Merry Quizmas!
The Politics Show
The New Statesman
4.2 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 25 December 2025
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
How did Trump's tariffs affect the price of Labubus? Which bear was voiced by Volodymyr Zelensky? And what, crucially, did Katy Perry describe California girls as?
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| 0:00.0 | The New Statesman |
| 0:02.1 | Merry Christmas, or should I say, Merry Quismus. |
| 0:10.8 | Yeah, it gets better, don't worry. |
| 0:13.1 | We're honoured to be in your ears on this big day. |
| 0:15.9 | I'm Olly Doug Moore. |
| 0:16.6 | You're listening to a special festive edition of the New Statesman podcast. |
| 0:20.9 | Joining me and you for the best news quiz you will ever listen to |
| 0:25.0 | is our Britain editor and fellow podcast host, Anoushekelian, |
| 0:29.6 | business editor and sketchwriter, Will Dun, and news editor Luke O'Reilly. |
| 0:34.8 | Hello, hello, hello, or should I say, ho, ho, ho. You say ho, ho, ho back? Ho, ho, ho. Oh, hello. So, to help us along our way today and to mark the occasion, I have brought you light refreshment. Yes. Yes. Anoush, I know you have the taste of an 89-year-old and requested parliamentary port. I actually did. That's not a lie. |
| 0:54.6 | Even though my Spotify wrapped age was actually 32, which is younger than I am. Congratulations. I was 73. I was only how much younger. Yeah. I was also 73. You got 73 too. Yeah, thanks if you would Mac. No, I'm not a port guy. I didn't realize. I thought when we were discussing what we're going to drink. I thought that was |
| 1:09.2 | banter. I didn't realize you actually enjoy a |
| 1:11.4 | genuine request. I'm really disappointed with this |
| 1:13.6 | fizzy pink stuff. Yes, so I'm I thought when we were discussing what we're going to drink, I thought that was banter. I didn't realize you actually enjoy a port. |
| 1:11.5 | No, no, that was a genuine request. |
| 1:12.2 | I'm really disappointed with this fizzy pink stuff. |
| 1:14.4 | Yes, so I'm terribly sorry to say our production resources were so limited. |
| 1:17.5 | We've got the next best thing. |
| 1:19.1 | Pink Prosecco. |
| 1:20.9 | Actually, it's not prosceco. |
| 1:22.3 | It's Vino's Pumante, which is Italian for production micro-budget. |
| 1:31.1 | Oh, my God. |
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