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In Round One, the team discuss the fallout from 3 million more Epstein Files being released and the potential implications for Peter Mandelson, Prince Andrew and Bill Gates. In Round 2, we learn about the exorcist who makes his job sound mundane and the museum that revels in personal failure.  In Round 3, the Missing Words Round, we hear about how a ‘big baby’ boxer was recently embarrassed in the ring, what Keir Starmer gave to President Xi as a gift and what ‘Almond Moms’ are… If you enjoy the podcast, please give us a 5-star rating on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and make sure you subscribe there so you don't miss an episode! For updates on the show, make sure you’re following Have I Got News for You on Instagram, TikTok and X (formerly known as twitter) and get in touch with us there using #HIGNFYpod or emailing [email protected].  Your host is Mike RaymentWith Queenie Miller Emerald PastonAnd Jack Harris, back next week!  The Producer is Diggory WaiteThe Executive Producer is Claire BroughtonThe Music is by Big George In the News This Week is a Hat Trick Podcast

The team discuss Keir Starmer’s controversial decision to block Andy Burnham from running as an MP, reportedly over fears it could threaten his leadership, before playing the ‘King of the North’ game. They then cover Kemi Badenoch’s appearance on Desert Island Discs, Suella Braverman’s defection to Reform and Labour’s plans to create a UK police body similar to the FBI. In Round 2, we learn more about policing matters but this time it’s with the Official Marathon Time Integrity Unit calling out suspicious running influencers followed by a story about Alex Honnold, the unflappable climber who scaled a 101-floor skyscraper in 91 minutes. Finally, in the missing words round, they tackle a penis-related scandal at the 2026 Winter Olympics, camels causing chaos in Australia and what to do if you’re still hungry after a meal. If you enjoy the podcast, please give us a 5-star rating on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and make sure you subscribe there so you don't miss an episode! For updates on the show, make sure you’re following Have I Got News for You on Instagram, TikTok and X (formerly known as twitter) and get in touch with us there using #HIGNFYpod or emailing [email protected].  Your host is Mike RaymentWith Jack HarrisEmerald Paston And Queenie Miller who is back next week! The Producer is Diggory WaiteThe Executive Producer is Claire BroughtonThe Music is by Big George In the News This Week is a Hat Trick Podcast

With Donald Trump continuing to campaign for total control of Greenland and now threatening tariffs on the UK, the team ask the question: Is Starmer tough enus? Meanwhile, they also discuss Kemi Badenoch’s biggest moment yet to sack Robert Jenrick before his defection to Reform and Nigel Farage’s likeness to a duck.  In round 2, Jack reveals how one renaissance artist’s paintings had to be censored due to body parts potentially causing offense and Queenie introduces Mike and Jack to ‘dog poo picking videos’ as a genre on TikTok and how it’s making one man a lot of money.   And finally, in the missing words round, we learn about the latest developments in snooker and The Masters, how one woman’s prayers may not have been answered by who she thought and why a student was arrested over some university artwork… Your host is Mike RaymentWith Jack HarrisQueenie Miller And Emerald Paston returning next week!  The Producer is Diggory WaiteThe Executive Producer is Claire BroughtonThe Music is by Big George In the News This Week is a Hat Trick Podcast

The team kicks off the new year and new series by taking a look at Donald Trump’s attempts to establish his new world order, prompting an ambitious plan to thwart him involving Jupiter, King Charles and a fake spaceship. They also talk about Grok, the AI companion on Elon Musk’s social media site ‘X’, before the team assess Labour’s latest U-turn triggered by furious pub landlords, Jeremy Clarkson and Rick Astley... Elsewhere, the asparagus foretells carnage, a virologist invents a beer-based vaccine, and in the Missing Words Round we learn how to stop crime with wooden clappers, why Emily in Paris has boosted nun-based tourism, and how feeding pigeons can land you in handcuffs… If you enjoy the podcast, please give us a 5-star rating on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and make sure you subscribe there so you don't miss an episode! For updates on the show, make sure you’re following Have I Got News for You on Instagram, TikTok and X (formerly known as twitter) and get in touch with us there using #HIGNFYpod or emailing [email protected].  Your host is Mike RaymentWith Queenie Miller And Emerald PastonJack Harris will be back next week!  The Producer is Diggory WaiteThe Executive Producer is Claire BroughtonThe Music is by Big George In the News This Week is a Hat Trick Podcast

In this festive series finale, the team unpick the limited learnings from the heavily redacted Epstein files and Vanity Fair’s exposé of Trump’s inner circle, before turning to rumours of an ultimatum involving Angela Rayner, Louise Haigh and Morgan McSweeney – as Labour MPs brace for what could be disastrous May elections under Keir Starmer.Next, Emerald reveals that all three of the UK’s Norths (yes, there are three) are drifting apart along with the state of the nation; Queenie uncovers suspected cheating at the World Pie Eating Championships and Jack recounts Wiltshire Police’s heroic efforts to apprehend a “rampaging” goat.Finally, the Missing Words round returns for a final time this series, featuring world-record attempts, four-year-old geniuses and the key to success and strength...If you enjoy the podcast, please give us a 5-star rating on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and make sure you subscribe there so you don't miss an episode!For updates on the show, make sure you’re following Have I Got News for You on Instagram, TikTok and X (formerly known as twitter) and get in touch with us there using #HIGNFYpod or emailing [email protected]. Your hosts are Jack HarrisQueenie Miller Emerald Paston And Mike RaymentThe Producer is Diggory WaiteThe Executive Producer is Claire BroughtonThe Music is by Big GeorgeIn the News This Week is a Hat Trick Podcast

Producer Diggory steps in to reveal the heartwarming details of Buckinghamshire’s newest school – built in a millionaire’s garden before Queenie reports on the sausagey mystery gripping Bristol’s local Facebook scene. Next, Emerald offers her 2025 Transport Tidings complete with a train miracle fit for Christmas and the news that the UK’s biggest pothole has finally been filled. To finish, we play the missing word round where we learn why listeners are complaining about Radio 4, what the worst habits on trains are and about Diggory’s love of The Archers…If you enjoy the podcast, please give us a 5-star rating on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and make sure you subscribe there so you don't miss an episode!For updates on the show, make sure you’re following Have I Got News for You on Instagram, TikTok and X (formerly known as twitter) and get in touch with us there using #HIGNFYpod or emailing [email protected]. Your hosts are Queenie Miller Emerald Paston And Diggory Waite, filling in the absent Jack Harris and merry Mike RaymentThe Producer is Diggory WaiteThe Executive Producer is Claire BroughtonThe Music is by Big GeorgeIn the News This Week is a Hat Trick Podcast

Mike reveals why Zack Polanski didn’t appear as scheduled on the TV show this week before delivering the sad news that the Kidderminster Carpet Museum will be closing its doors. Next, Queenie reports on MPs demanding an upgrade to the parliamentary gym and Jack takes us through Japan’s catchphrase of the year, featuring Rihanna-levels of work, a terrifying mascot and some very old rice. In the Missing Words Round, we learn how to cope with Christmas music, how Gen Z spend their money when it isn’t on dates and why cats meow more at men than women…If you enjoy the podcast, please give us a 5-star rating on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and make sure you subscribe there so you don't miss an episode!For updates on the show, make sure you’re following Have I Got News for You on Instagram, TikTok and X (formerly known as twitter) and get in touch with us there using #HIGNFYpod or emailing [email protected]. Your hosts are Jack HarrisQueenie Miller Mike RaymentAnd Emerald Paston, away on holidayThe Producer is Diggory WaiteThe Executive Producer is Claire BroughtonThe Music is by Big GeorgeIn the News This Week is a Hat Trick Podcast

Producer Diggory returns to the podcast to sift through listener comments on Spotify before Emerald leads one of her famed Odd One Out rounds, this time featuring Batman, a footballing nun and robots with “ominous” Northern Irish accents who may all have links to Fathers for Justice…Next, Jack whisks us back to the so-called “golden age of air travel” as he unpicks Sean Duffy and the US Department of Transportation’s new campaign to bring “civility” back to the skies.Finally, in the Missing Words round, expect ‘sleigh’-themed cars in Dorset, odd dating-profile pics and to discover what the biggest faux pas at the dinner table really is...If you enjoy the podcast, please give us a 5-star rating on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and make sure you subscribe there so you don't miss an episode!For updates on the show, make sure you’re following Have I Got News for You on Instagram, TikTok and X (formerly known as twitter) and get in touch with us there using #HIGNFYpod or emailing [email protected]. Your hosts are Jack HarrisEmerald Paston And Diggory Waite, filling in for Queenie Miller and Mike Rayment this weekThe Producer is Diggory WaiteThe Executive Producer is Claire BroughtonThe Music is by Big GeorgeIn the News This Week is a Hat Trick Podcast

After receiving messages from several Scottish football fans, Mike apologises for his comments about their World Cup qualification prospects from last week, before taking us through the story of Mark Bryan from Redbridge, who was interviewed by the UK press after eye surgery left him hallucinating “Baywatch-style” women at all hours of the day.Queenie then reports on an Australian inmate pleading for his right to eat Vegemite in prison, while Emerald covers the strange, pig-related goings-on in the New Forest.We finish with a Missing Words Round featuring ‘quirky’ driving habits, blood types and a comment from a celebrity maths-whizz.If you enjoy the podcast, please give us a 5-star rating on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and make sure you subscribe there so you don't miss an episode!For updates on the show, make sure you’re following Have I Got News for You on Instagram, TikTok and X (formerly known as twitter) and get in touch with us there using #HIGNFYpod or emailing [email protected]. Your hosts are Queenie Miller Emerald Paston Mike RaymentAnd Jack Harris, away in the New ForestThe Producer is Diggory WaiteThe Executive Producer is Claire BroughtonThe Music is by Big GeorgeIn the News This Week is a Hat Trick Podcast

The team chat about where the TV show was last Friday before Jack takes us through Tesco Mobiles poll of 1400 people with ‘quirky side hustles’ – some are legit, others less legit and the rest are total bullsh*t. Queenie then investigates a National Folklore survey that claims you’re more likely to be visited by a ghost if you’re under 35 and Mike reveals all about the university testing for genius in dogs.Later, we end on our Missing Words Round which has an unhealthy dose of sarcasm, sex toys, vending machines and references to Robert Jenrick… If you enjoy the podcast, please give us a 5-star rating on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and make sure you subscribe there so you don't miss an episode!For updates on the show, make sure you’re following Have I Got News for You on Instagram, TikTok and X (formerly known as twitter) and get in touch with us there using #HIGNFYpod or emailing [email protected]. Your hosts are Jack HarrisQueenie Miller Emerald PastonAnd Emerald Paston, absent this week as she’s still stuck in a vending machineThe Producer is Diggory WaiteThe Executive Producer is Claire BroughtonThe Music is by Big GeorgeIn the News This Week is a Hat Trick Podcast

The team briefly touch on Kim Kardashian’s new, critically panned TV show All’s Fair and The Traitors finale, before Jack (eventually) explains what 'Peppa Pig Syndrome' is whilst unpacking a Times survey of 10,000 teachers that concludes Americanisms are sweeping across UK classrooms.Later, Mike introduces us to the newest and greatest movie star on the planet (and no, it is not Jackie Potatoes), while Emerald tells us about the furious tour guide causing guests to flock to Düsseldorf’s Kunstpalast (stop laughing at the back!) and finally leading us through her missing-word game – complete with Tube-dwelling mosquitoes, tricky national anthems and the definitive guide to being a true gentleman.If you enjoy the podcast, please give us a 5-star rating on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and make sure you subscribe there so you don't miss an episode!For updates on the show, make sure you’re following Have I Got News for You on Instagram, TikTok and X (formerly known as twitter) and get in touch with us there using #HIGNFYpod or emailing [email protected]. Your hosts are Jack HarrisEmerald Paston Mike RaymentAnd Queenie Miller, last spotted tour guiding in Düsseldorf...The Producer is Diggory WaiteThe Executive Producer is Claire BroughtonThe Music is by Big GeorgeIn the News This Week is a Hat Trick Podcast

Mike sends in a voice note with some juicy behind-the-scenes insight from the TV show, after the recording was interrupted by the breaking Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor news. The team then discuss the strange, snail-related tax-avoidance scheme spreading across London (slowly) and play Emerald’s latest game, ‘Tax Avoidance or a Load of Pants?’Later, Queenie takes the team through the story of a teacher in Germany who took a year off sick to appear on two TV cooking shows and Jack covers AI models resisting shutdown and wrongly prompting police to apprehend children over bags of crisps.In the Missing Words round, they learn about civil servants who want to sponsor mice, Bob Geldof’s regrets and the study that separates men and women on their punctuation…!If you enjoy the podcast, please give us a 5-star rating on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and make sure you subscribe there so you don't miss an episode!For updates on the show, make sure you’re following Have I Got News for You on Instagram, TikTok and X (formerly known as twitter) and get in touch with us there using #HIGNFYpod or emailing [email protected]. Your hosts are Jack HarrisQueenie Miller Emerald Paston And the voice-noting Mike RaymentThe Producer is Diggory WaiteThe Executive Producer is Claire BroughtonThe Music is by Big GeorgeIn the News This Week is a Hat Trick Podcast

Mike gives the team an exclusive preview of what to expect from Friday’s Halloween episode of Have I Got News for You, before they wrestle with another tricky Odd One Out from Emerald - featuring a UK crocodile sighting, a toilet bat and creepy crawlies scuttling amok in Google HQ.Later, Mike takes us through the unbelievable British laws you didn’t know you could be unwittingly breaking, before Queenie hosts a spooky Missing Words round complete with black cats, psychics and the sixth sense…If you enjoy the podcast, please give us a 5-star rating on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and make sure you subscribe there so you don't miss an episode!For updates on the show, make sure you’re following Have I Got News for You on Instagram, TikTok and X (formerly known as twitter) and get in touch with us there using #HIGNFYpod or emailing [email protected]. Your hosts are Queenie Miller Emerald Paston Mike RaymentAnd the absent Jack Harris, back next week The Producer is Diggory WaiteThe Executive Producer is Claire BroughtonThe Music is by Big GeorgeIn the News This Week is a Hat Trick Podcast

Mike returns to the pod to reveal some top behind the scenes treats from working on the TV show before the team discuss the papers’ obsession with anti-aging studies, the UK’s newest pothole filling vigilante and the latest theory as to why humans haven’t be contacted by intelligent, extraterrestrial life. Later, they fill in some missing words from headlines about the French post office, Swansea FC, dinosaurs and more…If you enjoy the podcast, please give us a 5-star rating on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and make sure you subscribe there so you don't miss an episode!For updates on the show, make sure you’re following Have I Got News for You on Instagram, TikTok and X (formerly known as twitter) and get in touch with us there using #HIGNFYpod or emailing [email protected]. Your hosts are Jack HarrisQueenie Miller Mike RaymentAnd Emerald Paston, joining us again next week! The Producer is Diggory WaiteThe Executive Producer is Claire BroughtonThe Music is by Big GeorgeIn the News This Week is a Hat Trick Podcast

The team discuss how one in five Brits see their AI companions as ‘friends’, the takeaways from the world porridge making championships and Emerald’s Trump-themed ‘Metal Matrix’ game… Later, they chat about why Stephen King’s marriage was on the rocks, top tips from the World Wine-Tasting Championship and a tarot card reading cat going viral online…If you enjoy the podcast, please give us a 5-star rating on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and make sure you subscribe there so you don't miss an episode!For updates on the show, make sure you’re following Have I Got News for You on Instagram, TikTok and X (formerly known as twitter) and get in touch with us there using #HIGNFYpod or emailing [email protected]. Your hosts are Jack HarrisEmerald Paston And Diggory Waite filling in for Queenie Miller and Mike Rayment who, don’t worry, will be back soon! The Producer is Diggory WaiteThe Executive Producer is Claire BroughtonThe Music is by Big GeorgeIn the News This Week is a Hat Trick Podcast