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  • Midnight Mass: Babysitters, assemble!

    Midnight Mass: Babysitters, assemble!
    2025/08/19
    And so Volodymyr Zelensky returned to the White House, but this time with a phalanx of European leaders to support him – and, perhaps, to make sure the orange toddler didn't get upset. For his part, Trump played nice, despite talking with Putin mid-way through proceedings – oh to have a transcript of THAT call... In this Midnight Mass special, recorded while European leaders were still at the White House, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell look at what was said, by whom, and what it might all mean. Are there grounds for optimism? What, if anything, has changed? And who gets the Nobel Peace Prize..? ***SPONSOR US AT ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠*** Help Ukraine by supporting ⁠⁠the Smart Medical Aid charity here⁠⁠. ***SPONSOR US AT ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠*** Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. A Cooler Heads production, in cahoots with Sandstone Global. Email us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠quietriotpod@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Or visit our website ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.quietriotpod.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    24 分
  • Sunday School: Half-Baked Alaska

    Sunday School: Half-Baked Alaska
    2025/08/16
    The Iceman cometh to Alaska, the Iceman getteth his photo opp and then the Iceman poppeth off again, leaving the Donald in a pool of tepid ignominy. Alex Andreou is joined by our regular foreign policy guru, Arthur Snell, to consider whether this was a bit of a disater for Trump, a bit of a let-off for Ukraine ahead of Zelensky's hastily-announced trip to Washington, or a bit of both. And they look at the latest from Gaza, another war Trump said he was going to end that has only got worse, as well as the increasing humanitarian crisis in Sudan. ***SPONSOR US AT ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠*** CALL TO ACTION Help Ukraine by supporting ⁠the Smart Medical Aid charity here⁠. ⁠Medecins Sans Frontier⁠ is still operating in Gaza. Catch Arthur's latest ⁠Behind The Lines⁠ episode. Arthur's substack Not All Doom is here. ***SPONSOR US AT ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠*** With Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. A Cooler Heads production, in cahoots with Sandstone Global. Email us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠quietriotpod@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Or visit our website ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.quietriotpod.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    51 分
  • A little more conversation, a little less faction

    A little more conversation, a little less faction
    2025/08/14
    In trade, as in immigration, and every policy area, we have forgotten how to compromise. We demand the truth, but have a temper tantrum, when we get it. Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and special guest, trade expert David Henig, discuss Reform's latest attempt to foment violence, by endorsing vigilantism, and the total absence of honest conversations on immigration and trade. Plus regular features 'Wokey Dokey' and 'Grin And Share It'. ***SPONSOR US AT ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠*** “This rhetoric of ‘protecting women’, is actually all about the subjugation of women. Specifically who gets to subjugate us. It's just misogyny dressed up as heroism.” “There’s this fallacy about a fixed number of jobs, meaning immigrants are taking ‘our’ jobs, therefore we have fewer opportunities. It’s simply not true. Immigrants are often highly motivated and create jobs. What you want is to create an overall dynamic economy. And with these false narratives, we risk talking ourselves into economic decline.” “Having failed - so far - to fan the Epping protest into spreading, Reform UK seems to be trying an alternative theory of arson: creating the potential for many small fires. After a month of bleating about ‘LAWLESS BRITAIN’, their solution is more lawlessness. But this is good lawlessness, you understand, because it is their lawlessness.” “The path forward for the EU needs to be one of more openness to trade - not following the US down the path of protectionism. The EU economy has been strengthened by trade. It should deepen its relationship with the UK and others, like Canada, creating a different vision of the world to Trump - one that looks more successful.” ***SPONSOR US AT ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠*** CALLS TO ACTION: Donate a little money or a little time to Citizens Advice here. Find resources for writing to you local paper about youth mobility HERE. GRIN AND SHARE IT: Read about the intrepid tortoise, Matilda, and her daring escape here. Buy something from ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠our bookshop here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Email us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠quietriotpod@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Or visit our website ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.quietriotpod.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. With Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell – in cahoots with Sandstone Global. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    1 時間 9 分
  • Sunday School: Vance, Like Nobody's Watching

    Sunday School: Vance, Like Nobody's Watching
    2025/08/10
    Just smile and make nice until he VPees off; Our water is mostly poop now; A big fuss about a little pasta. Naomi Smith and Alex Andreou achew over the weeks latest news, in their signature, Sunday way. ***SPONSOR US AT ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠*** CALLS TO ACTION: Here is Best for Britain's Report on Water Quality. Read it, share it, send it to your MP. ***SPONSOR US AT ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠*** Buy something from ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠our bookshop here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Email us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠quietriotpod@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Or visit our website ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.quietriotpod.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. With Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell – in cahoots with Sandstone Global. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    53 分
  • The fault, dear POTUS, is not in our stats

    The fault, dear POTUS, is not in our stats
    2025/08/07
    MAGA begins to turn on Trump. Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and special guest Brian Klaas discuss the reasons for the Find Out stage coming so soon in this second FAFO Trump term. And - why is Nigel Farage afraid "to walk of an evening wearing jewelry"? Plus regular features 'Wokey Dokey' and 'Grin And Share It'. ***SPONSOR US AT ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠*** “The best way to think about Republicans in Congress is as a full-time propaganda outlet for Donald Trump. What they are mostly doing in hearings is creating smoke screens for Trump. The pretence of trying to legislate has been largely abandoned. They’ve ceded control of process to the President and just create content for Fox News or social media.” “A huge number of donors use Trump as a vehicle to enrich themselves and they really don’t care about - or even celebrate - some of his more egregious moral stances or his authoritarianism. All that stuff is fine with them, as long as the gravy train for the elite continues to chug along.” “The one thing Trump cannot fully distort is whether people out there, near the end of the month, go to the supermarket and can afford their food bill on their remaining salary. That is something they will experience objectively, whatever he does with the data.” “This looks like Trump trying to land a photo-finish foreign policy win in Moscow, while still angling for a handshake moment with Putin. If the plan is to send a property developer to make peace with a dictator, we should lower our expectations.” “[The Sidney Sweeney ad] is the corporate equivalent of a dog-whistle: provide the match, let others light the fire, bask in the heat of the coverage. Visually signalling a certain world view, without putting it into words - create the ambiguity, avoid accountability, and monetise the polarisation.” ***SPONSOR US AT ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠*** CALLS TO ACTION: Here is Brian's superb blog on slowing down. If you're a US citizen, you can support Fair Fight. If you're not a US citizen, you can support Oxfam America or C-Span. GRIN AND SHARE IT: Read about Jair Bolsonaro under house arrest. Watch a demolition of the Discovery Institute. Buy something from ⁠⁠⁠⁠our bookshop here⁠⁠⁠⁠. Email us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠quietriotpod@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Or visit our website ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.quietriotpod.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. With Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell – in cahoots with Sandstone Global. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    1 時間 10 分
  • Sunday School: It's the stupid, economy

    Sunday School: It's the stupid, economy
    2025/08/03
    Uh-oh, the US economy appears to be entering the 'find out' stage of team Trump's eff-around experiment. As employment figures, market confidence and senior statisticians all take a beating from agent Orange , Naomi Smith and Kenny Campbell survey the wreckage – and pay special attention to how AI is acting both as a destroyer of jobs and a huge economic stimulus. Closer to home, they look at Labour's new plan to get more working class people into the civil service – lefty social engineering or the beginning of a much-needed reset? And there's some new polling from our buddies at More In Common, who have been asking people when they think the wheels fell off Britain. Yes Minister clip courtesy of BBC ***SPONSOR US AT ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠*** Our bookshop, including many of the books we have featured, can be found at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠uk.bookshop.org/shop/quietriot⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ You can find our sister podcast Podyssey ⁠here on Apple Podcasts⁠ and ⁠here on Spotify⁠ - or just search for "Alex Andreou's Podyssey" on any platform. Email us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠quietriotpod@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Or visit our website ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.quietriotpod.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. ***SPONSOR US AT ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠*** With Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell – in cahoots with Sandstone Global. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    59 分
  • Age Against The Machine

    Age Against The Machine
    2025/07/31
    All about contested spaces: physical statehood and online safety. Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell discuss the impending recognition of Palestine by Britain (and France). Why now? And as the Online Safety Act begins to impact our internet use, we ask whether it fixes anything or just creates a whole new range of problems. Plus regular features 'Wokey Dokey' and 'Grin And Share It'. ***SPONSOR US AT ⁠⁠⁠⁠KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD⁠⁠⁠⁠*** “Netanyahu has behaved in a way that demonstrates exactly the characteristics of a politician who is running out of time. There is only so long he can avoid an election. As the pressure builds towards it, maybe what we are seeing is part of an emboldened international community speaking directly to the Israeli people.” “A two-state solution depends on there being power brokers on both sides who can sit down and talk meaningfully to move things forward. That's not Hamas and, increasingly clearly, that’s not Netanyahu either. Whatever solutions eventually come to pass, key to them is gonna be getting those problematic parties out of the picture.” “Trump is transactional and being transactional, he doesn't really understand ideological constraints. Having offered transactions that he thinks Netanyahu and Putin would take, he just cannot fathom why they didn't. So he's beginning to see them as people he can't do business with. A bad position to be in with Trump.” “As the law comes into effect, there is no public register of approved age verification providers, no duty on those providers to meet any specific privacy or security standards, above data protection alone, and no requirement for platforms to choose trusted or certified providers.” “The Online Safety Act is like saying: We love the sea. The sea is a fabulous place. We spent many happy years playing in the sea. But the sea is now full of sewage and horrible things. And we're going to solve that problem by making it harder to get into the sea. It doesn't actually deal with any of the causes at all.” “I keep coming up against this conundrum, this circle that cannot be squared: the same anonymity that makes the internet exceptionally useful to some, is also what makes it a risk to others… For it to become a space within which the law applies, it cannot be anonymous. Otherwise we accept it is incapable of being regulated and belongs, in part, to bad actors.” “What happens if you shut down direct access to a thing for the group of people who are most likely to use it? Especially young people. They will go round the side.” ***SPONSOR US AT ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠*** CALLS TO ACTION: Complain to Sky News about disproportionate Reform UK coverage. Find out more about the UNICEF Gaza appeal for children in crisis. Sign the Open Rights Group letter to gov't about online safety. GRIN AND SHARE IT: Watch the report about the discovery of the Denver Parkingsaurus. Buy something from ⁠⁠⁠our bookshop here⁠⁠⁠. Email us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠quietriotpod@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠. Or visit our website ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.quietriotpod.com⁠⁠⁠⁠. With Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell – in cahoots with Sandstone Global. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    1 時間 7 分
  • Sunday School: Heeeeere's Jeremy!

    Sunday School: Heeeeere's Jeremy!
    2025/07/27
    The Left has a new bouncing baby party! Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell talk through the week's political stories, with a focus on Your Party - no, not your party; Your Party - the trade deal between the UK and India, and the success story of Baltimore, pointing the opposite way of populism on how to reduce crime. ***SPONSOR US AT ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠*** “If we did an episode about every rich old fart that goes to Scotland to golf, it would be a daily podcast. Although, to be honest, we would probably have richer sponsors." “I think we should be happy to see a serious addition to the political landscape. I think we should be happy that somebody like Corbyn's involved… His base was full of energy and he was getting cut-through. In short. More options are good and a democracy, aren't they?” “Democracy is democracy, and plurality is plurality. We have to live our values. You can’t treat voters as if they belong to you. You can’t get stroppy when someone else decides to set up a party. You can fight them, politically, ideologically, contest those votes ten times harder. But you don’t own them.” Our bookshop including many of the books we have featured can be found at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠uk.bookshop.org/shop/quietriot⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ You can find Podyssey here on Apple Podcasts and here on Spotify - or just search for "Alex Andreou's Podyssey" on any platform. Email us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠quietriotpod@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Or visit our website ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.quietriotpod.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. ***SPONSOR US AT ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠*** With Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell – in cahoots with Sandstone Global. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    54 分