The Times Red Box Podcast

Matt Chorley speaks to four city council leaders from across the UK about the state our city centres now, and post-COVID19. Featuring: Rachael Robathan, the Conservative leader of Westminster City Council Keith Aspden, the Liberal Democrat leader of City of York Council Susan Aitken, the Scottish National Party leader of Glasgow City Council The Labour Mayor Sir Peter Soulsby of Leicester City Council  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

No not Clement Attlee in space... Matt Chorley talks to Shadow Home Secretary Nick Thomas-Symonds and historian Steven Fielding about the 75th anniversary of Attlee's election as Prime Minister, followed by Sue Horne, Head of Space Exploration at the UK Space Agency, to talk us through the latest NASA launch  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

After Boris Johnson warned about the risks of foreign travel this summer, Matt jets off aboard Times Radio Airways to get the latest from Times correspondents on coronavirus in their countries.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Matt Chorley speaks to journalist and historian Anne Applebaum on her new book, 'Twilight of Democracy' - how worried should we be about our politics?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Matt Chorley speaks to the Times' Washington Correspondent Henry Zeffman about Joe Biden's upcoming Vice Presidential selection.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In an extra special podcast, Matt Chorley looks back over Boris Johnson's first year in office by assessing the success of promises made in his first ever speech and talking to historian Anthony Seldon, biographer Sonia Purnell and friend and former aide Guto Harri.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A month after the government stopped doing them, Matt Chorley speaks to the Times very own experts to re-create the Downing Street Coronavirus press briefing  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Matt Chorley is joined by two experts on Russia - Dr Jonathan Eyal from RUSI and Dr Calder Walton from Havard - to dissect the Russia report and look at the country's history of interference abroad.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Matt Chorley talks to author Steven Rayson, pollster Peter Kellner and former Labour MP Caroline Flint about the future of Red Wall seats in the North of England  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The two Liberal Democrat leadership candidates - Ed Davey and Layla Moran - talk to Matt Chorley about what they would do if they were in charge.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Matt Chorley and Sunday Times Political Editor Tim Shipman pick through the exchange between Keir Starmer and Boris Johnson.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Matt Chorley talks to former Conservative Attorney General Geoffrey Cox about keeping the government in line with the law, and what happens when your advice creates a public storm.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Eminent classicist Mary Beard joins Matt Chorley to look at what we can learn about politics by studying the ancient Greeks and  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Matt Chorley speaks to former Conservative Foreign Secretary William Hague on Rishi Sunak's summer statement and Britain's place in the world.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Matt Chorley is joined by Sunday Times Political Editor Tim Shipman to dissect the ballot box exchange, and pause the action to explain what's going on.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A month after the statue of slave-trader Edward Colston was toppled in Bristol, Matt Chorley talk's to the city's Mayor Marvin Rees about how the protests have changed the city.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Director of Bridget Jones, Notting Hill and Love Actually talks to Matt Chorley about pensions, and we hear from a hotelier who's been housing rough sleepers during the Coronavirus crisis.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Matt Chorley talks to not one, but two former Prime Ministers. Helle Thorning-Schmidt was Prime Minister of Denmark at the same time Julia Gillard was in charge of Australia. They talk to Matt about how it feels to wake up and realise you're in charge of a country, what it's like when a crisis lands on your desk, and who the most fun member of the leaders' club is.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Matt Chorley unveils the first ever Times Radio focus group, and talks through the results with former Number 10 pollster James Johnson.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In the first episode of his new Times Radio show Matt Chorley talks to former Chancellors George Osborne and Alistair Darling about what you no when there's no money and debt is spiralling.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.