Strong Message Here

Strong Message Here

Armando Iannucci hosts the programme that gives you a cast-iron guarantee to be laser-focused on decoding the baffling world of political language.

Strong Message Here

Episodes (74 available)

Strong Message Here, Strong Message Here, We're Here to Listen (with Stewart Lee in Laugharne)

Getting outside the Westminster bubble to hear some refreshing phrases from real people.

26 Mar 2026

22 mins

Strong Message Here, Strong Message Here, You Don't Have to Worry (with Marina Hyde)

Is the optimism and positive language of the US administration encouraging or worrying?

19 Mar 2026

33 mins

Strong Message Here, Strong Message Here, I Understand the Anxiety (with Ria Lina and Coco Khan)

How do we cope with increasingly scary news?

12 Mar 2026

28 mins

Strong Message Here, Strong Message Here, Get Real (with Hugo Rifkind)

Who is a 'real person' in politics? How do politicians use language to change reality?

5 Mar 2026

33 mins

Strong Message Here, Strong Message Here, History Will Judge You (with Stewart Lee)

Is history still written by the victors? How do people try and control their legacy?

26 Feb 2026

26 mins

Strong Message Here, Strong Message Here, For the Sake of Transparency (with Natalie Haynes and Michael Gove)

Lifting the veil of opacity, Michael Gove joins Armando and Natalie Haynes.

19 Feb 2026

35 mins

Strong Message Here, Strong Message Here, Psychodrama (with Stewart Lee)

Is political language on fast forward? And are we addicted to the psychodrama?

12 Feb 2026

29 mins

Strong Message Here, Strong Message Here, You've Let Your Country Down (with Emily Maitlis)

Emily Maitlis joins Armando to pore through the language of the Epstein Files.

5 Feb 2026

31 mins

Strong Message Here, Strong Message Here, Are You a Stupid Person? (with Natalie Haynes)

Blaring subtext, flimsy reasoning and hypocrisy - do politicians think we're stupid?

29 Jan 2026

28 mins

Strong Message Here, Strong Message Here, U-Turns and Turncoats (with Stewart Lee)

Can politicians use language to convince us they have changed their minds?

22 Jan 2026

31 mins

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