“Brexit? It wasn’t our job to have a plan” – What the BBC’s jaw-dropping doc reveals
6/9/20261 hr 7 min
The BBC gets in early with its “ten years since the Brexit Referendum” jamboree with a “star”-studded retro-documentary, Brexit: A Very British Civil War from legendary film-maker Norma Percy. Our panel bravely retraumatise themselves by watching it. What do we learn that’s new? Who comes out of it worst: Cameron, Corbyn, Johnson, Seumas Milne, Gove, Osbourne or Cummings? Could anything have averted this catastrophe? And have any of these egotists and hobby-horsers learned a damn thing in the past decade? Plus, in related matters… Why do we believe what we believe? Why are conservatives more disgusted by disgusting things than liberals? And why (good news!) do liberals have more interesting sex? Author Turi Munthe joins us to discuss the psychology behind our deepest impulses. • Buy Turi Munthe’s book Why We Think What We Think through our affiliate bookshop and you’ll help fund the podcast by earning us a small commission for every sale. Bookshop.org’s fees help support independent bookshops too. • Questions for But Your Emails? Thoughts? Comments? Email us at ogwn@podmasters.co.uk. ESCAPE ROUTES • Rachel enjoyed A Beginner’s Guide to Breaking and Entering on audiobook – but you can read it on paper too. • Rafael has been listening to Paris 1919 by John Cale. • Turi Munthe recommends Other People’s Children by Ben Faccini. • Matt recommends crime comedy Deep Cover starring Nick Mohammed, Orlando Bloom and Bryce Dallas Howard, on Amazon Prime. www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow Presented by Matt Greene with Rachel Cunliffe and Rafael Behr. Audio Production by Robin Leeburn. Art direction: James Parrett. Theme tune by Tom Taylor and Simon Williams. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. www.podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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[upbeat music] Hello, and welcome to Oh God, What Now?, the politics podcast that is quite happy to tell JD Vance to fuck off. I'm Matt Green. On today's show, a decade on from the Brexit vote, the BBC has decided that we haven't all suffered enough and is broadcasting a brand-new documentary to relive it all. Part one of two of Brexit: A Very British Civil War hit our screens on Monday, and our panel watched it so you don't have to. What did we make of it? Who's looking old? And did we learn anything new apart from the fact that we're all still quite pissed off? Plus, aside from trauma bonding over the last 10 years, we're joined by Turi Munthe, whose new book asks the question: Why do we believe what we believe? And answers it in some fascinating and surprising ways. Are we all doomed to disagree forever? And is arguing actually good for us? [upbeat music] Hello and welcome, and just before we start, I'd like to raise an instant coffee to the memory of Anthony Head, star of Buffy, Ted Lasso, and many brilliant things in between, who died over the weekend. Rest in peace, Giles. I'm Matt Green. Joining me today, we have