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Armando Iannucci hosts the programme that gives you a cast-iron guarantee to be laser-focused on decoding the baffling world of political language.

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Episodes (78 available)

News imageStrong Message Here, Strong Message Here, The Process Was Followed (with Tim Shipman)

Are we obsessed with process? And can language can tell us the true severity of a crisis?

23 Apr 2026

24 mins

News imageStrong Message Here, Strong Message Here, Only the Fake News Would Come Up with This (with Amol Rajan)

Armando Iannucci and Amol Rajan look at politicians getting into their own media bubbles.

16 Apr 2026

35 mins

News imageStrong Message Here, Strong Message Here, Righteous Targets for Violence (with Hugo Rifkind)

Are politicians invoking the Almighty more regularly than before?

9 Apr 2026

38 mins

News imageStrong Message Here, Strong Message Here, That's a Great Question (with Stewart Lee in Laugharne)

Is AI's sycophantic language grating? That's a great question - let me check that for you.

2 Apr 2026

28 mins

News imageStrong Message Here, Strong Message Here, We're Here to Listen (with Stewart Lee in Laugharne)

Getting outside the Westminster bubble to hear some refreshing phrases from real people.

26 Mar 2026

22 mins

News imageStrong Message Here, Strong Message Here, You Don't Have to Worry (with Marina Hyde)

Is the optimism and positive language of the US administration encouraging or worrying?

19 Mar 2026

33 mins

News imageStrong Message Here, Strong Message Here, I Understand the Anxiety (with Ria Lina and Coco Khan)

How do we cope with increasingly scary news?

12 Mar 2026

28 mins

News imageStrong Message Here, Strong Message Here, Get Real (with Hugo Rifkind)

Who is a 'real person' in politics? How do politicians use language to change reality?

5 Mar 2026

33 mins

News imageStrong Message Here, Strong Message Here, History Will Judge You (with Stewart Lee)

Is history still written by the victors? How do people try and control their legacy?

26 Feb 2026

26 mins

News imageStrong Message Here, Strong Message Here, For the Sake of Transparency (with Natalie Haynes and Michael Gove)

Lifting the veil of opacity, Michael Gove joins Armando and Natalie Haynes.

19 Feb 2026

35 mins

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