Recent Episodes
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Can the UK become an AI superpower?
Apr 24, 2025 – 28:42 -
What cards does China hold?
Apr 17, 2025 – 28:48 -
What's Trump's tariff hokey cokey all about?
Apr 10, 2025 – 28:47 -
What's happening in Turkey?
Apr 3, 2025 – 28:46 -
What is Putin's bottom line?
Mar 27, 2025 – 28:54 -
What's the government trying to do to the NHS?
Mar 20, 2025 – 28:51 -
Why is there a crisis in special educational needs?
Mar 13, 2025 – 28:37 -
Europe's defence dilemma
Mar 6, 2025 – 28:26 -
Explainer: What does Nato do?
Feb 20, 2025 – 06:22 -
Explainer: A short history of conflict in Ukraine
Feb 13, 2025 – 05:43 -
Explainer: How do weight-loss drugs work?
Feb 7, 2025 – 05:21 -
Explainer: Who made the first electric car?
Jan 30, 2025 – 07:09 -
Explainer: What is a Tariff?
Jan 24, 2025 – 13:08 -
Why does Trump love tariffs?
Jan 9, 2025 – 28:23 -
Is the push for the electric cars in trouble?
Jan 2, 2025 – 28:51 -
Why we need to care about the Arctic
Dec 26, 2024 – 28:41 -
Is chainsaw economics working in Argentina?
Dec 19, 2024 – 28:24 -
Will new weight loss drugs save or bankrupt the NHS?
Dec 12, 2024 – 28:19 -
What’s going on in Syria?
Dec 5, 2024 – 28:19 -
Ukraine - what’s next?
Nov 28, 2024 – 29:55 -
Why do we have such overcrowded prisons?
Nov 21, 2024 – 27:55 -
European defence in the new Trump era
Nov 14, 2024 – 28:46 -
What does the Budget mean for the UK’s economy?
Nov 7, 2024 – 28:57 -
How do the Lebanon attacks alter the equation in the Middle East?
Sep 23, 2024 – 28:22 -
Is Germany in trouble?
Sep 12, 2024 – 28:38 -
How much trouble is the UK economy in?
Sep 5, 2024 – 28:59 -
What we know (and don't know) about the new Mpox outbreak
Aug 29, 2024 – 28:17 -
Global Tensions 3: Russia and the West
Aug 21, 2024 – 34:28 -
Global Tensions 2: China, Taiwan and the South China Sea
Aug 14, 2024 – 38:25 -
Global Tensions 1: The Middle East
Aug 8, 2024 – 28:53 -
Can planning reform really boost economic growth?
Aug 1, 2024 – 28:44 -
Health 3: How far could artificial intelligence transform medicine?
Jul 11, 2024 – 36:41 -
Health 2: Why is anxiety and depression increasing in the UK?
Jul 11, 2024 – 27:38 -
Health 1: Advances in cancer research and treatment
Jul 11, 2024 – 36:27 -
South African and Indian elections: the aftermath
Jul 4, 2024 – 28:52 -
What's happening in Sudan?
Jun 27, 2024 – 28:45 -
What's the Biden ceasefire plan and will it work?
Jun 20, 2024 – 28:39 -
What does Macron's gamble mean for France?
Jun 13, 2024 – 28:48 -
Are Trump's legal cases really a problem for him?
Jun 6, 2024 – 29:28 -
Ukraine: Who's winning the war?
May 30, 2024 – 28:41 -
How much trouble are UK universities in?
May 23, 2024 – 29:08 -
Avian flu is evolving but what risk does it pose to us?
May 16, 2024 – 28:34 -
Why is the water industry in so much trouble?
May 9, 2024 – 28:50 -
How does America fix its border crisis?
May 2, 2024 – 28:49 -
Are Britain's missing workers really a problem?
Apr 25, 2024 – 29:16 -
India: Is democracy under threat?
Apr 22, 2024 – 29:10 -
What does Iran want?
Apr 18, 2024 – 27:43 -
What's happened to Hamas?
Apr 11, 2024 – 28:43 -
What's the future of the state pension?
Apr 4, 2024 – 28:33 -
Election special 3. Uncertain times for the ANC in South Africa
Mar 5, 2024 – 27:49
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