{"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":"Zack’s Appeal – Are the Greens a one-man band?","slug":"zack-s-appeal-are-the-greens-a-one-man-band","published_at":"2026-05-07T21:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/oh-god-what-now-224088/zack-s-appeal-are-the-greens-a-one-man-band","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/oh-god-what-now-224088","url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR9853083534.mp3","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR9853083534.mp3","summary":"• Podmasters is 10 years old! Get an extra 10% off a year’s Patreon backing. The Greens are on fire and Zack Polanski’s travails don’t seem to be hurting them much. How did they get here? Is Polanski-mania just Corbyn-mania without all the Labour baggage? And can you be a vehicle for popular rage and a credible party of government at the same time? Plus, is everything just online betting now? Or is it the new insider trading? With platforms like Polymarket enabling insiders to clean up on everything from the timing of bombings in Iran to the removal of Maduro, we talk to the Guardian’s Aisha Down about how betting is warping – and corrupting – politics. Plus: Should we ban 6am pints in the airport? Why has the right-wing press upped its sneering against Angela Rayner? And in the Extra Bit, the panel reveal their hidden talents. • Questions for But Your Emails? Thoughts? Comments? Email us at ogwn@podmasters.co.uk. ESCAPE ROUTES • Jonn recommends Blue Lights on BBC iPlayer ⁠ • Marie went to see Spanish pop sensation Rosalía in London and her album Lux is Marie’s favourite of the year. • Aisha has been brushing up on commodities trading and is reading The World For Sale by Jack Farchy and Javier Blas • Seth has been watching Liberace camp-fest Sincerely Yours from 1955. Listen to Hit That Perfect Beat – The London Records Story on your favourite platforms. www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow Presented by Seth Thévoz withJonn Elledge and Marie Le Conte. 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":"• Podmasters is 10 years old! Get an extra 10% off a year’s Patreon backing. The Greens are on fire and Zack Polanski’s travails don’t seem to be hurting…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3509,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/oh-god-what-now-224088/episodes/zack-s-appeal-are-the-greens-a-one-man-band/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/zack-s-appeal-are-the-greens-a-one-man-band.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}