Oh God, What Now?

Keir Starmer may have been enduring stormy weather since winning power – but is the sky really falling in, as parts of the media think? And why are so many UK commentators and pundits addicted to the idea that we’re living in times of ultimate crisis? Plus, it’s 100 days since Kemi Badenoch took on the Tory leadership. Has she turned the party's fortunes around and made her party a laughing stock no longer? No, no she hasn’t. Why not? And what type of leader has she shown herself to be? • We’re on YouTube!: https://www.youtube.com/@ohgodwhatnow Our panel’s Escape Routes: • Hannah’s choice is 4,000 Weeks by Oliver Burkemann. • Rachel chooses Good Material by Dolly Alderton. • Andrew’s choices of We Stand On Guard and Ever Crashing by SRSQ. • Alison chooses Persuasion by Jane Austen. www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow Presented by Andrew Harrison with Hannah Fearn, Rachel Cunliffe and Alison Phillips. Producer: Chris Jones Audio production by: Robin Leeburn. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Donald Trump and his evil nerd henchman Elon Musk continue to “flood the zone” with new harmful executive orders and bullshit headlines. How do we figure out what matters and what doesn’t? Plus, Reform UK has – somehow – topped a poll as the UK’s most popular political party. Should we stop paying so much attention to polls, and letting them set the agenda? Plus in the Extra Bit for supporters: research suggests some people get as many as two scam phone calls a day! The panel discusses how to spot them and whether they’re putting us all off from answering the phone. • We’re on YouTube!: https://www.youtube.com/@ohgodwhatnow • www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow • Go to proton.me/ohgodwhatnow to receive a 38% discount on Proton Mail Presented by Dorian Lynskey, Jonn Elledge, Ros Taylor and Matt Green. Producer: Chris Jones. Audio production by: Robin Leeburn. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As Keir Starmer visits Brussels for a meeting with European Union leaders, Trump has the EU in his sights. But Trump says Starmer is “nice”, so will Britain get away unscathed from new tariffs? It’s quite the predicament for the British PM – will he have to choose between one or the other? And what’s with all the DISRUPTION? From electoral politics to business to popular culture, we’re told that “move fast and break things” is the way to go. Is that why we’re knee-deep in loads of broken stuff? • Send your questions to BUT YOUR EMAILS • We’re on YouTube!: https://www.youtube.com/@ohgodwhatnow www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow Presented by Andrew Harrison with Zoë Grünewald, Rafael Behr, and Seth Thévoz. Audio production by: Robin Leeburn. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It’s five years this week since we left the EU. Isn’t everything going brilliantly? Special guest Anand Menon of UK In A Changing Europe joins us to assess the many, many achievements of Global Britain. Has Brexit changed Britain irrevocably? What destroyed the Tory party: leaving the EU, Liz Truss or Boris Johnson’s own hubris? What’s the real reason why Labour won’t touch this issue? And what happens if a radicalising Europe stops looking like such a secure place to rejoin after all? Plus, in the Extra Bit for Patreons: should we stay strong and not let AI “improve” our writing? • Support us on Patreon for ad-free listening and much, much more. Written and presented by Ros Taylor with Hannah Fearn and Marie le Conte. Audio production by Robin Leeburn. Theme music by Cornershop. Produced by Chris Jones. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. www.podmasters.co.uk Go to proton.me/ohgodwhatnow to receive a 38% discount on Proton Mail Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

BBC politics coverage is in trouble: browbeaten by the Mail and Telegraph, still reeling from Tory intimidation, and addicted to ever-shorter, cheaper, surface coverage in an age that wants depth and complexity. Special guest Steve Richards of the Rock and Roll Politics podcast, himself an ex-BBC politics correspondent, joins us to work out what’s wrong with BBC politics and how to fix it. Plus: Was it so bad that Kemi Badenoch chose ‘Yellow Submarine’ as her favourite Beatles song? And if Keir Starmer loves football so much, why can’t he take inspiration from great managers like Clough, Ferguson and Klopp? • Send us your But Your Emails questions via Patreon • See Ahir Shah on tour with his Edinburgh Award-winning show Ends. • See Steve Richards at the first live Rock and Roll Politics show of 2025 in London on Mon 3 Feb. • Support us on Patreon for ad-free listening and much, much more. Written and presented by Andrew Harrison with Zöe Grünewald and Ahir Shah. Audio production by Robin Leeburn. Theme music by Cornershop. Produced by Chris Jones. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. www.podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Trump starts as viciously as he means to go on, with a confected state of emergency on immigration, attacks on gay and trans people, withdrawals from the Paris Climate agreement and the World Health Organisation, and pardons for the anti-democracy rioters of Jan 6. Reed Galen, co-founder of the anti-MAGA Republican group The Lincoln Project and host of The Home Front podcast, joins us to assess Trump’s first moves and the state of the resistance against him. And in the Extra Bit for Patreon backers: Could you boycott visiting the United States while Trump is President? • “Very bad things are going to happen. The question is, how are we going to react to them?” – Reed Galen • Support us on Patreon for an ad-free listening experience – and to help keep independent podcasting alive! Go to proton.me/ohgodwhatnow to receive a 38% discount on Proton Mail Written and presented by Dorian Lynskey with Rachel Cunliffe and Rafael Behr. Audio production by Robin Leeburn and Simon Williams. Theme music by Cornershop. Produced by Chris Jones. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. www.podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

And so it begins. The second age of Trump is upon us. Are we all braced? All eyes are on what executive orders he will enact in his first week. So, how do we handle Trump’s politics of chaos? Or will we simply have to grin and bear it? Plus, Labour promised “a new deal for working people” before winning the election. Has it kept its promise with the new employment rights bill? General Secretary of the TUC Paul Nowak joins the podcast to get into it all. And, in a special extra, Judge Dredd does Defund The Police? Andrew talks to one of the authors. • Pre-order Judge Dredd: A Better World here. • We’re on YouTube!: https://www.youtube.com/@ohgodwhatnow www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow Presented by Andrew Harrison with Jonn Elledge, and Zoë Grünewald. Producer: Chris Jones. Audio production by: Robin Leeburn. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As Musk and Zuckerberg vie to enshittify Twitter and Facebook, is the Right’s victory over social media final? Is there something intrinsic to social media that drives its users rightwards (and crazy)? Does Zuckerberg believe in anything at all? Expert in digital politics and radicalisation Alan Finlayson joins us to look at the abasement of Big Tech before Trumpism. Plus: Has Starmer drunk the A.I. Kool-Aid or is it really the key to Britain’s growth conundrum? And in the Extra Bit, why saying “not a good look” is not a good look. Support us on Patreon for an ad-free listening experience – and to independent podcasting alive! Written and presented by Dorian Lynskey with Marie le Conte and Ros Taylor. Audio production by Robin Leeburn and Tom Taylor. Theme music by Cornershop. Produced by Chris Jones. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. www.podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As Britain’s economic growth slows and gilt returns go up (no, we can’t remember what it means either) the Tory press are eager to construct a narrative of “Labour’s mess”. How real is it – and is Chancellor Rachel Reeves really at risk? Plus: Trump wants to annex Canada, Greenland and possibly your house. Are we back to 19th century foreign policy where the world is basically a game of Risk? Seth Thévoz, The New Statesman’s Rachel Cunliffe, comedian Matt Green and Andrew Harrison try to make sense of it all. Support us on Patreon for an ad-free listening experience – and to independent podcasting alive! Written and presented by group editor Andrew Harrison. Audio production by Robin Leeburn. Theme music by Cornershop. Produced by Chris Jones. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. www.podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Senior Tories like Badenoch and Jenrick are cynically following the lead of far-right wackos like Elon Musk to stoke the grooming gangs story. Are there any red lines left for a desperate Conservative Party that will now say things even Nigel Farage won’t? Former editor of The Mirror Alison Phillips joins the panel to get into it all. Plus, it’s a But Your Emails special as we answer as many of our Patreon backers’ questions as we can. And in the Extra Bit for subscribers, is January secretly the best month of the year? We’re on YouTube!: https://www.youtube.com/@ohgodwhatnow www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow Presented by Dorian Lynskey with Hannah Fearn and Jonn Elledge. Producer: Chris Jones. Audio production by: Robin Leeburn. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We did it, we survived 2024. Now, we face 2025 – a year where the world’s most influential country is headed by a convicted felon. How consequential will Donald Trump and his nerdy henchman, Elon Musk, be? And back home, Labour is taking on its first full year in charge. Keir Starmer has made a lot of promises, can he and his government get any of it done? And what will happen to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK? Our first panel of the year gets into the biggest issues of 2025 and the cast of characters that COULD be the most influential this year. We’re on YouTube!: https://www.youtube.com/@ohgodwhatnow www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow Presented by Andrew Harrison with Rafael Behr, Ros Taylor and Zoë Grünewald. Producer: Chris Jones. Audio production by: Robin Leeburn. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

• Last chance to get 20% off a year’s Patreon support for OGWN! Rishi in the rain? Musk ruining everything? Boris Johnson’s stupid book? In the OGWN Political Awards of the Year we choose the defining moments of the year – but also the heroes, villains, and even the reasons to be optimistic for 2025. Dorian Lynskey, Marie le Conte, Ros Taylor and Rafael Behr gather to pore over the entrails of 2024 and name the totemic people and events of the year. Plus, in the Extra Bit for Patreon people: What do the panel want for Christmas? Not Electoral Reform socks and Donald Tusk action figures, but the ideas and policy moves they want to see in 2025? Support us on Patreon to keep independent podcasting alive and ’casting! Written and presented by Dorian Lynskey. Audio production by Robin Leeburn and Tom Taylor. Theme music by Cornershop. Produced by Chris Jones. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. www.podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As bad Brexit news piles up, a new poll says that even Leave voters would welcome freedom of movement if it meant access to the Single Market. But is the question of Britain rejoining the EU ever going to make it into mainstream politics conversation? We look at the hurdles. Plus, the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has put the American people’s hatred of their health system in the spotlight. How deep does this resentment run and how did it get so bad that someone would kill over it? AND we have a special returning former panelist to the show this week: Ahir Shah is back after a year-long hiatus! We’re on YouTube!: https://www.youtube.com/@ohgodwhatnow www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow Presented by Andrew Harrison with Hannah Fearn, Rachel Cunliffe and Ahir Shah. Producer: Chris Jones. Audio production by: Robin Leeburn. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

• Our Cyber Monday sale is still on. Get 20% off a year’s Patreon support for OGWN. Back from the interval? Got your drinks and crisps? Return to London’s legendary Comedy Store to hear Dorian Lynskey, Marie le Conte, Jonn Elledge and special guest John Crace – parliamentary sketchwriter for The Guardian – delve into the wreckage of the French elections, sift the entrails of US Presidential Election 2024, and cheer us up with some party games too. Support us on Patreon to get early access to all our live tickets plus mugs, t-shirts and more. Written and presented by Dorian Lynskey. Audio production by Robin Leeburn and Tom Taylor. Theme music by Cornershop. Produced by Chris Jones. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Special thanks to all at The Comedy Store. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. www.podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

• Our Cyber Monday sale is still on. Get 20% off a year’s Patreon support for OGWN Is it that time of year again? Join Dorian Lynskey, Marie le Conte, Jonn Elledge and special guest John Crace – parliamentary sketchwriter for The Guardian – LIVE at London’s Comedy Store for the OGWN Christmas Show 2024. In part one, we look back with disbelief on the UK election and what it all meant… Support us on Patreon to get early access to all our live tickets plus mugs, t-shirts and more. Written and presented by Dorian Lynskey. Audio production by Robin Leeburn and Tom Taylor. Theme music by Cornershop. Produced by Chris Jones. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Special thanks to all at The Comedy Store. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. www.podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

• Get 20% off a year’s Patreon support in our Cyber Monday sale. Why not ask for it for Christmas? Panic stations? Reform UK has overtaken Labour in the polls for the first time. Is this just a standard mid-term setback (albeit a bit early) or is Labour’s real battle with Farage not the Tories? The Guardian’s Polly Toynbee joins us to explore it. Plus, after the Assisted Dying debate, is religion creeping into famously secular British politics? And the highs and lows of the panel’s week. Support us on Patreon to get early access to all our live tickets plus mugs, t-shirts and more. Presented by Ros Taylor with Seth Thévoz and Matt Green. Audio production by Robin Leeburn. Theme music by Cornershop. Produced by Chris Jones. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. www.podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

• Get 20% off a year’s Patreon support in our Cyber Monday sale. Why not ask for it for Christmas? • Last chance for tickets to our Christmas Live Show on Tue 10 Dec at the Comedy Store London. All we want for Christmas is… a feisty front-foot reset from Labour? Can Keir Starmer turn round the Government supertanker and get the Civil Service to be a little more co-operative towards the Labour agenda? Plus, after Biden’s decision to give his son Hunter an absolute pardon, is there any point mithering about “norms” any more? Plus, in the Extra Bit for Patreon people, the panel solve your “what books to get the family for Christmas” misery. Support us on Patreon to get early access to all our live tickets plus mugs, t-shirts and more. Presented by Dorian Lynskey with Rachel Cunliffe, Jon Elledge and Ros Taylor. Audio production by Robin Leeburn and Tom Taylor. Theme music by Cornershop. Produced by Chris Jones. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. www.podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

• Get 20% off a year’s Patreon support in our Cyber Monday sale. Why not ask for it for Christmas? • Last few tickets for our Christmas Live Show on Tue 10 Dec at the Comedy Store London. 🎵 Shoulda left my phone at home/Cos this is a disaster. 🎵 What does the surprise resignation of Louise Haigh tell us about propriety and forgiveness in the new government? Is it one strike and you’re out? Plus as Labour and the countryside clash we welcome Guy Shrubsole, author of the brilliant book The Lie Of The Land: Who Really Cares For The Countryside?, to delve into the background of Starmer’s rural troubles… and bust the myth of “custodians of the land.” • Buy The Lie Of The Land through our affiliate bookshop and you’ll help fund OGWN by earning us a small commission for every sale. Bookshop.org’s fees help support independent bookshops too. Support us on Patreon to get early access to all our live tickets plus mugs, t-shirts and more. Presented by Andrew Harrison with Zöe Grünewald and Rafael Behr. Audio production by Robin Leeburn. Theme music by Cornershop. Produced by Chris Jones. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. www.podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

• Get 20% off a year’s Patreon support in our Black Friday sale. Why not ask for it for Christmas? • Get your tickets for our Christmas Live Show on Tue 10 Dec at the Comedy Store London. Is Rachel Reeves a Thatcher 2.0 for simply standing by her budget? Or is she right to stick to her guns? Plus, did 1990s lad culture pave the way for the toxic masculinity we see today? We unpack the new Loaded magazine documentary and the lasting impact of lad mag media. Our special guest is The Guardian’s John Harris. Support us on Patreon to get early access to all our live tickets plus mugs, t-shirts and more. Presented by Dorian Lynskey with Marie Le Conte and Ros Taylor. Audio production by Robin Leeburn. Theme music by Cornershop. Produced by Chris Jones. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. www.podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

• Get 20% off a year’s Patreon support in our Black Friday sale. Why not ask for it for Christmas? • Get your tickets for our Christmas Live Show on Tue 10 Dec at the Comedy Store London. Barbour-ism begins at home… Could the farm protests become the centre of a new right-wing opposition to Labour? Can Starmer’s team fix their messaging on the inheritance tax issue? And maybe there is two-tier policing, but it benefits you if you’ve got a tractor. Former Met Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe is our special guest. Support us on Patreon to get early access to all our live tickets plus mugs, t-shirts and more. Presented by Andrew Harrison with Rachel Cunliffe and Hannah Fearn. Audio production by Robin Leeburn. Theme music by Cornershop. Produced by Chris Jones. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. www.podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

• Get 20% off a year’s Patreon support in our Black Friday sale. Why not ask for it for Christmas? • Get your tickets to our live show at the Comedy Store on Tue 10 Dec here! Keir Starmer’s global adventures have grabbed headlines – and while some think he should spend more time at home, others say he's doing what he needs to do to revive the UK’s international image. Our panel wades into the debate. Plus, is local media dead and buried or can upstarts revive it? Jim Waterson was the Media Editor for The Guardian before setting up London Centric, a “modern outlet for London”. Can you have a healthy national media without strong local roots? And in the Extra Bit for Subscribers, Trump 2.0 is the sequel nobody wanted. We discuss sequels that were actually good to distract our minds from the story unfolding in the US. We’re on YouTube!: https://www.youtube.com/@ohgodwhatnow www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow • Don’t miss Series 2 of our science and psychology podcast, Why? with Emma Kennedy –listen here. Presented by Ros Taylor with Seth Thévoz and Rafael Behr. Producer: Chris Jones. Audio production by Robin Leeburn. Video Production: Chris Jones and Jamie Heffernan. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

• Get 20% off a year’s Patreon support for OGWN in our Black Friday sale. Why not drop a heavy hint to the family…? • Get your tickets for our Christmas Live Show on Tue 10 Dec at the Comedy Store London. The X-odus continues – but if we all quit the platform everyone still calls Twitter, are we handing a powerful social media engine to the worst of the far-right? Donald Trump continues to make cabinet appointments “so appalling they seem like performance art”. We get updates on the nightmarish backgrounds of Matt Gaetz, Tulsi Gabbard and RFK. And do elections now simply mean punishment beatings for incumbents? Former Daily Mirror editor Alison Phillips is our special guest. Support us on Patreon to get early access to all our live tickets plus mugs, t-shirts and more. This episode is sponsored by Proton Pass, to find out more visit http://proton.me/pass/ohgodwhatnow Presented by Andrew Harrison with Rachel Cunliffe and Matt Green. Audio production by Simon Williams. Theme music by Cornershop. Produced by Chris Jones. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. www.podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Get your tickets to our 10th December live show at the Comedy Store here! Trump has started to appoint his evil minions to his cabinet – and we take a breath to look at Badenoch’s new gang back home too. Andy Kroll, investigative reporter for ProPublica and author of A Death on W Street: The Murder of Seth Rich and the Age of Conspiracy, joins the panel to talk through the US side of things, and Dorian, Jonn and Zoe get into the UK news. And, in the Extra Bit for Subscribers, how do you deal with the emotional impact of losing an election? (PS. We recorded this on Wednesday afternoon at 4.30pm, so we were just before the Matt Gaetz news...) We’re on YouTube!: https://www.youtube.com/@ohgodwhatnow And, we’re on BlueSky now too. Follow here: https://bsky.app/profile/ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social This episode is sponsored by Proton Pass, to find out more visit http://proton.me/pass/ohgodwhatnow www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow • Don’t miss Series 2 of our science and psychology podcast, Why? with Emma Kennedy - listen here. Presented by Dorian Lynskey with Zoë Grünewald and Jonn Elledge. Producer: Chris Jones. Audio production by: Robin Leeburn. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

• Get your tickets for our Christmas Live Show on Tue 10 Dec at the Comedy Store London. The Trump aftermath rumbles on. Farage, Tommy Robinson and the populist right think the GOP’s triumph is theirs too. Are they right? Will an isolationist America really want to export populism around the world? And will Keir Starmer have to choose between the EU and the USA? Plus, as the Democrats tear at one another, what should progressives really confront in the years to come? Could they at least start by agreeing why they lost? Support us on Patreon to get early access to all our live tickets plus mugs, t-shirts and more. Presented by Ros Taylor with Seth Thévoz, Hannah Fearn and Matt Green. Audio production by Simon Williams and Jade Bailey. Theme music by Cornershop. Produced by Chris Jones. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. www.podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

• Get your tickets to our 10th December live show at the Comedy Store London here! It’s happened, Trump has retaken the White House. How did the orange felon who’s also racist win the election and what might he do now? Andrew Rudalevige is a professor of government at Bowdoin College and joins the panel to confront it all. Plus, in the run-up to Remembrance Day, we dig up the strange evolution of poppy mania. And in the Extra Bit for subscribers, the panel ventures out of their comfort zones to get stuck into a bit of culture that they otherwise wouldn’t touch with a barge pole. • We’re on YouTube!: https://www.youtube.com/@ohgodwhatnow • Back us on Patreon. • Don’t miss Series 2 of our science and psychology podcast, Why? with Emma Kennedy – listen here. Presented by Andrew Harrison with Ros Taylor and Jonn Elledge. Producer: Chris Jones. Audio production by: Robin Leeburn. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Get your tickets to our 10th December live show at the Comedy Store here! On the eve of the US election, nobody is quite sure how Donald Trump still has a chance of becoming president. But should the orange man lose, how does the Republican Party recover from his reign? Home Front podcast host and Republican campaign veteran. Reed Galen, has been a vehement anti-Trumper for years and joins the panel to get into it all. And back home, Kemi Badenoch is at the helm of the Tory party - what does that mean for the future of the centre-right? And what can we learn from what Trump has done to the GOP? Listen to Reed's podcast, The Home Front. Want more American politics from Podmasters? Listen to Jarv's show, American Friction. We’re on YouTube!: https://www.youtube.com/@ohgodwhatnow www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow • Don’t miss Series 2 of our science and psychology podcast, Why? with Emma Kennedy - listen here. Presented by Jacob Jarvis with Zoe Grunewald and Rafael Behr. Producer: Chris Jones. Audio production by: Robin Leeburn. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

• Get your tickets to Oh God, What Now? live at the Comedy Store on Tue 10 Dec – now with special guest John Crace of The Guardian. Kemi “start a fight in an empty room” Badenoch wins the Tory leadership, beating Robert Jenrick in a surprisingly low turnout. Will an electorate that’s just turfed out the Conservative Party be in the mood for more of the same only more combative and obnoxious? Will Badenoch’s promise to “tell the truth” just mean more woke-bashing? And would Labour HQ be wise to keep the champagne on ice? The New Statesman’s Rachel Cunliffe and Andrew Harrison interrupt their Saturdays for some Torygazing. Support us on Patreon to get early access to all our live tickets plus mugs, t-shirts and more. Presenter and Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Produced by Simon Williams. Theme music by Cornershop. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. www.podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Go here to get tickets for Oh God, What Now? live at the Comedy Store on Tue 10 Dec – now with special guest John Crace of The Guardian. Big tax rises, big ambition. Labour’s first budget since regaining power, from Britain’s first-ever female chancellor, is rocking the nation. Beyond frantic headlines in the Tory press, what’s Rachel Reeves up to? Former chief economist at the Cabinet Office Jonathan Portes joins us to explain. Plus, anger is an energy – is angertainment the real force shaping the world right now? And will Trump win the White House because of it? And in the Extra Bit for supporters: as fares go up by a quid will we witness Mutiny On The Buses? We’re on YouTube!: https://www.youtube.com/@ohgodwhatnow Support us on Patreon. Don’t miss Series 2 of our science and psychology podcast, Why? with Emma Kennedy – listen here. Presented by Andrew Harrison with Hannah Fearn and Seth Thévoz. Producer: Chris Jones. Audio production by: Jade Bailey. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

• Go here to get tickets for Oh God, What Now? live at the Comedy Store on Tue 10 Dec. Labour’s first budget since regaining power is an opportunity to get back on the front foot and silence its critics on the right. What could Rachel Reeves introduce in this budget, how key is a focus on the NHS going to be, and, importantly, WHO THE HELL does the bins at Buckingham Palace?! Plus, the vote for the Assisted Dying Bill is about 5 weeks away. Some MPs feel there hasn’t been enough time to debate it properly. Wes Streeting won’t back it, nor will Justice Sec Shabana Mahmood. Will Parliament fumble one of the most important decisions it could have to make? Guardian Columnist Polly Toynbee joins the panel to get stuck into all of that. We’re on YouTube!: https://www.youtube.com/@ohgodwhatnow www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow • Don’t miss Series 2 of our science and psychology podcast, Why? with Emma Kennedy – listen here. Presented by Ros Taylor with Zoë Grünewald and Rachel Cunliffe. Producer: Chris Jones. Audio production by: Simon Williams. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

• Go here to get tickets for Oh God, What Now? live at the Comedy Store on Tue 10 Dec. Starmer’s still under media pressure over the Swiftgate/freebie scandal, he just can’t shake it off… (I'll get my coat). Should Labour give up on getting a fair crack from Britain’s media – and how much are the problems the party’s own fault? Broadcaster and ex-Sky News political editor Adam Boulton joins us to talk about Labour vs the media and the seismic changes engulfing the news business. Plus in the Extra Bit for backers, Wes Streeting asked the public for ideas to improve the NHS and got suggestions like beer on tap to improve “patient morale”. Is it ever worth asking the public for ideas? We’re on YouTube!: https://www.youtube.com/@ohgodwhatnow www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow • Don’t miss Series 2 of our science and psychology podcast, Why? with Emma Kennedy – listen here. Presented by Ros Taylor with Ava Santina and Rafael Behr. Producer: Chris Jones. Audio production by: Robin Leeburn. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A bonus clip from the new series of science and psychology podcast, Why? – from the makers of Oh God, What Now? In Episode One: Most of us think we’re too smart, stable and strong-willed to join a cult – but clearly somebody’s joining them. So why do people willingly give up their free will and independence to join secretive communities with charismatic leaders – and how do they get out? Emma Kennedy talks to world-leading cult deprogrammer Rick Alan Ross and NXIVM cult survivor Sarah Edmondson to discover the strange allure of the cult mindset. Go here to hear the complete episode. Why? with Emma Kennedy is the podcast for curious minds, from the makers of Oh God, What Now? Every Thursday, Emma delves into the science and psychology of why we are the way we are. She talks leading experts and some of science’s brightest minds to answer the big questions you never knew how to ask. Follow on your favourite podcast app so you never miss an episode. WHY? is presented by Emma Kennedy. Produced by Eliza Davis Beard. Audio production and theme music by Jade Bailey. Managing editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Artwork by James Parrett. Additional music is from Artlist.io. WHY? is a Podmasters Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The US election is hanging in the balance with either candidate looking just as likely to win in November. Brian Klaas, author of Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters and professor of global politics at University College London, says it’s “absurd” that the race is as close as it is and joins the panel to explain how catastrophic a Trump 2.0 Presidency could be. And in the second half, we went to see the new biopic ‘The Apprentice’ which Trump called a “politically disgusting hatchet job”. How was it, and has it damaged the former President’s campaign or fired him up? We’re on YouTube!: https://www.youtube.com/@ohgodwhatnow www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow Presented by Andrew Harrison, Matt Green and Yasmeen Serhan. Producer: Chris Jones. Audio production by: Robin Leeburn. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It’s not been plain sailing for the Labour government since the election, but what’s the state of play within the wider party? Now we’ve had 100 days of Starmer, how are the factions behaving, and where does the real power lie? Morgan Jones is a contributing editor for Renewal and formerly of Labour List – she gives us the lowdown on it all. Plus, why has the UK economy stopped growing? And following the international investment summit is Labour capable of righting the sinking ship? Then in the Extra Bit for subscribers: Bookshaming. What is it and is it ever okay? We’re on YouTube!: https://www.youtube.com/@ohgodwhatnow www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow Presented by Dorian Lynskey, with Jonn Elledge and Ros Taylor. Producer: Chris Jones. Audio production by: Robin Leeburn. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Tory leadership race is down to two: Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick – did this really take the Tories by surprise? Plus, we’re 100 days into the new Government. How long does Starmer have before he has to start producing results? And Andrew Harrison talks to ITV’s Deputy Political Editor Anushka Asthana about her new book: Taken as Red How the Election Was Won and Lost – find the full interview on The Bunker later this week. Buy Taken as Red How the Election Was Won and Lost through our affiliate bookshop and you’ll help fund Oh God, What Now? by earning us a small commission for every sale. Bookshop.org’s fees help support independent bookshops too. https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13277/9780008697907 We’re on YouTube!: https://www.youtube.com/@ohgodwhatnow www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow Presented by Andrew Harrison with Rachel Cunliffe and Marie Le Conte. Producer: Chris Jones. Audio production by: Robin Leeburn. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We were all set for a relaxing live show in Hove and then the Tories made the worst choice since the mayor in Jaws kept the beaches open. On this feature-length show: live Jenrick/Badenoch reaction, a look at Labour’s imposter syndrome and the Conservatives’ irrational exuberance, we put the boot into Boris Johnson’ wretched book, and much, much more. • Longtime OGWN fans Make A Will Online have a special offer for fellow listeners. Go to Makeawillonline.co.uk/whatnow for a 20% discount. Don’t put off making a will, get peace of mind for you and your loved ones. Support us on Patreon to get early access to all our live tickets plus mugs, t-shirts and more. Presented by Dorian Lynskey with Rafael Behr, Ros Taylor and our special guest Jan Ravens. Live audio by Tom Taylor, production by Robin Leeburn. Theme music by Cornershop. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Special thanks to Louise, Helen, Mark, Tim and all at the Old Market Theatre. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production www.podmasters.co.uk. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

• Last chance for tickets to OGWN Live in Hove at the Old Market, this Weds 9 Oct. Keir Starmer’s Chief of Staff gets the Spanish Archer and nobody was expecting it… or were they? Who is her replacement Morgan McSweeney and what does he want? Can he lift Labour’s Chaos Curse? Plus – After Laura Kuenssberg accidentally torpedoes her own “scoop” interview with reclusive former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, are political journalists too close to their quarry? And who <I>really<i> wanted the interview cancelled anyway? • Longtime OGWN fans Make A Will Online have a special offer for fellow listeners. Go to Makeawillonline.co.uk/whatnow for a 20% discount. Don’t put off making a will, get peace of mind for you and your loved ones. Support us on Patreon to get early access to all our live tickets plus mugs, t-shirts and more. Presented by Andrew Harrison with Hannah Fearn, Marie le Conte and Seth Thévoz. Produced by Chris Jones. Audio production by Robin Leeburn. Video by Keiron Leslie. Theme music by Cornershop. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. www.podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

• OGWN Live in Hove, Weds 9 Oct. Tickets here. After the Tory leadership hopefuls made their pitches to the party conference, we unpack whether they offered anything new, interesting or remotely sane. We talk it all over with Tim Bale, professor of politics at Queen Mary University of London, and author of The Conservative Party After Brexit: Turmoil and Transformation. Plus, Starmer’s been to Brussels – is he drawing the UK back towards the EU? And in the Extra Bit for subscribers, with conference season over, what’s the best kind of political merch the panel has ever seen? Buy The Conservative Party After Brexit: Turmoil and Transformation through our affiliate bookshop and you’ll help fund Oh God, What Now? by earning us a small commission for every sale. Bookshop.org’s fees help support independent bookshops too. We’re on YouTube!: https://www.youtube.com/@ohgodwhatnow • Get tickets for Levitation, the annual festival of electronic music and ideas presented by friends of the pod Castles In Space, at Bedford Esquires on Sat 5 Oct. And here’s a taster playlist of who’s on. • Longtime OGWN fans Make A Will Online have a special offer for fellow listeners. Go to Makeawillonline.co.uk/whatnow for a 20% discount. Don’t put off making a will, get peace of mind for you and your loved ones. www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow Presented by Jacob Jarvis with Ava Santina and Ros Taylor. Producer: Chris Jones. Audio production by: Tom Taylor and Robin Leeburn. Video production by: Chris Jones and Kieron Leslie. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Conservatives gather in Birmingham to contemplate their lost hopes and dreams (we’ve all done it). Why are Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick the frontrunners to lead what’s left of the party and where would they take it? Plus, will Israel’s assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah bring peace any closer… or push it further away? • Get tickets for Levitation, the annual festival of electronic music and ideas presented by friends of the pod Castles In Space, at Bedford Esquires on Sat 5 Oct. And here’s a taster playlist of who’s on. • Longtime OGWN fans Make A Will Online have a special offer for fellow listeners. Go to Makeawillonline.co.uk/whatnow for a 20% discount. Don’t put off making a will, get peace of mind for you and your loved ones. Support us on Patreon to get early access to all our live tickets plus mugs, t-shirts and more. Presented by Andrew Harrison with Yasmeen Serhan and Jonn Elledge. Produced by Chris Jones. Audio production by Robin Leeburn. Video by Kieron Leslie. Theme music by Cornershop. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. www.podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

• OGWN Live in Hove, Weds 9 Oct. Tickets here. This year’s Labour conference was the biggest in the party’s history – but what did we learn from the gathering in Liverpool? Jacob Jarvis and producer Chris Jones went up to Liverpool to speak with friends of the podcast new and old, to get their key takeaways and ask whether it went well, or badly, for Starmer and co. We’re on YouTube!: https://www.youtube.com/@ohgodwhatnow www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow • Get tickets for Levitation, the annual festival of electronic music and ideas presented by friends of the pod Castles In Space, at Bedford Esquires on Sat 5 Oct. And here’s a taster playlist of who’s on. • The people behind Make A Will Online are longtime fans of Oh God What Now and they’ve got a special offer for fellow listeners. Go to Makeawillonline.co.uk/whatnow and you’ll get a 20% discount. Don’t put off making a will, get peace of mind for you and your loved ones. Presented Jacob Jarvis. Producer: Chris Jones. Audio production by: Robin Leeburn. Video production by: Chris Jones. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Starmer’s Liverpool speech: the PM sticks to his guns but does Captain Competence need more pizzazz? Plus, a But Your Emails special featuring more of your brilliant questions. And in the Extra Bit for Patreon people, do freebies really move the dial? As the Tory press rage about Starmer’s free specs and Rayner’s holiday in New York, we look at the ins and outs of the political backhander. • Get tickets for Levitation, the annual festival of electronic music and ideas presented by friends of the pod Castles In Space, at Bedford Esquires on Sat 5 Oct. And here’s a taster playlist of who’s on. • Longtime OGWN fans Make A Will Online have a special offer for fellow listeners. Go to Makeawillonline.co.uk/whatnow for a 20% discount. Don’t put off making a will, get peace of mind for you and your loved ones. Support us on Patreon to get early access to all our live tickets plus mugs, t-shirts and more. Presented by Andrew Harrison with Hannah Fearn and Ros Taylor. Produced by Chris Jones. Audio production by Robin Leeburn. Video by Keiron Leslie. Theme music by Cornershop. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. www.podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

• OGWN Live in Hove, Weds 9 Oct. Tickets here. In the second half of our Labour conference live show from Liverpool, Emily Thornberry MP joins Dorian, Jonn and Zoe. They discuss the mood in the party, touch on controversies, recap the victory and much more. • The people behind Make A Will Online are longtime fans of Oh God What Now and they’ve got a special offer for fellow listeners. Go to Makeawillonline.co.uk/whatnow and you’ll get a 20% discount. Don't put off making a will, get peace of mind for you and your loved ones. • Get tickets for Levitation, the annual festival of electronic music and ideas presented by friends of the pod Castles In Space, at Bedford Esquires on Sat 5 Oct. And here’s a taster playlist of who’s on. • We’re on YouTube!: https://www.youtube.com/@ohgodwhatnow www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow Presented by Dorian Lynskey, with Jonn Elledge and Zoe Grunewald. Producer: Chris Jones. Audio production by: Robin Leeburn. Video production by: Chris Jones. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

• OGWN Live in Hove, Weds 9 Oct. Tickets here. It was a big week for Labour in Liverpool and the Oh God, What Now? gang couldn’t miss it. In a special live edition, recorded at the Laughterhouse in Liverpool, Dorian, Jonn and Zoe discuss the state of things for Labour as they head into this chaotic gathering – and what the vibe has been like at the big meet up. Here the first half of the show with this trio… and come back soon for the second half with a very special guest. • Get tickets for Levitation, the annual festival of electronic music and ideas presented by friends of the pod Castles In Space, at Bedford Esquires on Sat 5 Oct. And here’s a taster playlist of who’s on. • The people behind Make A Will Online are longtime fans of Oh God What Now and they’ve got a special offer for fellow listeners. Go to Makeawillonline.co.uk/whatnow and you’ll get a 20% discount. Don't put off making a will, get peace of mind for you and your loved ones. We’re on YouTube!: https://www.youtube.com/@ohgodwhatnow www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow Presented by Dorian Lynskey, with Jonn Elledge and Zoe Grunewald. Producer: Chris Jones. Audio production by: Robin Leeburn. Video production by: Chris Jones. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Starmer’s meeting with Italian PM Giorgia Meloni caused quite a stir. Is it meeting with her in the first place that’s the problem? Or is it because Italy’s deal with Albania over migration is, at the very least, problematic? The panel discusses how the Government should navigate world leaders it might not agree with. Plus, Sir Ed Davey wants his Lib Dems to replace the Tories as the official opposition. Is that a real prospect or an idea as silly as his many campaign stunts? Then, in the Extra Bit for subscribers, John Elledge says space is "boring" in his latest column for the New Statesman. Is he right, and why is it all Elon Musk’s fault? The people behind Make A Will Online are longtime fans of Oh God What Now and they’ve got a special offer for fellow listeners. Go to Makeawillonline.co.uk/whatnow and you’ll get a 20% discount. Don't put off making a will, get peace of mind for you and your loved ones. We’re on YouTube!: https://www.youtube.com/@ohgodwhatnow www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow Presented by Dorian Lynskey, with John Elledge, Ava Santina and Zoe Grunewald. Producer: Chris Jones. Audio production by: Robin Leeburn. Video production by: Chris Jones. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

• OGWN Live in Hove, Weds 9 Oct. Tickets here. Party conference season is here and there’s much to talk about. What really goes on at these events, do they matter and what kind of vibe will Starmer give now he’s at the helm? Plus, the UK’s creative arts industry has some of the lowest government funding levels in Europe. Will Labour put a cash rocket up the arts? Or will it continue to let the industry decline? Alistair Barrie is a writer, actor, and comedian and joins the panel to discuss. The people behind Make A Will Online are longtime fans of Oh God What Now and they’ve got a special offer for fellow listeners. Go to Makeawillonline.co.uk/whatnow and you’ll get a 20% discount. Don't put off making a will, get peace of mind for you and your loved ones. We’re on YouTube!: https://www.youtube.com/@ohgodwhatnow www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow Presented by Ros Taylor, with Matt Green and Marie Le Conte. Producer: Jacob Jarvis & Chris Jones. Audio production by: Robin Leeburn. Video production by: Chris Jones. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Keir Starmer’s cut to the winter fuel allowance has passed through Parliament – but at what cost? Plus, the Harris-Trump presidential debate was dominated by Trump lying through his teeth, but do we expect any difference from him? And does this make any difference to the race for the White House? Associate professor in politics and international relations at UCL, Dr Julie Norman, joins the panel to discuss. And in the Extra Bit for subscribers, Labour is coming across as the no-fun, eat-your-greens party. Is it forgetting that joy matters too? We’re on YouTube!: https://www.youtube.com/@ohgodwhatnow Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow The people behind Make A Will Online are longtime fans of Oh God What Now and they’ve got a special offer for fellow listeners. Go to Makeawillonline.co.uk/whatnow and you’ll get a 20% discount. Don't put off making a will, get peace of mind for you and your loved ones. Presented by Dorian Lynskey with Zoë Grünewald and Rachel Cunliffe. Producer: Chris Jones. Audio production by: Robin Leeburn. Video production by: Kieron Leslie and Chris Jones. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

• OGWN Live in Hove, Weds 9 Oct. Tickets here. The final Grenfell Tower fire report told a story of tragedy, greed, and dishonesty. What can Starmer’s Labour Party learn from the mistakes made that led to 72 lost lives? Plus, we speak to Andrew Connelly about the new podcast Fortress Europe, a seven-part podcast series that explores how years of brutal, dehumanising, anti-migrant policies have had their impact across the continent. And in the final part of the show new research suggests more people are starting to agree that the Tories are “weird” – why? We’re on YouTube!: https://www.youtube.com/@ohgodwhatnow www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow Presented by Ros Taylor with Hannah Fearn and Jonn Elledge. Producer: Chris Jones. Audio production by: Robin Leeburn. Video production by: Kieron Leslie and Chris Jones. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

• New second live date in Liverpool, Tue 24 Sept. Tickets here. • OGWN Live in Hove, Weds 9 Oct. Tickets here. Parliament is back and so is PMQs, the right-wing media is on one and trading with the EU is still confusing. The panel discusses the latest flashpoints, what’s happening at the Telegraph and the Spectator, and guest Dmitry Grozoubinski, author of Why Politicians Lie About Trade... and What You Need to Know About It, delves into what our current situation is with the EU under a new Labour government. Plus, in the Extra Bit for subscribers, we ask: would a 4-day working week work? We’re on YouTube!: https://www.youtube.com/@ohgodwhatnow www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow Presented by Ros Taylor with Marie Le Conte and Hugo Rifkind. Producer: Chris Jones. Audio production by: Robin Leeburn. Video production by: Kieron Leslie and Chris Jones. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

• OGWN Live in Hove, Weds 9 Oct. Tickets here. After what felt like the longest recess ever, finally, Parliament is back. What are Labour’s priorities and what backlash is Starmer facing? The panel is joined by Tim Roca, the first Labour MP to represent Macclesfield in over 100 years, to discuss – and to ask about his own goals in the Commons and for his constituents. We’re on YouTube!: https://www.youtube.com/@ohgodwhatnow www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow Presented by Jacob Jarvis with Rafael Behr and Zoe Grunewald. Producer: Chris Jones. Audio production by: Robin Leeburn. Video production by: Kieron Leslie and Chris Jones. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

• OGWN Live in Hove, Weds 9 Oct. Tickets here. • New second live date in Liverpool, Tue 24 Sept. Tickets here. Starmer has been in office more than 50 days – at least he’s beaten Liz Truss there, but his approval ratings have fallen. Is that because people now know more about him and don’t like what they see? Or is it just a natural decline in popularity? Plus, the UK’s criminal justice system has been described as being in “crisis”. Prisons are overcrowded and there aren’t enough prison officers. What can Labour do to solve things and how much work is needed? Penelope Gibbs, director of Transform Justice, joins the panel. And in the Extra Bit for subscribers, Oasis are back – what else would the panel definitely maybe like to see return from the ’90s? • Get exclusive Nord VPN deal here - nordvpn.com/ohgodwhatnow. It's risk-free with Nord's 30-day money-back guarantee. We’re on YouTube!: https://www.youtube.com/@ohgodwhatnow www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow Presented by Ros Taylor with Hannah Fearn and Matt Green. Producer: Chris Jones. Audio production by: Tom Taylor and Robin Leeburn. Video production by: Kieron Leslie and Chris Jones. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

• OGWN Live in Hove, Weds 9 Oct. Tickets here. • New second live date in Liverpool, Tue 24 Sept. Tickets here. Keir Starmer has painted a bleak picture of Britain’s future over the next few years. Is he being a needlessly miserable sod, or just realistic? And there have been multiple arrests over social media posts supporting the rioting a couple of weeks ago. Has social media made people think that actions don’t have consequences – and what are we going to do about it? • Get exclusive Nord VPN deal here - nordvpn.com/ohgodwhatnow. It's risk-free with Nord's 30-day money-back guarantee. We’re on YouTube!: https://www.youtube.com/@ohgodwhatnow www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow Presented by Andrew Harrison with Rafael Behr and Seth Thevoz. Producer: Chris Jones. Audio production by: Robin Leeburn. Video production by: Kieron Leslie and Chris Jones. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices