Over The Top Under The Radar

By Carys AfokoNews

Over The Top Under The Radar episodes

June 11, 2025 How much leg should the Green Party show?
In this podcast episode, Carys and Gary discuss the lack of scrutiny in defence budgets. They also touch on corporate involvement in the water industry. Carys highlighted people's desire for change, with some seeing the Green Party as an alternative, and reflected on personal political affiliations, particularly with the Labour Party, and considerations for future electoral support. Join our Patreon membership to get access.

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19 min
June 06, 2025 Defence spending, Thames water, Green party politics and a big surprise
On this week's episode of Over the Top, Under the Radar, Gary and Carys discuss defence spending, Thames Water, the Green Party, and a personal announcement from Gary.

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Over The Top Under The Radar is made by the production team of Bernard Achampong, Emma Stephens, Pat Younge and Sarah Myles
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38 min
June 04, 2025 Challenges Women Leaders Don't Face
This week’s usual off-cuts include conversations about what women leaders have to contend with compared to men. Gary and Carys also discuss the government's ‘strong’ response to the Israel and Palestine ceasefire, and laugh about the ‘Goodnight, bro’ social media challenge. Join our Patreon membership to get access.

Bonus Episodes are available to our Patreon supporters. That's the OG Wokeratti, Wokeratti 2.0, Prosecco Socialist Package, Champagne Socialist Package, and The Ultimate Comrade Package on the Over The Top Under The Radar Patreon page. To access the RSS feed, click on the membership tab to listen to the bonus episode on your preferred podcast platform or wherever you get your podcasts.

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13 min
May 30, 2025 Biden, Gaza, Labour and bedtime masculinity
On this week's episode of Over the Top, Under the Radar, Carys and Gary discuss Gaza, the Labour left, Joe Biden's health, and Goodnight Bro.

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Over The Top Under The Radar is made by the production team of Bernard Achampong, Emma Stephens, Pat Younge and Sarah Myles
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37 min
May 23, 2025 Reform UK: How Did We Get Here? with Diane Abbott and Gary Younge
On this week's episode of Over the Top, Under the Radar, we share a special recording from a recent Stand Up To Racism event. Samira Ali hosts Diane Abbott and Gary Younge on how the rise of Reform UK happened and what it means for the wider political climate in Britain.

You can watch the live stream in full here and get more information at www.standuptoracism.org.uk

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37 min
May 16, 2025 Stranger Things: Starmer, Trump, Royal Princes and Afrikaan Refugees.
On this week's episode of Over the Top, Under the Radar, Gary is joined by guest co-host Nadine White. They discuss how sections of the press are focusing more on the House of Windsor than the House of Commons, Donald Trump and the Afrikaner refugees who've come to America, Keir Starmer's immigration speech, and the prostate cancer crisis among Black men.

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38 min
May 09, 2025 Time for Truth: VE, Reform/Farage, Mental Health and Ibrahim Traoré
On this week's episode of Over the Top, Under the Radar, Gary and Carys discuss Reform UK’s victories, who is and isn’t included in VE Day, and Ibrahim Traoré. Plus: is Conservatism bad for your mental health?

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Over The Top Under The Radar is made by the production team of Bernard Achampong, Emma Stephens, Pat Younge and Sarah Myles
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34 min
May 02, 2025 Drinking from skulls plus Blair, Farage and Trump
On this week's episode of Over the Top, Under the Radar, Carys and Gary discuss local elections, Tony Blair, the executive order that Trump didn't pass and drinking from skulls.

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45 min
April 25, 2025 A Black pope, trans rights, pepper spray and Brits abroad
On this week's episode of Over the Top, Under the Radar, Gary and Carys discuss the UK Supreme Court verdict on trans women, media coverage of the Pope's death, the use of pepper spray in young offenders' institutions, and the miraculous survival and rise of Steve Hilton in America.

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Over The Top Under The Radar is made by the production team of Bernard Achampong, Emma Stephens, Pat Younge and Sarah Myles
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36 min
April 18, 2025 Birmingham’s Rubbish, Chat GPT and Spaced Out Katy Perry
On this week's episode of Over the Top, Under the Radar, Carys is joined by guest co-host Nadine White. They discuss the Birmingham Bin Crisis, Chat GPT, an educational scandal that you may not have heard of, and space travel.

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36 min

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