The Today Podcast

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The Today Podcast episodes:

05.16.2024
What does Keir Starmer really believe in?
In a week in which Keir Starmer outlines his six ‘first steps for change’ (just don’t call it a pledge card), Amol and Nick look into what defines the Labour leader’s mission – and how left wing he really is....
05.09.2024
Hung parliament or thumping majority? And why do we all feel so skint?
Amol asks what the local elections results really tell us about what might happen in a general election and why so many Britons feel skint. Pollster James Kanagasooriam is back in The Today Podcast studio to give his verdict on...
05.07.2024
Get your election idea on Today
Today: Your Election is all about giving Today listeners across the UK the chance to suggest a story for the team to look into in this election year. Working with our producers, listeners will have the chance to input...
05.03.2024
Cutting through the spin – elections bonus ep
As votes the continue to be counted Amol and Nick give their take on where the election results leave both the Tories and Labour. Pollster James Kanagasooriam, chief research officer with Focal Data who sits on the board of centre-right...
05.02.2024
AI and humanity’s future: chilling or thrilling?
This week we’ve taken inspiration from friend of the podcast, Stephen Fry, who challenged Amol and Nick to look at what the future of AI means for us all – and whether it will herald in a utopian or dystopian...
04.25.2024
Could an MP present the Today programme?
In a week where broadcasters with shows hosted by politicians were warned they could face fines if they break impartiality rules during the next general election campaign, Nick looks at the issues it raises about which programmes MPs should be...
04.22.2024
Q&A – lightweight politicians, interviews that made you blush… Ft Esther Rantzen & Stephen Fry
In this bonus episode of The Today Podcast, Amol and Nick take on more of your questions – on politics, AI and their approach to journalism. Friends of the pod Dame Esther Rantzen and Stephen Fry join other listeners in...
04.18.2024
Smoke-free generation: Is this Sunak’s legacy?
How big a social change will Rishi Sunak’s smoking bill prove – and why does he want this to be his legacy? On this week’s podcast Amol and Nick look at what the plan to end smoking for the younger...
04.11.2024
Where’s the money coming from?
In an interview with Nick on Radio 4’s Today this week, shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves outlined how Labour would try to plug the gap in NHS funding. The interview raised big political and economic questions about the state of the...
04.04.2024
Tragedy in Gaza: Will this week’s events change anything?
Two events in the Middle East have grabbed the headlines this week - the killing of seven aid workers, including three British nationals, in Israeli strikes in Gaza and the assassination of three Iranian generals in Syria. But will these...
03.28.2024
Why should you have to pay for the BBC?
BBC director general Tim Davie has outlined his vision for the future of the BBC. He fired the starting gun on a consultation on the future of the licence fee and spoke of how the BBC could increase its revenue...
03.21.2024
Alastair Campbell on the changing face of Starmer’s Labour
In a week where shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves echoed Margaret Thatcher when outlining her vision for the UK economy, we ask, is Labour ready for government? Amol is joined by The Rest is Politics’s Alastair Campbell to talk about Reeves’...
03.14.2024
Revolt on the right! Reform, Rishi and (Red) Wall-to-Wall Chaos
Lee Anderson grabbed the headlines this week as he defected from the Conservatives to become Reform UK’s first MP. This prompted rumours of further red wall MPs thinking about defecting. This week we ask, is there a new revolt on...
03.11.2024
Why the Home Office is ‘dysfunctional’ - Sacked immigration chief speaks out
David Neal was sacked last month from his job as Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration for leaking details of critical reports which ministers had not published. In his first broadcast interview since then he tells Amol and Nick why...
03.06.2024
Hunt’s Budget - will it make a difference?
Has Jeremy Hunt done enough with his Budget to change the political and economic weather? Amol and Nick assess the politics of the Chancellor’s speech – possibly his last major intervention before a general election. And they’re joined by...
03.01.2024
By-election bonus: Rochdale, Galloway, Gaza… what now?
George Galloway is back in parliament with a resounding win in the Rochdale by-election. In this bonus episode of The Today Podcast Amol and Nick discuss what his victory means and how the Israel-Gaza conflict is shaping politics. They...
02.29.2024
Mob rule: Where should we draw the line on protest?
With pro-Palestinian marches in the spotlight, the prime minister saying mob rule is replacing democratic rule and the government announcing more money to protect MPs whose homes are being targeted, this week Amol and Nick explore where the line stands...
02.22.2024
Disgrace! Why are MPs playing politics with the Middle East?
As the fallout continues from the chaos in the Commons over a ceasefire vote, Amol and Nick look at the issues the unprecedented night in parliament highlighted. Labour’s Harriet Harman is in the studio to discuss the safety of...
02.15.2024
How did the culture wars take over? Ft Jon Ronson
Rarely a week goes by without a fresh skirmish in the culture wars between the right and the left. Whether it’s cancel culture, wokeism, defining a woman or marking colonial history, battles between the warring tribes are increasingly having an...
02.08.2024
Why we need to talk about cancer ft. Stephen Fry
In a week in which King Charles III shared his cancer diagnosis, Amol and Nick ask why it’s important to talk about cancer. Stephen Fry talks about his own diagnosis of an aggressive prostate cancer and we also hear...
02.01.2024
Does nanny (state) know best?
In a week in which the government told us more about its plans to create a smokefree generation, Amol and Nick look at why many politicians from across the political spectrum are now embracing the nanny state. But how much...
01.25.2024
How do we deal with President Trump (again)?
Shockwaves from the Republican primary in New Hampshire are reverberating through the streets of Westminster and across Europe as political leaders come to terms with a new reality – Donald Trump could well be elected US president in November. Amol...
01.18.2024
Does Starmer need Scotland to win the general election?
Does the route to a Labour election victory at the next general election run through Scotland? With Nick in Glasgow this week we turn our attention to the role Scotland will play in deciding who takes the keys to No...
01.11.2024
Is democracy dying?
Why are younger voters around the world turning their back on democracy in favour of strongman leaders who are prepared to defy parliaments? In a year when more than two billion people in 50 countries will go to the polls...
01.04.2024
The Moments In History Amol and Nick Wish They’d Covered
Amol and Nick answer your questions on how Radio 4’s Today is put together and which historical figures they most wish they could interview. Episodes of The Today Podcast land every Thursday and watch out for bonus episodes. Subscribe on...
12.21.2023
News Review of the Year
Amol and Nick review the year in news, featuring the biggest moments and their favourite interviews from the Today programme in 2023. They’re joined by some familiar voices including Chris Mason, Martha Kearney and friend of the pod, statistician Prof...
12.19.2023
Esther Rantzen on a Christmas she did not expect to see
Dame Esther Rantzen is a broadcasting legend, responsible for some of the most famous moments in television history. She blazoned a trail for women in the media and has and has made a huge impact with her charity campaign work. ...
12.14.2023
Is Putin in danger of winning in Ukraine?
Ukraine is back in the news with Vladimir Putin holding his first press conference since the outbreak of war. But in the last few weeks the story has fallen from the top of the news agenda – with many of...
12.07.2023
Sunk! Is Sunak’s Tory Party over?
It’s been a bruising 24 hours for Rishi Sunak including a ministerial resignation, emergency prime ministerial press conference and a former home secretary now firmly on manoeuvres. Amol and Nick discuss the Today programme’s exclusive interview with that former...
11.30.2023
Why Generation Rent are so angry
Private rents are soaring, homes to rent are in steep decline, house building has stalled. No wonder young people are full of rage about their chances of getting onto the housing ladder. On this week’s podcast Amol and Nick take...
11.23.2023
Are these tax cuts for real?
Who’s right? Are these really the biggest tax cuts since the 1980s? Or are we paying more tax than ever? Or might both things be true? Amol and Nick look through the headlines of a complicated Autumn Statement and...
11.23.2023
James May: On Top Gear, tea and driverless cars
In this extra edition of The Today Podcast, James May talks to Amol and Nick about Top Gear, tea and driverless cars, as he is announced as one of this year's Today programme guest editors. James, who is one of...
11.16.2023
Revolting! How much trouble are Sunak and Starmer in?
It's been a week of turmoil in British politics culminating in the government losing its Rwanda case then taking on the Supreme Court – and Labour losing ten from its frontbench following a mass rebellion over Gaza. There’s plenty for...
11.13.2023
David Cameron In, Suella Braverman Out
This morning on the Today programme the news of the sacking Suella Braverman broke and we heard the surprise announcement that former Prime Minister David Cameron would be the Foreign Secretary. In this emergency episode of The Today Podcast Amol...
11.09.2023
The Politics of Protest: Suella Braverman vs the police
Why did the Home Secretary write a newspaper column that puts her on a collision course with both the UK’s most senior police officer… and seemingly the prime minister? In this week’s podcast Amol and Nick look at the politics...
11.02.2023
Covidshambles: The human cost of chaos in No 10
It’s been an explosive week of evidence at the Covid inquiry. Government by WhatsApp and chaotic scenes at Downing Street. Amol and Nick discuss how badly the UK handled Covid and whether a different approach would have fundamentally altered...
10.30.2023
Your Questions Answered
Who decides which presenter does which interview on BBC Radio 4's Today programme? Does it create any tensions? In a busy newsroom how do you work out the facts? Amol and Nick answer these listener questions and others in this...
10.26.2023
What hope for peace?
Amol and Nick turn their attention this week to what conditions will need to be reached before Israelis and Palestinians are able to sit down with each other in search of a lasting settlement. They speak to Yossi Beilin and...
10.19.2023
What Is This War Really About?
Amol and Nick discuss how the war in Israel and Gaza shows two competing versions of history. They look at what’s at stake and why it matters. They are joined in The Today Podcast studio by historian Niall Ferguson...
10.12.2023
Horror in Israel and Gaza - What next?
Listen to Amol and Nick reflect on the Israel and Gaza conflict as they talk about what it might mean for the wider world. They talk to Martha, who’s spent much of this week presenting Radio 4’s Today from Jerusalem....
10.09.2023
I cried after presenting my first Today programme
Amol and Nick are two of the BBC’s most experienced journalists. In this bonus episode of The Today Podcast they talk through their first day presenting Radio 4’s Today. They remember the emotion of those first mornings as well as...
10.05.2023
Can Rishi Sunak win it for the Tories?
The Today Programme’s got the only interview with the prime minister recorded after his conference speech. What sort of a week has it been for Rishi Sunak and the Conservatives? Join Amol Rajan and Nick Robinson as they ask...
09.24.2023
Introducing The Today Podcast
Introducing The Today Podcast. A new weekly podcast from the team behind the UK's most influential radio news programme. Join Amol, Nick and guests every Thursday as they give their take on the biggest stories of the week, with...

What's The Today Podcast about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

The Today Podcast episodes:

What does Keir Starmer really believe in?

Hung parliament or thumping majority? And why do we all feel so skint?

Get your election idea on Today

Cutting through the spin – elections bonus ep

AI and humanity’s future: chilling or thrilling?

Could an MP present the Today programme?

Q&A – lightweight politicians, interviews that made you blush… Ft Esther Rantzen & Stephen Fry

Smoke-free generation: Is this Sunak’s legacy?

Where’s the money coming from?

Tragedy in Gaza: Will this week’s events change anything?

Why should you have to pay for the BBC?

Alastair Campbell on the changing face of Starmer’s Labour

Revolt on the right! Reform, Rishi and (Red) Wall-to-Wall Chaos

Why the Home Office is ‘dysfunctional’ - Sacked immigration chief speaks out

Hunt’s Budget - will it make a difference?

By-election bonus: Rochdale, Galloway, Gaza… what now?

Mob rule: Where should we draw the line on protest?

Disgrace! Why are MPs playing politics with the Middle East?

How did the culture wars take over? Ft Jon Ronson

Why we need to talk about cancer ft. Stephen Fry

Does nanny (state) know best?

How do we deal with President Trump (again)?

Does Starmer need Scotland to win the general election?

Is democracy dying?

The Moments In History Amol and Nick Wish They’d Covered

News Review of the Year

Esther Rantzen on a Christmas she did not expect to see

Is Putin in danger of winning in Ukraine?

Sunk! Is Sunak’s Tory Party over?

Why Generation Rent are so angry

Are these tax cuts for real?

James May: On Top Gear, tea and driverless cars

Revolting! How much trouble are Sunak and Starmer in?

David Cameron In, Suella Braverman Out

The Politics of Protest: Suella Braverman vs the police

Covidshambles: The human cost of chaos in No 10

Your Questions Answered

What hope for peace?

What Is This War Really About?

Horror in Israel and Gaza - What next?

I cried after presenting my first Today programme

Can Rishi Sunak win it for the Tories?

Introducing The Today Podcast

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