Podcast Episodes

If China attacked Taiwan, what would Trump do?

President Trump is in Asia this week to strike deals with several countries, including with China. One of the big questions overshadowing the trip is Taiwan’s future. China has long vowed to "reun…

Published on 4 weeks ago

How Giorgia Meloni became Trump's best friend in Europe

Giorgia Meloni is Italy’s first female Prime Minister, and her political star has risen rapidly - from working class roots in Rome, to becoming one of the most important and divisive leaders in Europ…

Published on 1 month ago

The cost of USAID cuts to women in Afghanistan

Since the Taliban takeover in 2021, the US has contributed billions of dollars in aid to Afghanistan for food and medical care – a lifeline in a country ravaged by two decades of war.

But earlier t…

Published on 1 month ago

Jeffrey Epstein and the downfall of Prince Andrew

***This episode contains themes of sexual abuse and grooming*** The memoir of Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein's most well-known accusers, was published posthumously this week, repeating all…

Published on 1 month ago

The Louvre daytime heist that shocked the world

The Louvre Museum in Paris was closed for 2 days as the police investigated a brazen heist which resulted in the theft of France's “priceless” crown jewels. Thieves wielding power tools broke into th…

Published on 1 month ago

Is the AI boom actually a bubble?

AI companies are seeing a monumental surge in investment – but some experts are now warning of the risks of an economic bubble.

Could AI be the biggest market bubble since the dot-com crash? Or is i…

Published on 1 month ago

Why has Trump authorised CIA action in Venezuela?

On Wednesday, President Trump confirmed that he has authorised the CIA to take covert lethal action in Venezuela. The revelation came off the back of a series of US strikes on Venezuelan boats accus…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

A Gazan journalist’s diary

Reporting on the war in Gaza has only been possible because of the work of Palestinian journalists, because the Israeli government will not let foreign broadcasters – including the BBC – inside the t…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

Is the US-China trade war back on?

“If there’s a fight, we’ll fight to the end”, a Chinese commerce ministry spokesperson said on Tuesday, of the increasingly fierce trade war playing out between the US and China.

As President Donald …

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

Trump is bailing out Argentina. What happened to ‘America first’?

President Trump’s administration may have frozen foreign aid but this week it’s giving Argentina a $20 billion lifeline. It's a move his critics are suggesting is more about politics than sound econo…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago