# Steve Richard

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Will the media allow Andy Burnham to generate hope?

Burnham is a natural, confident communicator - and he has promised change. including a National Care Service. But the media noise is about the need to be ‘realistic’, which usually means right wing. The noise is loud and will be difficult to overcome. Can he? The Rock & Roll Politics co-operative w…

Talia Hoit — When The Skies Fall | Metal Queens Podcast

Symphonic metal artist Talia Hoit joins Steve Richards on the Metal Queens Podcast to discuss her new album When The Skies Fall, out now via SAOL. Talia discusses her unique “piano confessional” songwriting process, the deeply personal stories behind the album, and how intimate piano-and-vocal comp…

Patton Reconsidered: James Ellman on the Real George S. Patton

Was George S. Patton really one of America's greatest generals? On this episode of Speaking of Writers, Steve Richards talks with historian and author James Ellman about his provocative new book, Patton Reconsidered: General George S. Patton Jr. as a Wartime Commander. Ellman strips away the famous…

Rock & Roll Politics Live: What has Andy Burnham unleashed?

An epic Rock & Roll Politics Live at Kings Place, the night after Burnham’s speech. Listen now to the recording of a show. The next is live on December 7th, stay tuned for more details to follow. Subscribe to Patreon here for exclusive extra content and bonus episodes, plus the regular podcast a da…

Rachel from ATYPICAL | Metal Queens Podcast

On this episode of Metal Queens Podcast, Steve Richards welcomes Rachel Cartwright, lead vocalist of Kansas City melodic hard rock and alternative metal band ATYPICAL. Rachel talks about the band's unexpected beginning, the creative chemistry that brought the members together, their emotionally cha…

Helle Bohdanova of IGNEA — MONUMENTAL, Nostalgia & Ukrainian Metal

Vocalist and lyricist Helle Bohdanova joins Steve Richards to discuss IGNEA's upcoming album Monumental, arriving October 23, 2026 via Napalm Records. Helle takes us inside an album inspired by nostalgia, retrofuturism, Cold War space exploration, modernist architecture, urban decay and the futures…

Neal Lipschutz — Long Arm of the Past: Murder, Mystery & Corporate Intrigue | Speaking of Writers

The past has a long reach — and Scott Morgan is about to find out just how far. Author and veteran journalist Neal Lipschutz joins Steve Richards on Speaking of Writers to talk about his new mystery thriller, Long Arm of the Past. A suspicious death leads Scott Morgan to hire former NYPD homicide d…

Rolling on the River: The new current in luxury cruising with AmaWaterways' Steve Richards

In this episode of Luxury Unpacked, host Fiona Dalton sits down with Steve Richards, managing director of AmaWaterways Australia and New Zealand, to unpack a category carrying an image that has not caught up with the product. River cruising is still described in some quarters as slower, quieter, a …

Is Kemi Badenoch the leader returning to the past?

The Tories and the media accuse Andy Burnham of taking Britain back to the 1970s. But is Kemi Badenoch the leader who is returning again - like all Tory leaders - to Thatcherism, at a time when voters are turning against the consequences of the 1980s? The next live Rock & Roll Politics show is on M…

Russian plague, death penalty horror, French riots – Weekly Wrap-Up with Seth Thévoz

Looking back at the past seven days… After two botched attempts by the State of Tennessee to execute her by lethal injection, convicted murderer Christa Pike is now reportedly awake and able to walk. Will this horrorshow of cruel incompetence shift opinions on the Death Penalty? Plus: the Kremlin …