Any Stupid Questions?

Ever feel like you missed something important when it comes to the news? A fact, a detail, or an event that it feels like everyone else knows about, and now you'd look like a moron if you asked someone to explain? Well, here's a podcast that will ask those questions so you don't have to.

We've decided to do two 2019 UK General Election specials. In this one, Danielle Ward is joined comedians Sooz Kempner (Mystery On The Rox podcast) and Nat Tapley (Date Fight podcast), to ask questions about the coverage of the campaign to former Labour party political advisor, Tom Hamilton.

Questions asked and answered include:

• Is it more important to knock on doors or go on TV?
• Do people really care who their MP is?
• Where has Jacob Rees-Mogg gone?
• Would Jeremy Corbyn win a majority if he ran a Tony Blair-style campaign?
• With just a week to go, can ChangeUK The Independent Group For Change win a majority?

....so if you've sort of been guessing the answers based on a gut feeling, why not listen and find out for sure? And then subscribe to stay equally informed about other issues, as we get around to them.

All our guests are on Twitter, so go and say hello - @SoozUK, @Natt and @thhamilton, and Danielle is @captainward. The show itself now has a Twitter account: @AnyStupidQs. Follow it for information about upcoming episodes, recordings, and extra bits of the show that had to be cut for any reason, and to shout at us for any bits in this week's show that we got wrong.

Produced by Ed Morrish (@edmorrish)

Music from www.akmmusic.co.uk

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Ever feel like you missed something important when it comes to the news? A fact, a detail, or an event that it feels like everyone else knows about, and now you'd look like a moron if you asked someone to explain? Well, here's a podcast that will ask those questions so you don't have to.

This week Danielle Ward is joined by Nicole Badstuber, who researches and writes about transport policy, to explain how trains work in the UK or, more to the point, why they don't. Danielle is joined by comedy writers Sarah Morgan (Wilsons Save The World, Not Going Out, The Fear) and Joel Morris (The Ladybird Books for Grown-Ups, Rule of Three, Philomena Cunk).

Questions asked and answered include:

• Why are the trains so buggered?
• What's stopping someone from starting a new rail service?
• Why are trains given more attention than buses?
• Can you flush the toilet while the train is in the station?

....so if you've sort of been guessing the answers based on a gut feeling, why not listen and find out for sure? And then subscribe to stay equally informed about other issues, as we get around to them.

All our guests are on Twitter, so go and say hello - @sarahlmorgan, @gralefrit and @nicolebadstuber, and Danielle is @captainward. The show itself now has a Twitter account: @AnyStupidQs. Follow it for information about upcoming episodes, recordings, and extra bits of the show that had to be cut for any reason.

Produced by Ed Morrish (@edmorrish)

Music from www.akmmusic.co.uk

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ever feel like you missed something important when it comes to the news? A fact, a detail, or an event that it feels like everyone else knows about, and now you'd look like a moron if you asked someone to explain? Well, here's a podcast that will ask those questions so you don't have to.

This week Danielle Ward is away, so Carrie Quinlan sits in as Rick Muir, director of the Police Foundation, explains the police. Carrie is joined by comedians Gareth Gwynn (Gareth Gwynn's Alternative Archive) and Olivia Lee (Frank).

Questions asked and answered include:

• What's crime are you most likely to get away with?
• When's the best time to commit a crime if you don't want to get caught?
• Do detectives in real life have partners who they love to hate?
• What's the most realistic police drama on TV?

....so if you've sort of been guessing the answers based on a gut feeling, why not listen and find out for sure? And then subscribe to stay equally informed about other issues, as we get around to them.

All our guests are on Twitter, so go and say hello - @garethgwynn, @olivialee7 and @RickMuir1, and Carrie is @quinlan_carrie. The show itself now has a Twitter account: @AnyStupidQs. Follow it for information about upcoming episodes, recordings, and extra bits of the show that had to be cut for any reason.

Produced by Ed Morrish (@edmorrish)

Music from www.akmmusic.co.uk

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ever feel like you missed something important when it comes to the news? A fact, a detail, or an event that it feels like everyone else knows about, and now you'd look like a moron if you asked someone to explain? Well, here's a podcast that will ask those questions so you don't have to.

This week Danielle Ward gets elections explained to her by Lewis Baston, a political journalist and author formerly of the Electoral Reform Society. Danielle is joined by comedy writers Sarah Morgan (Wilsons Save The World, The Fear) and Joel Morris (Philomena Cunk, The Ladybird Books For Grownups).

Questions asked and answered include:

• What happens if Theresa May never calls another election?
• How can we get young people interested in voting without making polling booth selfies legal?
• Should we lower the minimum age for voting? And should we introduce a maximum age for voting?
• AV Vs PR: whoever wins, will we lose?

....so if you've sort of been guessing the answers based on a gut feeling, why not listen and find out for sure? And then subscribe to stay equally informed about other issues, as we get around to them.

All our guests are on Twitter, so go and say hello - @gralefrit, @sarahlmorgan and @lewis_baston, and Danielle is @captainward. The show itself now has a Twitter account: @AnyStupidQs. Follow it for information about upcoming episodes, recordings, and extra bits of the show that had to be cut for any reason.

Produced by Ed Morrish (@edmorrish)

Music from www.akmmusic.co.uk

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ever feel like you missed something important when it comes to the news? A fact, a detail, or an event that it feels like everyone else knows about, and now you'd look like a moron if you asked someone to explain? Well, here's a podcast that will ask those questions so you don't have to.

We've decided to do two 2019 UK General Election specials. In this one, Danielle Ward is joined comedians Sooz Kempner (Mystery On The Rox podcast) and Nat Tapley (Date Fight podcast), to ask questions about the coverage of the campaign to the political editor of The New Statesman, Stephen Bush.

Questions asked and answered include:

• Why is everyone just allowed to lie these days?
• Do the Greens look better than they deserve to because they've only got one MP so can't split?
• Does anything you print about any candidate make any difference at all?
• Is this the dirtiest campaign ever?
• Which of Boris Johnson's children is the best one?

....so if you've sort of been guessing the answers based on a gut feeling, why not listen and find out for sure? And then subscribe to stay equally informed about other issues, as we get around to them.

All our guests are on Twitter, so go and say hello - @SoozUK, @Natt and @thhamilton, and Danielle is @captainward. The show itself now has a Twitter account: @AnyStupidQs. Follow it for information about upcoming episodes, recordings, and extra bits of the show that had to be cut for any reason, and to shout at us for any bits in this week's show that we got wrong.

Produced by Ed Morrish (@edmorrish)

Music from www.akmmusic.co.uk

For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.