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Mark talks about the EU referendum campaign with Rafael Behr of The Guardian, with Lib Dem activist Jennie Rigg about safe spaces, no platforming and trigger warnings and finally to Tim Worthington about the life and work of Victoria Wood

Mark talks to former Nick Clegg special adviser Sean Kemp about his time in Number 10 and to Gavin Devine about whether we should curtail the right of pensioners to vote especially for the upcoming EU referendum

Mark talks to Conservative Home's Henry Hill about whether the younger generations will get anything like the sort of retirements they've seen their parents and grandparents have and to Simon Parker of the New Local Government Network about Universal Basic Income

Mark talks to Tim Worthington about TV remakes and Emma Burnell about "The New Politics" and the impending EU referendum

Mark talks to Mark Wadsworth of the Yound People's Party about Land Value and to Claer Barrett of the Financial Times about the prospects for younger people trying to get onto the property ladder

Mark talks to Dr David Brockington of Plymouth University about the US primaries and how they work and to Ian Dunt, editor of politics.co.uk about the government's reduction in opposition party Short money, the EU referendum and the Home Office's approach to migrants

Mark talks to Matt Singh of Number Cruncher Politics about polling before the 2015 general election and how he managed to predict the correct outcome when most other analysts got it wrong

Mark talks to former political editor of The Observer Gaby Hinsliff about Corbyn's reshuffle and Cameron's decision to allow his ministers freedom on the EU referendum and to cultural commentator Tim Worthington about the "Video Nasty" moral panic of the 1980s

This week Mark talks to former Labour parliamentary candidate Russell Whiting about his experiences in the run up to the 2015 general election and to actor Martin Ross about what he has found coming to the profession later in life

Mark talks to professional poker player Neil Channing about his life at the felt and how he fell into this rather unusual line of work and to DJ Rick Edwards about his career behind the mic

Mark talks to Labour activist Emma Burnell about the current state of Labour and politics in general and to politics lecturer Alex Marsh about "Post-truth Politics"

Mark talks to Henry Hill of Conservative Home about votes at 16 and Osborne's Autumn Statement and to cultural commentator and old school TV expert Steve Williams about in-vision TV continuity and why it's largely died out

Mark is joined by Emeritus Professor of War History at Kings College London Lawrence Freedman to discuss the nuclear deterrent and by Conservative candidate for Police and Crime Commissioner for Devon and Cornwall Alison Hernandez to discuss her campaign and politics more generally

This week Mark speaks to media expert and former Labour adviser Paul Blanchard about Freedom of Information reform and how Jeremy Corbyn is doing and also former Lib Dem parliamentary candidate Kelly-Marie Blundell about how her party is getting on 6 months after the general election

This week in his radio show Mark speaks to journalist and BBC Radio 4 Analysis presenter Jo Fidgen about the ethics of eating meat and also to the comedienne Wendy Wason about fulfilling different roles in our busy lives and how much room is left for the real us

This week in his radio show Mark speaks to drug law reform campaigner Steve Rolles about the current drug laws and how they might change and then to chief spokesperson for the pressure group Republic about the monarchy and republicanism as well as Jeremy Corbyn's recent royal related problems

This week in his radio show Mark speaks to head of press for UKIP Gawain Towler about the EU referendum and technology journalist Nicole Kobie about broadband coverage and so called "not spots" in the light of a debate on this subject by MPs this week.

Mark is now hosting a weekly topical news show on Music Mill FM and the episodes are being uploaded to the House of Comments feed for your delight and delectation. This week he talks to Conservative commentator Rupert Myers about the Tory conference and author and cultural commentator Tim Worthington about famous TV defections of the past following Robert Peston's move from the BBC to become ITV's political editor.

Mark is joined by Editor of Politics.co.uk Ian Dunt for another "One off special" of the podcast to discuss the remarkable surge of Jeremy Corbyn and its current and likely future effects

Mark is back for a one off special during the current podcast hiatus and is joined by the Guardian political columnist Rafael Behr to discuss George Osborne's "Living Wage" budget and its political consequences.