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Quiet Riot
by Alex Andreou, Naomi Smith, Kenny Campbell
Quiet Riot, the politics podcast with more passion, less shouting and lots of laughter
Episodes
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The politics of science
In this special episode, celebrating the recent Nobel prize winners, we look at the state of science in Britain with Financial Times Science Editor Michael Peel. Kenny is asking the questions, including what tech is doing to journalism, Britain's place in the scientific world, what on earth is...
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Back to the fEUture
Blimey, did the last 10 years not happen? Andy Burnham announces the next UK-EU summit. In Westminster Hall, a debate takes place about the UK joining the EU. Russian interference is front-and-centre. That B-word that has been taboo for so long ... is suddenly de rigueur. Join Naomi, Alex and…
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Sunday School: Zack's the way the cookie crumbles
Middle East politics is an unusual topic to dominate a UK by-election but here we are. So, what can Zack Polanski and his Greens take from the debacle that overshadowed their efforts in Holborn and St Pancras? Talking of debacles, how did Kemi Badenoch, a self-proclaimed stickler for detail…
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B-Side: Élysée-come, Élysée-go
French students have decided to lightly flambé the republic and things have rapidly got incontrôlable. We're joined by Quiet Riot's favourite Chevalier, Olivier Morel, to disect what is going on and consider how it might impact on France's looming elections. PLUS a Grin And Share It dug up from…
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Kemi-detached
Conference season finally gets around to the Tories which means it's Kemi Badenoch's turn to preach to the choir. Alex, Naomi and Kenny look at policy, presentation and polling, to discern whether the upbeat mood in the conference hall is likely to translate into an uptick in the Conservatives'...
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Sunday School: 24-Hour Party Conference People
Andy Burnham's arrival has seemingly rejuvenated not only Labour, but all British politics. Maybe competition does work in some sectors! Naomi and Alex look at Zack Polanski's speech to the Greens' shindig - he seems increasingly under pressure - and contrast it with a very buoyant Rhun ap…
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B-Side: Handle with Care
Andy Burnham's biggest announcement – in a conference speech littered with the things – was his ambition to create a National Care Service, which he said would be as significant as the NHS. We can't fault his ambitions especially as, at Quiet Riot, we have all had dealings with care services and...
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Burnham: Straight fom the heart
Andy Burnham's big speech to Labour was big on ambition, big on ideas and big on emotion. If you liked what you heard, then there's a good chance you think it was the best such speech in a decade if not more; if you didn't, then you probably realise that battling Burnham isn't going to be like...
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Sunday School: Never Mind The Ballots
A snap General Election? No way, says Andy Burnham. Do we believe him? Is it a smart call? Does anyone outside of the Westminster bubble actually want a General Election any time soon? Alex and Kenny ponder all of that, and take some time to dwell upon what happened in that other political…
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B-Side: Carry On Cymru
Reform UK have had such a heroic meltdown in Wales, we had to do a special on it ... and we couldn't keep up. Join Alex and Kenny as our Welsh expert Will Hayward looks on in wonder at how Reform have imploded (and continue to implode). PLUS Naomi's been hanging around the Lib Dem conference in...
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When Andy Met Donny
***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** And so Andy Burnham's first face-to-face with Trump passed off without…
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Sunday School: Canadian Club anyone?
It's been a big week for Europe and Canada, with Mark Carney's historic appearance at the European Parliament, and a political love-in between him and Ursula von der Lyen. Naomi and Kenny look on in wonder as Canada gets closer to the EU than Britain has been in a very long time, and ask: what on...
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B-Side: Passport to Piddington
***SUBSCRIBE TO THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE COOLER HEADS PODCAST FAMILY - How Do You Solve A Problem Like Everything? on Apple Podcasts, or Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts*** Piddington has declared independence! That's Piddington, down the road from Bicester and all its designer...
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The Big Bung Theory
***SUBSCRIBE TO THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE COOLER HEADS PODCAST FAMILY - How Do You Solve A Problem Like Everything? on Apple Podcasts, or Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts*** All of a sudden, Reform UK has loadsamoney. In fact, this week it's received more wonga than all the UK political...
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Sunday School: CTRL-GRIFT-DELETE
***SUPPORT US ON KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Trump is so thistry for the midterms, he is offering bribes from money he doesn't...
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B-Side: German lessons
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Fashdance
***OUR 101st EPISODE THIS YEAR! REMEMBER TO SIGN UP ON KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD TO SUPPORT US IN TIME FOR THE 13 SEPTEMBER…
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Sunday School: Das Schadenfreudefest
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B-side: States of flux
***SIGN UP ON KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD TO SUPPORT US IN TIME FOR THE 13 SEPTEMBER LIVE EDITORIAL ONLINE EVENT*** As Canada says…
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Andy B Indahouse
***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD AND BE PART OF OUR SEPTEMBER EDITORIAL MEETING*** Politics proper returns this week, with...
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Sunday School: YES EUCan!
Mark Carney is about to become the first foreign head to attend the EU's flagship State Of The EU speech. He likes Europe; Europe likes him; Canadians like Europe. So... Naomi and Kenny ask whether Canada is about to grab the top-table EU seat vacated by Britain, and what Canada understands that...
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B-Side: Read All About It
Is print media making a comeback? Has Gen Z done what those before couldn't and made print trendy again? Naomi, Alex and Kenny are joined by Cal Roscow, the founder and Editor-in-Chief of Paperweight, a new magazine for people who are 'fed up with the way things are, but who still have the...
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How to Lose a War in 10 Ways
The gang plus special guest, Behind The Lines' Arthur Snell, dive into a US-Iran war that seems to be fought in reverse - from military action, backwards to economic sanctions, in order to try and get back to the treaty the US had with Iran before all this started. Also, is Canada about to call...
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Sunday School: Like Prats in A Sack
***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Join Alex and Naomi as they look at Reform UK's back-of-a-beer-mat welfare policies and...
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B-Side: The Last Housing on The Left
Housing has been in a state of crisis, it seems, forever. Can Labour actually move the dial on this huge and complicated challenge? Alex, Naomi and Kenny are joined by Labour and Co-op MP for the Cities of London and Westminster, Rachel Blake. Rachel is the ideal guest to help shine some light on...
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A tragedy, in black & white
The profound fallout from of Professor Jason Arday’s untimely death continues to ripple outwards and shine a spotlight on some deeply unpleasant truths. Naomi, Alex and Kenny look at what lessons we can learn, and try to separate truth from punishment, and legitimate inquiry from weaponised…
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Sunday School: Pier and Loathing
Join Alex and Kenny as they paddle through Farage's coastal Clacton claptrap, and try to make sense of what actually happened on a night when an intergalactic waste receptacle went up against the far right. They also look at Government plans to reform zero-hour contracts – these affect over a...
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B-Side: Penal Enlargement or Correctile Dysfunction?
It's that time of the year when Britain throws its hands in the air over the prisons system. Newsflash: it is still creaking at the seams, just like it has been creaking for many years now. Naomi, Alex and Kenny take a deep dive into prison capacity, probation service pressure and rehabilitation...
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No Drought About It
If you're reading this south of Hull, then you're in a drought. Elsewhere, it's probably hot. If you're in the Highlands, take your chances. We're running out of water and that in turn means our food supplies are coming under pressure. So Alex, Naomi and Kenny dip their collective toes…
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Sunday School: The Thetford strifes
East Anglia's right-leaning politics are on show again with this week's immigrant baiting in Thetford. Naomi and Kenny have a look at the latest disturbing developments from Norfolk, including a couple of telling by-elections. Then they nip across the Atlantic to marvel at Trump's latest move in...
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B-Side: Rabat Punch
In a matter of days, Ceuta went from being a place few had heard of, and fewer still could find on a map, to the centre of Europe's migrant debate. Naomi, Alex and Kenny are joined by former diplomat Arthur Snell to work out what was going on behind the scenes, as media around the world pumped…
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World of Warcraft
Transfer windows are closing, new stars are being brought in and the world of geopolitics is primed for a new season. Alex, Naomi and Kenny are joined by geopolitics pundit (sorry) extraordinaire Arthur Snell to talk Palestine, Iran and Ukraine. What on earth is going on and why on earth is it...
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The Authoritarian Playbook LIVE: Part 2 feat. Count Binface!
Yes, Count Binface DOES rock up to this show! Part 2 of Naomi and Alex doing their LIVE thang with Byline Times and the Lincoln Project, at London's Leicester Square Theatre. For one night only, and with many of you fab Quiet Riot supporters in the audience, they discuss how Trumpism, populism,...
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The Authoritarian Playbook LIVE: Part 1
Naomi and Alex do their LIVE thang with Byline Times and the Lincoln Project, at London's Leicester Square Theatre. For one night only, and with many of you fab Quiet Riot supporters in the audience, they discuss how Trumpism, populism, media capture, disinformation and democratic decay are…
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B-Side: Free Speech for Me, But Not for Thee
Zack Polanski has got himself in some French Revolution-adjacent bother thanks to an ill-advised Insta interaction. How big a faux-pas was this, should the police be involved and where on earth are we at with free speech these days? Join Alex, Naomi and Kenny as they tread sort of warily through...
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We Need to Talk About Social(ist) Care
• LAST CHANCE TO GET TICKETS TO OUR LIVE SHOW!!! Our London round table on authoritarianism, with the Lincoln Project and Byline Times, is tonight (Thursday) – the few remaining tickets are waiting for you HERE! Andy Burnham has grand ambitions for reform of the social care sector, and he…
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Sunday School: Andy B's A Busy Bee
• LIVE SHOW KLAXON!!! Our London round table on authoritarianism, with the Lincoln Project and Byline Times, is on Thursday – get your tickets HERE! Andy Burnham's first week in the big job has been a blur of activity. Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell have a look at the deluge of...
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B-SIDE: Farage Unmasked
• LIVE SHOW KLAXON!!! Tickets to our London round table on authoritarianism, with the Lincoln Project and Byline Times, are selling fast – get yours HERE! Nigel Farage has mired himself in controversy – a lot of controversy. Questions about money, ethics, his links to shady...
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Andy's Hokey-Cokey: Who's in, who's out, and why?
• LIVE SHOW KLAXON!!! Get your tickets to our London round table on authoritarianism, with the Lincoln Project and Byline Times, HERE! The Burnham Cabinet has taken shape so it's time to look at the winners and losers among the lesser big jobs. Alex, Naomi and Kenny are joined by...
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Head over Healey - QR Economy Special
• LIVE SHOW KLAXON!!! Get your tickets to our London round table on authoritarianism, with the Lincoln Project and Byline Time, HERE! John Healey's appointment as Chancellor seemed to take all those with "well-placed sources" by surprise. Alex Andreou talks to economist Vicky Pryce,...
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Midnight Mass: Andy's Pitch-In Cabinet
• LIVE SHOW KLAXON!!! Get your tickets to our London round table on authoritarianism, with the Lincoln Project and Byline Time, HERE! After all the speculation, Andy Burnham has finally cracked open the doors to his new Cabinet... and it's not without its surprises. Who's in? Who's…
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Sunday School: The mayor the merrier
With ex-mayor Andy Burnham now officially Labour's main man, and London mayor Sadiq Khan heading to the Lords and then who knows where, are we seeing the rise of a new mayoral political class that uses devolution to bypass the Westminster greasy pole? Naomi and Kenny look at the pros and cons of…
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B-SIDE: The Palantir Files
LIVE SHOW KLAXON!!! Get your tickets to our 30th July London appearance HERE! The tech giant Palantir, and its billionaire Trump-loving co-founder Peter Thiel, has a £330million deal with the NHS, which has set alarm bells ringing so loudly that multiple Select Committees have called for...
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The Summer of 2026
LIVE SHOW KLAXON!!! Get your tickets to our London appearance HERE! With both British teams now out of the World Cup, can we find anything to be optimistic about in the shenanigans around Iran, Burnham and Clacton? Naomi, Alex and Kenny do their level best to dig out reasons to be hopeful...
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Sunday School: A Bin-Bin Situation
LIVE SHOW KLAXON!!! Get your tickets to our London appearance HERE! Does the quirky British tradition of comedy candidates add to our democracy or detract from it? Is political satire a weapon or a self-soothing mechanism. Alex and Naomi talk through the week's news, including the Clacton...
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B-SIDE: Under the Burnham bonnet
• LIVE SHOW KLAXON!!! Get your tickets to our London appearance HERE! Burnhamism: what is it, what isn't it, and what should or could it be? Alex, Naomi and Kenny are joined by Labour MP Jeevun Sandher for a closer look at what drives the politics of our PM-in-waiting. What telltale signs of…
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Bindependence Day
• LIVE SHOW KLAXON!!! Get your tickets to our London appearance HERE! The trash needs taking out... Yes, we have to talk Farage and his by-election stunt. But we don't have to pander. Alex, Naomi and Kenny are joined by Loughborough MP Jeevun Sandher to laugh briefly at Farage and in more depth...
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Sunday School: Resets, we've had a few...
***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Morgan McSweeney gives us a rare glimpse behind the scenes and confirms what we already knew: that Labour was not entirely ready for...
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B-SIDE: The Scotland Lab
With PM-in-waiting Andy Burnham leaning heavily into devolution, we take a look at what lessons he can learn from the Scottish experience – and what his (still somewhat vague) plans might mean for Scotland too. Kenny Campbell is joined by someone who knows the Scottish political scene extremely...
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Handover season
Westminster is neck-deep in handover shenanigans, with team Starmer playing its final games while team Burnham is still, officially, to qualify for the big one. Naomi and Alex are joined by MP Ellie Chowns, Commons leader of the Green Party, to talk regime change, asylum, defence, and the looming...
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Quiet Riot, the politics podcast with more passion, less shouting and lots of laughter
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