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It's #TECHWEEK here at TUP HQ, and in todays episode Ada is joined by cybersecurity expert Graham Cluley. Graham has worked in the industry for over 30 years including at some of the biggest players, Sophos and McAfee, as well as hosting his own award winning podcast and has even been inducted into Europe's Cybersec Hall of Fame! They discuss future cyber threats, election hacks, Edward Snowden, ransomware and much more! (As well as suggesting some easy ways to protect yourself and your data!) Tune in during the rest of #TECHWEEK for more in depth interviews on all things tech and politics! ================================================== Support TUP and gain some cool benefits in the process: Patreon.com/tup Join in the community over on our Facebook group for more discussion: bit.ly/tupgroup Check out our interviews and video content over on YouTube: bit.ly/tupyt And you can also troll us on twitter @TheTUPShow Copyright © 2020 Totally Unprepared Media. All rights reserved.

It's #TECHWEEK here at TUP HQ, and today in the studio is one of Ada's hero's... Scott Manley! Scott is one of the the biggest Space content creators in the YouTubiverse, and is a great educator and source of information on the history and technology involved in space travel. He joins Jack and Ada to talk about the politics that got us into space, the billionaires space race and the potential of interplanetary politics. but there was no way they could resist also asking about China's ambitions, Britain's cancelled "Lipstick Rocket" and the logistics of space warfare... FLY SAFE! Tune in during the rest of #TECHWEEK for more in depth interviews on all things tech and politics! ================================================== Support TUP and gain some cool benefits in the process: Patreon.com/tup Join in the community over on our Facebook group for more discussion: bit.ly/tupgroup Check out our interviews and video content over on YouTube: bit.ly/tupyt And you can also troll us on twitter @TheTUPShow Copyright © 2020 Totally Unprepared Media. All rights reserved.

It's the start of a new decade of Totally Unprepared Politics and to kick off #TECHWEEK in style Jack and Ada are joined by two close friends and regulars on the show, Biologist Jon the Magnificent and Tech YouTuber and Podcaster extraordinaire Retro Ravi, for an overview on the future technologies that excite us each the most. From General AI to Personal Medicine, Cyber Warfare to Asteroid Mining we all have our own view on how the future will look and what will be most revolutionary! Tune in during the rest of #TECHWEEK for deep dives on Space, Green Energy and Cyber warfare with some awesome guests! ================================================== Support TUP and gain some cool benefits in the process: Patreon.com/tup Join in the community over on our Facebook group for more discussion: bit.ly/tupgroup Check out our interviews and video content over on YouTube: bit.ly/tupyt And you can also troll us on twitter @TheTUPShow Copyright © 2020 Totally Unprepared Media. All rights reserved.

It's 2020 for the first time on the regular TUP Show! Unfortunately Donald Trump has possibly started world war 3 and huge areas of Australia are on fire. So there isn't much to celebrate. We also talk Benjamin Netanyahu, HS2, Trees For Cities, British Carbon Emissions, the banning of Menthol and flavoured cigarettes and 2 other stories about drones and anti vaxxers in 19th century. Also it's episode 50 YAY! We didn't notice until after recording so we don't mention it though... ================================================== Support TUP and gain some cool benefits in the process: Patreon.com/tup Join in the community over on our Facebook group for more discussion: bit.ly/tupgroup Check out our interviews and video content over on YouTube: bit.ly/tupyt And you can also troll us on twitter @TheTUPShow

In Celebration of a year of Totally Unprepared Politics we hand out awards to our favourite things from 2019. Jack and Ada bring a nomination for each category and then argue about who's is better. Just listen it's great... Happy New Year! ================================================== Support TUP and gain some cool benefits in the process: Patreon.com/tup Join in the community over on our Facebook group for more discussion: bit.ly/tupgroup Check out our interviews and video content over on YouTube: bit.ly/tupyt And you can also troll us on twitter @TheTUPShow

Happy New Year! It is the end of 2019 and the start of a new decade so instead of our usual look back of what we have done this month we are going above and beyond and talking about our favourite moments from behind the scenes from the past year! Stay tuned to this show to hear about our favourite guests, protests and hear some funny stories about everyone from Steve Bray to Callum Beattie and from places such as Stratford and Durham. ================================================== Support TUP and gain some cool benefits in the process: Patreon.com/tup Join in the community over on our Facebook group for more discussion: bit.ly/tupgroup Check out our interviews and video content over on YouTube: bit.ly/tupyt And you can also troll us on twitter @TheTUPShow

It's nearly the new year! And this is the last episode of the decade! In this last week of the year we have Tom Watson calling out the Labour Party, Trump revealing the name of who he believes to be the Ukraine whistleblower and the success of Operation Venice to fight moped crime being revealed. We also talk social media, Road Wars and Arsenal, as well as trying to solve a mystery in Japan, trying to figure out Boris Johnson's "Interesting" bridge and discuss in disbelief the releasing of the addresses of the Government Honours List recipients. Happy New Year! We wish you a succesful 2020 and hope you will continue to listen to Totally Unprepared Politics! ================================================== Support TUP and gain some cool benefits in the process: Patreon.com/tup Join in the community over on our Facebook group for more discussion: bit.ly/tupgroup Check out our interviews and video content over on YouTube: bit.ly/tupyt And you can also troll us on twitter @TheTUPShow

Trump has been impeached but apparently that means nothing, Ada and Johnny argue about the future of the Labour Party and Chlorinated Chicken is one of many demands Trump has pushed for in the US UK post BREXIT trade deal. We also talk about Big Ben's BREXIT bong, Pablo Escobar's brother, a Christmas card spy story and who should lead the Labour party. Merry Christmas! ================================================== Support TUP and gain some cool benefits in the process: Patreon.com/tup Join in the community over on our Facebook group for more discussion: bit.ly/tupgroup Check out our interviews and video content over on YouTube: bit.ly/tupyt And you can also troll us on twitter @TheTUPShow

Its a late episode for Christmas! Chatting the aftermath of the 2019 General Election and Boris Johnson's victory. Is Corbyn to blame for Labours failure? Is Brexit a done deal now? Can Labour ever recover? All that as well as a Christmas present from North Korea, a new law making lying illegal and a new test to help us fight meteors. ================================================== Support TUP and gain some cool benefits in the process: Patreon.com/tup Join in the community over on our Facebook group for more discussion: bit.ly/tupgroup Check out our interviews and video content over on YouTube: bit.ly/tupyt And you can also troll us on twitter @TheTUPShow

There is only 3 days to go until the General Election! Jack and Ada sit down to talk Boris, Jeremy and Jo as well as the Tories new immigration plan after Brexit and NATO laughing at Donald Trump. There is also chat about the Nuclear boy scout, Farage's post Brexit party, lofi Boriswave and Jordan Peterson's new right wing Patreon. Merry General Election! Catch the next episode after polling day! ================================================== Support TUP and gain some cool benefits in the process: Patreon.com/tup Join in the community over on our Facebook group for more discussion: bit.ly/tupgroup Check out our interviews and video content over on YouTube: bit.ly/tupyt And you can also troll us on twitter @TheTUPShow

Next up in Activism Week we sit down with Dr Sara Uckelman on the final day of the UCU Strikes to give the teachers a chance to explain why they are striking, how their union works and what can be done by regular people who support the movement. There is also some heartfelt chat about teachers pay and pensions, the difficulties of being heard and the benefit of union solidarity. Activism Week is on all week! So stay tuned to Totally Unprepared Politics for daily doses of activists views and hear how protesters with many issues can win their respective fights! ================================================== Support TUP and gain some cool benefits in the process: Patreon.com/tup Join in the community over on our Facebook group for more discussion: bit.ly/tupgroup Check out our interviews and video content over on YouTube: bit.ly/tupyt And you can also troll us on twitter @TheTUPShow Copyright © 2019 Totally Unprepared Media. All rights reserved.

For our second instalment in Activism Week we welcome Alan Margdhun the President of the Durham Miners Association on to the podcast to tell us all about the infamous Miners Strikes. We also get some insights into what the Association does now that all the mines have closed, find out about the incredible Red Hills Miners Hall, learn about the creation of the Union and hear some advice for social change movements that can help with their activism. There is a whole bunch of other shows coming your way for Activism week so stay tuned to Totally Unprepared Politics to keep up with everything coming your way! ================================================== Support TUP and gain some cool benefits in the process: Patreon.com/tup Join in the community over on our Facebook group for more discussion: bit.ly/tupgroup Check out our interviews and video content over on YouTube: bit.ly/tupyt And you can also troll us on twitter @TheTUPShow

Special guest Alastair returns to the show to chat about Donald Trumps UK Visit, Corbyn's poll rise and Matt Hancocks promise to provide genome sequencing to children across the UK. Theres a mention for the Queen, UKIP and Channel 4's climate debate stunt too! Also theres some whole mad thing about Smart toilets (yes they're a thing) and whether or not they are a good idea, a gimmick or just more big data collection. It is also Activism Week for us at Totally Unprepared Politics at the moment so if you want to hear in depth interviews with a variety of activist groups head on over to our podcast feed as they will be coming your way all week! ================================================== Support TUP and gain some cool benefits in the process: Patreon.com/tup Join in the community over on our Facebook group for more discussion: bit.ly/tupgroup Check out our interviews and video content over on YouTube: bit.ly/tupyt And you can also troll us on twitter @TheTUPShow

Welcome to Activism Week! For our first episode we have a special guest, a spokesperson from Extinction Rebellion: Linda to tell us all about XR. Find out about how the protests work, what the plans are for the future and some discussion on the effectiveness of disruptive protests. We also ask some hard questions about the aims of the protests, the fallout from some of Extinction Rebellions actions and ask whether XR would stop if there demands were met in the future. Activism Week will be here with fascinating interviews with famous protest groups all week so stay tuned to Totally Unprepared Politics ================================================== Support TUP and gain some cool benefits in the process: Patreon.com/tup Join in the community over on our Facebook group for more discussion: bit.ly/tupgroup Check out our interviews and video content over on YouTube: bit.ly/tupyt And you can also troll us on twitter @TheTUPShow Copyright © 2019 Totally Unprepared Media. All rights reserved.

The Totally Behind The Scenes Show returns to tell you all about what Jack, Ada and Totally Unprepared Politics have been up to this past month. From the failures, to the successes and from the guests to the grand TUP announcements. Chatting Jacks trip to the Durham Miners Association, finding Extinction Rebellion spokespeople and we go over our favourite moments from Eco-week. If you want to know what running TUP is like and hear about all the trials and tribulations then you are in the right place. ================================================== Support TUP and gain some cool benefits in the process: Patreon.com/tup Join in the community over on our Facebook group for more discussion: bit.ly/tupgroup Check out our interviews and video content over on YouTube: bit.ly/tupyt And you can also troll us on twitter @TheTUPShow