Episodes

  • Aidan Harper - Why the UK needs a four day work week

    Aidan Harper - Why the UK needs a four day work week
    Dec 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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    18 mins
  • Yas Necati - I'm queer and trans, stop debating my existence

    Yas Necati - I'm queer and trans, stop debating my existence
    Dec 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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    20 mins
  • Mary Dejevsky - A united Ireland is the only solution to Brexit

    Mary Dejevsky - A united Ireland is the only solution to Brexit
    Dec 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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    28 mins
  • Richard Power Sayeed - 1997: Things can only get worse

    Richard Power Sayeed - 1997: Things can only get worse
    Nov 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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    25 mins
  • Sean O'Grady - Millennials don't deserve handouts from Hammond

    Sean O'Grady - Millennials don't deserve handouts from Hammond
    Nov 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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    22 mins
  • Matthew Norman - This is how Trump could be ousted

    Matthew Norman - This is how Trump could be ousted
    Nov 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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    36 mins
  • Grace Dent - Why women, not men, can joke about sexism

    Grace Dent - Why women, not men, can joke about sexism
    Oct 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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    36 mins
  • Mark Steel & Shappi Khorsandi - Theresa May should do some time on the comedy circuit

    Mark Steel & Shappi Khorsandi - Theresa May should do some time on the comedy circuit
    Oct 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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    27 mins