Party Leaders, READY!
This summer Johnson, Corbyn and Swinson have been preparing for battle. But who has best positioned themselves to come out on top? Michael Walker is back and will be joined by Ash Sarkar and James Butler.
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Surviving Boris Johnson – With Faiza Shaheen and Jonathan Portes
With a mandate from only 0.25% of the UK electorate, Boris Johnson has been elected Tory Party leader and Britain’s next Prime Minister. Johnson has called gay people “bumboys”, black people “picanninies” and compared muslim women to “letterboxes”. He’s now willing to take Britain to a no-deal Brexit. So, can Britain survive Boris? With Faiza […]
Red Vs Blue Britain – With Gillian Keegan MP and James Meadway
The coming years in British politics will revolve around a single question: Do we want to live in Jeremy Corbyn’s or Boris Johnson’s Britain. To debate two visions for the economy and country, Gillian Keegan, Conservative MP for Chichester, and James Meadway, ex-advisor to John McDonnell, go head-to-head.
Cocaine for the Masses, Not Just for the Ruling Classes
When black kids get high at carnival it’s a national scandal. When white kids pop pills at Glastonbury it’s just good fun. But when Boris Johnson and Michael Gove admit to snorting cocaine, that’s when it gets interesting.
Homes Under the Hammer and Sickle
Labour’s ‘Land for the Many’ report has become the bugbear of Britain’s rightwing press. Are the wealthy right to be scared? Laurie Macfarlane, one of the report’s authors, will explain all on this episode of TyskySour.
Boris’s Britain
With Boris Johnson set to become PM, the media struggles with our own “post-truth” candidate. Plus, the courts strike down Saudi arms sales, and Trump threatens war with Iran. Lloyd Russell-Moyle MP joins us in the studio.
Fully Automated Luxury Communism
A different kind of politics for a new kind of society—beyond work, scarcity and capitalism. In Fully Automated Luxury Communism, Aaron Bastani conjures a vision of extraordinary hope, showing how we move to energy abundance, feed a world of 9 billion, overcome work, transcend the limits of biology, and establish meaningful freedom for everyone. Rather […]
Banquets and Bigots: Trump in the U.K.
As Tory hopefuls suck up to the ego-in-chief, we’re joined in the studio by Sarah Jaffe (journalist and co-host of the Belabored Podcast) and Hussein Kesvani (author and co-host of the Trash Future podcast). We’ll be discussing the nature of the special relationship, whether the working class love state banquets, the latest on Trump’s potential […]
Winning the Culture War | Interview With PhilosophyTube
Olly Thorn’s YouTube video essays have racked up hundreds of thousands of views and along with fellow YouTubers Contrapoints and HBomberGuy, PhilosophyTube is one of the leading lights of ‘LeftTube’. We sit down with the man behind PhilosophyTube to discuss winning the online culture war.
EU-turn If You Want To?
The Tories and Labour have tanked in the European Elections. The Brexit Party and the Liberal Democrats have won out. Is it time for Labour to oppose Brexit? For this emergency TyskySour special Michael is joined by Aaron Bastani and Ash Sarkar.
D’Hondt Panic! Everything You Need to Know About the European Elections
Will the Lib Dems beat Labour? Is the Brexit Party here to stay? And is Britain ready for a #PeoplesVote? Everything you need to know about the #EuropeanElections2019 with the ultimate voting guru, Sir John Curtice.
The Brexit Party: WTF? With Claire Fox and Aaron Bastani
Claire Fox is billed as the Brexit Party’s “leftie” candidate. Is she giving a voice to let-down voters, or just whitewashing Farage?
Remainers’ Revenge?
Were the local election results a #remainbacklash? How should Labour respond? With Grace Blakeley and Paul Sweeney MP
The European Elections Are a Complete Joke
Has Brexit broken the Tories? Will Change UK – The Independent Group get a graphic designer? Can Labour beat Farage? Michael Walker, Ash Sarkar and James Butler chat Euro-Elections tonight on #TyskySour.
The Rebel Alliance: Extinction Rebellion and a Green New Deal
Extinction Rebellion and AOC’s Green New Deal have made global headlines. Can their aims be aligned to prevent climate catastrophe? Guest host Aaron Bastani will be joined by journalist and environmentalist George Monbiot and economist Ann Pettifor.
She’s Just Not That Into EU
As May pleads with Merkel and Macron, Labour’s Remainer MPs are getting organised. Can the UK avoid a no-deal Brexit, and will all hell break loose if Corbyn strikes a deal with May? With Ash Sarkar and Lloyd Russell-Moyle MP.
It’s a Trap!?
Theresa May has invited Corbyn for talks about a “compromise” Brexit, but is it just a trap? Catch Sienna Rodgers and Owen Jones on a #TyskySour special.
Bibi One More Time? Israeli Elections and Palestine.
On the 9th April, Benjamin Netanyahu will defend his premiership in Israel’s General Election. On tonight’s #TyskySour, we ask whether after 50 years of occupation, elections in Israel matter for Palestine. With Salma Karmi-Ayyoub and Yair Wallach