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Politics proper returns this week, with Andy Burnham's first statement to the Commons, followed by his first PMQ's, Kemi Badenoch's new-look Shadow Cabinet, and a by-election looming already thanks to Starmer's decision to step down as an MP.
Naomi and Alex are joined by Quiet Riot favourite, erudite polymath and Substacker extraordinaire Sam Freedman to read the runes as the new Westminster term gets under way.
Plus a fusion of Wokey Dokey and God! Less America! to keep your transatlantic radar pinging properly.
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• The brilliant Matt Forde's Insta is the source of the guide to an Andy Burnham impression
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Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production.
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Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices - Mark Carney is about to become the first foreign head to attend the EU's flagship State Of The EU speech. He likes Europe; Europe likes him; Canadians like Europe.
So... Naomi and Kenny ask whether Canada is about to grab the top-table EU seat vacated by Britain, and what Canada understands that the UK doesn't.
And they look at the new rules around mini solar panels – and the red tape that's already wrapping itself tightly around those very panels.
Plus ... Autumn is looming. Can we remember how to do the dark evenings?
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• Check out new 'nice' magazine Paperweight!
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• Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com
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Brought to you by Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou and Kenny Campbell. Quiet Riot is a Cooler Heads production.
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Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices - Is print media making a comeback? Has Gen Z done what those before couldn't and made print trendy again?
Naomi, Alex and Kenny are joined by Cal Roscow, the founder and Editor-in-Chief of Paperweight, a new magazine for people who are 'fed up with the way things are, but who still have the curiosity to imagine them completely differently'.
They talk paywalls, enshittification and the earnestness of left-leaning media (you know what we mean...).
PLUS more of the heroically petty local issues that wind our listeners up, because we love the sound of wailing :-)
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• Support the Red Cross in Nepal
• Tim Curry just about avoids corpsing in this classic Command and Conquer 3 clip :-)
• Comedian Jon Richardson WANTS TO BE UNHAPPY
• We're now on Instagram!
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Cover artwork based on a photo by David Suarez
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices - The gang plus special guest, Behind The Lines' Arthur Snell, dive into a US-Iran war that seems to be fought in reverse - from military action, backwards to economic sanctions, in order to try and get back to the treaty the US had with Iran before all this started.
Also, is Canada about to call Trump's tariff bluff? And how will that impact the midterm elections, polling for which is pointing to a Republican wipe-out?
Plus, Alex, Naomi and Kenny dip into the postbag and read some of your better - or battier - suggestions to improve your local area.
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Join Alex and Naomi as they look at Reform UK's back-of-a-beer-mat welfare policies and the implosion of internal civil war they became the fuse to. Are Zia Yusuf's days in the party's leadership numbered?
They also discuss the latest small boat crossings numbers and whether they represent real progress.
Plus what are the small things that goverment could fix quickly, cheaply, and easily and people will notice? Is Andy Burnham on to something with his fly-tipping cleanup?
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