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.
Episodes to download
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The Mick Lynch One
Sat 28 May 2022
Nick Robinson speaks to Mick Lynch, the general secretary of the RMT union.
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The Nimco Ali One
Sat 21 May 2022
Nick Robinson speaks to Nimco Ali, government adviser on violence against women and girls.
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The Jacob Rees-Mogg Leadership Crisis One
Sat 29 Jan 2022
Nick Robinson talks to Jacob Rees-Mogg about the Prime Minister's survival
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The Steve Baker One
Sat 22 Jan 2022
Nick Robinson talks to Steve Baker about the PM, the pandemic and parachutes.
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The Gary Neville One
Sat 15 Jan 2022
Nick Robinson talks to Gary Neville about the politics of football and his own ambitions.
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The Wes Streeting One
Fri 7 Jan 2022
The Shadow Health Secretary on cancer, living with Covid and Christine Keeler
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The 2022 New Year Special One
New Year's Day 2022
Nick Robinson reviews the highlights of Political Thinking in 2021
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The Ed Balls Christmas Special One
Mon 27 Dec 2021
The former Cabinet Minister on cooking, dancing and politics.
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The Katharine Birbalsingh One
Fri 17 Dec 2021
The Chair of the Social Mobility Commission on conservative values, schools & smartphones
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The Liz Truss Foreign Secretary One
Fri 10 Dec 2021
The Foreign Secretary on threats abroad, Mrs Thatcher and Christmas parties
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The Chris Bryant One
Fri 3 Dec 2021
The Labour MP on upholding the rules and why he could never have been 007
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The Keir Starmer Opposition Leader One
Fri 26 Nov 2021
The Labour leader on family matters and what he thinks of Boris
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The Nick Carter One
Fri 1 Oct 2021
The Chief of the Defence Staff discusses the lessons learned in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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The Rachel Reeves One
Fri 24 Sep 2021
The Shadow Chancellor on Labour’s economic plans and playing aggressive chess
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The Sajid Javid Health Secretary One
Fri 17 Sep 2021
The Health Secretary on the reshuffle and health inequalities after the pandemic
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The Jeffrey Donaldson One
Fri 10 Sep 2021
The DUP leader on his fears for the future and the beauty of the Mournes
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The Tom Tugendhat Afghanistan One
Fri 3 Sep 2021
The Foreign Affairs Select Committee Chair on shame, Afghanistan and Global Britain
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The Oliver Dowden One
Fri 25 Jun 2021
The Culture Secretary on culture wars, suburbia and St. Trinian’s
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The Alok Sharma One
Fri 18 Jun 2021
The COP26 President on the ‘decisive decade’, Swampy and being Mr Boring
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The Ed Miliband Reunion One
Fri 4 Jun 2021
The former Labour leader on thinking ‘big’ and charging his electric car
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The Christina McAnea One
Fri 28 May 2021
The Unison General Secretary on Red Clydeside, negotiation and Labour
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The Kate Forbes One
Fri 21 May 2021
The Scottish Finance Secretary on her faith and another referendum
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The Rachel de Souza One
Fri 14 May 2021
The Children’s Commissioner on schools, online safety and Aristotle
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The Len McCluskey Election Special One
Fri 7 May 2021
The Unite General Secretary on Hartlepool, Starmer’s ‘failure’ and football
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The Jonathan Reynolds One
Fri 30 Apr 2021
The Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary on Labour, autism and Sunderland FC
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The Justin Welby One
Fri 23 Apr 2021
The Archbishop of Canterbury explains why he gets involved in politics
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The Alistair Carmichael One
Fri 16 Apr 2021
The longest-serving LibDem MP on island life, beef farming and the perils of nationalism
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The Jeane Freeman One
Thu 8 Apr 2021
Scotland’s Health Secretary on her journey from communism via Labour to the SNP
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Nick Robinson reflects on some of the insights he’s gained from his interviewees.
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