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BBC Radio 4

Armando Iannucci hosts the programme that gives you a cast-iron guarantee to be laser-focused on decoding the baffling world of political language. Each week he'll be joined by a guest to crack open the political phrasebook and attempt to demystify the doublespeak. Why does everything now have to be 'turbo-charged'?…

89 episodes tracked

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We Care, We Fight! (with Stewart Lee)

I Wasn't Even Listening (with Natalie Haynes)

Doing Politics Differently (with Phil Wang and Pierre Novellie)

A Swift Transition (with Matt Forde and Ria Lina)

It's All Signed (with Stewart Lee)

Fanning the Flames (with Hugo Rifkind)

There's Been An Under-Discussion (with Natalie Haynes)

That's Not for Me to Say (with Munya Chawawa)

A Febrile Atmosphere (with Tom Peck)

We Can't Go On Like This (with Kiri Pritchard-McLean and Ayesha Hazarika)

Technological Republic (with Stewart Lee and Carole Cadwalladr)

Game On (with Natalie Haynes)

The Process Was Followed (with Tim Shipman)

Only the Fake News Would Come Up with This (with Amol Rajan)

Righteous Targets for Violence (with Hugo Rifkind)

Deep Disillusionment in This Country (with Stewart Lee)

That's a Great Question (with Stewart Lee in Laugharne)

We're Here to Listen (with Stewart Lee in Laugharne)

You Don't Have to Worry (with Marina Hyde)

I Understand the Anxiety (with Ria Lina and Coco Khan)

Get Real (with Hugo Rifkind)

History Will Judge You (with Stewart Lee)

For the Sake of Transparency (with Natalie Haynes and Michael Gove)

Psychodrama (with Stewart Lee)

You've Let Your Country Down (with Emily Maitlis)

Are You a Stupid Person? (with Natalie Haynes)

U-Turns and Turncoats (with Stewart Lee)

Elections Aren't Won on Twitter (with Phil Wang and Marianna Spring)

Regime Change (with Natalie Haynes)

Listeners' Strong Messages (with Stewart Lee)

Words of the Year (with Natalie Haynes)

Civilisational Erasure (with Stewart Lee)

AI Hallucinations (with Stewart Lee and Sarah Wynn-Williams)

Spooking the Markets (with Natalie Haynes and Stewart Lee)

Moral Failure and Deadly Negligence (with Sara Pascoe and Matt Winning)

The Buck Stops Here (with Ria Lina and Sophy Ridge)

Be Vigilant (with Phil Wang)

In Hindsight (with Ria Lina and Tim Shipman)

The End of the Age of Terror and Death (with Stewart Lee)

Repetition, Repetition, Repetition (with Natalie Haynes)

The Battle for the Soul of the Country (with Adam Fleming)

Hurty Words (with Stewart Lee)

Phase 2 (with Ria Lina)

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We Haven't Always Told Our Story as Well as We Should

The New Brexit

Delivering for Ordinary People (with Marina Hyde)

I Regret Some of My Posts (with Sara Pascoe)

Weird Turkish Barber Shops (with Stewart Lee)

An Announcement President (with Jon Stewart)

The Island of Strangers and the Manacled Gimp of Brussels

Yes or No?

I Want My Country Back (with Phil Wang)

The Official Language of the United States

How Much is a Pint of Milk? (with Rob Burley)

Liberation Day (with Soumaya Keynes)

Three Word Slogans (with Cleo Watson)

Fist Emoji, Flag Emoji, Fire Emoji (with Ava Santina Evans)

Seizing the Narrative (with Stephen Bush)

Britain Isn't Working

Be Quiet, Small Man

In the Public Interest?

Everybody's Miserable

The Threat from Within

Build, Baby, Build!

Flying a Kite and Rolling the Pitch (with Rob Hutton)

Trump Derangement Syndrome

Free Speech Is Back!

A Lawyer, Not a Leader

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