This week Harriet and Producer Martin talk to Sir Keir Starmer, about his week of European/American diplomacy, and why cutting foreign aid to boost defence spending makes things easier; Democratic Congresswoman Gretchen Hardline talks us through her VERY effective protest against President Trump's State of the Union speech; and after Rishi Sunak expressed regret about "Stop the Boats", Eshaan Akbar has a Hot & Spicy Take about political slogans.

If you enjoy the show and fancy early, ad-free episodes, full videos of every segment, bonus podcasts and exclusive video content, as well as the nice warm feeling you get from supporting the arts, pop over to Patreon.com/NonCensored and sign up.

With thanks to Rosie Holt, Brendan Murphy, Eshaan Akbar, Joz Norris, Davina Bentley and Ed Morrish.

Rosie's book, Why We Were Right, is available now.

Brendan is taking his show, Buffy Revamped, on tour all over Britain, and you can see dates and buy tickets here.

Eshaan has a stand-up special on YouTube, The Pretender, and he is currently on tour with his show Can’t Get No Satisfakshaan.

Joz is previewing his Edinburgh show, You Wait. Time Passes, in Glasgow, Bristol and Edinburgh. Get your tickets here.

Davina does sketches on her Instagram, and does a very funny podcast with Freya Mallard called Binks and Hebrides Whine Time.

Ed also produces P.O.V., a sketch show that features a lot of NonCensored regulars, which is all on BBC Sounds now, and Sound Heap With John-Luke Roberts, an improvised sketch show that just returned for a fourth series.

Show photography is by Karla Gowlett and design is by Chris Barker. Original music is by Paddy Gervers and Rob Sell at Torch and Compass.

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This week Harriet and Producer Martin talk to Will Lewis, the publisher of the Washington Post, about WaPo's new editorial direction; we speak to friend of the show Sir Douglas Brown CBE, chairman of Southern Central Thames Oil, about why his company, like other oil producers, have ditched their green commitments; and after President Trump announced a $5m (£3.9m) "golden passport", Eshaan Akbar has a Hot & Spicy Take about rich foreigners.

If you enjoy the show and fancy early, ad-free episodes, full videos of every segment, bonus podcasts and exclusive video content, as well as the nice warm feeling you get from supporting the arts, pop over to Patreon.com/NonCensored and sign up.

With thanks to Rosie Holt, Brendan Murphy, Eshaan Akbar, Will Sebag-Montefiore, Oliver Izod and Ed Morrish.

Rosie's book, Why We Were Right, is available now.

Brendan is taking his show, Buffy Revamped, on tour all over Britain, and you can see dates and buy tickets here.

Eshaan has a stand-up special on YouTube, The Pretender, and he is currently on tour with his show Can’t Get No Satisfakshaan.

Will has a podcast called Legitimate Likes that you can listen to here, and he does sketches on Instagram.

Oliver can be found busking in Covent Garden.

Ed also produces P.O.V., a sketch show that features a lot of NonCensored regulars, which is on Radio 4 at 6.30pm on Thursdays for six weeks from the 30th January, and Sound Heap With John-Luke Roberts, an improvised sketch show that returns for a fourth series on Monday 3rd March.

Show photography is by Karla Gowlett and design is by Chris Barker. Original music is by Paddy Gervers and Rob Sell at Torch and Compass.

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This week Harriet and Producer Martin introduce their new feature, Column Of The Week, where they speak to an eminent British newspaper columnist about their brilliant, brilliant work. This week, it's the Telegraph's Allison Pearson, who talks us through her article, "JD Vance’s courageous lecture on migration has shamed our gutless elites”. We also welcome DOGE's Ethan Chablowski back to the show, to explain how his takeover of the Federal Aviation Authority is going, and Eshaan Akbar asks a question for his Hot & Spicy Takeaway of the Week that turns out to be [REDACTED].

If you enjoy the show and fancy early, ad-free episodes, full videos of every segment, bonus podcasts and exclusive video content, as well as the nice warm feeling you get from supporting the arts, pop over to Patreon.com/NonCensored and sign up.

With thanks to Rosie Holt, Brendan Murphy, Eshaan Akbar, Sooz Kempner, Lucas Jefcoate and Ed Morrish.

Rosie's book, Why We Were Right, is available now.

Brendan is taking his show, Buffy Revamped, on tour all over Britain, and you can see dates and buy tickets here.

Eshaan has a stand-up special on YouTube, The Pretender, and he is currently on tour with his show Can’t Get No Satisfakshaan.

Sooz is currently previewing her Edinburgh show, Sooz Kempner Is Ugly, in Brighton on the 25th April and at MachFest, in Machynlleth, on the 3rd May. Tickets and all the information you need are on Sooz's website.

Lucas has live dates coming up in Glasgow, Manchester and Brighton - you can get tickets via his website.

Ed also produces P.O.V., a sketch show that features a lot of NonCensored regulars. It's on Radio 4 at 6.30pm on Thursdays for six weeks from the 30th January, and you can listen afterwards on BBC Sounds.

Show photography is by Karla Gowlett and design is by Chris Barker. Original music is by Paddy Gervers and Rob Sell at Torch and Compass.

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This week Harriet and Producer Martin speak to suspended Labour MPs Grandrew Wynne Evans and Hugh Massingham-Twunt, who would like to apologise to all the idiots they offended with their WhatsApp posts. They also hear from Ian Business about why we need to be back in the office four days a week, and Eshaan Akbar has a VERY Hot & Spicy Takeaway of the Week about why the British economy is a grower, not a shower.

If you enjoy the show and fancy early, ad-free episodes, full videos of every segment, bonus podcasts and exclusive video content, as well as the nice warm feeling you get from supporting the arts, pop over to Patreon.com/NonCensored and sign up.

With thanks to Rosie Holt, Brendan Murphy, Eshaan Akbar, Larry & Paul, AJ and Ed Morrish.

Rosie's book, Why We Were Right, is available now.

Brendan is taking his show, Buffy Revamped, on tour all over Britain, and you can see dates and buy tickets here.

Eshaan has a stand-up special on YouTube, The Pretender, and he is currently on tour with his show Can’t Get No Satisfakshaan.

Larry & Paul do their brilliant Broken News sketches on their YouTube channel, so pop over there, laugh and subscribe.

AJ is part of Shoot From The Hip impro. You can find details of their latest live dates and videos of previous shows on their website.

Ed also produces P.O.V., a sketch show that features a lot of NonCensored regulars. It's on Radio 4 at 6.30pm on Thursdays for six weeks from the 30th January, and you can listen afterwards on BBC Sounds.

Show photography is by Karla Gowlett and design is by Chris Barker. Original music is by Paddy Gervers and Rob Sell at Torch and Compass.

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For this week's show, Harriet and Producer Martin speak to Ethan Chablowski, one of Elon Musk’s small team of bright young men who are making the American government more efficient, about why privacy is cringe and free speech is lit. They also hear from Richard Burgon MP about his reinstatement to the Labour benches now that he acknowledges that he was wrong to do the right thing and what sort of animal Keir Starmer would be, and Eshaan Akbar 'phones it in' with a Hot & Spicy Takeaway of the Week about schools banning mobiles.

If you enjoy the show and fancy early, ad-free episodes, full videos of every segment, bonus podcasts and exclusive video content, as well as the nice warm feeling you get from supporting the arts, pop over to Patreon.com/NonCensored and sign up - thanks to Adam Homato for signing up this week.

With thanks to Rosie Holt, Brendan Murphy, Eshaan Akbar, Lucas Jefcoate, Dan Clarkson and Ed Morrish.

Rosie's book, Why We Were Right, is available now.

Brendan is taking his show, Buffy Revamped, on tour all over Britain, and you can see dates and buy tickets here.

Eshaan has a stand-up special on YouTube, The Pretender, and he is currently on tour with his show Can’t Get No Satisfakshaan.

Lucas has live dates coming up in Leicester, Glasgow and Brighton - you can get tickets via his website.

Ed also produces P.O.V., a sketch show that features a lot of NonCensored regulars. It's on Radio 4 at 6.30pm on Thursdays for six weeks from the 30th January, and you can listen afterwards on BBC Sounds.

Show photography is by Karla Gowlett and design is by Chris Barker. Original music is by Paddy Gervers and Rob Sell at Torch and Compass.

NonCensored is a Lead Mojo production

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For this week's show, Harriet and Producer Martin speak to The Daily Mail's Horatio Bamm about Labour's plans to build, build, build. They also catch up with AI Producer Martin, who was had quite a week since he was created to co-host last week's show, including having his job stolen by a cheaper, Chinese AI. And Eshaan Akbar has had a look at the ONS's projection for the population and Britain, and come up with a Hot & Spicy Takeaway Of The Week about immigration.

If you enjoy the show and fancy early, ad-free episodes, full videos of every segment, bonus podcasts and exclusive video content, as well as the nice warm feeling you get from supporting the arts, pop over to Patreon.com/NonCensored and sign up.

With thanks to Rosie Holt, Brendan Murphy, Eshaan Akbar, Jake Bhardwaj, Will Sebag-Montefiore and Ed Morrish.

Rosie's book, Why We Were Right, is available now.

Brendan is taking his show, Buffy Revamped, on tour all over Britain, and you can see dates and buy tickets here.

Eshaan has a stand-up special on YouTube, The Pretender, and he is going on tour next year with his show Can’t Get No Satisfakshaan.

Will has a podcast called Legitimate Likes that you can listen to here.

Jake co-hosts The Pub Quiz Pod with Liam Shaw, from the internet sketch act The Squid - listen here.

Ed also produces P.O.V., a sketch show that features a lot of NonCensored regulars. It's on Radio 4 at 6.30pm on Thursdays for six weeks from the 30th January, and you can listen afterwards on BBC Sounds.

Show photography is by Karla Gowlett and design is by Chris Barker. Original music is by Paddy Gervers and Rob Sell at Torch and Compass.

NonCensored is a Lead Mojo production

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Time For Questions is the NonCensored spin-off show where Harriet Langley Swindon, Producer Martin and Eshaan Akbar answer YOUR questions.

Since the start of 2024 this has been exclusively for Patreons, who get one per month, but we're releasing the one we made in December 2024 from the paywall to the main feed so you can hear what you'd be getting. This episode saw them answer questions like

• If the NonCensored team were to appear on a political debate show, who would you also want on the panel and what hot topics would you like to debate?

• Does the team wish each other Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays?

• Fielding. Gallagher. Edmonds. The First. Which is the best Noel?

We're recording January's TFQ next week, so f you'd like to ask a question, go to Patreon.com/NonCensored and sign up.

Thanks to all our Patreons for making this show possible, and also thanks to Rosie Holt, Brendan Murphy, Eshaan Akbar and Ed Morrish.

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For this week's show, Harriet is joined by An Ai Producer Martin as her co-host, but we don't think you'll be able to tell the difference! Together, they speak to the new and former President of America, Donald J. Trump, about his plans to go to Mars and why we need more magenta. They also speak to Britain's Man In The Magaverse Nigel Farage MP, about how he could probably get into the inaugural party if he wanted to and why we need to drill for oil in the UK. We also hear a Hot & Spicy Takeaway from Eshaan Akbar about Prince Harry's foiled attempt to make free speech illegal.

Thanks to Lorna for signing up to our Patreon this week. She'll be getting early, ad-free episodes, full videos of every segment, bonus podcasts and exclusive video content, and a nice warm feeling inside from supporting the show. Pop over to Patreon.com/NonCensored if you want any and/or all of those things.

With thanks to Rosie Holt, Brendan Murphy, Eshaan Akbar, Lewis Macleod and Ed Morrish.

Rosie's book, Why We Were Right, is available now.

Brendan is taking his show, Buffy Revamped, on tour all over Britain, and you can see dates and buy tickets here.

Eshaan has a stand-up special on YouTube, The Pretender, and he is going on tour next year with his show Can’t Get No Satisfakshaan.

Lewis does video messages to order, so if you'd like to hear from Trump, Farage, or any of the other people that Lewis does, go to his website.

Ed also produces Sound Heap With John-Luke Roberts. If you like improvised character comedy, it's probably your sort of thing.

Show photography is by Karla Gowlett and design is by Chris Barker. Original music is by Paddy Gervers and Rob Sell at Torch and Compass.

NonCensored is a Lead Mojo production

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The Editorial Meeting is a bonus podcast for top-tier Patreons of NonCensored (patreon.com/NonCensored), who get to hear Rosie (Harriet), Brendan (Producer Martin), Eshaan (Eshaan) and Real Producer Ed discuss the week's show - specifically, what stories should go into Eshaan's segment, what we've talked about, and what we've not talked about.

We've been less indiscreet than usual so that we can put this out on the regular podcast feed, allowing those of you who aren't Patreons can hear what you're missing; it's usually a lot less guarded. (The version of this on Patreon is about three minutes longer, because even when we were trying to keep it safe we still said some stuff that's best kept behind closed doors. Not everything is for everyone, and that's fine!)

All paid subscribers get a monthly bonus "Time For Questions" podcast, where Harriet, Martin and Eshaan answer your questions, and you can even sign up to the Patreon for free and there's occasional stuff like Rosie' videos up there.

Thanks to all our Patreons for supporting the show, and Happy New Year.

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This week, Harriet and Producer Martin are joined by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, who tells them why he's so excited by Short Circuit-style AI, and not so much Terminator-style AI, as well as making a definitive statement about Rachel Reeves' job. We also hear from Liz Truss, who explains why everyone should just shut up in the name of free speech, and Diversity Correspondent Eshaan Akbar joins us for a Hot & Spicy Takeaway Of The Week about obesity.

Thanks to Gethin Bond for signing up to our Patreon over Christmas. He'll be getting early, ad-free episodes, full videos of every segment, bonus podcasts and exclusive video content, and a nice warm feeling inside from supporting the show. Pop over to Patreon.com/NonCensored if you want any and/or all of those things.

With thanks to Rosie Holt, Brendan Murphy, Eshaan Akbar, Joz Norris, Susan Harrison, and Ed Morrish.

Rosie's book, Why We Were Right, is available now.

Brendan is taking his show, Buffy Revamped, on tour all over Britain, and you can see dates and buy tickets here.

Eshaan has a stand-up special on YouTube, The Pretender, and he is going on tour next year with his show Yum.

Joz is hosting Eggbox, a night of short film screenings and live script readings, at the Pleasance in Islington on the 28th January. He's also performing a work in progress his his new solo show at the Bill Murray in Camden, on the 11th January.

Susan is performing works in progress of her new solo show at The Glitch in Waterloo on the 22nd January and at The Pen Theatre in Bermondsey on the 16th February.

Ed also produces Sound Heap With John-Luke Roberts. If you like improvised character comedy, it's probably your sort of thing.

Show photography is by Karla Gowlett and design is by Chris Barker. Original music is by Paddy Gervers and Rob Sell at Torch and Compass.

NonCensored is a Lead Mojo production

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