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The Capitalist

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The Capitalist: where economics meets politics. New episodes every Wednesday. briefing.capx.co

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Booking probability

37%

Guest openness

Selective

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What has The Capitalist covered recently?

Recent episodes include "Mel Stride on the cost of instability" (20 May 2026, 46 minutes), "Despatch: Andy Burnham is overrated" (18 May 2026, 6 minutes), and "Kallum Pickering: The bond markets will decide Britain's PM" (13 May 2026, 35 minutes).

How often does The Capitalist publish?

The Capitalist publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 22 minutes across 359 episodes.

How hard is it to get booked on The Capitalist?

Booking probability for The Capitalist is 37%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Capitalist requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Capitalist's contact route on record: verified email.

Who should pitch The Capitalist?

The strongest fits for The Capitalist are Investment Banking & Trading and Business & Management Consulting. The Capitalist has a news audience.

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The Capitalist is a news podcast with 359 episodes published.

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Recent episodes

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  • May 20, 202646 minS1

    <p>Britain is paying more to borrow than any other major Western economy. So why is Labour preoccupied with internal power struggles? In a special live address, Shadow Chancellor Mel Stride delivers his account of...

  • May 18, 20266 minS0

    <p>Andy Burnham is heading for a leadership bid, and he's arrived with a big idea: Manchesterism. Apparently a form of business-friendly socialism, it's built on borrowing, backed by the Manchester skyline, and...

  • May 11, 20267 minS0

    <p>From fractured local elections to the rise of Reform and the Greens, British politics increasingly feels unstable, fragmented and unpredictable. Yet in this essay, Lee David Evans of the Mile End Institute argues...

  • May 6, 202629 minS1

    <p>When a business raises capital, it buys equipment, expands its operations, and hires people. That’s how investment becomes jobs. But the United Kingdom has ranked in the bottom quartile of advanced economies for...

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  • Apr 29, 202646 minS1

    <p>Britain may have stumbled almost accidentally into one of the best positions in the world to win the AI race. The question is whether it has the wit and will to press on.</p><br><p>Recorded live at the Margaret...

  • Apr 27, 20267 minS0

    <p>As grocery prices rise and political pressure mounts, radical solutions are back on the table – including state-owned food stores. In this essay, Jimmy Nicholls, writer of Poke the Bear and host of The Right...

  • Apr 22, 202618 minS1

    <p>The feminist case for capitalism is one of the most powerful arguments nobody seems to be making. Zoe Strimpel has decided to make it anyway.</p><br><p>A columnist for The Telegraph and author of Good Slut: How...

  • Apr 20, 20269 minS0

    <p>War in Iran. Energy bills set to spike again this summer. Electricity prices that have gone from among the lowest in Europe to among the highest. And a Government that appears to believe the answer is simply to press...

  • Apr 15, 202637 minS1

    <p>Britain's reputation for decline has taken on a life of its own online. But how much of it is real — and what would it actually take to fix?</p><br><p>Sam Dumitriu, head of policy at Britain Remade, joins CapX editor...

  • Apr 13, 20266 minS0

    <p>Labour's benefits reforms are now law. Ministers say they will cut poverty. Critics say they will simply transfer money from people who work to people who don't. Both sides are missing the point – because Britain's...

  • Apr 8, 202649 minS1

    <p>Liberalism is under its greatest threat since the 1930s. The question is whether its defenders have the nerve to admit why – and the ideas to fight back.</p><br><p>Adrian Wooldridge, Bloomberg columnist and author of...

  • Apr 1, 202631 minS1

    <p>The political map we grew up with is obsolete. What comes next could be far more turbulent than anything we've seen so far. Historian Stephen Davies, author of The Great Realignment, joins CapX editor Marc Sidwell to...

  • Mar 30, 20267 minS0

    <p>In the winter of 1973, Britain ran on three days a week. Candles lit homes, shops shut early, and a Prime Minister insisted everything was under control — right up until it wasn't. Half a century later, the warnings...

  • Mar 25, 202621 minS1

    <p>We have been telling ourselves the wrong story about recessions for four centuries. And the consequences of that error are bigger than you might think.</p><br><p>Dr. Tyler Goodspeed, former chair of the White House...

  • Mar 23, 20267 minS0

    <p>Rachel Reeves delivers her Mais lecture. Zack Polanski addresses the New Economics Foundation. Both correctly identify the wounds – and then reach for policies that will make them worse.</p><br><p>Britain's...

  • Mar 18, 202630 minS1

    <p>The Conservative Party has a plan to rebuild. But is it radical enough — and does it have the courage to see it through?</p><br><p>James Cowling, founder of Next Gen Tories, joins CapX editor Marc Sidwell to make the...

  • Mar 16, 202611 minS0

    <p>A Labour backbencher posts a forty-second video blaming Thatcher for Britain's economic woes — and the internet applauds. It's a familiar routine. But what if almost every claim in it is demonstrably, provably...

  • Mar 11, 202628 minS1

    <p>When war in Iran doubled gas prices overnight, Britain's energy vulnerabilities were suddenly impossible to ignore. But what's the real fix — and who's actually right?</p><br><p>Tim Leunig, former economic adviser to...

  • Mar 9, 20268 minS0

    <p>Under Zack Polanski, the Greens have quietly abandoned environmentalism in favour of something far more combustible: a coalition of economic grievance, communal tension, and calculated identity politics. And it's...

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