I Understand the Anxiety (with Ria Lina and Coco Khan)
3/12/202628 min
Armando is joined by Ria Lina and host of Pod Save the UK, Coco Khan, to look at the political language around anxiety.
How do we engage with difficult headlines? Can we switch off an just read about the rugby? Is AI starting to feel as anxious as us? and are we more sympathetic because of the personal language it uses?
We also discuss the origins of international women's day, the death of the public intellectual, and a workplace acronym to watch out for.
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Armando Iannucci· Host1:04
[Instrumental music] Hello, and welcome to Strong Message here from BBC Radio 4, a guide to the use and abuse of political language. I'm Amanda Auducci. I'm joined this week by Ria Lina once again. Hello.
Ria Lina· Host1:20
Hi.
Armando Iannucci· Host1:20
And this week we're looking at the phrase, "I understand the anxiety," which is what, uh, Starmer said about the situation in the Middle East. But does he really? How do we avoid