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Gary and Carys are sick and tired of poorly researched news stories that are over-reported and go way over the top! But on the other hand, they wanna show some love to let those important new stories that slip under the radar get their well-deserved moment in the sun, no pun intended!
Join Gary Younge and Carys Afoko every week on Over The Top Under The Radar, where they'll discuss the news stories that are over the top and under the radar. It can be anything from Voter ID to Cowboy Carter, Welsh Steel and Garfield the Cat! But one thing is for sure: expect scrutiny, real talk, and the odd special guest joining the conversation.
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Joining Carys this week is writer, policy expert and author of Black Girl no Magic, Kimberly McIntosh.Together, Carys and Kimberly explore right-wing discourse around women’s fertility, Sir Jim Ratcliffe comments on immigration, the UK's potential changes to settled status requirements, and families looking to take over a care home after owners amassed massive debts to HMRC.Support us on PATREON - get bonus episodes, a weekly newsletter and become a part of our members-only WhatsApp community.Email us at info@overunderpod.comSign up to the newsletter at www.overunderpod.comFollow us on all socials @over_under_pod_William Blake House:https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/feb/16/william-blake-house-care-home-debtsConnect with Kim here: https://linktr.ee/Kimmi91
Joining Carys this week is writer, media executive and satirist Nels Abbey. Nels wrote the brilliant Think Like A White Man and The Hip-Hop MBA: Lessons in Cut-Throat Capitalism From The Moguls of Rap. He is co-founder of the Black Writers Guild and founder of Uppity: An Intellectual Playground for the Refined and the Boujee.Together, Carys and Nels discuss: Trump’s racist monkey post, the latest Labour psychodrama, the Nigerian petroleum minister facing trial, and the racism revealed in the Epstein files.Support us on PATREON - get bonus episodes, a weekly newsletter and become a part of our members-only WhatsApp community.Email us at info@overunderpod.comSign up to the newsletter at www.overunderpod.comFollow us on all socials @over_under_pod_
Joining Carys this week is Janey Starling, an award-winning activist, co-director of gender justice group Level Up, and musician.Together, Carys and Janey discuss: the Epstein files and Peter Mandelson, Lucy Letby, and Janey's campaign on pregnant women in prison.Support us on PATREON - get bonus episodes, a weekly newsletter and become a part of our members-only WhatsApp community.Email us at info@overunderpod.comSign up to the newsletter at www.overunderpod.comFollow us on all socials @over_under_pod_
Joining Carys this week is journalist and former editor of the Guardian and Prospect magazine, Alan Rusbridger. Alan also hosts the brilliant Media Confidential podcast.Together, Carys and Alan discuss the media storm around Brooklyn Beckham, Trump & ICE, a Washington Post reporter who was raided for speaking to government employees and the takeover of Tiktok's ownership in the US.Support us on PATREON - get bonus episodes, a weekly newsletter and become a part of our members-only WhatsApp community.Email us at info@overunderpod.comSign up to the newsletter at www.overunderpod.comFollow us on all socials @over_under_pod_
Joining Carys this week is economist and host of the Macrodose podcast James Meadway. James is a former Treasury civil servant, former Labour adviser and current Green Party candidate in the upcoming local elections.Together, Carys and James discuss Trump's ambitions for gaining Greenland, the demise of the British Conservative party, China & India's coal production and Davos.Support us on PATREON - get bonus episodes, a weekly newsletter and become a part of our members-only WhatsApp community.Email us at info@overunderpod.comSign up to the newsletter at www.overunderpod.comFollow us on all socials @over_under_pod_Check out the macrodose podcast here: patreon.com/macrodose
Joining Carys this week is Dr Robert Topinka from Birkbeck University. Rob’s research is focused on digital culture, reactionary politics, race and racism. Among other things, he's an expert in what used to be known as the alt-right.Together, Carys and Rob discuss X's AI bot 'Grok', Tory defections to Reform UK, Trump's slamming of civil rights, and the continued calamity that is the privatised water system of England & Wales.Support us on PATREON - get bonus episodes, a weekly newsletter and become a part of our members-only WhatsApp community.Email us at info@overunderpod.comSign up to the newsletter at www.overunderpod.comFollow us on all socials @over_under_pod_
Joining Carys for the first episode of 2026 is her brother - software developer and writer Dewi Afoko.To kick off the new year, Carys and Kewi look at some of the big stories they think the media will be paying too much or too little attention to, such as the situation in Venezuela following Donald Trump's raid, artificial intelligence, Shamima Begum and the fate of Keir Starmer's premiership.Support us on PATREON - get bonus episodes, a weekly newsletter and become a part of our members-only WhatsApp community.Email us at info@overunderpod.comSign up to the newsletter at www.overunderpod.comFollow us on all socials @over_under_pod_Check out Dewi's work on substack here: https://dewiafoko.substack.com/
This week’s episode is an in depth conversation with Seyi Akiwowo an expert in technology and online safety. Seyi is the author of How to Stay Safe Online and founder of online safety NGO, Glitch among many other things.This week's podcast is our last before the Christmas break. Thank you for your continued support, and we'll see you in 2026.Support us on PATREON - get bonus episodes, a weekly newsletter and become a part of our members-only WhatsApp community.Email us at info@overunderpod.comSign up to the newsletter at www.overunderpod.comFollow us on all socials @over_under_pod_Check out Seyi's book here:https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/445484/how-to-stay-safe-online-by-akiwowo-seyi/9780241535219
Joining Carys this week is Nim Ralph - a community organiser, trainer, facilitator and writer. They are a queer and trans rights activist who co-founded QTIPOC London, Purple Rain Collective and Edge Fund.Together, they discuss the accusations around Farage's schoolboy racism, Sandie Peggy, Drax's woodpellet plants, and Trump receiving FIFA's inaugural 'peace prize'.Support us on PATREON - get bonus episodes, a weekly newsletter and become a part of our members-only WhatsApp community.Email us at info@overunderpod.comSign up to the newsletter at www.overunderpod.comFollow us on all socials @over_under_pod_
Joining Carys this week is Ayeisha Thomas-Smith - a social movement strategist, facilitator, and Executive Director of the New Economy Organisers Network (NEON). She's also the host of the New Economics Foundation podcast.Together, they discuss the blowback Rachel Reeves has received from her budget, how David Lammy is attempting to abolish Jury trials for all but the most serious crimes, how Robert Jenrick is attacking Judges, and Your Party's chaotic conference.Support us on PATREON - get bonus episodes, a weekly newsletter and become a part of our members-only WhatsApp community.Email us at info@overunderpod.comSign up to the newsletter at www.overunderpod.comFollow us on all socials @over_under_pod_
The UK’s Chancellor, Rachel Reeves has just delivered her 2025 budget and to give our immediate reaction, I'm joined by two fellow podcast hosts - James Meadway, host of the Macrodose podcast and Hannah Peaker, deputy chief executive at the New Economics Foundation and one of the hosts of the New Economics Podcast.This episode is produced by Planet B Productions and is also brought to you with Power to Change to celebrate Community Business Week, which starts on 29 November.Support us on PATREON - get bonus episodes, a weekly newsletter and become a part of our members-only WhatsApp community.Email us at info@overunderpod.comSign up to the newsletter at www.overunderpod.comFollow us on all socials @over_under_pod_
On this week's show I’m joined by Chantelle Lunt - an academic writer and activist based in Merseyside.Together we looked at stories either under-discussed and over-reported such as Shabana Mahmood's asylum policy reforms, Sara Sharif, scam adverts on Facebook, and climate change.Support us on PATREON - get bonus episodes, a weekly newsletter and become a part of our members-only WhatsApp community.Email us at info@overunderpod.comSign up to the newsletter at www.overunderpod.comFollow us on all socials @over_under_pod_
This episode is brought to you by Power to Change to celebrate Community Business Week, which starts on 29 November.This week’s show takes an in depth look at one subject making all the headlines this week and one that tends to fly under the radar. I’m joined by Pat Younge to talk about the BBC and former first Minister of Wales Vaughan Gething to discuss Welsh politics.Support us on PATREON - get bonus episodes, a weekly newsletter and become a part of our members-only WhatsApp community.Email us at info@overunderpod.comSign up to the newsletter at www.overunderpod.comFollow us on all socials @over_under_pod_
This week’s show is cohosted by Matthew McGregor who is the CEO of the campaign group 38 Degrees. Matthew has worked in politics and campaigning for twenty years here and abroad including spending ten years in the US, including working on President Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign.Together, Carys & Matthew discuss Zohran Mamdani's victory in the New York City mayoral election, what else was missed in coverage of US politics outside of NYC, the poppy police in the UK - and speculation around the upcoming budget from chancellor Rachel Reeves.Support us on PATREON - get bonus episodes, a weekly newsletter and become a part of our members-only WhatsApp community.Email us at info@overunderpod.comSign up to the newsletter at www.overunderpod.comFollow us on all socials @over_under_pod_Read more from Deborah here: deborahfrances-white.com
On this week's episode, Carys is in conversation with Deborah Frances-White.Deborah is a stand-up comedian, podcaster, screenwriter and the author of Six Conversations We’re Scared to Have. Her voice will be familiar if you listen to The Guilty Feminist podcast.Support us on PATREON - get bonus episodes, a weekly newsletter and become a part of our members-only WhatsApp community.Email us at info@overunderpod.comSign up to the newsletter at www.overunderpod.comFollow us on all socials @over_under_pod_Read more from Deborah here: deborahfrances-white.com
On this week's episode, Carys is joined by journalist, film maker and editor of Black Current News Nadine White.Together they discuss Nadine's report on how the Met tried to bury their own review into anti-black racism, the grooming gangs inquiry, black history month, and Tommy Robinson's trip to Israel funded by the nation's government.Nadine's report on the Met Police's anti-black racism review: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/oct/16/review-anti-black-racism-metropolitan-police-force-londonFind out more about Black Current News here: https://www.blackcurrentnews.co.ukEmail us at info@overunderpod.comSign up to the newsletter at www.overunderpod.comFollow us on all socials @over_under_pod_
On this week's episode, Carys is joined by Maya GoodfellowMaya is an academic, author and political commentator who is currently a Presidential Fellow at City University. Her work focuses on racial capitalism, immigration and bordering, the politics of international development and animal rights. Together, they discuss the media's focus on Trump in relation to Gaza, the Green party's membership surging, revelations about Jeffrey Epstein, and how a small town in Spain has some hope for a more progressive view of immigration.Support us on PATREON - get bonus episodes, a weekly newsletter and become a part of our members-only WhatsApp community.Email us at info@overunderpod.comSign up to the newsletter at www.overunderpod.comFollow us on all socials @over_under_pod_Buy Maya's Book here: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/asylum-after-empire-9781783486168/BBC under fresh pressure over extent of Reform UK coverage https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/sep/12/bbc-under-fresh-pressure-over-extent-of-reform-uk-nigel-farage-coverageVillamalea's Immigration Stance https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/11/small-spanish-town-headlines-immigration-villamalea
This week’s guest is Labour MP for Clapham and Brixton Hill, Bell Ribeiro Addy.Bell is what feels like an endangered species, a left wing Labour MP. She was first elected in 2019 and was Diane Abbott’s Chief of Staff for many years. You might remember Bell from our Christmas special last year. I speak to her about the contest to be Labour's next deputy leader as voting opens this week.Support us on PATREON - get bonus episodes, a weekly newsletter and become a part of our members-only WhatsApp community.Email us at info@overunderpod.comSign up to the newsletter at www.overunderpod.comFollow us on all socials @over_under_pod_
This week is an American politics special and I interview Amanda Litman, the co-founder and president of Run for Something, which recruits and supports young, diverse progressives running for down-ballot office. Since launching in 2017, RFS has elected more than 1500 leaders across nearly all 50 states, mostly women and people of color.Amanda previously worked as a digital strategist on several presidential campaigns and her new book, When we’re in Charge is a guide to leadership for Millennials and Gen Zs.Support us on PATREON - get bonus episodes, a weekly newsletter and become a part of our members-only WhatsApp community.Email us at info@overunderpod.comSign up to the newsletter at www.overunderpod.comFollow us on all socials @over_under_pod_
We’re back from our summer break and now that Gary is focused on writing his book we’re going to be changing around the format of the show. We’ll have more in depth interviews with some special guests lined up. Today’s episode is an in-depth look at the rise of the far right, in conversation with Joe Mulhall, from Hope not Hate. You might remember Joe was on last year in the wake of the Southport riots.Support us on PATREON - get bonus episodes, a weekly newsletter and become a part of our members-only WhatsApp community.Email us at info@overunderpod.comSign up to the newsletter at www.overunderpod.comFollow us on all socials @over_under_pod_Buy Joe's book 'Rebel Sounds' here: https://geni.us/RebelSoundsPaperback Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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