{"podcast":{"title":"Oh God, What Now?","slug":"oh-god-what-now-224088","podcast_index_feed_id":224088,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/PMO6148729915","website_url":"https://www.podmasters.co.uk","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/d27f80be-3271-11ec-b659-639bfe450dde/image/08692b1b68c7b56aa0adffb277c83887.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Podmasters","episode_count":748,"summary":"Making sense of our political hell every Tuesday and Friday! Oh God, What Now? is the no-bulls**t politics podcast, making the unbearable bearable with top quality guests and analysis, plus poor quality jokes. Regulars include: Guardian writer Rafael Behr • Rachel Cunliffe of the New Statesman • New Statesman columnist Jonn Elledge • Writer and host of This Is Not A Drill Gavin Esler • Social affairs journalist Hannah Fearn • Comedian Matt Green • The Lead's Westminster Editor Zoë Grünewald • Group Editor Andrew Harrison • Comedy writer Jason Hazeley • Podmasters Managing Editor Jacob Jarvis • Journalist Marie Le Conte • Writer and commentator Ros Taylor Sign up and get ad-free shows earlier than anyone else: patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow. Oh God, What Now? is a Podmasters production","last_synced_at":"2026-06-23T08:18:46.869307+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/oh-god-what-now-224088"},"episode":{"title":"Emergency Localscast! – What Labour’s walloping REALLY means – with Steve Richards","slug":"emergency-localscast-what-labour-s-walloping-really-means-with-steve-richards","published_at":"2026-05-08T12:02:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/oh-god-what-now-224088/emergency-localscast-what-labour-s-walloping-really-means-with-steve-richards","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/oh-god-what-now-224088","url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR7258816239.mp3","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR7258816239.mp3","summary":"• Podmasters is 10 years old! Get an extra 10% off a year’s Patreon support – that’s 20% in total. Fast analysis with don of political commentators Steve Richards of Rock & Roll Politics talking to Andrew Harrison. Labour’s performance in the English Locals was terrible… but was it really as bad as Starmer feared? Does Farage’s bluster about “truly historic” results for Reform stand up to the data? Are the Greens becoming the party of “student England”? And the big one: Can Starmer hang on? • See Steve’s Rock & Roll Politics show live in London at King’s Place, Monday 11 May – last few tickets available! • Questions for But Your Emails? Thoughts? Comments? Email us at ogwn@podmasters.co.uk. www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow Presented by Andrew Harrison. Audio Production by Robin Leeburn. Art direction: James Parrett. Theme tune by Tom Taylor and Simon Williams. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. www.podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"• Podmasters is 10 years old! Get an extra 10% off a year’s Patreon support – that’s 20% in total. Fast analysis with don of political commentators Steve…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1732,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/oh-god-what-now-224088/episodes/emergency-localscast-what-labour-s-walloping-really-means-with-steve-richards/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/oh-god-what-now-224088/emergency-localscast-what-labour-s-walloping-really-means-with-steve-richards.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}