It’s election week!

With just a few days to go before people go to the polls, Amol
and Nick reflect on the strategies behind the parties’
get-out-the-vote messages.


And they reflect on the shift to the far right in the French
elections with Justin Webb, who joins them from the Paris café he
presented Radio 4’s Today from.


Plus Amol and Nick answer a listener question – how do they
prepare for political interviews?


Episodes of The Today Podcast land twice a week during the
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The Today Podcast is hosted by Amol Rajan and Nick Robinson, both
presenters of BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, the UK’s most
influential radio news programme. Amol was the BBC’s media editor
for six years and is the former editor of the Independent, he’s
also the current presenter of University Challenge. Nick has
presented the Today programme since 2015, he was the BBC’s
political editor for ten years before that and also previously
worked as ITV’s political editor.


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The senior producer is Tom Smithard, the researcher and digital
producer is Joe Wilkinson, the producer is Hazel Morgan. The
editor is Louisa Lewis. The executive producer is Owenna
Griffiths. Technical production from Jack Graysmark.