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Why the Baltics are preparing for Putin
Estonia, one of the Baltic states, sits on Europe's front line with Russia. The country that was, like Ukraine, once part of the Soviet Union is incr…
1 year, 1 month ago
How Britain's benefits system broke
It's predicted that, by the end of this Parliament, four million people in Britain will receive long-term sickness benefits–that’s the equivalent of …
1 year, 1 month ago
The '51st state' fights back
Donald Trump is coming for Canada. He first raised the prospect of making America's nearest neighbour its 51st state when campaigning for the preside…
1 year, 1 month ago
The town ripped apart by Mexico’s new Narcos
On the frontline of Mexico’s drug wars, rival cartels are exploiting a decades-old dispute about indigenous land rights and turning local people agai…
1 year, 1 month ago
Trump and the surprising history of American authoritarians
The word "unprecedented" is often used to describe Donald Trump's presidency. He's broken with convention repeatedly: from announcing tariffs on alli…
1 year, 2 months ago
The Sunday Edition: The gambling addicts hooked on crypto
This episode was originally published last August.
The government says it wants to make the UK a global hub for crypto firms. But with the NHS warning…
1 year, 2 months ago
The algorithm says we’re soulmates… Now what?
Hinge CEO, Justin McLeod, joins the podcast to discuss how online dating Apps have changed dating (for good or bad) and how AI may change it even mor…
1 year, 2 months ago
How men's brains change when they become dads
‘Baby brain’ is real. Increasing evidence suggests having kids causes big changes in our grey matter, and not always for the worse. Sunday Times scie…
1 year, 2 months ago
The civil war that could bring down Reform
Nigel Farage has been accused of a ‘vindictive witch-hunt’ by a former Reform MP as part of a messy public row at the top of the party. Rupert Lowe w…
1 year, 2 months ago
Is Europe ready for war?
Is Europe sleepwalking into disaster? Russia watcher Keir Giles on the rising threat from Putin, NATO’s shaky future, and whether Europe is ready—or …
1 year, 2 months ago