Podcasts
Inside Briefing and The Expert Factor are the IfG’s podcast, hosted by our director Hannah White.
Inside Briefing
Each week Hannah, IfG experts and special guests give you the essential inside briefing on the latest events in government and British politics. Tune in to understand the decisions being made in the corridors of power and for all the IfG’s latest thinking on how government works – and how it can work better.
Our podcast is also available on Google Podcasts | Amazon Music | Rephonic | Castbox | Pod Chaser and anywhere else you get your podcasts.
The Expert Factor Podcast
The podcast for people who haven’t had enough of experts. Each week the directors of three leading and respected think tanks – Paul Johnson of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, Hannah White of the Institute for Government, and Anand Menon of UK in a Changing Europe – get together to discuss, debate and explain the big questions and themes that will shape the upcoming General Election, and the political landscape for years to come.
Have a question you want to see answered in an upcoming episode? Why not submit a question to The Expert Factor team.
Explore all episodes of Inside Briefing
Sunak's flights of fantasy?
Francis Elliott, editor of the House Magazine, joins the podcast to run the rule over the reshuffle and weigh up Sunak's Rwanda scheme.
Lights! Cameron! Reshuffle Action!
What does this reshuffle tell us about how Rishi Sunak wants to govern?
The Sunak/Suella stand-off
The Sun’s Noa Hoffman is this week’s podcast guest as the Inside Briefing team break down the legislative agenda on offer from Rishi Sunak.
Boris Johnson's orgy of narcissism
The BBC’s health reporter Jim Reed joins the team to work out what we’ve learnt from the Covid Inquiry evidence sessions and WhatsApp messages.
Where next for English devolution?
Akash Paun travels across England to find out whether a devolution revolution is really taking place.
Many unhappy returns? Rishi Sunak one year in
Politico’s Dan Bloom joins the podcast team to weigh up Sunak’s first year in the job and assess his achievements and failures.
Rishi Sunak's double trouble
The Financial Times' Lucy Fisher joins the podcast team to react to Labour's double by-election win.
Mystery date: when is the right time to call a general election?
Inside Briefing brings together three veterans of elections to look back on their experiences and discuss what might happen next.
Keir Starmer’s Mersey Mission
The Guardian’s Kiran Stacey joins the team to take stock of the post-conference landscape, and look ahead to the renewal of parliamentary hostilities.
The start of the Keir show
The New Statesman’s Anoosh Chakelian and Josh Simons, director of Labour Together, join the IfG team ahead of Labour's annual conference.