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An MP, a journalist and a stand-up walk into a bar – and there’s an audience there… Ever been so fed up with the world that you’ve been unable to do anything but sit on your arse and do sod all about it? Then subscribe to the monthly support group for fellow slacktivists and do some more sitting on…

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    • Jan 30, 2018 LATEST EPISODE
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    Ep 26: New Old Labour, mystery chicken shoppers & £20 foot tattoos

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2018 55:36


    With Josh Widdicombe, Suzanne Moore and David Lammy MP See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    Ep 25: Fifty shades of Brexit, the orange juice gambit & the 13th hardest working comic in Britain

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2017 52:21


    With Richard Herring, Michael Deacon and Lucy Powell MP See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    Ep 24: Superhero sons, half pints & plastic bags

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2017 50:53


    With Clive Lewis MP, Dominic Holland and Catherine Conway See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    Ep 23: Green Party karaoke, Uber's tax bill & nominative determinism

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2017 50:18


    With Jonathan Bartley, Angela Barnes and Jolyon Maugham See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    Ep 22: Latitude Festival Bank Holiday special

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2017 52:18


    With India Knight, Sophie Walker and Maya Foa. Recorded at the Latitude Festival See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    Ep 21: Marginals, PILFs and toilet flushes

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2017 50:54


    With Rupa Huq MP, Miranda Sawyer and Glenn Wool See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    Ep 20: DUP, Chuckle Brothers and Urinals

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2017 50:02


    With Lucy Porter, Peter Hain and Catherine Bennett See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    Ep 19: U-turns, defecting chickens and eau de Nuttall

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2017 51:01


    With Daniel Finkelstein, Ed Byrne and Jane Martinson See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    Ep 18: Elections, resurrections and lemon drizzle cake

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2017 56:52


    With Nick Clegg MP, Matt Forde and Katy Balls See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    Ep 17: The politics of hope, the politics of despair and Jesus on TripAdvisor

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2017 49:44


    With Owen Jones, Jess Phillips MP and Rich Hall See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    Ep 16: Fake news, wrong news, sad news - Slacktivist Action Group

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2017 48:21


    With Hugo Rifkind, Jo Caulfield and Stephen Kinnock MP See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    Ep 15: Trump and mental health

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2017 52:57


    With Russell Kane, Bryony Gordon and Pete Wishart MP See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    Ep 14: Health, hipsters, leather trousers & eggnog - Slacktivist Action Group

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2016 53:24


    With Miles Jupp, Michael White and Dr Sarah Wollaston MP See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    Ep 13: Bremoaners, Remainians & the alt-right - Slacktivist Action Group

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2016 51:13


    With Chuka Umunna MP, Susie Boniface aka Fleet Street Fox, and Henning When See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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    Ep 12: Strictly, Hillary, Trump & locker room talk - Slacktivist Action Group

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2016 44:04


    With Russell Howard, Hadley Freeman and Vince Cable See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    Ep 11: Education, separation, fornication, poppers - Slacktivist Action Group

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2016 45:43


    With Julia Hartley-Brewer, Simon Evans and Tim Loughton MP See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    Ep 10: David Cameron's disastrous last 9 months - Slacktivist Action Group

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2016 49:41


    In this special bank holiday edition - featuring the very best bits from the comedians, politicians and journalists we've had on the podcast - Andy takes stock of the political tumult that's seen doctors go on strike, Labour descend into civil war, Britain vote to leave the EU, David Cameron ride off into the sunset, and Boris Johnson appointed foreign secretary. What a time to be alive! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    Ep 09: Cock-up, conspiracy, bees & CVs - Slacktivist Action Group

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2016 54:01


    With Andrew Mitchell MP, Chris Addison, and Liz Hutchins from Friends of the Earth See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    Ep 08: Brexit, Regrexit, Brollocks - Slacktivist Action Group

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2016 47:11


    With Conservative MP, David Davis; comedian Zoe Lyons; and Dan Hodges from the Mail on Sunday (sort of) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    Ep 07: Bremain, suffragettes, cricket bats, bananas - Slacktivist Action Group

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2016 49:40


    With Damian Green MP; broadcaster Anita Anand; and comedian Andy Zaltzman See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    Ep 06: Brexit, Human Rights Act, newspaper moguls (and dominatrix prostitutes) - Slacktivist Action Group

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2016 56:21


    With Mary Creagh MP; Tim Hancock from Amnesty; and comedian Marcus Brigstocke See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    Ep 05.5: Heydon Prowse

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2016 23:32


    Andy chats to Heydon Prowse about his BBC 2 Doc 'The Town That Took on the Taxman', BAFTAS, breaking into Tony Blair's House and becoming Grant Shapps' pseudonym. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    Ep 05: Requiem for a Lib Dem [Manifesto], women in politics and a new national anthem - Slacktivist Action Group

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2016 47:26


    With guests Ed Davey, former Lib Dem MP and energy and climate change secretary in the coalition; comedian and ex-Labour spin doctor, Ayesha Hazarika; and Christine Payne, general secretary of Equity See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    Ep 04: Tax, Corbyn and atheism - Slacktivist Action Group

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2016 48:53


    With Margaret Hodge MP; Times columnist Philip Collins; and comedian Shappi Khorsandi , the new President of the British Humanist Association See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    Ep 03.5: Paul Archer and Leigh Purnell

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2016 18:20


    With Paul Archer and Leigh Purnell. World Record for Longest Taxi Ride Ever whilst raising £20,000 for the Red Cross. Ever been so fed up with the world you’ve decided to sit on your arse and do sod all about it? Then join the support group for fellow slacktivists and have a listen to Andy Parsons chatting to some people who have managed to get off their arse and do something. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    Ep 03: Doctors, drugs and wind - Slacktivist Action Group

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2016 44:37


    With Peter Lilley MP: Guardian columnist, Deborah Orr; and Dr Phil Hammond. Ever heard something on the news and got so cross or depressed or confused – that the only thing you could think of doing was to turn the news off and dream of chocolate? Have you ever later thought you should do something about it – but you weren’t sure what to do, where to go, what to say when you got there, and didn’t have anyone to go with. Then you need The Slacktivist Action Group at the Soho Theatre on the last Monday of every month. And after we’ve heard from our guests, we will decide to do something! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    Ep 02: Syria, trophy hunting and the Daily Mail - Slacktivist Action Group

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2015 63:36


    With comedian Mark Steel; Helen Lewis, deputy editor of the New Statesman; and David Hanson MP Ever heard something on the news and got so cross or depressed or confused – that the only thing you could think of doing was to turn the news off and dream of chocolate? Have you ever later thought you should do something about it – but you weren’t sure what to do, where to go, what to say when you got there, and didn’t have anyone to go with. Then you need The Slacktivist Action Group at the Soho Theatre on the last Monday of every month. And after we’ve heard from our guests, we will decide to do something! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    Ep 01.5: Action!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2015 2:34


    Recorded at the Royal Geographical Society's Ready For Impact event on climate change, 10th November 2015. Guests for November 30th's Slacktivist Action Group are : David Hanson MP, Mark Steel and Helen Lewis. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    Ep 01: Workers' rights, sugar and political donations - Slacktivist Action Group

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2015 56:29


    With Frances O’Grady, General Secretary of the TUC; Geraint Davies, MP for Swansea West; Ian Dunt, editor of politics.co.uk Ever heard something on the news and got so cross or depressed or confused – that the only thing you could think of doing was to turn the news off and dream of chocolate? Have you ever later thought you should do something about it – but you weren’t sure what to do, where to go, what to say when you got there, and didn’t have anyone to go with. Then you need The Slacktivist Action Group at the Soho Theatre on the last Monday of every month. And after we’ve heard from our guests, we will decide to do something! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

    Ep 00: Slacktivist Action Group

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2015 1:14


    Slacktivist Action Group Live 26th October at the Soho Theatre See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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