Politics Unpacked
Times Radio
Hugo Rifkind unpacks the the politics of the day - and the stuff that's even more important - with the brightest brains from the Times and Sunday Times.You can listen to Hugo on DAB, smart speaker or app 10am-1pm Monday to Friday. If you like what you hear, then read more at http://www.thetimes.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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Jul 15, 2020 • 29min
PMQs Unpacked
Matt Chorley and Sunday Times Political Editor Tim Shipman pick through the exchange between Keir Starmer and Boris Johnson. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 14, 2020 • 29min
Legal ease with Geoffrey Cox
Matt Chorley talks to former Conservative Attorney General Geoffrey Cox about keeping the government in line with the law, and what happens when your advice creates a public storm. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 13, 2020 • 28min
Blast from the Past
Eminent classicist Mary Beard joins Matt Chorley to look at what we can learn about politics by studying the ancient Greeks and Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 9, 2020 • 30min
Hague on Rishi
Matt Chorley speaks to former Conservative Foreign Secretary William Hague on Rishi Sunak's summer statement and Britain's place in the world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 8, 2020 • 29min
PMQs Unpacked
Matt Chorley is joined by Sunday Times Political Editor Tim Shipman to dissect the ballot box exchange, and pause the action to explain what's going on. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 7, 2020 • 27min
One month after Colston
A month after the statue of slave-trader Edward Colston was toppled in Bristol, Matt Chorley talk's to the city's Mayor Marvin Rees about how the protests have changed the city. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 2, 2020 • 21min
Pensions, Actually
Director of Bridget Jones, Notting Hill and Love Actually talks to Matt Chorley about pensions, and we hear from a hotelier who's been housing rough sleepers during the Coronavirus crisis. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 1, 2020 • 30min
Who Run The World?
Matt Chorley talks to not one, but two former Prime Ministers. Helle Thorning-Schmidt was Prime Minister of Denmark at the same time Julia Gillard was in charge of Australia. They talk to Matt about how it feels to wake up and realise you're in charge of a country, what it's like when a crisis lands on your desk, and who the most fun member of the leaders' club is. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 30, 2020 • 28min
July Focus Group
Matt Chorley unveils the first ever Times Radio focus group, and talks through the results with former Number 10 pollster James Johnson. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jun 29, 2020 • 28min
Osborne and Darling
In the first episode of his new Times Radio show Matt Chorley talks to former Chancellors George Osborne and Alistair Darling about what you no when there's no money and debt is spiralling. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
