{"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":"Lifestyles of the rich and heinous","slug":"lifestyles-of-the-rich-and-heinous","published_at":"2026-05-06T03:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/oh-god-what-now-224088/lifestyles-of-the-rich-and-heinous","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/oh-god-what-now-224088","url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR7964606353.mp3?updated=1778028603","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR7964606353.mp3?updated=1778028603","summary":"• Podmasters is 10 years old! Get an extra 10% off a year’s Patreon backing. Filler-faced, gilded mansions and utterly unhinged. Today’s mega-rich don't even pretend to be normal anymore. So what happened to the understated billionaire and is there any going back? Plus, are voters getting more fickle? Zoe picks the brain of the Economist's political data journalist Owen Winter on whether political promiscuity is the new normal. And Zack Polanski’s approval ratings plunged after a sharing post about the Golders Green attack – should politicians be anywhere near social media anyway? Finally… the Green Party’s Hannah Spencer has sparked a rift with fellow MPs after deriding parliament’s apparent booze problem. Are our lawmakers really propping up the bar? • Questions for But Your Emails? Thoughts? Comments? Email us at ogwn@podmasters.co.uk. ESCAPE ROUTES • Zoë braved the psychological horror thriller Speak No Evil, available on NOW. • Jason has been devouring Natalie Whittle’s ode to the nation’s favourite snack, Crunch: The History of Crisps • Matt has delved into David Grann’s catalogue, including The Devil and Sherlock Holmes www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow Presented by Matt Green with Zoë Grünewald and Jason Hazeley. Producer: James Liddell. Audio production: Robin Leeburn. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Music by Simon Williams & Tom Taylor. 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 backing. Filler-faced, gilded mansions and utterly unhinged. Today’s mega-rich don't e…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4204,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/oh-god-what-now-224088/episodes/lifestyles-of-the-rich-and-heinous/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/lifestyles-of-the-rich-and-heinous.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}