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In The News This Week (the Have I Got News For You podcast)

In The News This Week (the Have I Got News For You podcast)

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 While the TV show is on break, this pod brings you a tasty edit of the news items that would have made it onto the programme – as a quartet of some of the creatives behind the scenes at the show discuss what makes each item Have I Got News For You worthy.

Hosted by Jack Harris, Queenie Miller, Emerald Paston and Mike Rayment.

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Episodes
  • Migrant Protests, Rayner’s Third Home & The Oldest Chicken

    Migrant Protests, Rayner’s Third Home & The Oldest Chicken
    Aug 27 2025
    The team discusses the major party’s reactions to the anti-immigration protests taking place outside hotels, Angela Rayner’s new home and holiday photos and Trump’s ramping up of the use of the National Guard.

    Later, they chat about Gen Z’s work-based plan to combat loneliness, the boy addicted to jacket potatoes, and how – despite all the odds – Pearl the chicken has lived long enough to be crowned the oldest in the world.

    If you enjoy the podcast, please give us a 5-star rating on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and make sure you subscribe there so you don't miss an episode!

    For updates on the show, make sure you’re following Have I Got News for You on Instagram, TikTok and X (formerly known as twitter) and get in touch with us there using #HIGNFYpod or emailing podcasts@hattrick.com.

    Your hosts are Jack Harris
    Queenie Miller
    Emerald Paston
    And Mike Rayment

    The Producer is Diggory Waite
    The Executive Producer is Claire Broughton
    The Music is by Big George

    In the News This Week is a Hat Trick Podcast
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    36 mins
  • Zelensky's Meeting, Best Diplomat Jokes & Skibidi Toilet

    Zelensky's Meeting, Best Diplomat Jokes & Skibidi Toilet
    Aug 19 2025
    The team discusses Volodymyr Zelensky’s meeting with Donald Trump at the White House, the ‘crack team’ of European leaders who came to back him up and which country’s diplomat has the best joke.

    Later, they chat about backpack-wearing cyborg cockroaches, Nigel Farage’s new football shirt for sale and explain how to correctly use the newest word in the Cambridge Dictionary: ‘Skibidi’.

    Your hosts are Jack Harris
    Emerald Paston
    Mike Rayment
    And the absent Queenie Miller who is still busy holding the comedy world together at the Edinburgh Fringe.

    The Producer is Diggory Waite
    The Executive Producer is Claire Broughton
    The Music is by Big George

    In the News This Week is a Hat Trick Podcast
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    37 mins
  • Trump's Date with Putin & No to Squid and Chips

    Trump's Date with Putin & No to Squid and Chips
    Aug 13 2025
    The team discuss Kemi Badenoch's school snitching admission, unpick the mass pensioner imprisonments from the Palestine Action protest and compare the two greatest bromances on the international stage: Trump & Putin and JD Vance & David Lammy.

    Later they explain how Fantasy football works, why an Argentinian man received $12,500 in compensation from Google and provide an update from Aalborg Zoo...

    Your hosts are Jack Harris
    Queenie Miller
    Emerald Paston
    And the absent Mike Rayment who, for anyone interested, has drafted an absolutely awful fantasy team.

    The Producer is Diggory Waite
    The Executive Producer is Claire Broughton
    The Music is by Big George

    In the News This Week is a Hat Trick Podcast
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    34 mins
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