The Today Podcast was hosted by Amol Rajan and Nick Robinson, both presenters of BBC Radio 4’s Today programme (the UK’s most influential radio news programme).

Listen to Amol, Nick and guests as they give their take on the biggest stories from the week, with insights from behind the scenes at Radio 4's Today.

Amol was the BBC’s media editor for six years and is the former editor of the Independent, he’s also the current presenter of University Challenge. Nick has presented the Today programme since 2015, he was the BBC’s political editor for ten years before that and also previously worked as ITV’s political editor.

All episodes are available on BBC sounds, below are the titles and links to each episode if you want to give them a listen 👂:

Oldest episodes are at the top, the most recent are at the bottom.

Introducing The Today Podcast

3 mins

Can Rishi Sunak win it for the Tories?

39 mins

I cried after presenting my first Today programme

15 mins

Horror in Israel and Gaza - What next?

45 mins

What Is This War Really About?

41 mins

What hope for peace?

48 mins

Your Questions Answered

16 mins

Covidshambles: The human cost of chaos in No 10

52 mins

David Cameron In, Suella Braverman Out

33 mins

Revolting! How much trouble are Sunak and Starmer in?

46 mins

Are these tax cuts for real?

45 mins

James May: On Top Gear, tea and driverless cars

24 mins

Sunk! Is Sunak's Tory Party over?

50 mins

Is Putin in danger of winning in Ukraine?

45 mins

Esther Rantzen on a Christmas she did not expect to see

44 mins

News Review of the Year

51 mins

The Moments In History Amol and Nick Wish They'd Covered

28 mins

Is democracy dying?

47 mins

Does Starmer need Scotland to win the general election?

45 mins

How do we deal with President Trump (again)?

51 mins

Does nanny (state) know best?

49 mins

Why we need to talk about cancer ft. Stephen Fry

56 mins

How did the culture wars take over? Ft Jon Ronson

44 mins

Disgrace! Why are MPs playing politics with the Middle East?

52 mins

Mob rule: Where should we draw the line on protest?

45 mins

By-election bonus: Rochdale, Galloway, Gaza… what now?

25 mins

Hunt's Budget - will it make a difference?

38 mins

Revolt on the right! Reform, Rishi and (Red) Wall-to-Wall Chaos

41 mins

Why the Home Office is 'dysfunctional' - Sacked immigration chief speaks out

41 mins

Alastair Campbell on the changing face of Starmer's Labour

52 mins

Why should you have to pay for the BBC?

56 mins

Smoke-free generation: Is this Sunak's legacy?

53 mins

Q&A – lightweight politicians, interviews that made you blush… Ft Esther Rantzen & Stephen Fry

38 mins

AI and humanity's future: chilling or thrilling?

68 mins

Cutting through the spin – elections bonus ep

33 mins

Hung parliament or thumping majority? And why do we all feel so skint?

54 mins

What does Keir Starmer really believe in?

57 mins

Election announcement special

23 mins

Rishi Sunak Talks to Today

50 mins

Sunak and Starmer go head to head

35 mins

Sunak squares up, Farage steps in

52 mins

Manifesto week, political earthquakes and interview tactics

43 mins

The Today Podcast: Live!

59 mins

Extra! The Today Podcast Live! Bonus episode ft. James May

37 mins

Farage's non-manifesto, should Corbyn have stood for the Greens and where's Boris Johnson?

38 mins

Growing pains: how to grow an economy and get young people voting

55 mins

Bonus Q&A – Why do politicians use big numbers and why do we vote with pencils?

28 mins

Sunak's betting crisis, Starmer's gender row and Farage takes on the Mail

39 mins

Newscast x The Today Podcast x When It Hits The Fan

38 mins

Should we trust the polls?

57 mins

It's election week!

41 mins

Bonus Q&A – 'None of the Above' on ballot papers & election night cliché bingo.

26 mins

Election Night Fever and the Challenge across the Channel

54 mins

Post-election pod: How will Labour govern? And who will take charge of the Tories?

35 mins

Reeves goes for growth in the Treasury, Starmer takes to the world stage

33 mins

New MPs, new government... new politics?

59 mins

Can political rhetoric kill?

35 mins

Starmer, Trump, and the New World Order

49 mins

Biden quits - but can Kamala beat Trump?

34 mins

Mary Beard on power, succession and rebellions

38 mins

Bonus Q&A: Young MPs, podcast impartiality and the state of political journalism

24 mins

Bonus episode - Frank Skinner opens up to Amol

39 mins

How do we turbo-charge Britain's economy?

40 mins

Social media and the riots: Musk, misinformation and moral responsibility.

46 mins

Summer special: Is journalism in crisis?

45 mins

Summer special – celebrity Q&A

26 mins

Starmer's 'black holes': What will fill them?

56 mins

Doom, Gloom and the NHS

57 mins

Bonus Q&A – BBC jargon, who makes Today and covering the US election

30 mins

Will the Lebanon blasts lead to an escalation in the Middle East?

48 mins

Keir Starmer's interview - the analysis

41 mins

Ruby Wax talks to Amol

30 mins

Iran, Israel and the Middle East crisis explained

57 mins

Is Labour working?

54 mins

Michael Gove on right-wing politics, the Tories and Trump v Harris

54 mins

Musk goes all-in for Trump

57 mins

Interview: Kate Bush talks to Today

19 mins

Bonus Q&A: Swearing, spin and social media

22 mins

US Election Q&A

46 mins

Trump 2.0

56 mins

Rural Revolt

40 mins

Special report: Europe's frontline against illegal migration

24 mins

Blair and Brown pay tribute to John Prescott

37 mins

Can you smash the gangs to stop the boats?

42 mins

Interview: Frank Cottrell-Boyce talks about being a Today Christmas guest editor

22 mins

Esther Rantzen on the Assisted Dying Debate

54 mins

Keir Starmer's Reset

36 mins

Nigel Farage, Reform and the Future of British Politics

61 mins

Political Turmoil in France and Germany

37 mins

Interview: Kemi Badenoch talks to Amol

42 mins

Bonus: Frank Cottrell-Boyce edits Today

45 mins

News Review of the Year 2024

48 mins

Bonus: Baroness Floella Benjamin guest edits Today

15 mins

2025 Lookahead

27 mins

Musk, Zuckerberg and Free Speech

49 mins

Bonus: The BBC's Russia Editor on Life in Moscow

27 mins

Going for Growth: Rachel Reeves v the markets

39 mins

Bonus Q&A: Trump returns to the White House

47 mins

Trump and the Era of the Deal

48 mins

Interview: Bill Gates talks to Amol

49 mins

How To Deal With Trump (and the EU)

50 mins

What's up with Gen Z?

40 mins

What will Starmer's defence spending buy from Trump?

54 mins

What's different about Trump 2.0?

54 mins

Is Starmer finally getting to grips with being PM?

53 mins

Adolescence and the Crisis of Masculinity

44 mins

Bonus: Stephen Graham and Erin Doherty on Adolescence and male rage

28 mins

JD Vance: does Trump's VP really hate Europe?

50 mins

Guilty! Marine Le Pen and the future of Europe's populist right

45 mins

Trump's Tariff U-turn

42 mins

Is Trump on a collision course with China?

45 mins

Is Putin playing Trump on Ukraine?

44 mins

North Korea fights for Russia

38 mins

Joe Biden, VE Day and the politics of nostalgia

51 mins

Eurovision: Europe's biggest election

37 mins

Gary Lineker, the BBC and celebrity influencers

35 mins

Is your mobile phone the best or worst friend you've ever had?

41 mins

Populism, conspiracies and... Doctor Who

40 mins

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