It's Bloody Complicated - A Compass Podcast

We welcome writer, journalist and film-maker Paul Mason to the podcast to discuss his new book, How to Stop Fascism (Allen Lane).

Paul spoke about how the rise of right-wing populism and authoritarian…

This week on the Compass podcast we are joined by Matthew Brown and Rhian E. Jones, authors of the book Paint Your Town Red: How Preston Took Back Control and Your Town Can Too, published by Repeater…

Recently departed Green Party Co-Leader Jonathan Bartley joins It’s Bloody Complicated.

Jonathan stepped down as Green co-leader in July. He is now focusing his energy on helping to build a progressiv…

John Denham joined It's Bloody Complicated to talk nation, identity and patriotism.

Is there such a thing as ‘progressive patriotism’? And against the backdrop of Brexit and a potential second Scottis…

This episode was recorded immediately following the initial devastating flooding across western Germany. Our thoughts and solidarity are with all those affected.

Compass has teamed up with the Friedri…

Policy innovator Anna Coote joined It’s Bloody Complicated to talk about a life at the cutting edge of policy thinking – from citizens' juries to a four-day week and universal basic services.

We took …

On 23rd June 2016, the United Kingdom voted to leave the EU by a majority of 52% to 48%.

The ensuing half-decade has seen rolling political turmoil, unprecedented realignments and questions over the f…

What are the strategy, ideology and aims of the modern Conservative Party? To beat them, we have to understand them – and maybe even learn from them.

Professor Ken Spours applies the thinking of Anton…

Jon Cruddas MP joins It’s Bloody Complicated to mark the launch of his new book, The Dignity of Labour (Polity).

Does work give our lives purpose, meaning and status? Or is it a tedious necessity that…

Election results across England, Scotland and Wales showed more than ever why progressives need to work together – and what can happen when they do. We're joined by a stellar lineup to survey the aft…

Leader of the Women's Equality Party Mandu Reid joined the podcast to talk about why the pandemic has not been a gender-neutral crisis, how her 'politically polyamorous' party is shaking up the syste…

Former leader of the Liberal Democrats Sir Vince Cable joins It’s Bloody Complicated to share the lessons of his long and varied political life and tell us about his new book, Money and Power.

In unce…

It’s a year since Keir Starmer was elected leader of the Labour Party – a year that has seen the shock of the Covid-19 pandemic, internal divisions within the party and vocal debates about the best w…

Special guest host John Harris is joined by Marc Stears to discuss Marc's new book, Out of the Ordinary: How Everyday Life Inspired a Nation and How It Can Again.

Joining John and Marc are Jon Cruddas…

On this very special edition of It’s Bloody Complicated, we're joined by Clive Lewis, MP for Norwich South; academic and advocate for human rights Francesca Klug; and political theorist Stuart White …

On this edition of It’s Bloody Complicated , we're celebrating a very special reunion. Neal Lawson is joined by 2017 Progressive Alliance veterans Andrée Frieze, Barry Langford, Stephen Clark, Remco …

On this episode of It's Bloody Complicated, Frances Foley is joined by another great double bill – this time Peter MacFadyen who has inspired the Flatpack Democracy movement and Indra Adnan one of th…

We’re diving straight into 2021 with a conversation about what the next year might hold for us and what it all means for progressive politics.

Our guests, Tom Clark (Editor of Prospect Magazine) and Y…

For the final podcast of 2020, we had an extra special Christmas treat for our members.  Writer, economist, politician, and former academic Yanis Varoufakis joined us live on Zoom for an hour of hard…

This week, we spoke to  Natasha Walter:  feminist writer, founder and director of Women for Refugee Women and author of Living Dolls and A Quiet Life.

We talked to Natasha about what motivated her to …