• 45 minutes 11 seconds
    190: Green Fingers
    Guest Saba Salman discusses the Green Party's latest appearance in Private Eye, Helen Lewis on Donald Trump's completely professional relationship with an attractive young aide, and Adam Macqueen on the BBC's doomed future without Amol Rajan. 
    2 September 2026, 4:06 pm
  • 41 minutes 57 seconds
    189: The Hacks Book Club

    As the summer draws to a close, Ian, Helen, Adam and Andy discuss the best books about journalism and writing ever, er, written, covering everything from Vesuvius to Rwanda to Elton John.

    Further Reading
    The Faber Book of Reportage, edited by Professor John Carey
    Tickle The Public - 100 Years of the Popular Press by Matthew Engel
    We Wish To Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families by Phillip Gourevitch
     Towards The End Of The Morning by Michael Frayn  
    Scoop by Evelyn Waugh
    Stick It Up Your Punter! by Peter Chippindale & Chris Horrie
    Mother Tongue by Bill Bryson
    New Grub St by George Gissing

    25 August 2026, 9:47 am
  • 38 minutes 17 seconds
    188: Entirely Artificial Intelligence
    Summer special! The team discuss the Conservatives’ new policy on convicted Neo-Nazis (pro), the AI data centres hoovering up power and water, and the extraordinary story of Professor Jason Arday.
    11 August 2026, 4:55 pm
  • 42 minutes 13 seconds
    187: Feel The Burnham
    The team discuss how Andy Burnham’s social media is annoying the ‘lobby’; the mad debate over North Sea drilling continues; and how to make the new PM funny. 
    28 July 2026, 4:46 pm
  • 50 minutes 5 seconds
    186: Fa-rage Against The Machine
    The team (with guest Jane Mackenzie) discuss Nigel Farage's by-election gamble, the latest military procurement disasters, and the lowdown on Prince Harry’s trial against the Mail. 
    14 July 2026, 4:30 pm
  • 45 minutes 2 seconds
    185: Manc To The Future
    Ian, Helen, Andy and Richard Brooks discuss Andy Burnham’s vision for Britain (AKA Even Greater Manchester), the non-existent ban on air-conditioning, and a new book on Emperor Trump. 
    30 June 2026, 2:43 pm
  • 40 minutes 19 seconds
    184: Coup What A Scorcher
    The Private Eye team, minus Andy but plus Matt Muir, wave a sad farewell to Keir Starmer and prepare themselves for Andy Burnham and the Burnaissance. Also: is Nigel Farage running out of steam?
    24 June 2026, 11:58 am
  • 44 minutes 28 seconds
    183: Fight! Fight! Fight!
    The team (plus guest Sarah Shannon) catch up on the latest White House cage fight, on the World Cup, on the USA and Iran's actual fight, and on the British fight for the right between Reform and Restore.
    16 June 2026, 3:32 pm
  • 41 minutes 33 seconds
    182: Make Hay
    The team record a special episode from the Hay Festival. Featuring Tony Blair, Keir Starmer, Donald Trump, Nigel Farage, Nicola Sturgeon, and all your other - favourite? - characters from the news. 
    2 June 2026, 1:50 pm
  • 6 minutes 22 seconds
    181: And The Winner Is...
    You've heard the stories. You've admired the piles of paper in the Eye office (video viewers only). And now it's time to learn which brilliant story has won this year's Paul Foot Award! 
    1 June 2026, 8:37 pm
  • 13 minutes 28 seconds
    180: PAUL FOOT 2026: THE PINCH-OF-SALT PATH
    Chloe Hadjimatheou of the Observer looked into a beloved, million-selling bestseller, The Salt Path, and found the book arguably fit the 'fiction' shelves better. 
    30 May 2026, 12:30 am
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