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The Reaction Podcast — 137 episodes
Henry Hemming on the Troubles, espionage and Stakenife
Sir Michael Fallon on rebuilding the West’s military deterrence
John Rentoul on the local elections and what Keir Starmer believes
Tim Shipman on the Brexit decade
Kapil Komireddi on the history of modern India, Narendra Modi and the upcoming elections
James Kaplan on Kind of Blue and the lost empire of cool
Maggie Pagano and Tim Montgomerie on the future of the Conservative party
Jade McGlynn on Putin’s mythmaking
A global conflict update with Tim Marshall
Merryn Somerset Webb on the rise and fall of ESG
Goodbye Globalisation with Elisabeth Braw
Ed Conway on the Material World
Francis Hoar on the Covid disaster
Lord Arbuthnot on the Post Office scandal
2024: the year in politics
Gerry Baker on the breakdown of American politics
Can it get any worse for the Tories?
How bad is it for the Tories?
Helen Thompson on the geopolitics of energy
The Braverman debacle, the Autumn Statement and the upheaval of the coming election year
David Petraeus on a new age of conflict
Robert Dingwall on the Covid inquiry
Maggie Pagano on the Middle East crisis, the death of corporate Britain and the Covid inquiry
Tim Marshall on Israel, Hamas and the Middle East crisis
Mick Ryan on the future of war
Why did HS2 go off the rails?
Walter Russell Mead on China, the US and Europe's declining status
Tim Montgomerie on the state of British politics
Daniel Finkelstein on his new book: Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad
S3 Ep14: Reaction Podcast: Special
S3 Ep13: Reaction Podcast: By-election special - Tim Montgomerie and Iain Martin
S3 Ep12: Will Boris survive inflation?
S3 Ep12: Reaction Podcast: Will Boris survive inflation?
S3 Ep11: Reaction Podcast: Partygate fallout and Rishi to the rescue - can he save Britain from recession?
S3 Ep10: Reaction Podcast: NI Protocol in trouble, Putin's battle for the Donbas and WFH - is it here to stay?
S3 Ep9: Reaction Podcast: Macron's victory, Parliament in meltdown and the West's changing strategy in Ukraine
S3 Ep8: Reaction Podcast: Partygate divisions, Ukraine war update and French election
S3 Ep7: Reaction Podcast: The sinking of Sunak
S3 Ep6: Reaction Podcast: The spring statement
S3 Ep5: Reaction Podcast: Iain Martin in conversation with Justin Webb
S3 Ep4: Reaction Podcast: The course of the war
S3 Ep3: Reaction Podcast: how far will Putin go?
S3 Ep2: Reaction Podcast: Covid and the second draft of history
S3 Ep1: The Reaction Podcast: Is Britain right on Russia?
Press Review 19 | Putin's capacity to withstand sanctions | New Zealand and Covid
S2 Ep18: Press Review 18 | Tory turmoil | Biden’s troubles | The threat of war | Shane Warne
Merryn Somerset Webb | Share Power - Changing the way capitalism works and how to make money too
Authors in conversation - Azheem Azhar - Exponential: How Accelerating Technology is Leaving us Behind and What to do About it
S2 Ep16: Season 2 episode 16: Reaction Podcast: Rapid Reaction on the leadership race and Press Review 17
S2 Ep15: Reaction Podcast: Iain Dale on US Presidents, and two episodes of Press Review
S2 Ep14: Reaction Podcast: Rory Stewart, crisis in Ukraine and Tim Marshall
S2 Ep13: The Reaction Podcast: Andrew Mitchell, interest rates, and Owen Paterson
S2 Ep12: The Reaction Podcast: budget backlash, Insulate Britain, and Squid Game
S2 Ep11: The Reaction Podcast: Assisted dying, Covid-19, and Press Review
S2 Ep10: The Reaction Podcast: the Covid report and Press Review
S2 Ep9: The Reaction Podcast: John Rentoul and Jon Davis, the ship that became a bomb, and Press Review
S2 Ep8: The Reaction Podcast: Sebastian Payne, the Labour Party, and Press Review
S2 Ep7: The Reaction Podcast: Adam Tooze, gas prices, and Press Review
S2 Ep6: The Reaction Podcast: Reshuffle, GBNews, and Press Review
S2 Ep5: The Reaction Podcast: National Insurance, Helen Joyce, and Press Review
S2 Ep4: The Reaction Podcast: Afghanistan, Northern Ireland, and Press Review
S2 Ep3: Niall Ferguson in conversation with Iain Martin
S2 Ep2: The Reaction Podcast: Boris and Rishi, Afghanistan, and FC Barcelona
S2 Ep1: The Reaction Podcast
S1 Ep136: Halfon hits back at critics over 'white privilege' saying using the term must be stopped
S1 Ep135: Reaction podcast: Geopolitics is coming home, it's coming home
S1 Ep134: ReactionPodcast 21-5-21
S1 Ep133: Covid variants: We are being frightened by shadows - an interview with Professor Robert Dingwall
S1 Ep132: Boris, Labour meltdown and the battle to save the Union
S1 Ep131: Had enough of lockdown yet?
S1 Ep130: Rapid Reaction: The Sturgeon scandal - denouement time
S1 Ep129: After Sturgeon’s abuse of power, can devolution be fixed?
S1 Ep128: Is Starmer really in trouble and what's Adam Curtis on about?
S1 Ep127: Maggie Pagano in conversation with Vernon Bogdanor
S1 Ep126: Are we feeling optimistic?
S1 Ep125: Is it time for a new covid strategy?
S1 Ep124: Has the government lost the plot?
S1 Ep137: Net Zero: tackling climate change
S1 Ep123: Are we on the way to a V-shaped recovery?
S1 Ep137: Creative Destruction: rebuilding the economy
S1 Ep137: Can NATO be revived?
S1 Ep137: Crashing Globalisation: Populism after the Pandemic
S1 Ep137: State Collapse and Democracy in the Middle East
S1 Ep137: Clash of Titans: the US-China rivalry
S1 Ep137: Tech, Social Media, and Surveillance States
S1 Ep137: The Future of Europe
S1 Ep122: The economy: How tough is it going to get?
S1 Ep137: How will the coronavirus crisis change global politics?
S1 Ep121: What should the Chancellor do to help the recovery?
S1 Ep120: How do we unlock Britain's economy?
S1 Ep119: Reality feels very tenuous right now - an interview with Andrew Solomon on mental health and coronavirus
S1 Ep118: Let's get back to normal - an interview with Professor Karol Sikora
S1 Ep117: Is Starmer the real deal?
S1 Ep116: Is the government drifting? What's Boris up to?
S1 Ep114: Is Britain's government failing?
S1 Ep113: How quickly can the economy recover?
S1 Ep112: Rapid Reaction: Is Raab getting the hang of this?
S1 Ep111: Rapid Reaction: Who is running the country?
S1 Ep110: Rapid Reaction: Britain's big banks need to get a move on
S1 Ep109: Testing the banks
S1 Ep108: Rapid Reaction podcast: Where are we? On Coronavirus, small business and the Eurozone
S1 Ep107: Rapid Reaction podcast: Test, test, test
S1 Ep106: Rapid Reaction podcast: Unlimited money supply, dramatic FED rescue explained - Iain Martin and Maggie Pagano on a historic day
S1 Ep105: Rapid Reaction: When will the British government do more for worried workers?
S1 Ep104: Will this epidemic change what we value and transform our society?
S1 Ep103: Rapid Reaction podcast: Helicopter money. What could possibly go wrong?
S1 Ep102: Rapid Reaction podcast: Markets turmoil plus toilet paper stock explained
S1 Ep101: Rapid Reaction podcast: Budget and pandemic panic
S1 Ep100: Rapid Reaction podcast: Markets mayhem and what's next
S1 Ep99: Virus, the markets and that blue dress
S1 Ep98: Has Bloomberg blown it?
S1 Ep97: Rapid reaction - botched reshuffle or work of genius?
S1 Ep96: Will Boris really "level up" Britain?
S1 Ep95: Should Philip Hammond get a peerage?
S1 Ep94: After B-Day will Boris betray his supporters?
S1 Ep93: Is Woke broke?
S1 Ep92: What the hell happens next?
S1 Ep91: Are the Tories blowing it?
S1 Ep90: Will the Tories throw it away?
S1 Ep89: John Curtice Live
S1 Ep87: General election 2019: What could possibly go wrong?
S1 Ep86: Has Boris the statesman pulled it off?
S1 Ep85: Can Boris win?
S1 Ep84: Is Boris completely screwed?
S1 Ep73: Rory Stewart talks no deal and leadership
S1 Ep56: Reaction review of the year 2018
S1 Ep42: Interview: Baroness Stroud on what it means to be poor in the UK
S1 Ep40: 'The truth is in the whole' Mourinho's Hegelian gaffe
S1 Ep24: The Reaction Podcast: Don't panic Boris saves the day
S1 Ep22: Demos' Polly Mackenzie thinks we should be more optimistic about Britain's future
S1 Ep18: Jamie Bartlett in conversation with Iain Martin - Should big tech be cut down to size?
S1 Ep12: Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff discusses the threats posed by a resurgent Russia
S1 Ep11: In conversation with novelist Helen Dale
S1 Ep9: Nimco Ali, anti-FGM campaigner, discusses gender equality and the soft bigotry of Corbynism
S1 Ep7: Will Dry co-founder of 'Our Future, Our Choice' tells us why he wants to stop Brexit
S1 Ep6: The Spectator's Lara Prendergast talks Millennials, Corbynism and Moggmania
S1 Ep4: Professor Jeremy Jennings discusses French national mythology and its enemies