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85 episodes and counting

13 February 2026

Trump Deletes Racist Post, Mandelson Crashes Starmer's Labour - w/ Nels Abbey

Joining Carys this week is writer, media executive and satirist Nels Abbey. Nels wrote the brilliant Think Like A White...

44 min
6 February 2026

The Epstein Avalanche, Lucy Letby and Pregnancy In Prison - With Janey Starling

Joining Carys this week is Janey Starling, an award-winning activist, co-director of gender justice group Level Up, and...

56 min
30 January 2026

Beckham Bustup, ICE Shootings & A Reporter Raided - with Alan Rusbridger

Joining Carys this week is journalist and former editor of the Guardian and Prospect magazine, Alan Rusbridger. Alan...

43 min
23 January 2026

Trump's Greenland Grab & The Conservative's Demise - with James Meadway

Joining Carys this week is economist and host of the Macrodose podcast James Meadway. James is a former Treasury civil...

57 min
16 January 2026

Defection's Galore for Reform UK & Grok Unleashed - with Dr Rob Topinka

Joining Carys this week is Dr Robert Topinka from Birkbeck University. Rob’s research is focused on digital culture,...

52 min
9 January 2026

Trump's Venezuala Raid and Starmer's Shelf Life - with Dewi Afoko

Joining Carys for the first episode of 2026 is her brother - software developer and writer Dewi Afoko.To kick off the...

43 min
19 December 2025

Fixing The Glitches In Online Safety W/ Seyi Akiwowo

This week’s episode is an in depth conversation with Seyi Akiwowo an expert in technology and online safety. Seyi is...

38 min
12 December 2025

Farage's Schoolboy Racism & Trump's Phony Peace Prize - with Nim Ralph

Joining Carys this week is Nim Ralph - a community organiser, trainer, facilitator and writer. They are a queer and...

43 min
5 December 2025

Budget Blowback, Judges, Juries and Your Party - with Ayeisha Thomas-Smith

Joining Carys this week is Ayeisha Thomas-Smith - a social movement strategist, facilitator, and Executive Director of...

54 min
26 November 2025

UK Budget Reaction Special - with James Meadway & Hannah Peaker

The UK’s Chancellor, Rachel Reeves has just delivered her 2025 budget and to give our immediate reaction, I'm joined by...

44 min
21 November 2025

Asylum Reforms, Sara Sharif, Facebook Scams & Climate Change - With Chantelle Lunt

On this week's show I’m joined by Chantelle Lunt - an academic writer and activist based in Merseyside.Together we...

48 min
14 November 2025

Trump vs BBC & Whats Going On In Wales - with Pat Younge & Vaughan Gething

This episode is brought to you by Power to Change to celebrate Community Business Week, which starts on 29...

46 min
7 November 2025

Mayor Mamdani In NYC - With Matthew McGregor

This week’s show is cohosted by Matthew McGregor who is the CEO of the campaign group 38 Degrees. Matthew has worked in...

44 min
31 October 2025

Conversations We Need To Have - With Deborah Frances-White

On this week's episode, Carys is in conversation with Deborah Frances-White.Deborah is a stand-up comedian, podcaster,...

52 min
24 October 2025

How The Met Police Tried To Bury Their Own Racism Review - with Nadine White

On this week's episode, Carys is joined by journalist, film maker and editor of Black Current News Nadine...

48 min
17 October 2025

Trump, Epstein Revelations, Green Surge and Hope From Spain

On this week's episode, Carys is joined by Maya GoodfellowMaya is an academic, author and political commentator who is...

36 min
10 October 2025

Labour's Next Deputy Leader with Bell Ribeiro-Addy

This week’s guest is Labour MP for Clapham and Brixton Hill, Bell Ribeiro Addy.Bell is what feels like an endangered...

47 min
3 October 2025

Why You Should Run For Something with Amanda Litman

This week is an American politics special and I interview Amanda Litman, the co-founder and president of Run for...

40 min
26 September 2025

The Rise Of The Far-Right & Reform UK with Joe Mulhall (Hope Not Hate)

We’re back from our summer break and now that Gary is focused on writing his book we’re going to be changing around the...

41 min
11 July 2025

Trump, Mamdani and Economic Populism with Adam Green

On this week's episode of Over the Top, Under the Radar, Carys Afoko is joined by Adam Green, co-founder of the...

44 min
27 June 2025

Live From The Belfast Book Festival

Gary Younge and Carys Afoko in conversation with broadcaster and writer Ola Majekodunmi discussing their...

47 min
20 June 2025

Steve McQueen in conversation with Gary Younge Part 2

Welcome to the second part of a special episode of Over The Top Under The Radar. It’s a conversation between Gary and...

45 min
13 June 2025

Steve McQueen in conversation with Gary Younge Part 1

Welcome to a special two-part episode of Over The Top Under The Radar. It’s a conversation between Gary and director...

43 min
11 June 2025

How much leg should the Green Party show?

In this podcast episode, Carys and Gary discuss the lack of scrutiny in defence budgets. They also touch on corporate...

18 min
6 June 2025

Defence spending, Thames water, Green party politics and a big surprise

On this week's episode of Over the Top, Under the Radar, Gary and Carys discuss defence spending, Thames Water, the...

37 min
4 June 2025

Challenges Women Leaders Don't Face

This week’s usual off-cuts include conversations about what women leaders have to contend with compared to men. Gary...

12 min
30 May 2025

Biden, Gaza, Labour and bedtime masculinity

On this week's episode of Over the Top, Under the Radar, Carys and Gary discuss Gaza, the Labour left, Joe Biden's...

36 min
23 May 2025

Reform UK: How Did We Get Here? with Diane Abbott and Gary Younge

On this week's episode of Over the Top, Under the Radar, we share a special recording from a recent Stand Up To Racism...

36 min
16 May 2025

Stranger Things: Starmer, Trump, Royal Princes and Afrikaan Refugees.

On this week's episode of Over the Top, Under the Radar, Gary is joined by guest co-host Nadine White. They discuss how...

37 min
9 May 2025

Time for Truth: VE, Reform/Farage, Mental Health and Ibrahim Traoré

On this week's episode of Over the Top, Under the Radar, Gary and Carys discuss Reform UK’s victories, who is and isn’t...

33 min
2 May 2025

Drinking from skulls plus Blair, Farage and Trump

On this week's episode of Over the Top, Under the Radar, Carys and Gary discuss local elections, Tony Blair, the...

44 min
25 April 2025

A Black pope, trans rights, pepper spray and Brits abroad

On this week's episode of Over the Top, Under the Radar, Gary and Carys discuss the UK Supreme Court verdict on trans...

35 min
18 April 2025

Birmingham’s Rubbish, Chat GPT and Spaced Out Katy Perry

On this week's episode of Over the Top, Under the Radar, Carys is joined by guest co-host Nadine White. They discuss...

35 min
11 April 2025

Can you handle the truth?

In this week's episode of Over The Top, Under The Radar, Gary and Carys discuss free trade, Prince Harry, private...

42 min
4 April 2025

Musk, Le Pen and Starmer's Labour: Is Justice really blind?

In this week's episode of Over The Top, Under The Radar, Carys and Gary discuss Elon Musk, Marine Le Pen, the British...

41 min
28 March 2025

Labour Punches Down… again!

In this week's episode of Over The Top, Under The Radar, Carys and Gary discuss the Labour’s austerity, Kemi’s lies,...

43 min
21 March 2025

The Rest Is White People - Labour, Democrats, Cubans and Potholes.

In this week's episode of Over The Top, Under The Radar, Carys and Gary discuss the left opposition in both America and...

38 min
14 March 2025

Friends and Benefits

In this week's episode of Over The Top, Under The Radar, Carys and Gary discuss the government's slashing of disability...

36 min
7 March 2025

War or Peace: Ukraine, Gaza and Trump.

In this week's episode of Over The Top, Under The Radar, Gary and Carys discuss settler violence on the West Bank,...

40 min
28 February 2025

Who pays the price of free speech, Musk's eggs, aid cuts and Black women's safety?

In this week's episode of Over The Top, Under The Radar, Carys and Gary discuss the price of eggs in America and what...

37 min
21 February 2025

Trump, Starmer and Vance: A toxic relationship?

On this week's episode of Over the Top, Under the Radar, Gary is joined by guest co-host Ayeisha Thomas-Smith. They...

39 min
14 February 2025

Why is Labour failing to create jobs, protect children and manage Trump?

On this week's episode of Over the Top, Under the Radar, Gary is joined by guest co-host Faiza Shaheen. They discuss...

38 min
7 February 2025

In Conversation with Rachel Shabi

In this episode, Carys sits down with Rachel Shabi to discuss antisemitism, Jewish experiences and her new book...

44 min
31 January 2025

Have you heard the one about the Muslim and the knife attack?

On this week's episode of Over The Top, Under The Radar, Carys and Gary discuss the cost of economic growth, Roman...

35 min
24 January 2025

Are you going to believe me or your own eyes?

On this week's episode of Over The Top, Under The Radar, Gary and Carys discuss pardoning Marcus Garvey, Joe Biden's...

34 min
17 January 2025

Gaza, Farage, Trump, South African Miners and the DEI surrender

Is peace REALLY coming to the Middle East? Meta, Amazon and a many other companies are rolling back on their DEI...

34 min
10 January 2025

The new battle lines - Musk, Meta, Macron and the war on truth

It's a new year but we're still dealing with the same old gits. In this episode of Over The Top Under The Radar, Gary...

36 min
3 January 2025

Best Of 2024: Elections

2024 has been a year of Elections in British news, from the over-reported polls around our own General Election and the...

53 min
27 December 2024

Best Of 2024: Interviews

Since starting the podcast earlier this year, we've spoken with Jeremy Corbyn, the Independent MP for Islington North...

40 min
20 December 2024

In Conversation with Bell Ribeiro-Addy

Gary and Carys are joined by Bell Ribeiro-Addy, the Labour MP for Clapham and Brixton Hill, to discuss the need for...

43 min
13 December 2024

Farage's threat to Labour, Luigi Mangione and Racist "Science"

In this episode of Over The Top Under The Radar, Carys and Gary discuss the potential rise of Reform UK, Elsevier's...

35 min
6 December 2024

Gregg Wallace, Starmer's stumble, Ibrahima Bah and Congo's orphans

In this episode of Over The Top Under The Radar, Gary and Carys discuss the media buildup to Keir Starmer's reset...

43 min
29 November 2024

The politics of Black Friday, Irish Elections, Bogus Petitions and Labour's Loveless Landslide

In this episode of Over The Top Under The Radar podcast, Carys and Gary discuss Black Friday, petitions, the UK...

44 min
22 November 2024

Ukraine and Trump's isolationism, Taxing Farms and Bronze Cheetahs

In this episode of the award-winning Over The Top Under The Radar podcast, Gary and Carys discuss profiteering by...

37 min
15 November 2024

If you’re woke, you dig it... Unpacking the term 'Woke', Teen Social Media Bans, and Post-Election Turmoil in Mozambique

In this episode of Over The Top Under The Radar, Carys and Gary discuss social media bans, political unrest in...

32 min
15 November 2024

In Conversation with HOPE Not Hate's Dr Joe Mulhall

In this episode, Carys sits down with Joe Mulhall to discuss the UK's far-right riots, how the internet has changed...

40 min
8 November 2024

A post election podcast that won't leave you totally depressed

In this episode of Over The Top Under The Radar, Carys and Gary discuss US Election coverage, Kemi Badenoch's...

46 min
1 November 2024

US Election Special: is Trump really the biggest threat to democracy? What's the truth about Harris and the black male vote? Plus why Lina Khan is a player and how everyone needs to focus on the burbs.

In this US Election Special of Over the Top Under The Radar, Gary and Carys discuss how US cities vote, Silicon...

39 min
25 October 2024

The Chris Kaba controversy, Elon Musk's Playbook and Labour's black hole

In this episode of Over the Top, Under the Radar, Gary and Carys discuss riots in Martinique, Elon Musk's lottery, the...

38 min
18 October 2024

Diddy allegations, tax breaks for Gen Z, undecided voters and taxing private schools

In this episode of Over the Top, Under the Radar, Carys and Gary discuss the media coverage of Sean 'Diddy' Combs, how...

39 min
11 October 2024

White History Month - rethinking Henry VIII, reparations and main character energy

What do you know about white history? In this special episode of Over the Top, Under the Radar, Carys and Gary discuss...

46 min
4 October 2024

Hurricane Trump, Badenoch gaffes and saying farewell to Port Talbot Steelworks

In this episode of Over the Top Under the Radar, Gary and Carys discuss Beyonce's new ad, Mia Mottley's speech to the...

39 min
27 September 2024

US elections, Windrush and Fast Fashion

In this episode of Over the Top Under the Radar, Carys and Gary discuss polling in US elections, how the media shapes...

36 min
20 September 2024

Classy Kemi, tough choices and saving the NHS

Could a trip to Windsor Castle make you a royal? Carys and Gary discuss Kemi Badenoch becoming working class and ask...

32 min
13 September 2024

In Conversation with Zarah Sultana

Gary and Carys are joined by the MP for Coventry South, Zarah Sultana, to discuss her journey into politics, media...

31 min
6 September 2024

The Summer Of Our Discontent

We're back! Gary and Carys return from the summer break to discuss the rise of white supremacy, how media coverage...

36 min
30 August 2024

In Conversation with Reni Eddo-Lodge

Award-winning journalist, author, and podcaster Reni Eddo-Lodge joins Carys and Gary to reflect on racism within the...

39 min
23 August 2024

Listener Mailbag: Cream tea, Trump rallies and right wing media

It's another listener questions episode! In this week's podcast, Carys and Gary discuss the media-politico complex,...

26 min
16 August 2024

In Conversation with Faiza Shaheen

Faiza Shaheen joins Carys and Gary to discuss her experience of running as an independent candidate...

27 min
9 August 2024

Listener Mailbag: Punditry, Dinner Parties and Quick Maths

It's a listener questions episode! In this week's podcast, Carys and discuss nationalising railways, investing in...

25 min
2 August 2024

In Conversation with Jeremy Corbyn

Carys and Gary are joined by Independent MP for Islington North and former leader of the Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn to...

24 min
26 July 2024

Kamala Harris, diversity hires and Tory Love Island

In this episode of Over The Top Under The Radar, Gary and Carys discuss Kamala Harris, the two-child benefit cap and...

44 min
19 July 2024

Trump, Vance and white identity politics.

In this episode of Over The Top Under The Radar, Gary and Carys discuss Hurricane Beryl, political violence and...

38 min
12 July 2024

A Starmer Situationship

In this episode of Over The Top Under The Radar, Gary and Carys discuss the French election, Kamala Harris and...

37 min
5 July 2024

Socialist snacks for the Genny Lec

In this post-election special episode of Over The Top Under The Radar, Gary and Carys discuss the election coverage,...

43 min
30 June 2024

In Conversation with Huda Jawad From The Three Hijabis

In this bonus episode, Carys and Gary are joined by Huda Jawad from The Three Hijabis. Huda tells us how she created,...

50 min
28 June 2024

Betting on Badenoch, Bangladesh and Billionaires

In this episode of Over The Top Under The Radar, Gary and Carys discuss Kemi Badenoch, taxing billionaires and South...

37 min
26 June 2024

In Conversation with Mick Lynch, General Secretary Of The RMT

RMT's General Secretary joins Gary and Carys to discuss the General Election and how they intend to work with Labour if...

44 min
21 June 2024

Worthy Victims and Unworthy Villains

In this episode of Over The Top Under The Radar, Gary and Carys discuss the Stephen Lawrence murder investigation,...

38 min
14 June 2024

Vibes, Values and Tax Me Baby

In this episode of Over The Top Under The Radar, Gary and Carys discuss party manifestos, D-Day, gentrification, and...

38 min
7 June 2024

Serial Liars And Spring Onions

In this episode of Over the Top Under the Radar, Gary and Carys discuss weddings, the media coverage of Nigel...

37 min
31 May 2024

Swiping left on Donald Trump and Nashy Serv

*This episode was recorded before the Trump verdict. Gary characteristically stands by his comments regardless.In this...

45 min
24 May 2024

Poo, Pee and the General Election

In this Election Special of Over the Top Under the Radar, Gary and Carys discuss culture wars, the privatisation...

33 min
17 May 2024

Chairman Younge and Carys the South London Fundamentalist

In this episode of Over the Top Under the Radar, Gary and Carys discuss the media's treatment of Angela Rayner, Joe...

36 min
6 May 2024

Introducing Over The Top Under The Radar With Gary Younge & Carys Afoko

Gary and Carys are sick and tired of poorly researched news stories that are over reported and go way over the...

1 min