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Gaza, China spies and Portland’s Plague Of Frogs – Start Your Week with Ros Taylor and Gavin Esler
Season 1 Episode 1667
Gaza ceasefire talks are scheduled to take place in Sharm al-Sheikh but how long will the peace last? The Chinese spying scandal rumbles on. Can the …
5 months, 2 weeks ago
The men who hate women – How sexism powers the far right
Season 1 Episode 1666
Online hatred doesn’t stay online and women often bear the brunt. From harassment campaigns to real-world violence, from Andrew Tate and the “groyper…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Viceroy City – Why governing Gaza could be beyond Tony Blair
Season 1 Episode 1665
Thought viceroys and colonial administrators were a thing of the past? Tony Blair is being lined up to run the “Board of Peace” for a reconstruction …
5 months, 3 weeks ago
The draft and the furious – Is Russia running out of soldiers?
Season 1 Episode 1664
Vladimir Putin has ordered 135,000 new conscripts into the Russian military this autumn, just months after another 160,000 were called up. Officially…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Trump vs. Antifa – Does America really have a “left-wing terror problem”?
Season 1 Episode 1663
Donald Trump keeps talking about cracking down on “left wing terror networks” in the US. This appears like a blatant move to crackdown on his enemies…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
ICE, ICE Badenoch — Start Your Week with Gavin Esler and Jacob Jarvis
Season 1 Episode 1662
It’s Tory conference and Kemi Badenoch is talking about leaving the ECHR and having ICE style crackdowns here in Britain. Will any of this cut throug…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Space-suit vs Jackboot – Can science fiction save us from fascism?
Season 1 Episode 1661
From Margaret Atwood to Alan Moore, from 1984 to Andor, science fiction has gamed out totalitarian futures better than most political analysts. But d…
6 months ago
Power, disruption and lies – Why Russia’s info warriors could be weaker than you think
Season 1 Episode 1660
In the 2010s Putin’s Russia was quick to realise the potential of disinformation to undermine its enemies in the West. A complex ecosystem including …
6 months ago
House of Cards – Will Starmer’s I.D. card gamble work?
Season 1 Episode 1659
Keir Starmer says his compulsory digital I.D. card will fight illegal migration and make everyday life simpler. But 2.4 million furious people have s…
6 months ago
Could Andy Burnham really become Labour leader?
Season 1 Episode 1658
Andy Burnham has made it clear he’d be up for replacing Keir Starmer, if people want him to that is. And, well it feels like many people do. So, coul…
6 months ago