Over The Top Under The Radar

What makes people so uncomfortable about someone speaking a language that isn't English? Why do we have a political system where one of the chambers of the House of Commons allows people to be paid lobbyists? How do you boycott Ed Sheeran if you never liked his music?
Joining Carys is Kimberly McIntosh. Kimberly is a writer and commentator on politics and pop culture, host of the podcast Girls Just Wanna Know Politics, and author of Black Girl, No Magic. She is also a longstanding Windrush campaigner and policy researcher.
Kimberly and Carys discuss Ed Sheeran, Piddington, Tom Watson, and Zack Polanski's by-election campaign video.
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https://www.youtube.com/@girlsjustwannaknowpolitics
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How does an international coalition of nationalists work?
Joining Carys is Dewi Afoko. Dewi is a web developer, writer and Carys's brother.
Dewi and Carys discuss the Reform UK conference, the UK’s West Bank sanctions, the police response to far right protests, and the Holborn and St Pancras by-election.
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Links:
Dewi’s Substack | Substack
https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/foreign-secretary-oral-statement-on-israel-palestine

The team are taking a belated summer break this week, so instead of our usual show, we’ve unlocked a Patreon bonus episode with Pat Younge.
Pat is a former Chief Creative Officer for BBC Television production and former President/General Manager of US cable network, Travel Channel Media. Pat served on the board as Non Executive Director of ITV Studios Ltd from 2020-2024 and is the Chair of the Council of Cardiff University. He’s also one of the founding members of the Over/Under podcast.
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This week, we’re taking a closer look at women’s rights, bodily autonomy, and feminism as part of our August deep dives.
Joining Carys is Camille Kumar. Camille is an activist and the managing director of Abortion Support Network (ASN).
Camille and Carys discuss the far right and abortion, global attacks on abortion rights, queerness and abortion rights, and community infrastructure.
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Links:
https://www.asn.org.uk/

This week, we’re taking a closer look at international development and global debt as part of our August deep dives.
Joining Carys is Naomi Nyamweya, Senior Research and Policy Manager at the Malala fund, working on education financing.
Carys and Naomi discuss Elon Musk, aid dependence, Afreximbank’s lawsuit against South Sudan, and African debt and interest rates.
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Links:

http://samaritans.org
https://www.gofundme.com/f/in-memory-of-dr-jason-atta-kwei-arday?cp_src=d
https://goodlawproject.org/petition/jason-arday-letter/
https://media.samaritans.org/documents/Media_Guidelines_2026_DIGITAL.pdf
https://x.com/NaomiNyamweya_
https://malala.org/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuoqKYxDHVc
https://www.implicator.ai/new-musk-interview-musk-told-the-economist-usaid-killed-no-one-it-didnt/
https://www.commondreams.org/news/musk-dead-children-usaid
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jul/30/a-quarter-of-young-africans-believe-usaid-cuts-could-be-positive-survey-finds
https://debtjustice.org.uk/press-release/south-sudan-ordered-to-pay-afreximbank