Session Det

When Electoral Dysfunction launched in March, Sky News knew it’d need to stand out in the politics podcast space.
Political editor Beth Rigby teamed up with Labour’s Jess Phillips and Conservative peer Ruth Davidson. The idea was that their no-nonsense styles and decades of experience would offer an unvarnished view on the week in Westminster and beyond.

It set out to look at political leaders and their policies – how they’re written and how they’re sold to voters – to try to explain what’s really going on.
Less than three months in, the podcast has topped charts and developed a loyal fanbase which is at the heart of the conversation on each episode.

Here, Beth, Jess and Ruth tell the Times Magazine’s associate editor, and cover presenter of the Off Air podcast, Jane Mulkerrins about what they’ve learnt in their first three months of podcasting and how they’ll continue to explain decisions and policies as the election draws closer.