In The News This Week (the Have I Got News For You podcast)

In Round One, the team discuss Barack Obama ‘breaking the internet’ by suggesting aliens are real, Liz Truss finally managing to snag a photo with Donald Trump, and Keir Starmer being accused of running a “zombie government” after yet more U-turns — from delaying local elections to the Palestine Action proscription row, plus some properly murky Westminster briefing wars.
In Round 2, we dive into the Winter Olympics’ lost property box (including a suspiciously fast condom shortage, sold-out Gen Z stoat mascots and a fugitive with a love of ice hockey) before meeting the Manchester United fan refusing to cut his hair until the club wins five games in a row – a vow that’s somehow become a national sporting curse.
In Round 3, the Missing Words Round, we hear what RFK Jr’s nutrition chatbot thinks you should be inserting where, what wildlife enthusiasts spotted bobbing in the Thames and what’s happened every single day in the UK so far in 2026…
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Your host is Mike Rayment
With Jack Harris
Queenie Miller 
Emerald Paston 
The Producer is Diggory Waite
The Executive Producer is Claire Broughton
The Music is by Big George
In the News This Week is a Hat Trick Podcast

In Round One, the team unpack the latest in Keir Starmer’s leadership wobbles, how Morgan McSweeney’s taken the fall and who could be the next knife-wielder? Angela Rayner? Wes Streeting? Or the UK’s answer to Zohran Mamdani, Ed Miliband… 
In Round Two, we hear about Australia’s commemorative coin that somehow makes the late Queen look like Wayne Rooney in fancy dress, and the Armenian party proposing a “Ministry of Sex” to “solve” female dissatisfaction one sexist podcast at a time. 
In Round Three, the Missing Words Round, we learn why Sharon Osbourne is eyeing up a go in politics, what bum-related incident caused a French hospital evacuation and how a would-be thief in Derbyshire was taken down by a herd of crime-fighting llamas.
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Your host is Mike Rayment
With Jack Harris
Queenie Miller 
And Emerald Paston, back next week!
The Producer is Diggory Waite
The Executive Producer is Claire Broughton
The Music is by Big George
In the News This Week is a Hat Trick Podcast

In Round One, the team discuss the fallout from 3 million more Epstein Files being released and the potential implications for Peter Mandelson, Prince Andrew and Bill Gates.
In Round 2, we learn about the exorcist who makes his job sound mundane and the museum that revels in personal failure. 
In Round 3, the Missing Words Round, we hear about how a ‘big baby’ boxer was recently embarrassed in the ring, what Keir Starmer gave to President Xi as a gift and what ‘Almond Moms’ are…
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Your host is Mike Rayment
With Queenie Miller 
Emerald Paston
And Jack Harris, back next week! 
The Producer is Diggory Waite
The Executive Producer is Claire Broughton
The Music is by Big George
In the News This Week is a Hat Trick Podcast

The team discuss Keir Starmer’s controversial decision to block Andy Burnham from running as an MP, reportedly over fears it could threaten his leadership, before playing the ‘King of the North’ game. They then cover Kemi Badenoch’s appearance on Desert Island Discs, Suella Braverman’s defection to Reform and Labour’s plans to create a UK police body similar to the FBI.
In Round 2, we learn more about policing matters but this time it’s with the Official Marathon Time Integrity Unit calling out suspicious running influencers followed by a story about Alex Honnold, the unflappable climber who scaled a 101-floor skyscraper in 91 minutes.
Finally, in the missing words round, they tackle a penis-related scandal at the 2026 Winter Olympics, camels causing chaos in Australia and what to do if you’re still hungry after a meal.
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Your host is Mike Rayment
With Jack Harris
Emerald Paston 
And Queenie Miller who is back next week!
The Producer is Diggory Waite
The Executive Producer is Claire Broughton
The Music is by Big George
In the News This Week is a Hat Trick Podcast

With Donald Trump continuing to campaign for total control of Greenland and now threatening tariffs on the UK, the team ask the question: Is Starmer tough enus? Meanwhile, they also discuss Kemi Badenoch’s biggest moment yet to sack Robert Jenrick before his defection to Reform and Nigel Farage’s likeness to a duck. 
In round 2, Jack reveals how one renaissance artist’s paintings had to be censored due to body parts potentially causing offense and Queenie introduces Mike and Jack to ‘dog poo picking videos’ as a genre on TikTok and how it’s making one man a lot of money.  
And finally, in the missing words round, we learn about the latest developments in snooker and The Masters, how one woman’s prayers may not have been answered by who she thought and why a student was arrested over some university artwork…
Your host is Mike Rayment
With Jack Harris
Queenie Miller 
And Emerald Paston returning next week! 
The Producer is Diggory Waite
The Executive Producer is Claire Broughton
The Music is by Big George
In the News This Week is a Hat Trick Podcast