# The Rest Is Politics A podcast by Goalhanger. Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart break down current affairs in the UK and abroad. The Rest Is Politics analyses the latest international news, provides debate on global issues, and reveals secrets from Westminster, whilst bringing back the lost art of disagreeing agreeably. With insider perspectives and expert analysis, The Rest Is Politics is the go-to podcast for anyone seeking intelligent, engaging discussions on British and global politics. The Rest Is Politics Plus: Join with a FREE TRIAL at therestispolitics.com for exclusive bonus content including Rory and Alastair’s first ever miniseries, early access to episodes and live show tickets, ad free listening, our exclusive newsletter, discount book prices on titles mentioned on the pod, and our members chatroom. For more Goalhanger Podcasts, head to www.goalhanger.com. Social Producer: Celine Charles Lead Video Editor: Josh Smith Assistant Producer: Daisy Alston-Horne Producer: Evan Green Exec Producer: Bella Soames Feed: https://feeds.megaphone.fm/GLT9190936013 ## Latest episodes - [583. Is Burnham’s Budget Too Safe and How Brazil Defied Trump](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1611374685/4f261c64a8d5) (2026-10-28, 61 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT2212922529.mp3 - [Kim Leadbeater, MP: My Sister's Murder and Why I Never Wanted To Go Into Politics](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1611374685/99336aec10cc) (2026-10-22, 26 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT6002875674.mp3 - [582. Netanyahu’s Fight for Survival and the Gaza Film That Shocked Rory and Alastair](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1611374685/73a2852e357d) (2026-10-21, 63 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT4980845374.mp3 - [581. Trump and Putin vs. Zelensky: Is Europe Sleepwalking into Disaster?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1611374685/d6f4254ecc46) (2026-10-20, 58 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT6820370068.mp3 - [Addiction, Breakdown and Finding Persevilience: Rory Interviews Alastair](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1611374685/fb56e3132c1d) (2026-10-15, 68 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT6607182470.mp3 - [580. How to Solve Britain’s Youth Unemployment Crisis](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1611374685/a21476ebc581) (2026-10-14, 61 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT8657494873.mp3 - [579. Trump’s Public Execution Order and Burnham’s Brexit Intervention](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1611374685/77d8313e7bec) (2026-10-13, 60 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT4651495065.mp3 - [578. Alastair and Michael Gove Disagree Agreeably on Brexit and Israel](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1611374685/83e3e81a88b1) (2026-10-07, 57 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT5462538487.mp3 - [577. Is Badenoch Finally Stopping Farage and Why Are French Schools on Fire?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1611374685/4b55882b3c4f) (2026-10-06, 61 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT3247078602.mp3 - [576. How Xi is Outplaying Trump and Tensions in Northern Ireland](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1611374685/a7ac9d4680cd) (2026-09-30, 66 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT7760902288.mp3 - [575. Alastair Reacts to Burnham’s Speech and Rory’s Viral Stare](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1611374685/780fa5a592dc) (2026-09-29, 56 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT8276592115.mp3 - [Why Nuclear War Is More Likely Than You Think (with Carlo Rovelli)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1611374685/344906415f25) (2026-09-24, 19 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT9537500677.mp3 - [574. Germany’s Political Disaster and Can the Lib Dems Fight Back?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1611374685/ad580caae56d) (2026-09-23, 49 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT8795174627.mp3 - [573. Burnham and Carney vs. Trump, and the Diana Dispute](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1611374685/839b2895c3f6) (2026-09-22, 52 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT1682018528.mp3 - [The Greatest Threat Humans Just Can’t Stomach with Yuval Noah Harari](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1611374685/ade245132d75) (2026-09-17, 44 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT9593153845.mp3 - [572. Trump’s Next Middle East Crisis and Reform’s £72m Megadonation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1611374685/5b92a865d339) (2026-09-16, 58 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT8699811434.mp3 - [571. Rory and Alastair Challenge Ed Miliband on Israel-Palestine](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1611374685/1e4fb62e2dfd) (2026-09-15, 59 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT2871798723.mp3 - ["Our Generation Was Lied To": Two Gen Z MPs on Fixing Politics](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1611374685/0a34c53874d4) (2026-09-10, 66 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT2513584234.mp3 - [570. Why Trump Acts Like a Russian Asset and Miliband’s West Bank Sanctions](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1611374685/a69473587c55) (2026-09-09, 53 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT5938600510.mp3 - [569. Farage’s Foreign Funding Scandal and Germany’s Far-Right Breakthrough](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1611374685/81b5e12f3967) (2026-09-08, 56 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT7268333659.mp3 - [Becoming Burnham: The Manchester Arena Call, Westminster Plotting, and Keir vs Andy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1611374685/ed58630599c3) (2026-09-03, 20 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT5876238356.mp3 - [568. MAGA's Plan to Make Britain Look Broken and Iceland's 'Brexit' Moment](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1611374685/a0c585ab23b7) (2026-09-02, 57 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT9524351537.mp3 - [567. Who Really Benefits from AI and Will Data Centres Decide the Midterms?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1611374685/57ccad7f31dc) (2026-09-01, 64 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT1805686764.mp3 - [Becoming Burnham: People Pleasing, The Shadow Years and Losing to Jeremy Corbyn](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1611374685/02e65364448b) (2026-08-27, 13 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT2315243792.mp3 - [566. Carney vs. Trump and Alastair’s Advice for Burnham’s First PMQs](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1611374685/3fde0e72700d) (2026-08-26, 61 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT2104052333.mp3 - [565. Zelenskyy’s Corruption Problem and Is History Repeating Itself in Germany?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1611374685/42dea596c776) (2026-08-25, 58 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT2962868867.mp3 - [Becoming Burnham: Thatcher, Hillsborough, and the Anger that Shaped Him | Part 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1611374685/5cfed7f56817) (2026-08-20, 22 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT6202238073.mp3 - [564. Burnham’s Media Machine and West Bank Settler Impunity](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1611374685/29f6fa6dea23) (2026-08-19, 62 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT9452011826.mp3 - [563. Britain’s Afghanistan Shame and the Jason Arday Tragedy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1611374685/deb61c808bb7) (2026-08-18, 70 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT5089408135.mp3 - [Will Climate Action Go Backwards Under Burnham?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1611374685/d261df7e2772) (2026-08-13, 53 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT4499116544.mp3 - [562. The Right’s War With Itself and Burnham’s Prisons Challenge](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1611374685/37244e9beb16) (2026-08-12, 67 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT7411108815.mp3 - [561. How Trump’s Chaos Keeps Splintering the World Order](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1611374685/d8146084c30b) (2026-08-11, 57 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT6730060441.mp3 - [The Truth About Climate Migration – It's More Complicated Than You Think](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1611374685/a2f51519046a) (2026-08-06, 22 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT5163359053.mp3 - [560. Trump's Hamas Disarmament 'Deal' and Europe's FIFA Boycott](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1611374685/c70acd53be34) (2026-08-05, 61 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT3921003427.mp3 - [559. Who Really Benefits from the Ceuta Migration Crisis?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1611374685/ce2a9b381d74) (2026-08-04, 64 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT9975670093.mp3 - [Data Centres vs. Drinking Water: What Matters To Us Most?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1611374685/80483e627f9e) (2026-07-30, 17 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT8278683695.mp3 - [558. The 'Cockroach' Uprising and Should We Stop Data Centres?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1611374685/59b8d605236e) (2026-07-29, 59 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT2576426686.mp3 - [557. Can Burnham Deliver Britain's Biggest Change in Generations?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1611374685/95aeb07a80c5) (2026-07-28, 57 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT7893953407.mp3 - [Britain's Ticking Time Bomb: The Food Security Crisis](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1611374685/15c931d4fa4a) (2026-07-23, 17 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT9410916778.mp3 - [556. The US-China AI Arms Race and Badenoch vs. Rory’s Centrism](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1611374685/604774b0af1d) (2026-07-22, 62 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT7130963326.mp3 - [555. Burnham’s Cabinet Purge and the Rough Sleeping Pledge](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1611374685/932de4cc26cc) (2026-07-21, 58 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT5210284920.mp3 - [The Secret Security Threat The Government Don’t Want Us To Know](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1611374685/37f2eccc34f6) (2026-07-16, 19 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT2416182418.mp3 - [554. Burnham’s Worldview, Trump's Ceasefire Collapse, and Advising Count Binface](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1611374685/c06b1ac86b23) (2026-07-15, 60 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT9294829505.mp3 - [553. Farage in Meltdown and The Killing of Ann Widdecombe](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1611374685/0e417dba8e4b) (2026-07-14, 65 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT4129393938.mp3 - [552. Trump's Red Card Saga and Germany's Far-Right Machine](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1611374685/a38f41940548) (2026-07-08, 62 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT2001781966.mp3 - [551. Will Farage’s Trumpian Resignation Stunt Backfire?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1611374685/dec3365dd749) (2026-07-07, 48 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT2621035020.mp3 - [550. Will Farage's Extreme Wealth Be His Downfall?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1611374685/9486a2d00243) (2026-07-02, 52 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT9111238825.mp3 - [549. Mamdani’s Wrecking Ball and the Rise of Anti-Migrant Vigilantes](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1611374685/1f314dc9fb6c) (2026-07-01, 46 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT5595344829.mp3 - [548. Burnham vs. Westminster and Trump’s Next Target](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1611374685/33639c05e518) (2026-06-30, 55 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT5591277395.mp3 - [547. The Truth About Russian Oil, Net Zero, and North Sea Drilling](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1611374685/f018e9fec8ff) (2026-06-24, 60 min): audio https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT2357786231.mp3 Shows are listed from Apple Podcasts' charts and directory, and Podcast Index where it is used. Every show and episode belongs to its publisher and plays from the publisher's own feed; this site hosts none of them.