The Zeitgeist Tapes

As we all find ourselves willing Prisoners reliant on a strong proactive state to keep us healthy, we thought it might b... Read more

This month Emma and Steve discuss Parks and Recreation - possibly the least cyncial programme ever made about politics.

This month, Emma and Steve discuss Yes Minister/Yes Prime Minister. Prompted by the recent death of the last remaining r... Read more

This month, to keep us going through the election, Emma and Steve have been watching The Campaign. These politicians are... Read more

In this election special, Steve and Emma are joined by occasional broadcaster and TV's Clangers expert Tim Worthington t... Read more

This month, Emma and Steve discuss Netflix original series The Politician.  The first season of this show follows the c... Read more

This month Emma Burnell and Steve Fielding discuss England, England by Julian Barnes.  Written in the late 90s when New... Read more

In this episode, journalist Emma Burnell and Professor Steve Fielding discuss BBC 3 Drama The Left Behind. Bleak and unc... Read more

This month, Emma and Steve are joined by Jonn Elledge of the New Statesman to talk about BBC Drama Years and Years.  Wr... Read more

As a nod to the discussions of sovereignty and independence that have surrounded the EU elections this month Emma and St... Read more

This month, Emma and Steve interviewed Marlon Soloman about his one-man show Conspiracy Theory: A Lizard's Tale. In it, ... Read more

This month, Steve and Emma are joined by Historian and Screenwriter Alex Von Tunzelmann to discuss Vice.  Telling the st... Read more

The Zeitgeist Tapes on tour!  This month, Emma has dragged Steve all the way down to 'That London' to a play above a pub... Read more

New Year - new naming scheme!  This is a special episode where Emma and Steve have got together to discuss last night's ... Read more

In this special episode, journalist Emma Burnell has made a short documentary about political podcasts. In it she explor... Read more

This month, Steve and Emma talk about Mike Leigh's Peterloo. In cinemas now, this tells the tale of the massacre in the ... Read more

This month Emma and Steve are joined by Clangers Expert and writer for Dr Who Magazine Tim Worthington to discuss the po... Read more

Seminal dance movie of the 80s, few think of Dirty Dancing as a political film, but it absolutely is. From having women'... Read more

This month, Emma and Steve discuss the recent Russell T Davis penned, real life drama A Very English Scandal. The true s... Read more

In this episode, Professor Steve Fielding and journalist Emma Burnell discuss the novel Heartland by Anthony Cartwright.... Read more