Show 72 - Owen Jones

Matt Forde's Political Party

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4.7 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2018

⏱️ 115 minutes

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Owen Jones is a star in the world of political commentary. The most prominent Corbyn supporter in the British media he is also a highly successful author and shot to fame with his work 'Chavs: The Demonisation of the Working Class' which he followed up with 'The Establishment: And How They Get Away With It'. He joins Matt for a wildly meandering conversation about his own brand of left-wing politics, his Corbyn wobble, the personal cost of being a political activist, Alan Partridge and a whole load of other things. It's long but it flew by. You can follow Owen on Twitter here: @OwenJones84 You can buy Owen's books here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Chavs-Demonization-Working-Owen-Jones/dp/1844678644 (not sure if he'd want you to buy them off Amazon) You can follow Matt on Twitter here: @mattforde You can buy tickets to Matt's brand new Edinburgh show 'Brexit Through The Gift Shop' here: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/matt-forde-brexit-through-the-gift-shop and to his two Political Party specials in Edinburgh here: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/matt-forde-s-political-party-podcast

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Political Party. This episode features Owen Jones. She may be aware
0:18.0	I was meant to have Owen on earlier in the year, but his dad Rob sadly passed away. So I'm
0:24.0	delighted I've eventually managed to get Owen on and it's quite a long interview and I know I've
0:30.8	sort of speculated about whether long-grince views would work so I suppose this is the test but I
0:37.0	think it was I didn't certainly intend to keep home for longer than an hour but there's so many things
0:42.0	that came out of the conversation it just kept going so it was quite organic in that regard. I
0:48.2	didn't run it long on purpose as an experiment it just I mean to be honest as all it's it could
0:54.5	have carried on so much longer and I think it's just the as a result of our conversational styles both
1:01.0	sort of flit all over the page so it is it meanders more than other interviews it slightly
1:08.6	bounces around into all sorts of things a certain level of introspection and Alan Partridge
1:15.8	and the office of course we talk about Labour live and Corbyn about Owen's own career and ambition
1:24.5	and well I don't want to ruin it but I really think he's to ardor himself so see if you get that
1:31.8	impression but I was so delighted to have him on and you can see why he's so popular on Telly
1:39.6	in Broadcasting in Print because he's well not only is he obviously exceptionally bright
1:46.5	very passionate and articulate and you get the sentence when you meet some campaigners at a
1:51.9	level of energy and he has a relentless restless energy deep reserves of it
1:59.5	and that not many people have he is a true he's a warrior really and is a formidable
2:08.6	campaigner and that really comes across so there is there is this is a real mixture of politics
2:17.1	small talk and a lot of personal stuff so I mean it was a thrill to to have Owen on and he was
2:24.9	absolutely great so I will shut up now oh one bit of promotion my Edinburgh shows now on sale
2:30.6	Brexit through the gift shop you can get tickets at edfringe.com I'm up there from the first
2:35.9	to the 26th of August and I'll be doing two live political parties up there as well
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