Political Currency by Persephonica | Podcast Rankings & Episodes

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Today’s combined position on our country charts.

United Kingdom · All podcasts

#92

Pulse 14

United Kingdom · News

#14

Pulse 54

United Kingdom · Trending

#199

Pulse 7

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About the show

Ed Balls and George Osborne take us behind closed doors into the rooms where decisions are made. Having battled it out across the despatch box, the former Chancellor and shadow chancellor now meet in the studio to discuss the decisions that affect the nation’s pockets. Our frenemies have the knowledge and experience to explain how good politics follows the economics - and expose how the powerful become powerless when faced with market forces and political currents they can’t control. Join us every Thursday. Send your messages or voice notes to questions@politicalcurrency.co.uk Find us on social media @polcurrency Political Currency is a Persephonica production. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Latest episodes

EMQs: Should John Healey recruit ex-chancellors?

October 5, 2026 · 39 min

A questioner from Instagram takes Ed Balls and George Osborne back 20 years in this week’s EMQs, reminiscing on fringe events at party conferences that drew no audience. They reflect on how to handle hosting a sparsely attended event, and…
Will Burnham’s big and bold speech backfire?

October 1, 2026 · 1 hr 7 min

The dust has settled on Andy Burnham’s conference speech, and the verdict is positive. However, there are lingering questions. Ed Balls and George Osborne, fresh off their Hot Take, set out to answer the most pressing ones. Is the PM…
HOT TAKE: Our verdict on Burnham’s conference speech

September 29, 2026 · 36 min

Andy Burnham’s first Labour conference speech was pitched as a break from your standard conference speech, but did it deliver? Ed Balls and George Osborne went live earlier this afternoon to give their verdict on the speech. How will…
EMQs: Biggest conference clangers

September 28, 2026 · 48 min

In a star studded edition of EMQs, Sky News political editor, and rival podcaster, Beth Rigby asks Ed Balls and George Osborne for their biggest party conference c**k-ups over the years. George takes us behind the scenes and back to 2007…
Can the Burnham & Trump love-in last?

September 24, 2026 · 1 hr 7 min

Andy Burnham has finally met Donald Trump, and George Osborne concludes it went as well as it possibly could. He and Ed Balls delve into the two leaders’ meeting in New York this week, and just how Britain navigates the rising tensions…
EMQs: The challenges criticising Netanyahu with rising anti-semitism?

September 21, 2026 · 38 min

How do you unite leaders to come together and work for a common goal? Tom Fletcher, who works for the UN on Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief, asks this very question to Ed Balls and George Osborne on this week’s EMQs. As part of…
Has Burnham wasted his honeymoon?

September 17, 2026 · 1 hr 7 min

The budget crunch is on for Andy Burnham’s new government, with Ed Balls and George Osborne warning that the economic outlook has got much worse from when the new PM entered No. 10. The Fed raising interest rates, and the Bank of England…
EMQs: Why does Farage fall out with everyone?

September 14, 2026 · 38 min

Veteran journalist John Sweeney starts this week’s EMQs asking Ed Balls and George Osborne why Farage falls out with all his mates. From Rupert Lowe right back to his Ukip days, the Clacton MP has a long list of former friends turned…