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Tricks of the trade — Start Your Week with Ros Taylor and Jacob Jarvis
Season 1 Episode 1542
Rachel Reeves heads to Washington this week – what should we be looking out for? Plus, we unpack what happens now after the death of Pope Francis and…
11 months, 1 week ago
'Cleanfluencers' – Inside the online cult pushing housewife propaganda
Season 1 Episode 1541
From ‘cleanfluencers’ to home gurus, the ideal of a spotless home has never been so aspirational. But why are women still being told that inner peace…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Notorious KGB – What Moscow's spies teach us about Russia
Season 1 Episode 1540
What if your neighbour was a Russian spy? In 2010, the FBI arrested ten deep-cover agents living quiet suburban lives across North America, their tru…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Trump vs. China – Who will win the trade war? – with Cindy Yu
Season 1 Episode 1539
Trump’s trade war has intensified the rivalry between America and China – while Beijing’s retaliation has exacerbated worldwide market meltdowns. Has…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Under my thumb – How the LIKE button hacked our brains
Season 1 Episode 1538
At first the social media ‘Like’ button was just an easy way to get users to interact. Now people click a Like button some seven billion times a day,…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
I’m steel standing! — Start Your Week with Rafael Behr and Jacob Jarvis
Season 1 Episode 1537
The Trump tariff mayhem rolls on and back at home steel is grabbing the headlines. What’s going on now and how will these stories develop? Rafael Beh…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Doom and doomers — Should you be preparing for the end of the world?
Season 1 Episode 1536
What would you do if the world as we know it came to some sort of catastrophic end? Well, you’d be forgiven for not being prepared for it – but dooms…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Can radical honesty fix the climate “polycrisis”? – with Mike Berners-Lee
Season 1 Episode 1535
The climate crisis is spiraling, Trump’s back in the White House, and the headlines keep getting worse. It’s easy to feel powerless. But what if the …
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Enemy of the State – How dangerous is Trump's national security purge?
Season 1 Episode 1534
Why is Donald Trump dismantling America’s national security apparatus? And how dangerous will this be for the US and the world? The commander-in-chie…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
French Toast – Is this the end of Marine Le Pen?
Season 1 Episode 1533
French far-right figurehead Marine Le Pen has been convicted of embezzlement and handed a five-year ban from running for office – a verdict she has p…
11 months, 3 weeks ago