The Great Unravelling Film Podcast
79 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago -Podcast about the films we have watched that quickly unravels into chat about life, parenting, culture, mental health & various inanities
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How Racist is Britain? with Sunder Katwala
August 25, 2021 20:45 - 53 minutes - 36.5 MBHow racist is Britain? Have we made any progress? What role does social media play in amplifying fringe voices? How closely do those voices portray societal attitudes to racism in reality? And how was Ben's camping trip? Mat and Ben are joined by Sunder Katwala, Director of non-partisan think tank, British Future. British Future is an independent, non-partisan thinktank and registered charity, engaging people’s hopes and fears about integration and immigration, identity and race. https://ww...
Fluorescent Jacketed Chain Gangs
August 05, 2021 21:18 - 33 minutes - 22.7 MBThe UK has the third largest prison population in Europe and the suicide rate in our jails is twice the European average. Meanwhile the PM launches his latest plan to get tough on crime in the shape of fluorescent jacketed chain gangs. Ben's proposes that perhaps we should try a more multi-layered approach to policy. Also we get the latest on Ben's abstinence progress. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this w...
Drugs Are Bad, Mkay?
July 22, 2021 20:37 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBIan Dunt (author, political journalist and broadcaster) provides the guest monologue on this episode where Ben and Mat discuss drugs policy in the UK. Ben talks us through his journey from legalise to penalise and back again, as well as his own love affair with drugs. And what is the best drug he's had? Also Mat went to the football. https://twitter.com/UnravelPod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with...
Ben's Booze News
July 01, 2021 16:16 - 32 minutes - 22.1 MBLike many of us during lockdown, Ben's booze intake has become a problem that he can longer ignore. We discuss that and hear accounts from our dear listeners of their experiences with the good stuff. Also a good amount of toilet talk was had and though Ben is now officially a person of note (on Twitter) he is vowing not to leave the little, less important people behind.https://twitter.com/UnravelPod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. This is a public episode. If y...
Yes In My Backyard with Anya Martin
June 03, 2021 16:48 - 47 minutes - 32.4 MBBen and Mat discuss the UK housing crisis with PricedOut Director and YIMBY campaigner, Anya Martin. What makes the UK's housing market so incredibly dysfunctional compared to other countries and what can be done about it? Also featuring a guest monologue kindly contributed by Head of Political Economy at the Institute of Economic Affairs, Kristian Niemietz. Anya on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnyaMartin8 Kristian on Twitter: https://twitter.com/K_Niemietz The Great Unravelling on Twitte...
My Earliest Political Memory with Madeline Grant
May 23, 2021 23:05 - 43 minutes - 29.7 MBBen and Mat chat to Telegraph columnist Madeline Grant about how she got into the world of politics. Also compare nerd notes, The Simpsons, Airfix, Harry Potter, Lego, James Bond, jigsaws... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thegreatunravelling.substack.com
Irreversible???
April 27, 2021 22:04 - 39 minutes - 26.8 MBBoris says lockdowns are a thing of the past and that this latest rollback of restrictions will be irreversible. Ben is desperately hoping that is the case whilst in the meantime losing himself in the role-playing psychological murder mystery game, Disco Elysium. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thegreatunravelling.substack.com
Czeching In with Sam Pearson-Moore
April 07, 2021 21:18 - 42 minutes - 29 MBBen and Mat learn how the pandemic has played out in the Czech Republic. Our man in the know, and good friend Sam Pearson-Moore guides us through his experience there over the past year. How similar has it been to our waking nightmare in the UK? Warning: this episode also doubled up as a reunion of sorts and thus entails some not very sober discourse and more obnoxiousness that usual. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. This is a public episode. If you would like t...
The Dumbification of the British Right
March 19, 2021 18:46 - 42 minutes - 29.2 MBBen and Mat discuss the intellectual decline of the Right in Britain and how the culture war is making us all dumber. Also ever wondered how James Gandolfini and Bob Mortimer might sound together in musical form? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thegreatunravelling.substack.com
Brexit and Beyond
March 04, 2021 20:32 - 44 minutes - 41 MBBen and Mat are joined by former Brexiteer, now Bregretter and renowned Brexitologist (sorry) Roland Smith. Roland shares his story with us and attempts to explain how it feels to get it so so wrong. His Brexit husband, Ben tries not to talk over him too much.
Brexit and Beyond with Roland Smith
March 04, 2021 20:32 - 44 minutes - 30.4 MBBen and Mat are joined by former Brexiteer, now Bregretter and renowned Brexitologist (sorry) Roland Smith. Roland shares his story with us and attempts to explain how it feels to get it so so wrong. His Brexit husband, Ben tries not to talk over him too much. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thegreatunravelling.substack.com
Happy New Year?
January 14, 2021 22:58 - 23 minutes - 21.2 MBAfter such a build up, how was Ben's Christmas? Doubtless it was everything it promised to be. Mat and Ben discuss that, how 2021 has been basically as shite as 2020 so far, dinosaur trivia and trail some imminent content plans for The Great Unravelling podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thegreatunravelling.substack.com
Ben Loves Christmas
December 23, 2020 01:04 - 39 minutes - 27.4 MBThis episode is mostly about how Ben loves Christmas. Also refreshingly it features absolutely no Covid-19 chat. Join us in thoroughly forgetting that this year ever happened and step into Christmas. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thegreatunravelling.substack.com
Post Pandemic World Predictions Special
December 12, 2020 00:22 - 33 minutes - 23.2 MBProf. Jonathan Van-Tam warns Covid-19 is here to stay whilst Boris predicts we'll be hugging and kissing strangers before spring is out. Opinions are like arseholes, so they say, but how will our little society have changed once the virus is under control? Ben and Mat try not to make a tonne of predictions but fail before segueing into some good ol' dead dad chat. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with o...
Time To Take Our Medicine
November 27, 2020 18:26 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MBGood news, everyone! The vaccine is on it's way to save us from this awful virus and set us free from our homes. Not so though for those anti-vaxxers who have immediately seized the opportunity to discredit it. Ben and Mat discuss combatting scepticism around vaccinations and how pervasive the lack of trust in the Covid-19 vaccine seems to be right now. Also witness Mat using Donald Trump footage to torture Ben - how long will he hold out? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inf...
This Land is My Land
November 13, 2020 00:07 - 49 minutes - 46.3 MBBen and Mat clumsily discuss attitudes towards immigration in the UK and some of the common misconceptions around the subject. Thankfully they also have specialist in international immigration law Dan Sohege involved to supply actual authority and make sure we're not just talking shit. Also playing chicken with trains and Sassy Justice. Sam Bowman (Director of Competition Policy at the International Center for Law and Economics) kindly provides this weeks monologue. Dan on Twitter: https://t...
This Land is My Land with Dan Sohege
November 13, 2020 00:07 - 49 minutes - 34.3 MBBen and Mat clumsily discuss attitudes towards immigration in the UK and some of the common misconceptions around the subject. Thankfully they also have specialist in international immigration law Dan Sohege involved to supply actual authority and make sure we're not just talking shit. Also playing chicken with trains and Sassy Justice.Sam Bowman (Director of Competition Policy at the International Center for Law and Economics) kindly provides this weeks monologue.Dan on Twitter: https://twit...
Music When The Lights Go Out
October 29, 2020 23:23 - 28 minutes - 26 MBBen and Mat attempt to discuss the cultural catastrophe the fucking pandemic has caused for the live music industry, but get too excited by actually seeing each other in the flesh for the first time in 9 months, get very drunk and mostly forget that was the meant to be the point. We hear Ben's account of his own personal experience of rock n roll excess and Mat has a message for a particular listener. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. This is a public episode. If...
How To Be A Liberal with Ian Dunt
October 14, 2020 21:47 - 47 minutes - 32.7 MBBen and Mat discuss the new book “How to be a Liberal” with its author Ian Dunt. So, how do you be a liberal? What is liberalism? And why is it under threat? Find out right here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thegreatunravelling.substack.com
Lockdown Lament pt2: A Howl of Despair
September 30, 2020 00:00 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MBNew podcast name, same old shit. Ben and Mat can't escape the inevitable all consuming subject which is the impending LOCKDOWN. Ben has a good old moan about the minor inconveniences he's experiencing, before being interrogated as to whether he's been cooking 'owt' for his family recently. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thegreatunravelling....
Brexit Means Breakfast
September 15, 2020 22:27 - 34 minutes - 23.8 MBMat and Ben discuss Ben's journey from Brexiteer to er... non-Brexiteer then what makes a great breakfast and our inability to make new friends. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thegreatunravelling.substack.com
Attack of the Algorithms!
August 25, 2020 09:01 - 36 minutes - 24.8 MBBen and Mat discuss the recent exam grades fun and attempt to talk with authority on the subject of algorithms. Ben says "boom" a lot for some reason, gets quite angry with Mat and becomes incredibly motivated about the prospect of Christmas, despite it being August.Mat's shameless music plug: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3iDfnt9tnfCmIWmV8v7sxT?si=jgz9sFKUQL2ir5hDOt4AoQ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss th...
The No Content Episode
August 13, 2020 07:05 - 28 minutes - 26.1 MBBen neglects his Content responsibilities and thus he and Mat are left rudderless. They struggle on regardless taking in Goathland, American politics, booking bouncy castles during lockdown and a very personal embarrassing moment for Ben. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thegreatunravelling.substack.com
Working From Home or Hardly Working?
July 29, 2020 22:16 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MBBen and Mat discuss how the Covid-19 enforced working from home practices may be here to stay. Come for the working from home chat, stay for the bathroom cleaning tips and references to onanism. How To Remove Mould From Silicone Sealant In Bathroom Shower: https://youtu.be/pXDFPkMKef0 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thegreatunravelling.sub...
Won't Somebody Please Think of the Children?
July 15, 2020 15:20 - 28 minutes - 26.1 MBBen and Mat discuss dodgy parenting in lockdown. Featuring a funeral for a stick insect and whether our kids are watching too much TV. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thegreatunravelling.substack.com
The End of the Lockdown - Time to Celebrate or Time to Worry?
July 02, 2020 11:05 - 25 minutes - 23 MBBen and Mat discuss the end of the lockdown and what it means to be emerging back to normal life. Also pubs of course and the usual other shit. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thegreatunravelling.substack.com
Mental Health in Lockdown
June 19, 2020 20:43 - 23 minutes - 21.9 MBBen and Mat discuss the impact the lockdown is having on the nation's mental health and then some other shit. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thegreatunravelling.substack.com
On Pubs and The New Normal
June 01, 2020 16:17 - 30 minutes - 21 MBWe love our pubs, but will social distancing ruin them? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thegreatunravelling.substack.com
The Social Distancing Delusion
May 18, 2020 15:12 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBBen and Mat talk about what a nonsense social distancing is.