{"podcast":{"title":"The Current Thing","slug":"the-current-thing-6044590","podcast_index_feed_id":6044590,"rss_url":"https://currentthingpod.podbean.com/feed.xml","website_url":"https://currentthingpod.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/15865515/Current_Thing_Logo_white_2ixqzg.png","author":"Nick Dixon","episode_count":100,"summary":"Comedian and commentator Nick Dixon talks to fascinating guests about politics, the culture war, and anything else that comes up.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-09T16:18:43.673551+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-current-thing-6044590"},"episode":{"title":"Can We Still Save Britain? - Charlie Downes","slug":"can-we-still-save-britain-charlie-downes","published_at":"2026-04-06T18:40:03+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-current-thing-6044590/can-we-still-save-britain-charlie-downes","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-current-thing-6044590","url":"https://currentthingpod.podbean.com/e/can-we-still-save-britain-charlie-downes/","audio_url":"https://pdcn.co/e/mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/wgz22hm6saxingc5/Charlie_Downes_Free_Audioafos9.mp3","summary":"On this week’s episode of The Current Thing, I am joined by campaigns director and spokesman for Restore Britain, Charlie Downes. We discuss:-Whether you are less British if you’re not Christian-If the next election is the last chance to save the country-Why Matt Goodwin lost-The potential gulf between Rupert Lowe and Zoomers on economics-Why Reform is weak on social conservatism-The reason the Green Party is doing well-Why Restore aren’t standing in the local elections-How to win votes from disillusioned non-voters-Why we need to move beyond ‘left’ and ‘right’ in politics-Why he will never leave the countryAnd lots more! Watch/listen to the full episode here: https://www.nickdixon.net/p/can-we-still-save-britain-charlieSubscribe here: www.nickdixon.net Support me with a donation here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nickdixonNick's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nick_dixon Follow Nick on X: https://x.com/nickdixonFollow Charlie: https://x.com/cfdownes_ Restore Britain: https://www.restorebritain.org.uk/join_us Follow Restore: https://x.com/RestoreBritain_","meta_description":"On this week’s episode of The Current Thing, I am joined by campaigns director and spokesman for Restore Britain, Charlie Downes. We discuss:-Whether you…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2437,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-current-thing-6044590/episodes/can-we-still-save-britain-charlie-downes/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-current-thing-6044590/can-we-still-save-britain-charlie-downes.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}