BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. Hi, it's Amol in the Today Podcasts studio. And it's Nick as well. And we always say, don't we, Nick, that we're keen to hear from our listeners. We always plug the number because we're keen for questions and comments. And we pay very close attention to the voice notes. You mean we actually mean what we say? We mean what we say. And we say we want questions. and the thing that we mostly want questions about,

because I think it is a thing that to the voice notes. You mean we actually mean what we say? We mean what we say.

And we say we want questions.

And the thing that we mostly want questions about, because I think it is a thing that we can, as I say, add most value on is journalism. So why we do what we do, why we cover the stories we cover, why we don't cover the stories that we don't cover. because the one thing that you and I between us

are meant to know a little bit about

with our accumulated decades of experience is journalism.

That's right, because I think what I find

on social media, when I talk to people, when we meet people, that's what they say. Why are you

so aggressive in that interview? Why didn't you ask that question? Why do you insist on bang on about

that story, but you seem to ignore that one? And the closer we get to an election, the more the

world is troubled, people will think, here, I really want to hear about that, but you seem

obsessed with this. And it is genuinely helpful for us, as well as,

I hope, interesting for you, to try to get underneath why we take the decisions we do.

Nobody could accuse you of banging on about anything, Nick. But we have recorded an extra

bonus episode this week for you, our lovely listeners, and it features brilliant questions

from you, from all the listeners to this podcast, which you've been sending in over the past few weeks, and for which we would say a very sincere, thank you. And not only listeners, but people who are listeners, but have been here in this studio, or talking to us at least in this studio, we're going to hear from Esther Ransson. We're going to hear from Stephen Fry. So if you have got a question or you've got an observation, send us a voice note on our WhatsApp number, plus 4-4-3-3-0-123-4-6. That's plus 4-4-3-0-1-2-3-4-6. And if you're in any doubt about how to record those voice notes, we'll spell it out at the end.

But meantime, let's do it.

This is going to be a fun episode.

Let's hear immediately from Jackie in Kent.

Hi, Amol and Nick.

I read an article about lightweight politics being the new normal.

I think you should look into this

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