Emma co-hosts and produces a monthly podcast called The Zeitgeist Tapes. You can hear the recent episodes by following the links below. If you would like to talk to Emma about your podcast needs, get in touch.
Seminal dance movie of the 80s, few think of Dirty Dancing as a political film, but it absolutely is. From having women's reproductive rights at it's heart to its critique of middle-class liberalism, politics are at the heart of this classic film. And it makes its point much better by not hammering them home, but dancing around them.
Read MoreIn our last episode before the summer break, Mark, Nick and Emma discuss what it means to be a Party member and why it matters to understand that. Even if you aren't one. We also talk about Brexit (inevitably) and Steve Bannon.
There's only one topic this week as we didn't want to swear too much about Trump.
But as we welcome a slightly tired Nick Denys back off paternity leave, Mark Thompson and Emma Burnell grill him about what the Chequers Deal and the Tory civil war it has subsequently caused really mean.
Read MoreEmma Burnell interviews Angela Eagle MP about her new book, The New Serfdom: The triumph of Conservative Ideas and how to defeat them. The book is a comprehensive attack on the economics and policy of Friedrich Hayek and his disciples.
Read MoreThis month, Emma and Steve discuss the recent Russell T Davis penned, real life drama A Very English Scandal. The true story of the leader of the Liberals who tried to have his ex-lover killed.
With barnstorming performances from both Hugh Grant and Ben Wishaw, this drama exposes just how far the establishment will go to protect their own.
Read MoreEmma interviews James Bloodworth about his new book Hired. James spent six months undercover in low wage Britain and writes movingly about what he found.
Read MoreIn this episode, Professor Steve Fielding and journalist Emma Burnell discuss the novel Heartland by Anthony Cartwright. Set around the 2002 world cup at a time and place of heightened racial and political tensions it tells the story of three contests playing out in the fictions Cinderheath neighbourhood of Dudley.
Read MoreIn this episode, Emma and Steve discuss The Crown - the Netflix series about the life and times of Queen Elizabeth the Second. Gloriously shot, but somewhat overstretched, this drama centres on the least interesting person in the monarchy, but does so in a way that shows the conflicts of duty and regality.
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