

Paper Cuts
Podmasters
Have you SEEN the state of the papers today? PAPER CUTS has. In our thrice weekly podcast, some of Britain’s sharpest commentators and funniest comedians come together to look at the madness, the strangeness, the obsessions, and – occasionally – the brilliance of our national press.Host Miranda Sawyer is joined by journalists and comedians like Jonn Elledge, Grainne Maguire, Jacob Jarvis, Ava Santina, Jacob Hawley, Marcus Brigstocke, Coco Khan and many more.Illustrations by Modern Toss: https://moderntoss.com
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Nov 14, 2023 • 36min
Night of the Living Dave! Cameron joins zombie government — plus Mrs. Bezos spills the beans
We read the papers so you don’t have to. Today: He Cam from afar. The press react to David Cameron’s return to cabinet.. and Columns about Dave: The columnists respond to the former Prime Minister’s return. Plus – Naked and Alone. The Guardian’s quest to make everything boring continues with Naked Attraction.Jacob Jarvis is joined by journalist Ava Santina of PoliticsJOE and comedian Marcus Brigstocke.Support Paper Cuts and get mugs, t-shirts and extended ad-free editions: http://back.papercutsshow.comFollow Paper Cuts:• Twitter: https://twitter.com/papercutsshow• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/papercutsshow• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@papercutsshow• Threads: https://www.threads.net/@papercutsshowIllustrations by Modern Toss https://moderntoss.comWritten and presented by Jacob Jarvis. Audio production: Alex Rees. Production: Liam Tait. Assistant Production: Adam Wright. Design: James Parrett. Music: Simon Williams. Socials: Jess Harpin. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Exec Producer: Martin Bojtos. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. PAPER CUTS is a Podmasters Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 13, 2023 • 37min
Barmy Braverman finally booted – plus The mad world of Doomsday Preppers
We read the papers so you don’t have to. Today, The Homeless Secretary: Sunak beats the front pages by sacking Braverman in the middle of our show. What does it all mean? Hunker in your bunker: The Guardian goes underground with the Doomsday Preppers. Plus a book club that took 28 years to finish one novel, #FixTheHeadline and more. Miranda Sawyer is joined by The Critic’s sketchwriter Rob Hutton and comedian Matt Green.Support Paper Cuts and get mugs, t-shirts and extended ad-free editions: back.papercutsshow.comFollow Paper Cuts:• Twitter: https://twitter.com/papercutsshow• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/papercutsshow• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@papercutsshow• Threads: https://www.threads.net/@papercutsshowIllustrations by Modern Toss https://moderntoss.com Written and presented by Miranda Sawyer. Audio production: Robin Leeburn. Production: Liam Tait. Assistant Production: Adam Wright. Design: James Parrett. Music: Simon Williams. Socials: Jess Harpin. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Exec Producer: Martin Bojtos. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. PAPER CUTS is a Podmasters Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 10, 2023 • 31min
Revolting Suella revolts – plus Farage is a Celebrity, Please Leave Him There
We read the papers so you don’t have to. Today: Under my Suella-ella-ella. Suella Braverman is in trouble for her rhetoric on protest, but the Mail has her back. A politician to have a pint of piss with! Nigel Farage is rumoured to be joining I’m A Celebrity and the tabloids are all over it. Plus – Delulu for youlu… This new TikTok trend could change your life.Miranda Sawyer is joined by journalist Ava Santina of PoliticsJOE and comedian Fin Taylor.Support Paper Cuts and get mugs, t-shirts and extended ad-free editions: back.papercutsshow.comFollow Paper Cuts:• Twitter: https://twitter.com/papercutsshow• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/papercutsshow• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@papercutsshow• Threads: https://www.threads.net/@papercutsshowIllustrations by Modern Toss https://moderntoss.com Written and presented by Miranda Sawyer. Audio production: Jade Bailey. Production: Liam Tait. Assistant Production: Adam Wright. Design: James Parrett. Music: Simon Williams. Socials: Jess Harpin. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Exec Producer: Martin Bojtos. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. PAPER CUTS is a Podmasters Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 9, 2023 • 34min
Home Secretary Alone! Suella vs. the Met and Rishi – plus Boffins have a Napoleon complex
We read the papers so you don’t have to. Today: Tory Civil War, again. Suella Braverman dares Sunak to sack her, and the papers are eating it up. We didn’t Work. The FT reports that venture capital collective office space company WeWork has collapsed. Plus, the Hic! Parade. British women are the top drinkers in the world, according to the tabloids.Alex von Tunzelmann is joined by journalist Jonn Elledge of the New Statesman and comedian Gráinne Maguire.Support Paper Cuts and get mugs, t-shirts and extended ad-free editions: back.papercutsshow.comFollow Paper Cuts:• Twitter: https://twitter.com/papercutsshow• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/papercutsshow• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@papercutsshow• Threads: https://www.threads.net/@papercutsshowIllustrations by Modern Toss https://moderntoss.com Written and presented by Alex von Tunzelmann. Audio production: Jade Bailey. Production: Liam Tait. Assistant Production: Adam Wright. Design: James Parrett. Music: Simon Williams. Socials: Jess Harpin. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Exec Producer: Martin Bojtos. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. PAPER CUTS is a Podmasters Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 8, 2023 • 35min
Never mind the Monarch! Inside the King’s Speech – plus The world’s poshest sex parties
Try our new science podcast WHY? at whypodcast.co.ukWe read the papers so you don’t have to. Today, Not quite Colin Firth… The papers react to a dull King’s speech. Boring our socks off. The Guardian’s next target? Ankle warmers. Plus – Posh people have needs too. The Times has the scoop on the poshest sex parties.Miranda Sawyer is joined by Bunker Podcast host Jacob Jarvis and comedy writer Jason Hazeley.Support Paper Cuts and get mugs, t-shirts and extended ad-free editions: back.papercutsshow.comFollow Paper Cuts:• Twitter: https://twitter.com/papercutsshow• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/papercutsshow• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@papercutsshow• Threads: https://www.threads.net/@papercutsshowIllustrations by Modern Toss https://moderntoss.com Written and presented by Miranda Sawyer. Audio production: Simon Williams. Production: Liam Tait. Assistant Production: Adam Wright. Design: James Parrett. Music: Simon Williams. Socials: Jess Harpin. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Exec Producer: Martin Bojtos. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. PAPER CUTS is a Podmasters Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 7, 2023 • 38min
Charles grits his teeth for Sunak’s eco-war – plus, How common are you?
Try our new science podcast WHY? at whypodcast.co.ukWe read the papers so you don’t have to. Today, Not-so-green king: papers gawp as co-friendly monarch Charles must announce eco-hostile Sunak policies in his first King’s Speech. Windsor in the soup: the tabloids lambast Prince Harry for taking a private jet to a Katy Perry concert. Plus – Podcasts are for proles! Celebrity supersnob Nicky Haslam releases his latest list of what’s common, and the Times has the scoop.Andrew Harrison is joined by journalist Holly Thomas and comedian Gráinne Maguire.Support Paper Cuts and get mugs, t-shirts and extended ad-free editions: back.papercutsshow.comFollow Paper Cuts:• Twitter: https://twitter.com/papercutsshow• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/papercutsshow• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@papercutsshow• Threads: https://www.threads.net/@papercutsshowIllustrations by Modern Toss https://moderntoss.com Written and presented by Andrew Harrison. Audio production: Simon Williams. Production: Liam Tait. Assistant Production: Adam Wright. Design: James Parrett. Music: Simon Williams. Socials: Jess Harpin. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Exec Producer: Martin Bojtos. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. PAPER CUTS is a Podmasters Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 6, 2023 • 32min
Dorries lifts lid on Tory sex party sewer – plus Where’s your ****ing poppy, Britain?
Try our new science podcast WHY? at whypodcast.co.ukWe read the papers so you don’t have to. Today: Poppy Panic! Bored of demanding that everyone puts on the biggest poppy they can find, the papers are in a lather about Gaza protests on Remembrance Sunday. I Want Ewe Back: Britain’s loneliest sheep is rescued then spirited away from the public and press. Plus Stranger than fiction. The Mail has more salacious revelations from Nadine Dorries’ definitely 100% factional book.Miranda Sawyer is joined by journalist Rob Hutton of the Critic Magazine and comedian Fergus Craig.Support Paper Cuts and get mugs, t-shirts and extended ad-free editions: back.papercutsshow.comFollow Paper Cuts:• Twitter: https://twitter.com/papercutsshow• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/papercutsshow• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@papercutsshow• Threads: https://www.threads.net/@papercutsshowIllustrations by Modern Toss https://moderntoss.com Written and presented by Miranda Sawyer. Audio production: Robin Leeburn. Production: Liam Tait. Assistant Production: Adam Wright. Design: James Parrett. Music: Simon Williams. Socials: Jess Harpin. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Exec Producer: Martin Bojtos. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. PAPER CUTS is a Podmasters Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 3, 2023 • 37min
Robo Flop! When Rishi met Elon – plus Dorries' bunny boiler fan fiction
We read the papers so you don’t have to. Today: Best of fiends! Elon makes headlines as Sunak interviews him at AI conference. Mission Imp-ewe-sible. The Star’s campaign to save the world's loneliest sheep gets underway. Plus – Nadine’s Bunny Butcher. Revelations in Dorries' new book are truly hare-raising… reports The Mail.Miranda Sawyer is joined by journalist Holly Thomas and comedian Marcus Brigstocke.Support Paper Cuts and get mugs, t-shirts and extended ad-free editions: back.papercutsshow.comFollow Paper Cuts:• Twitter: https://twitter.com/papercutsshow• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/papercutsshow• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@papercutsshow• Threads: https://www.threads.net/@papercutsshowIllustrations by Modern Toss https://moderntoss.com Written and presented by Miranda Sawyer. Audio production: Alex Rees. Production: Liam Tait. Assistant Production: Adam Wright. Design: James Parrett. Music: Simon Williams. Socials: Jess Harpin. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Exec Producer: Martin Bojtos. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. PAPER CUTS is a Podmasters Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 2, 2023 • 26min
The bully boys of Downing Street – plus "You talkin' to me?" Robert De Niro's hating
We read the papers so you don’t have to. Today: Toxic culture. The papers reveal the misogyny and backbiting inside No.10. ’Tis the season! The battle of the Christmas adverts is here, but some papers aren’t happy. Plus – The secret lives of celebrity assistants. As De Niro’s lawsuit continues, A-lister fixers spill the beans on the stars’ weird demands.Alex von Tunzelmann is joined by journalist Jonn Elledge of the New Statesman and comedian Fin Taylor.Support Paper Cuts and get mugs, t-shirts and extended ad-free editions: back.papercutsshow.comFollow Paper Cuts:• Twitter: https://twitter.com/papercutsshow• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/papercutsshow• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@papercutsshow• Threads: https://www.threads.net/@papercutsshowIllustrations by Modern Toss https://moderntoss.com Written and presented by Alex von Tunzelmann. Audio production: Jade Bailey. Production: Liam Tait. Assistant Production: Adam Wright. Design: James Parrett. Music: Simon Williams. Socials: Jess Harpin. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Exec Producer: Martin Bojtos. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. PAPER CUTS is a Podmasters Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 1, 2023 • 40min
Dirty Dom Cummings lets it rip – plus The Guardian vs. sandwiches
We read the papers so you don’t have to. Today: Cummings home to roost! Shocking revelations from the Covid inquiry – with sweary Dominic Cummings getting plenty of attention. Business Casual. City AM dives into the fashion of city boys. Plus – Bacon, Lettuce and Time Travel. The Guardian reveals how sandwiches have changed throughout history – and makes the beloved food… boring. Miranda Sawyer is joined by journalist Rob Hutton of the Critic Magazine and comedian Marcus Brigstocke.Support Paper Cuts and get mugs, t-shirts and extended ad-free editions: back.papercutsshow.comFollow Paper Cuts:• Twitter: https://twitter.com/papercutsshow• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/papercutsshow• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@papercutsshow• Threads: https://www.threads.net/@papercutsshowIllustrations by Modern Toss https://moderntoss.com Written and presented by Miranda Sawyer. Audio production: Simon Williams. Production: Liam Tait. Assistant Production: Adam Wright. Design: James Parrett. Music: Simon Williams. Socials: Jess Harpin. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Exec Producer: Martin Bojtos. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. PAPER CUTS is a Podmasters Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices


