My mother, my best friend and my misdiagnosis
Decca Aitkenhead was nine when a GP risked jail to help her mother to die. Years later she watched her best friend succumb to the slow torture of Huntington's disease, and for a few days she found her...
18 Jun 202538min
Can ketamine cure PTSD?
As thousands of Ukrainian soldiers struggle with debilitating PTSD since the Russian invasion, one unconventional therapy has proved surprisingly effective: ketamine. How did this become a treatment f...
17 Jun 202533min
Why Israel and Iran are at war - and what could happen next
How did Israel pull off the most devastating attack on the Iranian regime in its 45 year history and did it achieve its aim of destroying the country's ability to produce a nuclear weapon? As Tehran r...
16 Jun 202534min
Why weight loss drugs will change even more than you think
Weight loss drugs like Mounjaro and Wegovy aren't just changing bodies - they're rewiring society. Half a million Britons have tried them and that number’s soaring. So what will be different in this s...
15 Jun 202534min
The Sunday Edition: Trump and the surprising history of American authoritarians
This episode was originally published in March.The word "unprecedented" is often used to describe Donald Trump's presidency. He's broken with convention repeatedly: from announcing tariffs on allies, ...
14 Jun 202535min
The shadowy world of targeted killings
A pattern is seemingly emerging with a series of high profile targeted killings taking place inside Russian territory, blamed on Ukrainian forces. This week, an in depth look at those stories, who may...
13 Jun 202539min
The governor's stand: Newsom, Trump, and the battle for LA
The protests in Los Angeles have created a political opportunity for California’s Democrat governor, Gavin Newsom. He has called Donald Trump a “stone-cold liar” and said that democracy itself is unde...
12 Jun 202526min
Mohamed Al-Fayed: the monster of Harrods
For years, the Harrods owner Mohamed Al-Fayed used his power to abuse and rape women who worked for him. He was never prosecuted. In her new book The Monster of Harrods: Al-Fayed and the secret, shame...
11 Jun 202537min
