Multiple award-winning actor Robert Lindsay has been a fixture on our screens and the stage for decades - from Citizen Smith to My Family. We talk about the crisis in acting, how he's shifted to the left, Ricky Gervais and the genuinely hilarious real story of Extras, and COVID-19.
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73. Robert Lindsay on becoming more leftwing with age, Ricky Gervais and the crisis of acting

Owen Jones, journalist, author of Chavs and The Establishment, or "that left-wing idiot off the telly", is fed up with the establishment media. After all, it punches down, not up, blames minorities for all the problems in society, and, let's face it, often just parrots the government line. So this podcast is offering something different: speaking truth to power, giving the marginalised a voice, offering hope - and having a laugh along the way. From Michael Sheen to Judith Butler, Prof. Devi Sridhar to Noam Chomsky, Peter Hitchens to Chelsea Manning and Gary Younge to Stewart Lee, the interviewees couldn't be more eclectic. Expect documentaries, too, exposing injustice and going to enemy territory - and discussions with experts on everything from COVID dreams about the pandemic to the history of US-backed coups. We'll learn a lot - but above all else, have our optimism in a better world rebooted. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Keir Starmer Lies About Gaza War Crimes HE Backed

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Israel Arrests Renowned Palestinian Feminist Academic Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian

Stephen Kapos is an 87-year-old Holocaust survivor from Budapest, and here he tells me about the horrors he survived - and why Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.
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Holocaust Survivor Tells Me: Israel Is Committing Genocide - w. Stephen Kapos

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I'm Voting For Sadiq Khan For London Mayor

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73. Robert Lindsay on becoming more leftwing with age, Ricky Gervais and the crisis of acting

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