Oh God, What Now?
Episodes
A Very Oh God, What Now? Christmas LIVE – Part Two
14 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Scramble back from the bar for Part Two of OGWN LIVE at London’s 21Soho club. We pick apart the Main Characters of 2022 and ask who made the more la...
A Very Oh God, What Now? Christmas LIVE – Part One
13 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join the OGWN panel LIVE at London’s 21Soho club to look back on 2022 in a gala evening of high-octane political complaining. On the agenda: The ong...
The End of the Peers Show
09 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Keir is striking fear into peers with plans to ditch the Lords – but why not look at electoral reform first? The panel picks apart Labour’s plans ...
The Battle of the Brexits
06 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As Jacob Rees-Mogg et al keep telling us the sunlit uplands of Brexitville are just over the horizon, we pick apart their broken promises. What’s fa...
Rishi Sunak, Troubled Tough Guy
02 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sunak is trying to act tough on Russia and China but being bullied over wind farms at home. Can he shake off the image of being a weak link? Plus, we ...
Coming Over Here, Staffing Our Hospitals
29 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Manston scandal and Braverman’s bluster lay our disastrous immigration policy bare. And just when we need more workers, Keir Starmer comes out a...
Would EU Believe It?
25 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What did we learn from the furore caused by whispers of a Swiss-style EU deal? Are we getting ready to mingle with the single market? The gang chats B...
No Money Mo’ Problems
22 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hunt’s autumn statement has wound everyone up while whispers of a Swiss-style Brexit deal are sparking more Tory fury. How is Sunak going to handle ...
The Feel-Bad Austerity Remix
17 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Out a day early to JUST beat the fiscal announcement… As Jeremy Hunt’s cuts come in, we look at why austerity has never worked before and won’t...
We’ve Tried Nothing and We’re All Out of Ideas
15 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sunak is performing ex-Prime Minister karaoke, pulling together failed ideas and giving them a go. Has he got anything fresh up his sleeve? Plus star ...
Gavin, Gavin… Gone
11 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Rejected Alan Partridge character “Sir” Gavin Williamson resigns to spend more time with his tarantula. (Poor Cronus). Is Sunak even paying attent...
What’s the point of Rishi Sunak?
08 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Rishi Sunak promised stability but here we are, back in a u-turn vortex. If he can’t stop the rot, what’s the point of the new PM? Does he have a ...
Welcome to Camp Cruella
04 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We thought they couldn’t do worse than Priti Patel. As conditions in Manston reveal Suella Braverman’s stupendous callousness, it turns out that y...
From Town Square to Hellscape
01 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Trick or Tweet? Elon Musk buys Twitter to impose his half-formed ideas about free speech on the online world. Will he just make things worse? Suella B...
Cabinet of Horrors
28 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the hope that kills you. We didn’t have lots, but c’mon Rishi – Braverman? You know when a band reforms, with a couple of members swapped...
Absolutely Sunak-ered
25 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
So Rishi Sunak, that bloke who couldn’t use a contactless card, is set to bring total normality to No.10. How will this megabrained and approachable...
🚨 EMERGENCY TRUSSCAST 🚨 That. Was. A. Disgrace.
20 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What a sad little life, wokerati. I hope you’re happy. Liz Truss is off. After being in office for less time than it takes to listen to Free Bird by...
When the Going Gets Tofu
20 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
An out-of-her-depth politician gets sacked by an out-of-her-depth politician who should get sacked. Tofu’s surprisingly high protein content boosts ...
New TUESDAY edition – Put Her Out of Our Misery
17 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Now twice a week, because you demanded it… Liz Truss is definitely not hidden under a desk – but we can’t necessarily confirm she’s still in ...
🚨EMERGENCYCAST🚨 Kwasi Thrown Under the Truss Bus
14 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kwasi go gos and the Government’s spinning around like a yo-yo – Andrew and Naomi pick apart the wreckage in an ever more regular EmergencyCast. W...
Operation Rolling Blunder
14 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Truss and Kwarteng’s politically-charged synchronised diving routine continues as the pair flip flop until the pound drops. Do they even understand ...
PurgaTory – with guest David Gauke
07 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As the Truss micro-Government twists on a hook of its own making, we take a taxi to an anti-growth North London podcast studio to examine a week of To...
Pound-emonium with Special Guest Alan Johnson
29 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Truss and Kwarteng’s mini-budget madness has sparked a Black Wednesday 2.0 – will the quids be alright? Plus, as Starmer takes Keir of business wi...
Mrs. Trickle
23 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Trickle down economics is the talk of the town as Liz Truss relaunches her Britannia unhinged agenda. Can she sell her growth narrative to the public?...
This. Is. A. Disgrace. – Live In London Part Two
17 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
You didn’t think we weren’t going to give you some tough Truss talk, did you? In the second half of our latest London live show we decipher what w...
Monarchy In The UK? – Live In London Part One
16 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What a week. The panel discusses the nation’s almighty gear shift, in part one of our latest London live show. How did they feel about the death of ...
The Evil of Two Lessers
08 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Liz Truss is in Downing Street and we’re here to deliver, deliver, deliver our thoughts on the new PM. She’s promised to do all the stuff and fix ...
End of an Error
02 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Boris Johnson to the dustbin of political history, here we go. With the PM set to finally leave Number 10 we look back on his tumultuous tenure. Plus,...
Build Bacteria Better
26 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Levelling up goes down the drain as its champion Gove vanishes. Whatever happened to the Tory pledge to the re-grout the Red Wall? Plus, as sewage on ...
International Debt Set
19 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
With Johnson in holiday mode, what do we make of Starmer’s move to fill the void with his own cost of living plans? Does his energy bills freeze pro...
Unlit Uplands
12 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve got bills, they’re multiplying and the Government has lost control. Will the cost of living crisis ever end? What might Liz Truss or Rishi S...
Hot Strike Summer
05 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Keir Starmer and the unions: Can Labour keep its distance from striking workers without paying a price? Or will everything get better if you picket? P...
Posh Shoes vs Cheap Earrings
29 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As Sunak and Truss trade blows in a classic blue-on-blue bout, we ask if we’ve really seen the end of the Johnson era. Plus, we unpack the crises ei...
BONUS: The Best of Oh God, What ELSE?
25 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Every Monday we put out Oh God, What Else?, a special mini-cast exclusively for Patreon backers. To show you what you’re missing, here’s a bonus s...
Meal Deal vs Pork Markets
22 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sunak or Truss. No, this isn’t a fever dream – one of them will be the next Prime Minister. The panel analyses this gruesome twosome, in the immed...
Fight for the Right of the Party
14 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
With Tory leadership contestants fighting like rats in a sack we pick apart the hopefuls vying to succeed Johnson. Is there a least worst candidate in...
🚨 EmergencyCast 🚨 Disgraced, Debased, Destroyed
07 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
That’s it. Boris Johnson is to resign – sealing his place in history as the most shambolic excuse for a PM ever. We recorded a speedy-release edit...
The End of the World King
06 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Amid a resignation tsunami, who knows how many ministers will have quit by the time you read this sentence? Boris Johnson is clinging to power like a ...
Humpty Numpty Has Two Big Falls
01 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
With Boris Johnson’s face covered in egg after two humbling by-election defeats, we assess the PM’s standing. What further turmoil is coming down ...
Wakey, Wakey – By-Election Emergencycast
24 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As the Tories suffer two crushing by-election losses and Oliver Dowden resigns, mark this a good morning for Britain. In a special by-election emergen...
On a Sticky Picket
23 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
With the Conservatives trying to blame Labour for this week’s strikes we unpack this latest bemusing attack line. Plus, we assess the ongoing Brexit...
Back In The ECHR
17 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Patel’s eviction flights to Rwanda fall apart at the last minute and spark the ire of the European Court of Human Rights. But is a blazing row with ...
Live in Brighton with Rafael Behr: Part Two
11 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Is the nation due a vibe shift? With the Conservative Party in disarray, it would appear the times are a-changing… Plus, the Jubilee weekend has rai...
Live in Brighton with Rafael Behr: Part One
10 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
With Johnson clinging on to power after a dramatic week in Westminster, the panel unpacks VONC aftermath live in Brighton. What next for the embattled...
The Brady Crunch
03 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As Johnson says he won’t quit thanks to a newfound sense of responsibility, we assess the chance of him being ousted. No confidence letters to 1922 ...
“We’ve Hosted a Party by Mistake” – Plus guest Francis Fukuyama
26 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Fifth birthday edition! Let the PM who has not accidentally arrived at a party during a pandemic lockdown cast the first stone... The panel unpacks Jo...
Dude, Where’s My Society?
20 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The panel unpacks our eternally wise Government’s ingenious cost of living fix – simply try to be richer! How did certain politicians come to sugg...
Aloo Aloo Aloo, What’s Going on Keir, Then?
13 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As Starmer goes bhuna or bust, we discuss his big gamble and the ongoing curry furore. Lib Dem MP Layla Moran joins us to discuss who’s pushing the ...
Neil Kinnock on How to Fight the Good Fight
06 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Former Labour leader Neil Kinnock talks Westminster sleaze, Starmer’s fighting spirit and tussles with the ultra-left. He and the panel unpack the r...
NSFW (Not Safe For Westminster)
29 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As Boris Johnson’s teflon covering is scratched away, we chart a potential path to his political demise. The panel analyses the latest x-rated scand...
The Lunatics Have Taken Over the Asylum System
22 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We unpack Johnson’s latest partygate pseudo-apology and analyse the Government’s controversial Rwanda asylum plans. Might the PM’s hubris finall...
The Crime Minister
14 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Johnson becomes the first PM to be convicted of a crime when in office. We look at the times Britain HAS changed its PM during a war, the fines that a...
Have I Got No News For You
08 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dorries decides to sell Channel 4 (definitely not out of revenge), it’s two years of Keir, and populism wins again with Orbán. Guest Matt Forde, co...
Party, All the Fines? – with guest Emily Thornberry
01 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
With Partygate fines being dished out, special guest Emily Thornberry joins us to discuss Government scandals and sleaze. The shadow attorney general ...
Last Chancellor Saloon
25 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We analyse whether there was anything but jam tomorrow from the chancer Chancellor in his Spring Statement. During a historic cost of living crisis, h...
From Russia With Funds
18 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Government shortcomings amid Ukraine’s invasion are clear, with questions over refugee support and Russian influence in British politics. The panel ...
Slava Ukraini – OGWN Live in London
11 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Live in London… How will Putin’s Ukraine gamble play out? Has Johnson got away with Partygate? Which pundit wins the Worst Take on Ukraine award?...
🇺🇦 Ukraine: A Nation’s Bravery 🇺🇦 plus guest Anna Soubry 🇺🇦
04 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As Ukrainian resistance awes the world, can EU sanctions stop Russia – or are the risks of confronting Putin just too great? Plus the Government’s...
A Crime Against Freedom
24 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
**This episode was recorded prior to Russia's assault on Ukraine on Thursday.** Putin pounces. Ukraine in peril. COVID sidelined at home. Romeo Kok...
Ukraine in the trenches, Britain on the benches
18 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Russia insists troops are being withdrawn from the Ukrainian border, but is there a genuine deescalation? What happens next? We assess the crisis and ...
When Will the Bubbly Burst?
11 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As Boris Johnson is busted with bubbly, will new No.10 arrivals come to his rescue – or are they too late to the parties? Journalist and author Mar...
Blame and Shame
04 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Boris Johnson remains consistent in at least one regard – he continues to disappoint yet fails to surprise with his actions. With the PM’s bluster...
When Cakes Attack
28 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Is the party nearly over for Boris Johnson, or can he continue to have his cake and eat it? With a police investigation launched into Downing Street’...
Red Meat is a Dog’s Dinner
21 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Sue Gray report is imminent, Tory backbenchers are sending in their letters to the 1922 committee, and Bury North MP Christian Wakeford has defect...
You’ll Always Find Me In Denial At Parties
13 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
When is a party not a party? As Boris Johnson slobbers out a pitifully insincere apology for No.10’s Turbo Garden Rave 2020, has he finally lost the...
Happy New Keir
07 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the first Oh God, What Now? of 2022, and we’re going back to our roots by looking at good old Brexit. What joys will our prolonged divorce fr...
Now That’s What I Call OGWN 🎉 The greatest bits of 2021
30 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In our intra-Christmas special to tide you over til January, we present some of the best bits of OGWN from 2021. From scourge of the No.10 party perso...
🎄Christmas ’21 🧀🍷 Away In A Danger! 🥂
23 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
🎶 “Simply having/A terrible cheese and wine…” 🎶 In the last OGWN of 2021, our Christmas stocking bulges with troubles for Boris Johnson. L...
🚨🗳 Emergency By-Electioncast 🚨🗳 Come Gloat With Us 🚨🗳
17 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
SHORT SHARP SHROP: Christmas comes early as Johnson’s Tories are utterly humiliated in the North Shropshire by-election, with the ignominious loss o...
Bor Is Over – If You Want It?
17 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Boris Johnson finally looks vulnerable, but should we really want him to go on the eve of the Omicron Wave? Is Partygate plus COVID fatigue a recipe f...
Ho Ho Ho God, What Now? - Live in London
10 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It’s their party and they’ll lie if they want to… Mere hours after Allegra Stratton fell on her sword, the Oh God, What Now? panel assemble bef...
The Culture War’s deep roots – with guests JON RONSON and RAF BEHR
03 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
If you thought the Culture War was a recent invention, you’d be wrong. Investigative mischief-maker JON RONSON joins us to explain how its roots run...
DePfeffel Pig and the Very Hard Speech
26 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As Johnson makes a pig's ear out of his speech to the CBI, and with unrest sizzling on the Tory backbenches over social care, is the Prime Minister in...
From Here to U-Turnity
19 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the House of Funds… Parliament’s sleaze scandal rolls into yet another week. But have no fear! Boris Johnson has announced plans to ref...
Sleaze Latest: Two Jobs Good, One Job Bad
12 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Vultures circle as the Owen Paterson scandal disintegrates into a circular Tory firing squad featuring Geoffrey Cox (hon. member for the Virgin Island...
BONUS TASTER: Doomsday Watch with Arthur Snell
10 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A sneak peek at a brand new series from the producers behind Oh God, What Now? To hear more, visit kite.link/doomsday The world has never stood as cl...
Their Owen Worst Enemy
05 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
“A bingo card of Tory sleaze…” It’s COP26 week so naturally the Tory Government puts the recycling out – bringing back 90s corruption by ove...
Bilge Back Better
29 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Government sanctions explosive leaks of noxious material, leaving the country nauseated. But enough about the Budget. As National Sewage Week come...
Politicising a Tragedy
22 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
MPs want the Online Harms Bill to be tightened to take in “hateful speech” – yet the murder of David Amess appears to have had nothing to do wi...
Frosty the Conman
15 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Brexit’s back! Unelected bureaucrat Lord Frost resurrects the nightmare by tearing into the disgraceful deal and NI Protocol negotiated by dastardly...
Bonus: OH GOD, WHAT ELSE? taster mini-cast
13 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
An extra for Oh God What Now listeners! Every Monday morning we put out an exclusive, brand new microcast for our Patreon backers, called (inevitably)...
The Blather’s Grim – Tory conference with guest David Gauke
08 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As the Conservatives drift through a self-congratulatory conference, special guest David Gauke – former Conservative Justice Secretary, now rōnin o...
Brighton Rocked? – with guest Clive Lewis MP
01 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
So, how did that Labour conference go? Did Keir Starmer snatch victory from the jaws of fratricidal defeat with that closing speech? Special guest Cli...
Clause IV Concern: Energy drains and Labour pains with guest Rafael Behr
24 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Mr Spaff Goes to Washington. But as Boris Johnson chums up to Joe Biden, an energy crisis is looming back home. With two providers collapsi...
Back to Drawing Borders?
17 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded before this week’s reshuffle was finalised. For full analysis, listen to our Emergency Pod! As Boris Johnson kicks Gavin Williamson out fr...
Emergency: Oh God, Who Next?
16 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The mince pies and P45s arrive on the shelves earlier every year. That’s right, it’s reshuffle season - and we’re here with an emergency pod to ...
The End Is N.I.
10 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Does it matter when a Government breaks a keystone promise? Former Blair advisor John McTernan joins us to look at Boris Johnson’s punitive National...
Pets over people: “The last smear on our character”
03 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
With Afghanistan left to the mercies of the Taliban, Dominic Raab filibusters his own Foreign Affairs committee and ensures that no lessons are learne...
Foreign Sec’s On The Beach
27 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As Dominic Raab tries to get his deposit back from Tui, we ask how he got here and what he wants. Meanwhile the pandemic recedes, exposing supply chai...
Worse than Suez: Afghanistan abandoned
20 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Government’s flat-footed and callous response to the collapse of Afghanistan and the resultant refugee crisis has enraged even the House of Comm...
Swot vs Blot – The Sunak-Johnson Smackdown
13 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As the shine comes off the Prime Minister and the Cabinet gets fractious, is the country ready for a brutal Rishi-on-Boris battle? Special guest Graci...
The Last Days of COVID?
06 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
With new cases of COVID declining, are we really seeing COVID dwindle? Or is this the calm before the next wave? The expert’s expert Christina Pagel...
Everyday Britain vs the Cultural Arsonists
29 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What if they held a Culture War and nobody turned up? A new report says Jo and Josephine Public are less riled by hot button rage issues than we think...
Stranger Pings
23 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As Cummings:Kuenssberg gives us yet more Classic Dom content, are we now fine with unelected advisors trying to topple Prime Ministers – or for tha...
It’s Coming Home, To Roost
16 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Johnson and Patel’s dog-whistling finally brings all the racists to football’s yard (who could have predicted this??) but England’s young black ...
Death by Common Sense
09 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As the Government abandons clear rules for “common sense” and “personal responsibility”, even Sajid Javid admits we’re entering “uncharted...
🚨 EmergencyCast: Truly, Batley, Deeply 🚨
02 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Labour wins something shocker! As Kim Leadbeater’s victory in the most rancid by-election of modern times ignites a festival of pundit hindsight, we...
Matt Hancock booted off Love Island
02 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Does LOVE RAT MATT’s embarrassing self-own tell us anything we didn’t already know about Boris Johnson’s moral universe? And should we stop chor...
Dido’s Life For Rent
25 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
“Happy” Referendum-versary! Special guest Ailbhe Rae of the New Statesman joins us to look at the meaning of the Lib Dem victory in Chesham and Am...
“Totally F***ing Hopeless”: Dom’s Blog-Buster Sequel
18 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As yet another self-justifying Dominic Cummings megablog arrives, will this latest real-life No.10 Spider-Man meme affect actual politics? Barrister J...