The Yorkshire Post Podcasty

Businessman Robin Scott explains to Chris Burn why he has purchased the assets of Welcome to Yorkshire and what he plans to do with them.Autor: Laudable

Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Jonathan Ashworth discusses the financial challenges facing older people, his anger at Rishi Sunak and his own experiences of poverty during a visit to Sheffield.Autor: Laudable

The Yorkshire Post political editor Chris Burn speaks to Bex Whyman, Green Party candidate for South Yorkshire mayor.Autor: Laudable

Liberal Democrat peer and former Kirklees Council leader Kath Pinnock tells Chris Burn why she is so concerned about prepayment meter customers as energy bills rocket.Autor: Laudable

Oliver Coppard discusses what he learnt from his election battle with Nick Clegg, leading the Remain campaign in Yorkshire and addressing anti-semitism problems in Labour.Autor: Laudable

On this week's episode of Pod's Own Country Chris Burn talks to Lord Patrick McLoughlin, the newly appointed chairman of Transport for the North.Autor: Laudable

Westminster Correspondent Caitlin Doherty talks to Shadow Levelling Up Secretary Lisa Nandy about her route into politics, and what needs to be done to reduce regional inequalities across the UKAutor: Laudable

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90: Caitlin Doherty talks to Sir Keir Starmer about the pandemic and levelling upAutor: Laudable

89: Chris Burn talks to Simon Biltcliffe Yorkshire Party candidate for the South Yorkshire mayoral electionAutor: Laudable

88: Chris Burn and Caitlin Doherty talk about the pandemic and OmicronAutor: Laudable

Caitlin Doherty talks to Chris Burn and Kevin Hollinrake about Northern Rail and Transport for the NorthAutor: Laudable

Chris Burn and Caitlin Doherty discuss racism in cricket and the Azeem Rafiq case.Autor: Laudable

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Caitlin Doherty talks to Daniel Willis of Global Justice Now and Prof Andy Gouldson at University of Leeds on COP26Autor: Laudable

Victoria Finan talks to Sarah Hill, CEO of the Independent Domestic Abuse ServiceAutor: Laudable

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On this week's episode of Pod's Own Country, Yorkshire Post political editor Chris Burn speaks to proud Yorkshireman Nick Bowes on his years working as Mayor of London Sadiq Khan's right hand man and his new role as chief executive of the Centre for London thinktank.Autor: Laudable

On this week's episode of Pod's Own Country, Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey speaks to The Yorkshire Post's political editor Chris Burn about the seats his party hope to win back in Yorkshire, his passion for renewable energy and why he wishes he had done more about the subpostmasters scandal when he was a Government minister.…

Chris Burn talks to Sir Lynton Crosby and his team about the levelling up agenda.Autor: Laudable

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Caitlin Doherty talks to Alex Sobel and James Mason. Chris Burn talks about the Tour de YorkshireAutor: Laudable

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In her first major interview since becoming the new Batley and Spen MP, Kim Leadbeater tells The Yorkshire Post's Westminster Correspondent Caitlin Doherty about her first days in Parliament. And as he bids The Yorkshire Post farewell for pastures new, Political Editor Rob Parsons reflects on the Prime Minister's levelling up agenda.…

In this week's episode Rob Parsons speaks to former Leeds city council leader Judith Blake, now known as Baroness Blake of Leeds after being elevated to the Lords this year. How's she been finding life in her new surroundings? And Westminster Correspondent Caitlin Doherty has been talking to International Trade Secretary Liz Truss about the UK-Aust…

After Labour's dramatic 325-vote in the Batley and Spen by-election, The Yorkshire Post's new Westminster Correspondent tells the story of the night and what it's been like in the constituency during this acrimonious campaign.Autor: Laudable

On this week's episode, Rob Parsons talks to DevoConnect CEO Gill Morris on what comes next for devolution and how it could be the answer to the many intractable issues in Boris Johnson's in-box. And as we mark Pride month in June, The Yorkshire Post's Susie Beever describes the big issues facing the LGBTQ+ community and the rising tide of homophob…

Rob Parsons talks to academic Katy Shaw about how northern culture can come back stronger and better than before after the pandemic. And columnist David Behrens asks whether Yorkshire is starting to fall out of love with big cycling events.Autor: Laudable

Lucy Leeson talks to Humberside's new police and crime commissioner Jonathan Evison and Victoria Finan discuses the crisis in social care.Autor: Laudable

Labour's Shadow Secretary of State for Employment Rights and Protections Andy McDonald talks workers' rights, 'fire and rehire' and life in a spoof punk band. And with an inquiry looming on the Sheffield trees saga and the city council trying to turn over a new leaf, Chris Burn brings us up to date with the latest.…

In this week's episode, Morley MP Andrea Jenkyns tells The Yorkshire Post's Political Editor Rob Parsons about puppy smuggling and her shock at buying a dog she later learned was from a puppy farm. And Business Editor Mark Casci tells us why Robert Jenrick shouldn't let climate fears get in the way of Leeds Bradford Airport's development plans…

On this week's episode, Political Editor Rob Parsons speaks to Rotherham Conservatives leader Emily Barley after her party went from zero councillors to 20 in the local elections. And as battle lines are drawn ahead of the Batley and Spen by-election, John Blow explains why the old seat of Jo Cox is more than just a 'red wall' constituency.…

Political Editor Rob Parsons talks to Paul Fleming, General Secretary of creative workers' union, about government support for the arts and his background representing steel workers in Yorkshire and the Humber. PLUS: Deputy Business Editor Greg Wright explains the mortgage prisoner scandalAutor: Laudable

It's the end of an era for Pod's Own Country as Geri Scott departs for pastures new. PLUS: How should parents be talking to their children about democracy and politics? We ask Leeds academic Miranda Duffy, who explores these issues with her children aged 9 and 11 in the podcast Den of EnquiryAutor: Laudable

A hustings with the North Yorkshire PCC candidates.Autor: Laudable

The Yorkshire Post's Westminster Correspondent Geri Scott chats with Yorkshire Party leader Bob Buxton on what it means to be a smaller party speaking for one region in light of the emergence of the Northern Independence Party.Autor: Laudable

Elections expert and Tory peer Lord Robert Hayward joins The Yorkshire Post's Westminster Correspondent Geri Scott to give his analysis on the upcoming Super Thursday local elections - and what it means for Yorkshire.Autor: Laudable

The Yorkshire Post's Westminster Correspondent Geri Scott speaks to former Colne Valley MP Thelma Walker, who is standing in the Hartlepool by-election as a member of Northern Independence Party. Note: This was recorded before nominations closed. The Northern Independence Party did not register with the Electoral Commission in time for Ms Walker to…

The Yorkshire Post's Political Editor Rob Parsons talks to Lord Victor Adebowale about the pandemic, health inequality and the future of the health and care system.Autor: Laudable

Former Government special adviser Peter Cardwell joins The Yorkshire Post's Westminster Correspondent Geri Scott to shed some light on the mysterious world of Government 'Spads', and speaks about how levelling up is a generational project.Autor: Laudable

The Yorkshire Post's Westminster Correspondent Geri Scott speaks to Leeds councillor Al Garthwaite, who was among the organisers of the first Reclaim the Night march in 1977, as similar events have been organised in the wake of the disappearance of Sarah Everard.Autor: Laudable