77. News Year, News Us

This week Harriet and Producer Martin are joined by Paula Vennells, the former chair of the Post Office, explaining why she handed back her CBE in the wake of the Horizon scandal and also exploring some casting ideas for the ITV drama about her life, and by friend of the show, Donald Trump's lawyer/co-defendant Chip Randy Jr III, who offers an expert legal eye on the Jeffrey Epstein lists which he happens to be on for totally fine reasons. We also have our Diversity Correspondent Eshaan Akbar to explain why Sir Keir Starmer's plans for children to have better teeth proves he's on the side of criminals. We have a Patreon now, and you can support the show by signing up at patreon.com/NonCensored. Thanks to Ian Hopgood, George Bell, Brendan McLoughlin, Simon Meacher, Robert Simeone, John Reppy, Oscar Curtis, Cheryl Harris, Laura Elizabeth, Sarah Ryan, Page Star, Simon Chapman, Brian Walsh, David Threadgold, Linda Jones, Claire Nurc, Brian, Delaney Manders, Justin Bartley, Michael Fox, Carol J, Alex, Nir Oren-Woods, Ed, Rellwonga, Liam Bevan, Bird La Bird, Emily Albouy, RL, Tony Penny, Ryan Chomiak, David Richards, Hugh, Donna Brown, Kieran Hines, Jan Lewis, Sarah Moar, Paul Jacques, Katrina Erskine and Victoria for signing up in the last week. Keep your questions coming to the team by emailing noncensoredpodcast@gmail.com. Thanks to Rosie Holt (@RosieIsAHolt), Brendan Murphy (@notmurphy), Eshaan Akbar (@eshaanakbar), Sooz Kempner (@SoozUK), Paul Dunphy (@mrpauldunphy) and Ed Morrish. Tickets for Rosie's show, That's Politainment!, are available here. Tickets for Brendan's show, Buffy Revamped, are available here. Sooz puts funny things on Instagram these days, so go and look at her there. Paul does sketches with Larry - they're called Larry & Paul - on YouTube. Show photography by Karla Gowlett (photoperspective.co.uk) and show design by Chris Barker (chrisbarkerprints.co.uk). Music and jingles by Paddy Gervers & Rob Sell (torchandcompass.com). NonCensored is a Lead Mojo production (leadmojo.co.uk).  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices