NS #230: Apocalypse Now?
Helen and Stephen contemplate the escalation of hostilities between the United States and North Korea from the podcast bunker, and analyse why Venezuela causes such problems for British left. Then, in a new segment, they go head to head to determine wh...
August 9, 2017
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Episode 230 · August 9, 2017
NS #230: Apocalypse Now?
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<p>Helen and Stephen contemplate the escalation of hostilities between the United States and North Korea from the podcast bunker, and analyse why Venezuela causes such problems for British left. Then, in a new segment, they go head to head to determine which is the best Nineties sitcom: <em>Frasier</em> or <em>The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air</em>?</p><p>Follow Helen on Twitter <a href="http://www.twitter.com/helenlewis" target="_blank">@helenlewis</a> and Stephen <a href="http://www.twitter.com/stephenkb" target="_blank">@stephenkb</a>.</p><p>Further reading: <a href="http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2017/08/mary-beard-takes-twitter-vanishing-richard-burgon-and-my-sympathy-baby-boomers" target="_blank">Helen on Labour and prisons</a>. <a href="http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2017/08/conservatives-think-venezuela-will-hurt-jeremy-corbyn-theyre-wrong" target="_blank">Stephen on the left and Venezuela</a>. <a href="http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/tv-radio/2017/08/martin-cranes-hideous-chair-was-true-star-frasier" target="_blank">Helen on <em>Frasier</em></a><em>. </em><a href="http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/tv-radio/2017/08/fresh-prince-bel-air-was-radical-because-it-was-so-ordinary" target="_blank">Stephen on <em>The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air</em></a><em>.</em></p><p>Find more information about the <em>New Statesman's </em>podcasts at <a href="http://newstatesman.com/podcast" target="_blank">newstatesman.com/podcast.</a></p><p><strong>LISTEN AD-FREE:</strong></p><p>📱<a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2022/06/newapp" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Download the New Statesman app</a></p><br /><p><strong>MORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:</strong></p><p>❓ <a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/podcasts/2022/10/you-ask-us" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ask a question</a> – we answer them every Friday</p><p>⏰ <a href="https://morningcall.substack.com/subscribe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Get our daily politics newsletter</a> every morning</p><p>✍️ <a href="http://saturdayread.substack.com/subscribe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Enjoy the best of our writing</a> via email every Saturday</p><hr /><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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