CakeWatch
Episode Archive
Episode Archive
62 episodes of CakeWatch since the first episode, which aired on 6 February 2018.
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Episode 58: Transatlantic Perspective
5 August 2019 | 1 hr 4 mins
brexit, eu, johnson, trump, uk politics, us politics
How do Americans view Brexit and the EU? Jason Knoll is a High School teacher from Wisconsin and also a huge fan of the European Union. He joins Chris via Skype from Verona, Wisconsin, to talk transatlantic about politics, parallels, and survival during difficult times.
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Episode 57: Act Three Scene Three
23 July 2019 | 1 hr 12 mins
brexit, conservative party, eu, uk politics
Peter Wilding returns to the podcast to chat to Chris about the ongoing English Revolution and whether the Gammon Jacobins will have very long to savour their victory.
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Episode 56: Montagegate
25 June 2019 | 1 hr 18 mins
brexit, eea, efta, eu, referendum, single market, uk politics
Steve Analyst returns as co-host with Chris to talk about his latest monster Twitter thread documenting the manipulation of news footage in an attempt to convince Leavers that they knew they were voting to leave the Single Market.
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Episode 55: In Medias Res
12 June 2019 | 1 hr 19 mins
ancient history, brexit, europe, history, politics, uk politics
Classics klaxon! The Brexit news is too depressing so Chris and fellow nerd Katie Low escape to Greece and Rome to hunt out lessons from history.
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Episode 54: Denied My Vote
29 May 2019 | 1 hr 22 mins
brexit, eu, eu citizens, eu politics, european elections, freedom of movement
Chris and Tanja are joined by Axel Antoni of the 3 Million to discuss the disenfranchisement of many EU citizens in last week's European election.
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Episode 53: More Joy in Heaven
15 May 2019 | 1 hr 25 mins
brexit, eu, eu politics, european elections, labour party, referendum
Chris and Steve are joined by Andy of the Remainer Now grassroots movement to discuss how he came to be an activist and what he hopes to achieve. We also continue last week's discussion on political parties and the European elections.
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Episode 52: Happy Europe Day 2.0
11 May 2019 | 1 hr 15 mins
brexit, eu, europe, european parliament, peoples vote, politics, referendum, uk politics
Happy Europe Day 2019! Chris and Steve discuss party politics, party loyalties, and voting in the European election.
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Episode 51: Pattern Recognition
30 April 2019 | 1 hr 21 mins
brexit, change uk, conservative party, cuktig, eu, europe, european elections, european parliament, peoples vote, politics, referendum, tories, uk politics
With elections rapidly approaching, Peter Wilding aka @eurorealist joins us to share his insights into the Conservative Party's civil war and why he has quit the Tories to stand as a Change UK candidate.
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Episode 50: Useful Idiots
24 April 2019 | 1 hr 13 mins
brexit, eu, eu politics, european elections, european parliament, european union, politics, uk politics
Chris and Steve celebrate their half century by carrying on last week's grumpy conversation about how Remainers should approach the European elections and why Lord Buckethead is not big and not clever.
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Episode 49: Be An EU Citizen
16 April 2019 | 1 hr 34 mins
brexit, eu, european elections, european parliament, labour party, uk politics
Post-mortem on Unbrexit Day 2.0 and how should Remainers be approaching the European elections?
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Episode 48: Stitched Up Like Kippers
4 April 2019 | 59 mins 55 secs
brexit, eu, uk politics
We're in the Eye of the Storm now. While Westminster tears itself apart, how does it look from the other side of the Channel?
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Episode 47: Not Our Last Podcast Before Brexit
27 March 2019 | 1 hr 9 mins
brexit, eu, uk politics
The People, the Council, the Parliament, everyone has had enough. We survey the wreckage after a week of upheaval and rejection.
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Episode 46: Narcissistic Pish
21 March 2019 | 1 hr 15 mins
brexit, eu, uk politics
Steve and Chris join Alyn Smith MEP in what may be his penultimate week as a member of the European Parliament.
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Episode 45: Erskineful
20 March 2019 | 1 hr 12 mins
brexit, eu, uk politics
Extension plans: will the neighbours complain?
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Episode 44: Cox Blocked
12 March 2019 | 54 mins 44 secs
brexit, eu, uk politics
Chris and Steve wheeze and sneeze their way through their hot takes on Meaningful Vote 2.0.
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Episode 43: It Takes a Village Idiot
6 March 2019 | 1 hr 9 mins
brexit, eu, trade, uk politics
Chris is in discussion with Twitter trade legend Jim Cornelius on his work tackling tariffs and Tory porkies.