Double Take
News & Politics Podcasts
Each week we’ll be revisiting one of our favourite comment pieces. The author will be coming into the studio to read their piece, and we’ll be catching up with them about what happened after we clicked publish.
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Location:
United Kingdom
Genres:
News & Politics Podcasts
Description:
Each week we’ll be revisiting one of our favourite comment pieces. The author will be coming into the studio to read their piece, and we’ll be catching up with them about what happened after we clicked publish. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Language:
English
Episodes
Aidan Harper - Why the UK needs a four day work week
12/22/2017
Aidan Harper joins Kirsty Major to read and discuss his piece: Robots are going to make England’s north-south divide even worse - that's why we need the four day work week
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Duration:00:18:15
Yas Necati - I'm queer and trans, stop debating my existence
12/14/2017
Yas Necati joins Kirsty Major to read and discuss their piece: Should queer people be allowed to exist or should we all just be forced to 'convert'?
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Duration:00:19:49
Mary Dejevsky - A united Ireland is the only solution to Brexit
12/7/2017
Kirsty Major is joined by Indy columnist and former foreign correspondent Mary Dejevsky to read and discuss her piece "A united Ireland is the only practical solution to Brexit"
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Duration:00:30:20
Richard Power Sayeed - 1997: Things can only get worse
11/30/2017
Kirsty Major is joined by Richard Power Sayeed author of 1997: The Future that Never Happened, a look at why the Blair years have led to our current malaise. And on the other side of the ring, is our in-house Blairite John Rentoul, author of Tony Blair: A Prime Minister.
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Duration:00:24:30
Sean O'Grady - Millennials don't deserve handouts from Hammond
11/24/2017
Kirsty Major is joined by Sean O'Grady to read and discuss his piece: 'This Budget shouldn’t have given millennials a thing - why on earth should I subsidise their houses and railcards?'
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Duration:00:22:26
Matthew Norman - This is how Trump could be ousted
11/2/2017
Kirsty Major is joined by Matthew Norman to read and discuss his piece: There’s only one way out of the Russia probe for Donald Trump before he’s forced to quit
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Duration:00:37:02
Grace Dent - Why women, not men, can joke about sexism
10/26/2017
Kirsty Major is joined by journalist, author, and broadcaster Grace Dent to read and discuss her piece: James Corden, women can joke about sexual assault but you can’t – and this is why
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Duration:00:35:47
Mark Steel & Shappi Khorsandi - Theresa May should do some time on the comedy circuit
10/19/2017
Indy columnists and comedians Mark Steel and Shappi Khorsandi chat about why a stand up comedian never would have fluffed a speech like Theresa May.
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Duration:00:26:42
Andy Grice & Jonathan Isaby - Hammond v Johnson: Whose vision of Brexit will prevail?
10/12/2017
The Indy's Westminster columnist Andy Grice is joined by Brexit Central's Jonathan Isaby to discuss the competing visions of Brexit emerging in the Tory party. Hosted by Kirsty Major.
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Duration:00:27:07
Ben Chu - Nationalisation can work
10/5/2017
Economics Editor Ben Chu talks nationalisation with our very own defender of the free market, Managing Editor, Sean O'Grady. Hosted by Kirsty Major.
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Duration:00:37:02
Ash Sarkar - Who are the working class?
8/31/2017
Kirsty Major is joined by Ash Sarkar to read and discuss her piece: The working class isn't as white as some people would like you to think
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Duration:00:21:04
James Moore & Sean O'Grady - Brexit Britian No Mates
8/24/2017
Chief Business Commentator, James Moore, and Managing Editor, Sean O’Grady, talk about why no one outside of the EU actually wants to trade with Britain
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Duration:00:42:00
Dawn Foster - How to solve the housing crisis
8/17/2017
Housing journalist Dawn Foster reads and discusses her piece: Help to Buy is failing – so why won't our Government admit we're in the midst of a housing crisis?
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Duration:00:26:33
Tom Peck - The end of political satire
8/10/2017
The Independent's Parliamentary Sketch Writer, Tom Peck, reads and discusses his piece: If Nigel Farage thinks it's high time all 'youngsters' are made to see Dunkirk, he's entirely missed the point of it. Hosted by Kirsty Major.
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Duration:00:26:09
Matt Zarb-Cousin - Corbyn's Brexit
8/2/2017
Corbyn's former spokesperson Matt Zarb-Cousin joins Kirsty Major to read and discuss his piece: The Conservatives are totally screwed and a weak attack on Corbyn’s strengths isn’t going to change that.
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Duration:00:16:03
Josie Cox - The tech bubble is bound to burst
7/27/2017
The Independent's Business Editor Josie Cox reads and discusses her piece: The looming bust in digital is far more scary than Brexit. Hosted by Kirsty Major.
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Duration:00:27:55
Youssef El-Gingihy - As a GP I know that we no longer have an NHS
7/21/2017
GP Youssef El-Gingihy reads and discusses his viral piece: Terrifyingly, according to the World Health Organisation definition the UK no longer has a NHS. Hosted by Kirsty Major.
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Duration:00:24:39
Andrew Grice - Labour's reignited civil war is the height of stupidity
7/12/2017
Our Westminster columnist and former Political Editor, Andrew Grice discusses why he’s never seen such a weak Conservative Party in his 35 years in the game - or such pointless infighting on Labour’s side of the fence. Hosted by Kirsty Major.
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Duration:00:22:18
Austerity is over - and that's good news with Brexit around the corner
7/5/2017
The Independent's Economics Editor Ben Chu talks to our pro-austerity Managing Director (and former Economics Editor) Sean O'Grady about why with Brexit looming we need the opposite of austerity. Hosted by Kirsty Major.
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Duration:00:34:28
John Rentoul - I got it wrong about Jeremy Corbyn
6/29/2017
John Rentoul joins Kirsty Major to read and discuss his piece: I was wrong about Jeremy Corbyn.
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Duration:00:14:16