Oh God, What Now?

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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: Guardian writer Rafael Behr • Rachel Cunliffe of the New Statesman • New Statesman columnist Jonn Elledge • Writer and host of This Is Not A Drill Gavin Esler • Social affairs journalist Hannah Fearn • Comedian Matt Green • The Lead's Westminster Editor Zoë Grünewald • Group Editor Andrew Harrison • Comedy writer Jason Hazeley • Podmasters Managing Editor Jacob Jarvis • Journalist Marie Le Conte • Writer and commentator Ros Taylor Sign up and get ad-free shows earlier than anyone else: patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow. Oh God, What Now? is a Podmasters production

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  1. 10h ago

    Lame Donald Duck – America’s brutal revenge on MAGA

    At last, at last… After suffering two years of shame, cruelty and corruption, Americans render a devastating verdict on Trump, his war, his careless greed and the entire Republican establishment. An electoral wave of Biblical proportions sweeps away Trump stooges and raises up a new, diverse generation of progressive superstars. So what happens next? Will the Democrats have the guts to use their new power? And how will a humiliated Trump respond? Marquette University politics professor Julia Azari joins us to sift through the ruins of MAGA.  Plus: Why Shabana Mahmood’s revised policy on Indefinite Leave to Remain is still a disgrace… Exodus at the Telegraph… and should Germany rebuild Hitler’s holiday home?  • Questions for But Your Emails? Thoughts? Comments? Email us at ogwn@podmasters.co.uk.  ESCAPE ROUTES • Jason recommends Ghosts: The Possession of Button House, bringing back all your favourites from the much-loved sitcom.  • James recommends Kornacki Cam where NBC News analyst Steve Kornacki talks through electoral data ASMR-style.  • Julia has been enjoying the novel A Dog In Georgia by Lauren Grodstein, which isn’t out in the UK yet, and Nobody Wants This on Netflix – complete with hot rabbi.  • Andrew has been reading the Kafkesque science fiction book There Is No Antimemetics Division by QNTM (or has he?). Buy it throughour affiliate bookshop and you’ll help fund OGWN by earning us a small commission for every sale. Bookshop.org’s fees help support independent bookshops too.   • Support us on Patreon for the Extra Bit, ad-free episodes and more. Exciting news coming soon…  Presented by Group Editor Andrew Harrison with James Ball and Jason Hazeley. Audio Production by Tom Taylor. Art direction: James Parrett. Theme tune by Tom Taylor and Simon Williams. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. www.podmasters.co.uk  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Lame Donald Duck – America’s brutal revenge on MAGA

  2. 23h ago · Subscribers Only

    EXTRA BIT – Kid’s stuff – Should you still love the things you did when you were aged ten?

    On this week’s bonus for Patreon people… If there was ever a week for the Extra Bit to take a break from heavy-duty politics it’s now. So we’re looking at the enduring appeal of things we loved when we were ten years old. Is it infantilising to still feel the pull of Lego, comic books and video games – or a sign of good mental health? Do men and women have different relationships with the ephemera of youth? Is there ever a time to put away childish things? Or is the desire to grow up itself childish? Listen and then play this song [[ https://open.spotify.com/track/4E3LqCQtXH70B7c0ByJB4t?si=681d16e23aca44be ]] loud. Presented by Andrew Harrison. Audio Production by Tom Taylor. Art direction: James Parrett. Theme tune by Tom Taylor and Simon Williams. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. www.podmasters.co.uk

    EXTRA BIT – Kid’s stuff – Should you still love the things you did when you were aged ten?

  3. 2d ago

    Why can’t the BBC stop bigging up Farage?

    The BBC created Nigel Farage. Endless “spiky” guest slots led to a sense of legitimacy, then inevitability, and now a fear of NOT covering the man they still think – despite Reform’s declining polls – is the PM-in-waiting. Why can’t our public broadcaster quit marketing a man and a party which wants to destroy it? Or is it caught in a Catch-22 where they either promote Reform or, by ignoring them, let them off the hook? Will it all pay off in Prime Minister Farage attempting to destroy the BBC forever? Plus, in related matters… Are we finally, finally at the end of the age of politics as cheap entertainment?  • Hear James Ball on the problem with Meta’s “Pervert Glasses” on today’s edition of The Bunker • Questions for But Your Emails? Thoughts? Comments? Email us at ogwn@podmasters.co.uk.  ESCAPE ROUTES • Ros has been watching David Attenborough’s Blue Planet III on iPlayer. • Raf recommends A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler. Buy it through our affiliate bookshop and you’ll help fund the podcast by earning us a small commission for every sale. Bookshop.org’s fees help support independent bookshops too. • Marie watched the Factory/Happy Mondays movie 24 Hour Party People largely for the Andy Burnham vibes in the area.  • Zoe recommends Tony, the biopic of Anthony Bourdain.  • Support us on Patreon for ad-free episodes and more.  Presented by Zoë Grünewald with Rafael Behr, Marie le Conte and Ros Taylor. Audio Production by Robin Leeburn. Art direction: James Parrett. Theme tune by Tom Taylor and Simon Williams. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. www.podmasters.co.uk  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Why can’t the BBC stop bigging up Farage?

  4. 6d ago

    We are all Doomsday Preppers now

    Have YOU done YOUR emergency stash of sardines, toilet paper and Kit-Kats? The government’s warnings to stockpile tinned food and water set off a mix of panic, confusion and (from the usual suspects) mockery… but should we all be taking preparedness more seriously? Is Britain going to have to accept bigger changes in our society as the world gets more dangerous?  Plus: We look into what the “fiscal devolution” and a hundred quid off energy bills in John Healey’s first Budget all mean. It was boring, but is boring good in these straitened times? And in the Extra Bit for Patreon people, take your mind off the misery with the Oh God, What Now? winter break guide, as the panel shares some unexpectedly delightful destinations for an autumn escape.  • Questions for But Your Emails? Thoughts? Comments? Email us at ogwn@podmasters.co.uk.  ESCAPE ROUTES • Jonn watched The Lion in Winter – “like Succession with Henry II” • Hannah watched Steven Knight’s Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger • Rachel has been reading Anthony Horowitz’s latest book, A Deadly Episode • Ros has been bingeing Polish thriller The Mire on Netflix • Support us on Patreon for the Extra Bit, ad-free episodes and more.  Presented by Ros Taylor with Hannah Fearn, Rachel Cunliffe and Jonn Elledge. Produced by James Liddell. Audio Production by Simon Williams. Art direction: James Parrett. Theme tune by Tom Taylor and Simon Williams. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor Andrew Harrison. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. www.podmasters.co.uk  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    We are all Doomsday Preppers now

  5. Oct 29 · Subscribers Only

    EXTRA BIT – Our Alternative Winter Break Guide

    On this week’s bonus for Patreon people… Dreaming of a trip away but unsure of where to go if you do manage to get away? Fear not, the panel has you covered. Welcome to the OGWN Alternative Winter Break Guide, a tour of places almost nobody goes – but absolutely should. Jonn, Hannah, Rachel and Ros reveal the under-the-radar destinations that surprised them on their travels – and think you might inspire your next getaway too. Presented by Ros Taylor. Audio Production by Simon Williams. Art direction: James Parrett. Theme tune by Tom Taylor and Simon Williams. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. www.podmasters.co.uk

    EXTRA BIT – Our Alternative Winter Break Guide

  6. Oct 28

    Budget Minicast! – No rabbits in the hat – with economist Jonathan Portes

    Fast reaction to the Budget with Jonathan Portes, King’s College London economics and public policy professor… It was billed as the “boring” Budget, and to be fair Chancellor John Healey mostly delivered – with a few surprises. It was good news for pensioners, motorists and first-time buyers. Banks, meanwhile, were furious about a temporary tax hike, calling it “end of Rome levels of stupidity”. So what did the Chancellor actually announce? And what does it mean for YOU?  • Questions for But Your Emails? Thoughts? Comments? Email us at ogwn@podmasters.co.uk.  • Support us on Patreon for the Extra Bit, ad-free episodes and more.  Presented by Group Editor Andrew Harrison. Produced by James Liddell. Audio Production by Tom Taylor. Art direction: James Parrett. Theme tune by Tom Taylor and Simon Williams. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. www.podmasters.co.uk  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    Budget Minicast! – No rabbits in the hat – with economist Jonathan Portes

  7. Oct 27

    The Midterms – Judgment Day for Donald Trump?

    Like the Democrats we’ve been pinning our hopes on the 2026 US mid-terms to end (or at least interrupt) Trump’s cruel circus… and now they’re finally here. Will the Republicans get the devastating punishment they deserve when America votes on Tue 3 Nov? Are the Democrats now so traumatised by poll upsets that they’re imagining a defeat into existence? And what happens after – if! – the Democrats take both Houses? Congressional staffer turned politics professor at George Washington University Casey Burgat joins us to explain what it all means.  Plus: John Healey’s first Budget is coming. Liz Truss’s terrible, terrible book. And have YOU done your wartime food stockpile? Try the Sensible Prepping Checklist. • Questions for But Your Emails? Thoughts? Comments? Email us at ogwn@podmasters.co.uk • Listen to The Bunker’s Deep Dive on the Sycamore Gap tree killing. ESCAPE ROUTES • Zoë is reading Enchantment: Reawakening Wonder in an Exhausted Age by Katherine May, and it’s a “wonderful bit of escapism”. • James has been playing World of Warcraft Classic to celebrate finishing the edits on his next book. • Casey has been binge-watching The Gentleman on Netflix. • Andrew has been listening to No Bad Memories, the new album by Australian dance music duo The Avalanches  Buy books through our affiliate bookshop and you’ll help fund OGWN by earning us a small commission for every sale. Bookshop.org’s fees help support independent bookshops too. Presented by Group Editor Andrew Harrison with Zoë Grünewald, James Ball and Casey Burgat. Produced by James Liddell. Audio Production by Chris Jones. Art direction: James Parrett. Theme tune by Tom Taylor and Simon Williams. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. www.podmasters.co.uk  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    The Midterms – Judgment Day for Donald Trump?

  8. Oct 23

    England belongs to who? – The endless debate about “Englishness”

    Who ordered the heated debate about Englishness? Open any newspaper or social media feed and you’ll stumble on some histrionic handwringing about “what it means it be English”. Who decided we needed to talk about this, all the time? And how thin is the cover it provides for your good old actual homegrown racism? We debate the debates in a conversation which contains cricket, Suella Braverman, Paddington, an “orchestra of dogwhistles”, Norman Tebbit, GB News’s “British-only radio station”, and surprising revelations about both of Seth’s grand-dads. Guaranteed relevant to Scottish, Irish and Welsh listeners too, honest.  Plus: the Jackdaw gas field, the US mid-terms, Liz Truss’s book and other ecological disasters.  • Questions for But Your Emails? Thoughts? Comments? Email us at ogwn@podmasters.co.uk.  ESCAPE ROUTES • Hannah recommends The Diplomat on Netflix.   • Jason thinks you should go and see the documentary NAZA, in which Israeli whistleblowers expose Netanyahu’s military methods. • Marie was “blown away” by the two de Gaulle movies, Résistance and Liberté.  • Seth recommends Michael Crick’s Twittex feed Tomorrow’s MPs which does what it says on the tin.  Support us on Patreon for the Extra Bit and more.  Presented by Seth Thévoz with Hannah Fearn, Jason Hazeley and Marie le Conte. Audio Production by Tom Taylor. Art direction: James Parrett. Theme tune by Tom Taylor and Simon Williams. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. www.podmasters.co.uk  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

    England belongs to who? – The endless debate about “Englishness”
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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: Guardian writer Rafael Behr • Rachel Cunliffe of the New Statesman • New Statesman columnist Jonn Elledge • Writer and host of This Is Not A Drill Gavin Esler • Social affairs journalist Hannah Fearn • Comedian Matt Green • The Lead's Westminster Editor Zoë Grünewald • Group Editor Andrew Harrison • Comedy writer Jason Hazeley • Podmasters Managing Editor Jacob Jarvis • Journalist Marie Le Conte • Writer and commentator Ros Taylor Sign up and get ad-free shows earlier than anyone else: patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow. Oh God, What Now? is a Podmasters production

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