Life of the Party

20: LIVE SHOW! Andy Burnham and British Politics After the Local Elections (Norwich Transformed)

Who is Andy Burnham? What is Manchesterism? Should the Greens be afraid of Labour's so-called soft left? Jonas, Joe and Shanice dissect the state of British politics after the local elections, and ask where next for the Left in a rapidly disintegrating two-party system. This episode was recorded live at Norwich Transformed 2026. Please subscribe, comment and leave a review! Hosted by Shanice McBean, Jonas Marvin and Joe Todd. Edited by Marcus Berdaut for Ampersounds Productions. Become a supporter: lifeoftheparty.uk [https://www.lifeoftheparty.uk] Follow us on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/life.ofthepartypodcast]. This is an Ampersounds production.

19: Antisemitism, Local Elections and the End of Two Party Duopoly

In this week’s episode, Joe takes us on a tour through the recent local elections as we contemplate the end of the two-party system and the brewing Green insurgency. Then Shanice discusses two of this disintegrating system’s morbid symptoms: the rise of both antisemitism and moral panics about antisemitism, asking how the left fights both racism towards Jews and the instrumentalisation of Jewish identity by bad faith actors defending a broken political settlement. Readings Abram Leon - The Jewish Question [https://www.marxists.org/subject/jewish/leon/] Hackney Green Party Manifesto [https://www.hackneygreens.org.uk/manifesto] Callum Cant and Matthew Lee - The Future in our Past: The General Strike [https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/products/3483-the-future-in-our-past?srsltid=AfmBOop6jax17BcrYa5mxkDFSiemxvYtjy2hF1aYXjhXptS9K0E2O7RT] Please subscribe, comment and leave a review! Hosted by Shanice McBean, Jonas Marvin and Joe Todd. Edited by Marcus Berdaut for ⁠⁠⁠Ampersounds Productions.⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.ampersounds.productions/] Become a supporter: ⁠⁠⁠https://lifeoftheparty.uk/ ⁠⁠⁠ [https://lifeoftheparty.uk/] Follow us on ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/life.ofthepartypodcast/]. This is an Ampersounds production.

18: Your Party Is Dead, But Are The Greens Enough?

Jonas breaks down the latest shenanigans inside Your Party and the crew ask themselves how it got so bad. Whilst Joe offers some thoughts on what we do next, now that it seems the Jeremy Corbyn-led party has entered into a zombie state. Readings Anton Jäger - Hyperpolitics: Extreme Politicization without Political Consequences [https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/products/3460-hyperpolitics?srsltid=AfmBOopuCaFBhJau-_3uhmqrxMlPDOzAYK2ln7quTMAG-cSTAf_mJWSq] Laleh Khalili - Extractive Capitalism: How Commodities and Cronyism Drive the Global Economy [https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/products/3405-extractive-capitalism?srsltid=AfmBOoqI0XLE6r0FObemWS6f-8D4VWirYtnQC6-1sHN7fEM7F8nox-hX] Lotte L.S. - An Economy of Starlings [https://goodpress.co.uk/products/an-economy-of-starlings-by-lotte-l-s] Please subscribe, comment and leave a review! Hosted by Shanice McBean, Jonas Marvin and Joe Todd. Edited by Marcus Berdaut for ⁠⁠Ampersounds Productions.⁠⁠ [https://www.ampersounds.productions/] Become a supporter: ⁠⁠https://lifeoftheparty.uk/ ⁠⁠ [https://lifeoftheparty.uk/] Follow us on ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/life.ofthepartypodcast/]. This is an Ampersounds production.

Live Shows! We’re Coming to Bristol (April 28) , Norwich (May 16) & London (June 4)

Come see the Life of the Party Live! Ticket links: April 28th in Bristol w/ the Bristol Cable. [https://www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/prsc/tue-28-apr-people-just-do-something-live-podcast-152041] May 16th in Norwich w/ Norwich Transformed. [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/norwich-transformed-2026-tickets-1980772584120?aff=ebdsoporgprofile] June 4th in London: email podlifeoftheparty@gmail.com w/ 'London Event' in the subject line.

17: The Troubled Story of the Socialist Workers’ Party

Shanice opens us up by comparing the outwards-looking priorities of Zack Polanski’s Greens with their fraught neighbours in Your Party. Whilst Jonas uses the opportunity of the recent mass anti-racist Together march to deep dive into one of its central organisers: the Socialist Workers Party. Readings John Maynard Keynes - The General Theory of Employment, Interest, a [The General Theory Of Employment, Interest, And Money]nd Money [The General Theory Of Employment, Interest, And Money] Red Mole Substack - Duncan Chapel [https://redmole.substack.com/] Comrade Delta - D K Renton [https://www.foyles.co.uk/book/comrade-delta/d-k-renton/9781738468768?srsltid=AfmBOooi3vjOCmhqnxmz66rOnajmGRjomhAqOuZ78vfN1atLqzTJlfW7] Please subscribe, comment and leave a review! Hosted by Shanice McBean, Jonas Marvin and Joe Todd. Edited by Marcus Berdaut for ⁠Ampersounds Productions.⁠ [https://www.ampersounds.productions/] Become a supporter: ⁠https://lifeoftheparty.uk/ ⁠ [https://lifeoftheparty.uk/] Follow us on ⁠Instagram⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/life.ofthepartypodcast/]. This is an Ampersounds production.