The Prospect Podcast
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The brightest minds discussing the ideas that matter most in politics, society and culture.
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Ehud Olmert and Nasser Alkidwa: The day after the Gaza war
In a rare conversation about what happens once the fighting in Gaza is over—and how the Israeli-Palestinian conflict could end—Ehud Olmert, Israel’s prime minister from 2006-2009, and Dr. Nasser Alkidwa, who was Palestinian foreign affairs ministe… -
Asylum King: How Britain’s broken immigration system made a billionaire
Home Office housing contracts have turned Clearsprings founder Graham King into one of the UK’s richest men. Meanwhile, the asylum seekers living in his business empire of taxpayer-funded hotels have compared living in them to being in prison… -
Isabel Hilton: Will Britain rejoin the world?
In the post-Brexit years, Britian has become increasingly irrelevant on the global stage. After Thursday's historic election, what can Keir Starmer and David Lammy do to put it back on the map? Senior Editor Alona Ferber is joined by international af… -
Why I shot my sheep...and other tough choices
This month, the lives writers feel compelled—in their own different ways—to take action in challenging circumstances. Tom Martin has to make the most difficult decision any farmer could face when one of his ewes experiences pain during labour. -
How many seats will Labour really win? Plus Starmer’s trip hazards
With the country heading to the polls this week, legendary pollster and former president of YouGov Peter Kellner gives his predictions for what the split of seats will look like, while contributing editor Tom Clark explains the six trip hazards he… -
Is Britain ready to defend itself? Plus election culture wars
In this week’s episode of the Prospect podcast, Emily Lawford quizzes Tim Bale, professor of politics at Queen Mary, University of London, on the gambling scandal, election culture wars and who, out of all the candidates, has had the best campaign… -
Farage’s manifesto—and behind the scenes on The Muslim Vote campaign
Westminster editor at The Lead UK, Zoë Grünewald, joins the podcast to dissect the Reform party's new “contract with the people”, while Prospect’s editorial fellow Imaan Irfan takes us on a deep dive into The Muslim Vote campaign, a volunteer collect… -
The Tory manifesto, and universities in crisis
Assistant editor Emily Lawford introduces Prospect’s election panel—the ulimate group chat of politics nerds from across the spectrum. One of the team, former Number 10 speechwriter Phil Collins, joins to give his take on the Tory manifesto and mu… -
Rafael Behr: The farce of our electoral politics
As the election campaign whirrs on—media circus in tow—Prospect’s senior editor Alona Ferber is joined by Guardian columnist and author Rafael Behr to look beyond the Westminster bubble and ask: what does the Punch-and-Judy nature of our pol… -
Election kick-off! Sunak, Starmer—and South Africa’s historic vote
On today’s podcast, Ellen Halliday is joined by legendary British pollster Peter Kellner to discuss Sunak’s soggy start and Labour’s “no mistakes” tactics. And calling in from Cape Town, Peter Fabricius, a leading political journalist for the …