

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 Odyssey

#4 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Get In

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

#7 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Shamanism
The Timeless Religion

#8 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Harry Potter

#9 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Romeo and Juliet

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

#12 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Politics and the English Language

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

#14 Mentioned in 1 episodes
The Rest Is Noise

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

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

#18 Mentioned in 1 episodes
No way out

#19 Mentioned in 1 episodes
Left Out

#20 Mentioned in 1 episodes