Pod’s Own Country: The Yorkshire Post’s Political Podcast

Pod’s Own Country: The Yorkshire Post’s Political Podcast

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Pod’s Own Country: The Yorkshire Post’s Political Podcast episodes

  • 22: Can we ever truly be 'Covid-secure'?
    Yorkshire Post Westminster Correspondent Geri Scott is joined by Northern Policy Foundation director Tom Lees, and Anna Round, senior research fellow at IPPR North, to discuss the coronavirus' impact on the North, and how to recover.While Political Editor Rob Parsons chats with Richard Beecham on what you should know about politics in Leeds.Editor: Dave ClayArtwork: Graeme BandeiraMusic: Joseph McDade

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    46 min
  • 21: Whitehall megaphone diplomacy
    The Yorkshire Post's Westminster Correspondent Geri Scott is joined by Lib Dem peer Lord Scriven, a former leader of Sheffield City Council, to chat about the local response to coronavirus, and whether the devolution deals offered by Government are really all they are cracked up to be.Editor: Dave ClayArtwork: Graeme BandeiraMusic: Joseph McDade 

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    29 min
  • 20: Labour under new management
    The Yorkshire Post's Westminster Correspondent Geri Scott is joined by Leeds West MP and Labour frontbencher Rachel Reeves on her party's response to the coronavirus pandemic, and Keir Starmer's first 100 days as leader.Editor: Dave ClayArtwork: Graeme BandeiraMusic: Joseph McDade

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    33 min
  • 19: Redefining liberalism with Layla Moran
    The Yorkshire Post's Westminster Correspondent Geri Scott is joined by Liberal Democrat leadership hopeful, and MP for Oxford West and Abingdon, Layla Moran to dicuss the future of her party. 

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    27 min
  • 18: Sir Vince Cable on how to recover the economy post-coronavirus
    The Yorkshire Post's Westminster Correspondent Geri Scott is joined by former Liberal Democrat leader Sir Vince Cable to talk about how to stimulate the economy after coronavirus - and how Labour's new leader could actually help the Lib Dems.

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    27 min
  • 17: Has the derision of experts impacted the coronavirus response?
    The Yorkshire Post's Westminster Correspondent Geri Scott is joined by former Doncaster Council chief executive Jo Miller. Now heading up Hutt City Council in New Zealand, Ms Miller reflects on the response to coronavirus there compared to the UK. 

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    35 min
  • 16: Labour's new Northern Powerhouse spokesman
    The Yorkshire Post's Westminster Correspondent Geri Scott chats to Labour's shadow transport secretary and now Northern Powerhouse spokesman Jim McMahon on what "levelling up" means to him, and whether coronavirus threatens the opportunity to close the North/South divide.Editor: Dave ClayArtwork: Graeme BandeiraMusic: Joseph McDade

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    25 min
  • 15: Working on Yorkshire's frontline against coronavirus
    The Yorkshire Post's Westminster Correspondent Geri Scott is joined by nurse Joan Pons Laplana, a digital manager at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals who has returned to frontline duties during the pandemic. 

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    35 min
  • 14: How the House of Lords turned virtual
    The Yorkshire Post's Westminster Correspondent Geri Scott is joined by Baroness Anne McIntosh of Pickering to find out how the House of Lords has coped with going online.

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    28 min

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