Double Take
Double Take
The Independent
Each week we’ll be revisiting one of our favourite comment pieces. The author will be coming into the studio to read their piece, and we’ll be catching up with them about what happened after we clicked publish. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aidan Harper  - Why the UK needs a four day work week
Aidan Harper joins Kirsty Major to read and discuss his piece: Robots are going to make England’s north-south divide even worse - that's why we need the four day work week Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 22, 2017
18 min
Yas Necati - I'm queer and trans, stop debating my existence
Yas Necati joins Kirsty Major to read and discuss their piece: Should queer people be allowed to exist or should we all just be forced to 'convert'? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 14, 2017
19 min
Mary Dejevsky - A united Ireland is the only solution to Brexit
Kirsty Major is joined by Indy columnist and former foreign correspondent Mary Dejevsky to read and discuss her piece "A united Ireland is the only practical solution to Brexit" Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 7, 2017
28 min
Richard Power Sayeed - 1997: Things can only get worse
Kirsty Major is joined by Richard Power Sayeed author of 1997: The Future that Never Happened, a look at why the Blair years have led to our current malaise. And on the other side of the ring, is our in-house Blairite John Rentoul, author of Tony Blair: A Prime Minister. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 30, 2017
24 min
Sean O'Grady - Millennials don't deserve handouts from Hammond
Kirsty Major is joined by Sean O'Grady to read and discuss his piece: 'This Budget shouldn’t have given millennials a thing - why on earth should I subsidise their houses and railcards?' Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 24, 2017
22 min
Matthew Norman - This is how Trump could be ousted
Kirsty Major is joined by Matthew Norman to read and discuss his piece: There’s only one way out of the Russia probe for Donald Trump before he’s forced to quit Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 2, 2017
35 min
Grace Dent - Why women, not men, can joke about sexism
Kirsty Major is joined by journalist, author, and broadcaster Grace Dent to read and discuss her piece: James Corden, women can joke about sexual assault but you can’t – and this is why Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 26, 2017
35 min
Mark Steel & Shappi Khorsandi  - Theresa May should do some time on the comedy circuit
Indy columnists and comedians Mark Steel and Shappi Khorsandi chat about why a stand up comedian never would have fluffed a speech like Theresa May. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 19, 2017
26 min
Andy Grice & Jonathan Isaby - Hammond v Johnson: Whose vision of Brexit will prevail?
The Indy's Westminster columnist Andy Grice is joined by Brexit Central's Jonathan Isaby to discuss the competing visions of Brexit emerging in the Tory party. Hosted by Kirsty Major. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 12, 2017
27 min
Ben Chu - Nationalisation can work
Economics Editor Ben Chu talks nationalisation with our very own defender of the free market, Managing Editor, Sean O'Grady. Hosted by Kirsty Major. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oct 5, 2017
37 min
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