by No Holds Barred Pod
Politics unpacked with Sal & Don. Breaking the news … before the news. A twice-weekly roundup of UK and global politics, with regular features and special guests along the way. Claim to fame — James O'Brien stole our Reform Roundup™ format.* Our Discussions series hosts dedicated special guests, and we talk to them about, well, whatever they want, really. *he may not have, but it sure seems like a fishy coincidence if not!
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July 20, 2026
<p><strong>EP 99 – AMERICAN HISTORY XXXL | Trump's fascism ramps up. Reform by-election woes. Burnham becomes leader.</strong></p><p>No Holds Barred Pod, is Sal Dodgson and Don McGowan. Politics unpacked every week. News, politics and opinion. Serious and hilarious in equal measure.</p><p>We talked a lot about the USA in this episode. Trump has gone off the rails offering market insider information for massive sums of cash and Sal played a speech from Stephen Miller that could have easily been broadcast in 1939 Germany — utterly terrifying.</p><p>Farage officially registers for the Clacton by-election alongside 33 other joke candidates, including Laurence Fox.</p><p>And Andy Burnham is now the Labour leader who entered stage-right dancing to New Order. 👀</p><p>Strong language. Politics unpacked. Every week.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>No Holds Barred Links</strong></p><p>Our website: <a href="https://noholdsbarredpod.com/">https://noholdsbarredpod.com</a> </p><p>Buy some merch here: <a href="https://noholdsbarredpod.com/merch/">https://noholdsbarredpod.com/merch/</a> </p><p><br></p><p>YouTube: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/NoHolds-YouTube">https://tinyurl.com/NoHolds-YouTube</a> </p><p>Spotify: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/NoHolds-Spotify">https://tinyurl.com/NoHolds-Spotify</a> </p><p>Apple Podcasts: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/NoHolds-Apple">https://tinyurl.com/NoHolds-Apple</a> </p><p>Patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/cw/NoHoldsBarredPod">https://www.patreon.com/cw/NoHoldsBarredPod</a> </p><p><br></p><p>Don's Substack:<a href="https://donmcgowan333.substack.com/">https://donmcgowan333.substack.com/</a> </p><p>Sal's Substack: <a href="https://substack.com/@salsnackered?">https://substack.com/@salsnackered</a></p><p>Write to your MP: <a href="https://www.writetothem.com">https://www.writetothem.com</a> </p><p><br>Tieran Freedman on cycling into Palestine is here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMWXKlJc4XM">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMWXKlJc4XM</a> </p><p><br>Thanks, as always, to <a href="https://x.com/TheZombyPop">Zomby Pop on 𝕏</a> for our theme tune.<br>Contact us here:</p><p>𝕏 — <a href="https://x.com/noholdspod">@NoHoldsPod</a></p><p>𝔼 — <a href="mailto:info@noholdsbarredpod.com">info@noholdsbarredpod.com</a></p>
July 17, 2026
<p><strong>EP 98 – DATA DRAIN | Data Centre Water Use in a Drought. Ian Byrne — Hillsborough Hero. Tasmanian Terror.</strong></p><p>No Holds Barred Pod, is Sal Dodgson and Don McGowan. Politics unpacked every week. News, politics and opinion. Serious and hilarious in equal measure.</p><p>More Reform panic as Farage considers his future after Ann Widdecombe's murder. We discussed the insane energy and water usage of the country's hundreds of data centres [thanks Liam Cunningham for the heads-up]. Sal had a tale of Tasmanian terror, and we spoke about a final, respectful PMQs for Keir Starmer.</p><p>Strong language. Politics unpacked. Every week.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>No Holds Barred Links</strong></p><p>Our website: <a href="https://noholdsbarredpod.com/">https://noholdsbarredpod.com</a> </p><p>Buy some merch here: <a href="https://noholdsbarredpod.com/merch/">https://noholdsbarredpod.com/merch/</a> </p><p><br></p><p>YouTube: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/NoHolds-YouTube">https://tinyurl.com/NoHolds-YouTube</a> </p><p>Spotify: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/NoHolds-Spotify">https://tinyurl.com/NoHolds-Spotify</a> </p><p>Apple Podcasts: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/NoHolds-Apple">https://tinyurl.com/NoHolds-Apple</a> </p><p>Patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/cw/NoHoldsBarredPod">https://www.patreon.com/cw/NoHoldsBarredPod</a> </p><p><br></p><p>Don's Substack:<a href="https://donmcgowan333.substack.com/">https://donmcgowan333.substack.com/</a> </p><p>Sal's Substack: <a href="https://substack.com/@salsnackered?">https://substack.com/@salsnackered</a></p><p>Write to your MP: <a href="https://www.writetothem.com">https://www.writetothem.com</a> </p><p><br>Thanks, as always, to <a href="https://x.com/TheZombyPop">Zomby Pop on 𝕏</a> for our theme tune.<br>Contact us here:</p><p>𝕏 — <a href="https://x.com/noholdspod">@NoHoldsPod</a></p><p>𝔼 — <a href="mailto:info@noholdsbarredpod.com">info@noholdsbarredpod.com</a></p>
July 14, 2026
<p><strong>EP 09 — DISCUSSIONS with Ollie MacKenzie — GDPR Chat</strong></p><p>No Holds Barred Pod, is Sal Dodgson and Don McGowan. Politics unpacked every week. News, politics and opinion. Serious and hilarious in equal measure.</p><p>We're back with a new episode of <strong>Discussions</strong> with Ollie MacKenzie, GDPR guru and data doyen. We talked through how GDPR impacts us in our daily lives and why, in Ollie's opinion, we should never need to consider it at all.</p><p>We covered all sorts of other areas as well, including the politics of it all and even Ofcom - it was a funny and wide-ranging discussion.</p><p>Strong language. Politics unpacked. Every week.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>No Holds Barred Links</strong></p><p>YouTube: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/NoHolds-YouTube">https://tinyurl.com/NoHolds-YouTube</a> </p><p>Spotify: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/NoHolds-Spotify">https://tinyurl.com/NoHolds-Spotify</a> </p><p>Apple Podcasts: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/NoHolds-Apple">https://tinyurl.com/NoHolds-Apple</a> </p><p><br></p><p>Don's Substack:<a href="https://donmcgowan333.substack.com/">https://donmcgowan333.substack.com/</a> </p><p>Sal's Substack: <a href="https://substack.com/@salsnackered?">https://substack.com/@salsnackered?</a> </p><p>Write to your MP: <a href="https://www.writetothem.com">https://www.writetothem.com</a> </p><p><br>Thanks, as always, to <a href="https://x.com/TheZombyPop">Zomby Pop on 𝕏</a> for our theme tune.<br>Contact us here:</p><p>𝕏 — <a href="https://x.com/noholdspod">@NoHoldsPod</a></p><p>𝔼 — <a href="mailto:info@noholdsbarredpod.com">info@noholdsbarredpod.com</a></p>
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Politics unpacked with Sal & Don. Breaking the news … before the news.
A twice-weekly roundup of UK and global politics, with regular features and special guests along the way. Claim to fame — James O'Brien stole our Reform Roundup™ format.*
Our Discussions series hosts dedicated special guests, and we talk to them about, well, whatever they want, really.
*he may not have, but it sure seems like a fishy coincidence if not!
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