Judging by the wait lists at my local library, the biggest "new" author might be Richard Osman.

Don't blame the celebrities. Blame the so-called journalists who chase after them to insist that they must have an opinion so they have something to write about.

Been stockpiling for my Friday night in. My favourite podcast but I’m going to watch them with some Bombay Sapphire and will take a drink every time we hear *By and large *deep dive *top 3 the wrong way *Thursday murder club *question’s edition *Marina forgetting to introduce herself *Air BnB *it’s a knock out I’m hoping to make a bingo card drinking game. 😂 These two are just so lovable. Thank you to all that make this great show. ❤

Could not disagree more re celebrities giving political opinions. They have just as much right as everyone else to air their views, and I think you vastly underestimate how influential these opinions can be for certain people.

Matt Hancocks Half Hour

If MP's can have their own TV shows, then Gary Lineker should be able to do a party political broadcast during Match of the Day.

hi Richard, do you remember singing it's not unusual at the end of year show at haywards heath college 35 years ago?

I absolutely love the word defenestration!

Celebrities have as much right as anyone else to talk politics. It may alter how they are perceived so for their own image reasons they want to keep quiet not to alienate people, but if they are happy with the consequences on their career then a celebrity shouldn't be told to keep quiet and stick to their day job, they have every right to express themself.

Saying celebrities shouldn't get involved with politics is crazy. So many people would love to think they don't live in a world where politics matters. But will be the first to complain about rising prices and too many foreigners. I say flood all areas of life with accepting that local and national politics is inescapable for everyone and creating safe spaces where we don't have to talk about life's problems is the kind of childish behavior that brought the UK to its current place.

I, 100% believed Jill Biden had released a cover version of ‘Vogue’ Very uncomfortable few minutes for me.

The reason I avoided election coverage (and news generally for several years) is that I value my mental health. The country has been in such awful hands since the 2016 debacle. They have done such terrible things and there seemed no way of stopping them. This past week I’ve started re-engaging with news media, riding on the wave of normal.

Just going to throw it out there, I need a season of Celebrity Traitors with both Richard and Marina in it where they are the traitors working together. And I think I probably want just them as the traitors.

"There were a few counts on channel 4 I can tell you that"

Come on, the breakout star of the General Election has to be Count Binface!

Sabrina carpenter aunt does the voice of Bart Simpson

I didn't even know Vogue still exists. And I doubt if anyone who matters cares at all.

I suspect the reason the Reagan people were concerned is because he was living with dementia, and they didn’t want anyone to see any signs of it. He was well more advanced with dementia than anyone realized.

When Richard says "he's playing a baddie" should I try to forget that if I go to see the movie?

I'm going to call it right now, Jacob Rees Mogg in the jungle, Liz Truss in Celebrity Big Brother and Penny Mordant will get a show on GB News.

I was saying after watching Bercow on US traitors, that a full politician lineup would be interesting.

So is Richard saying that Steve Coogan campaigning for the Green Party in Brighton was a waste of time?

Twister lolly was made on Jim'll fix it. Oh dear 😈😩

Tell us more about the rubber chicken circuit!

"The four different areas of entertainment"? What about public tap-dancing, theatre, opera, whistling tunelessly, tv, podcasts, zoos, mid-afternoon snoozing? ... not to mention necromancy, pyromancy, a little bit of what ya fancy.

Well that’s my Discovery+ membership cancelled.

Q: Back in the day, actors and artists had to change their name away from anything obviously ethnic in order to gain acceptance. Is that still a thing?

Got it taped showing your age Richard 🤣

I have a question....💭🤔........ But first can I say I love this podcast thank you for lifting the curtain on soo many different areas of entertainment, its so interesting to me and I'm sure many others 🙏 My question is: Why dont more broadcast shows appear on KZfaq, outside of the region they are contractually obliged? (I'm generally talking about quiz shows, but a wider viewpoint would be appreciated) I've always loved watching ROHOG, and when I left the UK to live abroad, I was so happy to see the Mundo KZfaq channel (which I assume is Richard's production company) showing all the episodes, all be it later than originally aired, but I'm happy to be late to the game as a consequence of living away. Why don't more productions follow suit? The big money must be in primetime TV, but there is still revenue to be made outside of that and after the airing 🤔💭 Are traditional TV shows still soo...stuck in a legacy idea of scheduled TV contracts, and revenue streams? Even now? 🤔💭🙏

“It’s about hurricanes” 😂 Not too many landlocked hurricanes, Marina. We tend to call those “tornadoes” 💙

Chappell Roan is going to be a megastar. It's been a surprisingly organic and traditional road to success in some ways, gaining traction from a great live show. Good Luck Babe is climbing up the charts at the moment, and is probably the best pop song of the past few years.

When we got our first telly (b and w) I saw President Kennedy appear in an episode of "I Love Lucy". (Lucy got stuck in Kennedy's chair during a guided tou of the White House.)

I was really interested to hear about the 'real' John Bercow. In The Traitors he does come across as a gentle, inoffensive, old man.

Lol, so voicing political opinions to the masses should only be the domain of ''mainstream media journalists''.... Got it

The Jill Biden cover is a huge mistake, at absolutely the wrong time. And it let all the critics mock it. The New York Post ran a front cover with a photoshopped version, entitled ‘Vague’ (And Marina, best use of one of my favourite words, - ‘Askance’ !) They have to replace this decent man, who is far too old to run America for the next four years, with someone like Gavin Newsom, (or wouldn’t this be wonderful - Pete Buttigieg - highly unlikely but hopefully by 2032.) The simple fact that his opponent, had never previously served in government, never been in the military and never been elected to any office before, (oh and is a malevolent narcissistic sociopath) is a bit of a worry. Having been a bit of a UK nerd on American politics since Watergate and media nerd, to hear you guys talk about the influence of Hollywood and the American political scene was fascinating. The whole Taylor Swift, bless her, endorsement débâcle was ridiculous. Another great podcast and if you’re both free for my imaginary 10 people I’d like to spend a dinner party with, you’re more than welcome to join it! And on that point, as a potential question for the Q and A, who would you invite to your imaginary media dinner party (living or dead) and why?

Ed Davey seems like a buffoon. If they ever bring back Total Wipeout sign him up.

I think there are two problems with "celebs" giving an opinion on X etc - One, they are trying to use the size of their platform. Two, they completely forget the size of their platform. For instance, I once did a tweet (as it was) supporting something AF Neil said. Neil then misread what I wrote and ploughed into me. Now, this shouldn't matter, except he has a huge following. For a week, I had thousands of his supporters attacking me. It wasn't nice. I think in that case, he reacted instinctively (I think it wasn't planned because he had obviously misread the post), and forgot that he has thousands of attack dogs waiting to join in. When it comes to opinions, politicians hoping for celeb endorsements isn't new. Think of JFK and Monroe. But it has changed. And perhaps they haven't realised it has changed. Richard is right, and celebs probably make little or no difference to how people vote (that argument has also been levelled at newspaper endorsements too). But that is NOW. Years ago, when social media was the letters page in a magazine, it could make a difference, simply because it was much rarer. There is an old adage about some people voting for candidate X because "they have nice teeth." There is truth behind the silliness. People are attracted to candidates who tick boxes beyond politics; people who would be a nice person to have around to dinner. If the politician attaches themselves to a celeb you would like to have around to dinner, then that helps. But not if absolutely everyone is doing it too. We are now swamped with thousands of well-known faces and voices having an opinion, and the effect has simply worn itself out. There is another side to this, however, which may have some influence. A person who is thinking of voting for X anyway, might have their support strengthened by either being endorsed by the right person, or behaving like that person who you would like to have around to dinner. I think Ed Davey pulled this off beautifully. Most politicians are actually quite nice people away from the camera. You get a few absolute idiots, but it is not common. Davey and his team went to great lengths to show off his personable side (which is quite genuine). It might have gained the LibDems a few votes, I suppose, but mostly, it persuaded people who were leaning that way anyway to go for it. Not a bad strategy at all.

Can we not just have the entire Tory party leadership contest played out in the form of The Traitors? Btw, completely disagree on your take of the Australian version; imho, it's the best of the lot while the US is the worst. In terms of the ex Tories doing shows, I'd like to see the following: Grant Schnapps - MasterChef Michael Green - Taskmaster Sebastian Fox - The Chase

I would like more talk about world snooker

LoLo next breakthrough....

After Sabrina, Chappel Roan has had the biggest breakthrough year in music

I think the entertainment industry can have a strong impact over politics (especially if you include sports stars) but crucially only to mobilise not to influence I don’t think there are many people who will change their political opinion because of something Taylor Swift says but I bet their are plenty who are apathetic to who wouldn’t have voted who might end up down the polling station because she stressed how important it is It’s why I think Mbappe speech was so effective. I doubt he convinced any far right voters but he stressed how important the vote was and I recon that contributed to the high turnout out

The Bidens currently doing their best to get Trumpy elected again. Annoying and depressing in equal measure ! Marina quoting Jill doesn't give the full effect of her patronising teacher tone, it was toe curling!

I have no issue with celebrities expressing their opinions on any matter they wish to. The problem comes when they arrogantly deem themselves qualified to preach to the rest of us that we must share those opinions, when their views have been formed within an echo chamber of rich privilege where only those opinions exist.

Buh-buh-buh... Gary Barlow votes tory... I don't know what to think now......

It's good that they're saying celebs must stick to their jobs and stay out of politics, because I see no end on Instagram of some dipshits insisting celebs speak out about wars, politicians, businesses, and climate change when all they want to do is promote their charities, shows, and music

I agree with Marina. Glen Powell wants this - this being movie stardom - more than anything. He’s a big old to be the young hot thing at 35 though.

I do care what a celebrity thinks about politics when it comes knowing I can like them, because they aren’t MAGA. I’ve never been persuaded by a celebrity’s opinion, though.

Well, to be blunt a celebrities job is to technically entertain people not fill peoples heads with their ideologies and celebrities only get filthy rich because their fan base and support from their viewers. However, once celebrities start getting into politics, I want to have nothing to do with those celebrities, nor do I ever want to support nor watch their movies because Celebrity should stick to entertainment where politics should stick to politics entertainment to entertainment politics to politics is how I say it, but keep celebrities and journalist out of politics and the journalist and activist out of our damn entertainment because it’s getting to be very annoying

That's not how you pronounce "analogous".

Hang on at 42:30 you suggest Strictly Come Dancing is loved by tories? I doubt that, considering how openly liberal, pro LGBT Strictly is. I always felt it a more liberal show.

George Clooney has a right to speak. He's been a huge doner and political activist for years. He knows what he's talking about and is as well-versed as more than most. Good on him for using his fame and fortune to try and better his country/the world, rather than just buying a yacht. Unfortunately, too many people in the media see themselves as gatekeepers. Sure, not every celebrity has the same political literacy, but we don't get to pick and choose who speaks. Richard and Marina are wrong on this one, and looking at the comments a lot of folk think so too.

Sydney Sweeney is a goddess!

Multi millionaires interests arent the publics best interest. If a ton of rich people like a politician its pretty sus to me. Will they introduce some weird tax trick or so?

Great episode, plus gushing over Marinas blouse! Love it.

Richard seems to have forgotten how powerful Taylor Swift is.

Richards point about celebrities and politics is simply untrue. Ariana Grande tweeted about the Palestinian child releif fund, and they got £40,000 of donations within a day.

Somehow disappointed that Richard’s wife has a role in the movie. Nepo wife. I feel let down with Richard’s integrity or something. Probably very unfair of me

James Corden should bring back Jim'll fix it. This would improve his reputation and further bury the original version. (I'll grant you his might not be one of my better ideas.)

Pretty tone deaf conversation, celebrities or artists whatever you want to call them are also a part of society. They’re allowed to say what they believe to be right. I imagine most people wouldn’t be swayed to vote based off what a cleaner says but they have the right to say it

Find them both quite hypocritical when it comes to the "stay in your lane and don't get political" message

You're getting as sloppy in your pronunciation as Marina Jekyll. You said Clean Hoover instead of Colleen Hoover. Frieda McFadden came out as Freedom Fathom.

If the sun wot won it and ms swift can say things. Can’t one source influence?

Please no more politics.

I tend to think that if Taylor Swift supported Biden in the upcoming election, her opinion would hold sway. She is separate from the celebrities you mention.

Has anyone ever come up with an answer to the question of why Marina can't hold a conversation with Richard without glancing over to her left every two seconds? It is SO annoying.

I will make a point of not watching any show that gives any of the current Tories a job. MPs have been happy enough to stick their nose into other people's business and have a often badly informed view, so we all have a right to comment whether that's always wise or well done is another matter. But again, I will boycott anything that gives the likes of Rees Mogg or any of them a jolly. I would never watch 'I'm a Celebrity..' anyway because its gross and tacky , but putting the likes of Hancock and Farage on it confirms my decision. I will never ever give it a go.

omg..sky..u sold yr souls!!!!

Celebs should stick to doing what they are paid for that's entertaining and if they can't do that then go get at a job at B&Q 🧐

No one cares about celeb opinions… except Taylor Swift right? Trump is petrified of her influence over young people.

This podcast has been plodding & boring these past couple of weeks.