# James O'Brien - The Whole Show A podcast by Global. Listen back to James O'Brien's phone-in show, which will make you think - and possibly change your outlook on the big stories. You can email the show below and get involved at any time jamesobrienshow@global.com for regular listeners or jamesobrienPlus@global.com for subscribers. For advertising opportunities on this podcast, email: GlobalStudiosSales@global.com Feed: https://feeds.captivate.fm/james-obrien-the-who/ ## Latest episodes - [Everybody thinks pensioners have it too easy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460121501/119bc1a53a5b) (2026-10-27, 146 min): audio https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/9ad201e3-3976-4915-88c3-aca365a7a688.mp3?aw_0_1st.showid=2a0297d7-7270-4787-a0aa-0deb22605752&aw_0_1st.episodeid=9ad201e3-3976-4915-88c3-aca365a7a688 - [Is freedom of movement back on the table?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460121501/2eee424f28ab) (2026-10-26, 145 min): audio https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/f3b45d81-da90-46fd-ab19-0311e7e8d004.mp3?aw_0_1st.showid=2a0297d7-7270-4787-a0aa-0deb22605752&aw_0_1st.episodeid=f3b45d81-da90-46fd-ab19-0311e7e8d004 - [Welcome to James O'Brien Plus](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460121501/b26d0bfc9e84) (2026-10-26, 2 min): audio https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/e1bfb2c2-f2d6-4cff-924c-a506cb97d478.mp3?aw_0_1st.showid=2a0297d7-7270-4787-a0aa-0deb22605752&aw_0_1st.episodeid=e1bfb2c2-f2d6-4cff-924c-a506cb97d478 - [I'm going to start prepping for a crisis](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460121501/242225abe9db) (2026-10-23, 144 min): audio https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/f82d8217-9da7-45b3-a834-2172f507d2c2.mp3?aw_0_1st.showid=2a0297d7-7270-4787-a0aa-0deb22605752&aw_0_1st.episodeid=f82d8217-9da7-45b3-a834-2172f507d2c2 - [What has AI ever done for us?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460121501/370e8f963c16) (2026-10-22, 146 min): audio https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/6ca5b2ad-b118-4d40-b942-4723c1ee98a0.mp3?aw_0_1st.showid=2a0297d7-7270-4787-a0aa-0deb22605752&aw_0_1st.episodeid=6ca5b2ad-b118-4d40-b942-4723c1ee98a0 - [Should we be extracting more gas from the UK?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460121501/c412a8f5d1e7) (2026-10-21, 148 min): audio https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/04d3cbe0-d7f7-49f0-9e20-a2ee1939a035.mp3?aw_0_1st.showid=2a0297d7-7270-4787-a0aa-0deb22605752&aw_0_1st.episodeid=04d3cbe0-d7f7-49f0-9e20-a2ee1939a035 - [The mother of all privatisation disasters](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460121501/744e092ff380) (2026-10-20, 144 min): audio https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/275332e5-acaf-41b1-a662-fc4ef51e05a0.mp3?aw_0_1st.showid=2a0297d7-7270-4787-a0aa-0deb22605752&aw_0_1st.episodeid=275332e5-acaf-41b1-a662-fc4ef51e05a0 - [The French attack France](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460121501/c71ed1239c0b) (2026-10-19, 145 min): audio https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/476cb702-a18e-416f-9267-43e22e8a8975.mp3?aw_0_1st.showid=2a0297d7-7270-4787-a0aa-0deb22605752&aw_0_1st.episodeid=476cb702-a18e-416f-9267-43e22e8a8975 - [Go to bed with a racist, wake up next to a misogynist](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460121501/dcdbcc281858) (2026-10-16, 143 min): audio https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/2e7b0334-5f7b-4cbd-8c60-9cc146b8c180.mp3?aw_0_1st.showid=2a0297d7-7270-4787-a0aa-0deb22605752&aw_0_1st.episodeid=2e7b0334-5f7b-4cbd-8c60-9cc146b8c180 - [Want to know what Putin wants? Watch Donald Trump](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460121501/3a60c7509189) (2026-10-15, 143 min): audio https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/f22e6dbd-bc13-47b2-be70-14ef563b1754.mp3?aw_0_1st.showid=2a0297d7-7270-4787-a0aa-0deb22605752&aw_0_1st.episodeid=f22e6dbd-bc13-47b2-be70-14ef563b1754 - [Trump has posted footage from the tiger enclosure](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460121501/d069a9a684db) (2026-10-14, 149 min): audio https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/def10890-08ce-43d4-bd92-6b34af7ee198.mp3?aw_0_1st.showid=2a0297d7-7270-4787-a0aa-0deb22605752&aw_0_1st.episodeid=def10890-08ce-43d4-bd92-6b34af7ee198 - [I think this is brilliant politics from Andy Burnham](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460121501/12ca7814d4f3) (2026-10-13, 144 min): audio https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/35c0bb87-ec04-4869-acac-998d02c69549.mp3?aw_0_1st.showid=2a0297d7-7270-4787-a0aa-0deb22605752&aw_0_1st.episodeid=35c0bb87-ec04-4869-acac-998d02c69549 - [Why Brexit was in Russia's interests](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460121501/7d877e1b7fad) (2026-10-12, 144 min): audio https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/4909fc5e-2b8e-48f5-be0a-dee87192c83a.mp3?aw_0_1st.showid=2a0297d7-7270-4787-a0aa-0deb22605752&aw_0_1st.episodeid=4909fc5e-2b8e-48f5-be0a-dee87192c83a - [The U.S. government wants to livestream an execution by firing squad](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460121501/14b3fe751396) (2026-10-09, 143 min): audio https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/dfb082d1-fdcb-45e9-97a9-914a567dca7e.mp3?aw_0_1st.showid=2a0297d7-7270-4787-a0aa-0deb22605752&aw_0_1st.episodeid=dfb082d1-fdcb-45e9-97a9-914a567dca7e - [Kemi feels sorry for people inheriting multimillion pound properties](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460121501/5192f91f6b17) (2026-10-08, 142 min): audio https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/fed6c5bf-7ca1-4f91-a691-77d34ab48e1d.mp3?aw_0_1st.showid=2a0297d7-7270-4787-a0aa-0deb22605752&aw_0_1st.episodeid=fed6c5bf-7ca1-4f91-a691-77d34ab48e1d - [Is inheritance tax morally wrong?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460121501/6d718c1e0606) (2026-10-07, 158 min): audio https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/52e9d357-fd34-4247-a600-f7299ede8628.mp3?aw_0_1st.showid=2a0297d7-7270-4787-a0aa-0deb22605752&aw_0_1st.episodeid=52e9d357-fd34-4247-a600-f7299ede8628 - [What makes business people special?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460121501/1b06794b35c3) (2026-10-06, 141 min): audio https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/95d8c1d2-0602-4bcc-b9cd-92b86b07ae3c.mp3?aw_0_1st.showid=2a0297d7-7270-4787-a0aa-0deb22605752&aw_0_1st.episodeid=95d8c1d2-0602-4bcc-b9cd-92b86b07ae3c - [The Israeli government is racist - that doesn't mean Zionism is](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460121501/c3ebf288ac59) (2026-10-05, 143 min): audio https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/da7d2b4d-281e-4837-9f98-8850baf7a01c.mp3?aw_0_1st.showid=2a0297d7-7270-4787-a0aa-0deb22605752&aw_0_1st.episodeid=da7d2b4d-281e-4837-9f98-8850baf7a01c - [Possibly the best phone-in about prisons we've ever had](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460121501/b3aa2e1b5a38) (2026-10-02, 145 min): audio https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/bea3ae11-735f-41a3-8201-81d07f430eb0.mp3?aw_0_1st.showid=2a0297d7-7270-4787-a0aa-0deb22605752&aw_0_1st.episodeid=bea3ae11-735f-41a3-8201-81d07f430eb0 - [Andy Burnham recognises how foolish Brexit was](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460121501/67d0102b88f8) (2026-10-01, 145 min): audio https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/d1aedc65-7adf-4eda-9e57-617847d2f12c.mp3?aw_0_1st.showid=2a0297d7-7270-4787-a0aa-0deb22605752&aw_0_1st.episodeid=d1aedc65-7adf-4eda-9e57-617847d2f12c - [I think Andy Burnham stole my material](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460121501/1ea4bd68afc3) (2026-09-30, 144 min): audio https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/7da5516f-7c55-493a-b8f8-24d42df344bc.mp3?aw_0_1st.showid=2a0297d7-7270-4787-a0aa-0deb22605752&aw_0_1st.episodeid=7da5516f-7c55-493a-b8f8-24d42df344bc - [What's unfair, unsustainable, and costs £15bn a year?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460121501/b760e704b23d) (2026-09-29, 142 min): audio https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/0eb4f757-240e-403e-aee4-47360b2fb13a.mp3?aw_0_1st.showid=2a0297d7-7270-4787-a0aa-0deb22605752&aw_0_1st.episodeid=0eb4f757-240e-403e-aee4-47360b2fb13a - [Can Andy Burnham really pull this one off?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460121501/551786211d12) (2026-09-28, 152 min): audio https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/b614298e-093d-49b2-aa38-dcdc4823aae6.mp3?aw_0_1st.showid=2a0297d7-7270-4787-a0aa-0deb22605752&aw_0_1st.episodeid=b614298e-093d-49b2-aa38-dcdc4823aae6 - [White collar jobs are disappearing](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460121501/edeadb998f8c) (2026-09-25, 147 min): audio https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/c7913eaa-1fdd-47de-9221-13325c20a728.mp3?aw_0_1st.showid=2a0297d7-7270-4787-a0aa-0deb22605752&aw_0_1st.episodeid=c7913eaa-1fdd-47de-9221-13325c20a728 - [Children leading "let them drown" chants](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460121501/d4e10ebf7629) (2026-09-24, 146 min): audio https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/c3269bb1-21c6-4a1f-a66c-3d0e5e103c08.mp3?aw_0_1st.showid=2a0297d7-7270-4787-a0aa-0deb22605752&aw_0_1st.episodeid=c3269bb1-21c6-4a1f-a66c-3d0e5e103c08 - [What is the point of the Liberal Democrats?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460121501/344e2f8921dd) (2026-09-23, 148 min): audio https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/e9a525c5-2292-4296-aa9a-7ee38be33f9c.mp3?aw_0_1st.showid=2a0297d7-7270-4787-a0aa-0deb22605752&aw_0_1st.episodeid=e9a525c5-2292-4296-aa9a-7ee38be33f9c - [Andy Burnham is about to meet Donald Trump for the first time](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460121501/f7e9fa9a15ae) (2026-09-22, 146 min): audio https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/faff1ae3-91d3-47c2-9bd8-6e04f7bd3950.mp3?aw_0_1st.showid=2a0297d7-7270-4787-a0aa-0deb22605752&aw_0_1st.episodeid=faff1ae3-91d3-47c2-9bd8-6e04f7bd3950 - [What it's like living in a British tourist town](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460121501/67bcd21956bd) (2026-09-21, 146 min): audio https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/d3fb73e9-9477-4cd4-8378-82f4cae14680.mp3?aw_0_1st.showid=2a0297d7-7270-4787-a0aa-0deb22605752&aw_0_1st.episodeid=d3fb73e9-9477-4cd4-8378-82f4cae14680 - [The bravest people in this country are being terrorised by the biggest cowards](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460121501/9a1e4c8ed055) (2026-09-18, 150 min): audio https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/66d82fb6-ec82-4d12-96e3-dc01a6c93926.mp3?aw_0_1st.showid=2a0297d7-7270-4787-a0aa-0deb22605752&aw_0_1st.episodeid=66d82fb6-ec82-4d12-96e3-dc01a6c93926 - [The cleverest mathematicians are ringing alarms on AI](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460121501/c54ea7a4df2f) (2026-09-17, 146 min): audio https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/fdb938af-6a4b-4656-9864-ad4a391cb3bd.mp3?aw_0_1st.showid=2a0297d7-7270-4787-a0aa-0deb22605752&aw_0_1st.episodeid=fdb938af-6a4b-4656-9864-ad4a391cb3bd - [Is the Piddington row about racism or maleness?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460121501/c7eabfe0b4c9) (2026-09-16, 146 min): audio https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/ecdd7d36-9ede-44f9-9d41-a27ee0d65d49.mp3?aw_0_1st.showid=2a0297d7-7270-4787-a0aa-0deb22605752&aw_0_1st.episodeid=ecdd7d36-9ede-44f9-9d41-a27ee0d65d49 - [If I was Scottish, I'd be pro-independence](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460121501/81daf44158b1) (2026-09-15, 152 min): audio https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/de6abc6e-733c-4d06-8ea7-c2ae8149300d.mp3?aw_0_1st.showid=2a0297d7-7270-4787-a0aa-0deb22605752&aw_0_1st.episodeid=de6abc6e-733c-4d06-8ea7-c2ae8149300d - [£72m from crypto billionaires is not at all like union donations](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460121501/61743e6487fc) (2026-09-14, 146 min): audio https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/85f77bb4-90ce-4fda-a780-689e8b396be7.mp3?aw_0_1st.showid=2a0297d7-7270-4787-a0aa-0deb22605752&aw_0_1st.episodeid=85f77bb4-90ce-4fda-a780-689e8b396be7 - [How 9/11 changed the world](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460121501/46a059b3f02d) (2026-09-11, 147 min): audio https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/c3e20c9a-9488-4cfe-b083-9bb576bf7931.mp3?aw_0_1st.showid=2a0297d7-7270-4787-a0aa-0deb22605752&aw_0_1st.episodeid=c3e20c9a-9488-4cfe-b083-9bb576bf7931 - [I'm not sure what "social class" means](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460121501/7f0fc7339f96) (2026-09-10, 147 min): audio https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/8e43058e-6e99-4ebe-9996-ae64be23c925.mp3?aw_0_1st.showid=2a0297d7-7270-4787-a0aa-0deb22605752&aw_0_1st.episodeid=8e43058e-6e99-4ebe-9996-ae64be23c925 - [Ed Miliband is seeking an ethical foreign policy on Israel](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460121501/d3abc0eddfb8) (2026-09-09, 150 min): audio https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/ca2f5225-b797-4cd7-b3b6-fa157b5b2cb3.mp3?aw_0_1st.showid=2a0297d7-7270-4787-a0aa-0deb22605752&aw_0_1st.episodeid=ca2f5225-b797-4cd7-b3b6-fa157b5b2cb3 - [Israel's President wants dialogue and no action](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460121501/2b76f876a134) (2026-09-08, 147 min): audio https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/d0352dd4-74b6-49aa-9638-ce5aa888d8c2.mp3?aw_0_1st.showid=2a0297d7-7270-4787-a0aa-0deb22605752&aw_0_1st.episodeid=d0352dd4-74b6-49aa-9638-ce5aa888d8c2 - [Violence against women breaks out on the floor of the Reform conference](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460121501/37f66bc54c48) (2026-09-07, 145 min): audio https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/ff9ca67d-b550-4911-bd22-cceae746025f.mp3?aw_0_1st.showid=2a0297d7-7270-4787-a0aa-0deb22605752&aw_0_1st.episodeid=ff9ca67d-b550-4911-bd22-cceae746025f - [If you want Farage as PM, you're either a mug or a billionaire](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460121501/69a44b393c17) (2026-09-04, 145 min): audio https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/507f579a-5bd9-4ce8-a1b3-91b261e3d260.mp3?aw_0_1st.showid=2a0297d7-7270-4787-a0aa-0deb22605752&aw_0_1st.episodeid=507f579a-5bd9-4ce8-a1b3-91b261e3d260 - [Is this the beginning of the end for Reform?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460121501/d181bcae07c3) (2026-09-03, 148 min): audio https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/23fec153-62b2-4412-9c07-8a94389e5072.mp3?aw_0_1st.showid=2a0297d7-7270-4787-a0aa-0deb22605752&aw_0_1st.episodeid=23fec153-62b2-4412-9c07-8a94389e5072 - [Do you blame Thatcher and Brexit for the UK's problems?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460121501/f30f5eb50d4c) (2026-09-02, 149 min): audio https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/414157bc-b3d5-46c1-bb41-66ee476f788f.mp3?aw_0_1st.showid=2a0297d7-7270-4787-a0aa-0deb22605752&aw_0_1st.episodeid=414157bc-b3d5-46c1-bb41-66ee476f788f - [You tell me why you're optimistic about Andy Burnham](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460121501/5b388d342c98) (2026-09-01, 147 min): audio https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/2bbca4ce-937b-4f75-a587-fe27f9edfa16.mp3?aw_0_1st.showid=2a0297d7-7270-4787-a0aa-0deb22605752&aw_0_1st.episodeid=2bbca4ce-937b-4f75-a587-fe27f9edfa16 - [Why Middlesborough is such a dangerous place to live](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460121501/4fdaa169506a) (2026-08-28, 146 min): audio https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/8a6e2e1c-68ef-45b0-b2f6-0813884ab6a2.mp3?aw_0_1st.showid=2a0297d7-7270-4787-a0aa-0deb22605752&aw_0_1st.episodeid=8a6e2e1c-68ef-45b0-b2f6-0813884ab6a2 - [How will AI change human existence?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460121501/039bbf5b978e) (2026-08-27, 147 min): audio https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/93d1ea24-693e-4170-969d-de2f4ec4c986.mp3?aw_0_1st.showid=2a0297d7-7270-4787-a0aa-0deb22605752&aw_0_1st.episodeid=93d1ea24-693e-4170-969d-de2f4ec4c986 - [Should Andy Burnham sanction Israel?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460121501/42f7a615a3f5) (2026-08-26, 146 min): audio https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/36dc573c-9958-4c6c-8e3d-d4cd6fe1c4d4.mp3?aw_0_1st.showid=2a0297d7-7270-4787-a0aa-0deb22605752&aw_0_1st.episodeid=36dc573c-9958-4c6c-8e3d-d4cd6fe1c4d4 - [Why would you watch a "joy ride" video?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460121501/6dabfa2d3e9d) (2026-08-25, 145 min): audio https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/412f0d75-aef1-4a08-b725-4513973c5df5.mp3?aw_0_1st.showid=2a0297d7-7270-4787-a0aa-0deb22605752&aw_0_1st.episodeid=412f0d75-aef1-4a08-b725-4513973c5df5 - [Should we encourage kids to become builders?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1460121501/7491945e94b2) (2026-08-24, 145 min): audio https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/7b1de7d7-5199-4f79-aa14-fd8d7f37bddd.mp3?aw_0_1st.showid=2a0297d7-7270-4787-a0aa-0deb22605752&aw_0_1st.episodeid=7b1de7d7-5199-4f79-aa14-fd8d7f37bddd - 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