The Today Podcast

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Rob
 Jan 27, 2024
The best most authoritative current affairs and politics podcast bar none.

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Amol Rajan and Nick Robinson with their take on the biggest stories and insights from behind the scenes at the UK's most influential radio news programme.

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Amol and Nick are both presenters of BBC Radio 4’s Today programme. Amol was the BBC’s media editor for six years and is the former editor of the Independent, he’s also the current presenter of University Challenge. Nick was the BBC’s political editor for ten years before and was also ITV’s political editor.


Episode Date
Political Turmoil in France and Germany
Dec 19, 2024
Nigel Farage, Reform and the Future of British Politics
Dec 12, 2024
Keir Starmer's Reset
Dec 04, 2024
Esther Rantzen on the Assisted Dying Debate
Nov 27, 2024
Interview: Frank Cottrell-Boyce talks about being a Today Christmas guest editor
Nov 25, 2024
Blair and Brown pay tribute to John Prescott
Nov 21, 2024
Can you smash the gangs to stop the boats?
Nov 20, 2024
Special report: Europe’s frontline against illegal migration
Nov 18, 2024
Rural Revolt
Nov 14, 2024
US Election Q&A
Nov 07, 2024
Trump 2.0
Nov 06, 2024
Analysis: A Budget for the history books
Oct 31, 2024
Interview: Rachel Reeves talks to Nick about the Budget
Oct 31, 2024
Bonus Q&A: Swearing, spin and social media
Oct 26, 2024
Interview: Kate Bush talks to Today
Oct 25, 2024
Musk goes all-in for Trump
Oct 24, 2024
Michael Gove on right-wing politics, the Tories and Trump v Harris
Oct 17, 2024
Is Labour working?
Oct 10, 2024
Iran, Israel and the Middle East crisis explained
Oct 03, 2024
Ruby Wax talks to Amol
Sep 28, 2024
Keir Starmer’s interview - the analysis
Sep 25, 2024
The Keir Starmer interview
Sep 25, 2024
Will the Lebanon blasts lead to an escalation in the Middle East?
Sep 18, 2024
Bonus Q&A – BBC jargon, who makes Today and covering the US election
Sep 16, 2024
Doom, Gloom and the NHS
Sep 12, 2024
Will the victims of Grenfell ever get justice?
Sep 04, 2024
Starmer’s ‘black holes’: What will fill them?
Aug 29, 2024
Summer special – celebrity Q&A
Aug 22, 2024
Summer special: Is journalism in crisis?
Aug 15, 2024
Social media and the riots: Musk, misinformation and moral responsibility.
Aug 08, 2024
Bonus episode - Frank Skinner opens up to Amol
Aug 01, 2024
How do we turbo-charge Britain’s economy?
Jul 31, 2024
Bonus Q&A: Young MPs, podcast impartiality and the state of political journalism
Jul 29, 2024
Mary Beard on power, succession and rebellions
Jul 25, 2024
Biden quits - but can Kamala beat Trump?
Jul 22, 2024
Starmer, Trump, and the New World Order
Jul 18, 2024
Can political rhetoric kill?
Jul 15, 2024
New MPs, new government... new politics?
Jul 11, 2024
Reeves goes for growth in the Treasury, Starmer takes to the world stage
Jul 08, 2024
Post-election pod: How will Labour govern? And who will take charge of the Tories?
Jul 05, 2024
Election Night Fever and the Challenge across the Channel
Jul 03, 2024
Bonus Q&A – 'None of the Above' on ballot papers & election night cliché bingo.
Jul 02, 2024
It’s election week!
Jul 01, 2024
Should we trust the polls?
Jun 26, 2024
Newscast x The Today Podcast x When It Hits The Fan
Jun 25, 2024
Sunak’s betting crisis, Starmer’s gender row and Farage takes on the Mail
Jun 24, 2024
Bonus Q&A – Why do politicians use big numbers and why do we vote with pencils?
Jun 21, 2024
Growing pains: how to grow an economy and get young people voting
Jun 19, 2024
Farage’s non-manifesto, should Corbyn have stood for the Greens and where’s Boris Johnson?
Jun 17, 2024
Extra! The Today Podcast Live! Bonus episode ft. James May
Jun 14, 2024
The Today Podcast: Live!
Jun 12, 2024
Manifesto week, political earthquakes and interview tactics
Jun 10, 2024
Sunak squares up, Farage steps in
Jun 05, 2024
Sunak and Starmer go head to head
Jun 03, 2024
Starmer, Socialism & Diane Abbott - whose side is he really on?
May 30, 2024
Rishi Sunak Talks to Today
May 23, 2024
Election announcement special
May 22, 2024
What does Keir Starmer really believe in?
May 16, 2024
Hung parliament or thumping majority? And why do we all feel so skint?
May 09, 2024
Cutting through the spin – elections bonus ep
May 03, 2024
AI and humanity’s future: chilling or thrilling?
May 02, 2024
Could an MP present the Today programme?
Apr 25, 2024
Q&A – lightweight politicians, interviews that made you blush… Ft Esther Rantzen & Stephen Fry
Apr 22, 2024
Smoke-free generation: Is this Sunak’s legacy?
Apr 18, 2024
Where’s the money coming from?
Apr 11, 2024
Tragedy in Gaza: Will this week’s events change anything?
Apr 04, 2024
Why should you have to pay for the BBC?
Mar 28, 2024
Alastair Campbell on the changing face of Starmer’s Labour
Mar 21, 2024
Revolt on the right! Reform, Rishi and (Red) Wall-to-Wall Chaos
Mar 14, 2024
Why the Home Office is ‘dysfunctional’ - Sacked immigration chief speaks out
Mar 11, 2024
Hunt’s Budget - will it make a difference?
Mar 06, 2024
By-election bonus: Rochdale, Galloway, Gaza… what now?
Mar 01, 2024
Mob rule: Where should we draw the line on protest?
Feb 29, 2024
Disgrace! Why are MPs playing politics with the Middle East?
Feb 22, 2024
How did the culture wars take over? Ft Jon Ronson
Feb 15, 2024
Why we need to talk about cancer ft. Stephen Fry
Feb 08, 2024
Does nanny (state) know best?
Feb 01, 2024
How do we deal with President Trump (again)?
Jan 25, 2024
Does Starmer need Scotland to win the general election?
Jan 18, 2024
Is democracy dying?
Jan 11, 2024
The Moments In History Amol and Nick Wish They’d Covered
Jan 04, 2024
News Review of the Year
Dec 21, 2023
Esther Rantzen on a Christmas she did not expect to see
Dec 19, 2023
Is Putin in danger of winning in Ukraine?
Dec 14, 2023
Sunk! Is Sunak’s Tory Party over?
Dec 07, 2023
Why Generation Rent are so angry
Nov 30, 2023
Are these tax cuts for real?
Nov 23, 2023
James May: On Top Gear, tea and driverless cars
Nov 23, 2023
Revolting! How much trouble are Sunak and Starmer in?
Nov 16, 2023
David Cameron In, Suella Braverman Out
Nov 13, 2023
The Politics of Protest: Suella Braverman vs the police
Nov 09, 2023
Covidshambles: The human cost of chaos in No 10
Nov 02, 2023
Your Questions Answered
Oct 30, 2023
What hope for peace?
Oct 26, 2023
What Is This War Really About?
Oct 19, 2023
Horror in Israel and Gaza - What next?
Oct 12, 2023
I cried after presenting my first Today programme
Oct 09, 2023
Can Rishi Sunak win it for the Tories?
Oct 05, 2023
Introducing The Today Podcast
Sep 24, 2023