Daily: TRANSYLVANIAN FAMILIES – Why Romania rules
It’s astonishingly beautiful, fiercely independent, full of mystery and a crossroads of jaw-dropping historical events – so why do we still think of Romania as a backwater? Paul Kenyon, author of Chil...
22 Jul 202127min
Daily: THE MODI POLITIC – India’s deadly descent into despotism
India’s brutal second wave of COVID is now receding, leaving behind intensified poverty, economic carnage, a staggering estimated 400-700m infections and a death rate of approximately 2%. But things w...
21 Jul 202127min
I Don’t Want Your “Freedom”
As Boris Johnson and Sajid Javid roll the dice with the health of millions, healthcare commentator Roy Lilley takes us on a deep dive into what’s in store for the NHS. Plus, the Cuban uprising and the...
20 Jul 202158min
The Freedom Gamble: Start Your Week with Naomi Smith
As Johnson opens “Freedom Day” with a classic one-rule-for-us flip-flop (hey, he was in a pilot scheme!) what does England’s first week without restrictions mean for ordinary people who aren’t in the ...
19 Jul 202128min
Daily: ANOTHER KIND OF HUMAN – Why Neanderthals were more like us than you think
“Neanderthal” is a common term of abuse but should we stop feeling so superior towards our close evolutionary relatives? Did they think like us, even at the abstract level? Rebecca Wragg Sykes, author...
18 Jul 202124min
Daily: BRIT-TECH – The real levelling up?
The pandemic has stress-tested Britain’s tech sector for flaws and strengths. Does it have the capacity to overcome the damage caused by Brexit? Alex Andreou talks to Professor Richard A. L. Jones, Ma...
15 Jul 202124min
Daily: YOU’RE LISTENING TO THE STREETS – Inside ‘Anywhere But Westminster' with John Harris and John Domokos
The video series Anywhere But Westminster by John Harris and John Domokos is one of the Guardian’s most acclaimed strands and now a winner of the Orwell Prize. What makes it work? The Two Johns tell D...
14 Jul 202128min
England: Every Loser Wins
Has the heroic, nearly-there performance of Gareth Southgate’s England team shown that politics and sport do mix – if the politics is about young players stand up for what’s right? Boris Johnson sets ...
13 Jul 202152min
