In this episode Will speaks to Lauren Davison, co host of the Left Whingers podcast about the podcast, the up and coming Young Labour and NEC elections, the Labour Party's approach to justice policies and next year's local and devolved elections. Make sure to also check out Left Whingers on Spotify. 

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In this episode Will speaks to Green Party councillor and Green Party in England and Wales leadership candidate Rosemary Sexton about why she wants to lead the Green Party, the issue of diversity in politics, the need for a Green New Deal and how she thinks the Green Party can gain more seats in Parliament. 

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In this episode Will is joined by comedian Jake Yapp to discuss musical comedy and how hard it can be to do, his thoughts on the new series of Spitting Image, the limits or otherwise of producing comedy online, whether stand up comedy is better at channeling anger about politics than sketch comedy and why impressionists have so many politicians to choose from now. 

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In this episode Will speaks to returning guest William Kedjanyi, Star Sport's Elections, Politics and Policy Analyst about Joe Biden's running mate, the potential results of this year's Presidential Election, who could be the next Chair of the BBC, next year's local elections and a potential Scottish Independence Referendum.

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In this episode Will speaks to three returning guests about the impact of COVID 19 on their work. In the first part Will speaks to Glen O'Hara, Professor of History at Oxford Brookes University about the impact of coronavirus on the universities sector and how universities will function when the academic year starts in September; in the second part Will speaks to Michael Bell about how the hospitality sector, in particular social clubs, is dealing with the pandemic and about his bid for the Co - Op Party's NEC. In the final part Will speaks to founder and director of our partner the Centre Think Tank, Torrin Wilkins about two new papers Centre have published on the impact of coronavirus on work and why the future may involve more of us working from home. 

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In this episode Will speaks to Dean of Durham University's Law School, Professor of Law and Government at Durham, member of the Fabian Society Executive, Advisor to the Labour Party and Chair of the Sedgefield Branch of the Sedgefield Constituency Labour Party, Thom Brooks. In the episode they discuss Thom's time advising Ed Miliband, Jeremy Corbyn and Keir Starmer; UK immigration policy; Shamima Begum's case before the Supreme Court; Brexit and this year's US Presidential Election. 

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In this episode Will is joined by three members of the Liberal Democrats to discuss the 2020 Liberal Democrat's Leadership election between Ed Davey and Layla Moran and the future of the Lib Dems. Will's guests are April Preston, a member of the Liberal Democrats Federal Board, a former Lib Dem council candidate and director of the Radical Association; Torrin Wilkins, founder and director of the thinktank Centre, and Leena Sarah Farhat, Young Welsh Liberals Campaigns Officer and Senedd candidate for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr.

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In this episode we speak to the economist, journalist and author of Stolen: How to Save the World from Financialisation, Grace Blakeley about what Financialisation is, the difference between political and economic democracy, the position of the Labour Party under Keir Starmer, the sacking of Rebecca Long Bailey, the potential impact of a No Deal Brexit and the West's economic interactions with China. 

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In this episode of the podcast Will speaks to NEC candidate and former member of the NEC from 2000 - 2018 and former Chair of the NEC from 2009 - 2010, Ann Black. They discuss Ann's campaign and her three main priorities if elected, what were Ann's greatest achievements on the NEC, how she felt when she lost in 2018 to the "JC9", Keir Starmer's leadership of the party and how Labour will tackle next year's local elections. 

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In this episode of the podcast Will speaks to creator of 326 Politics and a Political Analyst for Smarkets, Patrick Flynn, about the upcoming Presidential election, how Joe Biden could cope with a Republican dominated Senate, why President Trump's popularity is continuing to fall, whether Boris Johnson will fight the next election, whether Labour can succeed in next year's local elections and who the next leader of the Liberal Democrats could be. 

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