<p>You can watch this episode on YouTube: <a href="https://youtu.be/81-0uu_POWE" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/81-0uu_POWE</a></p><br><p>On the rocket of sweet reason this week we are avoiding talking about the May elections, so hold tight for a bumper episode next week!</p><br><p>Meanwhile, Allison reflects on one hundred years of Sir David Attenborough as he celebrates his birthday this coming Friday and shares her memories of interviewing him in the Venezuelan rainforest nearly 30 years ago.</p><br><p>Liam breaks down the economic fallout of the continuing to impact consumer prices and why the government is paying more in borrowing costs than it did in 1998.</p><br><p>Return stowaway and advocate for financial education, Justin Urquhart-Stewart straps in to give your co-pilots a view of the geopolitical landscape as the to and fro of the Strait of Hormuz continues to impact food, energy and production prices across the world…</p><br><p><strong>Highlights:&nbsp;</strong></p><ul><li>Planet Normal: Happy birthday to Sir David Attenborough!</li><li>Allison recalls her Venezuelan rainforest interview with Sir David Attenborough&nbsp;</li><li>Blockades in the Strait of Hormuz continue to threaten global energy supplies and UK inflation.</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Sign up to our most popular newsletter, From the Editor. Look forward to receiving free-thinking comment and the day's biggest stories, every morning. <a href="http://telegraph.co.uk/fromtheeditor" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">telegraph.co.uk/fromtheeditor</a> |</p><p>LIAM HALLIGAN and SERGE KOGAN - London to Paris in 24 hours - ON A TANDEM: <a href="https://www.justgiving.com/page/liam-halligan-serge-kogan" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.justgiving.com/page/liam-halligan-serge-kogan</a> |</p><p>Read Allison: 'The day an unflappable David Attenborough saved me from a gun-toting militia': <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/05/07/david-attenborough-saved-me-from-a-gun-toting-militia/ " rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/05/07/david-attenborough-saved-me-from-a-gun-toting-militia/ </a>|</p><p>Read Allison ‘We all know who is to blame for the rise in anti-Semitism – and it is not Israel’: <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/05/05/we-know-who-to-blame-for-the-rise-in-anti-semitism/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/05/05/we-know-who-to-blame-for-the-rise-in-anti-semitism/</a> |</p><p>Read more from Allison: <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/a/ak-ao/allison-pearson/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/a/ak-ao/allison-pearson/</a> |&nbsp;</p><p>Read Liam ‘Labour is steering Britain into a bond market meltdown’: <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/05/03/labours-political-antics-could-spark-bond-market-meltdown/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/05/03/labours-political-antics-could-spark-bond-market-meltdown/</a> |</p><p>Read more from Liam: <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/liam-halligan/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/liam-halligan/</a> |</p><p>Read Liam’s Substack: <a href="https://liamhalligan.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://liamhalligan.substack.com/</a> |</p><p>Need help subscribing or reviewing? Learn more about podcasts here:</p><p><a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/radio/podcasts/podcast-can-find-best-ones-listen/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/radio/podcasts/podcast-can-find-best-ones-listen/</a> |</p><p>Email: [email protected] |</p><p>For 30 days’ free access to The Telegraph: <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/normal" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/normal</a> |</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>