It's a real obsession of mine to explain to people when they say, I don't really care about

politics. You do. You don't care about two similarly dressed men shouting at each other in

a velvet room, but you do care about whether your kids can get a place in school. How long

it's going to take for you to see a doctor? Everything is politics.

Crooked media, the team that brought you Podsave America is bringing their no-nonsense approach

across the pond, now that they've saved America and everything in that country is absolutely fine.

With a new show, Podsave the UK. I'm your host, Nishkamar, star of stage and screen,

comedian and UK national treasure citation needed. I'm Coco Khan, a journalist and author.

Each week, Nish and I will break down the week's biggest stories and discuss the politics and

policy affecting all of us in our day-to-day lives. I've spent years making jokes about politics,

and amazingly it's not helped at all. Arguably, it's made things considerably worse.

And while I was making those jokes, my friend Coco here was busy being a serious journalist,

so we've decided to join forces to come up with some ideas about how we can all help improve life

in the UK. And it won't all be serious because hey, as you know Nish, sometimes all you can do is laugh.

I think I might be the least open-minded person in the United Kingdom, but at this crisis point

in our nation's history, I'm prepared to turn over every rock and stone in this country

to find some hope. And if all we find are some creepy crawlies, at least that's protein, baby.

New episodes of Podsave the UK from crooked media and reduced listening

are available Thursday, starting May the 4th, wherever you get your podcasts.