CakeWatch

Episode Archive

Episode Archive

71 episodes of CakeWatch since the first episode, which aired on 6 February 2018.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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?

  • 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?

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Episode 45: Erskineful

    20 March 2019  |  1 hr 12 mins
    brexit, eu, uk politics

    Extension plans: will the neighbours complain?

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Episode 42: The Answer to the Great Question

    27 February 2019  |  1 hr 46 mins
    brexit, eu, labour party, referendum, uk politics

    Corbyn's pivot on a People's Vote, May's shift on no deal and extending Article 50, and why Steve has stepped back from Twitter

  • Episode 41: Operation Badger

    22 February 2019  |  1 hr 6 mins
    brexit, eu, labour party, uk politics

    Chris and Steve nurse their Remainiacs hangovers with a warm mug of TIG

  • Episode 40: First Anniversary Special

    7 February 2019  |  1 hr 54 mins
    brexit, eu, uk politics

    The Krazy Gang are back together for a bumper birthday episode with a directors' commentary on our very first podcast that we rescued from our digital cellar

  • Episode 39: A House Fire in Pompeii

    22 January 2019  |  1 hr 37 mins
    brexit, eu, trade, uk politics, wto

    Trade nerds, assemble! Wizard of WTOz Dmitry Grozoubinski is here to talk GATT Article XXIV!

  • Episode 38: Hands Off, Hände Weg!

    17 January 2019  |  1 hr 22 mins
    brexit, citizens rights, eu, referendum, uk politics, withdrawal agreement

    Discussing confidence votes, citizens' rights, and being German in the UK, with Tanja Bültmann.

  • Episode 37: Coping

    10 January 2019  |  48 mins 41 secs
    anger, brexit, depression, mental health, referendum

    Chris and Laura talk about the emotional and mental health impact of Brexit; plus, looking ahead to the convention on a new vote taking place in London on 11 January.

  • Episode 36: It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Brexit

    19 December 2018  |  1 hr 27 mins
    brexit, eu, europe, european council, peoples vote, politics, referendum, uk politics

    Steve and Chris spend their last episode of the year (we hope!) picking over the previous week's debacle at the European Council and wondering at the UK's apparently irrepressible capacity for self-delusion.