It's 1953 and the Doomsday Clock has just been moved to two minutes to midnight. Join Biteback author Roger Hermiston as he discusses the trials and tribulations of a fascinating year for the latest episode of the podcast!

You can buy Roger's book Two Minutes to Midnight here: https://www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/two-minutes-to-midnight

Music

Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The period of 2010-2015 was a turbulent time in British politics, and Alastair Campbell was there for it all. The latest instalment of his diaries covers the rise of David Cameron, Ed Miliband's tenure as leader of the Labour party, two inquiries and the spectacle that was the Olympics: sit back and listen to us discuss most of it!

The Alastair Campbell Diaries Volume 8: Rise and Fall of the Olympic Spirit is out now: https://www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/alastair-campbell-diaries-volume-8

Music

Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

What does a physician do?

John Quin spent his career in the NHS working with unruly patients, navigating hospital cliques and learning just what it was an endocrinologist does. In this chat we learn more about his career: the dark humour, the reality of working in Glasgow and how Nabokov got him through it all.

John's book, Dr Quin Medicine Man, is out now: https://www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/dr-quin-medicine-man

Music

Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

A few days after Elisabeth Spencer's daughter Milly came out as trans, her husband was diagnosed with a terminal illness.

The Road to My Daughter is now available to buy on the Biteback website or wherever you get your books: https://www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/the-road-to-my-daughter 

For this week's podcast we're travelling all the way to America! Our guest and Biteback author Annie Bracken worked for George HW Bush during his presidency and is full of stories about life in the White House, from awkward dates to going running with the secret service.

Her book, How to Break Into the White House, is also out now: check it out here! How to Break Into the White House | Biteback Publishing

Music

Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Economist and author Liam Halligan joins us for the first Biteback podcast of 2021 to chat about all things housing! We discuss the impact of big developers in the market, the reason house prices are so high and what politicians are doing to fix things...

Liam's book Home Truths is out in paperback on the Biteback website: https://www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/home-truths

Music

Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

On this week's episode of the Biteback podcast we chat to Henry Milner, a criminal defence solicitor who has represented criminals in the UK for over fifty years. He talks about the dangers of defending a client in the seventies, some of his favourite cases and why professional criminals are always easier to represent than newbies.

Henry's book, No Lawyers in Heaven, is out now: https://www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/no-lawyers-in-heaven

Music

Funkorama by Kevin MacLeo

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Seasoned journalist Clive Irving pops into the virtual studios to chat about the royal family's relationship with the media, his time working on Fleet Street and what he thinks about the future of the crown...

Clive's book, The Last Queen, is now available from the Biteback website: https://www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/the-last-queen

Music

Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Former Special Adviser Peter Cardwell has worked under four government ministers in his time, weathering gaffes, media storms and prime ministers. But what is it actually like to be a SpAd? In the latest edition of the Biteback podcast, we chat about meeting Kevin Spacey in airports, getting your inside leg measured in a government office and the surprising ways you can use gaffer tape...

The Secret Life of Special Advisers is available on the Biteback website: https://www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/the-secret-life-of-special-advisers

Music

Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

How would you go about changing the world?

For fifteen-year-old Jonny Oates, the answer was simple: he boarded a plane to Addis Ababa with the intention of tackling the Ethiopian famine. The thirty years that followed taught him that creating change wasn't that easy...

Listen to him talk about his mental health, his time in the coalition government and his love of Africa in this week's edition of the Biteback podcast!

Music

Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/