A brand new podcast from Private Eye, the UK's number one best-selling current affairs magazine. With Ian Hislop.
105: Defection, Dwellings and Domesticated Animals
Helen, Adam and Andy discuss MPs changing sides, power in the rental market changing hands, and Jeremy Clarkson changing into Greta Thunberg.
5/15/2024 • 43 minutes, 40 seconds
104: Councils of Despair
Tim Minogue joins Helen, Adam and Ian to talk Rotten Boroughs, the fall of Humza Yousaf and how Private Eye outed a spy.
4/30/2024 • 40 minutes, 40 seconds
103: Sexual Politics
Ian, Helen, Adam and Andy talk about upstanding members, retiring ministers and get all Trussed Up.
4/17/2024 • 41 minutes, 44 seconds
102: Non-Crimes And Non-Punishment
Ian, Helen, Adam and Andy learn what you have to do to get arrested in Scotland, investigate which way Rupert Murdoch’s leaning as the election approaches, and finally go where only men have boldly gone before: the Garrick club.
4/4/2024 • 40 minutes, 1 second
101: Private Eye's Privat-ised
Phil Hammond joins Andy, Helen and Adam for a pre-election NHS special all about the state of the health service. Also featuring blown whistles, strained metaphors and some very rude health.
3/20/2024 • 39 minutes, 59 seconds
100: Gorging on George
Ian, Adam, Jane and Helen discuss royal privacy, the possible resurrection of the Crooked House pub, and the return of George Galloway.
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George Galloway on the “indefatigability” quote | Christopher Hitchens on being a drink-sodden former Trotskyist popinjay | Libel payouts over forged documents | Inquiry into Mariam Appeal | Inquiry into Viva Palestina | On Mykonos: “I actually had sexual intercourse with some of the people in Greece.” | Galloway on Iranian executions | Interview with Benjamin Cohen on gay rights | On Naz Shah’s arranged marriage | Galloway pretending to be a cat | The US government on Sputnik’s funding | An interview with Chinese media about attending the Beijing democracy forum | On Julian Assange | On Russell Brand | Censured by Ofcom over Skripal claims | At the Grassrouts Out rally with Nigel Farage | London mayoral result, 2016 | March 2024: “No state has the right to exist . . . not the Zionist apartheid state of Israel.” | Chambers solicitors strike-off | £6,000 Twitter libel demands | Galloway: Bradford should be an “Israel-free zone” | Galloway won’t debate Eylon Levy | Sam Coates interviews George Galloway in Rochdale
3/6/2024 • 38 minutes, 35 seconds
99: Mailbag Mayhem
Ian, Helen, Adam and Andy unearth the Page 94 Inbox and answer reader questions about every subject under the Sun (or, er, in the Eye).
2/21/2024 • 44 minutes, 10 seconds
98: Insane In The Membrane
Andy, Ian, Helen and Adam discuss banned courtroom reporting, how to tell a journalist from a politician (hint: it’s impossible), and the crypto-to-politician money pipeline.
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2/7/2024 • 42 minutes, 52 seconds
96: Post, Polls, Papers and Piles
The team discuss the Post Office fallout, polling and when not to believe it, mayhem at the Mirror and finish with the latest National Trust sconefight.
1/24/2024 • 40 minutes, 26 seconds
95: Post Haste
Private Eye has been reporting on the Post Office scandal for over a decade: Richard Brooks joins the team to discuss how we got here and where things go next. Plus, updates on the Mirror Hacking debacle and the massive profits being made on Teesside.
1/10/2024 • 40 minutes, 53 seconds
94: Merry Quizmas
In a special between-Christmas-and-New-Year episode, Helen grills Adam and Andy on the big news of 2023. Contains all your favourite characters from the year - Nadine! Boris! Piers Moron! andmore Prince Harry than you thought possible.
12/29/2023 • 23 minutes, 32 seconds
94: Live In London
Ian is joined by Harry Enfield, Jan Ravens and Lewis Macleod to bring the Private Eye annual 2023 (available in shops now. Ed.) to the stage. Featuring Sylvie Krin, EJ Thribb, William McGonagall, Sir Herbert Gussett and many more!
12/20/2023 • 49 minutes, 55 seconds
93: Dark Starmer and Dirty COPs
The team discuss the Labour leader's newfound love of Thatcher, the news from COP28 and the Telegraph deal that even its journalists are against.
12/6/2023 • 36 minutes, 59 seconds
92: Call Me Lord Dave
The team discuss the reshuffle, discover what David Cameron has been doing in his gap years, and what Suella Braverman would do if only she were home secretary. Plus: The Crown and a Nadine Dorries quiz.
11/22/2023 • 40 minutes, 2 seconds
91: Papers, Paul and Plots
The team look at how Fleet Street is covering the Covid Inquiry given their own compromised hacks, discuss the man behind last week's conservative ARC conference, and pick a few holes in Nadine Dorries' The Plot. Plus, Matt Muir reveals what progress Rishi Sunak's AI conference has really made in averting an AI-pocalypse.
11/8/2023 • 43 minutes, 36 seconds
90: Electile Dysfunction
Ian, Helen, Adam and Andy discuss the Conservative by-electoral apocalypse, reveal why Donald Trump could be coming to a court near you, and say a fond farewell to cartoonist Tony Husband.
10/25/2023 • 22 minutes, 43 seconds
89: Government By Private Eye
Ian, Helen, Andy, and Richard Brooks discuss scrapping HS2, scrap on Teesside, long-delayed justice for victims of the Royal Mail and Labour's new policy of borrowing all its ideas from the pages of the Eye.
10/11/2023 • 43 minutes, 14 seconds
88: Brand Management
Ian, Helen, Adam and Andrew cover how the papers treated Russell Brand, Rishi Sunak’s climate U-turn, who really writes the Daily Mail's opinion pieces and Rupert Murdoch’s long-awaited step down (or sideways). Plus, Solomon Hughes provides an indispensable guide to the corporate side of Party Conferences, and where to get the best snacks.
9/27/2023 • 42 minutes, 15 seconds
87: Putting The 'Con' In Concrete
The Eye team discuss failing ceilings, the return of Big Liz Truss, wave goodbye to Mohammed Fayed and reveal why the Tees Valley isn't suing us (yet). Featuring Jane Mackenzie, Adam Macqueen, Helen Lewis, Andrew Hunter Murray and Ian Hislop.
9/13/2023 • 33 minutes, 33 seconds
86: Late Lamented Queens
Andy, Helen and Adam take a look at the completely resigned Nadine Dorries, the Revenge of the Maybot, and the Great Royal Reboot (where you press a big button and then nothing happens). Plus, Richard Brooks digs into the figures at a very successful - then mysteriously unsuccessful - PPE supplier.
8/30/2023 • 44 minutes, 7 seconds
85: Crooked Houses
Ian, Helen and Adam join Andrew to discuss the government’s new invention of ‘The Week’, the complete anchor Dan Wootton, and the smallest conceivable audience at the Edinburgh Fringe. Plus, Jane Mackenzie reveals what’s behind the spate of buildings going on fire up and down the country.
8/16/2023 • 35 minutes, 41 seconds
84: Bunch Of Coutts
Elon Musk’s X marks the spod; debanking Nigel Farage and debagging Coutts; the reinvention of Rishi – the petrolhead PM; plus the inside story of the Royal Free hospital’s stem cell scandal.
8/2/2023 • 43 minutes, 43 seconds
Water Disaster
7/19/2023 • 34 minutes, 29 seconds
Fun in the Sun
7/5/2023 • 35 minutes, 2 seconds
Boris and Inquiries
6/21/2023 • 36 minutes, 49 seconds
Paul Foot Award Part III
6/7/2023 • 6 minutes, 36 seconds
Paul Foot Awards Part II
6/5/2023 • 33 minutes, 8 seconds
Paul Foot Awards Part I
6/5/2023 • 28 minutes, 39 seconds
Planet-Destroying Technologies
4/24/2023 • 31 minutes, 45 seconds
North And South
3/17/2023 • 33 minutes, 49 seconds
Live At The National
12/19/2022 • 29 minutes, 46 seconds
Offshore Homes and Ing-er-land
12/6/2022 • 30 minutes, 54 seconds
NHS and Saudi Deals
8/9/2022 • 34 minutes, 4 seconds
The Paul Foot Awards 2022
6/17/2022 • 40 minutes, 19 seconds
Knights And Queens
5/29/2022 • 30 minutes, 3 seconds
Conflict And Classrooms
4/13/2022 • 30 minutes, 3 seconds
Slipping Standards
2/18/2022 • 30 minutes, 3 seconds
The Snooty Fox
1/20/2022 • 36 minutes, 13 seconds
Ho-Ho-Ho House Of Windsor
12/16/2021 • 32 minutes, 4 seconds
Profits Of Doom
10/13/2021 • 38 minutes, 32 seconds
MD and Megaliths
8/18/2021 • 31 minutes, 59 seconds
It Was 60 Years Ago Today
7/13/2021 • 35 minutes, 49 seconds
The Paul Foot Awards 2021
6/15/2021 • 1 hour, 5 minutes, 27 seconds
Christmas Stock-pil-ing
12/14/2020 • 52 minutes, 29 seconds
Media, MD and Magazines
9/1/2020 • 41 minutes, 25 seconds
Serco, Sailors and Spies
7/9/2020 • 44 minutes, 35 seconds
IICSA
3/30/2020 • 42 minutes, 11 seconds
Live at the National Theatre!
12/19/2019 • 27 minutes, 55 seconds
So. Farewell then...
7/24/2019 • 23 minutes, 56 seconds
China and Forkbenders
2/22/2019 • 29 minutes, 1 second
Grenfell and Scotland
• 45 minutes, 53 seconds
Paradise and Paper
• 31 minutes, 14 seconds
A Bunch Of Shits
11/25/2021 • 39 minutes, 54 seconds
Greensill and Prince Phil
5/7/2021 • 32 minutes, 38 seconds
Military Mayhem and Mobile Homes
4/1/2021 • 33 minutes, 19 seconds
Catching Up and Cap'n Bob
3/5/2021 • 38 minutes, 27 seconds
Lorries, LTNs and Liu
2/4/2021 • 33 minutes, 52 seconds
US Election Fake News Special
10/31/2020 • 29 minutes, 25 seconds
Nice Footwork
6/9/2020 • 59 minutes, 57 seconds
COVID-19
5/4/2020 • 56 minutes, 15 seconds
Going Postal
2/4/2020 • 53 minutes, 2 seconds
1500 Glorious Episodes
7/11/2019 • 24 minutes, 38 seconds
Paul Foot Awards Special
6/25/2019 • 48 minutes, 32 seconds
Treasurers, Shopping Malls and Banging On
3/11/2019 • 45 minutes, 23 seconds
Mental Health and Dumb Britain
2/4/2019 • 29 minutes, 43 seconds
Fire and Franchising
1/15/2019 • 33 minutes, 36 seconds
Live at the National
12/10/2018 • 27 minutes, 10 seconds
Probation and Penmanship
11/30/2018 • 32 minutes, 13 seconds
The Russians Are Coming
11/16/2018 • 29 minutes, 48 seconds
Bumper Broadcast Holiday Special
8/8/2018 • 42 minutes, 8 seconds
Doctors and Darrens
7/25/2018 • 28 minutes, 32 seconds
Lagoons and Lawsuits
7/12/2018 • 28 minutes, 16 seconds
Footy Footy Footy
6/29/2018 • 35 minutes, 49 seconds
Bean Counters and Dog Lovers
6/13/2018 • 36 minutes, 41 seconds
Credit and Christmas
12/20/2017 • 31 minutes, 14 seconds
The Plodcast
10/19/2017 • 26 minutes, 24 seconds
Brexit and Blood
7/27/2017 • 32 minutes, 18 seconds
The Paul Foot Awards Return!
6/26/2017 • 29 minutes, 23 seconds
Finance and Forensics
6/5/2017 • 27 minutes, 40 seconds
Hospitals and Hacks
5/19/2017 • 29 minutes, 47 seconds
Housing and Secret Identities
4/13/2017 • 32 minutes, 23 seconds
Soldiers and Trump
3/29/2017 • 29 minutes, 36 seconds
Courtrooms, Councillors and Completely Bogus News - a triple bill!