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Peter York's Culture Wars House Party

Peter York's Culture Wars House Party

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“PETER YORK’S CULTURE WARS HOUSE PARTY” podcast is all about Peter’s cultural preoccupations which range from how political Culture Wars are waged, to the reputational currency of clever celebrities, to the best sources of suede loafers in St James’s. He’ll be hosting people he admires and people he wants to argue with and people who like to natter about the correct placement of buttons.


Peter York is the author of “Dead Cat – Culture Wars and how not to lose them.” However, his influence extends back to the 1970s, where he pioneered the role of ‘style editor’ at Harpers and Queen magazine, alongside co-author Ann Barr. Together, they penned the era-defining sensation, “The Official Sloane Ranger’s Handbook,” which became the bestselling trade book of the 1980s.

Throughout the decades, Peter has continued to leave his mark on the cultural landscape. He’s authored numerous books and presented several TV programs, including the nostalgic gem “Peter York’s Eighties” in the 1990s.


More recently, Peter has shifted towards more serious subjects, tackling issues such as “The War Against the BBC,” co-authored with Professor Patrick Barwise, and the thought-provoking “Authenticity is a Con.”


Join us as we explore the multifaceted world of Peter York and his enduring contributions to cultural discourse.

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Episodios
  • Danny Dorling: Brexit Myths and Britain’s Inequality Crisis

    Danny Dorling: Brexit Myths and Britain’s Inequality Crisis
    Apr 16 2026

    Professor Danny Dorling, Oxford social geographer and professional spoiler of comfortable assumptions about Britain. He explains how geography began as imperial management and maps the link between empire and inequality that still shapes Britain’s place at the top of Europe’s inequality league table.


    Danny shows how we went from our most equal moment in the 60’s and 70’s to today’s extremes, why the first faint signs of rising equality feel bad, and how the right feeds off the fear that inequality breeds. We talk “wealth creators”, British exceptionalism in private schooling, and how the elite consensus on climate change was broken.


    Was it really Red Wall voters wot won the Brexit vote? Danny tells the true social‑geography story of Leave and how the media stigmatised the result.


    We then ask why the “nice” left keeps failing to capitalise on its winning story – from the ‘dead cat’ tactic versus the long hard slog, to how Trump has changed trolling and warped the ecology of think tanks.


    Please do check out my latest book, A Dead Cat On Your Table – available online and in all good book shops.

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    1 h y 20 m
  • Michael Wolff on Trump’s Second Term and the Epstein Fallout

    Michael Wolff on Trump’s Second Term and the Epstein Fallout
    Mar 2 2026

    Michael Wolff, bestselling chronicler of Trump and Murdoch — and my very first guest on this podcast just before Trump took office — returns from a snow-blinded Hamptons to describe what Trump’s second term feels like to him, and why he has called it “a heartbreaking year and a frightening year.”

    He discusses how, in his view, a president presiding over “a government of one” can still bend an entire system around himself. Drawing on 100 hours of taped conversation with Jeffrey Epstein he explains how he interprets those files - what they reveal about power and the idea of a global elite.


    Please do check out my latest book, A Dead Cat On Your Table – available online and in all good book shops.

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    52 m
  • Prof Jason Stanley on America’s White Supremacy, Fascist Tactics and What Britain Should Learn

    Prof Jason Stanley on America’s White Supremacy, Fascist Tactics and What Britain Should Learn
    Feb 6 2026

    Professor Jason Stanley, philosopher of propaganda and fascism, now at the University of Toronto after a high‑profile departure from Yale to, as he puts it, “spit the truth”.

    He describes the US as “a white supremacist nation” and unpacks how that connects to its sky‑high incarceration rates, even while it’s enjoying some of its lowest levels of violent crime.

    From campus battles over what can and can’t be said about Israel, to classic fascist tactics and the quiet normalisation of far‑right ideas, he explains why the fascist Internationale ended up not working — and how power really does.


    Please do check out my latest book, A Dead Cat On Your Table – available online and in all good book shops.

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    49 m
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