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Oh God, What Now? – the politics podcast
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Making sense of our political hell every Tues and Fri. From Podmasters UK.
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Oh God, What Now? – the politics podcast @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social · 2d
What went wrong with “Your Party”? @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com, @rostaylor.bsky.social, @rafaelbehr.bsky.social & @nndroid.bsky.social discuss Your Party's first conference collapse & more 👉 linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...
#yourparty #corbyn #sultana #polanski #greenparty #ukpolitics
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The Buckingham Palace council tax scandal.

@johnspringford.bsky.social discusses 👉 linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...
#buckinghampalace #royalfamily #scandal #podcast
December 6, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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rostaylor.bsky.social
Good chat about why the liberal left has a dearth of ideas.

When liberal democracy itself seems in danger, it’s not a propitious time to be original. And - though I didn’t have time to say this! - the shift to social media for political debate doesn’t give thinkers much space.
December 5, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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matthewrandall.bsky.social
Nothing! It's PERFECT.
December 5, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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wrightly.bsky.social
A poster/pun combo that's even better than the usual high quality effort this week from @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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gargarin.bsky.social
I know loads of discourse on social media is around that malign effect of seven tech companies but this was a handy update on some of their deeper horrors and crimes.
ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social Oh God, What Now? – the politics podcast @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social · 12d
“Enshittification” is the word of the moment. It’s the reason Google is all ads and Amazon serves you crappy overpriced products. Cory Doctorow, who coined the term, joins @nndroid.bsky.social and @rafaelbehr.bsky.social to discuss how we can combat it ➡️ linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnowpod
November 30, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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johnspringford.bsky.social
I'm on the latest episode of @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social, talking about our essay on the messy UK economy. Hope I did it justice, @acjsissons.bsky.social
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Oh God, What Now? combines top-quality guests, expert analysis and poor-quality jokes to make the unbearable bearable. Launched from the anti-Brexit movement in 2017, Oh God, What Now? is on a mission...
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December 2, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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Huge thanks to everyone involved in making these excellent podcasts, for tickling my brain and helping me understand the world a little better
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December 4, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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In-Fight Club – Your Party flames out. @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com, @rostaylor.bsky.social, @rafaelbehr.bsky.social & @nndroid.bsky.social discuss what went wrong at Your Party's first conference & more 👉 linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...
#yourparty #corbyn #sultana #polanski #greenparty #ukpolitics
December 6, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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What went wrong with “Your Party”? @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com, @rostaylor.bsky.social, @rafaelbehr.bsky.social & @nndroid.bsky.social discuss Your Party's first conference collapse & more 👉 linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...
#yourparty #corbyn #sultana #polanski #greenparty #ukpolitics
December 5, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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Can Jaffa Cakes explain the tax system? 🍰🍪

@rmcunliffe.bsky.social demonstrates. Full discussion 👉 linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...
#ukpol #ukpolitics #tax #OGWN #podcast #podcasts #jaffacakes
December 4, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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December 4, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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ICYMI — Can we get Britain out of its hole? What would a real long-term plan look like? @johnspringford.bsky.social has put together an economic plan for the UK at getting-out-of-the-hole.uk — and he’s here to discuss it 👉 linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...
#economy #ukpolitics #politics #ukeconomy
December 4, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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Why are young people leaving the UK? 🤔

@rmcunliffe.bsky.social discusses 👉 linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...
#UKPOL #ukpolitics #profession #education #podcast #podcasts #tax
December 3, 2025 at 5:23 PM
ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social
Brand new from Podmasters!
📸 Comedy legend #PaulMerton of #HaveIGotNewsForYou on what happens when you’re famous and on holiday.

Hear more tales from Paul’s extraordinary life in Experience is Everything with Jenni Murray – the new podcast from Saga 👉 play.megaphone.fm/arsj0t6hstcfiqrcliqfig
#saga
December 3, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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ICYMI — @johnspringford.bsky.social, associate fellow at the Centre for European Reform, has put together an economic plan for the UK at getting-out-of-the-hole.uk — and he’s here to discuss it 👉 linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...
#economy #ukpolitics #politics #ukeconomy #economicplan #gettingoutoftheholeuk
December 3, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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Not long now til all the cool kids start wearing these for the retro vibe.
December 2, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Starmer says Labour’s economic plan will take “years” to deliver,  but do they really have a long-term plan? @johnspringford.bsky.social, associate fellow at the Centre for European Reform, has put one together at getting-out-of-the-hole.uk— and he’s here to discuss it 👉 linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...
December 2, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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americanfric.bsky.social
Red Dead America. Our guest today @toreolsson.bsky.social has written about the frontier era in his book Red Dead's History: A Video Game, an Obsession, and America's Violent Past. He joins @jacobjarvis.bsky.social and @chrisjonesprod.bsky.social to discuss the Wild West 👉 linktr.ee/americanfric...
December 1, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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mradrianclark.bsky.social
Very good episode from one of my favourite podcasts. Nice to have some wider historical context to the current shit state of things.
ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social Oh God, What Now? – the politics podcast @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social · 12d
“Enshittification” is the word of the moment. It’s the reason Google is all ads and Amazon serves you crappy overpriced products. Cory Doctorow, who coined the term, joins @nndroid.bsky.social and @rafaelbehr.bsky.social to discuss how we can combat it ➡️ linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnowpod
November 30, 2025 at 10:51 AM
ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social
How social media got Enshittified 😡

Cory Doctorow talks about the three stages of Enshittification.

Full discussion here 👉 play.megaphone.fm/1ghvwx1atlkv...
#enshittification #socialmedia #facebook
#digitaldecay #ai #tech #techsky #corydoctorow
November 29, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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🚨ICYMI🚨 @mitchbenn.bsky.social joins @hannahfearn.bsky.social, @rostaylor.bsky.social & @jonnelledge.bsky.social to breakdown Rachel Reeves's Big Budget 👉 linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...
#RachelReeves #Budget2025 #UKPOL #ukpolitics #politics #RachelReevesBudget #RachelReeves2025 #BigBudget2025 #UKBudget
November 29, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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🔊 The one in which @hannahfearn.bsky.social reckons “Cabinet got the top job and are 💩 themselves,” @mitchbenn.bsky.social declares that “they’re so weak. You won. You won convincingly. Now act like it!” And @jonnelledge.bsky.social gets stuck on Karaoke! 🐕😆🐶

🇬🇧 #UKPolitics 🗳️ #Podcasts 📻
ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social Oh God, What Now? – the politics podcast @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social · 9d
Behind all the predictable shrieking about “tax raids”, what really happened in Rachel Reeves’s much-trailed misery Budget? @mitchbenn.bsky.social joins @hannahfearn.bsky.social, @rostaylor.bsky.social & @jonnelledge.bsky.social to discuss 👉 linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...
#RachelReeves #Budget2025 #UKPOL
November 28, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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November 28, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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autumnpenk.bsky.social
Great. Just great!
ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social Oh God, What Now? – the politics podcast @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social · 12d
“Enshittification” is the word of the moment. It’s the reason Google is all ads and Amazon serves you crappy overpriced products. Cory Doctorow, who coined the term, joins @nndroid.bsky.social and @rafaelbehr.bsky.social to discuss how we can combat it ➡️ linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnowpod
November 27, 2025 at 10:21 PM
ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social
Behind all the predictable shrieking about “tax raids”, what really happened in Rachel Reeves’s much-trailed misery Budget? @mitchbenn.bsky.social joins @hannahfearn.bsky.social, @rostaylor.bsky.social & @jonnelledge.bsky.social to discuss 👉 linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...
#RachelReeves #Budget2025 #UKPOL
November 28, 2025 at 7:00 AM