It's a Sin: Should gay roles be reserved for gay actors?
Before Channel 4's hit series It's Sin was broadcast, writer Russell T Davies made headlines for his comments on how the show was cast. Should LGBTQ+ roles only be played by those with a lived experie...
19 Feb 202127min
How Russia's vaccine disinformation war backfired
In October, a Stories of our times investigation blew the lid off a Russian disinformation campaign, which had aimed to stoke fears about the Oxford vaccine.Now Russia has its own vaccine, Sputnik, wh...
18 Feb 202133min
A lockdown exit strategy: Lessons from Israel and Australia
On Monday the prime minister will unveil a roadmap for how we exit lockdown. Today we look to two countries which might show us a glimpse of the future: Australia and Israel.This podcast was brought t...
17 Feb 202126min
Post-Brexit Britain 2021: Who do we think we are?
It's been over a year since the UK officially left the EU on the 31st of January 2020 in a vote which was fuelled by decades of British Euroscepticism. With terms like 'remainer' and 'Brexiteer' now h...
16 Feb 202130min
Afghanistan's road to peace: Murder in Kabul
Last month, a team of assassins shot and killed two of Afghanistan’s most eminent women. The murder of the two Supreme Court judges is part of an assassination campaign targeting Kabul’s intellectual ...
15 Feb 202136min
The strange case of the spy in the bag: Is it time for a review?
A decade after an MI6 agent was found dead in a North Face holdall, the detective who led the inquiry wants a forensic case review.This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of T...
12 Feb 202133min
Inside Porton Down: Britain’s top secret laboratory
What goes on inside one of the most secure, secretive and at times controversial British institutions? The Times is the first newspaper to be allowed into some of the most secure laboratories at Porto...
11 Feb 202128min
Civil disobedience and the future of Myanmar's democracy
Protesters in Myanmar are demanding the release of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi who was arrested when the military seized power. How did this country become unstable so quickly and what's next for ...
10 Feb 202132min
