Politics Unpacked

Matt Chorley and Times Red Box Reporter Patrick Maguire pause the action at PMQs, and dissect the exchanges between Boris Johnson and Angela Rayner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley speaks to Gordon Brown's former pollster, Deborah Mattinson, about attitudes towards the Labour Party through the years and what exactly is going on in the Red Wall today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With Brexit bringing splits in the Conservative Party back to light, Matt Chorley speaks to the Times' Deputy Political Editor Steven Swinford about who exactly the many competing factions are, and we hear from former Deputy Chief Whip Anne Milton and former Justice Secretary David Gauke about what being on the frontline of Tory tribal warfare is really like. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley speaks to the Times' Economics Editor Philip Aldrick; the Resolution Foundation's Torsten Bell; Paul John from the Institute for Fiscal Studies, and Times Money Mentor Georgie Frost to try and understand the staggering impact of the coronavirus on the economy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley is joined by Red Box reporter Patrick Maguire to watch this week's exchanges at the despatch box, pausing the action throughout to explain what's going on. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley takes a refreshers' class in Brexit vocabulary with Times Policy Editor Oliver Wright, Professor of EU Law Catherine Barnard, former adviser to Theresa May Raoul Ruparel and De Welt's Stefanie Bolzen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley speaks to Times Columnists Libby Purves and Rachel Sylvester about the news of the day, and comedian Andy Hamilton about what he'd do if he ruled the world - all while eating some of Neil Kinnock's famous welsh cakes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The comedian who ran for Parliament, Al Murray, speaks to Matt Chorley about the politics of comedy...and the comedy of politics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley is joined by Sunday Times Political Editor Tim Shipman to watch the first despatch box battle of the new term, and pause the action to explain what's going on. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley takes the show to Parliament to explore the Commons chamber; speak to one of the doorman, the Times' lobby team and Parliament's resident falcon (yes, the bird). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As part of Times Radio's World Cup of Best Prime Ministers We Never Had, Matt speaks to political historians Anthony Seldon and Steve Richards on the PMs that never were. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daniel Finkelstein - sitting in for Matt Chorley - speaks to former Liberal Democrat leader Vince Cable, and gets the results of the leadership contest, live. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Red Box's very own Patrick Maguire and the Sunday Times' Gabriel Pogrund join Daniel Finkelstein - sitting in for Matt Chorley - to talk about their new book Left Out: The Inside Story of Labour Under Corbyn. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daniel Finkelstein - sitting in for Matt Chorley - speaks to former Chancellor George Osborne about the right age to enter politics, and whether Joe Biden is too old to run for President. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daniel Finkelstein - sitting in for Matt Chorley - speaks to authors Tom Chivers and Jamie Susskind about how data and algorithms are being used to shape politics and policy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley speaks to the Times data team to recreate a government Coronavirus press briefing, and finds out whether or not we've got the virus under control. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt speaks to three 17-year-old budding politicians about political TikTok, General Election 'hype houses' and what it's like to be young and political online. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Times columnists David Aaronovitch and Danny Finkelstein join Matt to chew over government resignations and U-turns. Then, Matt speaks to two top pollsters - YouGov's Chris Curtis, and Deborah Mattinson from BritainThinks - about the continuing fallout of exam results...and what kind of car the public think the government would be. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Algorithms: what are they? And how can you use them to predict someone's exam results? Matt Chorley speaks to Timandra Harkness, journalist and author of 'Big Data: Does Size Matter?' to find out. Timandra's shortly followed by Theresa May's former spokesman, Paul Harrison, and former Liberal Democrat adviser Sean Kemp who tell Matt what it's like to be in the eye of a political storm. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On A-level results day, former Labour Education Secretary Alan Johnson speaks to Matt Chorley about not going to university, the government's handling of education throughout the Covid-19 crisis and scrapping GCSEs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley speaks to New Zealand's Deputy Prime Minister, Winston Peters, about the new outbreak of coronavirus cases there; Brexit and Boris Johnson. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley speaks to Dr Larry Sabato, editor in chief of 'Sobato’s Crystal Ball', and Rachel Bitecofer, host of the Election Whisperer podcast, about how Donald Trump could turn things around, the lack of floating voters, and why Joe Biden is pinning his hopes on remaining dull. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley is joined by former Foreign Secretary and Chief Executive of the International Rescue Committee David Miliband to discuss Lebanon, the refugee crisis and the current state of the Labour Party. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Labour Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, and the Conservative Mayor of the West Midlands, Andy Street, speak to Matt Chorley about local lockdown, track and trace and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley and former Number 10 pollster James Johnson return to Times Radio's regular focus group to ask swing voters their take on politics, and political leaders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Amid talk that Boris Johnson could be considering moving his office out of Downing Street, Matt Chorley speaks to former historian in residence in Number 10, Jack Brown, about the history of the building. He's then joined by former Downing Street insiders Baroness Gabby Bertin and Jonathan Powell, who discuss what it's like to work behind the UK's most famous black door. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley speaks to four city council leaders from across the UK about the state our city centres now, and post-COVID19. Featuring: Rachael Robathan, the Conservative leader of Westminster City Council Keith Aspden, the Liberal Democrat leader of City of York Council Susan Aitken, the Scottish National Party leader of Glasgow City Council The Labour Mayor Sir Peter Soulsby of Leicester City Council Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

No not Clement Attlee in space... Matt Chorley talks to Shadow Home Secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds and historian Steven Fielding about the 75th anniversary of Attlee's election as Prime Minister, followed by Sue Horne, Head of Space Exploration at the UK Space Agency, to talk us through the latest NASA launch Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After Boris Johnson warned about the risks of foreign travel this summer, Matt jets off aboard Times Radio Airways to get the latest from Times correspondents on coronavirus in their countries. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley speaks to journalist and historian Anne Applebaum on her new book, 'Twilight of Democracy' - how worried should we be about our politics? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley speaks to the Times' Washington Correspondent Henry Zeffman about Joe Biden's upcoming Vice Presidential selection. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In an extra special podcast, Matt Chorley looks back over Boris Johnson's first year in office by assessing the success of promises made in his first ever speech and talking to historian Anthony Seldon, biographer Sonia Purnell and friend and former aide Guto Harri. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A month after the government stopped doing them, Matt Chorley speaks to the Times very own experts to re-create the Downing Street Coronavirus press briefing Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley is joined by two experts on Russia - Dr Jonathan Eyal from RUSI and Dr Calder Walton from Havard - to dissect the Russia report and look at the country's history of interference abroad. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley talks to author Steven Rayson, pollster Peter Kellner and former Labour MP Caroline Flint about the future of Red Wall seats in the North of England Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The two Liberal Democrat leadership candidates - Ed Davey and Layla Moran - talk to Matt Chorley about what they would do if they were in charge. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley and Sunday Times Political Editor Tim Shipman pick through the exchange between Keir Starmer and Boris Johnson. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley talks to former Conservative Attorney General Geoffrey Cox about keeping the government in line with the law, and what happens when your advice creates a public storm. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Eminent classicist Mary Beard joins Matt Chorley to look at what we can learn about politics by studying the ancient Greeks and Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley speaks to former Conservative Foreign Secretary William Hague on Rishi Sunak's summer statement and Britain's place in the world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley is joined by Sunday Times Political Editor Tim Shipman to dissect the ballot box exchange, and pause the action to explain what's going on. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A month after the statue of slave-trader Edward Colston was toppled in Bristol, Matt Chorley talk's to the city's Mayor Marvin Rees about how the protests have changed the city. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Director of Bridget Jones, Notting Hill and Love Actually talks to Matt Chorley about pensions, and we hear from a hotelier who's been housing rough sleepers during the Coronavirus crisis. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley talks to not one, but two former Prime Ministers. Helle Thorning-Schmidt was Prime Minister of Denmark at the same time Julia Gillard was in charge of Australia. They talk to Matt about how it feels to wake up and realise you're in charge of a country, what it's like when a crisis lands on your desk, and who the most fun member of the leaders' club is. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley unveils the first ever Times Radio focus group, and talks through the results with former Number 10 pollster James Johnson. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the first episode of his new Times Radio show Matt Chorley talks to former Chancellors George Osborne and Alistair Darling about what you no when there's no money and debt is spiralling. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As Matt Chorley prepares to turn the podcast into a live show on Times Radio, he looks back over four and a half years of madness. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley speaks to Steven Swinford, deputy political editor of The Times, and Salma Shah, former special adviser to Sajid Javid, about the game the chancellor is playing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley speaks to the Labour mayor of Bristol about his childhood, protests and why the dumping of a statue of Edward Colston into the harbour where Africans boarded slave ships "is a piece of historical poetry". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matt Chorley speaks to Henry Zeffman, The Times Washington correspondent, about the president’s problem with protests, coronavirus and Twitter. Plus what President Biden might think of Boris Johnson. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.