Emma co-hosts and produces a monthly podcast called The Zeitgeist Tapes. You can hear the recent episodes by following the links below. If you would like to talk to Emma about your podcast needs, get in touch.
This month, Emma and Steve discuss Netflix original series The Politician.
The first season of this show follows the campaign of consummate politician Payton Hobart as he campaigns to be Class President of his high school.
A dark comedy in primary colours The Politician is very watchable. But is it at once too cynical and too innocent?
Emma joins host Karin Robinson to have a mammouth discussion of the state of the Democratic Primary and the Trump impeachment.
Read MoreEmma is a regular guest on the Midatlantic podcast. This week, host Roifield Brown and fellow guest Karin Robinson discuss Trump’s impeachment and Boris’s court troubles.
Read MoreIn this one-off episode, Emma talks to Charlotte Henry - author of new book Not Buying It - the Facts Behind Fake News
In this one-off episode, Emma talks to Charlotte Henry - author of new book Not Buying It - the Facts Behind Fake News about - well Fake News. But also liberal centrism as default, whether all propaganda is bad propaganda and how to understand structural biases without conspiratorial thinking.
Read MoreThis month, Emma and Steve are joined by Jonn Elledge of the New Statesman to talk about BBC Drama Years and Years.
Written by Russell T Davies it's the tale of a dystopian (though sadly plausible) near future. Britain has descended into chaos, the banks crash - again and facism - in the smiling form of Vivienne Rook (Emma Thompson) is on the rise.
Emma joins Primarily 2020 to discuss the first two debates of the Democratic Primary.
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As a nod to the discussions of sovereignty and independence that have surrounded the EU elections this month Emma and Steve have watched Passport to Pimlico. This Ealing comedy is a pean to the collectivism of the Attlee government. But it's also good at tweaking the nose of bureaucracy.
This month, Emma and Steve interviewed Marlon Soloman about his one-man show Conspiracy Theory: A Lizard's Tale. In it, Marlon unpacks both antisemitism in conspiracy theories and specifically in the Labour Party. It's a fascinating show - full of rich humour and details that will shock. And we talk about the reaction he's had.
Emma interviews Iain Overton, journalist, writer and Director of Action on Armed Violence about his new book The Price of Paradise: How the Suicide bomber shaped the modern age.
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