Roundtable: The Strokes, Phoebe Bridgers, Charli XCX, and British Prime Ministers’ drugs of choice

Under the microscope of this month’s Roundtable are big summer albums from The Strokes, Phoebe Bridgers and Charli XCX.

And then: the best joke of the year, a whip through the Mercury Prize shortlist and who we think will it, and some good guesses at what each of our previous Prime Ministers’ drugs of choice are. How else will we work out if Andy Burnham is cool or not?

Listen above or wherever you get your podcasts.

Further reading/viewing

Stu’s Honky Tonk outing in Austin, Texas

Andy Burnham PLAYING A GUITAR!!!

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