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The Plot to Trumpify the World – Start Your Week with Ros Taylor
Season 1 Episode 1707
Setting out the stories of the next seven days. An astonishing new US National Security Strategy says Trump plans to support far-right parties across…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Putin plays Trump again! — Weekly wrap-up with Rafael Behr and Jacob Jarvis
Season 1 Episode 1706
Wrapping up the stories of the week… Jacob Jarvis is joined by Rafael Behr to break down the stalled US–Russia peace talks, Putin’s strong-arming, an…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
What is The OBR anyway? – Understanding Britain’s under fire fiscal watchdog
Season 1 Episode 1705
The Office for Budget Responsibility is supposed to be the calm, quiet body that keeps watch over Britain’s public finances. But after it accidentall…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
Anti-Christ Superstar — What’s the deal with Peter Thiel?
Season 1 Episode 1704
He’s a nightmare made flesh for progressives and liberals: an anti-woke, hyper-libertarian tech billionaire who bankrolled JD Vance, supports Curtis …
3 months, 4 weeks ago
Middle Rage – Inside the radicalisation of Britain’s 40-somethings
Season 1 Episode 1703
We usually think radicalisation is something that happens to young people. Teenagers doomscrolling in dark bedrooms, or twenty-somethings disappearin…
4 months ago
War, Tax, Rage-Bait and the Christmas Number One – Start Your Week with Gavin Esler and Ros Taylor
It’s December, so come open this week’s Advent Calendar of misery with Ros Taylor and Gavin Esler. Is the Mail/Telegraph frenzy over Rachel Reeves al…
4 months ago
The Budget, Trump's Russia love-in and more! – Weekly Wrap-Up with Seth Thévoz and Jacob Jarvis
Season 1 Episode 1701
Wrapping up the stories of the week… Jacob Jarvis and Seth Thévoz dig into the media’s reaction to Rachel Reeves’s budget and what it really tells us…
4 months ago
Loser takes it all? – How Trump's plan for Ukraine fell apart, with Luke Harding of The Guardian
Season 1 Episode 1700
The US-Russia “peace plan” isn’t happening. Days after the 28-point proposal leaked, it collapsed spectacularly amid accusations that it amounted to …
4 months ago
What’s inside the Epstein files? – with investigative journalist Vicky Ward
Season 1 Episode 1699
Anticipation is building around the imminent release of the “Epstein files.” With Donald Trump finally signing off, the Justice Department is expecte…
4 months, 1 week ago
The Cosmic Absurd – How The Hitch-Hiker’s Guide To The Galaxy nearly explains our world
Season 1 Episode 1698
A pocket-sized device that contains all knowledge in the universe? Which makes your life better, and not a hellscape of political rancour and surveil…
4 months, 1 week ago