The Budget, Trump's Russia love-in and more! – Weekly Wrap-Up with Seth Thévoz and Jacob Jarvis
Wrapping up the stories of the week… Jacob Jarvis and Seth Thévoz dig into the media’s reaction to Rachel Reeves’s budget and what it really tells us about the state of Labour. We break down the lates...
28 Nov 202523min
Loser takes it all? – How Trump's plan for Ukraine fell apart, with Luke Harding of The Guardian
The US-Russia “peace plan” isn’t happening. Days after the 28-point proposal leaked, it collapsed spectacularly amid accusations that it amounted to a surrender to Putin. Is there anything left in the...
27 Nov 202527min
The Epstein files: What's going to be inside them? – with investigative journalist Vicky Ward
Anticipation is building around the imminent release of the “Epstein files.” With Donald Trump finally signing off, the Justice Department is expected to publish long-sealed documents on the disgraced...
26 Nov 202534min
The Cosmic Absurd – How The Hitch-Hiker’s Guide To The Galaxy nearly explains our world
A pocket-sized device that contains all knowledge in the universe? Which makes your life better, and not a hellscape of political rancour and surveillance capitalism? Come off it! Never happen. But th...
25 Nov 202525min
No Money Mo' Problems – Start Your Week with Rafael Behr and Jacob Jarvis
It’s a big week for Starmer and Reeves as the Budget looms. How’s it going to go down? Plus, talks over a plan to end the war between Russia and Ukraine continues, Trump gets a new best friend and Cop...
24 Nov 202529min
Trump panics over Epstein files – Weekly Wrap-Up with Jonn Elledge and Andrew Harrison
As the Epstein walls close in on Trump, the President pulls a desperate U-turn and says he wants the release of files he tried to suppress. How will they be redacted, and to save whom? Plus Labour’s l...
21 Nov 202525min
Is China our only hope?
For years China has been cast as a climate villain, responsible for roughly a third of global greenhouse gas emissions. But China’s emissions have begun to level off and the country has quietly become...
20 Nov 202516min
Line of Duty – How comics journalist Joe Sacco brings untold stories to life
Writer-artist Joe Sacco created a new kind of journalism when he combined on-the-ground reportage with painstaking hand-drawn illustration. His award-winning books including Palestine and Safe Area Go...
19 Nov 202530min
