Never Mind the Monarchs

Oh God, What Now?

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News, Politics, Society & Culture

4.6 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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It’s Coronation weekend and Charles “invites” you to pledge your allegiance to the crown. A wholesome tradition? Or just a bit much? And should we actually read much into the local elections? We ask special guest Ben Walker, senior data journalist at New Statesman and a Labour council candidate. Then in the extra bit – for subscribers only – with rock legends Aerosmith retiring, the panel discusses people they’d like to see pack it in. “I won’t be saying it and I imagine very very few people will be standing on their sofas shouting the words out either.” – Ian Dunt “You’ve got a fundamental problem and that is that councils have been almost completely neutralised.” – Ian Dunt “Levelling up is just a load of words, it doesn't really mean anything.” – Hannah Fearn www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow Presented by Ros Taylor with Ian Dunt, Hannah Fearn and guest Ben Walker. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison Producer: Chris Jones. Audio production by Simon Williams. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Angela Barnes and I just knuck on here to tell you that we are history, the
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0:32.7	We bring you the most interesting stories we can find from the past, so have a listen
0:36.9	if you'd like to know whether Vlad the Impaillars anger issues really earned him that nickname,
0:42.3	or how a notorious family from Essex ended up declaring an independent country on a platform
0:47.6	in the North Sea, or maybe how a dead homeless Welshman changed Britain's fortunes in World
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1:04.7	Hello and welcome to O'God What Now, the Scottish camp of Anna podcasts, high spec, awkward
1:19.0	and not going anywhere.
1:20.7	On today's show, we ask why the king wants to mar a weekend of low-key boozing by asking
1:25.1	us to pledge allegiance to him.
1:27.1	The local elections are here, who'd want to be a counsellor, answer our guest, and does
1:31.6	local government need an almighty shake-up.
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