Ed sits down with historian Quinn Slobodian on the release of his new book Hayek's Bastards: The Neoliberal Roots of the Populist Right.

In this conversation, we get into the history of the populist right, its origins in the dismantling of the state, and the contradictions at the heart of its modern rise.

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We were joined in the PolJOE dungeon by Luke Pritchard of The Kooks to chat Brexit, the music industry, and what Labour need to do to save the jewel of Britain's cultural crown.

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Today we're reacting to Keir Starmer's newfound rage against the Lib Dems, Kemi Badenoch finding her voice and the government's continued refusal to recognise a genocide in Gaza.

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Zack Polanski is running to be the new leader of the Green Party.

He wants to turn the party into the left-wing alternative to Reform.

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Harry Shukman is a journalist who spent a year deep undercover in the UK's most prominent far-right organisation, Britain First.

On the release of his book Year of The Rat, Harry swung by the PoliticsJOE dungeon to run us through what being involved in the extreme right of politics looks like.

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After Labour lost a safe seat to Reform and an ex-Tory MP won the Greater Lincolnshire mayoralty for Farage, we ran in to the PolJOE dungeon on Friday morning to give you the lowdown of the Local Election results so far.

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On today's episode, Laura, Ed and Seán go deep on Louis Theroux's new documentary highlighting the plight of the Palestinians living under Israeli occupation in the West Bank, and the flagrant breaches of international law at the heart of the Zionist settler movement.

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Before we get into the meat and spud of this week's PMQs, we do a bit of reflecting on the absolute freak out around KNEECAP, and their being held to a higher standard than actual elected politicians.

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May 1st will see 23 local elections, 4 metro mayor elections, and one by-election.

But, who are the runners and riders?

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