The Hunt for the Missing Cryptoqueen, with Jamie Bartlett
Dr Ruja Ignatova, an Oxford-educated, self-styled cryptocurrency guru, promised her followers a financial revolution through her project: OneCoin. Then, in October 2017, she disappeared. But not befor...
6 Jul 20221h
On Speaking and Being: The Power of Words, with Kübra Gümüsay
Language is expressive, a way of opening doors or a tool for creating new dialogue. But a tool so powerful can also take us to unforeseen or unintended places. It can create narratives that become fix...
4 Jul 20221h 2min
The Sunday Debate: Has Sex Positivity Harmed Feminism?
In today's world, we're often encouraged to think that sex is no longer a subject burdened with shame or repressed feelings. Rather, it is pleasurable, exciting and even empowering – as long as all pa...
3 Jul 202242min
Eton, Oxford, Westminster: The Formative Pipeline of Britain's Ruling Elite, with Simon Kuper
Across Britain, it’s no secret that the people who make up the country's elected government have gone through the same familiar educational pipeline. Eton, Oxford, Westminster. Born into families of p...
1 Jul 202251min
Escaping Xinjiang, with Nury Turkel
In recent years China has been accused of committing crimes against humanity and possibly genocide against the Uyghur ethnic group in the northwestern region of Xinjiang province. Nury Turkel was born...
29 Jun 202236min
Why We Fight, with Christopher Blattman
Christopher Blattman is an economist, political scientist and Ramalee E. Pearson Professor of Global Conflict Studies at The University of Chicago. His new book is Why We Fight: The Roots of War and t...
27 Jun 202257min
The Sunday Debate: The Northern Ireland Question: Is it Time to Abandon The Protocol?
The Northern Ireland Protocol – agreed between the United Kingdom and the European Union in 2019 – has been a source of tension since it came into force at the start of 2021. The protocol, which creat...
26 Jun 20221h 2min
Neighbouring Russia, with Erika Fatland
Tracing Russia’s vast border, which meets those of 14 other countries, helps tells the history of Russia itself. From its imperial past to Soviet-era expansions and contractions leading up to its curr...
24 Jun 202239min
