Sex, secrets and the KGB – How a Cold War spy accidentally saved the world
Vladimir Kuzichkin may have changed the course of the Cold War – and it was all down to a very personal problem. The KGB agent was stationed in Tehran in 1981, less than two years after the Iranian Re...
17 Sep 34min
Depraved new world – How billionaires’ sci-fi dreams are wrecking the future
The future has arrived, and it’s starting to look suspiciously like something Elon Musk and his fellow tech billionaires dreamt about as nine-year-olds. Silicon Valley’s rulers promise a world run by ...
16 Sep 26min
Is AOC really America's next president?
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is constantly tipped as a potential Democratic contender for 2028. She is beloved by the left and loathed by Republicans with equal vigour for her progressive ideals. So, does...
15 Sep 24min
Farage’s crackpot jackpot – Start Your Week with Gavin Esler
Reform and Farage have raked in mega donations the likes of which British politics has never seen before. What does this money mean for democracy? Gavin Esler joins Jacob Jarvis to discuss the fallout...
14 Sep 29min
Trump’s ‘bribe’, Miliband’s sanctions, Met investigates Reform – Weekly Wrap-Up with Rafael Behr and Zoë Grünewald
Looking back at the big stories of the past seven days… Nigel Farage faces yet another headache after the Met launched a criminal investigation into whether Reform broke party donation rules. Will he ...
11 Sep 36min
Terror Century – How the trauma of 9/11 made Trump and MAGA inevitable
A three-part mini-series from The Bunker… The horror of the 9/11 terror attacks 25 years ago this week led America into massive retaliation and ultimately national humiliation in Afghanistan and Iraq....
10 Sep 35min
Terror Century – Did the War on Terror become a war on freedom?
A three-part mini-series from The Bunker… In the aftermath of the 9/11 terror attacks 25 years ago, an enraged America stumbled into the quagmires of Afghanistan and Iraq. At home the Bush Administrat...
9 Sep 29min
Terror Century – Are we living in the world that 9/11 created?
A new three-part mini-series from The Bunker… When terrorists murdered 2,977 people in the 9/11 attacks 25 years ago this week, al-Qaeda set America on a dark path which ultimately led to torture, bru...
8 Sep 32min
