Backchat Podcast
1) Campaigner Khady Gueye on Fighting for Racial Justice, Continuing Conservations About Race, and Racism in Rural Areas
In this enlightening episode campaigner Khady Gueye opens up about her experiences of racism growing up as mixed-race in a rural area. Khady talks about organising the BLM protest in Bathhurst Park in...Show More
2) Dr Sally Adams - Does Alcohol Make You Better in Bed?
This week we chat to Dr Sally Adams from the University of Bath whose research centres on alcohol and tobacco use and its cognitive effects. Sally answers two huge questions - does alcohol make you be...Show More
3) Tom Dunn on Pressure, Sacrifices, Life After Rugby, and Playing for England
Bath and England rugby player Tom Dunn opens up about making it as a professional rugby player, the pressure involved and how he felt making his first England appearance behind closed doors. Tom also ...Show More
Tom Dunn on Pressure, Sacrifices, Life After Rugby, and Playing for England
19:41 | Jan 28th, 2021
4) Andy Burnham on Kier Starmer, Homelessness, the North-South Divide and Devolution
In the last episode of this series, Ed chats to the Mayor of Manchester about his well-publicised negotiations with the Government, the North-South Divide, the assignment of Covid Tiers in the North, ...Show More
Andy Burnham on Kier Starmer, Homelessness, the North-South Divide and Devolution
25:30 | Dec 17th, 2020
5) UK Implosion, Brexit, and an Ageing Historian
Ed and Will chat to Dr Martin Farr from Newcastle University about lecturing during Covid-19, Brexit, the Special Relationship and the breakup of the United Kingdom. Listen to hear Martin chat about w...Show More
6) Daisy Cooper on School Uniform, Swords in Parliament, Civil Liberties, and Becoming Lib Dem Deputy Leader
In this episode Ed chats to Daisy Cooper, Deputy Leader and Education Spokesperson for the Liberal Democrats. Daisy chats about her early experience of campaigning at a CND march and on issues such as...Show More
7) US Election Response: What is Happening in America?
Podcast Editor Ed Sawyer chats to George Evans-Jones and frequent guest Will Pascall about the ongoing US Election result. This episode tries to explain what is going on in America, looks at the stren...Show More
8) Ann Widdecombe on Brexit, Prisons, Climate Change and 'Wokeness'
In this episode, Ed Sawyer talks to Ann Widdecombe, former Conservative Party MP and prominent Brexiteer. Never afraid to say what she thinks, Ann proves a very interesting, if somewhat controversial,...Show More
9) Caroline Voaden on Nationalism, the British Press, Europe and the Future of the Lib Dems
In the second episode of the new series, Ed Sawyer interviews ex Lib Dem MEP Caroline Voaden. Listen to hear Caroline talk about accidentally becoming an enemy of the Croatian state in the 1990s, work...Show More
10) Monty Panesar on Cricket, Trump, Biden and Race
Backchat is relaunching! Our new podcast editor Ed Sawyer and guest Will Pascall interview ex-England cricketer and current TV personality Monty Panesar in this first podcast. Give it a listen to...Show More