Personality Crisis
A podcast featuring John Cole of Balloon-Juice.com, New York Times Pitchbot and mistermix of heymistermix.com. The focus is on politics, and specifically the motivations and psychology of the personalities involved.
Personality Crisis
Episode 23: Jonn Elledge on Count Binface
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Jonn Elledge is a British author and journalist. He’s been columnist and assistant editor of the New Statesman, as well as a contributor to publications like The Guardian and I. He’s also the author of a number of books, including A Brief History of the World in 47 Borders and A Brief History of Cities in 32 Inventions.
In this episode, Dylan Ris and Jonn discuss Nigel Farage, his Brexit origin story, and why Reform is doing well. With that background, the discussion turns to Count Binface, the alien challenging Farage in the Clacton bi-election. Jonn has been a guest on Count Binface’s Trash Talk podcast, so he’s well-acquainted with Britain’s most famous visitor from the Sigma quadrant.
Jonn’s Substack, The Newsletter of (Not Quite) Everything: https://jonn.substack.com/
Jonn on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/jonnelledge.bsky.social
Jonn’s author page at Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B092PS3XJH
Jonn’s appearance on Count Binface’s podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2F5Ws9sqB9ysArJukaa1qc
