Joining Carys again this week is the Chief Executive of 38 Degrees and former political advisor to Labour and the US Democratic party, Matthew McGregor.

Together Carys and Matthew discuss the Reform UK's Danny Kruger, the upcoming world cup, US tech-firm Palantir, and yet more around the Peter Mandelson scandal on 'advanced vetting'.

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Joining Carys this week is the senior editor at Prospect magazine Alona Ferber.

Together Carys and Alona discuss the Strait of Hormuz, the crisis in Britain's maternity care, a bizarre statement from Melania Trump, and the sale of right-wing British broadsheet The Telegraph.

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Show notes:
https://thebacklash.substack.com/https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/author/5447/alona-ferberhttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/us/politics/trump-iran-war.html

Joining Carys this week is web developer, writer and my brother, Dewi Afoko.

Together Carys and Dewi discuss Trump's erratic statements around the situation with the US-Israel war on Iran, Kanye West being barred from entering the UK and Wireless festival subsequently being cancelled, Reform UK's policy on reparations, and the scottish green candidate backing prison abolition.

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Joining Carys this week is Banseka Kayembe. Banseka is the Founder and Director of Naked Politics, a media platform aimed specifically at young people.

Together Carys and Banseka discuss the racialised law in Israel that sees a death penalty applied to palestinian prisoners, Reform UK's fired housing spokesperson, a trial over the killing of Patrice Lumumba, and GB News' ongoing lack of impartiality.

Check out Banseka's work on Naked Politics here: nakedpolitics.co.uk

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GB News investigation

https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/alan-rusbridger-screen-scandal-how-gb-news-gets-away-with-it/

The trial over the murder of Patrice Lumumba

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/mar/25/the-long-wave-patrice-lumumba-assassination-congo-trial

Joining Carys this week is Odanga Madung - a Kenyan data journalist and researcher. Odanga’s investigative journalism and research exposes how technology reshapes power, democracy, and public accountability. He is a Current Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School and Former Fellow and Researcher at Mozilla, where he and Carys were colleagues.

Together Carys and Odanga discuss the influencer ‘exodus’ of Dubai, Louis Theroux's documentary about the manosphere, court cases in the US against Meta, and Gen Z activism in Kenya.

Follow Odanga on X here: https://x.com/Odangaring

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https://www.citizen.digital/article/voter-found-kenyan-gen-zs-turn-iebc-verification-into-a-viral-trend-in-civic-awareness-drive-n379130

https://www.journalofdemocracy.org/online-exclusive/why-kenyas-gen-z-has-taken-to-the-streets/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3ezvj4d111o

https://www.anxiousgeneration.com/book

Joining Carys this week is Adam Green for an US politics special.  Adam is the co-founder of The Progressive Change Campaign Committee - a political action committee that supports progressive Democratic candidates across the United States.

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Find out more about the PCCC here: https://www.boldprogressives.org/

Joining Carys this week is Ben Hurst - Director of facilitation at Beyond Equality and an expert in challenging toxic masculinity, promoting gender equality, and fostering healthy relationships.

Together, Carys and Ben discuss the death of Iran's Supreme leader, more revelations about Peter Mandelson, controversial polling around GenZ's gender views, and yet another black person has been reported in the British media using a photo of... the wrong black person.

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GenZ Pollinghttps://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/almost-a-third-of-gen-z-men-agree-a-wife-should-obey-her-husband

Smiling Boys project
https://universoulartist.com/smiling-boys-project/

Beyond Equality
https://www.beyondequality.org/

Joining Carys this week is the activist, political influencer and creator of Everything Is Political Busayo Twins.

Together, Carys and Busayo discuss the attacks on Iran by Israel and the United States, AI comopany Anthropic, the Green party leapfrogging Labour in voting intention polling, and Rachel Reeves' spring statement.

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Follow Busayo on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/busayotwins

Joining Carys this week is the brilliant Phineas Harper. Phin is a writer, founder and cultural leader whose work spans criticism, curation, education, journalism and sculpture. Phin was Chief Executive of Open City, Deputy Director of the Architecture Foundation, Deputy Editor of the Architectural Review, Chair of the Design Council Homes Taskforce.

Together, Carys and Phin discuss the arrest of Peter Mandelson, attacks on Green Party byelection candidate Hannah Spencer, the BBC's controversial coverage of the BAFTAs, and the collapse of a construction company that will lead to 105 half-built homes to be demolished in Ealing.

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Read more about Phin's work here: https://phineasharper.com/

Ealing homes: https://www.constructionenquirer.com/2026/02/23/ealing-to-rip-down-105-half-built-homes-after-henry-collapse/

BBC bias on Gaza: https://cfmm.org.uk/resource/bbc-on-gaza-israel-one-story-double-standards/

Green attacks: https://bsky.app/profile/adambienkov.bsky.social/post/3mfoe7wm26s2s

Joining Carys this week is writer, policy expert and author of Black Girl no Magic, Kimberly McIntosh.

Together, Carys and Kimberly explore right-wing discourse around women’s fertility, Sir Jim Ratcliffe comments on immigration, the UK's potential changes to settled status requirements, and families looking to take over a care home after owners amassed massive debts to HMRC.

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William Blake House:
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/feb/16/william-blake-house-care-home-debts

Connect with Kim here: https://linktr.ee/Kimmi91