Oh God, What Now? – the politics podcast
@ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social
Making sense of our political hell every Tues and Fri. From Podmasters UK. Listen: https://linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnowpod Back us: http://patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow Posts without signatures from the production team.
Would Keir Starmer have been willing to call for Gianni Infantino's resignation on the record? @rafaelbehr.bsky.social explains why Andy Burnham’s public call for the FIFA boss' head could herald a "new way of doing politics." Listen to the full conversation ➡️ linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...
🌹 NEW EPISODE 🌹 What is this strange sensation? A new Labour government that might be… quite good? Plus FIFA, Ceuta and more 🌹 Group therapy with @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com @rafaelbehr.bsky.social @jamesrball.com & @nndroid.bsky.social 🌹 Listen – linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...
Last but not at all least, this ep of @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social with @tuc.org.uk's General Secretary Paul Nowak, who makes an important point that when it comes to AI, governments also need to think about taxation. open.spotify.com/podcast-chap...
Navigating the AI Revolution and Future of Work
Oh God, What Now? · Chapter · 13m
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🤮 Rupert the Unbearable – What makes Restore UK’s leader tick? 🤮 Our panel look at Rupert Lowe, the leader of the hard-right blood-and-soil party that’s trying to out-Farage Farage… and now wants to cut a deal with him 🤮 Listen linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...
Only after putting this out have I realised that it looks like a pic of Nadine Dorries in a bikini has sent Burnham into some sort of fugue state.
Oh God, What Now? – the politics podcast@ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social · 5d ago🚨 NEW EPISODE 🚨 “Yes Mr Burnham, we are open to discussing your social care package, however DEATH TAX!!!!!!!!” 💀⚰️🪦 🚨 @zoegrunewald.bsky.social @seththevoz.bsky.social @jasonhazeley.bsky.social & @nndroid.bsky.social on the deranged response to Burnham’s plan 🚨 Listen – linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...
🚨 NEW EPISODE 🚨 “Yes Mr Burnham, we are open to discussing your social care package, however DEATH TAX!!!!!!!!” 💀⚰️🪦 🚨 @zoegrunewald.bsky.social @seththevoz.bsky.social @jasonhazeley.bsky.social & @nndroid.bsky.social on the deranged response to Burnham’s plan 🚨 Listen – linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...
Yesterday we recorded an edition that predicted exactly this, but it's not out til tomorrow 😡 www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Fifa World Cup: Uefa to boycott tournament if Gianni Infantino's investment plans go through
Uefa's 55 member associations vote to boycott the World Cup if Fifa proceeds with its plan to sell stakes in its competitions.
bbc.co.uk
Vladimir Putin wanted to make Russia great again through conquest and military power. Has he sealed its fate instead? Today’s Bunker.
The Bunker podcast – News without the nonsense@bunkerpod.bsky.social · 6d agoPutin thought Russia could steamroll Ukraine in just 10 days. Four and a half years of futile slaughter later… the unthinkable is becoming real and the "last empire" is doomed. International Relations Professor Alexander Etkind joins @alexvont.bsky.social to discuss what comes next.
friend who's still on Twitter informs me that this absolute howler passed us by yesterday (yes, this was Burnham's speech on social care)
What makes biological war even scarier than nuclear? @emmakennedy.bsky.social discusses with Annie Jacobsen, author of Biological War: A Scenario, in our latest episode ➡️ linktr.ee/bunker_pod
An incredibly sobering listen from The Bunker.
The Bunker podcast – News without the nonsense@bunkerpod.bsky.social · last wk.☣️ NEW EPISODE ☣️ A lab leak, a deliberate attack, a pandemic… Why genetically-altered pathogens are more serious by far than nuclear weapons. 🦠 Author of ’Biological Warfare: A Scenario’ ANNIE JACOBSEN explains the growing threat to @emmakennedy.bsky.social 🧫 Listen – linktr.ee/bunker_pod
Horror as people are expected to pay a small consideration towards care at the end of their life, as opposed to losing their house every penny they've ever earned.
Hosted another OGWN with a great panel. Includes one Spice Girls-related quip I was particularly pleased with…
Oh God, What Now? – the politics podcast@ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social · last wk.🤯 NEW EPISODE 🤯 He’s a communist! He’s weak! He hates the South! His jeans are too expensive! The right-wing press is losing its mind over Burnham… 🤯 With @mattgreencomedy.com @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com @rafaelbehr.bsky.social & @jonnelledge.bsky.social 🤯 Listen – linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...
🤯 NEW EPISODE 🤯 He’s a communist! He’s weak! He hates the South! His jeans are too expensive! The right-wing press is losing its mind over Burnham… 🤯 With @mattgreencomedy.com @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com @rafaelbehr.bsky.social & @jonnelledge.bsky.social 🤯 Listen – linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...
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Origin Story@originstorypodcast.bsky.social · last wk.🎫 LIVE ON STAGE 🎫 Prepare yourself for the pulse-pounding power of podcasts, LIVE in London 🎟️ @iandunt.bsky.social & @dorianlynskey.bsky.social take Origin Story to the Union Chapel on Tue 1 Sept. 🎟️ Get your tickets here: www.gigantic.com/origin-story...
HAPPY MONDAY, EVERYONE
The Bunker podcast – News without the nonsense@bunkerpod.bsky.social · last wk.🚨 START YOUR WEEK 🚨 France and Spain on fire, Burnham’s big plans for Week 2, India’s Cockroach protests and thank God there’s a Spider-Man movie coming out 🕸️ 📲 @rostaylor.bsky.social & @nndroid.bsky.social set out the stories of the week ahead. 📲 Listen – linktr.ee/bunker_pod
The average 6Music Dad/Continuity Haçienda Manc would consider this fairly cheapskate clobber.
Yakhunt@yakhunt.net · last wk.You can't be a socialist unless you dress in rags, live in a ditch and eat worms #Rules
That shiftless sack of shit Boris Johnson is still costing London £19m a year from beyond the political grave. “The committee had invited Karim Virani, CEO of WHUFC, and former mayor Boris Johnson but neither was able to make it.” NO! REALLY? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
West Ham stadium deal costs taxpayers £19m a year, officials say
West Ham's relegation means it will pay less than half the £4.6m rent it previously paid.
bbc.co.uk
A little light listening for the end of the week.
The Bunker podcast – News without the nonsense@bunkerpod.bsky.social · 2w ago💸 SLEAZE NATION – How to fight Britain’s corruption pandemic 💷 Britain just posted its lowest-EVER score on a global corruption index. What are we going to do about it? Corruption expert Robert Barrington talks to @misszing.bsky.social Listen - shows.acast.com/the-bunker/e...
Labour using the Pulp typeface for their social media on pubs. The subliminal power of fonts… all right.
Interesting hearing @hannahfearn.bsky.social commenting on Andy Burnham's opinion of housing associations with stuff like this going on. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026... l
‘The soul’s been ripped out of it’: Birmingham community housing scheme on brink over costs dispute
Row over ‘landmark’ development in Stirchley has left people homeless and put businesses at risk, say locals
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Yeah brilliant mate, sounds great, is it like your last big plan, you incompetent overpromoted plank?
Why did Zelenskyy's military shake-up spark protests? Find out more with our latest with @ozkaterji.bsky.social and @jimmyrushton.bsky.social ➡️ linktr.ee/drillpod
🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 Burnham arrives promising a “cost of living” government but can he make it happen? And does his mix of ideas add up? @nndroid.bsky.social, @jamesrball.com, @hannahfearn.bsky.social discuss this plus A.I. turmoil and more with guest @paulnowaktuc.bsky.social ➡️ linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnowpod
How did a controversial US tech firm – whose AI powers military strikes in Gaza and Iran and ICE’s immigration raids, and whose founder Peter Thiel thinks the NHS makes people sick – wheedle its way into Westminster? We asked @petergeoghegan.bsky.social. ➡️ linktr.ee/bunker_pod
A little light listening as a change from the Burnhamathon.
The Bunker podcast – News without the nonsense@bunkerpod.bsky.social · 2w ago⭐️ Why does everything need a star rating these days? And what is it doing to our brains? Author Benji Wilson and @emmakennedy.bsky.social discuss the tyranny of the little black star… ★★★★★ – “Excellent episode, would listen again” Listen shows.acast.com/the-bunker/e...
🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 Protests in Ukraine have prompted a chaotic series of changes at the very top of Zelenskyy's military command. @ozkaterji.bsky.social and @jimmyrushton.bsky.social discuss the shifts and what it means for the nation's war effort ➡️ linktr.ee/drillpod
Beware of geeks bearing gifts. It’s Rachel and Andrew on the new Bunker.
The Bunker podcast – News without the nonsense@bunkerpod.bsky.social · 2w ago🐴 ΝΕΟ ΠΟΔΚΑΣΤ 🐴 The right-wing culture war moaners get it colossally wrong as #TheOdyssey proves a massive global hit. What makes it tick? 🐴 Ardent classicist @rmcunliffe.bsky.social & ignorant commoner @nndroid.bsky.social indulge in Socratic dialogue 🐴 Listen linktr.ee/bunker_pod
Foreign Secretary or Chancellor? Andy Burnham chose the former for Ed Miliband, but was that the right call? @steverichards.bsky.social weighs in alongside @nndroid.bsky.social to unpack Burnham’s first Cabinet. Listen to the full conversation here ➡️ linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow....
