58 Episodes

  1. Spooking the Markets (with Natalie Haynes and Stewart Lee)

    Published: 11/27/2025

  2. Moral Failure and Deadly Negligence (with Sara Pascoe and Matt Winning)

    Published: 11/20/2025

  3. The Buck Stops Here (with Ria Lina and Sophy Ridge)

    Published: 11/13/2025

  4. Be Vigilant (with Phil Wang)

    Published: 11/6/2025

  5. Deep Disillusionment in This Country (with Stewart Lee)

    Published: 10/30/2025

  6. In Hindsight (with Ria Lina and Tim Shipman)

    Published: 10/23/2025

  7. The End of the Age of Terror and Death (with Stewart Lee)

    Published: 10/16/2025

  8. Repetition, Repetition, Repetition (with Natalie Haynes)

    Published: 10/9/2025

  9. The Battle for the Soul of the Country (with Adam Fleming)

    Published: 10/2/2025

  10. Hurty Words (with Stewart Lee)

    Published: 9/25/2025

  11. Phase 2 (with Ria Lina)

    Published: 9/18/2025

  12. Strong Recommend: Going Postal by Terry Pratchett

    Published: 9/11/2025

  13. Strong Recommend: Tehran (Apple TV+)

    Published: 9/4/2025

  14. Strong Recommend: Elden Ring

    Published: 8/28/2025

  15. Strong Recommend: The Contestant

    Published: 8/21/2025

  16. Strong Recommend: Shamanism, The Timeless Religion by Dr Manvir Singh

    Published: 8/14/2025

  17. Strong Recommend: The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald

    Published: 8/7/2025

  18. Strong Recommend: Evita at London Palladium

    Published: 7/31/2025

  19. Strong Recommend: Shakespeare's Richard II

    Published: 7/24/2025

  20. Strong Recommend: Every Living Thing by Jason Roberts

    Published: 7/17/2025

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Armando Iannucci hosts the programme that gives you a cast-iron guarantee to be laser-focused on decoding the baffling world of political language.Each week he'll be joined by a guest to crack open the political phrasebook and attempt to demystify the doublespeak. Why does everything now have to be 'turbo-charged'? What's the difference between a 'pledge' and a 'mission'? Why has my local MP been 'weaponised' and should I be worried?You'll be treated to a crash course in the dark arts of political language from people on the inside who are both baffled and beguiled by it. They'll walk you through the various verbal fiascos of the modern political lexicon so that by the end you'll be oven-ready for an appearance on Newsnight.Armando's erstwhile partner in de-baffling political lexicon, Helen Lewis, is away working in the United States in the autumn and so her seat will be kept warm by a rotating cast of co-hosts.Listen to Strong Message Here on Thursdays on Radio 4 at 9.45am, and an extended version is available on BBC Sounds.Produced by Gwyn Rhys Davies. A BBC Studios Production for BBC Radio 4.