35 Episodes

  1. Delivering for Ordinary People (with Marina Hyde)

    Published: 6/19/2025
  2. I Regret Some of My Posts (with Sara Pascoe)

    Published: 6/12/2025
  3. Weird Turkish Barber Shops (with Stewart Lee)

    Published: 6/5/2025
  4. An Announcement President (with Jon Stewart)

    Published: 5/29/2025
  5. The Island of Strangers and the Manacled Gimp of Brussels

    Published: 5/22/2025
  6. Yes or No?

    Published: 5/15/2025
  7. I Want My Country Back (with Phil Wang)

    Published: 5/8/2025
  8. The Official Language of the United States

    Published: 5/1/2025
  9. How Much is a Pint of Milk? (with Rob Burley)

    Published: 4/24/2025
  10. Liberation Day (with Soumaya Keynes)

    Published: 4/17/2025
  11. Three Word Slogans (with Cleo Watson)

    Published: 4/10/2025
  12. Fist Emoji, Flag Emoji, Fire Emoji (with Ava Santina Evans)

    Published: 4/3/2025
  13. Seizing the Narrative (with Stephen Bush)

    Published: 3/27/2025
  14. Britain Isn't Working

    Published: 3/20/2025
  15. Be Quiet, Small Man

    Published: 3/13/2025
  16. In the Public Interest?

    Published: 3/6/2025
  17. Everybody's Miserable

    Published: 2/27/2025
  18. The Threat from Within

    Published: 2/20/2025
  19. Build, Baby, Build!

    Published: 2/13/2025
  20. Flying a Kite and Rolling the Pitch (with Rob Hutton)

    Published: 2/6/2025

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Armando Iannucci and Helen Lewis decode the utterly baffling world of political language.In this new series, Helen Lewis and Armando Iannucci investigate which political buzzwords are strong and stable and which are a crock of covfefe.Each week Helen and Armando will crack open the political phrasebook and attempt to decode 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 two people 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.Warning: this podcast features strong political language that some listeners may find nonsensical.Produced by Gwyn Rhys Davies. A BBC Studios Audio Production for Radio 4.