Hot Take Time Machine – Spoilt pigs, hen-dos and ‘alpine divorce’ with Miranda Sawyer and Jonn Elledge

Hot Take Time Machine – Spoilt pigs, hen-dos and ‘alpine divorce’ with Miranda Sawyer and Jonn Elledge

From The Bunker – News without the nonsense by Podmasters

June 4, 2026 · 37 min · Season 1 · Episode 1827

About this episode

The episode features a discussion on various controversial opinions from the media, including takes on youth unemployment and hen-dos.

Hot Take Time Machine is back and our crack squad of column critics are sniffing out the weirdest, worst and occasionally the best opinions from the last month. Paper Cuts survivors Miranda Sawyer and Jonn Elledge join Jacob Jarvis to pick apart The Telegraph’s terrible take on youth unemployment, The Mail’s Liz Jones having “one big moan” and one Times writer who is fed up with tasteful hen-dos – “bring back the strippers!” Buy Jonn’s book 31 Inventions that Built Our World from our affiliate bookshop and you’ll help fund the podcast by earning us a small commission for every sale. Bookshop.org’s fees help support independent bookshops too. Spotted a column we should talk about next time? Send it to info@bunkercast.co.uk • Back us on Patreon – www.patreon.com/bunkercast Written and presented by Managing Editor Jacob Jarvis. Producer: James Liddell. Audio production: Robin Leeburn. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Music by Kenny Dickinson. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. www.podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Jacob Jarvis

Guests: Miranda Sawyer, Jonn Elledge

Topics covered

  • youth unemployment
  • media criticism
  • opinion analysis
  • hen-dos
  • cultural commentary

Keywords

  • youth unemployment
  • hen-dos
  • media criticism
  • opinion
  • cultural commentary

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Telegraph, The Mail, Times, Bookshop.org, Podmasters

Products: 31 Inventions that Built Our World

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