Joe Biden, VE Day and the politics of nostalgia

On the 80th anniversary of VE Day, Amol and Nick discuss what
President Biden told Nick in his first interview since leaving
office.


They’re also joined by Professor Lucy Noakes, author of The
People’s Victory, and Professor Jason Arday, whose work focuses
on inequality, race and education, to talk about how we remember
World War Two as the wartime generation dwindles and the politics
of nostalgia.


And Nick and Amol enjoy a vintage Today programme theme song.


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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. Digital
production was by Izzy Rowley. The technical producer was Dafydd
Evans. The editor is Louisa Lewis. The executive producer is
Owenna Griffiths.