Over The Top Under The Radar

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Gary and Carys are sick and tired of poorly researched news stories that are over-reported and go way over the top! But on the other hand, they wanna show some love to let those important new stori

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January 09, 2026 Trump's Venezuala Raid and Starmer's Shelf Life - with Dewi Afoko
Joining Carys for the first episode of 2026 is her brother - software developer and writer Dewi Afoko.
To kick off the new year, Carys and Kewi look at some of the big stories they think the media will be paying too much or too little attention to, such as the situation in Venezuela following Donald Trump's raid, artificial intelligence, Shamima Begum and the fate of Keir Starmer's premiership.
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Check out Dewi's work on substack here: https://dewiafoko.substack.com/
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44min
December 19, 2025 Fixing The Glitches In Online Safety W/ Seyi Akiwowo
This week’s episode is an in depth conversation with Seyi Akiwowo an expert in technology and online safety. Seyi is the author of How to Stay Safe Online and founder of online safety NGO, Glitch among many other things.
This week's podcast is our last before the Christmas break. Thank you for your continued support, and we'll see you in 2026.
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Check out Seyi's book here:⁠https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/445484/how-to-stay-safe-online-by-akiwowo-seyi/9780241535219⁠
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39min
December 12, 2025 Farage's Schoolboy Racism & Trump's Phony Peace Prize - with Nim Ralph
Joining Carys this week is Nim Ralph - a community organiser, trainer, facilitator and writer. They are a queer and trans rights activist who co-founded QTIPOC London, Purple Rain Collective and Edge Fund.
Together, they discuss the accusations around Farage's schoolboy racism, Sandie Peggy, Drax's woodpellet plants, and Trump receiving FIFA's inaugural 'peace prize'.
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44min
December 05, 2025 Budget Blowback, Judges, Juries and Your Party - with Ayeisha Thomas-Smith
Joining Carys this week is Ayeisha Thomas-Smith - a social movement strategist, facilitator, and Executive Director of the New Economy Organisers Network (NEON). She's also the host of the New Economics Foundation podcast.
Together, they discuss the blowback Rachel Reeves has received from her budget, how David Lammy is attempting to abolish Jury trials for all but the most serious crimes, how Robert Jenrick is attacking Judges, and Your Party's chaotic conference.
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55min
November 26, 2025 UK Budget Reaction Special - with James Meadway & Hannah Peaker
The UK’s Chancellor, Rachel Reeves has just delivered her 2025 budget and to give our immediate reaction, I'm joined by two fellow podcast hosts - James Meadway, host of the Macrodose podcast and Hannah Peaker, deputy chief executive at the New Economics Foundation and one of the hosts of the New Economics Podcast.
This episode is produced by Planet B Productions and is also brought to you with Power to Change to celebrate Community Business Week, which starts on 29 November.
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45min
November 21, 2025 Asylum Reforms, Sara Sharif, Facebook Scams & Climate Change - With Chantelle Lunt
On this week's show I’m joined by Chantelle Lunt - an academic writer and activist based in Merseyside.
Together we looked at stories either under-discussed and over-reported such as Shabana Mahmood's asylum policy reforms, Sara Sharif, scam adverts on Facebook, and climate change.
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49min
November 14, 2025 Trump vs BBC & Whats Going On In Wales - with Pat Younge & Vaughan Gething
This episode is brought to you by Power to Change to celebrate Community Business Week, which starts on 29 November.

This week’s show takes an in depth look at one subject making all the headlines this week and one that tends to fly under the radar. I’m joined by Pat Younge to talk about the BBC and former first Minister of Wales Vaughan Gething to discuss Welsh politics.
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47min
November 07, 2025 Mayor Mamdani In NYC - With Matthew McGregor
This week’s show is cohosted by Matthew McGregor who is the CEO of the campaign group 38 Degrees. Matthew has worked in politics and campaigning for twenty years here and abroad including spending ten years in the US, including working on President Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign.
Together, Carys & Matthew discuss Zohran Mamdani's victory in the New York City mayoral election, what else was missed in coverage of US politics outside of NYC, the poppy police in the UK - and speculation around the upcoming budget from chancellor Rachel Reeves.
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Read more from Deborah here: ⁠deborahfrances-white.com
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45min
October 31, 2025Conversations We Need To Have - With Deborah Frances-White
On this week's episode, Carys is in conversation with Deborah Frances-White.
Deborah is a stand-up comedian, podcaster, screenwriter and the author of Six Conversations We’re Scared to Have. Her voice will be familiar if you listen to The Guilty Feminist podcast.
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Read more from Deborah here: deborahfrances-white.com
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53min
October 24, 2025 How The Met Police Tried To Bury Their Own Racism Review - with Nadine White
On this week's episode, Carys is joined by journalist, film maker and editor of Black Current News Nadine White.
Together they discuss Nadine's report on how the Met tried to bury their own review into anti-black racism, the grooming gangs inquiry, black history month, and Tommy Robinson's trip to Israel funded by the nation's government.
Nadine's report on the Met Police's anti-black racism review: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/oct/16/review-anti-black-racism-metropolitan-police-force-london
Find out more about Black Current News here: https://www.blackcurrentnews.co.uk
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49min

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