A new party on the block, the toxic mushroom lunch & retracing The Salt Path

We dig into what on EARTH is going on in the House of Commons, the nitty gritty of the death cap mushroom murders and the so-called Salt Path scandal. Before anything else, we would like to flag that this episode was recorded before Raynor Winn released her response to Chloe Hadjimatheo’s article in The Observer – which we encourage you to read (linked below). Links: Here Is the Science of Why You Doomscroll, by Emily Falk for the New York Times | https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/06/opinion/decisions-neuroscience-brains.htmlThe real Salt Path: how a blockbuster book and film were spun from lies, deceit and desperation, by Chloe Hadjimatheou for The Observer | https://observer.co.uk/news/national/article/the-real-salt-path-how-the-couple-behind-a-bestseller-left-a-trail-of-debt-and-deceitRaynor Winn’s statement in response to the article in The Observer | https://www.raynorwinn.co.uk/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.