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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.

Are rail strikes targeting big UK events?

10 mins; May 31, 2023

Succession final season: The successor is crowned

18 mins; May 30, 2023

Leader Weekends: How to be a CEO (Atom Bank's CPO Anne-Marie Lister)

12 mins; May 27, 2023

A sinking city moving for a metal mine

12 mins; May 26, 2023

Tina Turner, the Queen of Rock 'n' Roll

12 mins; May 25, 2023

Eddie Izzard on gender, acting, and Dickens solo

11 mins; May 24, 2023

Succession final season: Eulogy

15 mins; May 23, 2023

The sour truth of Oxford Street’s candy shop curse

10 mins; May 22, 2023

Leader Weekends: How to be a CEO (Trinny Woodall)

12 mins; May 20, 2023

Express yourself...and win with ES Art Prize

10 mins; May 19, 2023

How hot will London get as global temperatures rise?

11 mins; May 18, 2023

Decade of HS2 delays and London's tumbling house prices

10 mins; May 17, 2023

Succession final season: The call

16 mins; May 16, 2023

Sunak pledges Zelensky attack drones in UK visit

10 mins; May 15, 2023

Leader Weekends: How to be a CEO (IBM's Jenny Taylor MBE)

10 mins; May 13, 2023

This is Eurovision 2023 calling...

14 mins; May 12, 2023

Can the Met ever get it right?

10 mins; May 11, 2023

Ukraine’s Eurovision

10 mins; May 10, 2023

Succession final season: One head, one crown

15 mins; May 09, 2023

Is King Charles III’s coronation the last of its kind?

10 mins; May 05, 2023

King Charles III's coronation explained

14 mins; May 04, 2023

Earning cash from coronation memorabilia

11 mins; May 03, 2023

Succession final season: Big, big shoes

12 mins; May 02, 2023

Revealed: Britain’s $1 TRILLION Tech Rich List

10 mins; April 28, 2023

Would you listen to AI-generated music?

13 mins; April 27, 2023

Will cutting London's paper Travelcard save money?

10 mins; April 26, 2023

Succession final season: ‘Bleed the Swede’

12 mins; April 25, 2023

Aurora borealis & London’s sky wonders

10 mins; April 24, 2023

Leader Weekends: How to be a CEO (Hoxton Ventures’ Rob Kniaz)

12 mins; April 22, 2023

Running the London Marathon with Richard Whitehead

12 mins; April 21, 2023

Composing music for the King’s coronation

10 mins; April 20, 2023

Why London’s private rental market is broken

13 mins; April 19, 2023

Succession final season: Underlined or crossed out?

13 mins; April 18, 2023

‘Air quality shouldn’t be political, it’s a health issue’

12 mins; April 17, 2023

Leader Weekends: How to be a CEO (Heathrow’s Chief Financial Officer Javier Echave)

11 mins; April 15, 2023

Behind London's mobile phone theft 'epidemic'

10 mins; April 14, 2023

UK scientists key to Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer mission

12 mins; April 13, 2023

Junior doctors’ strike continues

10 mins; April 12, 2023

Succession final season: Connor’s wedding and…

15 mins; April 11, 2023

Would you buy AI art for your home?

11 mins; April 06, 2023

Donald Trump indictment next moves

11 mins; April 05, 2023

Succession final season: Karaoke showdown

13 mins; April 04, 2023

Teachers summer strike dates latest

10 mins; April 03, 2023

Leader Weekends: How to be a CEO (Levi Roots)

11 mins; April 01, 2023

Terrifying rise of UK girls choked during sex

12 mins; March 31, 2023

Kevin McKidd on ITV crime drama Six Four

12 mins; March 30, 2023

For the love of Paul O’Grady

11 mins; March 29, 2023

Behind 'Superloop' bus plans for outer London

11 mins; March 28, 2023

Succession returns for final season

13 mins; March 27, 2023

The Leader Weekends: How to be a CEO (Businessman Charlie Mullins)

10 mins; March 25, 2023

900 years of St Bartholomew's Hospital

13 mins; March 24, 2023

Would Boris Johnson lose a by-election?

12 mins; March 23, 2023

Does Ofsted need replacing?

12 mins; March 22, 2023

Met Police: Why London 'deserves better'

12 mins; March 21, 2023

How banking panic could hit London

10 mins; March 20, 2023

Leader Weekends: How to be a CEO (Headspace CEO Russell Glass)

12 mins; March 18, 2023

Loyd Grossman on London’s original starchitect

10 mins; March 17, 2023

What’s next for Credit Suisse bank crisis?

11 mins; March 16, 2023

Budget: Winners, losers & ‘no recession’ this year

10 mins; March 15, 2023

Budget: What's Jeremy Hunt's "back-to-work" plan?

10 mins; March 14, 2023

HSBC buys collapsed Silicon Valley Bank for £1

10 mins; March 13, 2023

Leader Weekends: How to be a CEO (Deborah Meaden)

10 mins; March 10, 2023

Oscars special: All Quiet on the Western Front

11 mins; March 10, 2023

Should the police be allowed to strike?

10 mins; March 09, 2023

The story of London’s Women of the World festival

11 mins; March 08, 2023

Behind UK’s controversial Illegal Migration Bill

12 mins; March 07, 2023

Social housing: Tackling ‘rogue landlords’

10 mins; March 06, 2023

Leader Weekends: How to be a CEO (Babbel)

10 mins; March 03, 2023

Semaglutide: The viral celebrity weight-loss drug

10 mins; March 03, 2023

Just for Laughs: Behind London’s newest comedy festival

10 mins; March 02, 2023

Teachers' strikes: will they pay off?

12 mins; March 01, 2023

Rishi Sunak’s Northern Ireland Brexit deal explained

11 mins; February 28, 2023

'Salad crisis' crunch talks & energy cap latest

12 mins; February 27, 2023

Leader Weekends: How to be a CEO (Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones)

11 mins; February 24, 2023

Going to school in a warzone

11 mins; February 24, 2023

Could solar-powered Tube trains cut ticket costs?

11 mins; February 23, 2023

Food rationing: Supermarket veg crisis

11 mins; February 22, 2023

Workplace burnout: Have you hit ‘permacrisis’?

11 mins; February 21, 2023

Tracing thousands of missing Londoners

10 mins; February 20, 2023

Leader Weekends: How to be a CEO (Biscuiteers)

11 mins; February 17, 2023

Are EVs the key to clean London air?

11 mins; February 17, 2023

London property: Your guide to renting & buying

11 mins; February 16, 2023

Police ‘LaserCams’ catch more speeding drivers

10 mins; February 15, 2023

Inside the Facebook group vetting London men

11 mins; February 14, 2023

Should we worry about ‘Chinese spy balloons’?

11 mins; February 13, 2023

Leader Weekends: How to be a CEO (Universal's Selina Webb)

10 mins; February 10, 2023

Girls exploited: Sex for water

10 mins; February 10, 2023

Turkey-Syria earthquake: how London is helping

10 mins; February 09, 2023

Nicola Bulley: everything we know so far

11 mins; February 08, 2023

Greg Hands: who is Sunak's new Tory chairman?

10 mins; February 07, 2023

Happy Valley: TV's best ending?

12 mins; February 06, 2023

Leader Weekends: How to be a CEO (Lime Bike's Wayne Ting)

12 mins; February 03, 2023

Grammy Awards 2023: Will Beyoncé make history?

10 mins; February 03, 2023

How will new Bank interest rate pain impact me?

10 mins; February 02, 2023

London gripped by decade’s biggest strikes

11 mins; February 01, 2023

Is lab-grown meat actually 'vegan'?

15 mins; January 31, 2023

Sunak’s poll slump & Zahawi sacking fallout

12 mins; January 30, 2023

Leader Weekends: How to be a CEO (Marvin's Magic)

10 mins; January 27, 2023

What exactly is Hunt’s economic growth plan?

12 mins; January 27, 2023

London Bridge overcrowding & Hackney’s car ban

11 mins; January 26, 2023

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