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Quiet Riot
- 359 - Sunday School: 24-Hour Party Conference People
Andy Burnham's arrival has seemingly rejuvenated not only Labour, but all British politics. Maybe competition does work in some sectors! Naomi and Alex look at Zack Polanski's speech to the Greens' shindig - he seems increasingly under pressure - and contrast it with a very buoyant Rhun ap Iorwerth addressing Plaid Cymru, whose biggest risk is allowing ebullience to morph into overreach. PLUS we look at Senator Eric Schmitt's incredible viral own goal and ask each other for the worst faceplants we have witnessed. ***SUBSCRIBE TO THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE COOLER HEADS PODCAST FAMILY - How Do You Solve A Problem Like Everything? on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. First episode due out this weekend!*** ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • We're on Instagram! • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK with all our regular contributors and some quality sources - join us there! • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sun, 04 Oct 2026 - 358 - B-Side: Handle with Care
Andy Burnham's biggest announcement – in a conference speech littered with the things – was his ambition to create a National Care Service, which he said would be as significant as the NHS. We can't fault his ambitions especially as, at Quiet Riot, we have all had dealings with care services and know only too well how threadbare and inadequate present provisions are. That big ambition, of course, comes with a lot of very big questions – not least about funding his plans. Join Alex, Naomi and Kenny as they did a little deeper into the realities and politics of what is going on. ***SUBSCRIBE TO THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE COOLER HEADS PODCAST FAMILY - How Do You Solve A Problem Like Everything? on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. *** ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • Take part in Louise Casey's Big Conversation on Care • We're on Instagram! • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK with all our regular contributors and some quality sources - join us there! • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com • Cover art by Rod Long on Unsplash Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Fri, 02 Oct 2026 - 357 - Burnham: Straight fom the heart
Andy Burnham's big speech to Labour was big on ambition, big on ideas and big on emotion. If you liked what you heard, then there's a good chance you think it was the best such speech in a decade if not more; if you didn't, then you probably realise that battling Burnham isn't going to be like battling our other recent PMs. Naomi, Alex and Kenny break Burnham's big number down into bitesize chunks, because there is a LOT to digest. And they'll be back with B-Side to look at the social care proposals in more detail. ***SUBSCRIBE TO THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE COOLER HEADS PODCAST FAMILY - How Do You Solve A Problem Like Everything? on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. *** ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • What could a new electoral system look like? • Sign up to Best for Britain for a pro-European voice • Get your opinion published – write to an actual newspaper! • We're on Instagram! • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK with all our regular contributors and some quality sources - join us there! • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Thu, 01 Oct 2026 - 356 - Sunday School: Never Mind The Ballots
A snap General Election? No way, says Andy Burnham. Do we believe him? Is it a smart call? Does anyone outside of the Westminster bubble actually want a General Election any time soon? Alex and Kenny ponder all of that, and take some time to dwell upon what happened in that other political bubble, Trump World, when Xi Jinping came to talk ... was there a winner? PLUS tiny acts of rebellion – a celebration, in honour of the angry fellow filling potholes with palm trees, as you do. ***SUBSCRIBE TO THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE COOLER HEADS PODCAST FAMILY - How Do You Solve A Problem Like Everything? on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. First episode due out this weekend!*** ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • We're on Instagram! • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK with all our regular contributors and some quality sources - join us there! • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sun, 27 Sep 2026 - 355 - B-Side: Carry On Cymru
Reform UK have had such a heroic meltdown in Wales, we had to do a special on it ... and we couldn't keep up. Join Alex and Kenny as our Welsh expert Will Hayward looks on in wonder at how Reform have imploded (and continue to implode). PLUS Naomi's been hanging around the Lib Dem conference in Brighton – what has she learned, and what gossip is she able to share with us..? All this and PROBABLY the best ever Wokey Dokey and the best ever Old News! ***SUBSCRIBE TO THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE COOLER HEADS PODCAST FAMILY - How Do You Solve A Problem Like Everything? on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. First episode due out this weekend!*** ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • Old News: When a Highland village declared independence (and even the Queen and Thatcher agreed) • Follow the new Cooler Heads pod, How Do You Solve A Problem Like Everything? • We're on Instagram! • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK with all our regular contributors and some quality sources - join us there! • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Fri, 25 Sep 2026 - 354 - When Andy Met Donny
***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** And so Andy Burnham's first face-to-face with Trump passed off without blood being spilled, although Chagos islanders may disagree with that interpretation. Alex and Kenny are joined by geopolitics expert, former diplomat and host of Behind The Lines Arthur Snell, to dig under the surface of this week's shenanigans at the UN General Assembly, and find that Chagos was very much a side issue to everyone except the British media. But there was a lot more to discuss... PLUS you may think Alex and Kenny barely have a brain between them, but what if they actually have FOUR? Listen in to find out more... ***SUBSCRIBE TO THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE COOLER HEADS PODCAST FAMILY - How Do You Solve A Problem Like Everything? on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. First episode due out this weekend!*** Listen to Behind The Lines with Arthur Snell and subscribe to his substack Not All Doom. • That amazing brain research • We're on Instagram! • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK with all our regular contributors and some quality sources - join us there! • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Thu, 24 Sep 2026 - 353 - Sunday School: Canadian Club anyone?
It's been a big week for Europe and Canada, with Mark Carney's historic appearance at the European Parliament, and a political love-in between him and Ursula von der Lyen. Naomi and Kenny look on in wonder as Canada gets closer to the EU than Britain has been in a very long time, and ask: what on earth is an EU 'Associate Member'? What are the implications for Europe and for Britain? And what role has the Ukraine war played in all of this? Plus ... the Quiet Riot guide to gilts and bonds. You challenged us to try to explain government borrowing and we're giving it a go! Email us if we got it wrong ... heck, email us if we got it right too! We're at quietriotpod@gmail.com ***SUBSCRIBE TO THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE COOLER HEADS PODCAST FAMILY - How Do You Solve A Problem Like Everything? on Apple Podcasts, or Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts*** ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • Tell Andy Burnham what you feel about Canada being closer to Europe than Britain is HERE • Get our book choices – London Falling, and The Unremembered Places – at the QR online bookshop • Comedian Andy Parsons explains austerity to a 12-year-old ... the full clip! • We're on Instagram! • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK with all our regular contributors and some quality sources - join us there! • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sun, 20 Sep 2026 - 352 - B-Side: Passport to Piddington
***SUBSCRIBE TO THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE COOLER HEADS PODCAST FAMILY - How Do You Solve A Problem Like Everything? on Apple Podcasts, or Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts*** Piddington has declared independence! That's Piddington, down the road from Bicester and all its designer outlets. Alex, Naomi and Kenny ask what on earth is gong on, and what does it tell us about the power of community? They are joined by Kaneez Shaid and Will Higham who are, happily, releasing a fab new podcast all about how to activate your community and go on a quest for a better world. It's called How Do You Solve A Problem Like Everything? and it's the newest addition to the Cooler Heads podcast family (that's our little operation!). ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • The radical community organiser's primer: Rules For Radicals by Saul Alinsky ... in our bookshop! • We're on Instagram! • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK with all our regular contributors and some quality sources - join us there! • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Fri, 18 Sep 2026 - 351 - The Big Bung Theory
***SUBSCRIBE TO THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE COOLER HEADS PODCAST FAMILY - How Do You Solve A Problem Like Everything? on Apple Podcasts, or Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts*** All of a sudden, Reform UK has loadsamoney. In fact, this week it's received more wonga than all the UK political parties received last year. So should we congratulate Farage & Co? Or is this the perfect time (OK, perhaps a little late) to re-examine what the implications for the funding and operation of our political parties are? Naomi, Kenny and Alex are joined by Kaneez Shaid and Will Higham – both to chat funding and to reveal details of their fab new podcast, How Do You Solve A Problem Like Everything?, which is the newest addition to our Cooler Heads family of shows! ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • The Electoral Commission keeps track of political spending • And the Register of Members' Financial Interests is a treasure trove of MP funding info • We're on Instagram! • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK with all our regular contributors and some quality sources - join us there! • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Thu, 17 Sep 2026 - 350 - Sunday School: CTRL-GRIFT-DELETE
***SUPPORT US ON KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Trump is so thistry for the midterms, he is offering bribes from money he doesn't have. Stephen Yaxley Lennon is promising to pay it forward but doesn't. And tech bros want it so much, they're okay with species extinction. Naomi and Alex laugh at the Apocalypse. Because, what else is there to do? • The closing clip is from the hilarious Nathan Macintosh special Down with Tech • You can watch the full Channel 4 News exposé here • We're now on Instagram! • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK with all our regular contributors and some quality sources - join us there! • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sun, 13 Sep 2026 - 349 - B-Side: German lessons
***OUR 102nd EPISODE THIS YEAR! REMEMBER TO SIGN UP ON KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD TO SUPPORT US IN TIME FOR THE 13 SEPTEMBER LIVE EDITORIAL ONLINE EVENT*** German far right party Alternative fur Deutschland has scored a historic result in the formerly East German state of Sachsen Anhalt. Should we be worried, given Germany's particularly troublesome relationship with far right politics? Quiet Riot's resident German expert, Annette Dittert, unpicks the election and we ask what lessons the UK can learn from what's happened. Plus, a timely piece of right wing Old News ... • Laurena Rodrigues' Substack on some terrifying lessons from Germany • Opening clip from the original, pre-meme That Mitchell and Webb Sound • We're now on Instagram! • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK with all our regular contributors and some quality sources - join us there! • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com • Cover image based on a photo by R. G on Unsplash Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Fri, 11 Sep 2026 - 348 - Fashdance
***OUR 101st EPISODE THIS YEAR! REMEMBER TO SIGN UP ON KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD TO SUPPORT US IN TIME FOR THE 13 SEPTEMBER LIVE EDITORIAL ONLINE EVENT*** What do the Dover and Portsmouth riots tell us about how the far right is morphing in Britain? And what of the political, media and police reaction to hordes of masked thugs challenging authorities – and without arrests being made? Naomi, Alex and Kenny look at what happened and zoom out to explain what the broader political picture behind these disturbances is, and ask some hard questions of Farage, Lowe and others of the far right. • The C4 Dispatches special on Tommy Robinson's finances • Zoe Williams on the hard right's penchant for domestic abusers • Support HOPE not hate • The full set of Joe Lycett's Right Wing BBC pitches • We're now on Instagram! • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK with all our regular contributors and some quality sources - join us there! • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com • Cover image based on a photo by R. G on Unsplash Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Thu, 10 Sep 2026 - 347 - Sunday School: Das Schadenfreudefest
***OUR 100th EPISODE THIS YEAR! REMEMBER TO SIGN UP ON KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD TO SUPPORT US IN TIME FOR THE 13 SEPTEMBER LIVE EDITORIAL ONLINE EVENT*** Nigel Farage has become that politician who can't see a hole without jumping into it. Especially if he's helped dig it himself. Alex and Kenny beg your forgiveness for looking at the two big Farage stories this week, but are confident you will join them in a festival of schadenfreude... Gasp as Reform UK sees a big fire marked 'Farage gifts scandal' and sprays it with a large hose of petrol from a can marked 'Reform funding scandal'. Cheer as Nigel's political circus comes to the NEC Birmingham, and then decides it's going to perform a comedy of errors. Slap your forehead as the Reform UK clown car gets dragged out of a ditch only to drive straight into a smelly canal. May contain giggles as well as searing political insight. You know the routine. You can watch the full Channel 4 News exposé here. • We're now on Instagram! • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK with all our regular contributors and some quality sources - join us there! • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com • Cover image based on a photo by R. G on Unsplash Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sun, 06 Sep 2026 - 346 - B-side: States of flux
***SIGN UP ON KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD TO SUPPORT US IN TIME FOR THE 13 SEPTEMBER LIVE EDITORIAL ONLINE EVENT*** As Canada says "Oui, Please" to Europe, Iceland says "Nei, Takk". But both - along with the rest of the world - look at the US midterm elections with hope. But hope for what? Would a "blue wave" clip Trump's wings, or make him even more dangerous? Alex and Naomi are joined by QR fave and Substack god Sam Freedman to skip lightly (hah!) through just some of the huge upheavals going on around our pale blue planet. Plus a Grin And Share It that ties Scotland and India together via a Canadian in a kilt. • Jings! A wee clip of that amazing pipe band moment from Edinburgh • Check out new 'nice' magazine Paperweight! • And there's a Paperweight subscription offer for Quiet Rioters ... • We're now on Instagram! • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK with all our regular contributors and some quality sources - join us there! • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com • Cover image based on a photo by R. G on Unsplash Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Fri, 04 Sep 2026 - 345 - Andy B Indahouse
***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD AND BE PART OF OUR SEPTEMBER EDITORIAL MEETING*** Politics proper returns this week, with Andy Burnham's first statement to the Commons, followed by his first PMQ's, Kemi Badenoch's new-look Shadow Cabinet, and a by-election looming already thanks to Starmer's decision to step down as an MP. Naomi and Alex are joined by Quiet Riot favourite, erudite polymath and Substacker extraordinaire Sam Freedman to read the runes as the new Westminster term gets under way. Plus a fusion of Wokey Dokey and God! Less America! to keep your transatlantic radar pinging properly. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • Ask your MP what their priorities for the year ahead are here • The brilliant Matt Forde's Insta is the source of the guide to an Andy Burnham impression • Check out new 'nice' magazine Paperweight! • And there's a Paperweight subscription offer for Quiet Rioters ... • We're now on Instagram! • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK with all our regular contributors and some quality sources - join us there! • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Thu, 03 Sep 2026 - 344 - Sunday School: YES EUCan!
Mark Carney is about to become the first foreign head to attend the EU's flagship State Of The EU speech. He likes Europe; Europe likes him; Canadians like Europe. So... Naomi and Kenny ask whether Canada is about to grab the top-table EU seat vacated by Britain, and what Canada understands that the UK doesn't. And they look at the new rules around mini solar panels – and the red tape that's already wrapping itself tightly around those very panels. Plus ... Autumn is looming. Can we remember how to do the dark evenings? ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • Check out new 'nice' magazine Paperweight! • And there's a Paperweight subscription offer for Quiet Rioters ... • We're now on Instagram! • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK with all our regular contributors and some quality sources - join us there! • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sun, 30 Aug 2026 - 343 - B-Side: Read All About It
Is print media making a comeback? Has Gen Z done what those before couldn't and made print trendy again? Naomi, Alex and Kenny are joined by Cal Roscow, the founder and Editor-in-Chief of Paperweight, a new magazine for people who are 'fed up with the way things are, but who still have the curiosity to imagine them completely differently'. They talk paywalls, enshittification and the earnestness of left-leaning media (you know what we mean...). PLUS more of the heroically petty local issues that wind our listeners up, because we love the sound of wailing :-) ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • Check out Cal's media baby, Paperweight! • And there's a Paperweight subscription offer for Quiet Rioters ... • Support the Red Cross in Nepal • Tim Curry just about avoids corpsing in this classic Command and Conquer 3 clip :-) • Comedian Jon Richardson WANTS TO BE UNHAPPY • We're now on Instagram! • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK with all our regular contributors and some quality sources - join us there! • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Cover artwork based on a photo by David Suarez Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Fri, 28 Aug 2026 - 342 - How to Lose a War in 10 Ways
The gang plus special guest, Behind The Lines' Arthur Snell, dive into a US-Iran war that seems to be fought in reverse - from military action, backwards to economic sanctions, in order to try and get back to the treaty the US had with Iran before all this started. Also, is Canada about to call Trump's tariff bluff? And how will that impact the midterm elections, polling for which is pointing to a Republican wipe-out? Plus, Alex, Naomi and Kenny dip into the postbag and read some of your better - or battier - suggestions to improve your local area. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • Sunscribe to Arthur Snell's podcast Behind The Lines here • We're now on Instagram! • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK with all our regular contributors and some quality sources - join us there! • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Thu, 27 Aug 2026 - 341 - Sunday School: Like Prats in A Sack
***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Join Alex and Naomi as they look at Reform UK's back-of-a-beer-mat welfare policies and the implosion of internal civil war they became the fuse to. Are Zia Yusuf's days in the party's leadership numbered? They also discuss the latest small boat crossings numbers and whether they represent real progress. Plus what are the small things that goverment could fix quickly, cheaply, and easily and people will notice? Is Andy Burnham on to something with his fly-tipping cleanup? • Email your suggestions to quietriotpod@gmail.com • We're also now on Instagram! • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK with all our regular contributors and some quality sources - join us there! Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sun, 23 Aug 2026 - 340 - B-Side: The Last Housing on The Left
Housing has been in a state of crisis, it seems, forever. Can Labour actually move the dial on this huge and complicated challenge? Alex, Naomi and Kenny are joined by Labour and Co-op MP for the Cities of London and Westminster, Rachel Blake. Rachel is the ideal guest to help shine some light on the issue of housing – she is a candidate to chair the Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee, whose job is to hold the Government's feet to the fire on this very issue. Plus, a perennial story to make you smile. Tune in to fond out more. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • Write to your MP about housing issues! • Write to your councillor about housing issues too! • Hedge rage is still a thing • We're also now on Instagram! • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK with all our regular contributors and some quality sources - join us there! • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Fri, 21 Aug 2026 - 339 - A tragedy, in black & white
The profound fallout from of Professor Jason Arday’s untimely death continues to ripple outwards and shine a spotlight on some deeply unpleasant truths. Naomi, Alex and Kenny look at what lessons we can learn, and try to separate truth from punishment, and legitimate inquiry from weaponised agenda. They are joined by Labour and Co-op MP for the Cities of London and Westminster, the wonderful Rachel Blake. Proceeds from advertising on this show will be donated to the Society of Black Academics, which was created to drive inclusive change in higher education. You can watch the full Channel 4 interview with Jason Arday in September 2023 here. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • We're also now on Instagram! • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK with all our regular contributors and some quality sources - join us there! • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Thu, 20 Aug 2026 - 338 - Sunday School: Pier and Loathing
Join Alex and Kenny as they paddle through Farage's coastal Clacton claptrap, and try to make sense of what actually happened on a night when an intergalactic waste receptacle went up against the far right. They also look at Government plans to reform zero-hour contracts – these affect over a million workers and countless businesses too, so they are important as well as controversial. Plus a fond farewell to Trump press supremo Karoline Leavitt. We might not like what she said but boy could she fight her corner. • If you're struggling and not sure where to turn for help, here are the numbers of some organisations which can help you turn things around: – Samaritans 116 123 for anyone in emotional distress or struggling to cope – C.A.L.L. Helpline 0800 13 27 37 for mental health support in Wales – Breathing Space 0800 83 85 87 for mental health support in Scotland – Refuge 0808 2000 247 for support with domestic abuse – Alcoholics Anonymous 0800 917 7650 for help with drinking problems ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • We're also now on Instagram! • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK with all our regular contributors and some quality sources - join us there! • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sun, 16 Aug 2026 - 337 - B-Side: Penal Enlargement or Correctile Dysfunction?
It's that time of the year when Britain throws its hands in the air over the prisons system. Newsflash: it is still creaking at the seams, just like it has been creaking for many years now. Naomi, Alex and Kenny take a deep dive into prison capacity, probation service pressure and rehabilitation shortcomings – and, of course, the politics behind what's going on. Plus a brief look at the latest Trump games – literally – from the US of A, in our latest instalment of God! Less America! ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • Find out more about the Howard League for Penal Reform • The biting little review of the Patriot Games is by the fabulous Southern Punk on IG • We're also now on Instagram! • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK with all our regular contributors and some quality sources - join us there! • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Cover image based on a photo by Tim Hüfner on Unsplash Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Fri, 14 Aug 2026 - 336 - No Drought About It
If you're reading this south of Hull, then you're in a drought. Elsewhere, it's probably hot. If you're in the Highlands, take your chances. We're running out of water and that in turn means our food supplies are coming under pressure. So Alex, Naomi and Kenny dip their collective toes tentatively in the pool marked 'Danger: Politics of climate change' to ask how we should (and can) respond. If you are triggered by GM crops, veganism or struggling farmers, the usual warning to listen carefully... Plus some actual good news from nature in a feathery Grin And Share It. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • Puffin joy! • Cut your food waste with Too Good To Go • Free food??? Yes, with Olio • We're now on Instagram! • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK with all our regular contributors and some quality sources - join us there! • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Cover image based on a photo by Oleksandr Sushko on Unsplash Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Thu, 13 Aug 2026 - 335 - Sunday School: The Thetford strifes
East Anglia's right-leaning politics are on show again with this week's immigrant baiting in Thetford. Naomi and Kenny have a look at the latest disturbing developments from Norfolk, including a couple of telling by-elections. Then they nip across the Atlantic to marvel at Trump's latest move in his war on renewable energy (and remind themselves of the pivotal role Scotland played in all of this). Plus, do you prefer your drink vertical? If you a) know what this means and b) drink in Soho, this bit is for you... ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • We're now on Instagram! • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK with all our regular contributors and some quality sources - join us there! • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sun, 09 Aug 2026 - 334 - B-Side: Rabat Punch
In a matter of days, Ceuta went from being a place few had heard of, and fewer still could find on a map, to the centre of Europe's migrant debate. Naomi, Alex and Kenny are joined by former diplomat Arthur Snell to work out what was going on behind the scenes, as media around the world pumped out endless imagery of crowds of Moroccans apparently heading for Europe (spoiler: it didn't really play out that way). There is a LOT to unpick, from the involvement of Russia to the naivety of politicians and the unwillingness of media to even scratch beneath the surface of this story as it was developing. Plus, we'll have one or two treats from the cupboard where we keep Wokey Dokey, Old News, God! Less America, and Grin And Share It... ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • The EU Commissioner for Internal Affairs and Migration Magnus Brunner holds a news conference on the migrant crisis in the Spanish exclave of Ceuta • China's CO2 emissions keep falling • China starts to kick its coal addiction • The ozone hole has been healing – but the damage started sooner than we thought • Arthur's latest Behind The Lines episode, on how tech is reshaping modern warfare • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK with all our regular contributors and some quality sources - join us there! • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Fri, 07 Aug 2026 - 333 - World of Warcraft
Transfer windows are closing, new stars are being brought in and the world of geopolitics is primed for a new season. Alex, Naomi and Kenny are joined by geopolitics pundit (sorry) extraordinaire Arthur Snell to talk Palestine, Iran and Ukraine. What on earth is going on and why on earth is it going on? Not surprisingly, we're covering a lot of ground today... Plus, will it be Wokey Dokey, Old News or Grin And Share It? You'll have to tune in to find out! ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • Arthur's latest Behind The Lines episode, on how tech is reshaping modern warfare • You can support Medical Aid to Ukraine here • You can find out more about the work of Doctors without Borders in Gaza here • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK with all our regular contributors and some quality sources - join us there! • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Thu, 06 Aug 2026 - 332 - The Authoritarian Playbook LIVE: Part 2 feat. Count Binface!
Yes, Count Binface DOES rock up to this show! Part 2 of Naomi and Alex doing their LIVE thang with Byline Times and the Lincoln Project, at London's Leicester Square Theatre. For one night only, and with many of you fab Quiet Riot supporters in the audience, they discuss how Trumpism, populism, media capture, disinformation and democratic decay are shaping politics on both sides of the Atlantic. And, being us, we also ask what the fight-back looks like. NB Since this has been recorded in live conditions, the sound quality may be a little more variable than usual. Joining Naomi and Alex on stage are best-selling author and social media force-of-nature Rick Wilson; comedian and queen geek Maya May; Byline Times co-founder and author Peter Jukes; and Byline Times Editor-In-Chief and writer Hardeep Matharu. Oh, and there's that very special guest, intergalactic trashman and universal Farage-baiter, Count Binface, giving us the benefit of his substantial wisdom (and a little scoop as well...) This is a 2-parter – If you haven't listened to the first part it was out yesterday! Plus, if you fancy seeing what everyone looks like, The Lincoln Project will be posting a video version of the show on YouTube! Brace yourselves... • Back the Byline Times here – it is awesome • Subscribe to the Lincoln Project's YouTube Channel here – it is also awesome • Back Count Binface to clean up Clacton - he is awesome Thanks to Penny Creed, Martyn Brunt and all the other listeners who sent us pix from the show – the one we are using on the cover art is Penny's – @pencreed.bsky.social ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK with all our regular contributors and some quality sources - join us there! • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sun, 02 Aug 2026 - 331 - The Authoritarian Playbook LIVE: Part 1
Naomi and Alex do their LIVE thang with Byline Times and the Lincoln Project, at London's Leicester Square Theatre. For one night only, and with many of you fab Quiet Riot supporters in the audience, they discuss how Trumpism, populism, media capture, disinformation and democratic decay are shaping politics on both sides of the Atlantic. And, being us, we also ask what the fight-back looks like. NB Since this has been recorded in live conditions, the sound quality may be a little more variable than usual. Joining Naomi and Alex on stage are best-selling author and social media force-of-nature Rick Wilson; comedian and queen geek Maya May; Byline Times co-founder and author Peter Jukes; and Byline Times Editor-In-Chief and writer Hardeep Matharu. This is a 2-parter – part one is a bit more stateside, the other a bit more Blighty – so listen out for part 2 tomorrow! Plus, if you fancy seeing what everyone looks like, The Lincoln Project will be posting a video version of the show on YouTube! Brace yourselves... • Back the Byline Times here – it is awesome • Subscribe to the Lincoln Project's YouTube Channel here – it is also awesome ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK - make like Nandy and join us there! • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sat, 01 Aug 2026 - 330 - B-Side: Free Speech for Me, But Not for Thee
Zack Polanski has got himself in some French Revolution-adjacent bother thanks to an ill-advised Insta interaction. How big a faux-pas was this, should the police be involved and where on earth are we at with free speech these days? Join Alex, Naomi and Kenny as they tread sort of warily through the free-speech minefield towards a guillotine. Plus, Wokey Dokery with a Stateside feel this week! ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • Contact the Free Speech Union about Farage... dare you • Find out more about the Index On Censorship • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK - make like Nandy and join us there! • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Fri, 31 Jul 2026 - 329 - We Need to Talk About Social(ist) Care
• LAST CHANCE TO GET TICKETS TO OUR LIVE SHOW!!! Our London round table on authoritarianism, with the Lincoln Project and Byline Times, is tonight (Thursday) – the few remaining tickets are waiting for you HERE! Andy Burnham has grand ambitions for reform of the social care sector, and he does look like a man who gives a damn about changing things for the better. Alex, Naomi and Kenny look at what is being proposed and ask what is different about this set of plans for social care reform compared with the 22 other plans that have been developed and dumped over the past 30 years. Plus an inappropriately juicy Grin And Share It (more of a Gran And Share It) ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • Gran And Share It (sic) • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK - make like Nandy and join us there! • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Thu, 30 Jul 2026 - 328 - Sunday School: Andy B's A Busy Bee
• LIVE SHOW KLAXON!!! Our London round table on authoritarianism, with the Lincoln Project and Byline Times, is on Thursday – get your tickets HERE! Andy Burnham's first week in the big job has been a blur of activity. Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell have a look at the deluge of policy announcements (and the social media flood too). Reasons for optimism? And, in India, it's Cockroaches 1 - 0 Govt Ministers, as a huge youth protest claims it's first political scalp. What's it all about - and what lessons are there for Britain? Plus, the latest instalment in the mad, bad world of AI, where a digital Great Escape has been grabbing headlines. Phew! What a bumper package! ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK - make like Nandy and join us there! • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sun, 26 Jul 2026 - 327 - B-SIDE: Farage Unmasked
• LIVE SHOW KLAXON!!! Tickets to our London round table on authoritarianism, with the Lincoln Project and Byline Times, are selling fast – get yours HERE! Nigel Farage has mired himself in controversy – a lot of controversy. Questions about money, ethics, his links to shady characters and more abound. Naomi, Alex and Kenny are joined by an expert on Reform UK's darkest secrets – Josiah Mortimer is Chief Reporter at Byline Times and, for the best part of a decade, he's been digging into the money, the machinery and the contradictions behind Reform UK. Plus ... 'ello, 'ello' 'ello, we've got a police-themed Wokey Dokey to brighten your day. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** CALL TO ACTION • Subscribe to Byline Times HERE • Josiah's latest probe into Farage and the funding of his free flights • You can see the full original "Hot Dog Guy" sketch from Netflix's "I Think You Sould Leave" HERE • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK - make like Nandy and join us there! • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Fri, 24 Jul 2026 - 326 - Andy's Hokey-Cokey: Who's in, who's out, and why?
• LIVE SHOW KLAXON!!! Get your tickets to our London round table on authoritarianism, with the Lincoln Project and Byline Times, HERE! The Burnham Cabinet has taken shape so it's time to look at the winners and losers among the lesser big jobs. Alex, Naomi and Kenny are joined by Byline Times sleuth Josiah Mortimer to talk through Rayner, Streeting, Sarwar and a bunch more – including Quiet Riot favourite Miatta Fahnbulleh. Plus another chapter of God! Less America! for those with a yearning for the funniest stateside shenanigans. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** CALL TO ACTION • Policy papers and consultations – make your views known HERE • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK - make like Nandy and join us there! • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Thu, 23 Jul 2026 - 325 - Head over Healey - QR Economy Special
• LIVE SHOW KLAXON!!! Get your tickets to our London round table on authoritarianism, with the Lincoln Project and Byline Time, HERE! John Healey's appointment as Chancellor seemed to take all those with "well-placed sources" by surprise. Alex Andreou talks to economist Vicky Pryce, who actually worked with Healey during his Treasury days, to glean what sort of Chancellor he might be - and what sort he must be. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK - make like Nandy and join us there! • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Wed, 22 Jul 2026 - 324 - Midnight Mass: Andy's Pitch-In Cabinet
• LIVE SHOW KLAXON!!! Get your tickets to our London round table on authoritarianism, with the Lincoln Project and Byline Time, HERE! After all the speculation, Andy Burnham has finally cracked open the doors to his new Cabinet... and it's not without its surprises. Who's in? Who's out? And what does it all tell us about the direction Burnham intends to pursue as PM? Join Naomi Smith and Alex Andreou for this Quiet Riot late night special as Britain's new Government takes shape. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK - make like Nandy and join us there! • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Tue, 21 Jul 2026 - 323 - Sunday School: The mayor the merrier
With ex-mayor Andy Burnham now officially Labour's main man, and London mayor Sadiq Khan heading to the Lords and then who knows where, are we seeing the rise of a new mayoral political class that uses devolution to bypass the Westminster greasy pole? Naomi and Kenny look at the pros and cons of a mayoral stop on the political line, and have a gander at Burnham's big speech too. And, with people and animals all struggling in the heat, what of our food crops? New figures show how climate change could hurt crop yield in many parts of the country ... and benefit farmers elsewhere. Plus, what simple gadget that solves an infuriating problem do you wish had been invented? We'll be collecting the patents for the best ideas... ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • LIVE SHOW KLAXON!!! Get your tickets to our London round table on authoritarianism, with the Lincoln Project and Byline Time, HERE! • That crop yield map with rather a lot of alarming red bits • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK - make like Nandy and join us there! • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sun, 19 Jul 2026 - 322 - B-SIDE: The Palantir Files
LIVE SHOW KLAXON!!! Get your tickets to our 30th July London appearance HERE! The tech giant Palantir, and its billionaire Trump-loving co-founder Peter Thiel, has a £330million deal with the NHS, which has set alarm bells ringing so loudly that multiple Select Committees have called for the contract to be ended at the first opportunity. MPs have warned that once the deal ends, the NHS could be left with no IP, no software and no lasting capability. Palantir has many other government deals, including with the MoD and police, and is deeply enmeshed within the systems that keep key parts of our society functioning. Naomi, Alex and Kenny are joined by regular Quiet Rioter Peter Geoghegan who, along with Lucas Amin, has just published a brilliant long read on the topic in the London Review of Books. It's an eye-opener, highlighting concerns not just about Palantir's effective lobbying operation but about its underlying software systems that have attracted widespread criticism and, in the case of the NHS, often appear to be woefully under-used. Plus, to lighten the mood, a Grin And Share It about one dog's wayward attempt to become Britain's highest hound. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • Read Peter Geoghegan's illuminating Palantir exposé in the LRB • Sign up to Peter's Substack • That dog-based Grin And Share It! • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK - make like Nandy and join us there! • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Fri, 17 Jul 2026 - 321 - The Summer of 2026
LIVE SHOW KLAXON!!! Get your tickets to our London appearance HERE! With both British teams now out of the World Cup, can we find anything to be optimistic about in the shenanigans around Iran, Burnham and Clacton? Naomi, Alex and Kenny do their level best to dig out reasons to be hopeful ... and then there's a harsh dose of reality to contend with. Sort of like the footie really. Plus a bit of Wokey Dokery to brighten your day and ... can you guess which one of the team missed the football to go watch an opera about love and executions? Possibly not the worst choice they've ever made. Don't forget B-SIDE tomorrow, with a deep dive on Peter Theil’s Palantir, and how it has enmeshed itself into so many aspects of our lives. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK - make like Nandy and join us there! • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Cover art based on an icon by Magnific-Flaticon Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Thu, 16 Jul 2026 - 320 - Sunday School: A Bin-Bin Situation
LIVE SHOW KLAXON!!! Get your tickets to our London appearance HERE! Does the quirky British tradition of comedy candidates add to our democracy or detract from it? Is political satire a weapon or a self-soothing mechanism. Alex and Naomi talk through the week's news, including the Clacton by-election, the report on PIP, the outcomes of the NATO summit - and The Bayeux Tapestry visiting England for the first time in a millennium. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • LIVE SHOW KLAXON!!! Get your tickets to our London appearance HERE! • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK - make like Nandy and join us there! • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sun, 12 Jul 2026 - 319 - B-SIDE: Under the Burnham bonnet
• LIVE SHOW KLAXON!!! Get your tickets to our London appearance HERE! Burnhamism: what is it, what isn't it, and what should or could it be? Alex, Naomi and Kenny are joined by Labour MP Jeevun Sandher for a closer look at what drives the politics of our PM-in-waiting. What telltale signs of a developing Burnhamism should we be looking out for in the weeks ahead? Which appointments will be most telling? All that plus another Grin And Share It to set you up for the weekend with a smile. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • LIVE SHOW KLAXON!!! Get your tickets to our London appearance HERE! • That donkey Grin And Share It! • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK - make like Nandy and join us there! • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Fri, 10 Jul 2026 - 318 - Bindependence Day
• LIVE SHOW KLAXON!!! Get your tickets to our London appearance HERE! The trash needs taking out... Yes, we have to talk Farage and his by-election stunt. But we don't have to pander. Alex, Naomi and Kenny are joined by Loughborough MP Jeevun Sandher to laugh briefly at Farage and in more depth about what his stunt says about the state of our political system. And there's a new Old News to luxuriate in too! Don't forget to tune in to our B-Side episode tomorrow (Friday) when Jeevun and the team will be talking Burnhamism. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • LIVE SHOW KLAXON!!! Get your tickets to our London appearance HERE! • Learn more about Transparency International here • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK - make like Nandy and join us there! • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Thu, 09 Jul 2026 - 317 - Sunday School: Resets, we've had a few...
***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Morgan McSweeney gives us a rare glimpse behind the scenes and confirms what we already knew: that Labour was not entirely ready for government. Alex and Naomi discuss politics in an age that rejects politics. Also, England is through to the next stage of the World Cup, the pubs will stay open late, so why is everyone miserable? PLUS - a Bumper special Grin And Share It, with: • DCMS is *finally* off X - read more here • Nobel laureate scores a three-pointer - read more here • Beavers go underground - read more here • Liverpool's Woolton Picture House - read more here • Spain takes a stand on Palantir - read more here • Kate Forbes wishes everyon a HAPPY PRIDE - read more here • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK - make like Nandy and join us there! • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sun, 05 Jul 2026 - 316 - B-SIDE: The Scotland Lab
With PM-in-waiting Andy Burnham leaning heavily into devolution, we take a look at what lessons he can learn from the Scottish experience – and what his (still somewhat vague) plans might mean for Scotland too. Kenny Campbell is joined by someone who knows the Scottish political scene extremely well: Stephen Boyd, director of the progressive think tank IPPR Scotland. They also catch up with the implications of a manic few weeks for Scottish politics, ranging from the jailing of former SNP big cheese Peter Murrell to those two very different by-election results. Plus, why growth for growth's sake is a flawed approach to the economy. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK, if you would like to join us there. Please do! • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com • Cover image based on image from the National Library of Medicine on Unsplash Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Fri, 03 Jul 2026 - 315 - Handover season
Westminster is neck-deep in handover shenanigans, with team Starmer playing its final games while team Burnham is still, officially, to qualify for the big one. Naomi and Alex are joined by MP Ellie Chowns, Commons leader of the Green Party, to talk regime change, asylum, defence, and the looming Manchester mayoral battle. Plus, a blast of our newish feature, God! Less America! ... complete with exclamation marks. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK, if you would like to join us there. Please do! • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Thu, 02 Jul 2026 - 314 - Sunday School: Coronation Treat
Coronations bring both brickbats and bouquets, as both King Charles and King Andy have found this week. Alex and Kenny take a detailed look at what Charles's tax disclosures reveal – and keep hidden. And there's the latest leadership challenges facing Andy Burnham as his (not quite guaranteed) coronation as Labour leader progresses. Plus a catch-up with the latest madness of the orange man who would be king, Donald Trump. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK, if you would like to join us there. Please do! • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com • Cover collage images all courtesy of Wikimedia Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sun, 28 Jun 2026 - 313 - B-SIDE: Too Hot for Politics
It's been a bit of a scorcher this week (unless you're in Scotland with Kenny) and thus a good time to ask what politics can do about climate change. Naomi, Kenny and Alex take it one step further and ask whether politics is even capable of dealing with climate change. It's literally the hottest topic of our times, so why are things in such a pickle? Plus something a bit lighter from the cupboard where we keep Grin And Share It, Wokey Dokey and our other much-loved features. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • Grin And Share It – that Income For The Arts scheme joy • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK, if you would like to join us there • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com • Cover art based on Wikimedia image by Terry Ott from Washington, DC Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Fri, 26 Jun 2026 - 312 - The Andy Man's Guide to Cabinet Making
Andy Burnham may well be the PM-in-waiting but he can't do the job by himself. So who should be in his cabinet? Naomi, Alex and Kenny ponder the question on every political geek's lips, and put some fantasy cabinet suggestions of their own forward too. And we also survey the wreckage of Nigel Farage's most hilarious media round, ever. Plus a break from the politics with one of our regular features ... but will it be Wokey Dokey or Grin And Share It? You'll just have to listen in to find out... ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • Build your own fantasy cabinet. More fun than an England-Ghana footie marathon • The Good Law Project taking on Farage • Grin And Share It – that Income For The Arts scheme joy • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK, if you would like to join us there • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Wed, 24 Jun 2026 - 311 - From Brexit to Burnham, with James O'Brien
It's appropriate that Starmer's teary farewell comes amid the tenth-anniversary obituaries for Brexit, as the two are inexorably linked. Alex and Naomi are joined by broadcaster, author and Quiet Riot favourite James O'Brien to look back at ten years of Brexit, and tease out the links to Starmer's resignation. And they break out the Quiet Riot crystal ball to consider what the future may look like politically... take notes and then wait a decade or two before judging :-) ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • Care about our EU relationship? Write to the press! • Support Best for Britian • Buy James's fascinating book How They Broke Britain at our bookshop • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK, if you would like to join us there • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Wed, 24 Jun 2026 - 310 - Sunday School: Nigel's half-empty glass
Has anyone seen the confident swagger of Nigel Farage lately? Thought not. A month of funding controversy, candidate shenanigans and sliding support has culminated in Reform UK being soundly beaten in a by-election that was supposed to be too close to call. Alex and Kenny look at why Reform is stalling, and the reasons why Farage is right to be feeling a bit 'glass half-empty' right now. And the wonderful Emma Harrison, CEO of Make Votes Matter, is back (with a bonus appearance from Naomi) for a deep dive into all the different options for electoral reform. Plus - apropos of nothing - what do you do if you get a job and discover you're just no good at it? ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • Make Votes Matter – they deserve your support • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK, if you would like to join us there • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Half-empty glass cover image by Etan J. Tal on Wikimedia Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sun, 21 Jun 2026 - 309 - BY-ELECTION SPECIAL: Maker-or-Breakerfield
It's the middle of the night and the Makerfield result has just been declared... what next? Alex and Kenny prop their eyes open with matchsticks to take stock of a result that has huge implications for this country's political future. Well, probably. There are by-elections in Scotland too – Aberdeen South, plus the Arbroath and Broughty Ferry seats, are both up for grabs following the election of local SNP MPs Stephen Flynn and Stephen Gethins to Holyrood last month. All that and it's not even breakfast time yet... ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • Make Votes Matter – they deserve your support • Want us to rejoin the EU? Enjoy walking in a 'support the cause' sort of way? Well, the National Rejoin March is imminent. Lace up those walking boots. • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK, if you would like to join us there • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Fri, 19 Jun 2026 - 308 - X Marks The Rot
Having spent their formative years being herded into and around the playpen/minefield/information artery that is social media, Britain's youngsters are about to experience a life outside the social media bubble. Or are they? Naomi, Alex and Kenny look in more depth at what's likely to happen to the under-16 social media junkies, as well as what's happened to their counterparts in Oz, which has already been waging war on social media for a few months. There's also the latest – vaguely positive – news from the Strait of Hormuz and the latest – vaguely positive – news about Britain's economy. To help them find their way, they are joined by the utterly wonderful Emma Harrison, CEO of the leading campaign for Proportional Representation, Make Votes Matter. But why no PR discussion, you cry? That's coming up in the next few days :-) ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • Make Votes Matter – they deserve your support • Want us to rejoin the EU? Enjoy walking in a 'support the cause' sort of way? Well, the National Rejoin March is imminent. Lace up those walking boots. • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK, if you would like to join us there • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Thu, 18 Jun 2026 - 307 - Sunday School: They think it's all over... Again
Just how many red cards will Keir Starmer be shown before he actually leaves the pitch? Naomi and Alex ponder the latest Healey brickbats being hurled Sir Keir's way, and look in more detail at the 'defence v welfare' narrative. Plus, if you had a trillon bucks like Elon Musk, what would you do with it? Think Brewster's Millions, but with questionable morals. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • Late night comedy clips on Trump's Big 80 from Desi Lydic on the Daily Show, Late Night with Seth Myers, Jimmy Fallon on the Tonight Show, and Jimmy Kimmel Live • Here is Arthur Snell's Behind The Lines on the Defence Sec resignation • And here is Arthur's substack • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK, if you would like to join us there • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sun, 14 Jun 2026 - 306 - B-SIDE: Peace Off + Healey Resignation
EXTRA! EXTRA! INCLUDES EMERGENCY MINI-EPISODE ON HEALEY RESIGNATION. Trump continues to struggle with Iran despite having 'completely defeated' it, and Putin can't even get petrol to Russian tourists in Crimea. Alex, Naomi and Kenny are joined by our favourite geopolitics expert Arthur Snell for a deep-dive into the latest alpha male chaos unfolding in these conflicts. Plus, announcing the arrival of a brand new regular feature, Old News ... because new news is not always new. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • Here is Arthur's Behind The Lines on the Defence Sec resignation • And here is Arthur's substack • You can support Doctors Without Borders action in Palestine here • El Niño chaos looms ... from the LA Times almost 30 years ago • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK, if you would like to join us there • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Fri, 12 Jun 2026 - 305 - It's A Badenoch Life, For Us
Riots, attacks, police snafus – they can't all be solely the fault of one bit of equalities guidance, can they? Well, if you've listened to Kemi Badenoch, you might be beginning to wonder. Her latest foray into the world of identity politics sees her wanting to scrap the Public Sector Equality Duty as the opening move in a mission to 'restore common sense'. Because, apparently the UK is so post-racial- tension it does not need such rules any longer. And yet, to look at what Claire Hanna MP described as "race-based pogroms" in Belfast this week, would suggest that we are not as evolved as the LoTO suggests quite yet. Naomi, Alex and Kenny have ... thoughts, shall we say. Plus, some colourful Wokey Dokey action and bonus legalese which nobody but Alex understands. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • 'A ready-made pool of recreational rioters' ... That Claire Hannah 2024 bonus episode in full • Support Migrant Centre NI • Help Chuffed support social justice movements • Buy The Checklist Manifesto, by Atul Gawande , in our bookstore • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK, if you would like to join us there • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Thu, 11 Jun 2026 - 304 - Sunday School: Bruising encounters
The spotlight is unforgiving, as both would-be MPs and former royals found this week. Join Naomi and Kenny to pick through the ashes of a somewhat underwhelming BBC Question Time from the Makerfield by-election, where a bunch of candidates with minimal experience performed ... like a bunch of candidates with minimal experience. Elsewhere, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has stumbled, blinking and bruised, back into the media spotlight thanks to some questionable sweetheart property deals. We look at the latest binfire at the House of Windsor. And what does 'Uncensored' even mean these days? As Piers Morgan cashes in with a 'fearless' World Cup podcast, should we stop saying 'uncensored' and start saying 'honking like a stuck goose'? ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • That 'Question Time' sketch from Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse. It's timeless... • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK, if you would like to join us there • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sun, 07 Jun 2026 - 303 - B-SIDE: Labour's difficult second album
Who is Labour for? It is such a fundamental question and one that no one appears to have an answer for. Naomi and Alex welcome the perfect guest in Christabel Cooper, of ThinkLabour, who has written a report on this very topic. From the vagueness of Labour's 2024 offering to its conundrum about chasing votes on the right, there is a lot to discuss. Plus, a Grin And Share It that will hit all the right notes. Hah. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • Grin And Share It (well, sing and share it) • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK, if you would like to join us there • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Fri, 05 Jun 2026 - 302 - The Rage in Farage
The murder of Henry Nowak has raised a great many questions because of the terrible way Henry was treated by police as he lay dying. Henry's family have responded with remarkable dignity to this dreadful affair but the same cannot be said of elements of the political class. Naomi Smith and Alex Andreou look more closely at the politics of rage and, in particular, Nigel Farage's call for public 'rage' and his history of (apparently) trying to whip up anger. They are joined by Christabel Cooper, Director of Research at ThinkLabour and Visiting Fellow at King's College London. Plus, it's the debut of a brand new feature ... God! Less America! Because the US is such a bizarre place these days, some of the maddest stuff goes unreported. Well, not any more! ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • Support the Jo Cox Foundation • The full Farage video from which the post-credit point is taken can be found here • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK, if you would like to join us there • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Thu, 04 Jun 2026 - 301 - Sunday School: No jobs for the boys (or girls)
Youth unemployment is at crisis levels, and we're at the stage where Britain spends more to support jobless young people than it does on education. Naomi and Alex look at the latest NEET figures and Alan Milburn's interim report on youth unemployment, which makes for sobering reading. Plus, as Britain and Poland ink a defence agreement, is Europe building a 'NATO within NATO' defence against Russian aggression and Trumpian vandalism? And, because this is a British show, we discuss the weather and how to survive it. Is it summer? It must be summer. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • Opening clip from Jimmy Kimmel Live, here • Heatwave jokes by Peter Kay, here, and the fabulous Sarah Millican, here • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK, if you would like to join us there • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com • Cover image based on photos by Clem Onojeghuo on Unsplash and Amir Hosseini on Unsplash Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sun, 31 May 2026 - 300 - B-SIDE: From Usk Till Dawn
Welsh politics has been through the electoral tumble dryer of late, but does the rise of Reform and Plaid Cymru's success herald a new beginning, or are circumstances going to clog things up? We are joined by the always-brilliant Will Hayward to look at how things are panning out in Cardiff Bay. Plus, there's a glorious Grin And Share It to help you end the week on a high. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • You can buy Will's books from our bookshop, here • The opening clip is from Rhod Gilbert's tremendous set • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK, if you would like to join us there • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com • Cover image based on a photo by Nick Russill on Unsplash Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Fri, 29 May 2026 - 299 - The Tone Commandments
Nothing says Elder Statesman like dumping publically on your party, its leader and its wannabe leaders in the midst of a crisis and weeks before a series of tricky by-elections. And so to Tony Blair, a man so brim-full of his own wisdom that it took him 5,700 words plus a BBC interview to say Labour and its team is a bit, well, lefty for his liking. Alex, Naomi and Kenny try to tease out the reasons for Blair's bombshell intervention, which comes as fellow New Labour traveller Gordon Brown is drafted in to help Starmer and the other fellow traveller, Peter Mandelson... never mind. Plus the latest on the Tories, Greens, Lib Dems, and goings-on in Scotland, Ireland and Wales. All that and we still managed to do it in fewer than 5,700 words. Probably. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK, if you would like to join us there • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com • Cover image tablet from pngtree.com • Cover image frame by tohamina on Magnific Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Thu, 28 May 2026 - 298 - Sunday School: Immigration home truths
New immigration figures show two noteworthy things: arrivals are down but a lot of voters think arrivals are up. Meanwhile, Andy Burnham says those figures need to come down further – to the chagrin of some in Labour, and also us because he said that after we'd finished recording this episode. Alex and Kenny dig around the data from several sources and try, tentatively, to work out what's going on and why. And, in the week that Rachel Reeves was subjected to some particularly nasty heckling from a Reform supporter – only to have Nigel '£5million Security Donation' Farage offer to buy the heckelr a pint – they ask where the line should be drawn when it comes to public-politician interactions. Plus, burnout has been thrust into the spotlight by Greens MP Carla Denyer announcing she's taking a break. But what is it, what are the symptoms and what can you do about it? ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • The stand-up at the start of the episode is Radu Isac • Burnout – info and advice • Burnout – the 42% rule • Latest net migration figures • British Future survey on migration perceptions • Alex Andreou's Podyssey ... look out for Sisyphus • Behind The Lines ... BH Monday 'naughty prince' content • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK, if you would like to join us there • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com • Cover image based on photo by chris robert on Unsplash Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sun, 24 May 2026 - 297 - B-SIDE: Two State Dilution - why Palestine needs your voice
Welcome to our first ever B-SIDE, a bonus for our fans when the midweek and Sunday episodes simply aren't enough :-) This week, Naomi, Alex and Kenny are talking with Lib Dem MP Layla Moran – the first MP of Palestinian descent, the first pansexual MP and a new-ish mum as well. The Palestinian crisis is personal for Layla, and she's the perfect guest to help us get under the skin of what's actually going on in Gaza and the West Bank right now. Settlements, two-state solution shenanigans and the need for Britain to properly acknowledge its historical role in the crisis ... all are touched upon, as is Layla's personal journey when it comes to campaigning for a just and peaceful end to all of this. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • The Philadelphia (green) story – Grin And Share It! • Find out more about Standing Together, working to build a majority within Israeli society that supports peace, equality and justice • What is Israel's E1 settlement? • Urge your MP to ban trade with illegal settlements • Watch Palestine 36 on Apple or Amazon • Get Policy of Deceit from our bookshop • Get A Line In The Sand from our bookshop • We have put together a brand new BLUESKY STARTER PACK, if you would like to join us there. • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com. • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com. Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Fri, 22 May 2026 - 296 - Terminal decline: Has Britain forgotten how to build big?
From HS2 to Heathrow 3, via housing 101: what is going on with big building projects in Britain? Naomi, Alex and Kenny look at how Britain has been building trouble for itself – with top-drawer insight from Lib Dem MP and all-Parliamentary history-maker MP Layla Moran. And Layla brings her unique insight into the many issues surrounding Palestine and Palestinians – she really is must-listen. Plus your regular menu of smiles and happiness :-) ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • The Philadelphia (green) story – Grin And Share It! • Find out more about Standing Together, working to build a majority within Israeli society that supports peace, equality and justice • What is Israel's E1 settlement? • Urge your MP to ban trade with illegal settlements • Watch Palestine 36 on Apple or Amazon • Get Policy of Deceit from our bookshop • Get A Line In The Sand from our bookshop • We have put together a brand new BLUESKY STARTER PACK, if you would like to join us there. • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com. • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com. Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Thu, 21 May 2026 - 295 - Sunday School: A Kingmakerfield by-election
The next PM may be decided in a by-election near Wigan. That could be problematic for both the voters of Makerfield and the electorate at large. Naomi Smith and Kenny Campbell look at what the Burnham drama could mean for Britain as a whole, as national and local politics collide in Labour's latest psychodrama. Talking of local politics, they also venture to Worcestershire, where a rainbow coalition has formed to sideline some (allegedly) useless Reform councillors ... much to the chagrin of Conservative Central Office. And, in an attempt to escape the 'localm' for a few minutes, they pick some holidays ... that they wouldn never go on. Very Quiet Riot, that one. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • That excellent Substack on Farage's millions by David Howarth https://drhow.substack.com/p/farages-5-million?triedRedirect=true • The elections report from Make Votes Matter • Alex's fabulous Podyssey series • Arthur Snell's Syrian deep-dive on Behind The Lines • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sun, 17 May 2026 - 294 - The Cling Speech
Political psychodrama heaped on top of political drama. Well, sort of. The psychodrama of the Labour leadership battle is real, whether we want another short-term PM or not. Naomi, Alex and Kenny pretend to hate the drama and then get sucked into the socialist-ish soap opera that's captivating Westminster. And then there's the King's Speech, which is legislatively significant but ... well, wouldn't it be more fun to find out what WE would do if we got the keys to No.10? Plus a properly uplifting Grin And Share It, some ranting about uncouth journalists and random sandwich news. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • Saving lives with rubble – this week's Grin And Share It • Alex's fabulous Podyssey series • Arthur Snell's Syrian deep-dive on Behind The Lines • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Thu, 14 May 2026 - 293 - Sunday School: Worst Past The Post
***SIGN UP FOR OUR ASK-US-ANYTHING ELECTION SPECIAL LIVE ZOOM ON TUESDAY 12 MAY 2026, 1PM, AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Naomi Smith and Alex Andreou discuss the results of this week's round of elections and find that, underneath the single narrative of Nigel Farage's inevitability as Britain's next PM, which all media seems to have decided on, there is a lot which points the opposite way. And some stories of historic significance, that will be remembered long after much of the froth is forgotten • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sun, 10 May 2026 - 292 - Midnight Mass: From Landslide to Mudslide
In the iconic words from A Streetcar Named Desire "we've had this date with each other from the beginning!" For nearly half of Labour’s 20 months in power, it has been said that this set of local elections would mark Starmer’s last throw of the dice. With results still coming in, it is difficult to analyse precise voter movements, but patterns are certainly beginning to emerge. To discuss the results so far, Alex Andreou has a midnight cuppa and a chat with Quiet Riot favourite and Guardian columnist Zoe Williams. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • You can listen to Alex's new Podyssey Storytime, on Arachne the Spider Woman, here. And don't miss his Bank Holiday Monday episode on Sisyphus. • Listen to Arthur Snell's latest Behind The Lines on Iran here. • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK, with all our regular contributors and many more interesting politicos besides • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sat, 09 May 2026 - 291 - Farage's millions: Nothin' to see here guv
Have £5million guv. It's a present, tax free, no strings attached. Yet again, questions arise over Farage's finances, this time after yet another huge wad makes its way from a crypto billionaire into Nigel's orbit – actually straight into his wallet, according to Farage himself. Naomi Smith and Kenny Campbell ask wtf is going on with right wing political funding in particular, and the rules around political funding in general. Plus, they are joined by Substack supremo and QR fave Sam Freedman for a deep dive into the mysterious world of the 'median' voter. What do we actually know about the millions of voters in the political centre ground? Well, a bit more thanks to Sam's spade-work. All that plus woke pub etiquette and a must-visit restaurant... ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • Sam's Substack is consistently ace • Support Byline Times • 130 Primrose, the new restaurant with a caring twist • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK, with all our regular contributors and many more interesting politicos besides • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Thu, 07 May 2026 - 290 - Sunday School: The heat is on
This week's Golders Green attack resurfaced some deeply disturbing prejudices and raised the political temperature too. Alex and Kenny look at the facts as they stand and analyse the political reaction to a tinderbox issue. And, with temperatures rising literally as well as metaphorically, they turn their attention to the looming El Niño impact, and ask if hotter summers make for violent protests. Plus Angela Rayner has a pint and gets hammered (by the press). Is it because she's (insert own theory here). nb answer is probably Yes. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • If you or someone you know is struggling with alcohol issues, Drinkaware can help • Climate clip from 'The Day The Earth Caught Fire' • You can listen to Alex's new Podyssey Storytime, on Arachne the Spider Woman, here. And don't miss his Bank Holiday Monday episode on Sisyphus. • Listen to Arthur Snell's latest Behind The Lines on Iran here. • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK, with all our regular contributors and many more interesting politicos besides • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sun, 03 May 2026 - 289 - Premature Elation; The US midterms are NOT a done deal
The stakes are too high to allow even a hint of complacency to creep into our thinking about the upcoming US 2026 midterm elections. This is one of the most powerful and malicious administrations in US history - the same lot who tried to overrun the Capitol in order to overturn the 2020 result. To treat them as an inert substance that will not fight tooth and claw is naive and dangerous. The chaos and confusion sown daily by Trump acts as a screen, behind which the wider project is eating away at any notion of free and fair elections.Alex Andreou invites data scientist Professor Christina Pagel to discuss all the ways in which the Trump administration is trying to rig that existential election - from blatant gerrymandering and voter suppression, to more subtle legal strategies, media and corporate control, and the erosion of democratic norms ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • Find out more about the Trump Action Tracker. • Check out Christina's substack. • You can listen to Alex's new Podyssey Storytime, on Arachne the Spider Woman, here. • Listen to Arthur's latest Behind The Lines on Iran here. • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK, with all our regular contributors and many more interesting politicos besides • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Fri, 01 May 2026 - 288 - The Windsor Takes It All
The King and Ay, ay, ay... One (the royal One) flew over the cuckoo's nest ... Windsors and losers ... too many ways to describe what happened in Washington this week when genuine royalty met wannabe royalty. Join Naomi, Alex and Kenny for a diplomatic murder mystery carried out in the full glare of media lights to find out who got murdered and who... dunnit. PLUS those pesky local/regional/national (delete as appropriate) elections are almost upon us, so who better than political diviner and More In Common big cheese Luke Tryl to help us make sense of the pre-poll gossip and data. For hardcore listeners, there's the usual fix of Grin And Share It. And ... possibly peak Wokey Dokey. Phew. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • Luke's new podcast - The Opinion Brief! • More information about Democrats Abroad • C-SPAN, if you don't know it already... • Canada cracks open its doors a little wider • Opening clip fron the (very topical) Jimmy Kimmel monologue. • Full clip of Beth Rigby talking to Zack Polanski here. • CNN legal and security experts react to Comey indictment. • You can listen to Alex's new Podyssey Storytime, on Arachne the Spider Woman, here. • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK, with all our regular contributors and many more interesting politicos besides • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Thu, 30 Apr 2026 - 287 - What next for the assisted dying debate?
When illness makes life unbearable, should we be permitted – and helped – to end our time in this place on our own terms? Last year on this podcast, we spoke to Andrew Copson, Chief Executive of Humanists UK, about the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. On Friday the 24th of April, the bill officially ran out of parliamentary time. Undone not by elected MPs, a vote against it, or lack of public support, but by a filibuster organised by a handful of unelected peers. CALLS TO ACTION The parliamentary petition to stop Lords from denying democracy via delay can be found here. Find out more about the Humanist movement here. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** You can listen to Alex's new Podyssey Storytime, on Arachne the Spider Woman, here. • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK, with all our regular contributors and many more interesting politicos besides • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Tue, 28 Apr 2026 - 286 - Sunday School: Hobson's choice (or the illusion of our freedom)
Food, fuel, political parties ... it can feel like we've never had so much choice. But how much choice do we REALLY have? Naomi and Kenny ask whether the modern world gives us choice on one level ... only to utterly deny it on other levels. And, talking of choice, they look at Ed Miliband's big policy speech on green energy, ask what it all means and wonder if it's time to stop calling it 'green' energy. Plus ... building a Cabinet from podcasters and YouTubers. Who would you put in and why? nb may contain traces of Alex Andreou. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • Don't forget Alex's remarkable Podyssey is HERE – and listen out for his new Podyssey Storytime, launching this weekend with shorter nuggets from Greek mythology. First up... Arachne, the original Spider Woman! • A couple of those YouTubers we put in our Cabinet: Coffee god James Hoffman and music geek/grump (depending which episodes you watch) Andy Edwards • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK, with all our regular contributors and many more interesting politicos besides • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com • Cover image based on a photo by Amin Zabardast on Unsplash Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sun, 26 Apr 2026 - 285 - That Man and Robbins
Keeping up with the Starmer-Mandelson-Robbins scandal is like juggling spaghetti, soggy spaghetti at that, but we're here for the challenge. Naomi, Alex and Kenny pick apart this week's remarkable developments in a saga that has cost two of the main players their jobs ... and may well consign the third player to an early bath too. What happened, what happens next and who's to blame? And what do shop tills and Jim Hacker have to do with it? And we turn our gaze back to the Strait of Hormuz, where a not-quite-ceasefire is heating up economies globally while world leaders wonder how long it will be before the inflation frog in their domestic pot croaks, and not in a good way. Plus some NHS Wokey Dokeyness and a glass of green whisky. Trebles all round... ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • The pre-show clip comes from that Yes, Prime Minister that Kenny just about remembered from the last century • Arthur Snell's insightful Behind The Lines pod on Cuba • Help fight corruption worldwide with Transparency International UK • Green whisky? Get some down you here • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK, with all our regular contributors and many more interesting politicos besides • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Thu, 23 Apr 2026 - 284 - Sunday School: JOIN VENTURE - The path back to EU membership
Naomi Smith and Alex Andreou discuss the UK's back to full EU membership, after a new Report by Best for Britain found it is the smart option for the government in every way - economic, security, or political. Also, why is the BBC channeling energy and resources to undercover investigation of the asylum system, when it is anything but under-covered? Finally, as sequels, prequels, franchises, remakes, and reboots dominate this year's CinemaCon, we ask: Have all the stories been told? ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • Alex's latest Podyssey ep, featuring flying penises! • The pre-show clip is from The Late Show with Stephen Colbert • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK, with all our regular contributors and many more interesting politicos besides • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sun, 19 Apr 2026 - 283 - Block, stock and two million smoking barrels
Who's blockading the Strait of Hormuz today? Iran? Donny From The Block? The Fake News Media? Naomi, Alex and Kenny look at the winners (yes, there appear to be some) and losers (everybody else) from Trump's ongoing Middle-East distraction. And they are joined by Andrew Ryder – a British political scientist who has made Hungary his home and teaches politics at the Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest – to talk through that truly remarkable election result in Hungary. Plus a particularly fine Wokeydokey and some literal p*ss-taking as a Grin And Share It. This show definitely has the best wee treats. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • Get Andrew Ryder's book Britain And Europe At A Crossroads in our bookshop • Watch The Librarians HERE and find out more HERE • Support the Hungary LGBT Alliance • Wees for trees • Join Best for Britain to get a heads-up on Naomi's big announcement • The opening clip is from The Late Show with Stephen Cobert • Alex's latest Podyssey ep, featuring a load of bullocks • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK, with all our regular contributors and many more interesting politicos besides • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com • Just how thorough are our show notes, huh??? Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Fri, 17 Apr 2026 - 282 - Scotland special: A Holyrood ghost story
The May elections are now mere weeks away and, in Scotland, there's a fascinating battle developing for second place. Not that the SNP can take a majority for granted, but the real action is between Labour, Reform ... and possibly the Greens. Kenny Campbel is Joined by the Telegraph's man in Scotland, Jacob Freedland, to roor around behind the scenes of Scotland's politics. As well as at least one ghost, there's an agitated Reform supporter, a shocker of a revelation about Labour's social media spending... and some honey from the bees of Holyrood. They's almost as busy as us :-) ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • The latest Ipsos polling • ...and those YouGov figures too • Alex's latest Podyssey ep, featuring a load of bullocks • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK, with all our regular contributors and many more interesting politicos besides • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mon, 13 Apr 2026 - 281 - Sunday School: For whom the Mel trolls
Look, we're STILL trying to work out what Melania's plan was with that WTF speech this week. Plan, did we say? Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell give miserable Mel's bizarre intervention their best shot and, for the adults in the audience, try to make sense of that other Trumpian mystery of the week, the cease fire that no one in the White House seems to have read before agreeing to it. Back in Blighty, it's less than a month to the May 7th electoral jamboree and a chance to talk about proper politics: pot holes, hospitals and the rise of nutcase right wing politics over here too. All that plus AI hallucinations, moths and actual congress with a bull. Don't say you weren't warned. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • Alex's latest Podyssey ep, featuring a load of bullocks • The pre-show clip is from last night's SNL UK "cold open" • More on that mad Scandi AI experiment • ...and the Canadian chatbot weirdness • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK, with all our regular contributors and many more interesting politicos besides • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com PS We only used the clip from 'Allo 'Allo because Kenny's accent is weirder than anything comedy could create... Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sun, 12 Apr 2026 - 280 - I came, I saw, Iran away: How not to fight a war
One minute, it's Armageddon and profanity; the next, it's back to the clown show and Trump's biggest TACO yet. Naomi, Alex and Kenny are joined by QR favourite Arthur Snell to rake through the ashes of Trump's Iranian dumpster fire, and try to make sense of a blisteringly bleak week in the annals of US foreign policy. The yellow streak that runs though Trump hasn't stopped him declaring victory, of course, but who is really coming out on top? And what does it mean for all of us? Plus, there's drama building in Hungary – is Orban, the European lapdog of both Putin and Trump, really facing a landslide defeat? Or should we perhaps manage our expectations ahead of the looming election? And we've got TWO – count 'em – Grin And Share Its because we really need some good news this week, don't we? ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • More from our opening Jimmy Kimmel Live clip • Help Smart Medical Aid for Ukraine if you can. • Help Medecins Sans Frontiers in Gaza and the wider Middle East. • GASI #1: The Springburn ruin resurrected • GASI #2: Sun power lights up Greece • Our guest Arthur Snell's book, Elemental, is available at our bookshop here • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK, with all our regular contributors and many more interesting politicos besides • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Thu, 09 Apr 2026 - 279 - Sunday School: Choc and awe
Brace for betrayal, resurrection and chocolate in our Easter special! Naomi Smith and Kenny Campbell examine the Judas Factor in politics, and then dive into that other great seasonal topic: the soaring price of Easter eggs. All that plus the Wokeydokey we had to hold over from our midweek shows with Baroness Ayesha Hazarika, because there was too much other stuff to talk about. Happy Easter y'all! ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • Rage at the price of chocolate treats with the help of the Freddo Index • Our podcast pal Arthur Snell's new climate book, Elemental, is available at our bookshop here • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK, with all our regular contributors and many more interesting politicos besides • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sun, 05 Apr 2026 - 278 - Eureka Hazarika special – Part 2: Memoirs of a newly-minted peer
Welcome to the second part of our fabulous bank holiday two-parter with Baroness Ayesha Hazarika. What does becoming a peer actually feel like? How should we reform the upper chamber? And will our friendly Baroness give us any juicy insights from behind those woolsacks? If you missed the first part of this two-parter, why not pause this one and go back to hear Ayesha's views on Trump's latest Iranian-adjacent madness, plus Labour's growing gravitation towards Europe – and we ask what the party can do to prepare us all for some expected hard times ahead. Also, we answer the question that our subscriber Sarah was midway through when our latest Ask Us Anything session timed out! Have a lovely Easter weekend xxx ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • To be the first to hear about Best for Britain's exciting new Europe announcement, sign up here. It's free (though donations are always welcome!) • Our podcast pal Arthur Snell's new climate book, Elemental, is available at our bookshop here • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK, with all our regular contributors and many more interesting politicos besides • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Fri, 03 Apr 2026 - 277 - Eureka Hazarika special – Part 1: Labour finally chooses Europe
Our fabulous bank holiday two-parter with Baroness Ayesha Hazarika kicks off with (of course) Trump's latest Iranian-adjacent madness. And we utter a modest hurrah as Labour starts to move publically towards Europe – and ask what the party can do to prepare us all for some expected hard times ahead. Also, we answer the question that our subscriber Sarah was midway through when our latest Ask Us Anything session timed out! Don't miss Part 2 of this special, uploading imminently, featuring Ayesha's insights from her first couple of years in the House of Lords, ideas for reforming the upper chamber, plus a discussion on disinformation and the state of our media. Happy Easter y'all! ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • To be the first to hear about Best for Britain's exciting new Europe announcement, sign up here. It's free (though donations are always welcome!) • Our podcast pal Arthur Snell's new climate book, Elemental, is available at our bookshop here • Tim Bales book on how the Tories have changed is available at our bookshop here. • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK, with all our regular contributors and many more interesting politicos besides • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Thu, 02 Apr 2026 - 276 - Sunday School: CTRL-ALT-DECEIT Truth in the Age of Disinformation
Alex Andreou and Naomi Smith discuss a parliamentary report on disinformation, in the light of news that the BBC has chosen a former Google executive as its new boss. And - as promised - they bring you our research into party membership in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, to supplement QR's midweek deep dive. Finally, can you tell Prank from Frank? Alex and Naomi test each other with far fetched headlines, some of which are April Fools and some of which are all too real. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • Naomi's choice for most informative video on disinformation is here. • Read the Foreign Affairs Committee's report on Disinformation here. • Carole Cadwalladr's piece on the new BBC boss is here. • Visit Northern Ireland's data resource ARK here. • Watch the full BBC Spaghetti Harvest prank here. • Don't forget our podcast chum Arthur Snell's new climate book, Elemental, is available at our bookshop here • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK, with all our regular contributors and many more interesting politicos besides • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sun, 29 Mar 2026 - 275 - QR Special: The cruelty of Long Covid
How would you feel about a medical examination that was designed to make you faint? What about having to instal soundproof doors and blinds, because noise and light can bring on seizures? Welcome to the world of the Long Covid patient – and there are millions of them. Six years since the first Covid lockdown, humans have become relatively blasé about the disease. But it has cast a crippling shadow over a great many lives. Long Covid doesn't just leave its victims physically exhausted: the impacts are mental, emotional, economic, social and brutal. Worse still, Long Covid is not well understood and, as a result, treatments are sadly lacking. And it can come with a stigma – like other debilitating illnesses, patients often don't get taken seriously. Kenny Campbell is joined by Claire Higham, who has Long Covid and campaigns for a better understanding of this cruel condition, to find out more about how it wrecks lives, what's being done to combat it and why it isn't making bigger headlines. It's both fascinating and disturbing but, for patients and their loved ones, it can be an appalling brake on their lives – one that many never recover from. Also, a small correction to a figure raised in the show – Germany is dedicating €50m per year for ten years (half a billion over a decade) towards research into MECFS and other infection-associated chronic conditions. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • #LongCovidAwareness ... find out more about Long Covid at... - NHS - MEpedia - Long Covid Advocacy - Long Covid Physio - Open Medicine Foundation - Bateman Horne Centre - Long Covid Justice - ME Scandal Explainer - The Tangled Story - Severe ME - First Do No Harm - Ed Yong - Madeline Miller - The Sick Times • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK, with all our regular contributors and many interesting politicos besides. • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com • Cover composite images by CDC on Unsplash and xadartstudio on Freepik Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sat, 28 Mar 2026 - 274 - Hormuz it or Lose it: A global economic crisis, made in Washington
As the US keeps 'negotiating with itself' (Iran's words...) we ask tentatively what impact the ongoing conflict will have on our wallets, purses and digital wealth stores. Plus, a look at new research revealing perhaps too much about the sort of people who are actual *members* of a political party. Spoiier alert: they're outnumbered handsomely by the number of criminals out there, not that there's any link between politics and crime of course. No siree. And, of course, Naomi, Alex and Kenny bring you your regular prescription of glee courtesy of Wokey Dokey, and Grin And Share It. What's not to like :-) ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • Everything you wanted to know about political geeks (ie party members) but were afraid to ask • Green And Share It (ho-ho): The Hampshire Hedge • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK, with all our regular contributors and many interesting politicos besides. • Today's opening comedy clip is from The Daily Show. • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Thu, 26 Mar 2026 - 273 - A righteous kind of anger: WALES SPECIAL with Will Hayward
For this bonus episode, award winning journalist, writer and podcaster Will Hayward joins Naomi Smith to break down all you need to know about the forthcoming Senedd elections, as well as his brilliant new book, "Who Cares About Wales?" As well as discussing the current fortunes of Plaid, Reform, Labour, Conservatives, Greens and Lib Dems, you’ll also find out Farage’s thoughts on the “foreign” Welsh language and why the new PR voting system might prove an own goal for Labour. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Grab Will’s excellent new book "Who Cares About Wales" from our bookshop. Follow Will Hayward's substack here. Find out more about the Taith Scheme here. We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK, with all our regular contributors and many interesting politicos besides. Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Mon, 23 Mar 2026 - 272 - Sunday School: Trump's Iranian Taco - with a Farage Cameo
War? What war? As missiles continue to whizz around the Middle East and the global economy continues to sweat as a result, Trump looks to be planning his exit from that Iranian adventure. Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell look at the latest, and wonder if US plans to de-escalate the conflict will be as well thought through as its plans to escalate were in the first place. And, away from the madness of Trumpworld, they also look at the (sort of) madness that is featuring in upcoming elections in both Hungary and Denmark. This part may feature extreme pig breeding. Finally, by way of sanity, they have a look at Nigel Farage's video request money-making venture in which he accidentally appears to support Canadian Neo-Nazis, amongst other lovely things. As you do. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • Opening clip from SNL cold open here. • Don't forget our podcast chum Arthur Snell's new climate book, Elemental, is available at our bookshop here • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK, with all our regular contributors and many more interesting politicos besides • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com • Original oil photo by A. C. on Unsplash Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sun, 22 Mar 2026 - 271 - With Europe we stand: Foreign policy special with Anneliese Dodds
As the UK and Europe push back on Trump's overseas adventures, Naomi Smith and Alex Andreou are joined by MP for Oxford East, Dame Anneliese Dodds, to look at the Iran latest, the Ukraine defence partnership, and the government's pivot towards the EU. Starmer is, for once, in tune with the public mood. Can foreign policy repair his domestic reputation? Plus, we talk overseas aid (or the lack of it) with Anneliese who resigned her cabinet position in International Development over aid cuts, and is also Chair of the Sudan and South Sudan parliamentary group. And, despite that packed agenda, we've still got time for a bit of Wokey Dokey action ... and some surprising news about yoyo dieting. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • Follow Women4Sudan on LinkedIn, Instagram, or the Women for Women account on Bluesky. And here is the Women4Sudan website. • Stephen Colbert's sharp take on Trump's 'fun' bombing. (Thanks to listener Julia for suggesting, at our recent editorial meeting for subscribers, that we include a link to the source of the pre-show comedy clip.) • More of that Rachel Reeves speech here • Anneliese's speech on protecting civilians in Sudan • Yoyo dieting ... maybe it's not all bad news • Don't forget our pod buddy Arthur Snell's new climate book, Elemental, is available at our bookshop here • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK, with all our regular contributors and many more interesting politicos besides • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Thu, 19 Mar 2026 - 270 - Sunday School: Sinday School
Brace yourselves for an episode with a particularly adult feel... fret not, it's still Quiet Riot. Naomi Smith and Kenny Campbell start with the latest on Mandelson, and the never-ending political fallout from his relationship with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Then they turn their gaze to the Government's muddle over pornography – specifically, the row over whether content representing incest pornography should be banned while step-incest pornography is left legal. How on earth did we get to this point? And, to complete a trio of grown-up topics, they look at the somewhat disturbing news that ReformUK wants a say in your bedroom habits. Put that away now Nigel dear, I've got a throbbing headache. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • That UK-Trump drug deal mystery ... write to your MP with Best for Britain's help here • Our pod buddy Arthur Snell's new book, Elemental, featured in our Thursday show ... Get it at our bookshop here • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK, with all our regular contributors and many more interesting politicos besides • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sun, 15 Mar 2026 - 269 - Dud's Army; A review of Reform UK in local government
As Nigel Farage gets Reform's local election campaign under way, we look at how his existing platoon of local representatives is doing (nb may involve the odd shambles). Plus, Naomi Smith and Alex Andreou are joined by Quiet Riot's favourite geopolitics titan, Arthur Snell, to discuss the new geography of climate change – which just happens to be the subject of his brand new book, Elemental (buy it below). ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • Arthur's new book, Elemental, is a must-read. Get it at our bookshop here. • Check out Best for Britain's Reform Defection Tracker • Britain's groundbreaking geothermal powerplant • Vidura Bandara Rajapaksa's proposal for renaming the "Global South" • James O'Brien and Henry Riley's report on Reform council "savings" • We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK, with all our regular contributors and many more interesting politicos besides. • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com. • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com. Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Thu, 12 Mar 2026 - 268 - Sunday School: Mahmood Music
Naomi Smith & Alex Andreou take a good look at whether Labour's new immigration and asylum reform proposals make sense - in terms of either policy or politics. And... As Kirsti Noem becomes the first fallen of Trump's Glorious Revolution 2.0, is this a one-off or has a rubicon been crossed? Plus... What are the series you know you MUST binge, but just haven't got round to yet? ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Opening clip from The Late Show with Steven Colbert. Closing Markwayne Mullin compilation from Jimmy Kimmel Live! (Enjoy, Julia!) We have put together a BLUESKY STARTER PACK, with all our regular contributors and many more interesting politicos besides. • Read good stuff! Visit our bookshop here. • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com. • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com. Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sun, 08 Mar 2026 - 267 - It never rains...
A spring budget statement in the middle of a global meltdown. Can it make sense even a little bit? Well, possibly. Our guest is someone who really can get under the skin of these issues – uber-economist and author Vicky Pryce. Join Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell to find out (possibly) if Trump's Iranian adventure has rendered Rachel Reeves' Spring Statement redundant. And what of the Middle East meltdown? Can anybody make any sense of what is going on? ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • Read fabulous stuff, expand your brain! Also ... GET VICKY'S NEW BOOK HERE. Pay attention to the New Economics Foundation Come on in ... our BLUESKY STARTER PACK will help you find your feet in the politer social media sphere... • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com. • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com. Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Thu, 05 Mar 2026 - 266 - Sunday School: One thing after another
Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell peer into the developing situation in Iran and the Middle East and try to glean if there is any longterm strategy or just a throwing of the dice. They also look at the Gorton & Denton by-election result and the reaction to it, to assess what its lessons might be and whether anyone at all is interested in learning them. Also Alex gets quite angry. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** We have put together a brand new BLUESKY STARTER PACK, if you would like to join us there. • Read good stuff! Visit our bookshop here. • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com. • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com. Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sun, 01 Mar 2026 - 265 - By-election curious
Political geeks rejoice – it's a by-election week AND we've got polling god Peter Kellner in da house to talk predictions and implications. Join Naomi Smith and Kenny Campbell as they dig through the last-minute 'what ifs' of Gorton & Denton. And they look ahead to the May elections too, ask whether Reform has peaked too soon and try to make sense of a fabulously chaotic political landscape in all corners of the country. What's not to like! ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** SHOW NOTES • That YouGov Scottish polling AND the headlines from the More In Common polling too • This week's runners and riders in Gorton & Denton • Grin And Share It – restorative justice works • Check out our BLUESKY STARTER PACK, if you would like to join us there (hint: you very much would). Come on in, the water's lovely and blue. • Word up! Visit our bookshop here • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com • Cover image based on an original photo by Samuel Regan-Asante on Unsplash • Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Wed, 25 Feb 2026 - 264 - Sunday School: Royal flush
A royal scandal for the ages ... but how much worse could the Mountbatten-Windsor meltdown get for the Royal Family? Spoiler: very. Join Naomi Smith and Kenny Campbell for a particularly heavyweight Sunday School, featuring not just constitutional bedlam but potential chaos in the looming Gorton and Denton by-election. And there's the small matter of Trump, Iran and those pesky US airbases on British territory... ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** SHOW NOTES • That YouGov by-election poll in full • Check out our BLUESKY STARTER PACK, if you would like to join us there (hint: you very much would). Come on in, the water's lovely and blue. • Word up! Visit our bookshop here • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sun, 22 Feb 2026 - 263 - The Shadow Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
As the real world is sweating over unemployment figures, especially among younger people, Farage unveils a 'shadow cabinet' that is nothing of the sort, and appears to have no solutions. Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell dive into the figures, and look at the broader economic outlook too – will lower inflation come to the rescue? ALSO, looking at the government's High Court defeat in the Palestine Action Group case, is it ime to reevaluate the balance between free speech and terrorist legislation? All that plus some Wokey Dokey action and a bleeding good Grin And Share It. You're welcome. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** SHOW NOTES Support Rise Up and help disadvantaged young people on to the employment ladder That blood clotting breakthrough that could save thousands Wokery at Queens Uni Belfast • Check out our BLUESKY STARTER PACK, if you would like to join us there (hint: you very much would). Come on in, the water's lovely and blue. • Word up! Visit our bookshop here • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Thu, 19 Feb 2026 - 262 - Sunday School: Colonised by Ignorance
Britain is making its strongest pivot yet towards Europe, with a suggested Defence Union that seems to go well beyond defence. Sir Jim Ratcliffe soils himself in public and only sort of apologises to anyone whose nose is "too sensitive". And Nigel Farage, the most flexible worker of all, has a hissy fit about flexible working. Alex Andreou and Naomi Smith discuss what needs discussing and ridicule what needs ridiculing. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • Check out our BLUESKY STARTER PACK, if you would like to join us there. Come on in, the water's lovely and blue. • Word! Visit our bookshop here • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sun, 15 Feb 2026 - 261 - Keir today, gone tomorrow?
What was it really like in THAT meeting between Starmer and his MPs? And what next for the embattled PM? Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell are joined by Loughborough MP Jeevun Sandher to get an insider's view of a remarkable few days of politicking. Plus, what makes us British? Pubs? Shared wartime sacrifice? And what if you're a Celt? And there are llamas. Yes, you read that right. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • With an Elections Bill incoming, a reminder of how to contact your MP and make your views on our electoral system known • More on that llama drama • Check out our BLUESKY STARTER PACK, if you would like to join us there. Come on in, the water's lovely and blue. • Word! Visit our bookshop here • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Thu, 12 Feb 2026 - 260 - Sunday School: Fash cash splash
Roll up, roll up for MAGA money ... if you're a bit far right and based in Europe, at least. The US State Dept is planning to fund MAGA-aligned organisations throughout Europe in a ramping up of the culture wars, if new reports are accurate. Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell consider what on earth could go wrong with Uncle Sam's deep pockets being emptied into the coffers of far righters in the EU and UK. And they ask what the Epstein scandal looks like from the victims' viewpoints, as Gordon Brown weighs in with calls for big changes to address some of the issues Epstein has surfaced. Plus, penis-based lols from the Olympics. Yeah, NOW you're interested. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** • Check out our BLUESKY STARTER PACK, if you would like to join us there. Come on in, the water's lovely and blue. • Word! Visit our bookshop here • Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com • Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production. ***SPONSOR US AT KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD*** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sun, 08 Feb 2026
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