Long covid: A young artist’s battle
In the UK, 60,000 people have reported coronavirus symptoms that last more than three months. Artist Monique Jackson is one of them. What do we know about long covid, and how is the COVID Symptom Stud...
18 Sep 202026min
‘Suckers’ and ‘Losers’: Trump’s war with the military
With less than 50 days until the US presidential election, Donald Trump's relationship with the US military has become strained. But how is the fallout impacting his hopes of returning to the White Ho...
17 Sep 202030min
Abuse, drugs, revenge: A scandal in French sport
Today: the story of one French athlete with dreams of attending the Olympics. Her hopes were put in jeopardy when she was accused of doping, but everything is not as it seems. Host: David Aaronovitch....
16 Sep 202025min
Anti-vaxxers: The doctor who fooled the world
How does Andrew Wakefield’s pseudoscience help us understand our modern post-truth crisis?Guest: Brian Deer, former Sunday Times investigative reporter, author of The Doctor Who Fooled the World: Andr...
15 Sep 202028min
The Second Wave
A sudden rise in coronavirus cases has sparked alarm and a strengthening of public health measures. As of today, much of the UK is living by "the rule of six". Could this be the beginning of a second ...
14 Sep 202023min
The trip of a lifetime, with Decca Aitkenhead
When Sunday Times journalist Decca Aitkenhead went to report from a Jamaican magic mushrooms retreat last year, she arrived a sceptic – but left feeling profoundly changed.Guest: Decca Aitkenhead, chi...
11 Sep 202031min
Dr Fauci: America's doctor on working with Trump
Anthony Fauci is the most important doctor in America, and he's the public face of the battle against Covid-19 in the US. Does President Trump listen to his advice?Guest: Rhys Blakely, science corresp...
10 Sep 202026min
Putin, Navalny and yet another novichok poisoning
On August 20th, Russia's most prominent opposition politician was taken ill on a flight after a suspected Novichok poisoning. Alexei Navalny was put into an induced coma and flown to Germany. What doe...
9 Sep 202024min
