Britain Alone: From Suez to Brexit, with Philip Stephens and Mark Mardell
In this week's episode Philip Stephens the Financial Times chief political commentator speaks to Mark Mardell about why Britain is a nation struggling to reconcile its waning power with past glory. Dr...
12 Feb 202145min
The Last Untamed Frontier, with Ian Urbina and Helen Czerski
There are few remaining frontiers on our planet. But perhaps the wildest, and least understood, are the world's oceans: too big to police, and under no clear international authority, these immense reg...
9 Feb 202139min
Bellingcat Founder Eliot Higgins on Navalny, Syria and Skripal
In this week's episode Eliot Higgins, founder of Bellingcat, tells the dramatic story of how he went from college dropout to pioneering a new category of reporting that has cracked some of the biggest...
5 Feb 202159min
The Great Decoupling, with Nigel Inkster and Linda Yueh
In this week's episode Nigel Inkster argues that growing tension between the USA and China could result in the two superpowers decoupling their technology—with significant consequences for humanity’s ...
2 Feb 202149min
Jim Al-Khalili on The World According to Physics
Why does physics matter? What can the study of energy and force, of matter and its motion and behaviour through space and time teach us about the universe and the nature of reality itself? According t...
29 Jan 202159min
How to Save The Planet, with Mike Berners Lee and Jenny Kleeman
Climate change, feeding the world, biodiversity, plastics – the list of environmental concerns seems endless. But which of these is the most pressing and, given the global nature of the challenges we ...
26 Jan 202157min
The Power of Ethics, with Susan Liautaud and Josh Lowe
In this week's episode ethics expert Susan Liautaud speaks to journalist and writer about how we can make sense of ethical dilemmas and be more attuned to the ethical dimension of our actions. Drawing...
22 Jan 202145min
Can Joe Biden Heal America?
On January 20 Joe Biden will be sworn in as the 46th President of the United States. But as the storming of the Capitol on January 6 by supporters of Donald Trump showed, those 50 states are far from ...
19 Jan 202152min
