The New Statesman Podcast
By The New Statesman
Reporting and analysis to help you understand the forces shaping the world - with Andrew Marr, Hannah Barnes, Kate Lamble and Tom Gatti, plus New Statesman writers and expert contributors.
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
Monday: Culture
Tom Gatti explores what cultural moments reveal about society and the world.
Wednesday: Insight
One story, zoomed out to help you understand the forces shaping the world. Hosted by Kate Lamble.
Thursday: Politics
Andrew Marr and Hannah Barnes are joined by regulars Rachel Cunliffe and George Eaton, plus New Statesman writers and guests, to provide expert analysis of the latest in UK politics.
Friday: You Ask Us
Our weekly listener questions show, with Andrew Marr, Hannah Barnes and New Statesman writers.
Submit your questions at https://www.newstatesman.com/youaskus
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Latest episode
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The Times They Have a-Changed: Where is the protest song now?
In 1966, to the chagrin of his fans and the folk music community, Bob Dylan went electric. The five years leading up to this moment is the focus of A Complete Unknown, the new Bob Dylan biopic from James Mangold. This indignatio… -
What does Trump 2.0 mean for the UK?
Freddie Hayward joins from Washington DC to answer listener questions on the new Trump administration.Following his inauguration on Monday January 20, Donald Trump signed a flurry of executive orders to implement new policy or reverse w… -
How do we fight terror now? - Andrew Marr and Jacob Davey on the Southport killer trial.
Is Axel Rudakabana a terrorist, or just a very disturbed individual?Hannah Barnes is joined by Andrew Marr and Jacob Davey of the Institute for Strategic Dialogue to discuss the trial of Alex Rudakabana, who has pled guilty to the murde… -
Will the ceasefire hold?
This weekend, almost 500 days after the October 7th attack, a ceasefire came into effect between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. But just how fragile is this peace? And what will determine whether it breaks or holds? -
Why are we having fewer children?
Birth rates are declining around the world. Why? And what can - or should - be done?Tom Gatti meets authors Madeleine Davis and Anastasia Berg, who have both written on the changing attitudes to child-rearing, to explore the … -
Will Labour reconsider the Chagos deal?
Keir Starmer is stuck between the UN and Donald Trump.Under pressure from the International Court, Labour are due to relinquish British ownership of the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean. But the islands house a strategic US… -
Rachel Reeves won't resign (yet) - here's why
Rachel Reeves is under fire for her management of the country's finances. With suggestions of an impending income tax raise, some have called for her to resign. Andrew Marr and Will Dunn join Hannah Barnes to explain why the Chancellor … -
The ideological contradictions of Trump 2
Pete Hegseth, Marco Rubio, Elon Musk - what do these men have in common? Just a few days from Donald Trump’s second inauguration as US President, hearings to confirm the team around him have started in earnest and the incoming 47th pres… -
Could it be magic?: Inside Britain's boyband machine
The 90's is often heralded as the era of Blur, Oasis, Pulp - but this decade belongs as much to Britpop as it does to Boybands. But what was behind these manufactured groups? What does this era reveal about Britain's relationship with class and ma… -
Could the government raise the top income tax rate?
Would it be politically safe to go back on their promise not to raise income tax if the increase only affected high earners?, a listener writes in to ask. Hannah Barnes is joined by political editor Andrew Marr and associate political e…
