Political Currency
Hosted by Ed Balls and George Osborne · Persephonica
4.4from 2,214 ratings
- 333
- Episodes
- 319
- Transcribed
- 2,214
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
- 1M
- YouTube views
About Political Currency
Ed Balls and George Osborne take us behind closed doors into the rooms where decisions are made. Having battled it out across the despatch box, the former Chancellor and shadow chancellor now meet in the studio to discuss the decisions that affect the nation’s pockets. Our frenemies have the knowledge and experience to explain how good politics follows the economics - and expose how the powerful become powerless when faced with market forces and political currents they can’t control. Join us every Thursday. Send your messages or voice notes to questions@politicalcurrency.co.uk Find us on social media @polcurrency Political Currency is a Persephonica production. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
- Publisher
- Persephonica
- Category
- news · news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 10 Sept 2023
- Latest episode
- 5 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
319 of 333 episodes have a transcript.
5 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Could the midterms be bad news for Burnham?
2 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
EMQs: Will Burnham return to free movement?
29 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Will Burnham risk it all on an early election?
Inside a recent episode
Could the midterms be bad news for Burnham?
Published 5 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] I'm not sure he can just dump Trump and he can get away with that. Well, he faces the classic problem that a vice president has always faced as they come up to their own election, which is how much do you distance yourself from the incumbent? This was the Kamala Harris, Joe Biden issue last time. […]
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- Gloria De Piero
- Fraser Nelson
- Justin Madders
- Natalie Livingstone
- Beth Rigby
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 1,011,412
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.3 / 5
- 48 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.4 / 5
- 2,166 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 87 / 100
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- Quality
- 98
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 98
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Who hosts Political Currency?
Ed Balls and George Osborne host the show. Published by Persephonica.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes weekly, based on its RSS feed.
Does Political Currency take guests?
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