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From our headquarters in the heart of London, The Standard podcast sets the agenda. Top news insiders discuss the pressure-points of the day’s topics. Hear unrivalled insight on politics, culture, going out, sport, and fashion, with award-winning journalists and celebrity guests. Join us Monday to Friday at 4pm. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rosebank: Controversy over oil & gas field

11 mins; September 27, 2023

Do armed police officers need more safeguarding?

11 mins; September 26, 2023

How WFH is changing the future of London

13 mins; September 25, 2023

Leader Weekends: Girls exploited: Sex for water (Let Girls Learn)

11 mins; September 23, 2023

London day Travelcard cull & future of family fares

11 mins; September 22, 2023

Le King’s speech...Charles first to address French Senate

10 mins; September 21, 2023

What now for Sunak’s weakened net zero climate plan?

10 mins; September 20, 2023

Will Rishi Sunak concede to an early general election?

13 mins; September 19, 2023

Sir Ian McKellen and Roger Allam on West End show Frank & Percy

12 mins; September 18, 2023

Leader Weekends: King Games President Tjodolf Sommestad (How to be a CEO)

10 mins; September 16, 2023

London Fashion Week begins: Burberry takes over Bond Street

10 mins; September 15, 2023

20mph London: Speed limit cut on over half of roads

10 mins; September 14, 2023

Russia-North Korea: What will come of the talks?

10 mins; September 13, 2023

Heat on Met Police chief 12 months into the job

13 mins; September 12, 2023

London’s ‘seven-star’ hotels building boom

10 mins; September 11, 2023

Leader Weekends: Helping Ukraine's kids in a warzone (Let Girls Learn)

12 mins; September 09, 2023

How to discover new artists (live from the Evening Standard Art Prize)

13 mins; September 08, 2023

The Great Food Waste Scandal

10 mins; September 07, 2023

London heatwave economic boost

10 mins; September 06, 2023

‘Conveyor belt’ justice system revealed

11 mins; September 05, 2023

School concrete crisis: Who will pay?

11 mins; September 04, 2023

Leader Weekends: How to be a CEO (Tumblr's Matt Mullenweg)

11 mins; September 02, 2023

Schools concrete crisis & start of term

12 mins; September 01, 2023

Defence Secretary Wallace’s successor & Ukraine ‘super drones’

11 mins; August 31, 2023

How ‘old digital’ fuelled air traffic control chaos

10 mins; August 30, 2023

Ulez: Is Mayor Sadiq Khan planning pay-per-mile?

11 mins; August 29, 2023

Leader Weekends: From El Salvador, how myths about periods are finally being dispelled (Let Girls Learn)

10 mins; August 25, 2023

Notting Hill Carnival celebrates Windrush 75

10 mins; August 25, 2023

Russia: What next after Prigozhin’s reported death?

14 mins; August 24, 2023

A fond farewell to Le Gavroche, the restaurant that changed so much

12 mins; August 23, 2023

Has Sadiq Khan lost the suburbs?

10 mins; August 22, 2023

Heroines’ welcome urged for Lionesses in London

13 mins; August 21, 2023

Leader Weekends: How to be a CEO (DrDoctor's Tom Whicher)

10 mins; August 19, 2023

Women's World Cup final: Will the Lionesses bring it home?

13 mins; August 18, 2023

A-levels 'record plunge' causes clearing frenzy

11 mins; August 17, 2023

England's Lionesses are in the Women's World Cup Final!

11 mins; August 16, 2023

Will it be WFH Wednesday as Lionesses take on Australia?

13 mins; August 15, 2023

What is Angela Rayner’s future in Labour?

10 mins; August 14, 2023

Leader Weekends: Let Girls Learn (Fighting Climate Change)

12 mins; August 12, 2023

The Premier League's back, and England in the Women's World Cup

13 mins; August 11, 2023

Rail fare hikes: How much will you have to pay?

10 mins; August 10, 2023

Investigation into Tories’ London election strategy

10 mins; August 09, 2023

Exclusive: World leaders urged to stop Earth burning

10 mins; August 08, 2023

Ulez countdown: Toxic air is London’s big public health risk

11 mins; August 07, 2023

Leader Weekends: How to be a CEO (Kraft Heinz’s Rafael Oliveira)

10 mins; August 05, 2023

What’s next for trial of Donald Trump?

11 mins; August 04, 2023

Cocaine busts in London record high

10 mins; August 03, 2023

Free Speech: Could book bans happen in Britain?

16 mins; August 02, 2023

How summer of music brought London’s tourists ‘roaring back’

10 mins; August 01, 2023

Britain worsened by inflation & NHS delays - poll

10 mins; July 31, 2023

Leader Weekends: Displaced by ISIS (Let Girls Learn)

10 mins; July 29, 2023

Sadiq Khan gets green light for Ulez expansion

13 mins; July 28, 2023

Rishi Sunak ‘steps in’ to tackle London housing crisis

13 mins; July 27, 2023

Will Coutts bank 'disappear' after Farage debacle?

12 mins; July 26, 2023

Has Barbenheimer sparked a cinema revival?

12 mins; July 25, 2023

Greek wildfires explained as rescue flights begin

10 mins; July 24, 2023

Kick Like a Girl: Can football change lives?

15 mins; July 21, 2023

NHS senior doctors first strike in a decade

10 mins; July 20, 2023

Can Tory Hall beat London Mayor Khan at polls?

10 mins; July 19, 2023

Deadly Euro inferno: How long will heatwave last?

10 mins; July 18, 2023

Celebrating 10 years of gay marriage & its impact

11 mins; July 17, 2023

Leader Weekends: How to be a CEO (Major League Baseball)

10 mins; July 15, 2023

London’s Barbie (movie) world

12 mins; July 14, 2023

Huw Edwards scandal: Web gossip & public interest

10 mins; July 13, 2023

Crime on London’s Tube is soaring - why?

11 mins; July 12, 2023

Hunt’s plan to boost your pension pot by £1K

10 mins; July 11, 2023

Biden’s Ukraine cluster bombs & tea with King

10 mins; July 10, 2023

Leader Weekends: How to be a CEO (Viagogo)

11 mins; July 08, 2023

Are the Tories in trouble ahead of triple by-elections?

10 mins; July 07, 2023

Just Stop Oil: More Wimbledon disruption?

10 mins; July 06, 2023

The NHS at 75: Pride or frustration?

15 mins; July 05, 2023

Will Meta's Insta 'Threads' replace Twitter?

12 mins; July 04, 2023

Wimbledon 2023: What to expect this year

13 mins; July 03, 2023

Leader Weekends: How to be a CEO (1Password boss Jeff Shiner)

10 mins; July 01, 2023

Putting the Protest back into Pride

15 mins; June 30, 2023

London mayoral race: Korski quits amid groping claim

11 mins; June 29, 2023

What happens if Thames Water collapses?

11 mins; June 28, 2023

Will the real Keir Starmer stand up?

14 mins; June 27, 2023

Stephen Lawrence: Who is new suspect Matthew White?

13 mins; June 26, 2023

Leader Weekends: How to be a CEO (Budweiser’s UK CEO, Brian Perkins)

10 mins; June 25, 2023

Can these girls help stop climate change?

12 mins; June 23, 2023

Windrush 75: ‘Thank the pioneers while you can’

14 mins; June 22, 2023

Banging sounds intensify search for Titanic sub

12 mins; June 21, 2023

The next Mayor of London?

17 mins; June 20, 2023

Sadiq Khan’s Ulez court showdown

11 mins; June 19, 2023

Leader Weekends: How to be a CEO (The Black Business Show's Raphael Sofoluke)

10 mins; June 17, 2023

London’s rental crisis: living in a hotel

13 mins; June 16, 2023

Partygate: 'Boris Johnson did mislead MPs'

11 mins; June 15, 2023

Grenfell legacy six years on: survivors' stories

15 mins; June 14, 2023

UK Covid-19 Inquiry: Time for answers

14 mins; June 13, 2023

Boris Johnson clashes with PM in Tory civil war

10 mins; June 12, 2023

Leader Weekends: How to be a CEO (Vishal Marria of Quantexa)

12 mins; June 10, 2023

Banksy-backed art project's bid to cut knife crime

10 mins; June 09, 2023

What would you do with a free £1,600 monthly?

10 mins; June 08, 2023

Apple Vision Pro: What child dangers lurk inside VR?

11 mins; June 07, 2023

Revelations from Prince Harry hacking trial so far

11 mins; June 06, 2023

Interest rate hikes hit mortgage loans & rents

10 mins; June 05, 2023

Leader Weekends: How to be a CEO (Krept & Sasha Ellese Gilbert on Nala's Baby)

9 mins; June 03, 2023

London Pride month guide & the noughties revival

13 mins; June 02, 2023

Is the AI apocalypse coming?

13 mins; June 01, 2023

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