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: Guardian writer Rafael Behr • Rachel Cunliffe of the New Statesman • New Statesman columnist Jonn Elledge • 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 • Podmasters Managing Editor Jacob Jarvis • Journalist Marie Le Conte • Former Mirror editor Alison Phillips • Writer and commentator Ros Taylor
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Oh God, What Now? is a Podmasters production
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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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84: EMERGENCY CHAOS-CAST! Everyone quits!
On Planet Brexit's worst Day of Chaos yet, we drag Dorian Lynskey, Alex Andreou, Naomi Smith and Ian Dunt into the subterranean Remainiacs bunker to ask what it all means… and whether Theresa May can survive. Beware – this is an Emergency Podcast ...
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83: THE DEAL is here. Now what? Plus guest CHRI...
Early release special – recorded at 2-3pm on Wednesday and it was up to date when we pressed ‘send’! **THE DEAL** is finally here, but what does it mean? What’s in it, who’s going to hate it and can May get it past Parliament, the DUP, the ERG and an i...
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82: EMERGENCY DUNTCAST! Jo Johnson resigns to d...
You can't hide bad news on a Friday any more. Ian Dunt and Andrew Harrison rush to Soho Radio to discuss Jo Johnson's seismic resignation…
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81: ARRON BANKS BUST: “It’s like Bodyguard – bu...
Did Andrew Marr fail to land a punch on Arron Banks? Should Leave EU’s troubled Alpha Gammon have been invited on a BBC politics programme at all? What does it mean for Labour now that Momentum members have come out for a People’s Vote? Will Labour’s B...
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80: EMERGENCY PHONECAST! Arron Banks reported t...
As yet another hot story breaks after we've recorded this week's show, Andrew Harrison talks to Ros Taylor about the escalation of investigations into the garrulous Mr Big of Leave. EU.
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79: Special guest GAVIN ESLER on Referendum rag...
Legendary former _Newsnight_ presenter and BBC Washington Correspondent turned doughty Remain footsoldier **GAVIN ESLER** joins us to sort through the Breckage of another week in the sunlit uplands. Hold tight for… the 50p Brexit coin! Daniel Hannan’s ...
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78: WILL POWER: What the People’s Vote March me...
THE MARCH THEY CAN’T IGNORE: In the wake of the epic 700,000-strong People’s Vote March we ask where next for the campaign for a Final Say referendum? And Observer columnist and Alpha Centrist Dad **NICK COHEN** joins us to talk over the long game in t...
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77: Wargaming a #PeoplesVote: If we get the #Fi...
Ahead of the **People’s Vote March** we ask: it’s all very well winning a chance to vote again but how do we carry the day? Who do we target, how do we campaign… and what happens if it’s a choice of Deal Or No Deal?Plus: What does the impending fall ...
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76: “People’s Vote? I’m in!” DEBORAH MEADEN of ...
We’re thrilled to welcome the legend that is **DEBORAH MEADEN** – star of Dragon’s Den, business colossus and indefatigable Remainer – into the Remainiacs bunker. Why is she refusing to be bullied into silence over Brexit? What does it mean when the Pa...
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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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