Double Take

The Independent

We are launching a new podcast here at The Independent called Double Take.

  • 18 minutes 15 seconds
    Aidan Harper - Why the UK needs a four day work week
    Aidan Harper joins Kirsty Major to read and discuss his piece: Robots are going to make England’s north-south divide even worse - that's why we need the four day work week

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    22 December 2017, 5:00 am
  • 19 minutes 49 seconds
    Yas Necati - I'm queer and trans, stop debating my existence
    Yas Necati joins Kirsty Major to read and discuss their piece: Should queer people be allowed to exist or should we all just be forced to 'convert'?

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    14 December 2017, 5:00 am
  • 28 minutes 13 seconds
    Mary Dejevsky - A united Ireland is the only solution to Brexit

    Kirsty Major is joined by Indy columnist and former foreign correspondent Mary Dejevsky to read and discuss her piece "A united Ireland is the only practical solution to Brexit"



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    7 December 2017, 5:00 am
  • 24 minutes 30 seconds
    Richard Power Sayeed - 1997: Things can only get worse
    Kirsty Major is joined by Richard Power Sayeed author of 1997: The Future that Never Happened, a look at why the Blair years have led to our current malaise. And on the other side of the ring, is our in-house Blairite John Rentoul, author of Tony Blair: A Prime Minister.

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    30 November 2017, 5:00 am
  • 22 minutes 26 seconds
    Sean O'Grady - Millennials don't deserve handouts from Hammond
    Kirsty Major is joined by Sean O'Grady to read and discuss his piece: 'This Budget shouldn’t have given millennials a thing - why on earth should I subsidise their houses and railcards?'

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    24 November 2017, 5:00 am
  • 35 minutes 38 seconds
    Matthew Norman - This is how Trump could be ousted
    Kirsty Major is joined by Matthew Norman to read and discuss his piece: There’s only one way out of the Russia probe for Donald Trump before he’s forced to quit

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    2 November 2017, 5:00 am
  • 35 minutes 47 seconds
    Grace Dent - Why women, not men, can joke about sexism

    Kirsty Major is joined by journalist, author, and broadcaster Grace Dent to read and discuss her piece: James Corden, women can joke about sexual assault but you can’t – and this is why




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    26 October 2017, 4:00 am
  • 26 minutes 42 seconds
    Mark Steel & Shappi Khorsandi - Theresa May should do some time on the comedy circuit
    Indy columnists and comedians Mark Steel and Shappi Khorsandi chat about why a stand up comedian never would have fluffed a speech like Theresa May.

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    19 October 2017, 4:00 am
  • 27 minutes 9 seconds
    Andy Grice & Jonathan Isaby - Hammond v Johnson: Whose vision of Brexit will prevail?
    The Indy's Westminster columnist Andy Grice is joined by Brexit Central's Jonathan Isaby to discuss the competing visions of Brexit emerging in the Tory party. Hosted by Kirsty Major.

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    12 October 2017, 4:00 am
  • 37 minutes 2 seconds
    Ben Chu - Nationalisation can work
    Economics Editor Ben Chu talks nationalisation with our very own defender of the free market, Managing Editor, Sean O'Grady. Hosted by Kirsty Major.

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    5 October 2017, 4:00 am
  • 21 minutes 4 seconds
    Ash Sarkar - Who are the working class?
    Kirsty Major is joined by Ash Sarkar to read and discuss her piece: The working class isn't as white as some people would like you to think

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    31 August 2017, 4:00 am
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