What Most People Think with Geoff Norcott

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  FROM REFORM TO RE£££ORM - Feat. Ian Stone 15.09.2026 47min

  Ian Stone returns for this week's episode and we get straight into the big story surrounding Reform becoming crypto trust-fund babies. Is it morally wrong or are Labour just jealous? We then get into the complex issues surrounding Lyndsey Clancy's trial, where a juror who held a different view has become a public enemy among some progressives. In the Patron only Ian Stone describes a DEATH STORY so awkward even I got the flop sweats.  SEE ME LIVE: https://www.livenation.co.uk/geoff-norcott-tickets-adp1252793 JOIN the Podcast Patreon and receive each episode early, AD-FREE & with bonus content https://www.patreon.com/geoffnorcott?fan_landing=true  Join my MAILING LIST for priority Tour booking & special offers https://signup.ymlp.com/xgyueuwbgmgb Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  BURNHAM'S FIRST BIG BOO-BOO - Feat. Milo Edwards  11.09.2026 48min

  Milo Edwards returns to discuss Andy Burnham making his first major false move at PMQs and why the Tories were bouncing around like they had ADHD. We also disagree strongly about millionaires leaving the UK (I think it's bad btw). Then we have the quarterly chat about whether AI will end everything, before talking about crazy Donald's five grand giveaway in the Patron only section. SEE ME LIVE: https://www.livenation.co.uk/geoff-norcott-tickets-adp1252793 JOIN the Podcast Patreon and receive each episode early, AD-FREE & with bonus content https://www.patreon.com/geoffnorcott?fan_landing=true  Join my MAILING LIST for priority Tour booking & special offers https://signup.ymlp.com/xgyueuwbgmgb Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  COULD FARAGE JUST JACK IT IN? 09.09.2026 40min

  After John Healey decided to introduce himself to the British public I get my head around the style and substance of what he had to say. Spoiler alert: there's not much of either. I also look back on a turbulent few days for Reform, the Channel 4 sting might not matter to the base but what will 'most people' think. And what is the true definition of 'loose pub talk'? CATCH ME ON MY TOUR ‘Basic Bloke 2: There’s No Bloke Without Fire’. Book tickets here: https://www.livenation.co.uk/geoff-norcott-tickets-adp1252793 JOIN the Podcast Patreon and receive each episode early, AD-FREE & with bonus content https://www.patreon.com/geoffnorcott?fan_landing=true  Join my MAILING LIST for priority Tour booking & special offers https://signup.ymlp.com/xgyueuwbgmgb Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  BREAKING NEWS - Same S**t Different Eyelashes 03.09.2026 35min

   Politics is back with a bang and I review Andy Burnham's first couple of days at big school. The style was good but was there any substance? Also how did his pledge to avoid petty point scoring go? Elsewhere the Tories had a reshuffle and I ask what would it take to make a Tory famous? CATCH ME ON MY TOUR ‘Basic Bloke 2: There’s No Bloke Without Fire’. Book tickets here: https://www.livenation.co.uk/geoff-norcott-tickets-adp1252793 JOIN the Podcast Patreon and receive each episode early, AD-FREE & with bonus content https://www.patreon.com/geoffnorcott?fan_landing=true  Join my MAILING LIST for priority Tour booking & special offers https://signup.ymlp.com/xgyueuwbgmgb Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  KEIR STARMER WITH A GUITAR? - Feat. Mark Steel  01.09.2026 48min

  Mark Steel makes a welcome return to preview Andy Burnham's first proper week in office: will his 'work in progress tour' still be effective in the big rooms? We make some very specific predictions. I also ask is really ok for men to cry, after Djokovic had a little blub on court after his first round exit in the US Open. In the Patron only we talk about how we've become less liberal on crime and why all Prime Ministers fear being photo-shopped with a spliff.  CATCH ME ON MY TOUR ‘Basic Bloke 2: There’s No Bloke Without Fire’. Book tickets here: https://www.livenation.co.uk/geoff-norcott-tickets-adp1252793 JOIN the Podcast Patreon and receive each episode early, AD-FREE & with bonus content https://www.patreon.com/geoffnorcott?fan_landing=true  Join my MAILING LIST for priority Tour booking & special offers https://signup.ymlp.com/xgyueuwbgmgb Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  Breaking News - META-MORPHOSIS FOR TEENS & SCREENS 28.08.2026 38min

  As I get to the end of my Edinburgh Fringe run I discuss how this festival is destroying itself with left-wing economic thinking. Outside of that I ask why Andy Burnham is paying a grand for a pretend door. Friend of the show Reform's Robert Jenrick has been firing off yet more policy initiatives. Then I look at the landmark settlement in the State where Meta have tacitly acknowledged 1000 hours a day on their sites might not be that healthy.  ATCH ME ON MY TOUR ‘Basic Bloke 2: There’s No Bloke Without Fire’. Book tickets here: https://www.livenation.co.uk/geoff-norcott-tickets-adp1252793 JOIN the Podcast Patreon and receive each episode early, AD-FREE & with bonus content https://www.patreon.com/geoffnorcott?fan_landing=true  Join my MAILING LIST for priority Tour booking & special offers https://signup.ymlp.com/xgyueuwbgmgb Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  SHOTS FIRED AT SHABBY ANDY - Feat. Scott Bennett 26.08.2026 46min

  The always funny Scott Bennett returns to discuss fellow northerner Andy Burnham turning up in Kyiv looking like he'd just got back from a stag-do. Was that the big issue, or the fact we're now in a proxy war with Russia. We also respond to the arse falling out of the graduate jobs market and ask if families will soon weep because their kid wants to be a lawyer.  CATCH ME ON MY TOUR ‘Basic Bloke 2: There’s No Bloke Without Fire’. Book tickets here: https://www.livenation.co.uk/geoff-norcott-tickets-adp1252793 JOIN the Podcast Patreon and receive each episode early, AD-FREE & with bonus content https://www.patreon.com/geoffnorcott?fan_landing=true  Join my MAILING LIST for priority Tour booking & special offers https://signup.ymlp.com/xgyueuwbgmgb Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  Breaking News - HOME OFFICE SAY 'DON'T ATTACK WOMEN' 21.08.2026 39min

  A lot to talk about this week, not least the frankly dystopian advice the Home Office put out reminding asylum seekers not to attack women. Economically, the govt borrowing was higher when it was supposed to be lower so I'm sure that's a really great sign. I also respond the Channel 4 documentary about ADHD which has some on left accusing them of far right lies.  CATCH ME ON MY TOUR ‘Basic Bloke 2: There’s No Bloke Without Fire’. Book tickets here: https://www.livenation.co.uk/geoff-norcott-tickets-adp1252793 JOIN the Podcast Patreon and receive each episode early, AD-FREE & with bonus content https://www.patreon.com/geoffnorcott?fan_landing=true  Join my MAILING LIST for priority Tour booking & special offers https://signup.ymlp.com/xgyueuwbgmgb Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  BURNHAM'S 'SEND TO ALL' - Feat. Andrew Doyle 18.08.2026 43min

  In this week's episode Andrew Doyle returns to discuss Reform trying to seize the initiative on welfare and get Nigel sounding less like a beleaguered football manager. Elsewhere we react to Andy Burnham's 'send to all' moment, informing a boiling population that it was a bit hot. In the Patron only section we respond to the temerity of a professor who dares to suggest that boy and girls might be different.  CATCH ME ON MY TOUR ‘Basic Bloke 2: There’s No Bloke Without Fire’. Book tickets here: https://www.livenation.co.uk/geoff-norcott-tickets-adp1252793 JOIN the Podcast Patreon and receive each episode early, AD-FREE & with bonus content https://www.patreon.com/geoffnorcott?fan_landing=true  Join my MAILING LIST for priority Tour booking & special offers https://signup.ymlp.com/xgyueuwbgmgb Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  Breaking News - NIGEL EVADES THE COUNT  14.08.2026 37min

  So Nigel Farage prevailed in his bin related soap opera, but has he come out of it stronger? Sticking with Reform, is punchy little Zia Yusuf spending too much time drinking Relentless and going online? Elsewhere there was 0.4% growth which Rachel Reeves somehow thinks is to do with her being a brilliant chancellor. Finally, I look at the case of a mum who killed her own kids and found friends in the Femosphere. CATCH ME ON MY TOUR ‘Basic Bloke 2: There’s No Bloke Without Fire’. Book tickets here: https://www.livenation.co.uk/geoff-norcott-tickets-adp1252793 JOIN the Podcast Patreon and receive each episode early, AD-FREE & with bonus content https://www.patreon.com/geoffnorcott?fan_landing=true  Join my MAILING LIST for priority Tour booking & special offers https://signup.ymlp.com/xgyueuwbgmgb Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  BURNHAM'S MAGICAL LISTENING TOUR - Feat. Francis Foster 12.08.2026 52min

  Back from Butlins and climbing into Andy 'Martin Lewis' Burnham's assault on low-level costs. Should he have had a holiday? Will he turn out like one of those avuncular South American dictators? We also discuss why Brits have got so fat. Is it education or those massive coffees from Starbucks. In the Patreon only Francis educates me about educator extraordinaire Jason Arday.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  CONTROVERSIAL COMEDY with Carey Marx 04.08.2026 44min

  With the Edinburgh Fringe starting and Live at the Apollo being cancelled I though it was a good time to get Carey on to chat all things comedy. Carey was doing dark comedy before it even had a name, and has plenty of strong takes on identity, being a Jew in comedy and how you can get away with anything if you have a cute teddy. CATCH ME ON MY TOUR ‘Basic Bloke 2: There’s No Bloke Without Fire’. Book tickets here: https://www.livenation.co.uk/geoff-norcott-tickets-adp1252793 JOIN the Podcast Patreon and receive each episode early, AD-FREE & with bonus content https://www.patreon.com/geoffnorcott?fan_landing=true  Join my MAILING LIST for priority Tour booking & special offers https://signup.ymlp.com/xgyueuwbgmgb Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  BREAKING NEWS - Burnham 'Bouncing' & Polanksi Flouncing 30.07.2026 38min

  In this breaking news episode I catch up with all Andy Burnham's 'plans' (trying to work out how many of them will actually happen). Is he bouncing for real or will it be one of those dead-cat ones? I also chat about Zac Polanski's petulant decision not to apologise for co-authoring a post containing a sick t-shirt, he really should stick to tik-tok....and yes I mention the Saltburn cricket scandal.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  IS WELFARE WELL UNFAIR? - Feat. Alun Cochrane 28.07.2026 48min

  It's a welcome return for the reassuring northern good sense and humility of Alun Cochrane. I get his take on fellow northerner Andy Burnham-Brent and we try to acknowledge the positives (for now) - but also pick apart his teenage social media. Then we look at news that some teenagers are earning more on PIP for anxiety than kids who work for minimum wage (where I resist the urge to shout 'scroungers!'). In the Patron only section I ask the current trending question regarding 50k and one million pounds.  CATCH ME ON MY TOUR ‘Basic Bloke 2: There’s No Bloke Without Fire’. Book tickets here: https://www.livenation.co.uk/geoff-norcott-tickets-adp1252793 JOIN the Podcast Patreon and receive each episode early, AD-FREE & with bonus content https://www.patreon.com/geoffnorcott?fan_landing=true  Join my MAILING LIST for priority Tour booking & special offers https://signup.ymlp.com/xgyueuwbgmgb Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  BREAKING NEWS - The First Week of 'Call me Andy' 23.07.2026 38min

  In this breaking news episode I assess the first week of 'Call Me Andy'. From his cabinet appointments (which looked suspiciously like jobs for the mutineers) to an embarrassing moment involving a hot mic. However I do thank him for finally showing the door to a generationally bad attorney general. Go sell someone else's islands mate.  CATCH ME ON MY TOUR ‘Basic Bloke 2: There’s No Bloke Without Fire’. Book tickets here: https://www.livenation.co.uk/geoff-norcott-tickets-adp1252793 JOIN the Podcast Patreon and receive each episode early, AD-FREE & with bonus content https://www.patreon.com/geoffnorcott?fan_landing=true  Join my MAILING LIST for priority Tour booking & special offers https://signup.ymlp.com/xgyueuwbgmgb Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  ANDY BURNHAM-BRENT TAKES OFFICE - Feat. Iain Dale 21.07.2026 49min

  eA brilliant chat with Iain Dale about his new book on the day Andy Burnham kisses the big Royal fingers. I jump on with comings and goings at Number ten then have a lovely salacious chat with Mr Dale about everything from his beef with Kay Burley, to how he took on the unions and why he was a 'notorious gay'. The Patron only section involves a sex act, the woods and a startled deer.  CATCH ME ON MY TOUR ‘Basic Bloke 2: There’s No Bloke Without Fire’. Book tickets here: https://www.livenation.co.uk/geoff-norcott-tickets-adp1252793 JOIN the Podcast Patreon and receive each episode early, AD-FREE & with bonus content https://www.patreon.com/geoffnorcott?fan_landing=true  Join my MAILING LIST for priority Tour booking & special offers https://signup.ymlp.com/xgyueuwbgmgb Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  BREAKING NEWS - Keir Clears off as Burnham Moves In 16.07.2026 35min

  So Keir Starmer is about to be well and truly usurped. I use this week's PMQS to look into some of his 'legacy' and that witty repartee we'll all miss. Did Kemi get the tone right or show herself up as a member of the 'uniparty'? Are Ed Davey's punchlines visible from space? When will people realise the Binface gags are an exhaustible resources? All this and more answered... CATCH ME ON MY TOUR ‘Basic Bloke 2: There’s No Bloke Without Fire’. Book tickets here: https://www.livenation.co.uk/geoff-norcott-tickets-adp1252793 JOIN the Podcast Patreon and receive each episode early, AD-FREE & with bonus content https://www.patreon.com/geoffnorcott?fan_landing=true  Join my MAILING LIST for priority Tour booking & special offers https://signup.ymlp.com/xgyueuwbgmgb Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  RACHEL 'MEAN MUMMY' REEVES - Feat. Milo Edwards  14.07.2026 44min

  Milo returns for today's show and we contemplate the legacy of Rachel Reeves (coming up with a funny phrase for her at the same time). We also discuss the reaction to the murder of Anne Widdecombe and wonder why people can't just shut the f**k up sometimes. There's also contemplation that Ed Milliband might be the man for this moment (but not in a good way). In the Patron only section we discuss Jude Bellingham being ambushed by a headline hungry hack. This episode was recorded shortly before the police acknowledged that Anne Widdecombe's murder might have a political motive CATCH ME ON MY TOUR ‘Basic Bloke 2: There’s No Bloke Without Fire’. Book tickets here: https://www.livenation.co.uk/geoff-norcott-tickets-adp1252793 JOIN the Podcast Patreon and receive each episode early, AD-FREE & with bonus content https://www.patreon.com/geoffnorcott?fan_landing=true  Join my MAILING LIST for priority Tour booking & special offers https://signup.ymlp.com/xgyueuwbgmgb Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  BREAKING NEWS - Will Farage Really Renew His Vows? 09.07.2026 36min

  An early breaking news this week as I react to Nigel's big announcement of another trip to the seaside. Will he actually go through with it? Or is it too late to turn back? And how the hell did Rachel Reeves manage a good joke on the subject?Elsewhere I look at some negative situations which men face that women typically don't (some are serious but some are pretty funny). Oh and there's a bumper edition of piss-take prices too! CATCH ME ON MY TOUR ‘Basic Bloke 2: There’s No Bloke Without Fire’. Book tickets here: https://www.livenation.co.uk/geoff-norcott-tickets-adp1252793 JOIN the Podcast Patreon and receive each episode early, AD-FREE & with bonus content https://www.patreon.com/geoffnorcott?fan_landing=true  Join my MAILING LIST for priority Tour booking & special offers https://signup.ymlp.com/xgyueuwbgmgb Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  NIGEL'S DODGY MATE - Feat. Glenn Wool  07.07.2026 45min

  Was good to have laid back Canadian maestro Glenn Wool making his debut on WMPT (especially after all that late night football). We spoke about Keir's first interview about resigning and why his 'legacy' might not be what he hopes. We also chatted about Nigel's mate 'posh George' and another accusation around donations. We of course chatted football too, not least why the Americans are terrible at thinking up good chants. In the Patron only gives our first DEATH STORY from the Covid era. CATCH ME ON MY TOUR ‘Basic Bloke 2: There’s No Bloke Without Fire’. Book tickets here: https://www.livenation.co.uk/geoff-norcott-tickets-adp1252793 JOIN the Podcast Patreon and receive each episode early, AD-FREE & with bonus content https://www.patreon.com/geoffnorcott?fan_landing=true  Join my MAILING LIST for priority Tour booking & special offers https://signup.ymlp.com/xgyueuwbgmgb Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices