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Zero Tolerance: How Judge Dredd predicted the future of policing
Season 1 Episode 860
Extra Edition: What can a bloody, violent, horribly funny comic book cop tell us about policing in the real world? 2000AD comic’s Judge Dredd began i…
3 years, 1 month ago
Sick building syndrome: Why are we letting Parliament crumble?
Season 1 Episode 859
The Palace of Westminster is crumbling. There are risks of fires, floods and the walls are stacked with asbestos. Will Parliament ever get fixed? And…
3 years, 1 month ago
Bunker USA: Joe Biden wants to ‘finish the job’. Can he?
Season 1 Episode 858
Joe Biden delivered his State of the Union this week and focused on wanting to “finish the job”. Can he achieve his goals despite a split Congress? J…
3 years, 1 month ago
Lying to themselves: Secrets of China’s Cultural Revolution
Season 1 Episode 857
During China’s Cultural Revolution, pupils murdered their teachers, children betrayed their parents and society was torn apart in the name of progres…
3 years, 1 month ago
How to beat the strongmen – and save democracy
Season 1 Episode 856
How do we overcome opportunist strongmen leaders, who grab power while nations are in turmoil? As countries battle stagnant growth, high inflation an…
3 years, 1 month ago
N.I. on impossible: How do we fix the Northern Ireland protocol?
Season 1 Episode 855
Is a deal over the Northern Ireland protocol really imminent? Due to Northern Ireland’s land border with the Republic, there were always going to nee…
3 years, 1 month ago
Could you push the nuclear button?
Season 1 Episode 854
Imagine nuclear missiles are flying towards the UK and you’re in charge of our response. What do you do? It’s unlikely you’ll have to make this tough…
3 years, 1 month ago
Shock to the system – Start Your Week with Hannah Fearn and Jacob Jarvis
Season 1 Episode 853
Liz Truss has broken her silence, a mere 100 days after leaving office – what Tory drama will this spark in the days ahead? And with Johnson in the h…
3 years, 1 month ago
Mob Deep: Inside the modern day mafia
Season 1 Episode 852
The mafia conjures up images of the Sopranos rather than hardened criminals for many of us. So what is it really – and how has it changed? With the a…
3 years, 1 month ago
Bunker USA: The Enforcers – What does the Chief of Staff actually do?
Season 1 Episode 851
White House Chief of Staff sounds like a pretty big job, right? But what do they actually do? With Ron Klain departing from the role, Jeff Zients has…
3 years, 1 month ago