In Round One, the team discuss the latest escalation in the Middle East, America’s questionable branding strategy (“lethalitymaxxing”) and the political fallout at home as Reform UK’s supposedly unstoppable rise proves… very stoppable in the Gorton and Denton by-election.

In Round Two, we celebrate 30 years of Pokémon (and discover there are now 1,025 of them, including one that is literally a bag of rubbish), before heading to Mayfair where an exclusive members club is hiring a butter sommelier, sports “czar” and a charismatic person willing to ‘work late’…

In Round Three, the Missing Words Round, we hear why Scotland fans are celebrating before the World Cup has even begun, how an Irish MP’s gone viral for unexpected reasons and why an Egyptian tour guide ended up in serious trouble after getting creative on a 4,000-year-old pyramid…

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Your host is Marko Ferenc… or Mike Rayment? Honestly can’t tell…
With Jack Harris
Queenie Miller
And Emerald Paston, back next week!

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

In Round One, the team discuss the arrests of Prince Andrew and Peter Mandelson, the viral “sweating” photo, calls to remove Andrew from the line of succession and Donald Trump’s tariff plans being struck down by the US Supreme Court.

In Round Two, we hear about the Sheffield Co-op going viral for the symphonic hum of its freezer aisle and the Catford residents who installed (and then mourned) their own fake speed camera.

In Round Three, the Missing Words Round, we discover which British football insult a Swedish politician used in parliament, why a Sicilian dog has been fined for fly-tipping and the Birmingham man who stunned scientists after his death…

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Your host is Mike Rayment
With Queenie Miller
Emerald Paston
And Jack Harris, back next week!

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

In Round One, the team discuss Barack Obama ‘breaking the internet’ by suggesting aliens are real, Liz Truss finally managing to snag a photo with Donald Trump, and Keir Starmer being accused of running a “zombie government” after yet more U-turns — from delaying local elections to the Palestine Action proscription row, plus some properly murky Westminster briefing wars.

In Round 2, we dive into the Winter Olympics’ lost property box (including a suspiciously fast condom shortage, sold-out Gen Z stoat mascots and a fugitive with a love of ice hockey) before meeting the Manchester United fan refusing to cut his hair until the club wins five games in a row – a vow that’s somehow become a national sporting curse.

In Round 3, the Missing Words Round, we hear what RFK Jr’s nutrition chatbot thinks you should be inserting where, what wildlife enthusiasts spotted bobbing in the Thames and what’s happened every single day in the UK so far in 2026…

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Your host is Mike Rayment
With Jack Harris
Queenie Miller
Emerald Paston

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