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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Thwack! Advantage COVID!
60 min
1227
Testing Ditch Face – Start Your Week with Naomi...
24 min
1228
Daily: Inside ‘Sweet Bobby’ – The most bizarre ...
27 min
1229
Culture Bunker: Guest Omid Djalili, Hillsboroug...
66 min
1230
Daily: Does POWER make BAD PEOPLE? With Brian K...
35 min
1231
Your 2022 Cheat Sheet: The Year Ahead In Depth
59 min
1232
Brace yourself for 2022 – Start Your Year with ...
15 min
1233
Daily: Enter Stage Left – Playwright James Grah...
30 min
1234
One Lord Frost A-Leaving – plus 2021 in Review
54 min
1235
Frost Bitten, Truss Shy – Start Your Week with ...
26 min
1236
Daily: Season’s Brie-Eatings! Christmas cheese’...
26 min
1237
Culture Bunker: More Best of 2021 feat. Self Es...
62 min
1238
Daily: Harsh Reality – How TV shaped modern Bri...
22 min
1239
Daily: Great Expectations – How Your Mindset Ca...
We’ve all heard of the placebo effect, but what about the Expectation Effect? What we think will happen can change what does happen.
30 min
1240
Quizzee Rascal
As the leaks about illicit parties and quizzes pile up, and the Tory right wing fly into a rage about COVID passports, is Boris Johnson finally running out of road? And is the Torysphere getting bored with their boy? Plus we talk to Jolyon Maugham of the Good Law Project about the many deep-running scandals behind the day-to-day headlines. And what’s worse, the pressure to be happy all the time – or performative negativity from professional cynics?
59 min
1241
Omi-shambles – Start Your Week with Ros Taylor
It’s Crunch Week (again) for Boris Johnson as he tries to get Plan B Corona restrictions past a mob of increasingly rebellious and COVID-sceptic Tory MPs. Meanwhile the party-that-wasn’t and the world’s most unwise Christmas quiz continue to dog our unfortunate PM. Oh, and there’s the North Shropshire by-election on Thursday too. New PM by Christmas? Ros Taylor alerts you to what’s coming in the week ahead.
21 min
1242
Daily: Libya and our Global Disorder
Our world is no longer governed by international coordination, with superpowers instead promoting ‘Enduring Disorder’. Jason Pack, non-resident fellow at the Middle East Institute and author of Libya and the Global Enduring Disorder, talks to Arthur Snell about why the West has stopped collaborating internationally, and why Libya’s Civil War constitutes the ideal microcosm in which to view today’s geopolitics.
31 min
1243
Culture Bunker: Special guest NIGELLA LAWSON pl...
70 min
1244
Daily: Islamic Thought - A Short History with D...
21 min
1245
Daily: France’s Far-Right Firebrand
25 min
1246
Corridors of Powder: Cocaine in the Commons
60 min
1247
PCR & R – Start Your Week with Alex Andreou and...
26 min
1248
Daily: Into The Time Machine – Biographer Clair...
18 min
1249
Culture Bunker: Guest Jane Weaver plus Best of ...
65 min
1250
Daily: Inside the Channel Crisis
28 min