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· 50 min 51 sec
Welcome to the first ever episode of 'TRIP: Question Time'!During our Question Time pods, Rory and Alastair will attempt to answer even more of the fantastic listener questions we get each week.While...
· 32 min 4 sec
Rory going viral, Alastair's trip to Portugal, Labour's Brexit position, Olaf Scholz, the UEFA Champions League Final, the 1922 Committee, charisma, Nelson Mandela, teaching politics in school, US gun...
· 44 min 54 sec
Partygate photos, Teals in Australia, why Rory ran as an independent in London, Anthony Albanese, Mhairi Black, Bill Cash, Rupert Murdoch, China, Taiwan, PR, and Nigel Farage. This week's pod has got...
· 44 min 16 sec
Shireen Abu Akleh, Alastair's catch-up with Francois Hollande, Rory's reflection on the Tory leadership debates, Northern Ireland, Nick Clegg, Sri Lanka, Lebanon, global food shortages, power-sharing,...
· 55 min 42 sec
Beergate, local elections, Tower Hamlets, Northern Ireland, Putin, Chinese foreign policy, Oxbridge, and porridge talk.Join Rory and Alastair for discussion and analysis of all of the above and more,...
· 1 hr 3 min 10 sec
Rory Stewart and Alastair Campbell work out a plan for improving the quality of debate in Westminster. They also wonder what it would take for the electorate to dump Boris Johnson from power. Plus how...
· 1 hr 2 min 52 sec
Defeating populism, the way to win a leadership contest, and Boris Johnson meeting Miley Cyrus.Join Alastair and Rory from Scotland in our first ever live episode - it's certainly not one to miss!Go t...
· 56 min 2 sec
Join Alastair and Rory for this week's pod, where they discuss Patel's plans to send refugees to Rwanda from Britain, the role of religion in politics, and the mysterious ideologue that some believe i...
· 1 hr 8 min 16 sec
In today's pod Alastair and Rory discuss the police fines that Johnson and Sunak have received for their roles in Partygate, the current political situation in both France and Pakistan, and the role o...
· 1 hr 15 min 12 sec
Could this be the final ever episode of The Rest Is Politics after Rory's revelation last Friday, 1st April? Hopefully not! After more terrible news from Ukraine and some countries refusing to shun Ru...
· 57 min 43 sec
Do the Royal family and the Commonwealth still have a place in the modern world? Alastair and Rory discuss Rwanda and countries recovering from war, whether Joe Biden is an effective communicator, how...
· 1 hr 2 min 34 sec
As Rory returns from a tour of Iraq with a landmine charity, what lessons can be learned from the country since the occupation, and how could they be applied to the current situation in Ukraine? Also,...
· 1 hr 4 min 26 sec
Who is winning the communications landscape in Ukraine? Alastair and Rory discuss the importance of soft power, the sacrifices needed to free European dependency on Russian oil, the most intimidating...
· 1 hr 3 min 54 sec
In our most recent episode, Alastair mentioned our sister podcast, The Rest Is History, and its recent mini-series on the Soviet Union, its fall, Putin's early life and his subsequent rise to power.He...
· 36 min 9 sec
Welcome to the second episode of The Rest Is Politics with Rory Stewart and Alastair Campbell!With Ukrainian refugees struggling to claim asylum in the UK, why aren't the British government's actions...
· 57 min 47 sec
What's Vladimir Putin like to deal with in person? On the first episode of "The Rest Is Politics", Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart tackle the latest developments in Ukraine, give their insight into...
· 58 min 26 sec