Richard Porritt, Cash Boyle and Matt Withers return to bring you the week’s news, politics, gags, gaffes and guests in The New Normal. This week they discuss the continuing fallout of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, the risk to those left behind and the rise of the regional arm of Islamic State. Bobby Duffy, director of The Policy Institute at King's College London, joins us to talk about Generations, his new book exploring whether when we’re born determines our attitudes to money, sex, religion, politics and much else. The government’s planned £20-a-week cut to universal credit is well and truly Cashed and burned. Plus there's an announcement. Music: 8 Bit Sauce by Mikey Geiger

Richard Porritt, Cash Boyle and Matt Withers return to bring you the week’s news, politics, gags, gaffes and guests in The New Normal. This week they discuss the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, the rapid Taliban takeover, the UK government's faltering response and what the future might hold. As James Dyson becomes the latest figure to demand an immediate return to the office, Nicky Hoyland, CEO of tech firm Huler, joins us to explain why remote working has its benefits. Dr Hannah Bradshaw of Washington and Jefferson College in Pennsylvania pops by to tell us about her study showing that fussy eaters who avoid new foods are less likely to be thought sexually attractive. Plus there's Nando's running out of chicken and what it says about Brexit and the sad passing of the brilliant Sean Lock. Music: 8 Bit Sauce by Mikey Geiger For more information about Hannah Bradshaw's work, click here.

Matt Withers and Cash Boyle return to bring you the week’s news, politics, gags, gaffes and guests in The New Normal. This week they discuss the government's decision to let vaccinated holidaymakers to France, Dubai and India avoid quarantine on their return, the news UK musicians will be able to tour visa-free in 19 EU countries and why nobody seems to care about the whiff of Conservatism corruption. Juliet Bernard of UK Hand Knitting joins us to talk about what effect Tom Daley's poolside projects have had on the pastime's reputation. Plus the latest from the fevered mind of Dominic Cummings and why it's possible to like both football and the Olympics.

Matt Withers and Cash Boyle return to bring you the week’s news, politics, gags, gaffes and guests in The New Normal. This week they discuss the anger at the BBC not showing Olympic events it's not able to show, Sajid Javid calling on people not to cower from Covid and the latest target of the anti-woke brigade: the RNLI. Professor Michael Parkinson, honorary professor at the University of Liverpool, joins us to talk about UNESCO's decision to strip the city of its World Heritage status and what it means. Plus we pay tribute to The X Factor as it vanishes from our screens and wonder how making a horse look a bit like it's dancing became a sport. Music: 8 Bit Sauce by Mikey Geiger

Richard Porritt, Cash Boyle and Matt Withers return to bring you the week’s news, politics, gags, gaffes and guests in The New Normal. This week they discuss the pingdemic, Covid passports, rising case numbers and what it all means for the weeks and months ahead. There's analysis of Dominic Cumming's latest TV special and the behind-closed-doors start of the Tokyo Olympics. Plus Priti Patel's latest wheeze to treat journalists as spies, and what to do in this awful, awful heat. Music: 8 Bit Sauce by Mikey Geiger

Richard Porritt, Cash Boyle and Matt Withers return to bring you the week’s news, politics, gags, gaffes and guests in The New Normal. This week they discuss the toxic racism that followed England's Euros final defeat, the government surviving a rebellion to pass cuts to the foreign aid budget and the impending chaos of whether we're expected to wear masks or not next week. James Grimes, founder of anti-gambling harm campaign group The Big Step, joins us to talk about his organisation's attempts to force a change in football’s relationship with betting. Plus there is, of course, discussion of the man who attempted to unite a nation by putting a flare up his backside. Music: 8 Bit Sauce by Mikey Geiger For more information about Gambling with Lives, the group set up by the families and friends of young people who had taken their own lives as a direct result of gambling, click here.

Richard Porritt, Cash Boyle and Matt Withers return to bring you the week’s news, politics, gags, gaffes and guests in The New Normal. This week they discuss Gareth Southgate's Glory Boys' unassailable march to the Euro 2020 title and Boris Johnson's determination to lift all Covid restrictions come what may. Historian Alex von Tunzelmann joins us to talk about her new book about the toppling of statues, Fallen Idols, while artist Ben Turnbull drops by to discuss his retrospective exhibition at London's Saatchi Gallery, American History Remix. Plus there's analysis of Priti Patel's latest asylum overhaul plans, an unexpected Labour victory in the Batley and Spen by-election and a market stall which peddled Bert Simpson t-shirts. Music: 8 Bit Sauce by Mikey Geiger

Richard Porritt, Cash Boyle and Matt Withers return to bring you the week’s news, politics, gags, gaffes and guests in The New Normal. This week they discuss Matt Hancock's resignation and Gareth Southgate's Glory Boys' unassailable march to the Euro 2020 title. Deepa Mistry and Steve Day from campaigners BuildingSafetyCrisis.org join us to discuss the Polluter Pays Bill, a piece of legislation aimed at tackling the cladding crisis. And Cash and Burn turns its attention to the berks who accosted England's chief medical officer and unlikely sex symbol Chris Whitty. Music: 8 Bit Sauce by Mikey Geiger

Richard Porritt, Cash Boyle and Matt Withers return to bring you the week’s news, politics, gags, gaffes and guests in The New Normal. This week they discuss five years since the Brexit vote and Conservative MP Joy Morrissey's call for all homes to display a portrait of the Queen. Comedy writer Sara Gibbs joins us to talk about her new book Drama Queen, about life as an autistic woman, while Matt Hubbard of Lloyds Banking Group sets out the state of the housing market post-pandemic. And we ask whether forcing children to sing One Britain One Nation at school is the way to head off the threat of Scottish independence. Music: 8 Bit Sauce by Mikey Geiger

Richard Porritt, Cash Boyle and Matt Withers return to bring you the week’s news, politics, gags, gaffes and guests in The New Normal. This week they discuss the unsurprising postponement of the end of Covid restrictions, the latest dispatch from the keyboard of Dominic Cummings and GB News' much-vaunted launch falling foul of some Bart Simpson-style pranks. Plus we ask whether Denmark's footballers should have played on after Christian Eriksen's collapse, a Magdalen College mea culpa and some red-hot ice-skating chat.  Music: 8 Bit Sauce by Mikey Geiger

Richard Porritt, Cash Boyle and Matt Withers return to bring you the week’s news, politics, gags, gaffes and guests in The New Normal. This week they discuss the G7 Summit in Cornwall, the removal of the Queen's portrait from an Oxford college and whether England's footballers are really taking the knee due to a 19-century German philosopher. Plus there's the government's dodgy Covid deals, The Sun's continuing obsession with covering the coronavirus crisis through the prism of pubs and more cultural tips to get you through the weekend. Music: 8 Bit Sauce by Mikey Geiger

Richard Porritt, Matt Withers and Cash Boyle return to bring you the week’s news, politics, gags, gaffes and guests in The New Normal. This week they discuss the potential postponement of the next stage of lockdown lifting, Brexiteer Wetherspoon boss Tim Martin's calls for more EU migration to staff his pubs and next year's bonus bank holiday. Film critic Michael Joyce joins us to recommend what to see at the cinema this summer before they're all shut down again. Plus talk of turning 30, provincial nightclubs and Freddy Marks from Rod, Jane and Freddy (RIP). Music: 8 Bit Sauce by Mikey Geiger

Richard Porritt, Cash Boyle and Matt Withers return to bring you the week’s news, politics, gags, gaffes and guests in The New Normal. This week they discuss Dominic Cummings' marathon assault on the government's coronavirus handling and Rob Roberts, the suspended sex pest MP who has dodged a by-election. Human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell joins us to talk about the LGBT movement, coping with threats and his new Netflix documentary, Hating Peter Tatchell. And we share more tips for the best in culture - including a film in an actual cinema. Music: 8 Bit Sauce by Mikey Geiger

Richard Porritt, Cash Boyle and Matt Withers return to bring you the week’s news, politics, gags, gaffes and guests in The New Normal. This week they discuss the confusion over the government's traffic light system for foreign travel, the surprise return of British Rail and the prospect of a tariff-free trade deal with Australia. Labour MP Jon Cruddas joins us to talk about the future of work, his party's fortunes and his new book The Dignity of Labour. The team share their trips for holidaying in Britain should South Georgia prove a logistical leap too far. And there's a quiz to see whether you should be entitled to UK citizenship. Music: 8 Bit Sauce by Mikey Geiger

Richard Porritt, Cash Boyle and Matt Withers return to bring you the week’s news, politics, gags, gaffes and guests in The New Normal. This week they discuss the contents of the Queen's Speech, the aftermath of last week's election results and, in Cash and Burn, the EU citizens left in limbo. Chief officer of the Cheshire Association of Local Councils turned viral video sensation and now Brits star Jackie Weaver joins us to talk local democracy, her new podcast and whether she's heading for the Strictly dancefloor. And we share more tips for the best in culture to get you through what remains of lockdown. Music: 8 Bit Sauce by Mikey Geiger

Richard Porritt, Cash Boyle and Matt Withers return to bring you the week’s news, politics, gags, gaffes and guests in The New Normal. This week they discuss Boris Johnson sending patrol vessels to Jersey, Donald Trump's extended Facebook ban and, in Cash and Burn, the reinstatement of the Atlanta police officer who was fired after fatally shooting Rayshard Brooks. Former Labour-turned-Change-UK MP Mike Gapes joins us to talk about the short life and death of the centrist breakaway group, while Eshin Jolly of Dartmouth College tells us about his research showing why gossip is actually good for you. And having consumed nothing cultural in the past seven days, the team look ahead to an all-English Champions League final. Music: 8 Bit Sauce by Mikey Geiger

Richard Porritt, Cash Boyle and Matt Withers return to bring you the week’s news, politics, gags, gaffes and guests in The New Normal. This week they discuss Boris Johnson's various ongoing controversies, Arlene Foster's defenestration as DUP leader and Northern Ireland's first minister and, in Cash and Burn, the UK government slashing its funding to the UN's global family planning programme. Election agent William Cooper joins us to explain what election agents actually do ahead of next week's Super Thursday polls, while Gareth Wild tells us how he became a global sensation by spending six years parking his car in every spot of the Bromley Sainsbury's car park. And we share more tips for the best in culture to get you through what remains of lockdown. Music: 8 Bit Sauce by Mikey Geiger

Richard Porritt, Cash Boyle and Matt Withers return to bring you the week’s news, politics, gags, gaffes and guests in The New Normal. This week they discuss the short-lived European Super League, Boris Johnson's textual intercourse with James Dyson and the conviction of Derek Chauvin for the killing of George Floyd. Geri Scott, Westminster correspondent for the Yorkshire Post, joins us to look ahead to next month's English council and mayoral elections, and to say goodbye to the government briefings that never were. And we share our tips for the best in culture to get you through what remains of lockdown. Music: 8 Bit Sauce by Mikey Geiger

Richard Porritt, Cash Boyle and Matt Withers return to bring you the week’s news, politics, gags, gaffes and guests in The New Normal. This week they discuss the death of Prince Philip and the wall-to-wall media coverage, Shirley Williams passing away at 90 and the growing Greensill lobbying scandal. Irish computer scientist Sheree Atcheson joins us to talk about her new book Demanding More: Why Diversity and Inclusion Don't Happen and What You Can Do About It. And we analyse the court battle of the year: Colin the Caterpillar v Cuthbert the Caterpillar. Music: 8 Bit Sauce by Mikey Geiger Buy Sheree Atcheson's book here

Matt Withers and Cash Boyle return to bring you the week’s news, politics, gags, gaffes and guests in The New Normal. This week they discuss the vaccine roll-out, public confidence and the reopening of pubs with holidaying host Richard Porritt and Abbie Carter from Norwich's Last Pub Standing. Laura McAllister, professor of public policy at Cardiff University's School of Law and Politics and former Wales football captain, tells us why she's standing for FIFA Council and what to expect from next month's Senedd election. And we examine Northern Ireland's riots and why they're being largely ignored by the British media. Music: 8 Bit Sauce by Mikey Geiger Find out more about Norwich's Last Pub Standing here And more about Laura McAllister's FIFA Council campaign here