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Sensemaker: How The Body Shop lost its sheen
8 mins; February 20, 2024
Sensemaker: Russia after Navalny
9 mins; February 19, 2024
News Meeting: Alexei Navalny’s death and the fake restaurants on Companies House
35 mins; February 19, 2024
Sensemaker: Biden: too old to be president?
9 mins; February 18, 2024
News Meeting: UK in recession and has the vegan bubble burst?
34 mins; February 16, 2024
Sensemaker: Labour, Rochdale and the anti-Semitism row
7 mins; February 15, 2024
Trendy: A home of your own
30 mins; February 15, 2024
Sensemaker: Zelensky fires his top general
8 mins; February 14, 2024
Sensemaker: Asylum hotels: hundreds evicted with a week’s notice
6 mins; February 13, 2024
Sensemaker: EU farmers ramp up protests
7 mins; February 12, 2024
News Meeting: Israel’s Rafah offensive and Keir Starmer under pressure over antisemitism
31 mins; February 12, 2024
Sensemaker: Keir Starmer and the mysterious case of the ÂŁ28bn green plan
7 mins; February 11, 2024
News Meeting: A Labour u-turn and a failed peace agreement
34 mins; February 09, 2024
Sensemaker: 23andMe’s cybercrime crisis
8 mins; February 08, 2024
Trendy: Going places: is social mobility alive and well?
38 mins; February 08, 2024
Sensemaker: Lewis Hamilton's new era
6 mins; February 08, 2024
Sensemaker: Imran Khan imprisoned
7 mins; February 06, 2024
Sensemaker: Kemi and the evil plotters
5 mins; February 06, 2024
News Meeting: Strikes against the Houthis and the rising demand for ADHD medication
37 mins; February 05, 2024
Sensemaker: A weightloss journey that ended in tragedy
8 mins; February 04, 2024
News Meeting: What does David Miliband think should lead the news?
51 mins; February 02, 2024
Sensemaker: The Taylor Swift deepfake scandal
6 mins; February 01, 2024
Trendy: The paradox of populism
36 mins; February 01, 2024
Sensemaker: The Austrian extremist stirring up controversy in Germany
7 mins; January 31, 2024
News Meeting: Why big events ultimately come down to chance
28 mins; January 31, 2024
Sensemaker: Be the best: Britain’s shortage of soldiers
7 mins; January 30, 2024
Sensemaker: A new test for Alzheimer's
5 mins; January 29, 2024
News Meeting: The death penalty and does Iran want a war with the United States?
36 mins; January 29, 2024
Sensemaker: How Trump saw off his rivals
8 mins; January 28, 2024
News Meeting: Trump wins again and why the British military is in such a state
35 mins; January 26, 2024
Sensemaker: Britain’s measles outbreak
7 mins; January 25, 2024
Trendy: Britain’s baby bust
40 mins; January 25, 2024
Sensemaker: Why UK universities face testing times
7 mins; January 24, 2024
Sensemaker: Fujitsu and the Post Office scandal
5 mins; January 23, 2024
Sensemaker: Hizb’ut-Tahrir banned in the UK
7 mins; January 22, 2024
News Meeting: Tata Steel job losses and why are measles cases rising?
33 mins; January 22, 2024
Sensemaker: Ecuador’s state of war
7 mins; January 21, 2024
News Meeting: How important will immigration be at the next election?
33 mins; January 19, 2024
Sensemaker: Iceland feels the heat
5 mins; January 19, 2024
Trendy: The welfare state we're in
42 mins; January 18, 2024
Sensemaker: The Bethany Cox abortion case
7 mins; January 17, 2024
Sensemaker: Who is France’s new prime minister?
5 mins; January 16, 2024
Sensemaker: Bill Ackman and the battle for the future of Harvard
7 mins; January 15, 2024
News Meeting: Iowa decides, but does it matter?
33 mins; January 15, 2024
Sensemaker: Journalists killed covering Israel-Hamas war
7 mins; January 14, 2024
News Meeting: Who are the Houthis?
44 mins; January 12, 2024
Sensemaker: The British Library cyber attack
8 mins; January 11, 2024
Trendy: When everyone hates you for the same reason
45 mins; January 11, 2024
Sensemaker: Boeing's tailspin
7 mins; January 10, 2024
News Meeting: The Westminster Accounts one year on
36 mins; January 10, 2024
Sensemaker: Challenging Trump’s presidential run
5 mins; January 09, 2024
Sensemaker: An assassination in Beirut
5 mins; January 08, 2024
News Meeting: The Joe Biden problem and should the Post Office scandal be leading the news?
41 mins; January 08, 2024
Sensemaker: General Calamity
6 mins; January 07, 2024
Sensemaker: Artemis II: sending humans back to the moon
7 mins; January 04, 2024
Sensemaker: Disney’s Mickey Mouse problem
6 mins; January 03, 2024
Sensemaker: The Kamala Harris question
8 mins; January 02, 2024
Sensemaker: Jude Bellingham: England’s golden boy
6 mins; January 01, 2024
News Meeting: 2024 predictions
38 mins; December 31, 2023
News Meeting: Robert Peston on why politicians need to get a grip of AI
27 mins; December 29, 2023
Sensemaker: How Dan Wootton became the story
8 mins; December 28, 2023
Sensemaker: Sam Altman: who is the OpenAI boss?
8 mins; December 27, 2023
Sensemaker: The Taylor Swift Era
6 mins; December 26, 2023
News Meeting: What was the biggest story of 2023?
29 mins; December 22, 2023
Sensemaker: Sports Illustrated and its AI-generated authors
5 mins; December 21, 2023
Sensemaker: Hostage deaths put pressure on Netanyahu
6 mins; December 20, 2023
Sensemaker: Prince Harry hacked
8 mins; December 19, 2023
Sensemaker: Zelensky’s fight for funding
7 mins; December 18, 2023
News Meeting: Michelle Mone’s change of tone and Jimmy Lai on trial
37 mins; December 18, 2023
Sensemaker: Physician associates: what are they and why do we need them?
6 mins; December 17, 2023
News Meeting: Was COP28 a success and why do politicians lie?
34 mins; December 15, 2023
Sensemaker: The end of fossil fuels?
6 mins; December 14, 2023
Sensemaker: Rishi Sunak’s hollow victory
8 mins; December 13, 2023
Sensemaker: El loco: Argentina’s chainsaw-wielding president
7 mins; December 12, 2023
News Meeting: How to fix the economy
34 mins; December 12, 2023
Sensemaker: Infected blood scandal: a government defeat
6 mins; December 11, 2023
News Meeting: How Russia wins
39 mins; December 11, 2023
Sensemaker: Boris Johnson at the Covid inquiry
8 mins; December 10, 2023
Trendy: Oh Come, All Ye Faithful: religion, politics and values
40 mins; December 08, 2023
Sensemaker: A revolting week for Rishi Sunak
7 mins; December 07, 2023
News Meeting: Rishi’s Rwanda revolt and Boris Johnson at the Covid inquiry
37 mins; December 07, 2023
Sensemaker: India implicated in New York assassination attempt
5 mins; December 06, 2023
Sensemaker: A new era for women’s football in England
6 mins; December 05, 2023
News Meeting: James Harding on Tortoise's case against the Tory party
9 mins; December 05, 2023
Sensemaker: Attacks in the Red Sea
6 mins; December 04, 2023
News Meeting: Assassination attempt strains US-India relations and Farage in the jungle
29 mins; December 04, 2023
Sensemaker: How close are we to green air travel?
9 mins; December 04, 2023
Was Henry Kissinger a force for good and has Elon Musk finally gone too far?
34 mins; November 30, 2023
Introducing... Eight years' hard Labour
4 mins; November 27, 2023
The Elgin marbles debate and could a pause in fighting become a ceasefire in Gaza?
36 mins; November 27, 2023
When is a tax cut not a tax cut?
40 mins; November 23, 2023
Join us for The News Meeting Live with Robert Peston
56 secs; November 21, 2023
Open warfare at OpenAI and Jess Phillips on why she voted for a ceasefire in Gaza
36 mins; November 20, 2023
After Rwanda, what next and could Israel’s raid on a Gaza hospital be a turning point?
30 mins; November 16, 2023
Bonus episode: Rory Stewart on Westminster’s failures and his political future
34 mins; November 14, 2023
Rory Stewart on David Cameron’s return and Suella Braverman’s sacking
36 mins; November 13, 2023
Bonus episode: James O’Brien on the people who broke Britain and how we fix it
25 mins; November 10, 2023
James O’Brien on Suella Braverman and why Shell is suing Greenpeace
34 mins; November 09, 2023
Should pro-Palestinian marches go ahead on Armistice Day and can we feel sorry for Sam Bankman-Fried?
38 mins; November 06, 2023
What we learnt from the Covid inquiry and what’s been happening at Bletchley Park?
35 mins; November 03, 2023
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