Quiet Riot, the politics podcast with more passion, less shouting and lots of laughter
Naomi and Alex disseminate Starmer's big "this is not a reset" speech. Naomi talks about the importance of a better... more
Alex talks to our resident France expert, Olivier Morel, about the political deadlock in France, how and why we got... more
Naomi and Alex welcome comedian and author Henry Morris, to discuss the common threads behind the chaos that seems to... more
Alex talks to TIME Magazine's correspondent and QR regular Yasmeen Serhan, about Biden pardoning his son, Trump's latest picks, their... more
Naomi and Alex talk through a very busy week (as much of it as they can). They reflect on the... more
Naomi and Alex welcome author, columnist, and the ARD's London correspondent, Annette Dittert, to discuss the petition demanding another election,... more
In the July election, a victorious Labour saw its red wall support slump to the lowest level in at least... more
Naomi and Alex talk through developments in Ukraine and Gaza, and what they might mean for our security. And they... more
Naomi and Alex welcome former UK Ambassador to the US, Sir Kim Darroch, whose dismissal Trump demanded in 2020, to... more
Alex talks to special guest trade epxert David Henig about Trump's threatened tariff war - how likely is it, what... more
Naomi and Alex, wth special guest Arthur Snell, assess what Trump's picks reveal about his intentions for the next four... more
Accident stats are terrifying: UK accidental deaths exceed 20,000 a year and accidents (mostly at home) are the most common... more
Naomi and Alex, with regular guest More in Common's Luke Tryl, discuss Lords reform, Kemi Badenoch's start, COP26, and the... more
Naomi and Alex, dig into the data underlying the US result, what a Trump term means for Ukraine, the discuss... more
Naomi and Alex, go over the US result, with a special focus on what it means for the UK and... more
Alex Andreou talks to Rose Wang, BlueSky Chief Operations Officer in SanFrancisco - one of two women at the top... more
Alex and Naomi discuss Kemi Badenoch's prospects and Rachel Reeves' budget, before an extended therapy session about the coming US... more
How is the new Labour government perceived in the EU? How much of a 'reset' is realistically achievable? What does... more
Naomi and Alex, go over every aspect of the Budget, including the undercurrent of misogyny in much of the commentary,... more
Naomi Smith chats to journalist Amanda Ferguson about a series of scandals which have rocked politics both north and south... more
Alex goes through the week's political events, and looks forward to next week, both here and across the Atlantic, with... more
American polls are pointing to a perilously close result in the looming presidential election but can they be trusted? Naomi Smith... more
Naomi and Alex, with guest Salma Shah - a former No.10 advisor under Cameron - explore how mich of the... more
Alex quizzes special guest, Emmy-award-winning Luke McGee, on how a referendum in a country like Moldova, interconnects with everything from... more
Naomi and Alex have their weekly debrief, talking through the Budget rumours, the Tory leadership election, and then a bit... more
It's easy to bash our railways – oh, how easy it is. But why does the system struggle and what... more
Naomi and Alex, with guest award-winning journalist Tristan Kirk from the Evening Standard, discuss the latest economic figures, budget rumours,... more
Alex, up all night once more, looking for sanity inside the most ridiculous non-story so far. Has the British media... more
When illness makes life unbearable, should we be permitted – and helped – to end our time in this place... more
Naomi and Alex try to reach for some sort of balanced view of the first 100 days of Labour -... more
Alex talks to Layla Moran, the first British MP of Palestinian descent, to mark a year since not just the... more
Naomi and Alex, with guest Laura Hood from The Conversation, discuss the latest shock elimination in the Tory Reality Soap... more
Naomi, Alex, And Kenny try to understand why everyone is losing their mind over the Chagos Archipelago deal, talk local... more
Here is the full - AND VERY FRANK - conversation between Alex Andreou and More In Common's chief Luke Tryl... more
An absolutely jam-packed episode on the Tory leadership contest and the US Election VP debate. Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell... more
Alex stays up all night to bring you the quickest, freshest, and most sleepless, reaction to the VP debate between... more
How can Britain begin to undo the damage to our freedom of movement that Brexit inflicted? Well, we could start... more
Naomi and Alex discuss Baroness Warsi's resignation as a Tory peer and whether that Party is now lost to islamophobia.... more
Naomi downloads ALL THE GOSSIP from Labour Party Conference - and juicy it is too - before Alex chats to... more
Alex goes on a (very calm and reasoned) MEGA RANT about the mass hysteria over a Labour peer giving a... more
Monica Harding is the hard-working Lib Dem who scared Dominic Raab (remember him?) clean out of the Esher and Walton... more
Naomi and Alex zoom in on the Reform UK Party Conference and consider whether it is possible for Nigel Farage... more
A FUN mini edition of Poll The Other One, in which Naomi digs into the cross tabs and break points... more
Recorded live at the Radio Academy Festival 2024, Alex and Naomi, along with special guest, comedian and impressionist, Rory Bremner... more
Naomi and Alex talk through the weeks news, including the NHS report, winter fuel payments, the OBR report into national... more
Scottish politics klaxon! This bonus episode is a real treat for Quiet Rioters, featuring the insight and wisdom of Strathclyde... more
Alex and Naomi, along with wonderful guests Alexis Conran and Simon Radford, discuss the fallout from Trump's "They're Eating The... more
Alex gives his sleepless review of the Harris-Trump debate - complete with the best (and worst) clips and renders his... more
Naomi and Alex review the week's news, including the Grenfell report, Green Party conference, Tory leadership contest, Russia's election interference,... more
Electoral changes are a-coming in Wales, but that's not the only challenge facing politicians in Cymru. It's a country of contrasts,... more
Naomi and Alex, with the LSE's Professor Paul Dolan, and More in Common's Luke Tryl, make their way through the... more
Pollsters got the result and party shares broadly right - the one significant error across the board was an overestimation... more
Alex and special guest, journalist Annette Dittert in Berlin, go behind the dramatic headlines to discuss what yesterday's victory of... more
Naomi (SHE'S BACK! YAY!) and Alex try to look behind a wall of very mixed signals from Labour on the... more
Naomi and Alex review the latest Alien interquel from the London IMAX - and talk about the politics of the... more
Alex, Kenny and guest TIME Magazine's Yasmeen Serhan, discuss Keir Starmer's moRose Garden speech, whether the difficulties were predicted or... more
An enriching and uplifting conversation with Professor Harvey Whitehouse, chair of social anthropology and professorial fellow of Magdalen College at... more
Alex talks through every aspect of BlueSky, from its genesis to how it may look familiar but is a completely... more
Alex and special guest Brian Klaas, with their 30-minute review of the entire Democratic National Convention - complete with the... more
Is there a glimmer of light at the end of the (Channel) tunnel for young Britons wanting to travel more... more
Alex talks through every aspect of BlueSky, from its genesis to how it may look familiar but is a completely different model... more