Three Old Hacks

Author: Mihir Bose, David Smith, Nigel Dudley

Mihir Bose former BBC Sports Editor, David Smith Economics Editor of the Sunday Times and political commentator Nigel Dudley have been friends since they first met while working at Financial Weekly in 1980s. They have kept in touch regularly, setting the world to rights over various lunches and dinners. With coronavirus making that impossible, what do journalists do, deprived of long convivial lunches over a bottle of red wine or several? Why, podcast of course.Get in contact with the podcast by emailing threeoldhacks@outlook.com, wed love to hear from you!
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Year-ender - still talking about Trump!
Episode 64
Tuesday, 23 December, 2025

The Three Old Hacks wind up the year with the topics du jour - immigration, Trump and Fake News."We need to be saying much more that immigration is a good thing", argues political analyst Nigel Dudley."If Joe Biden had done some of the things Trump is doing now, they would have questioned his mental faculties", says Economics Editor of the Sunday Times David Smith."Does the rise of AI mean that journalists will soon be replaced?" asks former Editor of BBC Sport Mihir Bose.Probably not the last time these subjects will be debated, but the last time by the Three Old Hacks this year. Get in contact with the podcast by emailing threeoldhacks@outlook.com, we’d love to hear from you!