6. John's Return to The Amazon
John Simpson's World Podcast
Seven days from even the tiniest village, John gets shipwrecked, circled by a hungry jaguar, harpoons monkeys for dinner, dices with piranhas, sips hallucinogenic drugs from a cauldron and encounters a six foot goldfish wearing a hat and sunglasses (unsurprisingly, as a direct result of imbibing what was in the cauldron). John’s stories of the Amazon are legendary and he’s managed to persuade the BBC, who are apparently reluctant to let him die on their watch, to let him return to the Amazon soon. Yikes
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5. What Will Happen to the EU (when Britain leaves)?
John Simpson's World Podcast
Assuming Britain makes the leap what's next for the UK & for Europe? Will the US help out? Will the Chinese take an interest? And WTF is happening in France? With over 53 years as a foreign reporter (including time as ‘the BBC Common Market Correspondent’) John Simpson has an idea about what we might be facing. On this unmissable episode John and producer Lisa Francesca Nand debate the reasons behind the leave vote & delve into the possibilities that might befall both the EU and Britain if/when we leave
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4. What’s Really Happening in Russia?
John Simpson's World Podcast
Once again John nail’s it with his experienced view on what is happening in the world, this time in Russia. Is Russia the superpower they want us to believe they are? Why did the US play such a foolish game after the collapse of communism? Do we need to be worried about Putin and indeed his increasingly cosy relationship with China? What IS it with those semi-naked horse photos? Should Boris Johnson pose semi-naked on a horse? And crucially, could John Simpson have Vladimir Putin in a fight?
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3. What’s Really Happening in the US?
John Simpson's World Podcast
If you’ve found yourself wondering WTF is going on in the USA – which we’re pretty sure the whole world has – this episode is for you. With over 53 years of political reporting John gives us his unique take on American politics and the reason behind the success of Trump. Along with producer Lisa Francesca Nand, John talks news reporting, perceived BBC bias, Brexit, immigrants, guns, the electoral college system, Facebook fiddling and why we should Make America Cool Again. You heard it here first.
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2. 18 Months to Save the Human Race?
John Simpson's World Podcast
Have we reached a crisis point in the race to save the planet from doom? And do we only have, as Prince Charles said, 18 months to save the human race? Whilst we’ve all been busy talking about Brexit, Trump and China have we let it get too late to do something about the disastrous decline of the planet? On this episode John Simpson and his producer Lisa Francesca Nand talk big government initiatives, debauched heatwaves and question whether we really do have 18 months to save us all from disaster.
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1. Why Are We Here...? Introducing John Simpson's World Podcast
John Simpson's World Podcast
Why is John Simpson is doing a podcast? Why he is not doing it with the BBC? On this episode John (and producer Lisa Francesca Nand) introduce the podcast, what topics we're going to cover in Season 1, some of the amazing guests we have lined up for Season 2, namedrop everyone John's met from Castro to Saddam Hussein and have the pleasure of hearing John say naughty words he can't usually get away with (don't listen with small children in ear shot). Welcome to John Simpson's World! You're going to love it.
info_outlineHave we reached a crisis point in the race to save the planet from doom? And do we only have, as Prince Charles said, 18 months to save the human race? Whilst we’ve all been busy talking about Brexit, Trump and China have we let it get too late to do something about the disastrous decline of the planet? On this episode John Simpson and his producer Lisa Francesca Nand talk big government initiatives, debauched heatwaves and question whether we really do have 18 months to save us all from disaster.
On this episode we cover:
Prince Charles saying we have 18 months to save the human race
Wondering if we actually have less than that
John’s crazy trip through Peru
Being too busy talking about Brexit, Trump and China that we have taken our eyes off the ball
We are facing absolute disaster
Being worried for his 13 year old son and a future of ‘horrible decline and despair’
Pressure needing to be put on our political leaders
Calls by the Green Party for greater initiatives
Big government initiatives needed
John Simpson being mistaken for David Attenborough (pisses John off)
has David Attenborough had plastic surgery…? (no we don’t really think so…)
But does have bow-legs
The gathering of commonwealth leaders in the next 18 months
Trump being pathetic when it comes to climate change
‘Short-termism killing us’ in democracies
Being too late for ordinary methods
We need to demonstrate in the streets
Whether John will demonstrate in the streets
Would his BBC contract permit him to…?
Reporting on the 2003 Iraq protests
There ain’t going to be an afterwards if we don’t watch it
Justifying flying around the world
Stopping eating meat
Public opinion shifting
People travelling more than ever
John’s travelling
Flying going to have to cost more
Train travel being expensive and out of reach of most families
Travel spreading love – cheesy but true!
Temperatures rising in the UK
London going to have the temperature of Barcelona
British resorts becoming more attractive
The heat wave of 2018 being rather debauched
Is the message getting through
M&S food being covered in plastic
Morrison’s stopping plastic wrapping on fruit and veg
Change will happen for commercial reasons
Generations gone by being better than us
John thinking we have less than 18 months to save the planet
Sea levels rising
Cities like New York, LA, London will be increasingly under threat
Indonesia, Malaysia, part of the African literal will be a matter of life and death
John not being much of a Trump fan…
Not liking deliberate lying and falsehoods
Parallels between Germany in the 1930s
The general public sleepwalking into Nazi Germany