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In this special podcast, nine political editors and writers come together to discuss working at the New Statesman, covering everything from the rise and fall of Thatcher and New Labour through to the coalition government and the recent period of Conservative hegemony.

We hear from Patrick Wintour, Sarah Baxter, Steve Richards, Jackie Ashley, Rafael Behr, Mehdi Hasan, Helen Lewis, Stephen Bush and their chair, the current political editor Andrew Marr.

Together, they discuss what made working at the New Statesman unique and the magazine’s evolution over the years – through the Blair-Brown years, 9/11, Brexit and Corbyn – as well as the key moments in their careers and the influence of social media.

This podcast was recorded for a special 110th anniversary edition of the New Statesman, out on 13 April. An abridged version of this conversation will also appear in print and online.

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Master interlocutor Mehdi Hasan says come to a debate prepared — bring receipts and know the other side's best argument better than they do. And Democrats: The heart beats the head almost every time. So, don't bring a policy paper to a knife fight. Hasan joins Charlie Sykes today.

Show Notes

Mehdi's book:

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250853479/wineveryargument

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Today on the Matt Walsh Show, the Washington Post has come up with a new innovation to account for all of the non-white people who are Trump supporters. They’re calling it “multi-racial whiteness.” Also Five Headlines including the media hurries to provide publicity and attention to the “right wing militias” who are supposedly gathering in state capitals across the country. The funny thing is that they don’t seem to be very right wing. And in our Daily Cancellation, we will cancel a public health expert who insists that it is healthy and wise to exercise outdoors with a mask on. Is there any truth to that? We’ll find out.

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