The AI race and its environmental cost
Artificial intelligence models like ChatGPT and DeepSeek require immense computing power to train and operate. That demand has sparked a global construction boom of data centres, the physical backbone...
6 Elo 20255min
Reports against reports: the battle to regulate toxic TFAs
You’ve heard of PFAS, these forever chemicals found on your non-stick pan, in your dishwasher detergent, in your jacket and generally everywhere in your everyday lives. Now meet the trifluoroacetic ac...
5 Elo 20255min
Why wildfires aren’t just an emergency, but our reality
Wildfires have once again swept across the Mediterranean this summer, Catalonia saw entire towns forced into lockdown, fires crept dangerously close to Marseille, and evacuations have been underway in...
4 Elo 20255min
The Right Kind of Family : Destroying gender 4/6
In episode 4 of The Right Kind of Family, our reporters travel back to Spain, a country which has become a model in the development of progressive transgender rights at the national and regional level...
3 Elo 202537min
Slovenia imposes arms embargo on Israel, Portugal signals recognition of Palestine
Today’s episode is brought to you in partnership with The Observer and Tortoise, who just released a brand new investigative podcast series, called “The Lab Detective”. “The Lab Detective" deals with ...
1 Elo 20256min
Ukraine backtracks on anti-corruption bill after public outcry
Today’s episode is brought to you in partnership with The Observer and Tortoise, who just released a brand new investigative podcast series, called “The Lab Detective”. “The Lab Detective" deals with ...
31 Heinä 20254min
Google to sign EU’s AI code of practice. What are the concerns?
Today’s episode is brought to you in partnership with The Observer and Tortoise, who just released a brand new investigative podcast series, called “The Lab Detective”. “The Lab Detective" deals with ...
30 Heinä 20256min
The ‘always on’ culture and the battle for the right to disconnect
Work emails at night. Messages from your boss after dinner. The pressure to be “always on” has become the norm, blurring the line between work and life, and pushing more people toward burnout. In this...
30 Heinä 202521min
