ADAM HOCHSCHILD: King Leopold's Ghost, Belgium and the 'Congo Free State'
For much of my life I knew nothing about Belgium's King Leopold II and his brutal subjugation of millions in the DRC - what was ironically then called the 'Congo Free State'. To be clear, millions we...
29 Jul 48min
ROBIN ANDERSEN: US Media Coverage of Israel's Genocide in Gaza
How will future generations look back at the media reporting of Gaza in the years since October 7? In her new book, The Complicit Lens - US Media Coverage of Israel’s Genocide in Gaza - Professor Robi...
22 Jul 56min
DAN LAWTON: Northern Ireland, The Troubles, and the Extraordinary Case of Kevin Barry Artt
I have been learning about The Troubles for as long as I can remember. Somehow, I had never come across the extraordinary story of Kevin Barry Artt, documented in Dan Lawton's book, 'Above The Ground'...
15 Jul 37min
KOJO KORAM: The Next Fix, The Winners & Losers in the Future of Drugs
We live in a world today where millions of people are serving time for drug offences, while others are making the most the now billion dollar cannabis industry. I had a wonderful chat recently with Ko...
24 Jun 45min
MIKE FINKEL: The Art Thief
Over the course of eight years, a man called Stephane Breitwieser stole more than 300 objects and pieces of art. In total, they were worth an estimated $1.4 billion. He is now widely considered the mo...
10 Jun 46min
CHRISTOPHER LAMB: American Hope, Pope Leo, President Trump & A War of Words on Iran
Pope Leo is the first American Pope in history, yet remarkably he has not yet had a conversation with President Trump. They did, however, get into a war of words in April, after Pope Leo criticised th...
3 Jun 44min
PROF OMER BARTOV: Israel, What Went Wrong?
Professor Omer Bartov is a leading scholar on the Holocaust, and history of genocide. He is also a man who was born and raised in Israel, served in the IDF during the Yom Kippur war in 1973, and was r...
26 Mai 53min
CHRISTINA HILLSBERG: Women in the CIA, Agents of Change
What is it like to be a female spy in the CIA? It’s a mysterious world we as members of the public have very little access to. However, Christina Hillsberg - herself a former agent - has written a fan...
19 Mai 48min
