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Looking back at the past seven days… Will Russell Brand’s imprisonment and allegations against David Walliams spark Britain’s MeToo moment? What do these cases reveal about celebrity culture – and those who turn a blind eye to women and girls being exploited. Is the death of shame upon us? Plus: MAGA continues to implode, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang is caught in a honeytrap scandal, is sacked Manchester United manager Michael Carrick the week’s luckiest man, and more… Zoë Grünewald and Andrew Harrison recap the biggest, strangest and most under-reported stories of the week. • Back The Bunker on Patreon to help keep the podcast going – and get early, ad-free episodes, merch and more. Written and presented by Group Editor Andrew Harrison. Producer: James Liddell. Audio production: Tom Taylor. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Music by Kenny Dickinson. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. www.podmasters.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Abdul El-Sayed romped to victory in Michigan and is set to become America’s first Muslim senator. He’s become a key target of Trump’s attacks, but thus far they haven’t worked. Is he the Democrat who can take down MAGA? Jason Zengerle, staff writer for The New Yorker, has recently interviewed the incoming congressman and joins Zing Tsjeng to discuss who he is, what he stands for and what he might mean for America. • Read Jason Zengerle’s latest New Yorker piece on Abdul El-Sayed • And you can buy Jason’s latest book Hated by All the Right People: Tucker Carlson and the Unravelling of the Conservative Mind from our affiliate bookshop Back The Bunker on Patreon to help keep the podcast going – and get early, ad-free episodes, merch and more. Written and presented by Zing Tsjeng. Producer: James Liddell. Audio production: Robin Leeburn. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Music by Kenny Dickinson. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. www.podmasters.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Vladimir Putin is trying to erase Ukraine’s past and impose a Kremlin-approved history. Can anything stop him? Veteran war correspondent Illia Ponomarenko explores the long struggle over Ukrainian identity, from the Slavic tribes and the Vikings to Soviet rule and Russia’s full-scale invasion. Illia and Seth Thévoz discuss how Ukrainians are determined to hold on to their history and – how they’re fighting to stop Putin’s ruthless Russification campaign. • Buy Illia’s book The Land of Tears and Hope: The Ukrainian Story 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. Back The Bunker on Patreon to help keep the podcast going – and get early, ad-free episodes, merch and more. Written and presented by Seth Thévoz. Producer: James Liddell. Audio production: Robin Leeburn. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Music by Kenny Dickinson. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. www.podmasters.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If men really do think about the Roman Empire once a day, there’s a good reason. From Niccolò Machiavelli to Thomas Jefferson, generations of revolutionary thinkers have looked to ancient Rome for lessons in how to do politics – with mixed results. So how do the Roman Republic and Empire still provide a blueprint for democratic governments today? Are there any leaders today who seem to be trying to become the next Caesar? Jamie Gianoutsos, professor of History at Mount St. Mary's University in Maryland, joins Alex von Tunzelmann to discuss Rome’s enduring political influence. • Buy Jamie’s In Rome's Long Shadow: How the Classical Tradition Shaped the Modern 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. Back The Bunker on Patreon to help keep the podcast going – and get early, ad-free episodes, merch and more. Written and presented by Alex von Tunzelmann. Producer: James Liddell. Audio production: Robin Leeburn. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Music by Kenny Dickinson. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. www.podmasters.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Trump is scrambling after his midterm wipeout and it’s unclear if he even knows what he really thinks anymore. Plus, COP31, a G7 meeting and a potential row over crisps. Rafael Behr joins Jacob Jarvis to outline the week ahead. www.patreon.com/bunkercast Advertisers! Want to reach smart, engaged, influential people with money to spend? (Yes, they do exist). Some 3.5 MILLION people download and watch our podcasts every month – and they love our shows. Why not get YOUR brand in front of our influential listeners with podcast advertising? Contact [email protected] to find out more. Written and presented by Jacob Jarvis with Rafael Behr. Audio production: Tom Taylor. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Music by Kenny Dickinson. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Looking back at the past seven days… Donald Trump is scrambling to shift the blame for the Republicans’ calamitous set of midterm results – and failing miserably. What happens now that Trump has lost his grip on Congress? And has the blue wave dealt a mortal blow to MAGA? Plus: King Charles and Andy Burnham visit Antigua and Barbuda for a Commonwealth summit. And Burnham is reportedly preparing to unveil a package of EU deals worth billions to the UK economy. Zoë Grünewald and Rafael Behr recap the biggest, strangest and most under-reported stories of the week. • Listen to more midterms analysis on Oh God, What Now? Back The Bunker on Patreon to help keep the podcast going – and get early, ad-free episodes, merch and more. Written and presented by Zoë Grünewald and Rafael Behr. Produced by: James Liddell and Jacob Jarvis. Audio production: Tom Taylor. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Music by Kenny Dickinson. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. www.podmasters.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hot Take Time Machine is back with Paper Cuts alumni Miranda Sawyer, Jonn Elledge and Jacob Jarvis sniffing out the strangest, worst – and occasionally best – opinions of the past month. On this episode: The Telegraph has been taken over by new owners and none of its staff seem safe. Plus, we’re all been told to be doomsday preppers, tragedy for Liz Jones and the weird new Halloween trends. • Spotted a column we should talk about next time? Send it to [email protected] • Buy Jonn’s book 31 Inventions that Built our World: The Making of Modern Life 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. • Back us on Patreon – www.patreon.com/bunkercast Written and presented by Managing Editor Jacob Jarvis with Miranda Sawyer and Jonn Elledge. Producer: James Liddell. Audio production: Jade Bailey. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Music by Kenny Dickinson. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. www.podmasters.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s the biggest theft in human history. Shadowy North Korean hackers drained $6.3bn in digital assets from the world’s biggest crypto exchange, Binance, and it took only 20 minutes. How did they get in so easily? If crypto exchanges are so porous, why do Trump and Farage want to turn the US and UK into havens for digital money? And if crypto is the international currency of terror, porn and crime, why should we care if its owners get ripped off? Crypto sceptic, journalist and podcaster Molly White tells Andrew Harrison what the Binance Hack reveals about our modern cryptocracy. • Read Molly’s essential newsletter Web3 Is Going Just Great • Don’t risk your money on crypto! Back The Bunker on Patreon to help keep us in rude health – and get early, ad-free episodes, merch and more. Written and presented by Group Editor Andrew Harrison. Produced by James Liddell. Audio production by Robin Leeburn. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Artwork by James Parrett. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. www.podmasters.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“Perv glasses”? “Nonce goggles”? The backlash against Meta’s smart glasses is so severe that early adopters are frightened to wear them outdoors. Even visually impaired people who could really use a digital assistant are worried they’ll look like voyeuristic creeps. But are camera-equipped glasses really making sexual harassment on the streets worse? And is the bigger problem the one behind all big tech: data abuse and the destruction of privacy? James Ball of Oh God, What Now? and The New World talks Andrew Harrison through the society of the spectacle. • Back The Bunker on Patreon to help keep the podcast going – and get early, ad-free episodes, merch and more. Written and presented by Group Editor Andrew Harrison. Produced by James Liddell. Audio production by Robin Leeburn. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Artwork by James Parrett. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. www.podmasters.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Trump’s GOP faces a stern test in the US midterms this week. Could his grip on power be about to weaken? And is the cult of Trump slowly faltering? Rafael Behr joins Jacob Jarvis to discuss this and the other news to look out for in the week ahead. www.patreon.com/bunkercast Advertisers! Want to reach smart, engaged, influential people with money to spend? (Yes, they do exist). Some 3.5 MILLION people download and watch our podcasts every month – and they love our shows. Why not get YOUR brand in front of our influential listeners with podcast advertising? Contact [email protected] to find out more. Written and presented by Jacob Jarvis with Rafael Behr. Audio production: Tom Taylor. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Music by Kenny Dickinson. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Looking back at the past seven days… John Healey’s Budget has divided opinion as you might expect, but much criticism has suggested it was not bold enough. Why didn’t he go further than what he has? Plus: Netanyahu’s coalition has lost its far-right majority as Israel’s elections deadlock drags on. And it’s crunch time for the Republicans as they fight to cling on to both chambers of Congress. Jonn Elledge and Jacob Jarvis recap the biggest, strangest and most underreported stories of the week. • Want the full Budget breakdown? Head over to Oh God, What Now? Back The Bunker on Patreon to help keep the podcast going – and get early, ad-free episodes, merch and more. Written and presented by Managing Editor Jacob Jarvis. Producer: James Liddell. Audio production: Tom Taylor. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Music by Kenny Dickinson. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. www.podmasters.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What is daily life like inside Putin’s Russia? Censorship is rife, elections are rigged, the media serves the regime, protests are banned, and young men are dragged to the front lines in Ukraine – but how do ordinary Russians cope with everyday life? Is civil society dead or just “sleeping”? And can Russians ever really be free? Veteran journalist Åsne Seierstad – bestselling author of The Bookseller Of Kabul – has seen Russia before and under Putin. She talks to Seth Thévoz about her new book Never Say War: Life Inside Russia and the day-to-day reality of Putin’s Russia. • Buy Åsne Seierstad’s book Never Say War: Life Inside Russia 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. Back The Bunker on Patreon to help keep the podcast going – and get early, ad-free episodes, merch and more. Written and presented by Seth Thévoz. Producer: James Liddell. Audio production: Tom Taylor. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Music by Kenny Dickinson. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. www.podmasters.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After near-miss second places in the Presidential run-off elections of 2017 and 2022, could France’s extreme right National Rally be about to take power? And what happens if they do? Over five decades the party has detoxified its image if not its vociferous racist nationalism, moving from a fringe far-right concern to a power in French politics. Now the centre is imploding and polls indicate that voters in 2027 will face a Hobson’s Choice of the National Rally’s Marine Le Pen or the extreme left Jean-Luc Mélenchon. How could it happen? And what would the National Rally’s France look like? Georgina Wright, senior fellow specialising in France at the German Marshall Fund, gives Rafael Behr a picture of Le Pen’s France. • Want more? Listen to Raf explain why far-right populism is sweeping Europe • Back The Bunker on Patreon to help keep the podcast going – and get early, ad-free episodes, merch and more. Written and presented by Rafael Behr. Producer: James Liddell. Audio production: Robin Leeburn. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Music by Kenny Dickinson. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. www.podmasters.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The wanton destruction of the Sycamore Gap tree in 2023 provoked a wave of anger against two men accused and eventually convicted of the crime. There was a search for answers: was it a thrill-seeking stunt, a bid for notoriety or maybe just driven by a grudge against the National Trust? But as award-winning writer Andrew Hankinson found in his new book Felled: The Killing at the Sycamore Gap, the reality was stranger, sadder… and perhaps more about the disconnected, meaningless world of modern men. He tells Andrew Harrison how Sycamore Gap spiralled off into Captain Tom-Land. • Buy Andrew’s book Felled: The Killing at the Sycamore Gap 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. • Back us on Patreon – www.patreon.com/bunkercast Written and presented by Andrew Harrison. Producer: James Liddell. Audio production: Robin Leeburn. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Music by Kenny Dickinson. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. www.podmasters.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Setting out the stories of the week to come… A crunch week in the global battle against far-right populists gets off to a surprisingly encouraging start as Lula beats far-right nepo baby Flávio Bolsonaro to Brazil’s presidency, and Serbia’s corrupt authoritarian Aleksandar Vučić is ousted by student-led protestors. Will the Israeli elections and US mid-terms provide similar cheer? Plus: Budget week in Britain, Blue Planet III starts on the BBC… and have YOU done your emergency food stockpile? Ros Taylor and Andrew Harrison look at the week ahead. • Back The Bunker on Patreon to keep the podcast in rude health – and get early, ad-free episodes, merch and more. Written and presented by Andrew Harrison. Produced by James Lidell. Audio production by Simon Williams. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Artwork by James Parrett. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. www.podmasters.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.