New Podcast: These Times

TALKING POLITICS

Catherine Carr

News, News & Politics

4.7 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2023

⏱️ 1 minutes

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Summary

UnHerd political editor Tom McTague and Cambridge professor Helen Thompson team up to investigate the history of today’s politics — and what it means for our future. Each week they will explore the great forces, ideas and events that led us to where we are, whether in Britain, the United States, Europe or beyond. It’s a politics podcast for those who want a deeper, historical understanding of the news, to understand what has really shaped our world and why.

We hope you enjoy!

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Email us at thesetimes@unherd.com or tweet us at @thesetimespod

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to these times.
0:04.6	I am talking to you today because I want to ask you all to help.
0:08.8	I'm Tom McTag.
0:09.8	And I'm Helen Thompson.
0:11.6	Americans are people of peace.
0:13.6	We've known and suffered the trauma of war.
0:16.1	Each week we investigate the real history of what's going on in politics right now.
0:21.0	And what that means for our future.
0:23.1	When I first discussed all of this with John Monet in 1960.
0:26.9	We're not interested in minute by minute commentary about who's up and who's down in Westminster or Washington.
0:32.1	But the great forces, ideas and events led us to where we are today.
0:36.0	No European Central Bank accountable to no one least of all to national politics.
0:42.0	Welcome to these times.
0:44.2	The Britain that is going to be forged in the white heat of this revolution.
0:48.2	We hope you will join us on our journey over the coming weeks and months.

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