Politics on the Couch

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Farewell to normal?

Host Rafael Behr looks ahead to a new political season that promises to be like none in recent memory and reflects on a lost summer of coronavirus denial, with some digressions on party conferences, Brexit and Cliff Richard. This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  'System Fail' - a conversation with Sam Freedman about the way Britain's b…

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  ‘The gen Z revolution’ - how a student protest toppled a corrupt and viole…

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  Is this what hope feels like? Rafael Behr's reflections on Labour's 2024 v…

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  Going Ape - a conversation about evolution, morality and political coopera…

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  Doom audit - a conversation with Jonathan Freedland about America, Israel,…

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  Moving the needle - Tom Gray of Gomez on swapping the recording studio for…

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  'Bonus Couch Chat'

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  'Beyond the Red Wall'

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  'Beyond parody' - a conversation with Rob Hutton about political journalis…

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  Trapped! Democracy's struggle to cope with modern life and what we can do …

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  Kindness - a conversation about political empathy, its power and its limit…

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  Contrarianism, social media and the future of culture wars - a conversatio…

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  Populism, democracy and the parliamentary battle over Brexit

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  Party People - a stroll around the grassroots of democracy

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  The French Connection - myth and misunderstanding across the Channel

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  'The world's a stage' - politics and storytelling with James Graham