Oh God, What Now?

Oh God, What Now? formerly known as Remainiacs, is a British hour-long twice-weekly political podcast about Brexit, speaking from the pro-Remain point of view. It was started on 26 May 2017 as Remainiacs after the European Union membership referendum as "a no-holds-barred podcast for everyone who won't shut up about Brexit".^[1] In October 2020, Remainiacs was renamed "Oh God, What Now?", due to the nature of Brexit making the unlikelihood of re-joining and changing nature of the British government.^[2]

Former podcast album cover

Oh God, What Now?
Presentation
Hosted by	Dorian Lynskey, Ian Dunt, Naomi Smith, Ros Taylor, Andrew Harrison, Alex Andreou
Genre	Political commentary, interview
Format	Twice weekly (Tuesday and Friday) [note 1]
Language	English
Length	approximately 60 minutes
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Production
Opening theme	Demon is a Monster by Cornershop[note 2]
Publication
Original release	May 2017
Provider	Podmasters
Related
Related shows	The Bunker, The Bunker Daily, The Culture Bunker, Doomsday Watch
Website	https://www.podmasters.co.uk/oh-god-what-now

Description

It is presented by The Guardian's Dorian Lynskey, journalist Ros Taylor, and journalist and former music magazine editor Andrew Harrison, who was also the producer. Former guests political commentator Nina Schick and Minnie Rahman, Interim Chief Executive of the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants later became regular panelists as well. Former regulars include newspaper columnist for i newspaper Ian Dunt, Best for Britain's Naomi Smith and actor and columnist Alex Andreou.

It follows a format of half the show in a rundown of the news about Brexit with discussion along with a weekly guest, and then the other half with a straight interview with the guest in question. The podcast was both named one of the "Best Podcasts of 2017" by The Guardian's Miranda Sawyer,^[3] and nominated for a podcasting award, the 2018 Broadcasting Press Guild Awards' "Podcast of the Year",^[4] however it lost to Ed Miliband's Reasons to Be Cheerful.^[5] The show is recorded at Podmasters’ own studio in Highbury, North London.

As well as the weekly show, there is a series of “Remainiacs Live” and “Oh God, What Now? Live” shows at which the hosts spoke among themselves about Brexit. Venues included The Phoenix gastropub in Cavendish Square, Marylebone, the Stoke Newington Literary Festival,^[6] Leeds City Varieties,^[7] the Epstein Theatre in Liverpool,^[8] Hove's The Old Market Theatre ^[9] and regularly at the Leicester Square Theatre.^[10] Remainiacs was part of the Podcast Live: Politics day long festival of different political podcasts on 7 April 2019 at Friends House, Camden.^[11]

Notable guests

Notable guests have included:

• Heidi Alexander^{[note 3][12]}
• John Bercow^[13]
• Tony Blair^[14]
• Vince Cable MP^[15]
• Alastair Campbell^[16]
• Nick Clegg^[17]
• Nick Cohen^[18][19]
• Seb Dance MEP^[20][21]
• Gavin Esler^[22]
• A. C. Grayling^[23]
• David Allen Green^[24]
• David Lammy MP^[25]
• Caroline Lucas MP^[26]
• Deborah Meaden^[27]
• Gina Miller^[28]
• Oliver Norgrove, a former Vote Leave staffer^[29]
• James O’Brien^[30][31]
• Femi Oluwole, from Our Future Our Choice^[32][33]
• Matthew Parris^[34]
• Jay Rayner^[35]
• David Schneider^[36][37]
• Molly Scott Cato MEP^[38]
• Zoe Williams^[39]

The Bunker

The Bunker
Presentation
Hosted by	Four of the following people: Alex Andreou, Marie Le Conte, Ian Dunt, Gavin Esler, Miatta Fahnbulleh, Andrew Harrison, Ayesha Hazarika, Dorian Lynskey, Justin Quirk, Nina Schick, Yasmeen Serhan, Ahir Shah, Naomi Smith, Arthur Snell, Ros Taylor,
Genre	Political commentary, interview
Format	Daily
Created by	Podmasters
Language	English
Length	20-30 minutes
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Publication
Original release	January 2020
Provider	Podmasters
Related
Related shows	Oh God, What Now?
Website	https://listen.podmasters.uk/bnkr

After the relative success of Remainiacs, the ending of the withdrawal period and with the extra funding from their Patreon backers, the producers of the show created an hour-long non-Brexit general politics podcast called The Bunker in January 2020.^[40] This show follows the same format as Remainiacs, but without the reference to Brexit. After just one show, it became one of top ten politics podcasts on the UK iTunes chart.^[41] Due to the large amount of news that being produced during the COVID-19 pandemic, from 26 March short one to one interviews half-hour shows were made under the title of The Bunker Daily. Success of The Bunker Daily has led to the show being a permanent feature of the podcast. There was also a Saturday culture edition of the Bunker, The Culture Bunker, which ran until Sept 2022.

See also

• Opposition to Brexit in the United Kingdom

Notes

1. People who back the show on Patreon, get the show a day earlier as a benefit
2. Originally until 20 September 2017, "Pane In The Glass" by Lee Rosevere
3. At the time of recording, she was a Labour MP for Lewisham East,

References

1. "Podcast #1: Brexit and "The empty tyrannical genius of Theresa May"". Audioboom. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
2. @sturdyalex (29 October 2020). "Register" (Tweet). Retrieved 18 September 2022 – via Twitter.
3. Sawyer, Miranda; Verdier, Hannah; Usborne, Simon; Shariatmadari, David; Dredge, Stuart (29 October 2017). "Best podcasts of 2017 part 1: from the buzziest to politics and brain food". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
4. "Broadcasting Press Guild Awards 2018 – Radio nominations". Broadcasting Press Guild. 22 February 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
5. "Ed Miliband, Sir David Attenborough, Dame Hilary Mantel and Prue Leith among winners at the 44th Broadcasting Press Guild Awards". Broadcasting Press Guild. 16 March 2018. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
6. Festival, Stoke Newington Literary. "Stoke Newington Literary Festival – Remainiacs". www.stokenewingtonliteraryfestival.com. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
7. "Oh God What Now - Live at Leeds: What's On: City Varieties Music Hall: Leeds Heritage Theatres". leedsheritagetheatres.com. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
8. "Remainiacs Tickets".
9. "Oh God, What Now? - Live in Brighton — The Old Market, Brighton and Hove". The Old Market. 8 June 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
10. "Remainiacs: A Brexit Podcast". Ticketsolve – Leicester Square Theatre. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
11. Live, Podcast. "Podcast Live: Politics". Podcast Live. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
12. "Secret Surveys and Dodgy Donations". Audioboom. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
13. "Order! The one with JOHN BERCOW". Acast. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
14. "Special edition: TONY BLAIR on this week's crisis, how to win another Referendum and more". Audioboom. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
15. "The One With Vince Cable". Audioboom. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
16. "ALASTAIR CAMPBELL on the Battle against Brexit". Audioboom. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
17. "NICK CLEGG tells us how to stop Brexit… really!". Audioboom. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
18. "The One With Nick Cohen". Audioboom. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
19. "WILL POWER: What the People's Vote March means. Plus special guest NICK COHEN of The Observer". Audioboom. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
20. "Let's Dance! Labour Euro MP SEB DANCE's inside track on No Deal, Corbyn and more". Audioboom. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
21. "A BREXMAS CAROL with guests Femi from OFOC and Seb Dance MEP". Audioboom. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
22. "Special guest GAVIN ESLER on Referendum rage, BBC in crisis and the Brexit 50p. PLUS inside The Ladybird Book Of Brexit". Audioboom. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
23. "AC Grayling on Brexit vs. Democracy". Audioboom. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
24. "HARD BREXIT, HERE WE COME? with guest David Allen Green". Audioboom. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
25. "DAVID LAMMY MP on the Windrush fallout and the dirty roots of Brexit". Audioboom. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
26. "Lords Almighty! Unpicking that rebellion with our special guest, Greens co-leader CAROLINE LUCAS MP". Audioboom. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
27. ""People's Vote? I'm in!" DEBORAH MEADEN of Dragon's Den is our special guest". Audioboom. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
28. "The one with Gina Miller". Audioboom. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
29. "WELCOME TO FANTASY ISLAND plus our first Leaver guest, Oliver Norgrove". Audioboom. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
30. "James O'Brien vs. the Brex-o-sphere". Audioboom. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
31. "INFINITE CRISIS! Special guest crossover with JAMES O'BRIEN and DAVID SCHNEIDER". Audioboom. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
32. "Double-guest special with FEMI from OFOC and BILLY BRAGG". Audioboom. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
33. "A BREXMAS CAROL with guests Femi from OFOC and Seb Dance MEP". Audioboom. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
34. "The One With Matthew Parris". Audioboom. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
35. "JAY RAYNER on the Brexit food fiasco". Audioboom. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
36. "Knowing me, knowing EU with DAVID SCHNEIDER". Audioboom. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
37. "INFINITE CRISIS! Special guest crossover with JAMES O'BRIEN and DAVID SCHNEIDER". Audioboom. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
38. "SELLING BRITAIN BY THE POUND: Shorting sterling, blowing out business". Audioboom. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
39. "No Lexit Strategy: special guest ZOE WILLIAMS on the Brexit battle on the Left". Audioboom. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
40. "The Bunker on acast". acast. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
41. Bunker, The (4 February 2020). "Our debut week has exceeded all our expectations, as we landed at #2 in the charts and straight onto the New and Noteworthy page! We'd be rubbing shoulders with Peter Crouch, if he weren't so tall. Help us kick on by subscribing on @ApplePodcasts:https://apple.co/2GPePkX". @bunker_pod. Retrieved 5 February 2020.

External links

• Remainiacs' homepage
• Link to the Audioboom page, which has all the shows available