Betrayal in Munich

Oh God, What Now?

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Politics, Government, News, Society & Culture

4.6 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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US Vice President JD Vance proves himself to be as much an arse as his boss with a hateful, trollish performance at the Munich Security Conference. Will his culture war insults and support for the European far-right signal the final end of the Atlanticist dream… and is Ukraine now doomed? Plus, only 40% of 18-27 year olds say they’re proud of Britain. Can we blame them? And should we persuade them otherwise? And we go inside Labour’s pledge to build 12 new towns nationwide by the next election to fight housing affordability? Some Escape Routes choices: • Stream Ahir’s choice, Paradise, on Disney+. • Read Issue 1 of Andrew’s choice, comics series The Department Of Truth, for free. • Stream John’s choice, Big Boys from C4. • Ros’s choice Bridget Jones 4: Mad About the Boy is in cinemas. You know how they work. • We’re on YouTube!: https://www.youtube.com/@ohgodwhatnow www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow Presented by Andrew Harrison, with Jonn Elledge, Ros Taylor and Ahir Shah. Producer: Chris Jones Audio production by: Robin Leeburn. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:42.3	T's and Cs apply. Welcome to Oh God What Now, the No Bullshit Politics Podcast on this edition. It's back to the 30s and the peacement is here again. U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance shocked last week's security conference by telling European leaders that are on our own against Putin and that our values of opposing extremism and hate speech constitutes an enemy within.
1:14.7	How does it feel to live through a second Munich?
1:17.5	Meanwhile, back home, Generation Zed are not proud to be British, as an increasingly infamous Times poll tells us,
1:24.3	and Najal Farage and the Spectator are not happy about it.
1:28.8	Should we be proud of our country, have we given young people enough to make them feel a sense of ownership and belonging to
1:33.0	the UK? Do I need to invent Britpop all over again? We're going to don our ginger spice union
1:38.5	Jack Frocks to talk it over. And come to Milton Keynes. Labour has announced 12 new towns to alleviate the housing crisis.
1:46.7	Should we stop worrying and learn to love our new suburban utopias?
1:50.5	Let's say hello to the panel.
1:51.9	Hello to author, journalist and host of the Jam Tomorrow podcast.
1:55.0	Ross Taylor, how you doing?
1:56.0	Hello, I'm well. Thank you.
1:57.3	Hello to columnist, author of a history of the world in 47 borders
2:00.2	and regular on our sister podcast paper cuts, John Ellage. Hello to columnist, author of a history of the world in 47 Borders and regular on our sister
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