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Quiet Riot
Hosted by Alex Andreou, Naomi Smith, Kenny Campbell · EN
Quiet Riot, the politics podcast with more passion, less shouting and lots of laughter
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B-SIDE: Under the Burnham bonnet
3d ago00:53:23Tap to summarize• LIVE SHOW KLAXON!!! Get your tickets to our London appearance HERE! Burnhamism: what is it, what isn't it, and what should or could it be? Alex, Naomi and Kenny are joined by Labour MP Jeevun Sandher for a closer look at what drives the politics of our PM-in-waiting. What telltale signs of a developing Burnhamism should we be looking out for in the weeks ahead? Which appointments will be most telling? All that plus another Grin And Share It to set you up for the weekend with a smile. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • LIVE SHOW KLAXON!!! Get your tickets to our London appearance HERE! • That donkey Grin And Share It! • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK - make like Nandy and join us there! • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Bindependence Day
4d ago00:59:32Tap to summarize• LIVE SHOW KLAXON!!! Get your tickets to our London appearance HERE! The trash needs taking out... Yes, we have to talk Farage and his by-election stunt. But we don't have to pander. Alex, Naomi and Kenny are joined by Loughborough MP Jeevun Sandher to laugh briefly at Farage and in more depth about what his stunt says about the state of our political system. And there's a new Old News to luxuriate in too! Don't forget to tune in to our B-Side episode tomorrow (Friday) when Jeevun and the team will be talking Burnhamism. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • LIVE SHOW KLAXON!!! Get your tickets to our London appearance HERE! • Learn more about Transparency International here • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK - make like Nandy and join us there! • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Sunday School: Resets, we've had a few...
1w ago01:01:25Tap to summarize***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Morgan McSweeney gives us a rare glimpse behind the scenes and confirms what we already knew: that Labour was not entirely ready for government. Alex and Naomi discuss politics in an age that rejects politics. Also, England is through to the next stage of the World Cup, the pubs will stay open late, so why is everyone miserable? PLUS - a Bumper special Grin And Share It, with: • DCMS is *finally* off X - read more here • Nobel laureate scores a three-pointer - read more here • Beavers go underground - read more here • Liverpool's Woolton Picture House - read more here • Spain takes a stand on Palantir - read more here • Kate Forbes wishes everyon a HAPPY PRIDE - read more here • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK - make like Nandy and join us there! • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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B-SIDE: The Scotland Lab
1w ago01:00:59Tap to summarizeWith PM-in-waiting Andy Burnham leaning heavily into devolution, we take a look at what lessons he can learn from the Scottish experience – and what his (still somewhat vague) plans might mean for Scotland too. Kenny Campbell is joined by someone who knows the Scottish political scene extremely well: Stephen Boyd, director of the progressive think tank IPPR Scotland. They also catch up with the implications of a manic few weeks for Scottish politics, ranging from the jailing of former SNP big cheese Peter Murrell to those two very different by-election results. Plus, why growth for growth's sake is a flawed approach to the economy. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK, if you would like to join us there. Please do! • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com • Cover image based on image from the National Library of Medicine on Unsplash Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Handover season
2w ago01:04:53Tap to summarizeWestminster is neck-deep in handover shenanigans, with team Starmer playing its final games while team Burnham is still, officially, to qualify for the big one. Naomi and Alex are joined by MP Ellie Chowns, Commons leader of the Green Party, to talk regime change, asylum, defence, and the looming Manchester mayoral battle. Plus, a blast of our newish feature, God! Less America! ... complete with exclamation marks. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK, if you would like to join us there. Please do! • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Sunday School: Coronation Treat
2w ago00:59:51Tap to summarizeCoronations bring both brickbats and bouquets, as both King Charles and King Andy have found this week. Alex and Kenny take a detailed look at what Charles's tax disclosures reveal – and keep hidden. And there's the latest leadership challenges facing Andy Burnham as his (not quite guaranteed) coronation as Labour leader progresses. Plus a catch-up with the latest madness of the orange man who would be king, Donald Trump. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK, if you would like to join us there. Please do! • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com • Cover collage images all courtesy of Wikimedia Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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B-SIDE: Too Hot for Politics
2w ago00:45:44Tap to summarizeIt's been a bit of a scorcher this week (unless you're in Scotland with Kenny) and thus a good time to ask what politics can do about climate change. Naomi, Kenny and Alex take it one step further and ask whether politics is even capable of dealing with climate change. It's literally the hottest topic of our times, so why are things in such a pickle? Plus something a bit lighter from the cupboard where we keep Grin And Share It, Wokey Dokey and our other much-loved features. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • Grin And Share It – that Income For The Arts scheme joy • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK, if you would like to join us there • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com • Cover art based on Wikimedia image by Terry Ott from Washington, DC Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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The Andy Man's Guide to Cabinet Making
3w ago01:03:51Tap to summarizeAndy Burnham may well be the PM-in-waiting but he can't do the job by himself. So who should be in his cabinet? Naomi, Alex and Kenny ponder the question on every political geek's lips, and put some fantasy cabinet suggestions of their own forward too. And we also survey the wreckage of Nigel Farage's most hilarious media round, ever. Plus a break from the politics with one of our regular features ... but will it be Wokey Dokey or Grin And Share It? You'll just have to listen in to find out... ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • Build your own fantasy cabinet. More fun than an England-Ghana footie marathon • The Good Law Project taking on Farage • Grin And Share It – that Income For The Arts scheme joy • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK, if you would like to join us there • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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From Brexit to Burnham, with James O'Brien
3w ago01:20:38Tap to summarizeIt's appropriate that Starmer's teary farewell comes amid the tenth-anniversary obituaries for Brexit, as the two are inexorably linked. Alex and Naomi are joined by broadcaster, author and Quiet Riot favourite James O'Brien to look back at ten years of Brexit, and tease out the links to Starmer's resignation. And they break out the Quiet Riot crystal ball to consider what the future may look like politically... take notes and then wait a decade or two before judging :-) ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • Care about our EU relationship? Write to the press! • Support Best for Britian • Buy James's fascinating book How They Broke Britain at our bookshop • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK, if you would like to join us there • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Sunday School: Nigel's half-empty glass
3w ago01:07:43Tap to summarizeHas anyone seen the confident swagger of Nigel Farage lately? Thought not. A month of funding controversy, candidate shenanigans and sliding support has culminated in Reform UK being soundly beaten in a by-election that was supposed to be too close to call. Alex and Kenny look at why Reform is stalling, and the reasons why Farage is right to be feeling a bit 'glass half-empty' right now. And the wonderful Emma Harrison, CEO of Make Votes Matter, is back (with a bonus appearance from Naomi) for a deep dive into all the different options for electoral reform. Plus - apropos of nothing - what do you do if you get a job and discover you're just no good at it? ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • Make Votes Matter – they deserve your support • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK, if you would like to join us there • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Half-empty glass cover image by Etan J. Tal on Wikimedia Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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