How Britain got lucky with its choice of enemies – with Horrible Histories creator Terry Deary
Forget the storybook version of British history. Churchill without Hitler would be a forgotten windbag with a record of failure. Elizabeth I and Francis Drake didn’t defeat the Spanish – bad luck and ...
26 Touko 202527min
From UFC to MAGA – How fight sports shaped Trump’s macho politics
Donald Trump is obsessed with sport – and increasingly, sports stars are obsessed with him. From his ties to wrestling through to his connection to the UFC, fight sports in particular have shaped the ...
23 Touko 202526min
Is social media dying?
Whatever happened to the promise of social media? What started as a buzzing digital town square now feels like a ghost town overrun with fake news, A.I. slop and disinformation. LBC tech correspondent...
22 Touko 202523min
Why are we so obsessed with the end of the world?
From ancient Mayan prophecies to the QAnon faithful awaiting the next biblical storm, humanity has never been able to resist a good apocalypse. Today in The Bunker, Gavin Esler is joined by Tom Philli...
21 Touko 202525min
No limits? – Can China and Russia's friendship last?
Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin, two of the world’s most powerful autocrats, are cosying up to each other in a bromance that could have seismic consequences. Today in The Bunker, Dr. Elizabeth Wishnick,...
20 Touko 202522min
Here’s looking at EU, Keir – Start Your Week with Alex von Tunzelmann
Keir Starmer is hoping for positive news from an EU summit this week. What can we expect to see and what could block any sort of “deal”? Plus, we look at the latest from elections in Europe and news f...
19 Touko 202535min
Burn Hollywood Burn – Will Trump save or kill the movie business?
Trump’s plan for Hollywood isn’t really a plan, yet. He claims to want to boost the film industry – but will he revive it or wreck it even more? As he talks about tariffs on movies coming into the US,...
16 Touko 202524min
Where is Reform UK getting its money from?
Nigel Farage’s Reform UK seems to be going from strength to strength – and running in politics isn’t cheap. So where are they getting their money from? Seth Thévoz speaks to Peter Geoghegan, author of...
15 Touko 202527min
