Podcast Episodes

What’s the Greatest Threat to Poland?

The EU’s launched the ‘nuclear option’ against Poland, the first time it’s triggered the disciplinary measure in its history. They say recent changes to the legal system mean there is a serious threa…

Published on 7 years, 11 months ago

What is IS doing in the Philippines?

In 2017 the black flag of the Islamic State group flew in the southern Philippines as a mixture of local and foreign fighters attacked the Islamic City of Marawi.

While the government did eventually …

Published on 7 years, 11 months ago

Is Zero Tolerance the Right Approach for FGM?

In 1994 a United Nations conference, backed by 173 countries, announced that ‘female genital mutilation’ was a “violation of basic rights and a major lifelong risk to women’s health”. Agreeing it sho…

Published on 7 years, 11 months ago

What’s The Point Of Bitcoin?

Making sense of the digital currency and the ideology of its founders, fans and future.

In 2010 a developer spent 10,000 bitcoin to buy two pizzas. Seven and a half years later that was the equivalent…

Published on 8 years ago

North Korea deep dive

What next for North Korea? Kim Jong-un's nuclear ambitions and their global repercussions are explored in this special, extended edition of the programme.

After a year of repeated weapons testing by t…

Published on 8 years ago

How Do We Rule The Universe?

Governing moon miners, asteroid hunters and space junk sounds pretty tricky, but we better get our act together. This year the majority of space launches included commercial enterprises. Space is no …

Published on 8 years ago

How Powerful is Facebook's Algorithm?

There is a place on the internet where almost two billion of us regularly go – many of us, every day. Facebook: the social network which Mark Zuckerberg started in his university dorm room and which …

Published on 8 years ago

Are We Missing a Bigger Opioid Crisis?

Forty-two Americans die every day from an overdose involving painkilling prescription opioids. President Donald Trump recently declared the US opioid epidemic a national public health emergency. Yet …

Published on 8 years ago

What Would an Iran-Saudi Arabia War Look Like?

Missiles, fighter jets and mines waiting on the sea bed - war games in the gulf. Tension between Iran and Saudi Arabia is at an unprecedented level since a missile was intercepted over Saudi Arabia’s…

Published on 8 years, 1 month ago

Why Doesn’t Apple Pay More Tax?

The world’s most profitable company is accused of aggressively dodging tax. Leaked documents in the Paradise Papers show Apple moved hundreds of billions of dollars in untaxed foreign profits to Jers…

Published on 8 years, 1 month ago