NS #118: Cultural Appropriation
This week we talk Conservative Party Conference, David Cameron's speech, and discuss the problem with "cultural appropriation". (Helen Lewis, Anoosh Chakelian, George Eaton, Stephen Bush, Yo Zushi).L...
8 Okt 201529min
NS #117: Conference Season and Poets' Lives
This week, we discuss the end of Labour's party conference (and the start of the Conservatives') and a new biography of Ted Hughes. (Helen Lewis, George Eaton, Stephen Bush, Tom Gatti, Erica Wagner).L...
1 Okt 201520min
NS #116: Conferences and campaigns
This week, we discuss the upcoming Labour Party Conference, and ask, when should we start caring about the US presidential race?LISTEN AD-FREE:📱Download the New Statesman appMORE FROM THE NEW STATESM...
24 Sep 201534min
NS #115: Corbynmania Triumphs
This week, we digest what the success of Jeremy Corbyn means for the Labour party.LISTEN AD-FREE:📱Download the New Statesman appMORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:❓ Ask a question – we answer them every Fri...
17 Sep 201512min
NS #114: Lengthy leaderships
This week, the Labour leadership contest finally comes to an end and the Queen celebrates a record-breaking reign. Plus, we chat Abel Ferrara's Pasolini.LISTEN AD-FREE:📱Download the New Statesman app...
10 Sep 201539min
NS #113: Europe's refugee crisis
This week, we ask whether Cameron will respond to the growing refugee crisis in Europe, discuss the Labour leadership as the election grows ever closer, and discuss Terry Pratchett's final posthumous ...
3 Sep 201533min
NS #112: Going Underground
This week, we explain why we're backing Tessa Jowell as Labour's candidate for London mayor, talk women-only carriages on the tube, and speak to Tom Shone about Woody Allen. (Caroline Crampton, Barbar...
27 Aug 201536min
NS #111: Sarah Churchwell on the American South
Sarah Churchwell talks to Tom Gatti about how nostalgic literature became an agent in American racism.LISTEN AD-FREE:📱Download the New Statesman appMORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:❓ Ask a question – we a...
27 Aug 201525min
