Oh God, What Now?
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: Dorian Lynskey, author of The Ministry Of Truth: A Biography of Orwell’s 1984 and host of Origin Story • Writer and commentator Ros Taylor • Rachel Cunliffe of the New Statesman • 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 • Journalist Marie Le Conte • Podmasters Managing Editor Jacob Jarvis • New Statesman columnist Jonn Elledge • Guardian writer Rafael Behr
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Oh God, What Now? is a Podmasters production
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109: SPECIAL EDITION: Remainiacs onstage at Pod...
**BONUS EPISODE:** Here’s the audio from Sunday’s PodcastLive at The Light in London, where Dorian, Nina, Alex and Ros brought the RemainiacsLive experience to the special one-day festival of political podcasting. Have a listen to this special “raw and...
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108: PRIME MINISTER JEREMAY: National Unity spe...
Wonders will never cease. All her avenues exhausted, Theresa May reaches out to the only person who can help in her hour of need. And that would be… Jeremy Corbyn?This week we look at the minefield that is the **Theresa-Jezza Love-in**. Is compromise...
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107: EMERGENCY PODCAST: Groundhog May as the De...
As MV3 turns out to be DOA we hotfoot it into febrile Soho to read the steaming entrails of the May Deal.What happens next? Does May have any blackmail left in her sack of off-brand tricks? What will happen at the EU Parent-Teacher meeting on April...
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106: TAKING BACK CONTROL with special guest Joh...
The March. The Revoke petition. The Government that can’t govern and the amendment that put MPs in charge of Britain’s destiny at last. Was this the week that Brexiters lost control of Brexit? In that quiet moment before the Indicative Votes we welco...
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105: Special edition: TONY BLAIR on this week’s...
It’s a big one. TONY BLAIR, former Labour Prime Minister and now head of his Global Institute, talks to Dorian, Naomi and Ian about escape routes from the current Parliamentary chaos, how his own policies relate to the roots of Brexit, what a good Prim...
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104: EDGE OF DESTRUCTION: Time runs out with gu...
With Brexit literally hours away, we convene Leaver-turned-Article-50-Revoker **ROLAND SMITH** and law and policy expert **DAVID ALLEN GREEN** to stare into the abyss. How did we get here? What could happen next? Has May engineered a Hobson’s Choice be...
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103: AFTERMATHCAST: Ok, so what exactly happene...
After a week like that we just had to reconvene and perform triage on the Deal, the People’s Vote, the state of May’s governmental authority and all the other walking wounded of the Brexit Infinity War. **Dorian Lynskey**, **Ian Dunt** and producer **A...
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102: BREXIT: FINAL FANTASY? with special guests...
The flaming wreckage of The Deal is all around us (yet again) but what happens next? Can Theresa May salvage anything from her plans and career? Is there enough turd polish around to give the Deal another go-round? What even is Malthouse 2.0? And is it...
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101: THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM: We look at Brex...
This week, the last desperate moves before next week’s descent in the Hellmouth of Final Votes. Has Theresa May’s attempts to **bribe Labour MPs** from Leave constituencies backfired? Just how wobbly is **Labour’s “commitment” to a People’s Vote**? And...
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100: ONE HUNDREDTH SHOW! May’s delay, Labour Pe...
Huge thanks to May and Corbyn for laying on some quality material for our **extended 100th podcast**. Labour finally, finally comes out for a People’s Vote. But what needs to happen first? Can TIG claim credit? And are we in for another grudging 60% ca...
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99: THE NOTORIOUS T.I.G.? Labour and Tory break...
EMERGENCY RELEASE AS EVENTS GO CRAZY YET AGAIN. The dam finally breaks in the most dramatic week in Brexit since… January? Eight Labour MPs including Luciana Berger and Chuka Umunna quit Labour over anti-semitism and Corbyn’s intransigence over Brexit....
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98: PODCLASH SPECIAL! Remainiacs meet Cakewatch...
It’s a special edition of Remainiacs as we welcome our brothers-in-podcasting STEVE BULLOCK AKA [@GuitarMoog](https://twitter.com/GuitarMoog) (left) and CHRIS KENDALL AKA [@ottocrat](https://twitter.com/ottocrat) of the brilliant [Cakewatch](https://ca...
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97: CAVALIERS vs. ROUNDHEADS with guest MARK GA...
This is a LOCAL podcast for LOCAL people… We are thrilled to have the great **MARK GATISS** – writer, star of ‘The League Of Gentlemen‘, 'Sherlock' and 'Doctor Who', and five-star unyielding Remainer – as this week’s special guest o...
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96: WELCOME TO FANTASY ISLAND plus our first Le...
SPEED RELEASE TO KEEP UP WITH EVENTS: As Parliament delivers “a masterclass in cowardice” on the Withdrawal Bill and the May Government escapes into a world of pure imagination, **Ros Taylor**, **Ian Dunt** and new panelist **Melissa Chemam** convene t...
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95: SQUEAKY BREXIT TIME? Breaking down Plan B w...
As Plan A arrives in its moustache and glasses, will May’s second attempt to get a deal through unbalance the Brexit Bus and if so, in which direction? Business intelligence expert and super-tweeter [**STEVE ANALYST**](https://twitter.com/emporersnewc?...
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94: THE DAY THE DEAL DIED with special guest Da...
**RUSH RELEASE FOR RELEVANCE:** The day after the May Deal finally fell to a record defeat (with an even worse vote than her projected result if she hadn’t bottled it in December) Ian Dunt, Naomi Smith and Dorian Lynskey convene to ask what the hell is...
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93: PARLIAMENT TAKES BACK CONTROL? With special...
It’s time-sensitive again so we’re releasing this one, recorded at 2pm on Wednesday, a little early. In our first podcast of 2019 we’re right back into the Brexit war of attrition with the aid of special guest **PETER KELLNER**, doyen of pollsters, ex-...
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92: NEW YEAR, NEW EU! The best and worst of 201...
As Britain holds its breath for the Year of Decision, the Remainiacs panel convene to look back at the ups and downs of the year that’s just gone – and what we can look forward to for 2019\. Gird yourself for the new year as **Dorian Lynskey, Naomi Smi...
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91: A BREXMAS CAROL with guests Femi from OFOC ...
It’s the most blunderful time of the year! As MPs head off for a ‘well-earned’ – hem-hem – Christmas break, the final Remainiacs of 2018 welcomes returning favourites **SEB DANCE MEP** and **FEMI OLUWOLE** of [Our Future Our Choice](https://www.ofoc.co...
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90: INFINITE CRISIS! Special guest crossover wi...
You thought Brexit couldn’t get any worse? Guess again. As we hurtle towards the brick wall of No Deal, the Tories think there’s no better moment for a time-wasting leadership contest. Luckily we’ve persuaded two of our most popular guests of the year ...
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89: LIVE ON INDECISION DAY Part Two: Crystal Ba...
And here’s Part Two of our live show from Monday 10 Dec, right in the middle of Theresa May’s total retreat from reality. **Do****rian Lynskey, Ingrid Oliver, Ian Dunt** and **Ros Taylor** run through some post-Brexit scenarios, exchange Brexmas gifts,...
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88: INDECISION DAY: Live and unedited at Leices...
We wouldn’t normally do this kind of thing… but the events of Monday 10 Dec were so insane that we just had to release the audio of our latest live show to everyone, not just our beloved [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/remainiacscast) backers.Her...
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87: BAD TIMES IN THE HOUSE OF PAIN plus: Can we...
A tiny bit earlier than usual because hey who the hell knows what’s going to happen next… This week, CONTEMPT PROVIDERS: Will this week’s seismic events in the Commons bring us closer to a #PeoplesVote? ULTIMATE WEAPON: Does the **Grieve Amendment** me...
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86: THE AAARGH! OPTION with special guest Marcu...
As things get WORSE and WORSE and BLOODY WORSE we welcome much-loved Brexit-baiting comedian and actor MARCUS BRIGSTOCKE to stare into the vortex one more time.Should we say NO WAY, NORWAY? Will a televised May vs Corbyn ding-dong be the new Frost/Ni...
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85: COUP OR NO COUP with special guest Ayesha H...
On this week’s queue-jumping REMAINIACS, comedian and political commentator Ayesha Hazarika joins us to discuss the coup that wasn’t, the Deal that might or might not be, and comedy’s ongoing struggle with the least funny thing ever: Brexit. PLUS Damon...
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