Current Bun: Recent Episodes
Andrew Walton
Solidarity with striking HGV workers in Coventry. Speeches from Sharon Graham, General Secretary, Unite and comments from strikers and their families on Coventry Labour Council, who are shamefully hiring scab labour in an attempt to break the strike.
Protest at cuts to NHS hospitals in Leicester, report from a vigil and public meeting on Ukraine, speech from Sofia Wiking.
Featuring the tragic, true story of Sir Soulsby and the Chinese Granite, protests in Kazakhstan, and a look back at the events of 2021.
The Current Bun - Andrew Walton reports from the UCU picket line in Leicester and on efforts to unionise Amazon workers.
The pagan origins of Halloween, "Retirement Home" by Andrew Walton - AI and an advertising executive who achieves immortality, but at what cost?, and a classic ghost story, "The Demon Lover" by Elizabeth Bowen.
Break the Overton Window with discussions on the demise of Corbyn, the Labour Party, democracy and the need for working-class political representation. Features the song "Oh Jeremy Corbyn, where did it all go wrong?"
Classic readings from Victorian poet and tragedian, the much imitated but never equalled William McGonagall - unintentionally "bad" verse, which effortlessly crosses over into the "so bad it is good" category.
Thoughts on riding LEJOG, the 40th anniversary of the Brixton Riots, and the state of the NHS.
Journey To Magnolia song; Kill the Bill, freedom of speech and China; Should Have Gone To Barnard Castle; musings on Dominic Cummings
Join Andrew Walton for the left-leaning show mixing politics and poetry. Includes an interview with Franklin O'Riordan on the state of football, discussion of Covid corruption, and the history of the word 'Google'.
Contains musings on epic bicycle journeys, the history of the Labour Party, protests against police and military repression in the US and Palestine, and the power of radio.