{"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":"The War for the Right - Restore Britain vs Reform UK | Basil the Great","slug":"the-war-for-the-right-restore-britain-vs-reform-uk-basil-the-great","published_at":"2026-02-16T21:49:05+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-current-thing-6044590/the-war-for-the-right-restore-britain-vs-reform-uk-basil-the-great","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-current-thing-6044590","url":"https://currentthingpod.podbean.com/e/the-war-for-the-right-restore-britain-vs-reform-uk-basil-the-great/","audio_url":"https://pdcn.co/e/mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/6cb2hv5wn8v5bv28/Basil_free_audio9inuw.mp3","summary":"Today I recorded a special, ultra-topical episode of The Current Thing with Basil the Great, whom you will have seen on X with his many viral videos and other content. We discuss:-The battle between Restore Britain and Reform UK-Why Matt Goodwin is wrong to attack Restore on grounds of ‘racism’-Whether this election is the ‘last chance’ for the country-If Restore Britain is too vague on policy-Whether Restore is ‘playing identity politics’-If Rupert Lowe will need to change his economic views-The future of Starmer and Labour-Whether the Tories will survive-If the Greens are a real threat-Whether Restore Britain can build a team of ‘elite talent’And lots more! The full episode has 45 minutes of extra content and can be found here:https://www.nickdixon.net/p/the-war-for-the-right-restore-britain Subscribe here: www.nickdixon.net Support us with a donation here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nickdixonYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nick_dixon X: https://x.com/NickDixon Follow Basil:https://x.com/BasilTheGreat","meta_description":"Today I recorded a special, ultra-topical episode of The Current Thing with Basil the Great, whom you will have seen on X with his many viral videos and o…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3240,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-current-thing-6044590/episodes/the-war-for-the-right-restore-britain-vs-reform-uk-basil-the-great/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/the-war-for-the-right-restore-britain-vs-reform-uk-basil-the-great.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}