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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75: #RemainerNow: Leavers who changed their min...
This week we meet the most important people in the whole Brexit mess: the people who voted Leave, now regret it and are fighting hard for a #PeoplesVote. Emma Huckey and Hugh Norris of grassroots group [Remainer Now](https://www.remainernow.com/) join ...
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74: “NOBODY is ruling out Remain” Labour Brexit...
On this week’s show special guest RUPA HUQ – Labour MP for Ealing Central and Acton – joins us to read the entrails of the Labour Conference, marvel at the ERG’s latest made-up trade model, and ask just who the Dirty Rats of Brexit really are. Wha...
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EMERGENCY LO-FI PODCAST! The aSalzburg and Batt...
With tottering Theresa still reeling from the proper Tusking meted out to her Chequers proposals, Ian Dunt and Andrew Harrison meet up outside the British Library to discuss the fallout from Salzburg – which was strategically timed, of course, to miss ...
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73: Brexit vs IndyRef2 vs Remain… but who wins?...
SNP MEP for Scotland **Alyn Smith** joins us for a spirited discussion of Scotland’s experience of Brexit, what it means for the future of the UK, and the complex relationship between Remainers and Scottish nationalists. Is the SNP really not lending...
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72: No Lexit Strategy: special guest ZOE WILLIA...
Guardian columnist and Left Against Brexit activist ZOE WILLIAMS joins us to talk over the surreal Operation Yellowhammer, Boris Johnson’s Operation I Still Want To Be Prime Minister, why the ERG can’t stop battering the corpse of Chequers… and the Bre...
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71: BREXIT HUSTLE: Scams expert Alexis Conran o...
Was Brexit a sophisticated confidence trick? Scams expert, host of the BBC’s The Real Hustle and TalkRadio presenter [ALEXIS CONRAN](https://twitter.com/alexisconran) joins us to talk bait-and-switch, the power of emotional alignment, and whether an il...
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70: Let’s Dance! Labour Euro MP SEB DANCE’s ins...
Labour’s Deputy Leader in Brussels **SEB DANCE MEP** joins us in the Remainiacs Bunker to discuss the Government’s ‘technical notices’ and why they may be saving the worst for last… what life in Brussels is like for British MEPs now that we as a countr...
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69: “Brexit is a betrayal of every British lead...
You wait forever for a Conservative Remainer on the show… and then two come along at once. This week **SIMON ALLISON** of “Torymainer” group [Citizens4Britain](https://citizens4britain.org/) joins us to discuss the Tory conference gagging Brexit dissen...
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68: What’s the story, Remainer Tories? Pro-EU C...
This week on the Brexit podcast that DOES answer questions when it brings you a cup of tea… we’ve got **Garvan Walshe**, former Conservative Party National and International Security Policy Adviser and now columnist at ConservativeHome.com, joining us ...
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67: WTO? WTF! How Brextremists are normalising ...
This week: Are Brexit jihadis using the summer break to acclimatise voters to No Deal as if it’s some sort of sensible idea instead of kamikaze economics?ALSO: Chilli con Carney on the menu as Bank of England boss **Mark Carney receives a punishment ...
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66: Dark ads, troll hunting and more with speci...
Special guest STELLA CREASY – Walthamstow MP, out-and-out Remainer and biggest* Wedding Present fan in the Commons – joins us in the week that the Government decided that its own contingency advice for No Deal was too alarming for the simple British pu...
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65: FOOD! ADEQUATE FOOD! Stockpile special plus...
This week on the podcast that David Campbell Bannerman MEP wants to see prosecuted for “extreme EU loyalty”… Does Britain have what it takes to live on a diet of nettle soup? Will people who never actually experienced WWII ever shut up about the “Blitz...
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64: HARD BREXIT, HERE WE COME? with guest David...
As Theresa May cravenly caves to the Brextremists yet again, are we finally trapped on a course for the catastrophic Hard Brexit that everyone fears? Lawyer and commentator DAVID ALLEN GREEN (also known as [Jack Of Kent](https://twitter.com/jackofkent)...
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63: DAY OF CHAOS What next for Brexit after Tor...
After our emergency podcast on Monday it’s time for a more considered take on the Government’s disastrous week... and the verdict is still “WHAAAAAT?” Does Theresa May still have a Chequers policy or just a chequered future? After BOREXIT, will Johnson...
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62: TORY CIVIL WAR MINICAST! Johnson gone, Davi...
It’s been 24 hours of scarcely believable Tory chaos as the Brexit clown car finally loses its wheels. Boris Johnson and David Davis are out — but what does it mean? IAN DUNT and DORIAN LYNSKEY hotfoot it across a febrile London to gaze in disbelief at...
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61: Comedian INGRID OLIVER vs Brexit plus V For...
On this week’s show we welcome comedian and actor INGRID OLIVER – yes fellow nerds, it’s UNIT scientist Osgood from Doctor Who – to the Remainiacs bunker to discuss Vote Leave finally (?) being brought to book for election spending, what the German hal...
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60: SELLING BRITAIN BY THE POUND: Shorting ster...
This week on the anti-Brexit podcast for people who actually KNOW how to rebel… the Greens’ Brexit and Finance spokesperson MOLLY SCOTT CATO MEP joins us to dig into the scandal of the Leavers short-selling sterling. Did hedge funds illegally use priva...
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59: MEANINGLESS VOTE: So that’s your rebellion,...
Tough week. Tension in the studio as we record this show on Wednesday afternoon while the crunch debate on the “meaningful vote” is taking place. Listen in for analysis on what it could mean, where we go next… and then stunned disbelief as Dom...
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58: EMERGENCY LO-FI MINI-CAST! May breaks her w...
Why do they keep doing this to us? YET AGAIN major events occur immediately after we finished recording Remainiacs on Wednesday. So YET AGAIN we've recorded a quick-and-dirty response to events. On this minicast, panel regular NAOMI SMITH talks ab...
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57: WITHDRAWAL PAINS: Have the Tory Rebels blow...
On this week’s podcast, Guardian columnist and former Russia correspondent RAFAEL BEHR joins us to explain the mind-crushing complexity of Withdrawal Bill day. What happened, who won (if anyone) and where do we go from here? Did Theresa May pl...
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EMERGENCY PARKCAST! Dacre gone, Davis embarrass...
No sooner had we pressed "stop" on recording Wednesday's show than all sorts of bizarre events unfolded. Brexit cheerleader Paul Dacre announced his retirement from editing the Daily Mail, David Davis went through another pantomime resig...
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56: Withdrawal warfare, Corbyn crunch time, oh ...
This week on the Brexit podcast that’s so powerful the government schedules its bad news for Thursdays to make sure we miss it… Special guest **JONN ELLEDGE** of the New Statesman and Citymetric joins us to talk about how urbanisation relates to Brexit...
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55: Angry Remainers, HUGO RIFKIND feels your pain
On this week’s Remainiacs, Times columnist and social media fighter-of-good-fights HUGO RIFKIND joins Dorian Lynskey and Ian Dunt for this week’s battle with the horrible Hydra that is Brexit.This week: Why Leavers shouldn’t dare conscript the Irish ...
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54: Who wants cake? Epic FIRST BIRTHDAY edition!
It’s REMAINIACS ASSEMBLE as all our regular panelists convene to “celebrate” a whole year in the Brexit time warp. Ian, Ros, Dorian, Naomi and **Peter yes Peter** listen back to our very first episode – back when “strong and stable” was still a thing –...
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53: Do We Wanna Live Like Gammon People?
The Norway option, gammon wars and the plight of expats with DR MICHAELA BENSON of Goldsmiths University of London.In the week when confusion continues to reign about the EEA option, Labour’s Brexit policy and what to do about customs, we talk to s...
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