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Political Landscapes: Jeremy Hunt MP Sep 27, 2021

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You’re running for the biggest political job in the country - and you realise you’re not seeing enough of your family. In this latest walk, former Health and Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt explains how getting out into the Surrey Hills helped him deal with the pressures of the job, and how he’s learning to be more present at home. Revisiting the farmland track where he took a tumble - he explains that broken bones won’t stop him running. He’s even got some Netflix recommendations for you.

Producer/Editor: Richard Culver Presenter: Ben Weisz

Political Landscapes: Caroline Lucas MP Sep 20, 2021

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A quiet park in Brighton hosts our latest ramble with Green MP Caroline Lucas. It’s where she brought her dog to take stock during lockdown. She tells Ben how she’s come to appreciate nature much more mindfully than before - and why she thinks we need to look beyond individual choices to tackle the climate change crisis. Plus - we’ll reveal the (small) role Caroline played in giving Little Mix their name.

Producer/Editor: Richard Culver Presenter: Ben Weisz

Political Landscapes: Andrew Griffith MP Sep 13, 2021

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During lockdown, Arundel and South Downs’ new MP Andrew Griffith walked the West Sussex hills near Pulborough to help process the extraordinary pressures of the job.

In this week’s walk, he takes Ben back up those wooded paths – opening up about losing his father at the height of lockdown, and how difficult it is to switch off as an MP.

He also explains why he thinks environmentalism isn’t just for left-wingers, how to persuade business to go carbon neutral, and what it was like to have his spare room taken over by Boris Johnson’s leadership campaign.

Political Landscapes: Nusrat Ghani MP Sep 07, 2021

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Come and discover the hilltops, woodland and seaside paths that help our MPs escape the political bubble, and made them the people they are today. Each week, an MP takes Ben Weisz for a walk and talk – rambling, in every sense of the word. This week, Nusrat Ghani, MP for Wealden, takes Ben for a stroll through the Ashdown Forest. Leave Westminster with us for a very different kind of political conversation.

Ep20: Bikes. Lanes. Snakes. Jul 31, 2020

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Ben Weisz is joined by Kathryn Stanczyszyn and Ellis Palmer to look over the recent government announcements around cycling.

Also, Paralympian Dame Sarah Storey chats road rage, former Copenhagen city architect Tina Saaby talks bike snakes and reporter Sam Gruet goes for a ride.

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Ep19: Emergency. Leicester. Lockdown. Jul 09, 2020

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Ben Weisz looks back over the first week of extended lockdown in Leicester through audio diaries of its residents and in conversation with BBC Radio Leicester's Tim Parker.

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Ep18: Everbody In. Klaxon. Monopoles. Jun 25, 2020

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In the first Emergency Politix & Chill since the pandemic, Ben Weisz chats to BBC WM Political Reporter Kathryn Stanczyszyn and BBC Radio Oxford's Bethan Nimmo abouit the announcements that the government has made to help look after homless people who have been house in hotels during the pandemic.

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ep17: COVID-19. Drones. Dating. Mar 20, 2020

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This week Ben is joined by BBC Radio London's Susana Mendonça and BBC Radio Shropshire's Joanne Gallacher with only really one topic to talk about; the Coronavirus pandemic.

Rachel Schraer from BBC Reality Check goes through some of the misinformation that has been circulating around the virus whilst Sam Gruet presents a millenials guide to COVID19.

Ep16. Coronavirus. MPs. Sex. Mar 13, 2020

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Ben is joined by BBC Radio Oxford's Bethan Nimmo and BBC Radio Coventry & Warwickshire's Simon Gilbert to discuss the latest Coronavirus announcements, their new local MPs who are starting on their parliamentary journeys and a visit to the eco town in Bicester.

As environmental campaigners launch a sex strike against councillors in Sussex, reporter Ben Gruet tries to find out what a sex strike is and what it might entail...

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Ep14: Labour. Towns. Cher. Mar 06, 2020

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Labour Party members are picking their next leader - we follow the candidates to Brighton, and talk buses, towns and Britney Spears with candidate Lisa Nandy.

BBC Radio Tees's David Macmillan explores what went wrong for the Party in the North East.

Meanwhile, the BBC's Bex Bailey, Shelley Phelps and Amanda Akass ask what the real differences are between the contenders, and try to sort the campaign slogans from the Cher lyrics.

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