The New Statesman Podcast: Episode Seventy-Three

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🗓️ 15 January 2015

⏱️ 39 minutes

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On this week's New Statesman podcast, George Eaton and Jonn Elledge discuss the televised election debates, New Statesman editor Jason Cowley and Xan Rice talk to Shiraz Maher about the jihadi threat to Britain, and Ian Steadman and Alex Hern talk through the decline of Bitcoin.

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1:03.0	This week I talk to John Elage and George Eaton about the TV and election debates.
1:07.0	San Rice, Jason Cowley and Shiraz my hair talk about the jihadi threat to Britain.
1:11.0	And our old Bitcoin correspondent Alex Hearn
1:14.0	talks to our new Bitcoin correspondent, Ian Stedman,
1:17.0	about Bitcoin. The big question of the week revolves around leaders debates. How many will we have? Will
1:31.8	anybody be at them? Will David Cameron perhaps be replaced by a tub of lard
1:35.5	like on that episode of Have I Got News for you? I'm joined by George Eaton and by also John
1:39.9	Ellage who has strong thoughts on the subject. So I'm going to start with you, John.
1:43.4	What are your strong thoughts?
1:44.6	I have very strong thoughts.
1:47.2	Actually, I have incredibly weak thoughts.
1:48.7	I think the whole thing is a little bit silly, isn't it?
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