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Where politics and pop culture collide. Every month journalist Emma Burnell and Professor Steve Fielding discuss the way politics is interpreted through popular culture.

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Listen to The Zeitgeist Tapes, a Technology podcast. Stream 72 episodes in English, follow new audio stories, and play episodes online on Radio and Podcast.

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Zeitgeist Tapes - The Finale

Sadly, this is the last episode of The Zeitgeist Tapes as Emma goes off to take up the full time role of Editor of LabourList and Steve vali...

43:24Aug 31, 2025

The Spectator (Novel)

This month after a somewhat hilarious mix up Emma and Steve read and discuss the Spectator - a Novel by Timothy Balding. This book has an od...

35:13Aug 27, 2025

Conclave

This month, slightly later than planned (or is timely) Emma and Steve discuss Conclave. The film has pretensions to high drama, but is it re...

32:43May 26, 2025

Brian and Maggie

This month Steve and Emma discuss Brian and Maggie - the 2 part TV drama about the interview that - according to the drama at least - led to...

33:20Feb 19, 2025

1984 (1954)

This month instead of getting festive, Emma and Steve round off the year looking at the 1954 BBC adaptation of 1984. A dystopian tale of hop...

35:23Dec 23, 2024

The Contender

This month - in the wake of the US election and the defeat of Kamala Harris - Steve and Emma look at The Contender (2000). This is a film th...

34:24Nov 14, 2024

Running on Empty

In this episode Emma and Steve discuss 1988 film Running on Empty. Described by Steve as a 'Hallmark film for terrorists' the film follows t...

36:01Aug 4, 2024

The Pickwick Papers election

This month it’s another election special! Emma and Steve discuss the chapter about the election in Charles Dickens’ Pickwick Papers. Those w...

32:40Jun 3, 2024

Comedians

This month, Emma and Steve are joined by comedian, writer, director and comedy trainer Logan Murray to talk about Trevor Griffith's Comedian...

46:41May 6, 2024

Mr Bates Vs The Post Office

In this episode Emma and Steve discuss one of the most consequential dramatisations of recent years. Described as 'Kafka meets Ealing Comedy...

40:19Jan 16, 2024

Fail Safe

This month, to reflect on the death of Henry Kissinger, Emma and Steve look at 1964 film Fail Safe. Based on the same novel as Dr Strangelov...

32:52Dec 22, 2023

Succession

This month Emma and Steve discuss the show that has had the political world more obsessed than with anything since The West Wing - Successio...

35:15Jun 12, 2023

Brassed Off

This month, Emma and Steve look at Brassed Off. It's a film about a colliery band, about music and community. It's also an explicitly anti-T...

35:30May 20, 2023

My Fair Lady

This month, Steve and Emma discuss the 1964 classic My Fair Lady. What does George Bernard Shaw's play and the musical based on it have to s...

41:14Apr 15, 2023

Triggered

In a plot twist, this month Steve interviews Emma about her recent play Triggered.

34:57Feb 2, 2023

Carry on at your Convenience

As we head into a winter of discontent, Steve and Emma look at the Carry On film's somewhat misguided take on industrial relations. It seems...

37:45Dec 3, 2022

This England

This month, Emma and Steve discuss Kenneth Brannagh's turn as Boris Johnson in This England. This drama covers the opening weeks of the Covi...

36:03Oct 18, 2022

Sherwood

This month (and a bit - sorry about the delay!) Steve and Emma are joined by Professor Marc Stears of the UCL Policy Lab. The writer of Sher...

38:01Aug 18, 2022

Edge of Darkness

This month Emma and Steve look at nuclear paranoia(?) thriller Edge of Darkness. This classic six-part drama largely holds up well - even if...

34:21May 4, 2022

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