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The Big Picture Podcast - Latest Episode now Live!

posted 23.06.14 at 1:00pm

The latest episode of the Big Picture podcast is now live - just follow the link to have a listen: http://urn1350.net/node/6465!

This show, first broadcast on June 18th 2014, was the last of the year, and longtime show stalwart David's final show. Taking the chair, he posed questions about the following topics to a panel of Seb and Luke:

- The ISIS incursions into Iraq, who was to blame, and what they meant for the future of the region;

- Scottish independence, in the wake of a series of celebrity endorsements and the official start of campaigning for the September referendum; and

- The Sun's free issue and the backlash against it, particularly surrounding Ed Miliband's pictorial endorsement.

We hope you enjoy, and do feel free to leave comments below if you want to join the debate.

Like the rest of URN's speech content, the Big Picture is now in its summer break. Regular episodes will resume in October 2014, so remember to keep tuning in to URN for more top-notch current affairs debate!

The Big Picture Podcast - ISIS in Iraq, Scottish Independence, and the Sun's "Free Issue"

23 June 2014 - 12:56pm — The Big Picture

In this final show of the 2013/14 academic year, first broadcast on June 18th 2014, David chairs the Big Picture for the last time in seven years. Joined by Seb and Luke, he posed questions on ISIS's incursion into Iraq; the ongoing political circus around Scottish independence; and the controversy over the Sun's "free issue" and Ed Miliband's apparent endorsement of it.

The Big Picture returns in October 2014. We hope you'll continue to listen in!

David's P.S. - Like anything you try to do on the fly, my list of people who've had a profound impact on the show was woefully lacking. Here's a fuller list, although inevitably even this will be incomplete. In any event, the Big Picture would not be where it is today without the input, care and attention of people such as: Steve Doran, Martin Orchard, Jason Maude, Kim Kotchanski, Will Cooling, Luke Middup, Matt Gayle, Thomas Preece, Simon Alvey, Simon Brown, Rob Lowcock, David "Jeff" Horsman,Charlie Bentley, Matt Bradshaw-Huges, Joseph Todd, Louis Cotgrove, and Jonnie Jenkin. Nothing like this show is a solo effort, and if my involvement has meant anything at all it's because of them, and not me. I only hope we did you all proud.


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