Beth Rigby Interviews... Podcast
1) How do you raise boys in a culture of misogyny?
Do we have a cultural problem when it comes to teaching boys about sexual violence? The Labour government certainly thinks so with its new strategy.Home Office minister and former podcaster Jess Phill...Show More
2) Does Starmer need his mates more than ever?
Westminster is restless, and the team are digging into why. Beth, Ruth and Harriet discuss the growing unease inside Labour, as somebody new joins the cabinet table. They...Show More
3) Did Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves mislead us?
The chancellor is being accused of "lying" over what she knew and when ahead of her budget – so did Rachel Reeves and Sir Keir Starmer actually mislead the public? Beth walks us through...Show More
4) Is the government gaslighting us over tax rises?
With all the speculation, it was always going to be a big one, but Rachel Reeves's second budget turned into a political earthquake before she even stood up at the dispatch box.In this bumper budget s...Show More
5) Shabana Mahmood – the new Margaret Thatcher?
The home secretary is going hard on immigration and she's taking a lot of people with her, not least Kemi Badenoch and the Reform party.Shabana Mahmood is using her identity – as a...Show More
6) Is Wes Streeting now a shoo-in for Labour leader?
Wes Streeting had to say he's more Joe Marler than Jonathan Ross after Number 10 started briefing he was plotting to oust Keir Starmer. Westminster has been full of Traitors analogies after a ch...Show More
7) Why are prisoners being released by mistake?
Who is to blame for two more inmates being wrongly freed from prison? The Conservatives attempted a mic drop moment with David Lammy this week by trying to get the Justice Secretary to admit to it liv...Show More
8) The Huntingdon train stabbing - the Air India survivor and the women's cricket victory
Police are still trying to work out the motive for Saturday’s mass stabbing on a train from Doncaster to London. Sophy has spoken to the sole survivor of the Air India crash which killed 241 people ba...Show More
9) Is Zack Polanski making the Greens less green?
Harriet responds to your messages about the Green Party after she went viral for her take on leader Zack Polanski.How does its surge in popularity link up with the result of the Caerphilly by-election...Show More
10) How did the grooming gangs inquiry get so toxic?
Sir Keir Starmer has backed safeguarding minister Jess Phillips, as a fifth abuse survivor calls on her to quit to restore trust in the grooming gangs inquiry. Beth, Ruth and Harriet explain why...Show More