Paper Cuts
Hosted by Miranda Sawyer · Podmasters
4.5from 587 ratings
- 388
- Episodes
- 273
- Transcribed
- 587
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
- 89K
- YouTube views
About Paper Cuts
Have you SEEN the state of the papers today? PAPER CUTS has. In our thrice weekly podcast, some of Britain’s sharpest commentators and funniest comedians come together to look at the madness, the strangeness, the obsessions, and – occasionally – the brilliance of our national press. Host Miranda Sawyer is joined by journalists and comedians like Jonn Elledge, Grainne Maguire, Jacob Jarvis, Ava Santina, Jacob Hawley, Marcus Brigstocke, Coco Khan and many more. Illustrations by Modern Toss: https://moderntoss.com
- Publisher
- Podmasters
- Category
- news · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 4 Jun 2023
- Latest episode
- 3 Feb 2026
Latest episodes
273 of 388 episodes have a transcript.
3 Feb 2026TRANSCRIPT
Bunker crossover! – Hot Take Time Machine – The month's weirdest columns with Miranda Sawyer and Jonn Elledge
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1 May 2025TRANSCRIPT
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Inside a recent episode
Bunker crossover! – Hot Take Time Machine – The month's weirdest columns with Miranda Sawyer and Jonn Elledge
Published 3 Feb 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Now I suspect I haven't finished reading that one. I fell asleep half -free through, but I suspect if you actually do, that it's not as far from the one that we were talking about before as it suggests. I think he has been stitched up by the headline writers. But nonetheless, there is a vibe in a lot of the right -wing commentary out that they've been betrayed by daddy. Yeah. That's exactly the vibe, exactly that. We want you to own the libous. We want you to humiliate the wokies. Why are you being mean about our war dead? Exactly. Yeah. What did you make of it, Miranda? Because I'm guessing he's not your usual diet. […]
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- Jonn Elledge
- Bernard Hogan-Howe
- Alison Phillips
- Gráinne Maguire
- Baron Jacob Jarvis
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 89,239
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.7 / 5
- 18 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.5 / 5
- 569 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 89 / 100
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- Quality
- 89
- Social presence
- 94
- YouTube
- 76
- Engagement
- 97
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Miranda Sawyer host the show. Published by Podmasters.
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