May vs Corbyn
The New Statesman | UK politics and culture
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4.4 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 29 November 2018
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Stephen and Patrick discuss the likely May vs Corbyn showdown in the mooted Brexit TV debate. Then Helen interviews Rebecca Frecknall and Patsy Ferran, director and star of Tennessee Williams' Summer and Smoke, currently playing at the Duke of York's theatre in London.
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| 0:00.0 | May I have your attention please you can now book your train tickets on Uber and get |
| 0:08.0 | 10% back in credits to spend on your next Uber ride so you don't have to walk home in the rain again. |
| 0:15.0 | Trains, now on Uber. T's and C's apply. Check the Uber app. |
| 0:20.0 | 2023 has been the deadliest year for natural disasters since 2010, with over 75,000 deaths, predominantly from earthquakes and floods. |
| 0:33.0 | That's according to the 2023 Q3 Global Catastrophe Recap report |
| 0:38.0 | from Global Professional Services firm Aeon, which is sponsoring the New Statesman Podcast. |
| 0:43.6 | These disasters also have a huge economic impact. |
| 0:46.7 | While global insured losses from natural disaster events had reached 88 billion by the close |
| 0:52.1 | of the third quarter, economic losses totaled 295 billion, |
| 0:57.3 | highlighting a considerable protection gap. Aeon provides advice and solutions to businesses in over 120 countries to help them navigate |
| 1:06.4 | volatility, enhance resilience and make better decisions. |
| 1:10.6 | You can access its research and reporting at AON.com. |
| 1:14.0 | Search AON Global Catastrophe Recap to get started. Hello and I are both on it, but sadly not together. |
| 1:33.0 | I and Patrick discuss what's going on with May's TV debate, and then Helen discusses a new play that's coming to town. |
| 1:40.0 | The new statement podcast you're about to listen to is a very special and a very sad one, because it's the last one produced by our long-time producer Caroline Crampton. |
| 1:47.5 | Caroline is the person who essentially created the New States and website in its modern form, |
| 1:52.0 | the person who's responsible for the shape and the format of this |
| 1:54.7 | podcast, the fact that me and Helen, you know, being increasingly annoying and twee. So really, if you've enjoyed this |
| 2:01.5 | podcast, if you've booked yourself into a novo tell, if you've been |
| 2:05.6 | disappointed by some very bad bespoke trousers, if you've liked anything on the New Statesman |
| 2:10.7 | website, if you've encountered the new statesman for the first time |
| 2:13.5 | online, it's almost certainly because of Caroline. We're very sad to be losing her and we wish |
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