Amol Rajan

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3,997 appearances 23 recordings 6 series first heard Feb 2026 last heard 16 Jul

Amol Rajan’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 23 in all, peaking in Jun 2026 with 12.

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Radical · Last Call for the Local: Are Old Pubs the Solution to Modern Crises? (Oisín Rogers) · 25 Jun 2026 podcast

They're disappearing at an extraordinary rate. matched

And one of the reasons that the evidence would suggest for that is because of technology. matched

A lot of people just on their screens the whole time. matched

If we're going to save them, if the new chancellor, whoever she or he may be, were to take a phone call from, in fact, if they were going to call you and say, Ashin, you've become something of a champion in the British pub. matched

You've done it really well. matched

We heard you on that really amazing podcast with that really gorgeous host. matched

Tell us a couple of things that we could do tomorrow to save the British pub. matched

What would you say? matched

Why would that work? matched

If they'd say, why? matched

We've got to find billions in this. matched

We've got loads of people giving us grief. matched

I've got this charity here. matched

I've got that lobby group there. matched

Why should I do that? matched

Why would lowering VAT make such an instant impact? matched

And they would say, okay, I should be like your idea about VAT. matched

There's not much we can do about inflation, mate. matched

There's not much we can do about the cost of energy or the cost of food, which, you know, if Donald Trump and his people decide to start a war alongside Israel in Iran, and that means the price of oil goes up, there's not much else we can do about that. matched

What else can we do? matched

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