The Bunker – News without the nonsense

News without the nonsense, every weekday morning. In episodes that fit your commute*, The Bunker cuts through the noise to make sense of what’s really going on in news, current affairs, politics, economics and culture. We bring you smart explainers, interviews, fresh perspectives and under-reported stories to as a refreshing alternative to repetitive Punch and Judy news coverage. It’s the only way to start the day. From the producers of Oh God, What Now?

Our regulars include: Gavin Esler • Ros Taylor • Alex von Tunzelmann • Andrew Harrison • Zing Tsjeng • Jacob Jarvis • Emma Kennedy • Rafael Behr • Seth Thévoz.

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The Bunker is a Podmasters production.

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Daily: Inside the ‘Data-Demic’ with Professor D...
25 min
1202
Mislaid Plans and Anti-Social Media
47 min
1203
The Effluent Society: Budgets, Beaches and Plan...
22 min
1204
Daily: The Bored Middle Class that's Destroying...
25 min
1205
Culture Bunker: Special guest STEVE DAVIS, Dune...
70 min
1206
Daily: Plan B panic stations on COVID
24 min
1207
Daily: Gene Genius? The pros and cons of DNA mo...
34 min
1208
Are MPs Safe?
54 min
1209
Daily: The Kids Aren’t Alright – Why children n...
24 min
1210
The Killing of Sir David Amess MP – Start Your ...
20 min
1211
Daily: 660 AD and All That: The Anglo-Saxon Mys...
Historian Marc Morris talks to Nick Cohen
26 min
1212
Culture Bunker: Succession Series 3, Duran Dura...
Our weekend pop culture extra
62 min
1213
Daily: The city that never sleeps? – Waking up ...
21 min
1214
Daily: Supervillain Billionaire – Peter Thiel w...
Author Max Chafkin on his biography of secretive libertarian tech investor Peter Thiel
27 min
1215
No Raabs Before Marbs – or, Where In The World ...
59 min
1216
Sausage War II, Spies and Polexit – Start Your ...
29 min
1217
Daily: Bond On The Run – Does Britain still nee...
30 min
1218
Culture Bunker: Squid Game, Beatles in India an...
64 min
1219
Daily: Jews and the Left – Why antisemitism isn...
35 min
1220
Daily: Why public schools warp children’s futur...
19 min
1221
From Panic Buying to Panic Lying
60 min
1222
Manchester, So Much To Answer For – Start Your ...
21 min
1223
Daily: The Artificial Brain and What It Means
Can we really build a working brain?
21 min
1224
Culture Bunker: John Cooper Clarke, Foundation,...
Our weekly pop culture extra
61 min
1225
Daily: Road-trip to the Red Wall – Sebastian Pa...
28 min