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Never Mind The Bar Charts — 147 episodes
What people get wrong about secondary legislation: interview by James O'Malley
Tribal Politics: How Brexit Divided Britain - and lessons for pro-European campaigners
The Thick of It, Series 1: Political Fictions podcast
New podcast: Political Fictions
Are political party members psychopaths? New data from the Party Members Project
Have we become too critical of Labour's general election campaign?
Fail Safe: the film that got overshadowed by Dr. Strangelove
50 gems from political science: Phil Cowley's new book
Liberal trends, populist politics: who is going to win out? Podcast with Rob Ford
What's happened to those who voted Labour in 2024?
Liberalism: a great new book focusing on what politicians do
Local elections 2025: the Lib Dem verdict
Podcast: First impressions of the House of Lords
Jeremy Thorpe: European triumph, political leadership and personal scandal
How to explain, and beat, populism
The surprising similarity between Tony Blair and Nigel Farage
Lessons from a century of Labour-Liberal (Democrat) relations
Does proportional representation produce weak governments?
Do those "Winning Here" posters and bar charts actually work?
Failed State: why our government is broken and how to fix it
The importance of geography to British electoral politics
Election 2024 debrief: podcast with Tim Bale
One last podcast before polling day
The best Lib Dem general election campaign since...?
A Dalek, The Avengers and other reasons to canvass with Victoria Collins
What do candidates get up to in their leaflets?
The general election is on: how's it going?
How did the May 2024 elections go for the Lib Dems?
Can Rishi Sunak save himself by doing a Jeremy Corbyn?
My five favourite espionage novels
Two more Conservative by-election defeats: what does it all mean?
How to improve people's lives: Rachel Bentley on being a councillor
Will it be the TikTok general election … or the Zoom general election?
The story of Charles Kennedy’s leadership, and lessons to learn from it
A year of Rishi Sunak and lessons from the Mid Bedfordshire by-election
Meet the inspirational star who wants to be an MP
Values or the economy - what’s driving our politics? Podcast with Paula Surridge
Banning alcohol in the US didn’t last; could Brexit be the same?
”The Liberal Democrats have been making the spectacular seem routine”
What do over 500 field experiments tell us works for getting people out to vote?
Why do so many obvious policy ideas keep on not happening?
Negative campaigning in political leaflets: what the evidence says
Another Lib Dem local election triumph
Where is the Conservative Party going and how did it get here?
How to tackle the corrosion of trust in our politics
How to build houses, and win elections
Why does Lords reform so often fail, and how can it be got right next time?
How have Labour and the Lib Dems done in 2022?
Talking political polling, with the No Man’s Land podcast
Where next for British politics?
The cancellation of the Lib Dem autumn conference
It was the Blue Wall, not the Red Wall, that triggered Brexit
Conservative Party leadership election: who is going to win, and what does it mean for the Lib Dems?
Hope and headaches for the Liberal Democrats?
Terrific Tiverton & Honiton Heaven
Red Wall, Red Herring? The economic insecurity driving British politics
How did Labour, Tories and Lib Dems really do in the local elections?
What should Lib Dems make of the 2022 local elections?
Famous polling errors, what to do when polls go wrong and more...
How are Labour and the Lib Dems doing? (2022 update with Tim Bale)
Using online advertising to tell Russians the truth about Ukraine
Birthday cake versus demographics: which will determine the future of British politics?
What does 2022 hold for the Lib Dems? With Ed Davey and Mike Dixon
Does North Shropshire signal the end for Boris Johnson?
The three reasons Boris Johnson won in 2019, and why he might not next time
Unleash the bar charts! Tactical voting and the next general election
Money and British politics - the good, the bad and the ugly
1960: The Making of the President - board game review
Prime Minister Priti and other things that never happened
Special Lib Dem 2021 conference preview - live show with the Lib Dem Pod
Does it really matter what the political polls currently say?
Lessons from football for political campaigning
What Chesham and Amersham tells us about the future for the Liberal Democrats
Why electoral reform matters and how to get more of it
How are political leaflets changing (and do they work)?
How good a political leader was Lord John Russell?
How should the Liberal Democrats approach cross-party cooperation?
Brexitland: The long-term factors shaping our politics, and what they mean for the future
Is over-centralisation hindering the struggle against coronavirus? With Munira Wilson
How to make Parliament work better, with Professor Meg Russell
How are Labour and the Liberal Democrats doing?
The march of electoral reform in Wales
Inside the mind of Boris Johnson, with Caroline Pidgeon
The dilemma for progressives: lessons from the US 2020 elections
A fresh way of talking about liberal values, with Tom King
Myth busting media coverage of election campaigns and social media
The origins and course of pro-Europeanism in the Lib Dems
Culture wars, Brexit and electoral reform, with Rob Ford
Who is going to win the US Presidency?
Lib Dem European policy, how the leadership election went and more
The future for liberalism, with David Howarth
That tuition fees promise: what new research shows about the lessons to learn
Giving the Liberals direction, purpose and ambition: lessons from David Steel's leadership
Compulsory voting: how it happened in Australia, and could it happen in the UK?
Where next for the Liberal Democrats? What the data says, with Tim Bale
Will British politics become less volatile, and how important is ideology? Interview with Professor Jane Green
If the Liberal Democrats were to have an anthem, the song I'd pick is...
What really happens at the grassroots when political parties push new ways of campaigning?
Saving the party from disaster: lessons from Jo Grimond for the Liberal Democrats
What we can learn from Republicans campaigning against President Donald Trump
The virtues of Marmite: Tim Farron's advice on being a Liberal Democrat party leader
Making the Liberal Democrats win more elections - with Cllr Lisa Smart
Good News, Bad News
The five things an opposition party must do: interview with Tim Bale
Party leadership, online conferences and the election review
Why good pollsters are filled with doubt: interview with YouGov's Chris Curtis
What must the Liberal Democrats learn from Donald Trump?
The one in which I get compared to Terry Pratchett
Protecting our privacy is key to fighting coronavirus: interview with Jim Killock
What do the experts say about coronavirus? With Dr Ben Johnson
The Project: how the Conservatives were beaten last time
Our bias toward pessimism - Sunder Katwala on reactions to coronavirus
What does coronavirus mean for public policy? Interview with Polly Mackenzie
Special joint episode with Lib Dem Podcast: Leadership election postponed / should we cancel Brighton conference?
Coronavirus: the Hong Kong experience and what next for British politics? With Phil Cowley
How you can figure out which news stories to trust: the story behind Bad News
What does the polling data say about the future for the Lib Dems? Interview with Paula Surridge
What's it like being a councillor and how do you get to be one? With Anton Georgiou
What does a Liberal Democrat council leader do? With Cllr Stephen Robinson
How do you make someone join a political party? Tim Bale has the evidence
What does the future hold for British politics? With Lynne Featherstone
Season 1 Finale: an interim elections post-mortem
How to change the result of the election with the help of targeting
How is the Liberal Democrat general election campaign going?
Prince Andrew, I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here, and the Liberal Democrats
Battlegrounds, bar charts but not Brexit
How are the Liberal Democrats going to do in the general election?
LIVE SHOW: Is Dominic Cummings a genius?
Rebels with a cause
Is politics still about left versus right?
Lib Dems do the Revokey-Cokey
The Brexit Episode: Remain is winning! (Or is it?)
And then there were two... (more MPs on the Lib Dem Parliamentary benches)
Why did Jo Swinson win and what happens now?
What have we learnt so far about Jo Swinson and Ed Davey?
Exclusive: Edward Davey interview
Exclusive: Jo Swinson interview
Announcement: three special episodes coming up
Will the Liberal Democrat boom go bust?
Just how happy should the Lib Dems be?
Friend or foe? Change UK and the Lib Dems
Are the Lib Dems about to lose an MP?
Vince Cable: how did he do and who will succeed him?
The Independent Group: earthshattering or earthbound?
Pilot episode #3: universal basic income, radicalism and new parties
Pilot episode #2: Paddy, coalition and little Englanders
Pilot episode #1: the best political commentators, the Lib Dems and what if Brexit wasn't happening?