Podcast Episodes

Why is Shabana Mahmood inspired by Denmark’s asylum policies?

Episode 665

The Home Secretary has announced a raft of tough immigration controls to make the UK a less attractive destination for illegal migrants. The former Prime Minister of Bangladesh was sentenced to death…

Published on 5 hours ago

Why have US politicians released documents on Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump?

Episode 664

Twenty thousand documents from the estate of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein have been released. Could emails referencing Donald Trump divide his loyal MAGA base? Has a No. 10 briefing warning…

Published on 4 days, 5 hours ago

Can Zohran Mamdani take on President Trump?

Episode 663

Why are so many prisoners being released from prison by mistake? What happens if Arts Council England goes under? And what can the Democrats learn from Mamdani’s New York City mayoral election victor…

Published on 1 week, 4 days ago

Is the UK indirectly implicated in the civil war in Sudan?

Episode 662

Will there be any voter suppression in Tuesday’s US elections? Why did a British university prevent one of its academics from researching human rights abuses in China? Are Sudan’s rebels using Britis…

Published on 2 weeks ago

What’s behind Brazil’s deadly police raid?

Episode 661

What do we do with the knowledge that climate change made Hurricane Melissa worse? Why was there such a deadly police raid in Brazil? And why isn’t hospice care treated as an essential part of health…

Published on 2 weeks, 4 days ago

Why is Hurricane Melissa so strong?

Episode 660

The storm caused widespread damage in Jamaica and is making its way to Cuba; is climate change to blame for its power? What - or who - is behind Donald Trump’s obsession with Venezuela? Is it good ne…

Published on 2 weeks, 5 days ago

Does Amazon control too much of the internet?

Episode 659

Which international peacekeeping forces might be present in Gaza, and what will their role be? Is the fact that kids on free school meals do worse in their GCSEs a symptom of a failed state? Does the…

Published on 3 weeks ago

Is Vladimir Putin outsmarting Donald Trump?

Episode 658

Trump imposed what he called “tremendous” sanctions on Russia’s two biggest oil companies. What’s next for the Trump-Putin rollercoaster? 

President Trump is planning to demolish the East Wing of the …

Published on 3 weeks, 4 days ago

What did we learn from Virginia Giuffre’s new memoir?

Episode 657

Who is responsible for breaking the ceasefire in Gaza? How might the Louvre heist thieves get away with selling jewels belonging to Napoleon’s wife? Does Virginia Giuffre’s memoir shed new light on t…

Published on 4 weeks ago

Will Donald Trump move the World Cup?

Episode 656

As more and more people turn to AI for news, how should journalists fight back and protect the human by-line? Will Donald Trump’s cosy relationship with FIFA president Gianni Infantino allow him to d…

Published on 1 month ago