{"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":"From Russia with Hate – Putin’s shadow war comes to Starmer’s door","slug":"from-russia-with-hate-putin-s-shadow-war-comes-to-starmer-s-door","published_at":"2026-06-18T16:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/oh-god-what-now-224088/from-russia-with-hate-putin-s-shadow-war-comes-to-starmer-s-door","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/oh-god-what-now-224088","url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR1699428969.mp3","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR1699428969.mp3","summary":"Surprise, surprise! The arson attacks on properties linked to Keir Starmer turn out to have been instigated by a Russian “diplomat” with a background in information warfare. Who’d have thought it? Has Vladimir Putin’s shadow war finally crossed the line? Plus: Wes Streeting wants to scrap the ban on new fossil fuel production. The Greens are looking less green. The Lib Dems appear indifferent. And don’t get us started on Reform’s Richard Tice… So, is Ed Miliband the last true defender of net zero left standing? Special guest Sam Bright of Desmog talks us through the battle over clean energy. And in the Extra Bit, our panellists reveal their moments of meaningless happiness as an antidote to the doom and gloom. • Special offer! Get 20% off any vehicle history check at carVertical.com/OhGodWhatNow. • Questions for But Your Emails? Thoughts? Comments? Email us at ogwn@podmasters.co.uk. • Read Sam’s Substack and latest DeSmog articles ESCAPE ROUTES • Rachel has been listening to Steven Mangan and his sister Anita on the BBC’s Siblings Unpicked podcast • James has been playing a remake of the retro video game Final Fantasy VII • Sam has been dipping into England vs. New Zealand in the second test (between investigations) • Matt has been binging Shrinking, the Apple TV’s hit from the makers of Ted Lasso on Apple TV+. www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow Presented by Matt Green with Rachel Cunliffe, James Ball and Sam Bright. Produced by James Liddell. Audio Production by Tom Taylor. 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":"Surprise, surprise! The arson attacks on properties linked to Keir Starmer turn out to have been instigated by a Russian “diplomat” with a background in i…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3803,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/oh-god-what-now-224088/episodes/from-russia-with-hate-putin-s-shadow-war-comes-to-starmer-s-door/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/from-russia-with-hate-putin-s-shadow-war-comes-to-starmer-s-door.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}