The Sunday Edition: The tragedy of Mike Lynch and the sunken yacht
This podcast was originally published last August.Just hours before the sinking, the party aboard the yacht had been celebrating a spectacular legal victory - so what led to this moment?This podcast w...
21 Kesä 202529min
How To Call A Cobra Emergency Meeting
The government has held a meeting of the Cobra committee to discuss the Israel-Iran crisis - but how important is it really during a national emergency, and is it the UK's version of the White House S...
20 Kesä 202540min
OO7's new boss: Blaise Metreweli, the first woman to run MI6
The first woman to run MI6, the foreign branch of Britain's Secret Intelligence Services has been named. Blaise Metreweli takes over the role of ‘C,’ as the head of the service has always been called,...
19 Kesä 202528min
My mother, my best friend and my misdiagnosis
Decca Aitkenhead was nine when a GP risked jail to help her mother to die. Years later she watched her best friend succumb to the slow torture of Huntington's disease, and for a few days she found her...
18 Kesä 202538min
Can ketamine cure PTSD?
As thousands of Ukrainian soldiers struggle with debilitating PTSD since the Russian invasion, one unconventional therapy has proved surprisingly effective: ketamine. How did this become a treatment f...
17 Kesä 202533min
Why Israel and Iran are at war - and what could happen next
How did Israel pull off the most devastating attack on the Iranian regime in its 45 year history and did it achieve its aim of destroying the country's ability to produce a nuclear weapon? As Tehran r...
16 Kesä 202534min
Why weight loss drugs will change even more than you think
Weight loss drugs like Mounjaro and Wegovy aren't just changing bodies - they're rewiring society. Half a million Britons have tried them and that number’s soaring. So what will be different in this s...
15 Kesä 202534min
The Sunday Edition: Trump and the surprising history of American authoritarians
This episode was originally published in March.The word "unprecedented" is often used to describe Donald Trump's presidency. He's broken with convention repeatedly: from announcing tariffs on allies, ...
14 Kesä 202535min
