Over The Top Under The Radar

Joining Carys this week is economist and host of the Macrodose podcast James Meadway. James is a former Treasury civil servant, former Labour adviser and current Green Party candidate in the upcoming local elections.

Together, Carys and James discuss Trump's ambitions for gaining Greenland, the demise of the British Conservative party, China & India's coal production and Davos.

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Joining Carys this week is Dr Robert Topinka from Birkbeck University. Rob’s research is focused on digital culture, reactionary politics, race and racism. Among other things, he's an expert in what used to be known as the alt-right.

Together, Carys and Rob discuss X's AI bot 'Grok', Tory defections to Reform UK, Trump's slamming of civil rights, and the continued calamity that is the privatised water system of England & Wales.

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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/

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

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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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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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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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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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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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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