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Coup at the BBC – Start Your Week with Ros Taylor
Season 1 Episode 1687
The BBC’s Director General and head of news are forced to resign in a confected row about Donald Trump’s incendiary Jan 6 speech. Overdue accountabil…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
NEW Weekly Wrap-Up – From New York to Westminster with Alex von Tunzelmann
Season 1 Episode 1686
NEW: If you like Start Your Week’s look ahead, how about a round-up of the biggest, strangest, most important stories of the week, every Friday? On t…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Iron Curtain Call – How The Spy Who Came In From The Cold still tells the ugly truth about espionage
Season 1 Episode 1685
John le Carré was still a working secret agent when he wrote The Spy Who Came In From The Cold, the book that shocked the Britain of 1963 with its po…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
One year of Trump 2.0 – Does scandal mean anything anymore?
Season 1 Episode 1684
It's been a year since Trump’s election victory, how has US politics changed? What’s the trajectory? And is there any hope for the future? Emma Kenne…
4 months, 4 weeks ago
Could it happen here? The threat of a British version of MAGA
Season 1 Episode 1683
The MAGA cult’s idol worship is the fuel for Trump’s war on American democracy. As British politics lurches to the right, could something similar eve…
4 months, 4 weeks ago
Knife attack fallout, Andrew scandal and Trump’s wars — Start Your Week with Gavin Esler
Season 1 Episode 1682
The horrific train stabbing attack at the weekend has shaken the nation. But are the media and politicians talking about it responsibly? Plus, the An…
4 months, 4 weeks ago
How will Trump fall? – Five ways his reign might end
Season 1 Episode 1681
From troops on the streets to desecrating the White House to literal sh*tposting videos, Trump’s fascistic reign is relentless and exhausting. One da…
5 months ago
One battle after another – The extremists who hijacked the 1970s
Season 1 Episode 1680
In the 1970s, a new kind of revolutionary emerged: terrorists who used spectacle as a weapon. Plane hijackings, hostage crises and televised terror b…
5 months ago
Trump’s money mayhem — From his father’s millions to history’s biggest grift
Season 1 Episode 1679
Donald Trump built his brand on the myth of the self-made billionaire. The man who turned a ‘small loan’ from his father into a global empire. But be…
5 months ago
How Putin is using Ukraine to prepare for Russia's future wars
Season 1 Episode 1678
The start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was a disaster. But three years on, Moscow is learning fast. Behind the frontlines, the Kremlin is reshapin…
5 months ago