Manchesterism rave on – Should YOU support Andy Burnham?

Manchesterism rave on – Should YOU support Andy Burnham?

Now that the Age of Andy is starting to take shape, will our panel stick their necks out and say they can support the King Half In The North? Is there enough going on here to re-energise Labour voters who were burnt out by the last lacklustre regime? Are Shabana Mahmood and Starmer himself trying to box in the new PM on immigration and defence? And is Burnham really going to be as Left as some think?  Plus: In a truly selfless sacrifice, our Seth Thévoz and James Ball go to the Telegraph’s “Big Debate” on “How to make Brexit a success” (!). What wonders and horrors did they witness? And in a special American semiquincentennial Extra Bit, what was the first time our panel visited the USA? And the last?  ESCAPE ROUTES • James has been mainlining three World Cup games a day.  • Seth has been stalking Sepp Blatter and Gianni Infantino across social media. • Hannah went to see Lily Allen [https://lilyallenmusic.com/tour/] at the O2.  • Zoë has been indulging in the Serpentine Lido [https://sportsandleisure.royalparks.org.uk/hyde-park/swimming] in London’s Hyde Park.  • Questions for But Your Emails? Thoughts? Comments? Email us at ogwn@podmasters.co.uk [ogwn@podmasters.co.uk].  www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow [https://www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow] Presented by Zoë Grünewald with Seth Thévoz, Hannah Fearn and James Ball. 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 [http://www.podmasters.co.uk]  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

Talking ’bout a Devolution – Will Burnham’s big bet pay off?

Will spreading power throughout the UK be Burnham’s secret weapon? Will “No.10 North” be located at Salford Lads’ Club? And will Britain’s PM in waiting really get ten years at the helm? Plus: from Manchesterism to Trumpism… America turns 250 this week and the vibe feels a bit off. Trump’s flop of a state fair has already been branded “embarrassing” and “sad” with tentfuls of melted ice cream and a cancelled Vanilla Ice. We welcome special guest David Plotz of the Slate Political Gabfest [https://slate.com/podcasts/political-gabfest] to pick apart Trump’s lacklustre semiquincentennial celebrations… and whether Trump really is losing. • Does the US needs a total reboot once Trump has gone? Find out on Fables of The Reconstruction: How to Fix the USA [https://linktr.ee/bunker_pod], a three-part miniseries from The Bunker. • Questions for But Your Emails? Thoughts? Comments? Email us at ogwn@podmasters.co.uk. • Special offer! Get 20% off any vehicle history check at carVertical.com/OhGodWhatNow [https://www.carVertical.com/OhGodWhatNow]. ESCAPE ROUTES • Jonn has been hooked on Apple TV’s much-hyped comedy-horror Widow’s Bay [https://tv.apple.com/gb/show/widows-bay/umc.cmc.1zzly0vah46bnvnwf0qkrjhh2]. • Ros watched England’s cricketers stumble to a series defeat against New Zealand • David has been gripped by the “soccer” as the World Cup knockouts get underway back home in the US • Andrew might be six years late to season one of space race counterfactual For All Mankind [https://tv.apple.com/gb/show/for-all-mankind/umc.cmc.6wsi780sz5tdbqcf11k76mkp7] on Apple TV+, but he’s making up for lost time. www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow [https://www.patreon.com/c/ohgodwhatnow] Presented by Andrew Harrison with Jonn Elledge and Ros Taylor. Produced by James Liddell. Audio Production by Robin Leeburn. 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 [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

The Mancunian Candidate – Burnham’s northern exposure

What a difference a week makes… Andy Burnham is now number one in a field of one, and planning to move a chunk of No.10 to Manchester. How is Labour adjusting itself to the Age of Andy? Is there more to Burnhamism than just vibes? What about Burnhanomics? And do the people really want a General Election or can they just not face one?   Plus: Forgetting all the inexplicable rabid anger about “worst PM ever!!”, was Keir Starmer actually a good Prime Minister or not? We run the rule over his record. And in the Extra Bit for Patreon people, we’ve got three comics on the pod. Was Starmer good or bad for the jokes biz?   • This show is sponsored by CarVertical.com - Get 20% off any vehicle history check at ⁠⁠carVertical.com/OhGodWhatNow [https://www.carVertical.com/OhGodWhatNow] • Get tickets [https://www.ahirshah.com/] for Ahir Shah’s next show Golden.   ESCAPE ROUTES  • Hannah has been listening to the gorgeous dreamscapes of Skying by The Horrors [https://open.spotify.com/album/5KDbJLSC5pk9tggC4krYnu?si=7i5pFlPuRB-6o5VYZgbJfg%E2%81%A0].   • Jason went to see the Marilyn Monroe exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery. [https://www.npg.org.uk/whatson/exhibitions/2026/marilyn-monroe-a-portrait]  • Matt and his nephew are collecting the M&S Panini football sticker album [https://www.marksandspencer.com/food/content/football-sticker-album] .   • Ahir has been appreciating The Thong Song by Sisqo [https://open.spotify.com/track/5Mmk2ii6laakqfeCT7OnVD?si=e4c0ea92fdfe4f90%E2%81%A0] on many, many levels.   • Questions for But Your Emails? Thoughts? Comments? Email us at ogwn@podmasters.co.uk [ogwn@podmasters.co.uk].  ⁠ [https://www.carVertical.com/OhGodWhatNow] www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow [http://www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow]    Presented by Matt Green with Hannah Fearn, Jason Hazeley and Ahir Shah. Audio Production by: Jade Bailey. 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 [http://www.podmasters.co.uk/]   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

The Referendum ten years on – Can we escape the vote that broke Britain?

“We voted Brexit and all we got was this lousy podcast…” Ten years since the vote that sent Britain round the bend, could we finally break out of the trap of 2016? We’re joined by the Obi Wan Kenobi of Brexit bloggers Chris Grey to look into the enormity of Pandora’s Referendum. In a world so violently changed from 2016, is there hope for Britain to get back into the EU? Despite populism, are the stars aligning for the UK and the EU? And should anyone serious about reuniting Britain and the EU be talking about joining, not rejoining? As Raf says: “With a bit of political courage we could be in a very different debate.”  • Want more on Brexit? Hear friend of the pod Anand Menon on The Reality of Rejoin on the latest Bunker – Apple [https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-bunker-news-without-the-nonsense/id1496246490?i=1000773749672] and Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/episode/0XuyXAtjWBBEV39ak2MBhD?si=0e65542e2fe84902]. • Read Chris Grey’s blog Brexit and Brexitism [https://chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/]. • Pre-order Jonn’s new book 31 Inventions That Made Our World [https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13277/9781035432769].  • Questions for But Your Emails? Thoughts? Comments? Email us at ogwn@podmasters.co.uk [ogwn@podmasters.co.uk].  ESCAPE ROUTES • Jonn has been watching the Russell T. Davies drama Tip Toe [https://www.channel4.com/programmes/tip-toe].   • Raf has been reading Fred Vargas’s The Chalk Circle Man [https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13277/9780099488972] (in French, of course).  • Ros has been reading The Charterhouse of Parma [https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13277/9780199555345] by Stendahl and enjoying The Archers podcast [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p0jt4npn].  • Chris Grey has been watching vintage spy drama Mr Palfrey of Westminster [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBhWllxOAdhaw0Yt_2_pHUWxO1bVbDbW5] on the Classic British Telly YouTube channel.  When you buy books through our affiliate bookshop you help fund the podcast by earning us a small commission for every sale. Bookshop.org’s fees help support independent bookshops too. • This show is sponsored by CarVertical.com - Get 20% off any vehicle history check at ⁠⁠carVertical.com/OhGodWhatNow⁠⁠ [https://www.carVertical.com/OhGodWhatNow] www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow [https://www.patreon.com/c/ohgodwhatnow] Presented by Ros Taylor with Jonn Elledge and Rafael Behr. Audio Production by Robin Leeburn. 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 [https://www.podmasters.co.uk]  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

Tears for Keir – How Starmer ran out of road

As we sadly file away that ‘Keep Keir And Carry On’ headline in the bottom drawer… Keir Starmer steps down and our panel look at what the Starmer era really means. Are we now in a world where petty politics will always trump service to country? Why was this decent, vaguely boring man so loathed in the country? Does this public bloodletting help or hinder Labour’s existential battle against Reform? And why can’t Britain hang on to its Prime Ministers? We’re joined by Chris Grey, the don of Brexit bloggers to discuss it all.  This is a special two-part split edition, enabling us to get you the Farewell to Keir Starmer portion of the pod as fast as possible. Be here tomorrow as our panel “celebrate” ten years of the Brexit Referendum that pitched Britain into a psychodrama it still can’t escape.  • Read Chris Grey’s blog Brexit and Brexitism [https://chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/] • Pre-order Jonn’s new book 31 Inventions That Made Our World [https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13277/9781035432769] through our affiliate bookshop and you’ll help fund the podcast by earning us a small commission for every sale. Bookshop.org [https://uk.bookshop.org]’s fees help support independent bookshops too. • Questions for But Your Emails? Thoughts? Comments? Email us at ogwn@podmasters.co.uk [ogwn@podmasters.co.uk].  • Special offer! Get 20% off any vehicle history check at carVertical.com/OhGodWhatNow [https://www.carVertical.com/OhGodWhatNow].  www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow [https://www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow] Presented by Ros Taylor with Jonn Elledge and Rafael Behr. Audio Production by Robin Leeburn. 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 [https://www.podmasters.co.uk]  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]