For Wales, See Wales
For Wales, See Wales is a podcast helping you better understand the most wonderful country on earth - Wales.
Each week we shine a light on the utterly bizarre (and often hilarious) world of Welsh politics and issues.
So many people care deeply about Cymru but very little attention is given to it by the wider UK media. This podcast aims to help fill this gap.
Guardian columnist Will Hayward along with comedians Mel Owen and Robin Morgan are here to pick apart the political scene in Wales with a combination of journalistic insight and satirical sideswipes.
For Wales, See Wales is a Hayman Media production.
Episodes
29 episodes
Ep28: Welsh independence support is at an all time high?!
This week the pod (minus Mel who is off betting on the dogs) ask the question on everyone's lips - why is steel making at Port Talbot not as important to the UK Government as Scunthorpe?Robin and Will then talk about a spike in support ...
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Episode 28
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35:47
Ep27: Why does Wales keep losing out?
Well this pod sure descended into carnage…The gang starts by looking at why Wales is paying its young people to leave (with Robin getting VERY angry when Will asks about his student debt).They then explore how the UK Government ha...
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Season 1
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Episode 27
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39:21
Ep26: Labour’s Spring Statement Strife
In this week’s episode, Will, Mel and Robin ponder whether an influx of global bad news stories is causing the public to minimise their current affairs consumption. The trio unpack what the UK Government’s highly-debated Spring Sta...
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Episode 26
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46:05
Ep25: The Plaid Cymru Conference
In this week’s episode, Will reports back to Mel and Robin on his time at the Plaid Cymru conference. The trio ask how likely it is that the Rhunicorn will become First Minister, and which policies will make the party stand out to the electorat...
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Episode 25
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49:34
Ep24: Who are the ‘mainstream media’?
In this week’s episode, Will, Mel and Robin discuss the media landscape in Wales and how it holds the Welsh Government to account. The trio ask whether a ‘mainstream media’ really exists and, if so, how’re we consuming their output in 2025?...
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Episode 24
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1:02:26
Ep23: What is the Crown Estate and should you care?
On a high after the live show Will gets all the way up on his high horse over Labour MPs voting to reject Wales getting extra cash. Robin breaks down exactly why he makes a perfect 60-year-old Conservative cabinet minister and Mel o...
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Season 1
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Episode 23
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50:31
For Wales See Wales LIVE from Cardiff!
This week’s episode is brought to you not just by the usual gang, but by a packed out audience at the Glee Club, aptly just a stone’s throw from the Senedd.In this special live recording, Robin, Mel and Will discuss what a Gŵyl Dewi ban...
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50:59
Ep21: Have Welsh Labour given up?
While the lads are devastated to be missing their (frankly) Welshest member they do their best to keep calm and carry on.Robin and Will take a look at how Wales has been really creative when it comes to sending young people abroad befor...
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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55:58
Ep20: Wales Shafted Again
A bumper episode where Will reveals he is both Moses and a serial frog murderer. The gang breakdown the cuts to the arts and sport in Wales before delving into why Cymru gets so much less money when it comes to National Parks. ...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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51:52
Ep19: What's for Breakfast?
In this week’s episode, the gang personally thank Darren Millar for creating content for them. No he didn’t come on the podcast, but he did jet off to Washington DC for a national prayer breakfast with Trump which was, apparently, more importan...
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Episode 19
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43:49
Ep18: Leaks and leeks
Robin is back from his stint in prison after being let out for good behaviour (obviously) and the reunited trio chow down on a juicy Welsh politics burger. This week Will reveals a leaked document that suggests chaos within the Wel...
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Episode 18
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44:42
Ep17: God bless the councillors!
“It wasn’t a Nazi salute I promise!” This week the pod covers everything from international politics to local government. Will starts fanboying over a group of Welsh local councillors who took on the Welsh Government and won whereas Mel...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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42:51
Ep16: Mark Drakeford, Cheese and Politics
For Wales, See Wales has their first ever guest in the form of former First Minister Mark Drakeford. What better way to welcome this cheese obsessed politician than with some brie, Caerphilly and…erm… Babybels? The gan...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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1:05:07
Ep15: Do Reform and Nigel Farage care about Wales?
In this week pod Will enters a rage spiral after Reform refuses to name a Welsh leader. The gang discuss whether Nigel Farage’s party (or should that be company) has Wales’ best interests at heart.Elsewhere Mel explains how Welsh cakes ...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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41:54
What can Wales do to reach ‘Net Zero’?
In this week’s episode, the For Wales See Wales gang get environmental. Will breaks down Wales’ position on the fight against climate change, Mel admits she is a high-emissions girly and Robin confesses a vendetta against Norman Price.F...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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1:03:50
Ep13: Predictions for 2025
Mel, Robin and Will put their heads together to make some bold predictions for what will happen in Welsh politics in 2025.Can we expect an official Welsh leader of Reform? Will the Tories change leader (again)? The gang make their predi...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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43:02
Ep12: It’s Quizmass time
Good Will (Hayward) to all men, red-breasted Christmas Robin (Morgan) and jingles Mels (Owen), it’s time for a festive pod. The gang gets very April 2020 and has a quiz. Turns out Mel loves power, Egghead Robin has a very competitive st...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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26:58
Ep11: Plaid Cymru’s day of reckoning
This week Mel asked the big question - “what are you wearing Will?”.Will (and his “Year 8 vibes”) talks through his interview with Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth.Robin and Mel break down and react to exactly how the Senedd mi...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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48:54
Ep10: The Welsh Tories' Massive Mistake
If you take one thing from this episode, know this - Mel does not want the church and state to mix.The team breaks down Andrew RT Davies using “the language of the farm” while Will eats Nigella Lawson’s cookies.Robin explains his ...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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49:51
Ep9: Polls, First Ministers, Danny Dyer and shoe horns
The team breakdown an “earthquake” of a new poll which shows Plaid Cymru leading in Wales for the first time in 14 years. Will interviews Eluned Morgan who sets a pretty ambitious target for the Welsh NHS. Meanwhile Mel ...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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57:46
Ep8: How Welsh are you?
So it turns out Will really loves birds of prey…As well as that bombshell, the gang discuss the awful flooding in South Wales. The chat then turns to Welshness and Welsh identity. Robin reveals he was born in England (“don’t ...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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1:00:12
Ep7: The Tories are soon to be extinct in Wales
This week the pod discuss how Eluned Morgan got her rave on, Wales gets shafted a different way by HS2 and what Labour have planned for the Welsh NHS. We then deep dive into the last general election results and discover that it’s a...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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49:20
Ep6: Do we need to worry about Reform in Wales?
A bumper episode this week where the gang look at the threat Reform pose in Wales at the next Senedd election.Will spends the day at the party's conference where he interviews Nigel Farage and is mocked by Lee Anderson. He also reveals h...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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59:27
Ep5: What the election of Trump means for Wales
Our first emergency pod!Robin and Will dive into the US election with the final result coming in while they record. While the election of Donald Trump might have big ramifications for the wider world, there are important less...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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34:30
Ep4: Labour's First Budget and Town Centres
In this episode, the gang look ahead to their predictions for the coming week - specifically Labour's first budget in Westminster and what that will mean for Wales.Whilst Will is heading to Antigua for the cricket, Mel is going to the Se...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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33:36