Daily: MASHA GESSEN on Trump, Putin and the Power Lie
Donald Trump annihilates the language of democracy even as he campaigns to destroy its institutions – and in this, he’s just like Putin. In a podcast unlike any we’ve recorded (complete with live thun...
9 Jul 202017min
Karma for Police? UK cops in the spotlight
As #BlackLivesMatter puts law enforcement under microscope worldwide, policing expert and former Met officer Peter Kirkham gives the view from inside British policing. Plus, what does Beijing’s dracon...
8 Jul 202048min
Protest and Survive with guest PETER TATCHELL
From Bermondsey to Zimbabwe to Moscow and beyond, PETER TATCHELL has been fighting for human rights for over 50 years… and the LGBT rights that got him pilloried by the tabloids in 1983 are now the st...
7 Jul 202032min
Carry On COVID with stand-up comic CARL DONNELLY
Recorded before the Government’s announcement on support for the arts… Last Friday Naomi Smith talked to stand-up comedian and host of the Two Vegan Idiots podcast CARL DONNELLY about the battered sta...
6 Jul 202022min
Arias of concern: Can OPERA come back from Corona?
Extended culture upgrade special! Like all live music, opera has been floored by COVID-19. Can an art form that thrives on crowds and projecting your voice (and your breath) survive this game-changing...
3 Jul 202045min
Dine Another Day? JAY RAYNER on restaurants’ COVID reckoning
GRAVE RESERVATIONS: Britain’s restaurants will unlock this weekend in a life or death moment for an industry that employs almost a million people. Will diners embrace their freedom or will FOGO keep t...
2 Jul 202028min
Leadership lessons from Keir and Klopp
Was Keir Starmer right to defenestrate Rebecca Long-Bailey and will this reset the DAYS SINCE LABOUR BUST-UP clock to zero? Special guest Philip Seargeant, author of The Art of Political Storytelling,...
1 Jul 202045min
Censors Working Overtime: How NO PLATFORM became culture war catnip
Is there a real free speech crisis in universities or is it just another confected Culture War squabble? With people like Amber Rudd banned from speaking simply for having been in government, is No Pl...
30 Jun 202020min
