Political Thinking with Nick Robinson Podcast
Nick Robinson has a conversation with, not an interrogation of, the people who shape our political thinking about what shaped theirs.
Nick Robinson talks to people who shape our political thinking about what shaped theirs.
Each episode of Political Thinking features an in-depth conversation with someone who is shaping our politics. The people who run our country (and those who want to), campaigners, business and union leaders, and people who run other countries. All of them join Nick in the studio, not for a news-y interrogation, but for an extended and relaxed conversation, delving into their past and how it shaped their worldview.
New episodes drop on Fridays on BBC Sounds. You can also watch them on BBC Two at 12:15pm on Fridays or on BBC iPlayer. And you can listen on BBC Radio 4 on Saturdays at 17:30.
Episodes to download
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The Stephen Flynn One
Sat 20 May 2023
Stephen Flynn sets out his terms in the event of a hung Parliament.
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The Penny Mordaunt One
Sat 13 May 2023
Penny Mordaunt reveals her preparation for holding that sword and what shapes her politics
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The Suella Braverman One
Sat 11 Mar 2023
The home secretary on how her parents came to Britain & her plans for policing UK borders.
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The Lee Anderson One
Sat 4 Mar 2023
How did a miner who admired Tony Benn become deputy chairman of the Conservatives?
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The Kwajo Tweneboa One
Sat 25 Feb 2023
The influential housing campaigner who lost his father and now wants to change the world.
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The Steve Reed One
Sat 18 Feb 2023
What motivates the man who's bringing Blairism back to Labour's crime policies?
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The Iain Anderson One
Sat 11 Feb 2023
How will the new chair of Stonewall approach the heated debate around gender politics?
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The Mary Bousted One
Sat 4 Feb 2023
Can the woman leading the teacher strikes see a way out of the current crisis?
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The Tony Danker One
Sat 28 Jan 2023
The CBI boss on being Jewish during 'The Troubles' and why everyone's a Brexiteer now.
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The Sharon Graham One
Sat 21 Jan 2023
The union leader on strikes, Labour's 'Blair tribute act' & alleged criminality in Unite
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The Liz Truss's Big Gamble One
Mon 5 Dec 2022
A bonus episode. Nick discovers the inside story of the UK's shortest ever premiership
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The Bridget Phillipson One
Sat 26 Nov 2022
The Labour rising star on how books & Byker Grove transformed her tough life in Sunderland
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The Clare Moriarty One
Sat 19 Nov 2022
The Citizens Advice boss on her civil service career and how bad cost of living really is.
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The Carla Denyer One
Sat 12 Nov 2022
The Green co-leader and former engineer who declared Europe's first climate emergency.
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The Gillian Keegan One
Sat 5 Nov 2022
How did a girl who left school at 16 to work in a car factory become education secretary?
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The Angela Rayner Deputy Leader One
Sat 29 Oct 2022
Nick Robinson talks to Labour's deputy leader, Angela Rayner.
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The Rishi Sunak PM One - From the Archives
Mon 24 Oct 2022
Nick Robinson revisits his interview with the new prime minister, Rishi Sunak, from 2019.
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The David Frost One
Sat 22 Oct 2022
Nick Robinson talks to Conservative peer David Frost, the former chief Brexit negotiator.
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The Lisa Nandy Levelling Up One
Sat 15 Oct 2022
Nick Robinson talks to Lisa Nandy, the shadow levelling up secretary.
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The Paul Johnson One
Sat 8 Oct 2022
Nick Robinson talks to Paul Johnson, the director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
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The Kit Malthouse One
Sat 1 Oct 2022
Nick Robinson talks to the new education secretary, Kit Malthouse.
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The Christopher Steele One
Sat 17 Sep 2022
Nick Robinson talks to Christopher Steele, the author of the 'Trump-Russia dossier'.
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The Christopher Steele One
Sat 17 Sep 2022
Nick Robinson talks to Christopher Steele, the author of the the 'Trump-Russia dossier'
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The Liz Truss One - Revisited
Mon 5 Sep 2022
Nick Robinson revisits his interview with the prime minister, Liz Truss, from July 2018.
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The Rishi Sunak One - Revisited
Thu 21 Jul 2022
Nick Robinson revisits his interview with Rishi Sunak from November 2019
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The Liz Truss Foreign Secretary One - Revisited
Thu 21 Jul 2022
Nick Robinson revisits his interview with Liz Truss from December 2021
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10/09/2022
Sat 9 Jul 2022
Nick Robinson talks to people who shape our political thinking about what shaped theirs.
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The Johnson Succession One
Fri 8 Jul 2022
Nick Robinson recalls previous interviews with those hoping to be our next prime minister
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The David Lammy Shadow Foreign Secretary One
Sat 2 Jul 2022
Nick Robinson talks to the shadow foreign secretary, David Lammy.
