He's not wrong and to be serious for a moment...modern high speed rail would cut down continental U.S. plane travel, which would be good for the environment...so we won't do it because we prefer to let our outdated rail system have derailments instead.
❤ THIS! I'm sitting here wondering / daydreaming about how sustainable this energy is! I can't recall recently - if ever - grinning and nodding appreciatively for pretty much the entire show. I've always thought of myself as a cockeyed optimist but this recurring Podcastration™️ might be the cynical infusion I've sought all my life. Optimism is nice but can get exhausting. *One serious question* though: can this be done live? or does it require post-production clean up for the (I assume) intercontinental lag? I'm asking bc if done live, a comments section might well provide the powder keg needed for a much needed New Revolution that Jefferson (?) endorsed. 😂
As a half breed American-Brit who moved to the UK after 20 years in NYC, this fulfills all my political news/opinion needs. I adore everything about expanding the franchise to these excellent people. And bloody hell, Lovett got some excellent jabs in there. Now get Rhodes on there to discuss the monarchy already.
YES YES YES!!! We need this!! Now, if you can actually save us, please do. Thanks for making this, Nish and Coco (and Tommy and the Jons). Everyone, comment to help The Algorithm.
I can't believe you guys got Nish Kumar. I hope you appreciate how massive this is, for you. I am now going to go and subscribe to everything that "Pod Save the UK" has ever touched.
Coming to you from a small town in Texas, LOVING British humor: Nish Kumar is the best! And what an amazing fit in this project!!! I think this is going to be great! And also really impactful! Job well done!
I was watching this video and my husband walked in from work and without seeing the TV said “OMG NISH!” He’s stoked that one of his favorites is joining the Crooked family.
This was a lot of fun to listen during my overnight shift. Looking forward to it for sure. I also feel like now it's a must to misuse all the UK slang possible
So happy to see you “franchise” your brand! I’ve loved Nish for a hot minute, and I had an inkling from Mash Report that he could really step up into “solid news commentary with a humorous bent” rather than just SNL-style one-liners. Loving all of this for all of you (and all of us).
11:42 Oh. My. God! That is the best british phrase I've ever heard, *and* the funniest thing I have *_EVER_* heard on a political podcast. Immediate Subscribe!
Doing my part to strengthen Pod Save the UK with the TH-cam algorithm by posting multiple comments here: I love Nish!!!! Because the opportunity presents itself, his political comedy comes out on 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown - it's so funny and refreshing. And now we get to see him be on a program where that humor will be a feature! What a treat!
Love the pod save series and can’t wait for what comes next with pod save the uk! What’s next? Pod save China or pod save Ukraine? 😂 seriously love what you guys are doing at crooked and keep up the good work!
The vibes between these two, just wonderful! This will make my week so much better. The next referendum would be about Britain leaving the earth's crust 😂😂😂 Good thing that the water, that you drank in that moment and now gushes through your nose, is a lot better than coffee etc.
This was delightful. Like watching your two best friends get along. But COME ON! Pod Save UK before Canada. Come on neighbour!!! We need you!!! Typing from Toronto.
This is brilliant... Great idea. I really hope Pod Save the UK explains the details of how things actually work...like the house of Lords, first past the post and constituencies etc and then the pros and cons of our system. Pod Save America is really good at explaining the technicalities something that I have never seen in the UK. There is always the assumption that we already know how it works... Though as it's never been explained at school or the news I am not sure how people are meant to find out.
'First past the Post' is, essentially the same set up for how the country chooses the President. Lots of smaller elections (across each state) and if a candidate wins enough of those smaller elections......they get to be President (via the EC confirmation). And in both cases it isn't necessarily the person/party (UK) that gets the most votes who wins, just whomever racks up enough local election wins.
I loved this! I was giggling the whole time, and I was not even paying full attention. Paying bills, trying to multi task. (As Americans do quite frequently.) Seriously, do this more Crooked Media.
Omgggg yall dunno how excited i am for this. Ive been keeping up with UK politics for years and as an American watching Donald and BoJo at the same time but no one around me having any idea what I'm talking about when ranting about "THE LIES ON THE BUSES" and only vaguely aware of the US relevant rants, man its been a rough 7years lol so happy to see US reaching out across the pond. I often tell my UK friends that we (progressives but also just moderate lefties sick of authoritarians and populists) NEED to start at least educating each other on whats going on and ideally helping organize, build movements, etc. While we may be able to hold off the authoritarians this go round, i think the only way we'll be able to next time they threaten democracies at a similar scale, it will only be through international awareness + solidarity that we hold the line. 🇬🇧💙🇺🇸
Thanks for this conversation. I'm watching this after seeing the first Pod Save The U.K. episode. It's even more better because I've heard them all before, making it more interesting.
I love Nish and have just been introduced to Coco... I think they will do a great job. I loved having the two teams, as it were, on here... please make it a semi-regular thing.
Delightful back and forth. Subscribed and shared your link with a number of like-minded groups on social media. Hoping you make a major go of it and that this was not an introductory one-off, but will be a regular "check-in" on our dear British cohort.
7:35 On the voter ID age-disparity thing: one form of ID that is allowed is a bus pass **but only for the elderly** . If you are a new/younger voter, _with the same type of bus pass ID_ , you aren't allowed to use it to vote. _Some_ have suggested that the tories are trying to disefranchise voters who would be less likely to vote for them. 🤔
Shoutout to the soundguy who tamed Nishs laughter, it sounds really pleasant when its not double the volume of everyone else. The bugle episodes with Nish are sometimes really hard to listen to because Chris doesnt know how to do that.
I find it really interesting that Brits have stopped talking about Brexit. Every time i hear news about the UK economy, i think, "Brexit really isn't working out as promised, eh?" What an own goal.
I wouldn't say we've stopped talking about it, but there's a lack of solutions that doesn't have political cost to any party. There's still a lot of independent chatter about it, and you'll see more liberal pundits still bring it up (James O'Brian, Alistair Campbell). Tories will stay away as it's a core bit of the extremist tory ideology to be against the EU. Labour's still scared of touching this directly because a) it's complicated and b) a load of more traditional labour voters believed the b.s. about it and read a lot of murdoch anti-EU press and voted Leave and then voted Tory to "get Brexit done", and they want to get those voters back. There needs to be a much better job of drawing these threads together and relating it directly to Brexit. Plus, you've got a lot of obfuscation around implications of covid, Ukraine etc which has been a useful smokescreen to muddy up effective linking together.
Enjoyed this crossover and glad to see a UK focused Pod Save podcast. My sister is a dual citizen in Coventry and can confirm misery loves company when it comes to US and UK politics
It would be great to see segments contrasting things like US libertarianism vs European libertarianism. The following platform is extremely viable in most developed countries right now: - Electoral reform (UK, US, Canada, other Commonwealth nations) - UAP disclosure - Official release of consistent government Covid statistics
I think PSUK is a worthy and wonderful addition to the Crooked Mediations. As Milton Jones has said, "Nish Kumar...sounds exotic, just a bloke." As this shows, a smartass and a smart person. Coco Khan is every bit his delightful match. Carry on.
"and like most trains in America it derailed" is some of Lovett's finest work 🤣
And we’re still smelling the toxic fumes 😆
He's not wrong and to be serious for a moment...modern high speed rail would cut down continental U.S. plane travel, which would be good for the environment...so we won't do it because we prefer to let our outdated rail system have derailments instead.
This was fantastic- honestly I'd love a weekly podcast where the hosts of Pod save America and Pod Save the UK just insult eachothers country 😂
Agreed. Thanks for articulating that for me. 😃
Dude seriously let’s get that going
❤ THIS! I'm sitting here wondering / daydreaming about how sustainable this energy is! I can't recall recently - if ever - grinning and nodding appreciatively for pretty much the entire show.
I've always thought of myself as a cockeyed optimist but this recurring Podcastration™️ might be the cynical infusion I've sought all my life. Optimism is nice but can get exhausting.
*One serious question* though: can this be done live? or does it require post-production clean up for the (I assume) intercontinental lag?
I'm asking bc if done live, a comments section might well provide the powder keg needed for a much needed New Revolution that Jefferson (?) endorsed. 😂
Oh. my gosh, yes! 💯
🤣
As a half breed American-Brit who moved to the UK after 20 years in NYC, this fulfills all my political news/opinion needs. I adore everything about expanding the franchise to these excellent people. And bloody hell, Lovett got some excellent jabs in there. Now get Rhodes on there to discuss the monarchy already.
YES YES YES!!! We need this!! Now, if you can actually save us, please do. Thanks for making this, Nish and Coco (and Tommy and the Jons). Everyone, comment to help The Algorithm.
Not sure I love your capital A on algorithm, but you're only truthing it.
Algorithm,
Algorithm
I want our nephew in London to find this!
I can't believe you guys got Nish Kumar. I hope you appreciate how massive this is, for you. I am now going to go and subscribe to everything that "Pod Save the UK" has ever touched.
Can't believe they got Coco Khan tbh, she's a great writer.
Now they've got Nish, they need to get Andy Zaltzman on as a guest on Lovett or Leave It.
@@roryowens9703 You beat me to the Zaltzman reference. Now if I can just find my .gif or .mpg of Jon Stewart saying "too Jewy" out of context. 😄
100% my feelings too!
@@roryowens9703 agreed! i want andy to get to a wider audience!
Yes... a rousing Pods Across The Pond monthly, quarterly round-up would be fantastic.
The whole viewership would have laughter induced eight packs
Coming to you from a small town in Texas, LOVING British humor: Nish Kumar is the best! And what an amazing fit in this project!!! I think this is going to be great! And also really impactful! Job well done!
I love that "chat shit, get banged" played a key role in this intercultural communication session.
This may be the biggest merging of political/comedic minds ever. Love Nish and Coco was great! Can't wait to start watching!!
So happy to see Nish and get more of an understanding of British politics. So excited for this!
This episode is in the "put it in my favorites that I rewatch once a year" tier. Goodness, that was funny and cathartic.
I hope they do more crossover episodes. This is great.
I was watching this video and my husband walked in from work and without seeing the TV said “OMG NISH!” He’s stoked that one of his favorites is joining the Crooked family.
That was great! And Lovett was absolutely on fire here, so many great lines!
This was a lot of fun to listen during my overnight shift. Looking forward to it for sure. I also feel like now it's a must to misuse all the UK slang possible
Looking forward to this new podcast. Love Nish Kumar. And yes, please do this combined group again soon.
So happy to see you “franchise” your brand! I’ve loved Nish for a hot minute, and I had an inkling from Mash Report that he could really step up into “solid news commentary with a humorous bent” rather than just SNL-style one-liners. Loving all of this for all of you (and all of us).
Nish!! I'm a huge fan! Glad to see you buddy! Learning and laughing in Michigan USA.
The teamup I never knew I needed! Been a fan of Nish Kumar since his early appearances on Mock the Week.
👉🏼 Adding Philomena Cunk & Charlie Brooker to my Dream Roster. May also intersect with Paul Provenza / Satiristas. I'll ping him.
Been a fan since he tried to throw a coconut on Taskmaster
Did anyone have a better time than Jon?! Amazing episode!
Yay! Big fan of Nish, and looking forward to getting to know Coco!
I don't think I've laughed aloud more at a Pod Save episode, and that's a high bar. We need a crossover at least twice a year!
I fell in love with Nish when he wrote the song “I’m always seeing you do cool stuff” on Taskmaster!
11:42
Oh. My. God!
That is the best british phrase I've ever heard, *and* the funniest thing I have *_EVER_* heard on a political podcast.
Immediate Subscribe!
You HAVE to do this again….bloody hilarious (and I’m an Australian) 😂😂😂
Love that this is happening! Will be here for every episode. ❤
Excellent. 10/10. My only note is that this could've been 6 hours longer.
Doing my part to strengthen Pod Save the UK with the TH-cam algorithm by posting multiple comments here:
I love Nish!!!! Because the opportunity presents itself, his political comedy comes out on 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown - it's so funny and refreshing. And now we get to see him be on a program where that humor will be a feature! What a treat!
😂Definitely needed this! But us Brits are beyond saving!
Yay, I'm psyched for this new pod. Definitely do more crossovers, this was a damned delight.
I love that they definitely didn’t get the ‘aging knuckleballer’ joke 😂
Lovett's jabs were exactly what I was thinking and I cracked up so bad.
Fuck I am so up for this. Finally someone to chat through the perpetual eye roll/anxiety/anger spiral with us. Subscribed, let's goooo.
Not found oh god what now yet?
Excellent effort, guys! More of this!
Freaking fantastic from all involved. Please do more of these!
Love Nish. I'm so happy to see him here.
Love this! Entertaining, illuminating, hilariious. Have to ask, though, sorry, can you please do Pod Save Canada too? Some of us N° of 49 are worried!
Love the pod save series and can’t wait for what comes next with pod save the uk! What’s next?
Pod save China or pod save Ukraine? 😂 seriously love what you guys are doing at crooked and keep up the good work!
This just got better and better. Great content, would love to see more of these crossovers.
11:48
Yaaaas! When I heard that Pod Save the UK was starting up, I had no idea that Nish would be a host. Hell yeah!
Been a while since I laughed this hard. This was amazing and am looking forward to more
The vibes between these two, just wonderful! This will make my week so much better.
The next referendum would be about Britain leaving the earth's crust 😂😂😂 Good thing that the water, that you drank in that moment and now gushes through your nose, is a lot better than coffee etc.
Great! I've been wanting to catch back up on UK politics and here you are with PSUK! And Nish is one of the hosts! I'm sold!!!
This was delightful. Like watching your two best friends get along. But COME ON! Pod Save UK before Canada. Come on neighbour!!! We need you!!! Typing from Toronto.
I concur (also from Toronto). But at least we have Because News (on CBC Radio).
@@KristineMaitland But but but....I want more!! You are not wrong. I just want the Pod take on Canada to guide us through the next little while...
Definitely do this more often! Let's Tommy flex his world-o bonafides. Lovett was on point!
This was so much fun! 2 of my ‘fandoms’ colliding. I’m Belgian, and I was always a huge fan of Nish on the Mash Report.
This collab needs to be a regular thing, for both countries' benefit🤣
This is brilliant... Great idea.
I really hope Pod Save the UK explains the details of how things actually work...like the house of Lords, first past the post and constituencies etc and then the pros and cons of our system. Pod Save America is really good at explaining the technicalities something that I have never seen in the UK. There is always the assumption that we already know how it works... Though as it's never been explained at school or the news I am not sure how people are meant to find out.
'First past the Post' is, essentially the same set up for how the country chooses the President.
Lots of smaller elections (across each state) and if a candidate wins enough of those smaller elections......they get to be President (via the EC confirmation).
And in both cases it isn't necessarily the person/party (UK) that gets the most votes who wins, just whomever racks up enough local election wins.
Love Nish! Will be watching and listening to this UK pod nonstop
Really happy this has launched. Nish and Coco are amazing.
I loved this! I was giggling the whole time, and I was not even paying full attention. Paying bills, trying to multi task. (As Americans do quite frequently.) Seriously, do this more Crooked Media.
As a Brit now living in the US and an avid follower of PSTW this is coolest thing I have seen in a long, long time. Go for it guys!
Ahahahahahahahahah!!! Amazing. Nish and Coco are so perfect! So excited~
When do we get Pod Save Canada?! We need saving up here! … please? 🇨🇦
Really a good listen and watch thanks so much!!
I hope Lovett will visit the UK show sometimes they're a fantastic match in humor. I love this. Excited for more!
Definitely looking forward to this new podcast.
Love this! Thanks so much
Great stuff. Looking forward to this.
Omgggg yall dunno how excited i am for this. Ive been keeping up with UK politics for years and as an American watching Donald and BoJo at the same time but no one around me having any idea what I'm talking about when ranting about "THE LIES ON THE BUSES" and only vaguely aware of the US relevant rants, man its been a rough 7years lol so happy to see US reaching out across the pond.
I often tell my UK friends that we (progressives but also just moderate lefties sick of authoritarians and populists) NEED to start at least educating each other on whats going on and ideally helping organize, build movements, etc. While we may be able to hold off the authoritarians this go round, i think the only way we'll be able to next time they threaten democracies at a similar scale, it will only be through international awareness + solidarity that we hold the line. 🇬🇧💙🇺🇸
Wonderful. Will check out the UK version.
I already love their voices, can't wait to hear more PSUK
The woman who stole everything was Queen Vickie.
But I think Elizabeth the first got the ball rolling.
Hi Nish!! So happy to see you again! You're my Romesh. ;)
We need a Pod Save Canada as well, theyr'e doing the same thing with universal health care here, trying to hand off all the work to private companies.
We who are about to consume you (via content) salute you. We need more of this cross over.
Yes! 100% here to watch ALL of this!
Add more Pod Save Countries/themes to the family please. 💕
So looking forward to this. Love nish kumar.
I'd love for Tommy to pop in sometimes and "chat shit". Either way, I'm intrigued by this and want more! Can't wait for James O'Brien to be a guest!
Thanks for this conversation. I'm watching this after seeing the first Pod Save The U.K. episode. It's even more better because I've heard them all before, making it more interesting.
"what do you give the woman who stole everything" 😬😬😬 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 dying mate.
How fun was that!! 🌟🌟💕💕
TOMMY REALLY SAID "not where you think" 💀💀💀
This is awesome! Nish is back and with Pod Save! Yea!!!
I’m already in love!💙
I love Nish and have just been introduced to Coco... I think they will do a great job. I loved having the two teams, as it were, on here... please make it a semi-regular thing.
We definitely need a Pod save the Union in preparation of the next EU Parlament election
This was amazing, you guys need to do this again!
Yay! We get our own pod ! Excited for this and will tune in for
Thanks for this! Can’t wait until May the Fourth!
Delightful back and forth. Subscribed and shared your link with a number of like-minded groups on social media. Hoping you make a major go of it and that this was not an introductory one-off, but will be a regular "check-in" on our dear British cohort.
7:35
On the voter ID age-disparity thing:
one form of ID that is allowed is a bus pass **but only for the elderly** .
If you are a new/younger voter, _with the same type of bus pass ID_ , you aren't allowed to use it to vote.
_Some_ have suggested that the tories are trying to disefranchise voters who would be less likely to vote for them. 🤔
Wow freaking LOVE Coco & Nish this is gonna be fantastic!! Can I listen even tho I’m in the US or will the Gazpacho come and arrest me?
LOVED this!
Shoutout to the soundguy who tamed Nishs laughter, it sounds really pleasant when its not double the volume of everyone else. The bugle episodes with Nish are sometimes really hard to listen to because Chris doesnt know how to do that.
I suspect that the Pod $ave fellows have a post-production budget. I get the impression that Producer Chris operates more on love, piss & vinegar.
he should get 5 points for that laugh....
I’m so excited for this show!
This was great, love Nish (from Mash on TH-cam), first time watching Coco, but she’s awesome too! Excited to see the new podcast!
Damn but I'm glad Nish Kumar is on this. I can't wait :)
Wonderful! Will be very nice to get to the UK perspective.
This was so funny! You guys should definitely collab on some more pods!
I find it really interesting that Brits have stopped talking about Brexit. Every time i hear news about the UK economy, i think, "Brexit really isn't working out as promised, eh?" What an own goal.
I wouldn't say we've stopped talking about it, but there's a lack of solutions that doesn't have political cost to any party. There's still a lot of independent chatter about it, and you'll see more liberal pundits still bring it up (James O'Brian, Alistair Campbell).
Tories will stay away as it's a core bit of the extremist tory ideology to be against the EU. Labour's still scared of touching this directly because a) it's complicated and b) a load of more traditional labour voters believed the b.s. about it and read a lot of murdoch anti-EU press and voted Leave and then voted Tory to "get Brexit done", and they want to get those voters back. There needs to be a much better job of drawing these threads together and relating it directly to Brexit. Plus, you've got a lot of obfuscation around implications of covid, Ukraine etc which has been a useful smokescreen to muddy up effective linking together.
I love how sassy Lovett is
Enjoyed this crossover and glad to see a UK focused Pod Save podcast. My sister is a dual citizen in Coventry and can confirm misery loves company when it comes to US and UK politics
It would be great to see segments contrasting things like US libertarianism vs European libertarianism.
The following platform is extremely viable in most developed countries right now:
- Electoral reform (UK, US, Canada, other Commonwealth nations)
- UAP disclosure
- Official release of consistent government Covid statistics
Absolutely ❤ this ! We need more !
Lovett is on fire today.
I think PSUK is a worthy and wonderful addition to the Crooked Mediations. As Milton Jones has said, "Nish Kumar...sounds exotic, just a bloke." As this shows, a smartass and a smart person. Coco Khan is every bit his delightful match. Carry on.
Lots of Nish love (rightly so) but Coco was a blast "chat shit, get banged". Spat out my tea!
I am loving all of this energy! Fantastic.