Is it Game Over for Keir Starmer? Martin Wolf for The Intelligence Squared Economic Outlook 2026 (Part One)
2026 opened with a bang on the world stage. With Donald Trump's aggressive approach to foreign policy and the release of the Epstein files threatening more political upheaval, it's clear that this yea...
15 Feb 36min
Fascism, Exile, and Redefining Home in the 21st Century, with Ece Temelkuran
What does it mean to belong when the very idea of home is under threat? In this episode we’re joined by award-winning author and political thinker Ece Temelkuran. Forced into exile for her critical v...
13 Feb 43min
Why Changing How You Breathe Can Transform Your Health, with James Nestor
Each of us takes on average 25,000 breaths a day. Yet, as a species we have lost the ability to breathe correctly – and this has consequences for our health. That’s the argument of bestselling author ...
11 Feb 38min
The Trillion Dollar Battle For Your Attention, with Peter Schmidt and D. Graham Burnett
Our attention is under attack. A handful of powerful tech companies are extracting and monetising our focus, reshaping our inner lives and threatening the foundations of democracy. Many proposed solut...
9 Feb 49min
Sir Sajid Javid – Lessons From the Front Bench (Part Two)
For more than a decade, Sir Sajid Javid was at the heart of power in Britain. First elected in 2010, he rapidly rose to his first cabinet position as Culture Secretary. The son of a bus driver and com...
8 Feb 36min
Sir Sajid Javid – Lessons From the Front Bench (Part One)
For more than a decade, Sir Sajid Javid was at the heart of power in Britain. First elected in 2010, he rapidly rose to his first cabinet position as Culture Secretary. The son of a bus driver and com...
6 Feb 41min
Can Water Shape Our Future?
In today’s episode, the second in our series in partnership with WaterAid, journalist and author Coco Khan speaks to Helen Rumford, WaterAid’s Lead Policy Analyst for Climate Policy and Campaigns and ...
4 Feb 29min
Julian Barnes in conversation with Ian McEwan (Part Two)
Julian Barnes and Ian McEwan are widely celebrated as two of the finest writers of their generation. Along with Salman Rushdie and Kazuo Ishiguro, they were included on Granta’s prescient Best Young B...
3 Feb 43min
