Manifesto week, political earthquakes and interview tactics
Amol and Nick discuss manifesto week here and look at the European election results.
- 43 mins
- 10 Jun 2024
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The Today Podcast
Amol and Nick preview the party manifestos.
Episodes (48 Available)
- Sunak squares up, Farage steps in
Amol and Nick on two possible election game-changers.
- 52 mins
- 06 Jun 2024
- Sunak and Starmer go head to head
Amol and Nick look ahead to the TV election debates.
- 35 mins
- 03 Jun 2024
- Starmer, Socialism & Diane Abbott - whose side is he really on?
Nick looks at the dividing lines developing during the first days of Election 2024.
- 50 mins
- 30 May 2024
- Rishi Sunak Talks to Today
Amol and Nick on the first set-piece interview of the election campaign.
- 50 mins
- 23 May 2024
- Election announcement special
Amol and Nick discuss why the PM has called an election now.
- 23 mins
- 22 May 2024
- What does Keir Starmer really believe in?
Amol and Nick on what a fresh set of pledges say about defining Starmerism.
- 57 mins
- 16 May 2024
- Hung parliament or thumping majority? And why do we all feel so skint?
Amol looks into the local election results and asks why so many people feel so hard up.
- 54 mins
- 09 May 2024
- Cutting through the spin – elections bonus ep
Amol and Nick give their take on the election results in this bonus pod.
- 33 mins
- 03 May 2024
- AI and humanity’s future: chilling or thrilling?
Amol & Nick take on Stephen Fry’s challenge & look at what the future of AI might entail.
- 68 mins
- 02 May 2024
- Could an MP present the Today programme?
Nick looks into a question about which programmes MPs should be allowed to present.
- 44 mins
- 25 Apr 2024
- Q&A – lightweight politicians, interviews that made you blush… Ft Esther Rantzen & Stephen Fry
Amol and Nick tackle questions from listeners and friends of the pod.
- 38 mins
- 22 Apr 2024
- Smoke-free generation: Is this Sunak’s legacy?
Amol and Nick on what the major intervention on smoking says about Sunak’s premiership.
- 53 mins
- 18 Apr 2024
- Where’s the money coming from?
Nick asks whether politicians are being honest about the state of the national finances.
- 60 mins
- 11 Apr 2024
- Tragedy in Gaza: Will this week’s events change anything?
Nick analyses two big events in the Middle East with former spy chief Sir Alex Younger.
- 48 mins
- 04 Apr 2024
- Why should you have to pay for the BBC?
Amol and Nick explore the future of the BBC and how it should be paid for.
- 56 mins
- 28 Mar 2024
- Alastair Campbell on the changing face of Starmer’s Labour
Amol speaks to Alastair Campbell about what’s in Starmer’s arsenal.
- 52 mins
- 21 Mar 2024
- Revolt on the right! Reform, Rishi and (Red) Wall-to-Wall Chaos
Amol (and Nick) look at what impact Lee Anderson’s defection will have in the red wall.
- 41 mins
- 14 Mar 2024
- Why the Home Office is ‘dysfunctional’ - Sacked immigration chief speaks out
Amol and Nick ask David Neal why he thinks he was really fired as immigration chief.
- 41 mins
- 14 Mar 2024
- Hunt’s Budget - will it make a difference?
Amol and Nick ask whether the Budget will help change the political and economic weather.
- 38 mins
- 07 Mar 2024