{"podcast":{"title":"Pod Save the UK","slug":"pod-save-the-uk-6318799","podcast_index_feed_id":6318799,"rss_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5166011.rss","website_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5166011","image_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/43625311/s=1400x1400/el=1/rt=fill.png","author":"Pod Save the UK","episode_count":163,"summary":"Pod Save the UK is your weekly fix of political news, big ideas and a shot of inspiration. Each week hosts, comedian Nish Kumar and journalist Coco Khan are joined by politicians, experts, and famous friends to unpick the latest news, look for solutions, and inspire action. From Crooked Media – the creators of Pod Save America – tune in to new episodes of Pod Save the UK every Thursday wherever you pod.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pod-save-the-uk-6318799"},"episode":{"title":"Are we stuck in never-ending political scandal? w/Ash Sarkar","slug":"are-we-stuck-in-never-ending-political-scandal-w-ash-sarkar","published_at":"2026-02-26T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pod-save-the-uk-6318799/are-we-stuck-in-never-ending-political-scandal-w-ash-sarkar","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pod-save-the-uk-6318799","url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8866226","audio_url":"https://clrtpod.com/m/pscrb.fm/rss/p/prfx.byspotify.com/e/arttrk.com/p/CRMDA/mgln.ai/e/284/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8866226.mp3?modified=1772055194&sid=5166011&source=rss","summary":"This week Nish and Coco are joined by friend of the pod, Ash Sarkar from Novara Media to talk about political scandal, trust and compromise. Ash’s book, Minority Rule, has a new afterword which talks about two progressive movements which have tried to build different kinds of relationships with voters. Is that the way forward - or are we stuck in an endless cycle of broken promises from our leaders? One of those leaders - Keir Starmer - seems to be lurching from crisis to nightmare, so can he rise above the latest headlines about Peter Mandelson’s arrest and the Labour Together scandal? Plus Reform’s new immigration policies, the new proposals to change the SEND system - and some good news about two protest groups. CHECK OUT THESE DEALS FROM OUR SPONSORS BABBEL: https://www.babbel.com/PSUK WISE: https://www.wise.com SURFSHARK: https://www.surfshark.com/podsave CODE: PODSAVE GUESTS Ash Sarkar, Contributing Editor at Novara Media and author of Minority Rule: Adventures in the Culture War - out now in paperback. USEFUL LINKS Jumaane Williams’ thoughtful response following the outcry about the handling of a racial slur at the Baftas. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgaqKIxS4Hs&t=1s CREDITS Daily Express - YouTube Nigel Farage - YouTube @ sendra.uk - Instagram Nida Jafri Pod Save the UK is a Reduced Listening production for Crooked Media. Get in touch - contact us via email: PSUK@reducedlistening.co.uk Like and follow us on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@PodSavetheUK Instagram: https://instagram.com/podsavetheuk TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@podsavetheuk BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/podsavetheuk.crooked.com Facebook: https://facebook.com/podsavetheuk X: https://x.com/podsavetheuk","meta_description":"This week Nish and Coco are joined by friend of the pod, Ash Sarkar from Novara Media to talk about political scandal, trust and compromise. Ash’s book, M…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3398,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/pod-save-the-uk-6318799/episodes/are-we-stuck-in-never-ending-political-scandal-w-ash-sarkar/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pod-save-the-uk-6318799/are-we-stuck-in-never-ending-political-scandal-w-ash-sarkar.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}