The Full Brontë – Why everyone gets Wuthering Heights wrong
The new Wuthering Heights film is already sparking debate. From saucy costume choices to renewed arguments over what Heathcliff should look like, raising a bigger question: Why are we still arguing a...
12 Feb 28min
Reality Bites – Do we still live in a Fast Food Nation?
Back in 2001 Eric Schlosser’s masterwork of investigative journalism Fast Food Nation exposed the dirty secrets of America’s “convenience restaurant” business: the catastrophic treatment of livestock,...
11 Feb 32min
At war with everyone – Who’s actually running US foreign policy?
Trump has stripped US foreign policy down from a mix of carrot and stick into an ideological cudgel to beat friends and foes alike – and a lurid horrorshow for domestic consumption in Red America. But...
10 Feb 28min
Morganised Chaos – Start Your Week with Gavin Esler
Setting up the stories of the next seven days… Labour’s widely unpopular senior advisor Morgan McSweeney falls on his sword but will it be enough to stop Starmer from being consumed by the Mandelson/E...
9 Feb 30min
Mandelson gone, Starmer or McSweeney next? – Weekly Wrap-up with Zoë Grünewald and Jacob Jarvis
Wrapping up the stories of the week… With Peter Mandelson quitting the Lords after more damning info emerged from the Epstein files, will this lead to Starmer’s demise? Zoë Grünewald and Jacob Jarvis ...
6 Feb 33min
Masters of Metal – What are Rare Earth Metals and why does Trump want them so badly?
Donald Trump didn’t threaten to take over Greenland only for reasons of military conquest. The arctic territory contains significant deposits of rare earth metals including dysprosium, terbium and ytt...
5 Feb 26min
Cash is king – How dirty money took over the world
How has money laundering become such a major business and why do we struggle to stop it? Oliver Bullough, bestselling author of Moneyland and Butler to the World, joins Seth Thévoz to discuss his new ...
4 Feb 30min
Hot Take Time Machine – The month's weirdest columns with Miranda Sawyer and Jonn Elledge
“Well that’s just, like, your opinion, man…” We’re swamped with hot takes, cold takes, tepid takes and more opinions than anyone can handle. Now Paper Cuts survivors Miranda Sawyer and Jonn Elledge jo...
3 Feb 28min
