Podcast Episodes

Sanna Marin

Pink trams, flying squirrels and a taste for rock music. Mark Coles finds out about the life and character of Finland's new Prime Minister, Sanna Ma…

6 years, 1 month ago

Mick Cash

We’re profiling the relatively little known RMT union leader Mick Cash this week.

Train guards have begun what they say will be 27 days of strike acti…

6 years, 1 month ago

Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis

In the headlines this week was Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth, Ephraim Mirvis.

Just weeks before the general elec…

6 years, 1 month ago

Lizzo

The American rapper and singer nominated for eight Grammy Awards - more than any other artist this year. A global chart-topping success, Lizzo has ca…

6 years, 1 month ago

Adam Schiff

Did Donald Trump ‘bribe’ a foreign power – Ukraine - to try to discredit a political rival ahead of next year’s US Presidential race ?

On Profile this…

6 years, 2 months ago

Sir Lindsay Hoyle

Mark Coles profiles the new Speaker of the House of Commons, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, meeting - among others - his pet parrot, Boris.

6 years, 2 months ago

Eddie Jones

Becky Milligan explores how a teacher from the Sydney suburbs came to lead England into the 2019 Rugby World Cup.

Producer Smita Patel Researcher May…

6 years, 2 months ago

Bridget Riley

We explore the life and career of British artist Bridget Riley as a new retrospective of her work opens at London's Hayward Gallery. She found fame i…

6 years, 2 months ago

Bernardine Evaristo

Bernardine Evaristo is the first black British woman to win the Booker Prize. Her novel Girl, Woman, Other shared the 2019 award with Margaret Atwood…

6 years, 3 months ago

Recep Tayyip Erdogan

The president of Turkey has controversially sent troops into northern Syria. The decision has been widely condemned by foreign leaders and at home th…

6 years, 3 months ago