News Roast

In the final episode of Series 3, The Mayor of Hounslow himself, Asim "Chabuddy G" Chaudhry joins Jolyon live on stage to talk about his his life in comedy. Covering everything from his early days creating videos and uploading it to YouTube with his mates for a laugh to the award winning work we know him for on mockumentary series People Just Do Nothing. The guys also tap into how failure is one of the greatest fuels of creativity. Please note there is some mic interference in parts but don't let that stand in the way of you and some excellent stories.  The episode rounds off with a live Q&A with the audience and was recorded at Shoreditch House as part of their series of 'In Conversation' live events.  Talk to us @JolyonRubs @HeydonProwse @NewsRoastPodThanks for all your support this series!

Director, author and former actress, Rose McGowan, joins Jolyon and Heydon for a candid chat about from her early school days, the cult of Hollywood, coping with trauma and discuss how extreme gender roles portrayed in film and tv can imprint on us from a young age. Please take the time to rate/review and subscribe to the podcast if you haven't already.  Talk to us @JolyonRubs @HeydonProwse @NewsRoastPodThanks for listening and huge thanks to @rosemcgowan for taking the time to chat to us. Rose's memoir, Brave, is available now from all major retailers.

Heydon is joined live on stage at Shoreditch House by activist Lauri Love for an in depth chat about his life and the events that led up to him facing possible extradition to the US to be prosecuted on charges that he had stolen data from US government agencies.The episode rounds off with a live Q&A with the audience and was recorded in May 2018 at Shoreditch House as part of their series of 'In Conversation' live events. Please take the time to rate/review and subscribe to the podcast if you haven't already.  Talk to us @JolyonRubs @HeydonProwse @NewsRoastPodThanks for listening.

Journalist, Broadcaster and old friend of the pod, James O'Brien joins Jolyon live on stage at Shoreditch House for an evening of conversation about his life and career, Russia, Brexit, that infamous showdown with Nigel Farage and interviewing his hero, Ian Brown, of course!  The episode rounds off with a live Q&A with the audience and was recorded on the 17th April at Shoreditch House as part of their series of 'In Conversation' live events.  Please take the time to rate/review and subscribe to the podcast if you haven't already.  Keep up to date with @mrjamesob on Twitter and check out his podcast Unfiltered.  Talk to us @JolyonRubs @HeydonProwse @NewsRoastPodAnd don't forget to subscribe to the Economist and get a free copy delivered straight to your door by visiting theeconomist.com/newsroast.  Thanks for listening. Photo credit to LBC/Artefact Magazine

Writer and journalist, Johann Hari, steps into the studio to talk about some of the themes addressed in his new book, Lost Connections.  The team look at the differences between British and American approaches to happiness, what really causes depression and mental health, loneliness, and question how can a cow be an anti depressant? Thanks to The Economist for sponsoring this week's episode. Make sure you visit economist.com/roast to claim to get your hands on a free copy. Keep up to date with what Johann is up to @johannhari101 and johannhari.com Talk to us @JolyonRubs @heydonprowse @NewsRoastPodAs always, if you've not already please take the time to rate, review and share the podcast with someone you think might like it.

Barrister and author of the widespread blog, waitingfortax.com, joins us to discuss the cases he's brought against the government over Article 50, Uber and his concerns over the abuses of landlords providing unliveable accommodation to vulnerable people in the UK. Jolyon launched the crowd funded ‘People’s Challenge’ which raised over £300,000 to challenge the Government’s position that Article 50 could be triggered by Royal Prerogative. And he crowdfunded £70,000 to launch the Dublin Case to establish whether we can revoke our Article 50 notification.Thanks to The Economist for sponsoring this week's episode. Make sure you visit economist.com/roast to claim to get your hands on a free copy. Keep up to date with Jolyon's work @JolyonMaugham and the goodlawproject.org Talk to us @JolyonRubs @heydonprowse @NewsRoastPodAs always, if you've not already please take the time to rate, review and share the podcast with someone you think might like it.

Journalist and launch editor, Peter Bale of the Wikitribune joins Jolyon and Heydon to talk Trust, Davos and Russia... and the links between the three. Delicious!This episode was recorded on the 30th Jan 2018 when the three had just returned from Davos. Huge thanks to Peter for taking the time to come and chat with us. You can find out more about Peter's fantastic work @PeterBale @WikiTribune or wikitribune.comTalk to us @JolyonRubs @heydonprowse @NewsRoastPodAs always, if you've not already please take the time to rate, review and share the podcast with someone you think might like it.

Journalist and filmmaker, Billie JD Porter, joins Heydon and Jolyon to chew over issues such as cashless societies, the marginalised black LGBTQI community in Trump's America, the disappearance of UK youth spaces and marketing activism. Check out Billie's latest series Sound and Vision on 4OD: http://www.channel4.com/programmes/sound-and-vision/on-demand/66726-004As always, we appreciate all your support so far and if you've not already then don't forget to rate and the review the podcast.You'll find us @JolyonRubs @heydonprowse @NewsRoastPod on twitter.Thanks to Radio Wolfgang for studio support for this episode.

Writer and presenter Rick Edwards joins Jolyon & Heydon in this episode to chat podcasts and Panama amongst other things. Follow @rickedwards1 on Twitter and as always, you'll find us @NewsRoastPod @JolyonRubs @HeydonProwse, and we'd love it if you could leave us a review and rate the podcast. 

He's built his reputation as a refreshingly honest and entertaining voice in the world of social commentary with his online videos and now Rants brings his staunch political views to our podcast. With his three courses of conversation, Rants harks back to the fallout over the controversial H&M advert back in January of this year, Bitcoin and why Trump might just be the world's biggest internet troll. Follow @DSRantsandBants on Twitter and make sure you check out his YouTube channel. As always, you'll find us @NewsRoastPod @JolyonRubs @HeydonProwse, and we'd love it if you could leave us a review and rate the podcast. Huge thanks to our Shipstation and Hello Fresh for sponsoring this week's episode. Make sure you grab their fantastic offers, full details in the show.