Daily Politics from the New Statesman

On this week's podcast: New Statesman editor Jason Cowley talks to Scottish writer, academic and independence-supporter Gerry Hassan, Helen Lewis, George Eaton and Anoosh Chekelian discuss the panic in Westminster, and Fiona Rutherford and Ian Steadman wonder what's so exciting about the Apple Watch and iPhone 6.LISTEN AD-FREE:📱Download the New Statesman appMORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email every Saturday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

MIDDLE EAST SPECIAL: On this week's New Statesman podcast, John Bew, Shiraz Maher, Jason Cowley and Sophie McBain discuss the roots of radicalisation in Britain and instability in the Middle East, while George Eaton and Anoosh Chakelian ask why the polls are narrowing in the run-up to the Scottish referendum.LISTEN AD-FREE:📱Download the New Statesman appMORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email every Saturday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's New Statesman podcast, George Eaton, Anoosh Chekelian and Helen Lewis ask how David Cameron will respond to former Tory MP Douglas Carswell's defection to UKIP, while Ian Steadman and Fiona Rutherford wonder why Amazon would pay $970 million for a social network built around watching other people play video games.LISTEN AD-FREE:📱Download the New Statesman appMORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email every Saturday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's New Statesman podcast, George Eaton and Jonn Elledge assess a strong summer for Labour, Ian Steadman and Juliet Jacques rejoice at the start of a new football season and Caroline Crampton attempts to convince resident philistines Helen Lewis and Philip Maughan that the Proms are a good thing.LISTEN AD-FREE:📱Download the New Statesman appMORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email every Saturday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's New Statesman Podcast, Helen Lewis, George Eaton and Anoosh Chakelian discuss the week's politics, BuzzFeed founder Jonah Peretti and artist Cory Arcangel talk about their new book "Working On My Novel" with Ian Steadman, and CityMetric Editors Jonn Elledge and Barbara Speed go back to basics to ask: what exactly is a city?LISTEN AD-FREE:📱Download the New Statesman appMORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email every Saturday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The full audio from the New Statesman's sell-out event with Mary Beard, Laurie Penny and Helen Lewis at Conway Hall on 30 July 2014. The speakers address the question: why are we so afraid of outspoken women?LISTEN AD-FREE:📱Download the New Statesman appMORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email every Saturday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's New Statesman podcast: as parliament rises for recess, George Eaton and Helen Lewis review the year in politics, Sophie McBain tells Kate Mossman about a mysterious commission in pre-revolution Libya, and Ian Steadman and Juliet Jacques consider the history of football's most enduring feuds.LISTEN AD-FREE:📱Download the New Statesman appMORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email every Saturday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's New Statesman Podcast, Helen Lewis, George Eaton and Lucy Fisher consider the fallout from the Conservative Party reshuffle, and ask what Labour can do in response. As life returns to normal in Brazil, Juliet Jacques and Ian Steadman decide once and for all whether this was THE BEST WORLD CUP EVER.LISTEN AD-FREE:📱Download the New Statesman appMORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email every Saturday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A special edition of the NS podcast to discuss the Conservative shuffle-kerfuffle, featuring Helen Lewis, Caroline Crampton, and Anoosh Chakelian.LISTEN AD-FREE:📱Download the New Statesman appMORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email every Saturday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Helen Lewis, George Eaton and Lucy Fisher discuss the Conservative Party's lady troubles, Mark Lawson tells Kate Mossman why he found the Monty Python reunion so moving and Ian Steadman explains how and why the government's emergency data laws came into being.LISTEN AD-FREE:📱Download the New Statesman appMORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email every Saturday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's New Statesman podcast, George Eaton, Helen Lewis and Jonn Elledge ask whether Ed Miliband is better off being a radical, Robin Ince explains why he hates Christmas and thinks we should ban it (or not), and Ian Steadman and Ajit Niranjan consider whether Facebook is evil.LISTEN AD-FREE:📱Download the New Statesman appMORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email every Saturday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's New Statesman podcast, Caroline Crampton, Jonn Elledge and Lucy Fisher talk about the problems facing the Tory party at home and abroad, Ajit Niranjan, Helen Lewis and Ian Steadman wonder whether it's possible to wear Google Glass without becoming a Glasshole, and Philip Maughan talks to Robin Lustig about his German-Jewish grandfather's experiences during the First World War.LISTEN AD-FREE:📱Download the New Statesman appMORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email every Saturday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's New Statesman podcast, George Eaton and Jonn Elledge discuss Labour plans to restrict benefits to the under-22s; Ian Steadman and Ajit Niranjan look at a surprising study about ant sperm; and Helen Lewis talks to Shiraz Maher about the rise of terror group Isis.LISTEN AD-FREE:📱Download the New Statesman appMORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email every Saturday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's New Statesman podcast, George Eaton and Lucy Fisher talk to Caroline Crampton about Labour's need to engage the blue-collar vote, N​S editor Jason Cowley explains why Brazil will be the last authentic World Cup tournament, Philip Maughan talks to Baileys and Goldsmiths Prize-winning novelist Eimear McBride, and Yo Zushi interviews Texas-based musician Jerry David DeCicca, frontman of the Black Swans, who plays us out.LISTEN AD-FREE:📱Download the New Statesman appMORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email every Saturday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's New Statesman podcast Helen Lewis, George Eaton, Tim Wigmore and Lucy Fisher discuss the fall of the BNP, Lib Dems in turmoil and the results of the European Elections, Ian Leslie tells the story of a pilot determined to banish avoidable error from the NHS, and Ian Steadman weighs the advantages of "climate change" versus "global warming".LISTEN AD-FREE:📱Download the New Statesman appMORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email every Saturday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's New Statesman podcast, Helen Lewis, Rafael Behr and George Eaton discuss the European elections and the Ukip bubble, Ian Steadman unpicks a new book's radical claims about genetics and race, and Yo Zushi explains why he's a Bobcat (that is, a die-hard Bob Dylan fan).LISTEN AD-FREE:📱Download the New Statesman appMORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email every Saturday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's New Statesman podcast, Rafael Behr, Helen Lewis and George Eaton discuss two disastrous new polls for the Labour Party, Ian Steadman explains how the International Space Station became embroiled in a diplomatic ping pong game, and Jonn Elledge argues that London's housing problem should be worrying the Tories even more than it worries Ed Miliband.LISTEN AD-FREE:📱Download the New Statesman appMORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email every Saturday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's New Statesman podcast, Rafael Behr, George Eaton and Anoosh Chakelian discuss the prospects for Newark's by-election, sound artist Aleks Kolkowski explains why he re-built the Exponential Horn - a device capable of creating "the perfect sound" - and Ian Steadman asks why Nintendo won't recognise gay marriage.LISTEN AD-FREE:📱Download the New Statesman appMORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email every Saturday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's New Statesman podcast, Caroline Crampton talks to George Eaton and Rafael Behr about Labour's plans for the rental housing market, Sophie McBain talks to Mona Siddiqui about the "Arabisation" of Islam, and Ian Steadman explains why there are millions of video games buried in the New Mexico desert. (A note on drilling: our neighbours were making a lot of noise while we made this podcast. We apologise, the building work is almost over!)LISTEN AD-FREE:📱Download the New Statesman appMORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email every Saturday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rafael Behr, Helen Lewis and George Eaton discuss a rather lacklustre week in politics, tragedy strikes on Mount Everest and Sophie McBain asks - why are we all so anxious?LISTEN AD-FREE:📱Download the New Statesman appMORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email every Saturday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Helen Lewis, Laurie Penny and Caroline Crampton discuss the politics of the BBC zombie drama In The Flesh, Mark Haddon tells Tom Gatti why he's not just "a nice guy who writes about dogs", and Ian Steadman explains the pros and cons of wearable technology.LISTEN AD-FREE:📱Download the New Statesman appMORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email every Saturday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

George Eaton and Helen Lewis file an end of term report card for the parties in Westminster, and discuss the fallout from Maria Miller's resignation, Michael Prodger talks to Man Booker Prize-shortlisted novelist Jim Crace, and Ian Steadman explain why everyone should change their internet passwords.LISTEN AD-FREE:📱Download the New Statesman appMORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email every Saturday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's podcast, Alex Clark talks to Man Booker-winner Eleanor Catton about the New Zealand gold fields and her prize-winning novel The Luminaries, Rafael Behr and Helen Lewis discuss the fallout from the Nick Clegg and Nigel Farage EU debate, and Ian Steadman considers the pros and cons of #activism.LISTEN AD-FREE:📱Download the New Statesman appMORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email every Saturday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's podcast: Helen Lewis, George Eaton and Rafael Behr discuss the fallout from the 2014 Budget, Kate Mossman talks to Jude Rogers about her recent encounter with Kylie Minogue and Ian Steadman explains why we could, but probably won't, bring back mammoths from extinction.LISTEN AD-FREE:📱Download the New Statesman appMORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email every Saturday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's podcast: Helen Lewis, Rafael Behr and George Eaton discuss Labour, the EU and the George Osborne's upcoming Budget, Erica Wagner talks to Tom Gatti about neurosurgeon Henry Marsh, and Ian Steadman, Caroline Crampton and Sophie McBain ask how a plane can just disappear in mid air?LISTEN AD-FREE:📱Download the New Statesman appMORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email every Saturday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On 4 March, Alex Salmond came to Westminster to deliver a New Statesman lecture putting forward his case for Scottish independence. Listen to the full audio of the lecture and the question and answer session, hosted by NS editor Jason Cowley.LISTEN AD-FREE:📱Download the New Statesman appMORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email every Saturday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

NS political editor Rafael Behr spoke to shadow Northern Ireland minster Ivan Lewis - listen to the full interview here.LISTEN AD-FREE:📱Download the New Statesman appMORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email every Saturday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rafael Behr and George Eaton discuss the Scottish independence referendum and the situation in Crimea, Helen Lewis and Ed Smith talk about the rowdy nature of politics and PMQs, and Rafael Behr interviews Ivan Lewis, the Northern Ireland minister.LISTEN AD-FREE:📱Download the New Statesman appMORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email every Saturday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's podcast Rafael Behr, Helen Lewis and George Eaton talk Wythenshawe and leadership prospects, Ian Steadman asks why nobody is stating the obvious on climate change, and Laurie Penny describes her experience at Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre.LISTEN AD-FREE:📱Download the New Statesman appMORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email every Saturday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rafael Behr, George Eaton and Caroline Crampton assess David Cameron's future as leader of the Conservatives, Kate Mossman tells Philip Maughan why Taylor Swift isn't only for teenagers, and Ian Steadman considers the likelihood that your house will be swallowed by a giant sinkhole.LISTEN AD-FREE:📱Download the New Statesman appMORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email every Saturday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's podcast David and George Kynaston talk to NS editor Jason Cowley about Britain's 7 per cent problem: the dominance of the privately-educated in public life. Rafael Behr and Caroline Crampton ask whether Labour are really bashing the rich and Caroline Criado-Perez discusses reforms to the laws on domestic violence.LISTEN AD-FREE:📱Download the New Statesman appMORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email every Saturday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rafael Behr, Helen Lewis and George Eaton discuss the progress of London's Crossrail project and the possibility of a gradual re-nationalisation of the train network under Labour, Caroline Crampton asks why Lena Dunham's "Girls" is such a lightning rod for criticism, and Ian Steadman tells us about the space probe which has just woken up on a comet millions of miles from the Earth.LISTEN AD-FREE:📱Download the New Statesman appMORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email every Saturday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Helen Lewis, George Eaton and Rafael Behr discuss Labour's drive to be the party of the middle class, Philip Maughan talks to New Statesman film critic Ryan Gilbey about reactions to Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street, while Ian Steadman explains why America is running out of the drugs it needs to carry out executions.LISTEN AD-FREE:📱Download the New Statesman appMORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email every Saturday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Helen Lewis and George Eaton talk about Ed Balls and Labour's fortunes, Rafael Behr interviews Ryan Shorthouse of Bright Blue about Tory modernisation, and Ian Steadman and Laurie Penny join Helen to discuss trolling and internet abuse.LISTEN AD-FREE:📱Download the New Statesman appMORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email every Saturday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rafael Behr, Helen Lewis and George Eaton discuss the year in politics, and make predictions for 2014, while Sean Anderson and Ian Steadman consider the year's best internet memes (with a crib for the uninitiated).LISTEN AD-FREE:📱Download the New Statesman appMORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email every Saturday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Helen Lewis, Rafael Behr and George Eaton talk about housing and the London mayoral race, Philip Maughan and Michael Prodger round up the real books of 2013, and Ian Steadman explains the possiblities and potential pitfalls of home genome testing.LISTEN AD-FREE:📱Download the New Statesman appMORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email every Saturday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A special northern-themed episode of the podcast. George Eaton and Rafael Behr ask - who speaks for the north? Stuart Maconie explains how (not) to write about the north, Philip Maughan reads a new poem by Simon Armitage and Ian Steadman explains what the hell is actually happening with the onlinecryptocurrency Bitcoin.LISTEN AD-FREE:📱Download the New Statesman appMORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email every Saturday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Is Labour winning the battle of ideas? Rafael Behr, George Eaton, and Helen Lewis discuss Labour's prospects and the rumbling debate about welfare; we dissect the news that the London Underground is to stay open 24 hours a day, but shed 750 jobs; and Ian Steadman and Sophie McBain ask whether we are approaching the end of the age of antibiotics.LISTEN AD-FREE:📱Download the New Statesman appMORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email every Saturday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We discuss the Conservative Party's attempt to erase their pre-2010 speeches from the internet; Caroline Crampton interviews Adam Price, writer of Danish political drama Borgen; and Ian Steadman reviews a new Science Museum exhibition about the Large Hadron Collider.LISTEN AD-FREE:📱Download the New Statesman appMORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email every Saturday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rafael Behr, George Eaton and Helen Lewis discuss why Iain Duncan Smith is still a government minister despite the trouble many of his flagship welfare reforms are in; Caroline Crampton and Rachel Cooke discuss the year in television; and Ian Steadman tells us about Gravity, one of the best disaster films he's ever seen.LISTEN AD-FREE:📱Download the New Statesman appMORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email every Saturday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

George Eaton, Caroline Crampton and Helen Lewis discuss the week in politics; Rachel Cooke talks about her book uncovering the amazing career women of the 1950s; and Ian Steadman tells us about the modular smartphone which could mean you never have to buy a new mobile again.LISTEN AD-FREE:📱Download the New Statesman appMORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email every Saturday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Russell Brand introduces his guest-edited issue of the magazine; Rafael Behr, George Eaton and Helen Lewis discuss the week in politics; and Ian Steadman tells us about 3D printing and chairs made from fungus.LISTEN AD-FREE:📱Download the New Statesman appMORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email every Saturday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rafael Behr and George Eaton talk about political polls, Labour and the teachers' strike; Caroline Crampton interviews the founder of mediadiversityuk.com Samantha Asumadu; and Philip Maughan talks to Kate Mossman upon her return from two exclusive concerts in New York - Sting and the Coen Brothers.LISTEN AD-FREE:📱Download the New Statesman appMORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email every Saturday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's podcast: our crack team of political writers consider the week in politics, science writer Michael Brooks tells us about the greatest science writer you've never heard of and Philip Maughan and Caroline Crampton discuss some sexy prime time telly new this week on Channel 4.LISTEN AD-FREE:📱Download the New Statesman appMORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email every Saturday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The New Statesman podcast is moving to a new location - you can now find us on Audioboo. Your iTunes feed should update automatically, but if not, visit newstatesman.com/podcast for help.LISTEN AD-FREE:📱Download the New Statesman appMORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email every Saturday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's New Statesman podcast, Rafael Behr and George Eaton discuss Ed Miliband's fortunes at Labour conference as well as looking forward to the Conservative extravaganza in Manchester next week, Philip Maughan and Caroline Crampton discuss Breaking Bad, and NS film critic Ryan Gilbey previews the new Woody Allen film, Blue Jasmine.LISTEN AD-FREE:📱Download the New Statesman appMORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email every Saturday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's New Statesman podcast, Rafael Behr and George Eaton discuss the upcoming Labour conference, Philip Maughan and Kate Mossman talk about Elton John's latest album "The Diving Board" and the iTunes festival, then Helen Lewis speaks to Sarah Ditum and Vagenda-blogger Holly Baxter about their love for One Direction, and teenage sexuality.LISTEN AD-FREE:📱Download the New Statesman appMORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email every Saturday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Helen Lewis, George Eaton and Rafael Behr discuss the week in politics, including the fortunes of the Lib Dems and the New Statesman's interviews with Tim Farron and Jeremy Browne. Helen and Raf are then joined by Caroline Crampton for a new segment entitled "Raf got a babysitter and went to the theatre", and finally Alex Hern interviews Hayley Campbell about cheating death as a cyclist in London.LISTEN AD-FREE:📱Download the New Statesman appMORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email every Saturday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's podcast Rafael Behr and George Eaton discuss the fallout from the Syria vote and wax political with predictions and opinion ahead of the party conference season, Alex Hern talks to comic book author Keiron Gillen and we discuss the Wikipedia controversy over Chelsea Manning.LISTEN AD-FREE:📱Download the New Statesman appMORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email every Saturday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Helen Lewis, Rafael Behr and George Eaton discuss the upcoming Labour reshuffle, Philip Maughan talks with Kate Mossman about aging Tory metalheads Iron Maiden, and Alex Hern talks about Elon Musk's HYPERLOOP.LISTEN AD-FREE:📱Download the New Statesman appMORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Friday⏰ Get our daily politics newsletter every morning✍️ Enjoy the best of our writing via email every Saturday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.