Are You a Stupid Person? (with Natalie Haynes)
Was Andy Burnham blocked from running in the Gorton and Denton by-election because Labour need to save resources for elections they ‘must have’? Was the Tory briefing that referenced the defecting Sue...
29 Jan 28min
U-Turns and Turncoats (with Stewart Lee)
With the backdrop of tariffs and territorial land grabs, Stewart and Armando look at the political language of U-turns and turncoats.With politicians having to advocate for a position they used to be ...
22 Jan 30min
Elections Aren't Won on Twitter (with Phil Wang and Marianna Spring)
Is Keir Starmer stuck in 2016? BBC's Social Media Investigations Senior Correspondent Marianna Spring joins Phil Wang and Armando to look at the evolving language of social media.How do politicians na...
15 Jan 30min
Regime Change (with Natalie Haynes)
New Year, and Venezuela is under new management. The fallout from the "extraction" of Maduro has thrown up some interesting political language. Why aren't the US calling it 'regime change'? Why is Sta...
8 Jan 29min
Listeners' Strong Messages (with Stewart Lee)
It's New Year's day, so Armando and Stewart are dipping into the very real, physical listeners' mailbag.In a loose and end-of-term episode, with some adult humour, we talk about the misuse of the phra...
1 Jan 36min
Words of the Year (with Natalie Haynes)
As the year comes to a close, Natalie Haynes joins Armando to discuss and dissect the words of 2025.Looking at official lists, and conjuring up some of their own, they set about breaking down the lang...
18 Dec 202528min
Civilisational Erasure (with Stewart Lee)
Is 'Civilisational Erasure' upon us?This week, Armando is joined again by Stewart Lee to look at this phrase, and others from the US' new National Security Strategy. Would this kind of language have b...
11 Dec 202528min
AI Hallucinations (with Stewart Lee and Sarah Wynn-Williams)
This week, Armando is joined again by Stewart Lee to discuss the language around AI.They are also joined by public policy expert and author of Careless People, A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and L...
4 Dec 202536min
