Block, stock and two million smoking barrels

About this episode

The episode discusses the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz and features an interview with Andrew Ryder about Hungary's election results.

Who's blockading the Strait of Hormuz today? Iran? Donny From The Block? The Fake News Media? Naomi, Alex and Kenny look at the winners (yes, there appear to be some) and losers (everybody else) from Trump's ongoing Middle-East distraction. And they are joined by Andrew Ryder – a British political scientist who has made Hungary his home and teaches politics at the Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest – to talk through that truly remarkable election result in Hungary. Plus a particularly fine Wokeydokey and some literal p*ss-taking as a Grin And Share It. This show definitely has the best wee treats. ***SPONSOR US AT ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠KO-FI.COM/QUIETRIOTPOD⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠*** • Get Andrew Ryder's book Britain And Europe At A Crossroads in our bookshop • Watch The Librarians HERE and find out more HERE • Support the Hungary LGBT Alliance • Wees for trees • Join Best for Britain to get a heads-up on Naomi's big announcement • The opening clip is from The Late Show with Stephen Cobert • Alex's latest Podyssey ep, featuring ⁠⁠a load of bullocks⁠⁠ • We have put together a ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BLUESKY STARTER…

People in this episode

Hosts: Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou, Kenny Campbell

Guest: Andrew Ryder

Topics covered

• Middle East politics
• Hungarian elections
• Trump administration
• Iran
• political analysis
• media influence

Keywords

• Strait of Hormuz
• Iran
• Trump
• Hungary elections
• politics
• Andrew Ryder
• media

Sponsors

KO-FI.COM

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary LGBT Alliance, Best for Britain

Places: Hungary, Strait of Hormuz

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