“The Banksy of money”: Is CRYPTOCURRENCY out of control?
Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin were supposed to overturn the tyranny of the banks and give consumers new power over their money. This financial Wild West is still plagued with fraud, scams, pyramid sch...
4 Aug 202026min
How Not To Waste The Next Four Years: MIATTA FAHNBULLEH explains
If we’re stuck with a hard right government for the next four years, how should progressives best use this time? Chief Executive of the New Economics Foundation MIATTA FAHNBULLEH talks to Alex Andreou...
3 Aug 202029min
Probing the Pandemic: LAYLA MORAN on MPs’ independent COVID inquiry
Britain can’t wait for the Government’s Public Inquiry into COVID. The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Coronavirus is seizing the initiative and examining every aspect of the crisis. Its chair, Lib D...
31 Jul 202025min
Private Investigations: BELLINGCAT and open source inquiries
From unmasking suspects in the Salisbury poisoning to exposing money laundering and Russian involvement in the shooting down of flight MH-17, investigative collective Bellingcat is at the forefront of...
30 Jul 202028min
Oh My Darling, Quarantine
Is the summer tourist season already a write-off for Europe – and will the traditional foreign holiday become history? Are you ready to start paying more tax from the age of 40 to fund your own social...
29 Jul 202052min
“The Golden Age of Incompetence”: Ian Dunt meets TV comedy writer Jason Hazeley
“We’ve been kettled with our own thoughts.” Comedy writer and friend of the podcast JASON HAZELEY – Screenwipe writer and co-creator of everything from the grown-up Ladybird books to Philomena Cunk – ...
28 Jul 202028min
The Great Deceleration is coming, says DANNY DORLING
We’re conditioned to think that economic development will get faster and faster. But it turns out that many key indicators from population growth to GDP expansion are slowing down. DANNY DORLING, soci...
27 Jul 202033min
Daily: JARVIS COCKER is born again
A pop career is for life. Art explorer, national treasure and former Pulp frontman JARVIS COCKER talks to Andrew Harrison about his return to the music fray with new band Jarv Is… and new album Beyond...
24 Jul 202022min
