Jumping out of the Overton window – Is brainrot taking over politics?

Oh God, What Now?

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🗓️ 24 October 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Reform UK just pulled off the sequel to the Jackie Weaver Handforth Parish Council Zoom meeting, and it’s excellent. The leaked Zoom meeting from Reform’s flagship Kent County Council shows things aren’t perhaps going as well for Nigel Farage’s party/business as he may have hoped. Is Reform having a bit of a wobble? Plus, is social media brainrot ruining British politics? And in the Extra Bit for subscribers, things are going from very bad to a lot worse for Prince Andrew. How did we get here, and how much worse can it really get for the British Royal Family? ESCAPE ROUTES: • Jason recommends Slow Horses ⁠ • Zöe recommends the podcast On Being • Marie recommends the game HollowKnight: Silksong AND the Eva Helene Pade exhibition at London’s Ely House. • Seth recommends Journey To The Far Side of The Sun If you want to find out more about Energise Africa and register as an investor, visit energiseafrica.com/ogwn Head to nakedwines.co.uk/ohgodwhatnow to get 6 top-rated wines from our sponsor Naked Wines for £39.99, delivery included. www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow Presented by Seth Thévoz with Zöe Grünewald, Marie Le Conte and Jason Hazeley Audio Production by Robin Leeburn. Art direction: James Parrett. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. www.podmasters.co.uk ENDS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Alison Phillips.
0:01.3	And I'm John Ewich.
0:02.4	And this edition of Oh God What Now is sponsored by naked wines.
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0:54.9	Right, here we go.
0:56.0	So it's giving vibes of like hanging out in Provence with my family, which is lovely.
0:59.9	Which is nice memory to have on a Friday afternoon when I probably shouldn't be drinking wine at this time.
1:04.4	Oh, that's lovely.
1:04.9	It gives me sort of vibes of maybe sitting in a park, the sun's shining, which it is today.
1:11.3	I have no idea how to talk about wine, but it's delicious.
1:13.8	You will enjoy it.
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