We Cover the Earth

Two thirds of the earth is covered in water, the rest is covered by London Calling. But this week we've left London behind as James and Toby find themselves on opposite sides of the world – Toby in Canada, James in Hong Kong – and whether jet lag gets worse as you get older.

James says Hong Kong may not be a democracy any longer, but then, neither is the UK, while Toby tells him how much he’s enjoying being in Canada, not least because there are plenty of conservatives in rural areas who have no time for their Prime Minister.

Then it's on to discuss the news of the hour – Tucker Carlson’s departure from Fox News – with James claiming it’s because he’s too Team James and Toby thinking it’s because the Murdochs were embarrassed about having to settle the Dominion law suit.

They aslo pay tribute to the late Barry Humphries, briefly discuss the candidacy of Robert Kennedy Jr, explore the pro-natalist movement (to which James is sympathetic, although he gets sidetracked into talking about his new theory that Greta Thunberg is a small, hairless man.)

In Culture Corner, they discuss The Playlist, The Night Agent, and The Whale. Falling off the bookshelf is Anna Karenina, which James is reading in Hong Kong, and Andrew Roberts’s magisterial Churchill biography, which Toby is listening to in Canada.

Opening sound this week is the Canadian Prime Minister rewriting history on the vaccine mandates.