Populism, conspiracies and... Doctor Who

The creator of The Thick of It and Veep discusses the rise of
populism and the evolution of political language.


And Nick compares Amol to Billie Piper in Dr Who as they announce
some news about The Today Podcast regenerating into not one, but
two podcasts.


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The Today Podcast is hosted by Amol Rajan and Nick Robinson who
are both presenters of BBC Radio 4’s Today 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.


This episode was made by Lewis Vickers with Izzy Rowley and David
Pittam. Digital production was by Izzy Rowley. The technical
producer was Mike Regaard. The editor is Louisa Lewis. The
executive producer is Owenna Griffiths.