Best politics podcasts: Newscast to Today in Focus

Get effortlessly up-to-date with the UK's top current affairs shows

Katy Kay, Alastair Campbell, Rory Stewart and Anthony Scaramucci
Former Blairite spin doctor Alastair Campbell and ex-Conservative minister 'awkward nerd' Rory Stewart with their colleagues Katy Kay and Anthony Scaramucci from The Rest is Politics US
(Image credit: Ernesto Rogata / Alamy Stock Photo)

They say the news never stops, but in 2025 it's been travelling at breakneck speed. From Kashmir to the Vatican, these top politics podcasts make sense of the maelstrom with informative analysis and debate by experts in the field.

Newscast

Subscribe to The Week

Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.

SUBSCRIBE & SAVE
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/flexiimages/jacafc5zvs1692883516.jpg

Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

Sign up