Who was the worst PM of the last 14 years?
And here’s Part 2 of our live show in London. Strap in as the panel discuss the thorniest question in politics – who was REALLY the worst PM of the modern Tory era? – and then take some of your questions. It’s live entertainment at its best!
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Presented by Dorian Lynskey with Ros Taylor, Alex Andreou and Jan Ravens. Live audio by Simon Williams, production by Robin Leeburn. Zoom livestream by Chris Jones and Kieron Leslie. Live events co-ordinator: Jill Pearson. Theme music by Cornershop. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production.
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Customer Reviews
Great radio
OK it’s a podcast. And it’s at least as good as the best of radio plus it’s usually more topical. I particularly appreciate the humour, the insight and the quality of the voices of Ros and Alex.
Hilarious
Best podcast going. I love them all but particularly Alex and Marie. I listen to all the political pods but this one is by far my fave. Sadly the excitement felt when it hits my inbox is huge
Good. Could be better.
An okay podcast that often has hit and miss panellists and can feel just a wee bit smug.
Alex is incredibly insightful and naturally entertaining but often plays second fiddle to other less able hosts.
The show seems to be unable or unwilling to play with the format and improve and seems to adopt changes after other podcasts in the genre have done so.
Some of the format decisions feels clunky and
I have no idea why the show has decided to play within the rules of legacy media having forced “segments” instead of flowing organically. They also call guests panellists.
The show also has a problem with relevancy, covering topics long after they hit the news due to their scheduling.
To be fair, the show has tried to fix this with emergency episodes and the change to a twice weekly format, but recording an episode that drops Thursday to paid backers and Friday to the rest (and probably recorded Wednesday) means that the episode just isn’t as fresh as some of its other podcast rivals.
The show also falls into the west minister bubble, rarely looking at any regional politics and lacking any panelists with insight in those areas when they do.
Locking away discussion around the Scottish first minister’s resignation to “the extra bit”, and thinking the first minister of Wales will struggle because they aren’t a native Welsh speaker really illustrates this podcasts London centric approach.
Panellists frequently agree with themselves and while I understand that the show isn’t going to have guests with widely different views, they do largely seem to all be from London, playing into the perception that the show is just a safe space for London liberal elites.
The podcast can be very good and I’d like to see it do better.
Ultimately the show seems to be trapped between wanting to be a TV show like politics live, and being a podcast.