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Bonus Q&A – Why do politicians use big numbers and why do we vote with pencils?

In this bonus episode, Amol and Nick answer your questions.

Why do politicians use big numbers in interviews? How will political reporting change in the future? And why do we vote using pencils?

Amol and Nick answer these questions and more in this bonus episode of The Today Podcast.

If you have a question you’d like to Amol, Nick and the Pod Squad to answer get in touch by sending us a message or voice note via WhatsApp to +44 330 123 4346 or email us Today@bbc.co.uk

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The Today Podcast is hosted by Amol Rajan and Nick Robinson, both presenters of ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4’s Today programme, the UK’s most influential radio news programme. Amol was the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ’s media editor for six years and is the former editor of the Independent, he’s also the current presenter of University Challenge. Nick has presented the Today programme since 2015, he was the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ’s political editor for ten years before that and also previously worked as ITV’s political editor.

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The senior producer is Tom Smithard, the producer is Hatty Nash. The editor is Louisa Lewis. The executive producer is Owenna Griffiths. Technical production from Hannah Montgomery and digital production from Joe Wilkinson.

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