The People Have Spoken Ep2. Fed Up With War!
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4

The People Have Spoken Ep2. Fed Up With War!

B2Upper-intermediateAugust 28, 202628 min

It's time for the people to speak. Taking on the headlines, Ian Smith is joined by Harriet Kemsley and Ashley Storrie to work out what is going on, and together with an Edinburgh Fringe audience, solve the biggest problem facing the world right now. Which family member would you send to negotiate with Hamas? How should we help Trump meet his self-imposed deadlines? And how to we protect Andy Burnham from scam phone calls? Written by Ian Smith, Angela Channell, Cameron Loxdale and Katie Storey Production Coordinator: Asha Osborne-Grinter Sound Editing: David Thomas Executive Producer...

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This BBC podcast is supported by ads outside the UK. Nowadays, in the United States, we have a very special place in the country, where the I'm lightly authoritative, with a twinkle in my eye,

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and I also don't give a shit about antiques. But I will pretend to do that for money. This is the week that we were told not to teach our grandmas to suck eggs. Not because it's patronising,

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but because there's been a major salmonella outbreak in the UK. But the people have answers. And together, we're going to turn O-Man into Yemen. Not Yemen, sorry.

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