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The Bunker – News without the nonsense

100% Faithful? What The Traitors can teach us about politics

The Bunker – News without the nonsense

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News, Government, Politics, Society & Culture

4.61K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Hit reality TV show The Traitors reveals how great some people are at lying – and how bad others are at detecting it. What lessons can we take from Claudia Winkleman’s backstabbing parlour game about the world of politics? Today in The Bunker, Ahir Shah speaks with The Guardian’s Zoe Williams to find out which of our politicians would flourish or flounder under the pressure.  Stay tuned until after the credits for Ahir’s slightly spoilery final thoughts leading into the final two episodes. • “The very act of honesty has become a badge of shame in modern politics.” – Zoe Williams • “I paused the episode and said to my wife: ‘I think I finally understand how Boris Johnson happened’.” – Ahir Shah Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/bunkercast Written and Presented by Ahir Shah. Producer: Liam Tait and Chris Jones.  Audio production: Jade Bayley. Production Assistant: Adam Wright. Art by James Parrett. Music by Kenny Dickinson.Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production Instagram | Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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photography but I turn it into earning a living at 60. I enrolled on a day course.

0:11.8

Well college. I loved going to college. It's good you can retry. I'm enrolled on the day course. But college?

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I loved going to college.

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It's good you can retrain and do something.

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1:14.1

aher Shah the nation is gripped once more by intrigue roundtables shields betrayal

1:19.1

and murder I am of course talking about series two of the Traitors a reality show with 22 contestants to begin with

1:26.6

every day all the players gather to banish a player they suspect of being a traitor and each night the traitors murder one of the faithful.

1:34.0

Numbers are whittled down and victory means a prize of up to 120,000 pounds.

1:38.8

If you've never watched it but you have played games like Mafia or

1:42.0

wherewolf.

1:42.7

Basically, it's people playing an extended version of that

1:45.8

for a fortnight.

1:47.4

But what can the psychology group think bluffs and double bluffs

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