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The Reaction Podcast — 137 episodes

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1

Henry Hemming on the Troubles, espionage and Stakenife

2

Sir Michael Fallon on rebuilding the West’s military deterrence

3

John Rentoul on the local elections and what Keir Starmer believes

4

Tim Shipman on the Brexit decade

5

Kapil Komireddi on the history of modern India, Narendra Modi and the upcoming elections

6

James Kaplan on Kind of Blue and the lost empire of cool

7

Maggie Pagano and Tim Montgomerie on the future of the Conservative party

8

Jade McGlynn on Putin’s mythmaking

9

A global conflict update with Tim Marshall

10

Merryn Somerset Webb on the rise and fall of ESG

11

Goodbye Globalisation with Elisabeth Braw

12

Ed Conway on the Material World

13

Francis Hoar on the Covid disaster

14

Lord Arbuthnot on the Post Office scandal

15

2024: the year in politics

16

Gerry Baker on the breakdown of American politics

17

Can it get any worse for the Tories?

18

How bad is it for the Tories?

19

Helen Thompson on the geopolitics of energy

20

The Braverman debacle, the Autumn Statement and the upheaval of the coming election year

21

David Petraeus on a new age of conflict

22

Robert Dingwall on the Covid inquiry

23

Maggie Pagano on the Middle East crisis, the death of corporate Britain and the Covid inquiry

24

Tim Marshall on Israel, Hamas and the Middle East crisis

25

Mick Ryan on the future of war

26

Why did HS2 go off the rails?

27

Walter Russell Mead on China, the US and Europe's declining status

28

Tim Montgomerie on the state of British politics

29

Daniel Finkelstein on his new book: Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad

30

S3 Ep14: Reaction Podcast: Special

31

S3 Ep13: Reaction Podcast: By-election special - Tim Montgomerie and Iain Martin

32

S3 Ep12: Will Boris survive inflation?

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S3 Ep12: Reaction Podcast: Will Boris survive inflation?

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S3 Ep11: Reaction Podcast: Partygate fallout and Rishi to the rescue - can he save Britain from recession?

35

S3 Ep10: Reaction Podcast: NI Protocol in trouble, Putin's battle for the Donbas and WFH - is it here to stay?

36

S3 Ep9: Reaction Podcast: Macron's victory, Parliament in meltdown and the West's changing strategy in Ukraine

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S3 Ep8: Reaction Podcast: Partygate divisions, Ukraine war update and French election

38

S3 Ep7: Reaction Podcast: The sinking of Sunak

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S3 Ep6: Reaction Podcast: The spring statement

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S3 Ep5: Reaction Podcast: Iain Martin in conversation with Justin Webb

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S3 Ep4: Reaction Podcast: The course of the war

42

S3 Ep3: Reaction Podcast: how far will Putin go?

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S3 Ep2: Reaction Podcast: Covid and the second draft of history

44

S3 Ep1: The Reaction Podcast: Is Britain right on Russia?

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Press Review 19 | Putin's capacity to withstand sanctions | New Zealand and Covid

46

S2 Ep18: Press Review 18 | Tory turmoil | Biden’s troubles | The threat of war | Shane Warne

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Merryn Somerset Webb | Share Power - Changing the way capitalism works and how to make money too

48

Authors in conversation - Azheem Azhar - Exponential: How Accelerating Technology is Leaving us Behind and What to do About it

49

S2 Ep16: Season 2 episode 16: Reaction Podcast: Rapid Reaction on the leadership race and Press Review 17

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S2 Ep15: Reaction Podcast: Iain Dale on US Presidents, and two episodes of Press Review

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S2 Ep14: Reaction Podcast: Rory Stewart, crisis in Ukraine and Tim Marshall

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S2 Ep13: The Reaction Podcast: Andrew Mitchell, interest rates, and Owen Paterson

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S2 Ep12: The Reaction Podcast: budget backlash, Insulate Britain, and Squid Game

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S2 Ep11: The Reaction Podcast: Assisted dying, Covid-19, and Press Review

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S2 Ep10: The Reaction Podcast: the Covid report and Press Review

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S2 Ep9: The Reaction Podcast: John Rentoul and Jon Davis, the ship that became a bomb, and Press Review

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S2 Ep8: The Reaction Podcast: Sebastian Payne, the Labour Party, and Press Review

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S2 Ep7: The Reaction Podcast: Adam Tooze, gas prices, and Press Review

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S2 Ep6: The Reaction Podcast: Reshuffle, GBNews, and Press Review

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S2 Ep5: The Reaction Podcast: National Insurance, Helen Joyce, and Press Review

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S2 Ep4: The Reaction Podcast: Afghanistan, Northern Ireland, and Press Review

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S2 Ep3: Niall Ferguson in conversation with Iain Martin

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S2 Ep2: The Reaction Podcast: Boris and Rishi, Afghanistan, and FC Barcelona

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S2 Ep1: The Reaction Podcast

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S1 Ep136: Halfon hits back at critics over 'white privilege' saying using the term must be stopped

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S1 Ep135: Reaction podcast: Geopolitics is coming home, it's coming home

67

S1 Ep134: ReactionPodcast 21-5-21

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S1 Ep133: Covid variants: We are being frightened by shadows - an interview with Professor Robert Dingwall

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S1 Ep132: Boris, Labour meltdown and the battle to save the Union

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S1 Ep131: Had enough of lockdown yet?

71

S1 Ep130: Rapid Reaction: The Sturgeon scandal - denouement time

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S1 Ep129: After Sturgeon’s abuse of power, can devolution be fixed?

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S1 Ep128: Is Starmer really in trouble and what's Adam Curtis on about?

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S1 Ep127: Maggie Pagano in conversation with Vernon Bogdanor

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S1 Ep126: Are we feeling optimistic?

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S1 Ep125: Is it time for a new covid strategy?

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S1 Ep124: Has the government lost the plot?

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S1 Ep137: Net Zero: tackling climate change

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S1 Ep123: Are we on the way to a V-shaped recovery?

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S1 Ep137: Creative Destruction: rebuilding the economy

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S1 Ep137: Can NATO be revived?

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S1 Ep137: Crashing Globalisation: Populism after the Pandemic

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S1 Ep137: State Collapse and Democracy in the Middle East

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S1 Ep137: Clash of Titans: the US-China rivalry

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S1 Ep137: Tech, Social Media, and Surveillance States

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S1 Ep137: The Future of Europe

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S1 Ep122: The economy: How tough is it going to get?

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S1 Ep137: How will the coronavirus crisis change global politics?

89

S1 Ep121: What should the Chancellor do to help the recovery?

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S1 Ep120: How do we unlock Britain's economy?

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S1 Ep119: Reality feels very tenuous right now - an interview with Andrew Solomon on mental health and coronavirus

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S1 Ep118: Let's get back to normal - an interview with Professor Karol Sikora

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S1 Ep117: Is Starmer the real deal?

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S1 Ep116: Is the government drifting? What's Boris up to?

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S1 Ep114: Is Britain's government failing?

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S1 Ep113: How quickly can the economy recover?

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S1 Ep112: Rapid Reaction: Is Raab getting the hang of this?

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S1 Ep111: Rapid Reaction: Who is running the country?

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S1 Ep110: Rapid Reaction: Britain's big banks need to get a move on

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S1 Ep109: Testing the banks

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S1 Ep108: Rapid Reaction podcast: Where are we? On Coronavirus, small business and the Eurozone

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S1 Ep107: Rapid Reaction podcast: Test, test, test

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S1 Ep106: Rapid Reaction podcast: Unlimited money supply, dramatic FED rescue explained - Iain Martin and Maggie Pagano on a historic day

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S1 Ep105: Rapid Reaction: When will the British government do more for worried workers?

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S1 Ep104: Will this epidemic change what we value and transform our society?

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S1 Ep103: Rapid Reaction podcast: Helicopter money. What could possibly go wrong?

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S1 Ep102: Rapid Reaction podcast: Markets turmoil plus toilet paper stock explained

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S1 Ep101: Rapid Reaction podcast: Budget and pandemic panic

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S1 Ep100: Rapid Reaction podcast: Markets mayhem and what's next

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S1 Ep99: Virus, the markets and that blue dress

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S1 Ep98: Has Bloomberg blown it?

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S1 Ep97: Rapid reaction - botched reshuffle or work of genius?

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S1 Ep96: Will Boris really "level up" Britain?

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S1 Ep95: Should Philip Hammond get a peerage?

115

S1 Ep94: After B-Day will Boris betray his supporters?

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S1 Ep93: Is Woke broke?

117

S1 Ep92: What the hell happens next?

118

S1 Ep91: Are the Tories blowing it?

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S1 Ep90: Will the Tories throw it away?

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S1 Ep89: John Curtice Live

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S1 Ep87: General election 2019: What could possibly go wrong?

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S1 Ep86: Has Boris the statesman pulled it off?

123

S1 Ep85: Can Boris win?

124

S1 Ep84: Is Boris completely screwed?

125

S1 Ep73: Rory Stewart talks no deal and leadership

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S1 Ep56: Reaction review of the year 2018

127

S1 Ep42: Interview: Baroness Stroud on what it means to be poor in the UK

128

S1 Ep40: 'The truth is in the whole' Mourinho's Hegelian gaffe

129

S1 Ep24: The Reaction Podcast: Don't panic Boris saves the day

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S1 Ep22: Demos' Polly Mackenzie thinks we should be more optimistic about Britain's future

131

S1 Ep18: Jamie Bartlett in conversation with Iain Martin - Should big tech be cut down to size?

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S1 Ep12: Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff discusses the threats posed by a resurgent Russia

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S1 Ep11: In conversation with novelist Helen Dale

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S1 Ep9: Nimco Ali, anti-FGM campaigner, discusses gender equality and the soft bigotry of Corbynism

135

S1 Ep7: Will Dry co-founder of 'Our Future, Our Choice' tells us why he wants to stop Brexit

136

S1 Ep6: The Spectator's Lara Prendergast talks Millennials, Corbynism and Moggmania

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S1 Ep4: Professor Jeremy Jennings discusses French national mythology and its enemies