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Talking … Peter Mandelson and New Labour w/Helen Thompson

In today’s episode David and Helen Thompson explore the tortured relationship between Peter Mandelson and the New Labour project that he helped to create and now seems finally to have destroyed. How has the whole history of New Labour been shaped by its origin in ideas of betrayal? Why did Tony Blair and Gordon Brown both end up depending on Mandelson while despairing of each other? What held their relationships together and what caused them to fall apart?

Out tomorrow on PPF+: the second part of this conversation in which David and Helen bring the story up to the present: how does the drama ultimately end? To get this and all our bonus episodes plus ad-free listening sign up to PPF+ now https://www.ppfideas.com/join-ppf-plus

Join us on Wednesday 6th May at the Regent Street Cinema in London for the third film in our new season: a screening of The Third Man followed by a live podcast recording with writer and broadcaster Misha Glenny. Tickets available now https://bit.ly/3O5rSEY

You can find out everything you need to know about this podcast – who we are, what we do, plus merch, events and full lists of all episodes and PPF+ bonus episodes on our website https://www.ppfideas.com

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Informação que mobiliza - com Neon Cunha e Raull Santiago

Em março deste ano, a Agência Pública completou 15 anos de existência. Para marcar essa trajetória, aconteceu em São Paulo o evento “Contando o Brasil: uma celebração do jornalismo que informa e mobiliza”, em parceria com o Sesc. Foram três mesas com grandes nomes para refletir sobre os desafios do jornalismo e reforçar seu papel essencial na defesa da democracia.

Para quem não conseguiu participar dos debates ou gostaria de relembrar os melhores momentos, preparamos três episódios especiais com uma versão editada de cada mesa. Neste segundo episódio, você confere “Informação que mobiliza”, com mediação da cofundadora da Pública, Marina Amaral. Ela recebe Neon Cunha, referência na luta por direitos humanos e pessoas LGBTQIAPN+ e Raull Santiago, ativista e fundador da Agência Brecha e Instituto Papo Reto.Ouça o episódio e deixe seus comentários. Na semana que vem o Pauta volta à programação normal.

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#193 Colecionadora de histórias — Natércia Pontes

Como se faz um romance? Neste episódio, a colunista do 451 MHz Bruna Beber entrevista a escritora Natércia Pontes, que revela como a recolha de palavras, imagens e histórias ao longo do tempo deu origem a Vida Doçura (Companhia das Letras), seu novo romance. Na conversa, a autora conta que a escrita fragmentada do livro é fruto da combinação de vários elementos, entre eles a relação obsessiva da protagonista Jocasta, uma escritora, com a youtuber Jovana, o luto pela perda da mãe e o desejo de escrever um thriller. A convidada ainda fala da mistura de ficção e realidade, da influência de roqueiros como Jeff Buckley e Kurt Cobain e da tragicomédia que permeia sua escrita.

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PPF+: A Taste Of What You’ve Been Missing (Taster 2)

In today’s extra episode some more highlights from the PPF+ archive in another selection we first put out last summer: here are a few more excerpts we think you might enjoy.

In this episode you’ll hear David talking about In the Loop and the question of why politicians do and don’t resign; Robert Saunders on the legacy of Brexit for politics today; Shannon Vallor on why AI is a vision not of the future but of the past; David on the appeal of High Noon for American presidents; and Alec Ryrie on the relationship between Calvinism, Puritanism and the rise and fall of apartheid South Africa.

To get these and all of our bonus episodes plus all future bonuses and ad-free listening sign up to PPF+ now. It’s £5 per month or £50 for the year and you will be helping this podcast to keep going and growing. You can also gift a 6-month or a 12-month PPF+ subscription: https://www.ppfideas.com/join-ppf-plus

You can find out everything you need to know about this podcast – who we are, what we do, plus merch, events and full lists of all episodes and PPF+ bonus episodes on our website https://www.ppfideas.com

Next Time: Helen Thompson on Peter Mandelson and New Labour

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On the Road

This week, Sara Wheeler reflects on monumental task of becoming Jan Morris's biographer; and Abigail Dembo reads us an intriguing new poem.


'Jan Morris: A Life', by Sara Wheeler

'He Wore His Leather Coat', by Abigail Dembo


Produced by Charlotte Pardy


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PPF+: A Taste Of What You’ve Been Missing (Taster 1)

In today’s extra episode some more highlights from the PPF+ archive in a selection we first put out last summer: here are a few more excerpts we think you might enjoy.

In this episode you’ll hear David talking to Helen Thompson about Apocalypse Now, David exploring Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, unpicking the relationship between The Futurist Manifesto and fascism, reflecting on Claude Lanzmann’s epic Holocaust documentary Shoah and in conversation with historian Chris Clark about 1848 and the future of liberal politics. 

To get these and all of our bonus episodes plus all future bonuses and ad-free listening sign up to PPF+ now. It’s £5 per month or £50 for the year and you will be helping this podcast to keep going and growing. You can also gift a 6-month or a 12-month PPF+ subscription: https://www.ppfideas.com/join-ppf-plus.

You can find out everything you need to know about this podcast – who we are, what we do, plus merch, events and full lists of all episodes and PPF+ bonus episodes on our website https://www.ppfideas.com

Tomorrow: Some More Of What You’ve Been Missing

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GOG: Brasília na raiz do rap brasileiro

Mano Brown e Semayat Oliveira recebem GOG, voz fundamental do rap nacional, direto de Brasília.Ao longo do episódio, GOG revisita memórias do passado, compartilha sua trajetória de resistência ao longo das décadas e reflete sobre as transformações do rap, inclusive nas expectativas do público e na forma como a cultura se relaciona com o mercado, além de abordar questões sociais que atravessam gerações.Um encontro que documenta a história viva do rap brasileiro.Dá o play agora e mergulhe nessa conversa que é memória, reflexão e legado. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

PPF+: A Taste Of What You’ve Been Missing (Taster 3)

Today’s episode features some recent highlights from PPF+ where we have just released our 50th bonus episode. In this selection you’ll hear philosopher Paul Sagar talking about his personal experiences of good and back luck; David talking about what changed for Hiroshima and the world in the moments after the bomb fell; historian of film Harrison Whittaker on the link between It’s A Wonderful Life and Sartrean existentialism; Hannah White from the Institute for Government on why British government doesn’t work at the centre; and historian of Russia Edward Acton on how to understand the confessions at the Moscow Show Trials.

Bonus #50 on PPF+ is the fourth and final part of Orwell’s War, looking at why George Orwell feared that the end of WW2 would lead to war without end. 

To get access to our full archive of 50 PPF+ bonus episodes plus two future bonuses every month and ad-free listening, sign up to PPF+ now. It’s £5 per month or £50 for the year and you will be helping this podcast to keep going and growing https://www.ppfideas.com/join-ppf-plus

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From Central, Queens of Queens: Episode 1. Saint, Mother, Queen

Lorena Borjas was the queen of queens. No one had more prestige and authority among the community of Latina trans women in the Queens neighborhood of New York. Borjas seemed to be everywhere: on the streets, handing out condoms to sex workers; in the courts, accompanying trans women at risk of deportation; or in hospitals, helping people living with HIV. For the queens of Queens, a world without Lorena was unthinkable. And when they lost her, they asked themselves: what will we do without her?

Our series podcast, Central, has a new production: Las Reinas de Queens, the story of a group of trans women from Queens, New York, all Latin American immigrants. Across ten episodes, we follow their fight for the right to exist and thrive in the face of raids, violence, and exclusion. But we also join them at drag shows and beauty contests where they compete against each other to become the new queens of Queens.

The first two episodes are available now on the Central feed. A new episode drops every Thursday.

Find the English transcript of “Saint, Mother, Queen” here. Or check out the Spanish transcript here.

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Orwell’s War: Frozen In Time (1942-43)

Today’s episode in our series about how George Orwell tried – and failed – to make sense of WW2 looks at his response to the vast lurches of fortune from 1942-43 as Hitler’s plans for world domination started to fall apart. Why was Orwell convinced that the summer of 1942 was the last chance for revolution? What persuaded him that Stafford Cripps was the man of the hour? How did his hopes fall apart in 1943? And where did the ideas for 1984 first come from?

Out tomorrow on PPF+: the final episode in this series exploring how Orwell tried to make sense of the end of the war, from a Labour election victory he didn’t see coming to a new ‘cold war’ that he anticipated before anyone else. To get this and all our bonus episodes plus ad-free listening sign up to PPF+ now https://www.ppfideas.com/join-ppf-plus

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Next time – PPF+: Some Of What You’ve Been Missing (Taster 3)

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Gaza: a guerra que nunca termina - com Motasem A Dalloul

Mesmo após o anúncio de um cessar-fogo entre Israel e o Hamas, que prometia reduzir os ataques e abrir caminho para negociações, o cotidiano em Gaza continua marcado por bombardeios, mortes e destruição. Desde o início dos ataques já foram mortas pelo menos 70 mil pessoas só na faixa de Gaza, e os números aumentam diariamente. Na prática, se trata de um acordo frágil, constantemente violado, em que a população civil permanece exposta à violência cotidiana.

Neste episódio, o Pauta Pública mostra os efeitos dos ataques na vida da população palestina e as perspectivas para o futuro. Andrea Dip conversa com o jornalista palestino Motasem A Dalloul, que vive e reporta os acontecimentos diretamente da Faixa de Gaza. Além de lamentar a perda da sua casa e de grande parte de sua família, incluindo esposa e três filhos, Dalloul fala sobre a precariedade das condições de vida dos palestinos e critica o papel das potências ocidentais em relação à violência na região.

A entrevista foi realizada em inglês e dublada por Ricardo Terto.

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#192 Manuel Bandeira, safado e sagrado – Elvia Bezerra e Noemi Jaffe

Para celebrar os 140 anos de nascimento de Manuel Bandeira, este episódio reúne a escritora e pesquisadora Elvia Bezerra, autora de A Trinca do Curvelo: os Afetos de Manuel Bandeira (Todavia), e a também escritora e professora Noemi Jaffe, que escreveu sobre o autor recifense na Quatro Cinco Um de abril. Na conversa, elas falam dos mistérios da poesia bandeiriana, marcada pelo jogo intrincado entre o mundano, carregado de erotismo, e o sublime, que se aproxima do religioso. Entre histórias sobre a vida afetiva do poeta e seu olhar para as coisas simples da vida, as convidadas lembram por que Bandeira, inclusive na prosa, é atemporal.

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Grief Work

Emma Smith on how Shakespeare scholarship grapples with gaps; and Muriel Zagha admires François Ozon's noir adaptation of Camus's classic novel


'Book Culture in Shakespeare's Stratford: The Quiney Connections', by Marlin E. Blaine, Lena Cowen Orlin, Robert Bearman and Alan H. Nelson

'L'étranger', various cinemas


Produced by Charlotte Pardy


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Duquesa: visão criativa, música e business

No novo episódio do Mano a Mano, Duquesa conversa com Mano Brown e Semayat Oliveira sobre sua trajetória da Bahia para São Paulo e os caminhos que a consolidaram como um dos principais nomes do rap da nova geração.Entre visão de negócio, influência da publicidade na sua carreira e os desafios de ser mulher no rap, Duquesa compartilha reflexões sobre identidade, família, ambição e a responsabilidade de se tornar referência para jovens artistas.Um papo sobre maturidade, estratégia e o futuro da música preta no Brasil. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Orwell’s War: False Dawn (1940-41)

Today’s episode in our new series about how George Orwell tried – and failed – to make sense of WW2 as it was happening looks at the events of 1940 and 1941, from the collapse of France to Hitler’s invasion of Russia. Why did Orwell write in March 1940 that there is something ‘deeply appealing’ about Hitler? What convinced him that Churchill ‘must go’? How close did Britain get to revolution in the summer of 1940? Where did the revolution go?

You can listen to David’s earlier episode about Orwell’s The Lion and the Unicorn from our Great Political Essays series on our website here ⁠⁠https://www.ppfideas.com/episodes/history-of-ideas%3A-george-orwell⁠⁠. Or scroll down in your podcast app to find it, originally broadcast on 3rd August 2023.

To hear David’s conversation with Alec Ryrie about The Age of Hitler subscribe to PPF+ to get this and all our bonus episodes plus ad-free listening ⁠https://www.ppfideas.com/join-ppf-plus⁠. We put that one out as a PPF+ bonus on 5th July 2025.

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Against Biopirates

Father and son Julio and Andrés share a passion for Andean biodiversity. Each in his own way and in his own time, has dedicated his life to protecting Peruvian seeds from various threats, guided by a common conviction: the information they contain is an ancestral treasure.

Find the English transcript of “Against Biopirates” here. Or check out the Spanish transcript here.

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#158 – Sobre bombas e advogados

No dia 7 de abril de 2026, o presidente norte-americano Donald Trump deu um ultimato ao Irã que soou como a confissão antecipada de um crime de guerra. “Uma civilização inteira morrerá esta noite, para nunca mais ser ressuscitada”, foi a frase de Trump.

O alardeado crime de guerra não aconteceu. Trump voltou atrás num cessar-fogo supostamente acordado com o Irã. Mas, existem vários outros crimes ao qual o republicado deveria responder.

Ele bombardeou barcos civis na Venezuela, torpedeou uma fragata iraniana matando mais de cem homens e abandonou os sobreviventes à própria sorte. Além disso, tanto na Venezuela quanto no Irã, agiu sem o aval da ONU ou do Congresso americano, o que é ilegal.

Mas quem diz o que é legal ou ilegal em termos de guerra?

O episódio 158 de Escafandro mergulha nas leis sobre conflitos armados. De onde vem a legislação que regulamenta o que pode ou não ser feito em campo de batalha? Como surgiram as várias convenções de Genebra? Como as campanhas bélicas de Donald Trump se enquadram nesse arcabouço legal?

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As regras da Guerra (link para compra)

Lembrança de Solferino

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Entrevistado do episódio

João Paulo Charleaux

Jornalista e escritor, foi correspondente do Nexo em Paris, comenta temas ligados a conflitos internacionais na CNN além de colaborar para veículos como O Globo, Folha de S.Paulo, Carta Capital, piauí e UOL. É autor do recém-lançado “As regras da Guerra” (Zahar).

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March Highlights

It's been quite a month on The TLS Podcast, here's a listen back at some of the conversations we've had in March.


We hear from Christy Edwall on the joys of being a lifelong bookworm, Sarah Lonsdale on the remarkable Clemence Dane, Julian Evans on two books exploring the link between food and war in Ukraine, and we revisit our interview with the inspirational Michael Morpurgo.


Produced by Charlotte Pardy


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Orwell’s War: The Nightmare (1938-39)

Today’s episode is the first in a new series about how the greatest political writer of the 20th century tried – and failed – to make sense of the central political event of the century. How did George Orwell respond in real time to the epochal events of the Second World War and how do his struggles relate to the uncertainties of our own time? What did he get right, what did he get wrong and what did he fail to understand at all? How did a writer who had vigorously opposed the war before it started find himself defending it as soon as it was underway? Who or what did he really want to win? And what did Orwell believe was worse than fascism?

Join us this Friday 17th April at the Regent Street Cinema in London for the second film in our new season: a screening of South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut followed by a live podcast recording with David and director and campaigner Beeban Kidron. Tickets available now ⁠https://bit.ly/3O5rSEY⁠

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O impeachment de Dilma Roussef: 10 anos da votação que mudou o Brasil - com Jean Wyllys

No dia 17 de abril de 2016, o Brasil acompanhou a votação do segundo pedido de impeachment de um presidente da República desde a redemocratização do país. Diferente do ocorrido com Fernando Collor em 1992, que renunciou ao cargo antes da votação final, o processo contra Dilma Rousseff chegou até o fim, e o período foi marcado por polêmicas e ataques misóginos à então presidente.

Casa cheia, burburinho, empurra-empurra e faixas estendidas compunham o cenário da Câmara dos Deputados na tarde que entraria para a história. As justificativas de voto apresentadas pelos deputados se tornaram momentos emblemáticos, como a de Jair Bolsonaro, então deputado federal pelo Rio de Janeiro, que dedicou seu voto ao torturador Carlos Alberto Brilhante Ustra, responsável por torturar a própria Dilma durante a ditadura militar.

Um dos protagonistas no dia da votação foi Jean Wyllys, então deputado pelo PSOL, que foi ofendido por Bolsonaro e reagiu com uma cusparada. Após o ocorrido, Jean passou a sofrer ameaças a ponto de decidir abandonar a carreira política e sair do país. Dez anos depois, ele conversa com Andrea Dip no Pauta Pública, analisando os impactos que a histórica votação e o impeachment de Dilma como um todo tiveram na política e na sociedade brasileira - e o que está em jogo nas eleições de 2026. 

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