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Oh God, What Now?

Oh God, What Now?

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Making sense of our political hell every Tuesday and Friday! Oh God, What Now? is the no-bulls**t politics podcast, making the unbearable bearable with top quality guests and analysis, plus poor quality jokes. Regulars include: Guardian writer Rafael Behr • Rachel Cunliffe of the New Statesman • New Statesman columnist Jonn Elledge • Writer and host of This Is Not A Drill Gavin Esler • Social affairs journalist Hannah Fearn • Comedian Matt Green • The Lead's Westminster Editor Zoë Grünewald • Group Editor Andrew Harrison • Comedy writer Jason Hazeley • Podmasters Managing Editor Jacob Jarvis • Journalist Marie Le Conte • Writer and commentator Ros Taylor Sign up and get ad-free shows earlier than anyone else: patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow. Oh God, What Now? is a Podmasters production© 2026 Podmasters Political Science Politics & Government Social Sciences
Episodes
  • From Russia with Leave

    From Russia with Leave
    Oct 13 2026
    Andy Burnham has finally said what we’ve all been thinking: Russia meddled in Brexit. Is this brave honesty – or the first step on the long road back to Brussels? Plus, the Greens are still in turmoil with Zack Polanski’s leadership now in doubt. What does it mean for everyone else on the left? Is a progressive alliance just a pipe dream now? Are the Tories back from the dead – and has anyone checked on Reform? • Use the code OGWN at https://www.eightsleep.com/whatnow to get up to £200 off the Pod 6. • Listen to Robin Maher, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center, on the latest episode of American Friction • And head on over to The Bunker for your daily news deep dive • Questions for But Your Emails? Thoughts? Comments? Email us at ogwn@podmasters.co.uk. ESCAPE ROUTES • Ros has been watching De Gaulle: Part 2 – Liberté, the second instalment of Antonin Baudry's two-part biographical epic • Raf has been reading Joan Didion’s memoir, The Year of Magical Thinking. • Zoë has finished the audiobook of Touching the Void, the harrowing true mountaineering story. www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow Written and presented by Zoë Grünewald, with Rafael Behr and Ros Taylor. Produced by James Liddell. Audio Production: Robin Leeburn. Art direction: James Parrett. Theme tune: Tom Taylor and Simon Williams. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. www.podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    1 hr
  • BONUS: Is Zack Polanski sunk after Holborn & St Pancras?

    BONUS: Is Zack Polanski sunk after Holborn & St Pancras?
    Oct 9 2026
    Labour wins the Holborn & St Pancras handily – but the Greens had staked a lot on Zack Polanski winning and he failed. Is Polanski’s nightmare week over the Zionism vote a symptom of deeper weaknesses in his leadership? Is far-left entryism destroying the Greens? And why Labour’s victorious candidate Sagal Abdi-Wali symbolises the best of Britain. Steve Richards of Rock & Roll Politics joins Andrew Harrison for the Holborn postmortem. • Hear Steve’s Rock & Roll Politics special on Polanski’s troubles and why Kemi Badenoch’s speech to the Tories was misreported. • Questions for But Your Emails? Thoughts? Comments? Email us at ogwn@podmasters.co.uk. www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow Presented by Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Audio Production by: Robin Leeburn. Art direction: James Parrett. Theme tune by Tom Taylor and Simon Williams. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. www.podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    28 mins
  • Remainiacs Assemble? – Can Burnham end the Brexit Era?

    Remainiacs Assemble? – Can Burnham end the Brexit Era?
    Oct 8 2026
    Has Burnham really broken Britain’s bizarre, self-enforced silence around the disaster that is Brexit? What would a real pro-EU membership stance from Labour mean for British politics? And would killing off Brexit inadvertently give a flagging Farage his mojo back? Plus, in the week that Jeffrey Archer died we discuss why establishment Britain will give a pass to any charlatan, bullshitter and perjurer provided he’s amusing at parties. And our special guest Sebastian Salek – good news columnist at LabourList – explains why he fights the good fight on GBNews. • Get the Bunker Deep Dives every day here • Questions for But Your Emails? Thoughts? Comments? Email us at ogwn@podmasters.co.uk. ESCAPE ROUTES • Jonn has been enjoying the HBO legal drama War with Dominic West and Sienna Miller. • Jason has been watching a 20-minute documentary about the invention of Hula-Hoops from 1972, and other things on BBC Archive. • Sebastian Salek is off to see As You Like It at Shakespeare’s Globe. • Seth recommends going to Italy. Just because. www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow Presented by Seth Thévoz with Jason Hazeley and Jonn Elledge. Audio Production by Tom Taylor. Art direction: James Parrett. Theme tune by Tom Taylor and Simon Williams. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. www.podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    59 mins
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a balanced biased left view, refreshing change but can get a bit sweary. Good range of contributers, all seems interesting and aware of their own view point

leaning left

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