Show 249 - *Penny Mordaunt - Live*
Matt Forde's Political Party
The Political Party
4.7 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 12 October 2021
⏱️ 88 minutes
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Summary
If Penny Mordaunt gives you options, consider them very carefully. You'll understand what that means once you've heard some of her incredible stories. Penny has done some weird and wonderful jobs inside and outside of politics - from being a magician's assistant to becoming the first ever female Secretary of State for Defence. Her approach to life is inspiring and her philosophy around unity is outlined in her recent book 'Greater'. A passionate advocate for the military, her close ties to the armed forces have often put her in life and death situations. If you've got a fear of helicopters, be warned!
Follow Penny on Twitter: @PennyMordaunt
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22 Nov: Anthony Scaramucci
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Political Party. This episode features Penny Mauds and Trade |
| 0:14.7 | Minister and the first ever woman to be Secretary of State for Defence. Penny has led an incredible |
| 0:21.2 | life full of weird and wonderful jobs. We talk about some of those and some hair-raising |
| 0:26.8 | experiences she's had. But before that, don't forget you can email the show politicalpartypodcast |
| 0:32.5 | at gmail.com. With encounters you've had with politicians, they can be exciting or they |
| 0:38.2 | can be mundane. All of them count. Toby's been in touch. He said it must have been 1987 |
| 0:43.4 | or 88. I love a historical one. I mean some of you must have even older ones than this. |
| 0:48.9 | So please, please get in touch. This is where living in Hounslo, and used to go to the Brentford |
| 0:53.8 | Waterman's Arts Centre for a bit of culture now and then. Good for you Toby. Don't forget, |
| 0:59.0 | you can get live culture every other Monday at the Duchess Theatre tickets at mat4.com |
| 1:04.1 | slash live. He said one evening we parked and we're heading for the entrance behind a middle-aged |
| 1:08.6 | couple. I love the details. Ninety-eight years ago I turned back to Satan to my wife and didn't |
| 1:14.5 | notice the man ahead of me was holding the door open for us. As a result I trodden his foot, |
| 1:18.6 | turned to apologise and realised it was Neil Kinneck. He was very gracious and a few minutes later |
| 1:25.7 | when I raised a pint of him across the curve bar he went to me. Lovely man, very warm. Well, |
| 1:31.5 | as listeners of this show will know Neil Kinneck has cropped a few times in these stories. He's |
| 1:35.8 | probably the most spotted in these emails, but it's always a very very pleasant story which is |
| 1:43.8 | no surprise at all of course. So if you've had a strange, a surreal or even a mundane encounter |
| 1:49.2 | of the politician, Neil Mothers show, political party podcast at gmail.com. This of course is one of |
| 1:55.9 | the new live shows every fortnight now at the wonderful Duchess Theatre in London's glittering west end |
| 2:02.1 | which is such a treat. The next one is on Monday the 25th of October with Caroline Flynn. What's |
| 2:08.6 | great about this new run is there's so many people obviously I've had some people on before, I've had |
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