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Life inside Putin’s empire of fear – Deep Dive with Åsne Seierstad
Season 1 Episode 1932
What is daily life like inside Putin’s Russia? Censorship is rife, elections are rigged, the media serves the regime, protests are banned, and young …
2 weeks ago
What happens if France goes fascist? – Deep Dive with Rafael Behr
Season 1 Episode 1931
After near-miss second places in the Presidential run-off elections of 2017 and 2022, could France’s extreme right National Rally be about to take po…
2 weeks, 1 day ago
Bad Fellers? Killing the Sycamore Gap tree – Deep Dive with author Andrew Hankinson
Season 1 Episode 1930
The wanton destruction of the Sycamore Gap tree in 2023 provoked a wave of anger against two men accused and eventually convicted of the crime. There…
2 weeks, 2 days ago
Crunch time for the War on Populists – Start Your Week with Ros Taylor
Season 1 Episode 1929
Setting out the stories of the week to come… A crunch week in the global battle against far-right populists gets off to a surprisingly encouraging st…
2 weeks, 3 days ago
Burnham drills, Putin the “humanitarian”, skeletons in Westminster? – Weekly Wrap-up with Seth and Zoë
Season 1 Episode 1928
Looking back on the past seven days… Andy Burnham has finally given the Jackdaw gas field the green light – four years and six energy secretaries aft…
2 weeks, 6 days ago
Can Trump rig the midterms? – Deep Dive with The Atlantic’s David Graham
Season 1 Episode 1927
The stakes in the US midterm elections could not be higher – and Donald Trump has had six years to learn from his failure to overturn the 2020 presid…
3 weeks ago
The BIG wellness con – Deep Dive with Dr Xand van Tulleken
Season 1 Episode 1926
We’re obsessed with health and wellness, from fixating on last night’s sleep score to swallowing a cocktail of supplements to stave off every ailment…
3 weeks, 1 day ago
Was Rishi Sunak… not that bad? – Deep Dive with Sir Anthony Seldon
Season 1 Episode 1925
Was Rishi Sunak not actually as bad as we remember? No, we haven’t hit our heads… Yes, he led the Conservatives to their worst ever defeat and pander…
3 weeks, 2 days ago
Paris is Burning, Again – Start Your Week with Rafael Behr
Season 1 Episode 1924
Setting out the stories of the next seven days… France wakes to scenes of urban destruction straight out of wartime. Are the “cost of living protests…
3 weeks, 3 days ago
Trump fuels Putin’s war machine, Reform caught out again – Weekly Wrap-Up with Zoë Grünewald
Season 1 Episode 1923
Looking back at the past seven days… Donald Trump pumps billions of dollars into Putin’s war chest by easing sanctions on Russian diesel. Is the worl…
3 weeks, 6 days ago