

Strong Message Here
BBC Radio 4
Armando Iannucci hosts the programme that gives you a cast-iron guarantee to be laser-focused on decoding the baffling world of political language.Each week he'll be joined by a guest to crack open the political phrasebook and attempt to demystify the doublespeak. Why does everything now have to be 'turbo-charged'? What's the difference between a 'pledge' and a 'mission'? Why has my local MP been 'weaponised' and should I be worried?You'll be treated to a crash course in the dark arts of political language from people on the inside who are both baffled and beguiled by it. They'll walk you through the various verbal fiascos of the modern political lexicon so that by the end you'll be oven-ready for an appearance on Newsnight.Armando's erstwhile partner in de-baffling political lexicon, Helen Lewis, is away working in the United States in the autumn and so her seat will be kept warm by a rotating cast of co-hosts.Listen to Strong Message Here on Thursdays on Radio 4 at 9.45am, and an extended version is available on BBC Sounds.Produced by Gwyn Rhys Davies. A BBC Studios Production for BBC Radio 4.
Top mentioned books
 Here are the most frequently recommended books on the Strong Message Here podcast: 

 #1  Mentioned in 3 episodes 
The Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy
 #2  Mentioned in 2 episodes 
Terry Pratchett, the BBC Radio Drama Collection
 The BBC Radio Drama Collection 

 #3  Mentioned in 1 episodes 
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

 #4  Mentioned in 1 episodes 
The Odyssey

 #5  Mentioned in 1 episodes 
Get In

 #6  Mentioned in 1 episodes 
Midsummer Night's Dream
 #7  Mentioned in 1 episodes 
The Speech Writer

 #8  Mentioned in 1 episodes 
Shamanism
 The Timeless Religion 

 #9  Mentioned in 1 episodes 
Harry Potter

 #10  Mentioned in 1 episodes 
Romeo and Juliet

 #11  Mentioned in 1 episodes 
Character Limit
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 #12  Mentioned in 1 episodes 
Ivanhoe

 #13  Mentioned in 1 episodes 
Politics and the English Language

 #14  Mentioned in 1 episodes 
Focus
 The Future of Your Company Depends on It 

 #15  Mentioned in 1 episodes 
The Rest Is Noise

 #16  Mentioned in 1 episodes 
The Power of Positive Thinking
 #17  Mentioned in 1 episodes 
The Inalienable Right
 Tommy Wildblood series 

 #18  Mentioned in 1 episodes 
Hitler's People
 The Faces of the Third Reich 

 #19  Mentioned in 1 episodes 
No way out

 #20  Mentioned in 1 episodes 













