Alas Vine & Hitchens Podcast

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What's the Big Idea?Finally, Sarah Vine (once memorably described as being ‘like and loathed in equal measure, divisive, but never indecisive’) and Peter Hitchens (a man whose writing a critic was called to compare to a Guardsman’s boot: ‘as highly polished and potentially lethal’) meet once a week to look at the world and mutter, alas… Acclaimed columnist and journalist Sarah Vine and best-selling author and broadcaster Peter Hitchens discuss and dissect social, economic, and pop cultural flotsam and jetsam that have risen out of the dark waters of that week’s news. Taking one big idea each episode and pulling it apart with élan, imagine Vine and Hitchens respective columns brought to life and then skewered, scoffed at, debated, and given the full weight of Vine and Hitchens impenetrable gaze. Though an accord might not always be reached, it’s the journey that matters. Whether it’s the tech bros gone rogue – Meta tearing up its own rule book on fact checking, Musk attempting to influence governmental policy, or the knotty subject on society’s ever-increasing reliance on anti-depressants to treat what might just be the modern malaise and not depression at all. Or, evil, nature or nurture? Does evil actually exist or is it an idea that hangs over us, or do we just sometime embody it and the actions themselves are evil, not the individual? All this and more are to be pored over, one towering topic each week discussed with humour, insight, and real understanding.Take part in our listener survey here:https://ex-plorsurvey.com/survey/selfserve/550/g517/250305?list=9#?To get in touch email [email protected], you can leave a comment on Spotify or even send us a voice note on WhatsApp - on 07796 657512 start your message with the word 'alas'Presenters: Sarah Vine & Peter HitchensProducer: Phillip WildingEditor: Chelsey MooreProduction Manager: Vittoria CecchiniExecutive Producer: Jamie EastA Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular

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Ross Grainger is a researcher or author who has written about suicide and psychopathic violence in the UK and Ireland.
Peter Hitchens is a best-selling author, broadcaster, and columnist known for his conservative views and commentary on social issues.
Alex Berenson is an author known for his book 'Tell Your Children: The Truth About Marijuana, Mental Illness, and Violence,' which explores the impacts of marijuana on mental health and violence.

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0:00 35:30

How Not To Be A Political Wife

Hosts
Sarah Vine Peter Hitchens
Keywords
politics marriage public life political figures personal relationships public perception

As Sarahs book sends shockwaves through former political grandees and the corridors of power, Sarah and Peter sit down to ponder listener questions (and some of Peters thoughts too) related to How Not To Be A Political Wife, a book that has been described as fascinating, embarrassing and fundamentally tragic, witty, wry and incredibly touching and an unflinching account of life at the heart of politics. 


Expect questions and answers on falling in and out of love with Michael Gove, is there such a thing as a happy political marriage and would Sarah ever bite the bullet and go into politics herself? 


On our reading and watch list this week: 


      How Not To Be A Political Wife Sarah Vine



Please do get in touch, email: [email protected], you can leave a comment on Spotify or even send us a voice note on Whatsapp on 07796 657512, start your message with the word alas.


Presenters: Sarah Vine & Peter Hitchens

Producer: Philip Wilding

Editor: Chelsey Moore

Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini

Executive Producer: Jamie East


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0:00 37:22

With Friends Like These and is Poland the new Ukraine?

Hosts
Sarah Vine Peter Hitchens
Keywords
European Union Brexit Poland elections Friendship and loyalty Democracy European politics
To paraphrase Randy Newman, youve got a friend in me, but for just how long? Especially when youre Sarah Vine and youre supposed best friends husband is on the side of staying in the European Union while your then husband is all for pushing Brexit through. As Sarah discovered, loyalties are soon divided and what ultimately makes a true friend anyway?



While Peter Hitchens looks askance at the continent and wonders, as Poland lurches to the right with its latest elections results, if the European Union can leave its meddlesome ways behind it and let democracy work for once.



On our reading and watch list this week:

True Grit Charles Portis

The Go-Between L.P. Hartley

Orderly and Humane R.M. Douglas

The Confession Director: Costa-Gavras

Berlin Rules Paul Lever



Presenters: Sarah Vine & Peter Hitchens

Producer: Philip Wilding

Editor: Chelsey Moore

Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini

Executive Producer: Jamie East



A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular

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0:00 33:52

With Friends Like These… and is Poland the new Ukraine?

Hosts
Sarah Vine Peter Hitchens
Keywords
friendship European Union Brexit Poland elections loyalty democracy international relations

To paraphrase Randy Newman, you’ve got a friend in me, but for just how long? Especially when you’re Sarah Vine and you’re supposed best friend’s husband is on the side of staying in the European Union while your then husband is all for pushing Brexit through. As Sarah discovered, loyalties are soon divided and what ultimately makes a true friend anyway?

 

While Peter Hitchens looks askance at the continent and wonders, as Poland lurches to the right with its latest elections results, if the European Union can leave its meddlesome ways behind it and let democracy work for once.

 

On our reading and watch list this week: 

 True Grit – Charles Portis·      

The Go-Between – L.P. Hartley·      

Orderly and Humane – R.M. Douglas·      

The Confession – Director: Costa-Gavras·      

Berlin Rules – Paul Lever


Presenters: Sarah Vine & Peter Hitchens

Producer: Philip Wilding

Editor: Chelsey Moore

Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini

Executive Producer: Jamie East

 

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0:00 37:02

The Mental Malaise of Marijuana

Hosts
Sarah Vine Peter Hitchens
Keywords
drug effects societal norms violence cannabis legalization mental health marijuana violence and mental illness

As rampage killings are on the rise both here and abroad, we ask if the long-term effects of drugs are impacting on our societal norms and encouraging a violent recklessness not seen before? As charges for cannabis possession are fast becoming a thing of the past and modern culture embraces increasingly strong strands of weed, is there a case to be made for really doubling down on those who break drug laws or as cannabis legalisation creeps across the globe, we ask, is it already too late?


On our reading and watch list this week: 

* Attacker Smoked Cannabis: Suicide and psychopathic violence in the UK and Ireland – Ross Grainger     

* The War We Never Fought – Peter Hitchens  

* Tell Your Children: The Truth About Marijuana, Mental Illness, and Violence – Alex Berenson


To get in touch, email: [email protected], you can leave a comment on Spotify or even send us a voice note on Whatsapp – on 07796 657512, start your message with the word ‘alas’.

 

Take our show survey at:

https://ex-plorsurvey.com/survey/selfserve/550/g517/250305?list=9

 

Presenters: Sarah Vine & Peter Hitchens

Producer: Philip Wilding

Editor: Chelsey Moore

Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini

Executive Producer: Jamie East

 

A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular


 

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0:00 40:32

The Mental Malaise of Marijuana

Hosts
Sarah Vine Peter Hitchens
Guests
Ross Grainger Peter Hitchens Alex Berenson
Keywords
drug effects marijuana violence societal norms drug laws cannabis legalization mental health violence and mental illness
As rampage killings are on the rise both here and abroad, we ask if the long-term effects of drugs are impacting on our societal norms and encouraging a violent recklessness not seen before? As charges for cannabis possession are fast becoming a thing of the past and modern culture embraces increasingly strong strands of weed, is there a case to be made for really doubling down on those who break drug laws or as cannabis legalisation creeps across the globe, we ask, is it already too late?



On our reading and watch list this week: 

* Attacker Smoked Cannabis: Suicide and psychopathic violence in the UK and Ireland – Ross Grainger     

* The War We Never Fought – Peter Hitchens  

* Tell Your Children: The Truth About Marijuana, Mental Illness, and Violence – Alex Berenson



To get in touch, email: [email protected], you can leave a comment on Spotify or even send us a voice note on Whatsapp – on 07796 657512, start your message with the word ‘alas’.

 

Take our show survey at:

https://ex-plorsurvey.com/survey/selfserve/550/g517/250305?list=9

 

Presenters: Sarah Vine & Peter Hitchens

Producer: Philip Wilding

Editor: Chelsey Moore

Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini

Executive Producer: Jamie East

 

A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular



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