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Is Starmer bringing the Big State back in Britain?
Season 1 Episode 1372
Keir Starmer has promised change – but what form will it take? And could it mean the return to the concept of the so-called ‘Big State’? Will Labour’…
1 year, 7 months ago
Commons People — Start Your Week with Gavin Esler and Ros Taylor
Season 1 Episode 1371
Summer is coming to a close, kids are returning to school, Parliament is back and there’s no shortage of problems facing Keir Starmer. What will the …
1 year, 7 months ago
Is A.I. coming for your job?
Season 1 Episode 1370
We used to think that machines would only take over manual work. Now A.I. looks capable of anything. Will work become a luxury for a select few? Are …
1 year, 7 months ago
How the QAnon conspiracy theory wrecked families and ruined lives
Season 1 Episode 1369
With its paranoid fantasies of Donald Trump at war with a secret, Satanic US government, the QAnon conspiracy wrought terrible damage on American pol…
1 year, 7 months ago
How the Tories fell: Inside Sunak’s disastrous gamble
Season 1 Episode 1368
How did the Conservatives turn 14 years of unprecedented political power into near-extinction at the ballot box? Where did it all go so wrong? How wi…
1 year, 7 months ago
Putin and Starmer: Will the Russia-UK relationship ever be repaired?
Season 1 Episode 1367
The UK and Russia have long had a strained relationship – and ties have only been worsened since Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. Is there any future pos…
1 year, 7 months ago
The 10 Year Plan — Start Your Week with Gavin Esler
Season 1 Episode 1366
Keir Starmer is due to snap us back to reality after the Bank Holiday with a stark speech on the decade needed to clean up the Tories’ mess. What’s h…
1 year, 7 months ago
Bunker USA: What will Kamala Harris's foreign policy look like?
Season 1 Episode 1365
Kamala Harris is closer than ever to being the president of the United States. Focus has been on America this week at the DNC, but what would a Harri…
1 year, 7 months ago
Crude Awakening: Why oil still shapes everything
Season 1 Episode 1364
Oil, and the industry around it, has a huge influence on our world. From our social existence and food systems to urban spaces, military power and fi…
1 year, 7 months ago
How Russian TV is covering the war, with BBC monitoring expert Francis Scarr
Season 1 Episode 1363
Russian state media is notoriously corrupt and rife with propaganda. So how are Russian citizens being fed information about the Russia-Ukraine war? …
1 year, 7 months ago