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From our headquarters in the heart of London, The Standard podcast sets the agenda. Top news insiders discuss the pressure-points of the day’s topics. Hear unrivalled insight on politics, culture, going out, sport, and fashion, with award-winning journalists and celebrity guests. Join us Monday to Friday at 4pm. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Motive and the Cue: Tuppence Middleton on playing Elizabeth Taylor (The Standard Theatre Podcast)

11 mins; January 27, 2024

London's knife crime epidemic: Campaigners call for action

10 mins; January 26, 2024

The Traitors: Top moments & finale predictions

12 mins; January 25, 2024

The Glory: Goodbye to iconic London LGBTQ+ venue

14 mins; January 24, 2024

100 days until the London mayoral election

14 mins; January 23, 2024

99mph Storm Isha rail chaos & floods health impact

10 mins; January 22, 2024

Jared Harris & Joe Cole for The Homecoming (The Standard Theatre Podcast)

10 mins; January 20, 2024

How will ‘Barbenheimer’ fare in 2024 movie awards?

12 mins; January 19, 2024

Gabor Maté: Tackling Trauma

19 mins; January 18, 2024

What to expect from London's 2024 mayoral elections

14 mins; January 17, 2024

London’s independent music venues in crisis despite bumper year

13 mins; January 16, 2024

Escape Blue Monday: Where to holiday in 2024

11 mins; January 15, 2024

Theatre review: Macbeth starring David Tennant and Cush Jumbo

12 mins; January 13, 2024

Doctor Who star Catherine Tate on Enfield Haunting & work with David Tennant

10 mins; January 12, 2024

London shops deploy facial recognition in theft epidemic

10 mins; January 11, 2024

Post Office IT scandal: Sunak’s new law to clear victims

11 mins; January 10, 2024

Countdown to London’s City Hall election begins

10 mins; January 09, 2024

Golden Globes 2024: winners, losers and a cringe monologue

10 mins; January 08, 2024

Stranger Things: The First Shadow - Patrick Vaill on playing Dr Brenner in the West End

11 mins; January 06, 2024

Sinking party boats & Hackney Wick flooding

10 mins; January 05, 2024

What’s in the Jeffrey Epstein files?

12 mins; January 04, 2024

Junior doctors' strike 2024: What you need to know

10 mins; January 03, 2024

Your 2024 horoscope: What the new year has in store

15 mins; January 02, 2024

Pop culture moments of 2023 revealed

11 mins; December 29, 2023

Best London theatre of 2023, and what’s coming in 2024...

12 mins; December 28, 2023

London Love Stories with Katie Strick: Richard Curtis special

23 mins; December 27, 2023

Thank you, London! Standard’s Winter Survival Appeal hits £2.4million

12 mins; December 22, 2023

‘Nightmare’ Hyde Park Corner overcrowding & Tube strike pledge

11 mins; December 21, 2023

Medics strike as London A&Es swamped in party season

10 mins; December 20, 2023

Deadly China earthquake & Iceland volcano emergency

10 mins; December 19, 2023

Can Baroness Mone’s peerage survive Covid PPE scandal?

10 mins; December 18, 2023

Bernadette Peters & Lea Salonga on Sondheim’s Old Friends

10 mins; December 16, 2023

Alex Batty: The incredible story of a missing boy found after 6 years

10 mins; December 15, 2023

The Crown finale & Richard Curtis’s London love story

13 mins; December 14, 2023

COP28: Is the 'historic deal' enough?

11 mins; December 13, 2023

Revealed: your view on government’s handling of immigration

10 mins; December 12, 2023

Sunak battles two fronts over Covid Inquiry & Rwanda

11 mins; December 11, 2023

London Love Stories with Katie Strick: Locked Eyes On The District Line

17 mins; December 09, 2023

Elizabeth Line chaos explained as investigation begins

14 mins; December 08, 2023

Does Rishi Sunak’s future rest on the Rwanda vote?

10 mins; December 07, 2023

Boris Johnson’s Covid Inquiry performance examined

13 mins; December 06, 2023

Tom Hanks on London’s Moonwalkers experience

13 mins; December 05, 2023

Who's on the Standard's Fashion 100 power list?

10 mins; December 04, 2023

Sustainable travel: What is the future for travel?

14 mins; December 02, 2023

COP28: King Charles’s rallying cry to save the planet

14 mins; December 01, 2023

Where does free speech end, and hate speech begin? (with Sam Harris and Evgeny Lebedev)

56 mins; November 30, 2023

London Underground's surge in crime

11 mins; November 29, 2023

First human case of swine flu H1N2: should we be worried?

10 mins; November 28, 2023

Wonka 2023: Will the film stand up to its predecessors?

11 mins; November 27, 2023

Sustainable travel: Why we need to travel

11 mins; November 25, 2023

Future hot London’s air-cooled German Tube train

10 mins; November 24, 2023

Winter Survival Campaign: Our partnership with Comic Relief

8 mins; November 23, 2023

Autumn Statement: how Hunt’s budget impacts you

11 mins; November 22, 2023

Inside Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement budget prep

11 mins; November 21, 2023

Stars celebrate 67th Evening Standard Theatre Awards

13 mins; November 20, 2023

Sustainable travel: What kind of sustainable traveller are you?

14 mins; November 18, 2023

The Crown: Our verdict on the final season

12 mins; November 17, 2023

London Love Stories with Katie Strick

14 mins; November 16, 2023

‘Unlawful’ Rwanda policy ruling explained

13 mins; November 15, 2023

King Charles's 75th: charity launch and a call from Harry

13 mins; November 14, 2023

David Cameron's shock return & Braverman sacked

10 mins; November 13, 2023

Sustainable travel: How to choose a more sustainable destination

15 mins; November 11, 2023

Controversy over pro-Palestine march on Armistice Day

10 mins; November 10, 2023

John Lewis Christmas advert & rivals reviewed

10 mins; November 09, 2023

The rise of London’s hyper-luxurious restaurants explained

13 mins; November 08, 2023

What was in the King's Speech?

11 mins; November 07, 2023

50% of Londoners back Sadiq Khan for Mayor

10 mins; November 06, 2023

Sustainable travel: How to travel sustainably, and why it shouldn’t cost the Earth

14 mins; November 04, 2023

Rick Astley: Heaven knows I’m Rickrolling now - the interview

13 mins; November 03, 2023

Flood pumps and gaffer tape to fight Storm Ciarán

11 mins; November 02, 2023

Musk at AI Safety Summit as Biden regulates tech

10 mins; November 01, 2023

How much did London’s Ulez cameras earn from drivers?

12 mins; October 31, 2023

Fertility Survey: How cost is putting more people off having kids

20 mins; October 30, 2023

Sustainable travel: How to be a climate-friendly traveller

15 mins; October 28, 2023

Behind the Met’s controversial live facial recognition tech

10 mins; October 27, 2023

Shocking rise of LGBTQ+ hate crime in London

13 mins; October 26, 2023

Sunak's first year as PM but could it be the last?

14 mins; October 25, 2023

Sustainable travel: Can you see the world without wrecking it?

13 mins; October 24, 2023

Kinky Boots writer Geoff Deane reads from his Memoir

12 mins; October 23, 2023

Weekends: Joseph Fiennes on Dear England's West End transfer

11 mins; October 21, 2023

Rugby World Cup: Can England beat South Africa?

13 mins; October 20, 2023

Evening Standard Theatre Awards: The nominees are…

10 mins; October 19, 2023

Afua Hirsch: Decolonising My Body exclusive extract & interview

16 mins; October 18, 2023

Are we heading for a wider war in the Middle East?

12 mins; October 17, 2023

Trapped Britons race to escape Gaza

10 mins; October 16, 2023

Leader Weekends: Charlie Bigham (How to be a CEO)

11 mins; October 14, 2023

Celebrating 20 years of Frieze London art fair

10 mins; October 13, 2023

Hostage families’ agony & IDF special forces Gaza plan

11 mins; October 12, 2023

Why air passengers are flocking to post-Covid Heathrow

10 mins; October 11, 2023

Jewish Londoners on alert & Israel’s Hamas hostage hunt

10 mins; October 10, 2023

Labour conference on Israel attacks & Reeves' economics

10 mins; October 09, 2023

Leader Weekends: Football in Zimbabwe (Let Girls Learn)

11 mins; October 07, 2023

Reviving one of Africa’s great national parks

11 mins; October 06, 2023

Will the ‘Paris bed bug infestation’ hit London?

11 mins; October 05, 2023

Rishi Sunak’s ‘big gamble’ speech

10 mins; October 04, 2023

HS2: How changes could impact London

14 mins; October 03, 2023

Tory party conference: All eyes on the Conservatives

10 mins; October 02, 2023

Leader Weekends: BT Business CEO Bas Burger (How to be a CEO)

11 mins; September 30, 2023

How London is celebrating Sir Michael Gambon

10 mins; September 29, 2023

Tube strikes: 'Severe disruption' warning ahead of latest action

10 mins; September 28, 2023

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