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America vs. Iran – What does Trump actually want?
33 mins; June 23, 2025
War, what is it good for? — Start Your Week with Ros Taylor and Jacob Jarvis
34 mins; June 23, 2025
Channel Nigel – Is BBC News really changing to chase Reform voters?
36 mins; June 19, 2025
Trailer
45 secs; June 19, 2025
Lord of the Spies – What does the head of MI6 actually do?
34 mins; June 18, 2025
How to make Labour radical again – Glastonbury special with John Harris
32 mins; June 17, 2025
The Race to Rearm – Could Britain fight a hot war within two years?
36 mins; June 16, 2025
Welcome to the bleak parade — Start Your Week with Gavin Esler and Jacob Jarvis
35 mins; June 16, 2025
Is everything you know about the Romans wrong?
31 mins; June 12, 2025
Burning up – The Dark Side of the Summer of ’76
36 mins; June 11, 2025
Los Angeles protests: What it’s like on the ground – American Friction crossover
28 mins; June 11, 2025
MAGA vs. the cartels: Is Trump's war on Mexico's gangs backfiring?
34 mins; June 10, 2025
Streak of Madness – Is Tulsi Gabbard a threat to US security and more?
34 mins; June 09, 2025
Until DOGE do us part — Start Your Week with Alex von Tunzelmann and Jacob Jarvis
42 mins; June 09, 2025
Trump vs. Musk goes nuclear – American Friction crossover special! 🇺🇸
19 mins; June 06, 2025
The spies who love Xi – How is China snooping on Britain?
21 mins; June 05, 2025
How Ukraine stunned Russia and changed the war – with Gavin Esler and Oz Katerji of This is Not a Drill
33 mins; June 04, 2025
The French Revolution to the Jan 6th riot – The real history of political uprisings
36 mins; June 03, 2025
Leading Question – Who would replace Starmer?
39 mins; June 02, 2025
Defence of the realm — Start Your Week with Rafael Behr and Jacob Jarvis
41 mins; June 02, 2025
MAGA wasn't built in a day – Which Roman emperor is Trump most like?
37 mins; May 29, 2025
Is politics too tough for Elon Musk?
30 mins; May 28, 2025
Does money really decide wars? Strange tales from the Vikings to the Luftwaffe to Ukraine
42 mins; May 27, 2025
Downing Street fighter – Start Your Week with Ros Taylor and Jacob Jarvis
38 mins; May 27, 2025
How Britain got lucky with its choice of enemies – with Horrible Histories creator Terry Deary
35 mins; May 25, 2025
From UFC to MAGA – How fight sports shaped Trump’s macho politics
34 mins; May 22, 2025
Is social media dying?
31 mins; May 21, 2025
Apocalypse wow! Why are we so obsessed with the end of the world?
33 mins; May 20, 2025
No limits? – Can China and Russia's friendship last?
30 mins; May 19, 2025
Here’s looking at EU, Keir – Start Your Week with Alex von Tunzelmann
43 mins; May 19, 2025
Burn Hollywood Burn – Will Trump save or kill the movie business?
31 mins; May 15, 2025
Making cash for Nigel – Where is Reform UK getting its money from?
35 mins; May 14, 2025
Why Keir Starmer is wrong about immigration
33 mins; May 13, 2025
Inside the US trade deal – “Britain got extorted… but in the least worst way,” with Dmitry Grozoubinski
32 mins; May 12, 2025
Unwelcome to the UK? — Start Your Week with Gavin Esler and Ros Taylor
28 mins; May 12, 2025
Our new show CRIME SCENE – Armed Response – What happens when police shoot a suspect?
55 mins; May 09, 2025
Mutiny in the UK – How the SDP explains Reform UK – with Steve Richards
36 mins; May 08, 2025
Capturing the reality of war in Ukraine – Kyiv-based artist Mark Neville with Dorian Lynskey
40 mins; May 07, 2025
The real Conclave – Inside the contest to be the next Pope
31 mins; May 06, 2025
Acrimony in the UK — Start Your Week with Ros Taylor and Jacob Jarvis
40 mins; May 06, 2025
A taster of CRIME SCENE, our new podcast – Episode 1: Guns of London
12 mins; May 02, 2025
Tat’s Life – The secrets behind “Cursed Objects” in gift shops
38 mins; May 01, 2025
Blame Canada! How Carney triumphed over Trumpism – and what it means
30 mins; April 30, 2025
How Trump's first 100 days will come back to bite him
42 mins; April 29, 2025
A New Financial Crisis – Could 2025 get as bad as 2008?
37 mins; April 28, 2025
Reform over function? – Start Your Week with Gavin Esler and Jacob Jarvis
33 mins; April 28, 2025
The weird world of Doctor Who explained at last – Live bonus with author John Higgs
64 hours 46 mins; April 26, 2025
Trash talking – The real history of free speech
33 mins; April 25, 2025
Project 2025 – What's coming next from the new 'deep state'?
37 mins; April 23, 2025
Is Morgan McSweeney Labour’s enforcer or Starmer’s controller? – with Steve Richards
33 mins; April 22, 2025
Tricks of the trade — Start Your Week with Ros Taylor and Jacob Jarvis
37 mins; April 22, 2025
'Cleanfluencers' – Inside the online cult pushing housewife propaganda
34 mins; April 17, 2025
Notorious KGB – What Moscow's spies teach us about Russia
37 mins; April 16, 2025
Trump vs. China – Who will win the trade war? – with Cindy Yu
27 mins; April 15, 2025
Under my thumb – How the LIKE button hacked our brains
42 mins; April 14, 2025
I’m steel standing! — Start Your Week with Rafael Behr and Jacob Jarvis
43 mins; April 14, 2025
Doom and doomers — Should you be preparing for the end of the world?
48 mins; April 10, 2025
Can radical honesty fix the climate “polycrisis”? – with Mike Berners-Lee
41 mins; April 09, 2025
Enemy of the State – How dangerous is Trump's national security purge?
38 mins; April 08, 2025
French Toast – Is this the end of Marine Le Pen?
32 mins; April 07, 2025
The end of the globe as we know it? — Start Your Week with Gavin Esler and Ros Taylor
29 mins; April 07, 2025
Trump’s tariff tantrum – “Monumentally bruising to the global economy”
31 mins; April 03, 2025
How London became the world’s dirty money capital
32 mins; April 02, 2025
Did Boomers really destroy the future?
39 mins; April 01, 2025
Northern uproar – How Canada is standing up to Trump
40 mins; March 31, 2025
Tariffs, don’t like it — Start Your Week with Alex von Tunzelmann and Jacob Jarvis
39 mins; March 31, 2025
YIMBY vs. NIMBY – Can Labour’s new building plans work?
49 mins; March 27, 2025
'Hipster eugenics' – Why the US far-right is obsessed with babies
28 mins; March 26, 2025
Is British TV dying?
35 mins; March 25, 2025
Has crypto captured the Trump Administration?
35 mins; March 24, 2025
Spring into action — Start Your Week with Gavin Esler and Jacob Jarvis
31 mins; March 24, 2025
The Staff of Nightmares – How Severance nails our life/work imbalance
39 mins; March 20, 2025
Trumpcession – How the MAGA economy could break the world
31 mins; March 19, 2025
Where have the great political leaders gone?
38 mins; March 18, 2025
Can Tesla survive Elon Musk?
31 mins; March 17, 2025
Don’t know where to u-turn — Start Your Week with Ros Taylor and Jacob Jarvis
37 mins; March 17, 2025
Work isn’t working – so how do we fix it?
39 mins; March 13, 2025
How MAGA conspiracy theorists are taking over the White House
31 mins; March 12, 2025
Why everything you know about Gen Z is wrong
31 mins; March 11, 2025
Why are democracies dying?
30 mins; March 10, 2025
Fight on the right — Start Your Week with Rafael Behr and Jacob Jarvis
44 mins; March 10, 2025
Why Elon Musk’s plan for life on Mars is a terrible idea
38 mins; March 06, 2025
President Supervillain – Can comics bad guys explain Trump, Musk and Putin? – with Ian Dunt
34 mins; March 05, 2025
Hiroshima: The untold story – with Gavin Esler and Richard Overy
26 mins; March 04, 2025
​​Mob Rule – How the Mafia influences the White House
36 mins; March 03, 2025
A troubling new era for Europe — Start Your Week with Gavin Esler and Ros Taylor
28 mins; March 03, 2025
From RuPaul to Bowie: Our favourite gay media – Panel special for LGBT history month
32 mins; February 28, 2025
Our queer heroes and villains! – Panel special for LGBT history month
34 mins; February 27, 2025
Why are MPs so obsessed with WhatsApp?
35 mins; February 26, 2025
James Bond vs Bezos – Will Amazon ruin 007?
34 mins; February 25, 2025
The right-wing Glastonbury – Inside Jordan Peterson's festival of wingnuts
35 mins; February 24, 2025
The Starmer-spangled banner – Start Your Week with Rafael Behr and Jacob Jarvis
34 mins; February 24, 2025
Episode 1,500 – Neil Kinnock on Starmer’s battles, Labour vs Reform, and hope for the future
58 mins; February 20, 2025
Germany's far-right problem: Are the AfD Nazis?
32 mins; February 19, 2025
How the US aid freeze harms the entire world
38 mins; February 18, 2025
Is Putin taking Donald Trump for a ride?
27 mins; February 17, 2025
The traitor dictator — Start Your Week with Gavin Esler and Jacob Jarvis
39 mins; February 17, 2025
Susie Wiles: What makes Trump's most powerful adviser tick?
31 mins; February 13, 2025
Should politicians read more science fiction? – with SF author Adrian Tchaikovsky
38 mins; February 12, 2025
Project 2025: How closely is Trump sticking to this right-wing manifesto?
39 mins; February 11, 2025
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