Podcast Episodes

Meet the Editors: Celebrating 200 years of The Sunday Times

This month the Sunday Times turns 200 years old. To mark the occasion, Times Radio’s John Pienaar has been speaking to the editors: Emma Tucker, who's edited the paper since 2020, and John Witherow, …

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

Elon Musk (probably) buys Twitter

It’s been a long and twisting road: six months of ‘on again off again’, after Elon Musk made an offer to buy Twitter, only to back out a few months later. Two weeks before Musk and the social media c…

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

The Feud - Coming soon

A new five-part investigation from The Times begins here on Stories of our times on Thursday 13 October. 

It follows the story of the Very Reverend Professor Martyn Percy, who left Christ Church, Oxfo…

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

The real story of Colditz

It's a legend many of us have grown up with: a plucky group of British officers, finding themselves trapped in a heavily guarded POW camp during the Second World War, try every trick they can think o…

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

Putin's draft, sham referendums and the Ukrainian fight back

Vladimir Putin turns 70 today. In recent weeks, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has seen territorial losses, a shambolic partial mobilisation, sham referendums and threats of nuclear attacks. So what po…

Published on 3 years, 3 months ago

A wild weekend of... Scrabble

We take a look at a popular Sunday Times feature about the National Scrabble Championships in the UK and uncover a hidden community of word nerds. Plus, tile by tile, we trace the evolution of the po…

Published on 3 years, 3 months ago

Why Iranians are burning their hijabs

The death of 22-year old Mahsa Amini whilst in police custody has sparked nationwide protests in Iran. The authorities have responded with a heavy crackdown, and it’s estimated over 130 people have d…

Published on 3 years, 3 months ago

The Chancellor, the u-turn and a political meltdown

After nine days of political pressure, chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has u-turned on the government’s plan to abolish the top rate of income tax, saying he felt ‘humility and contrition’. So, what was th…

Published on 3 years, 3 months ago

The hunt for FBI 'fugitive' Nicholas Rossi

After an international manhunt, the FBI and Interpol say they have found a man wanted on multiple charges in four US states, who faked his death before fleeing America for Scotland. But the Glasgow r…

Published on 3 years, 3 months ago

A eulogy for the 'good' internet

When the World Wide Web was launched in 1991, hopes for it were high. But three decades later, the internet seems to be defined not by interconnectivity and liberation, but by scandal, abuse and pola…

Published on 3 years, 3 months ago