Why Elon Musk’s ‘DOGE’ plan is doomed to fail
• Get 20% off a year’s Patreon support for The Bunker in our Black Friday sale. The perfect gift to ask for!Elon Musk is the new head of DOGE – the Department of Government Efficiency – alongside Vive...
21 Nov 202429min
Emission control: Does carbon capture really work?
• Get 20% off a year’s Patreon support for The Bunker. The perfect gift to ask for!Carbon capture is a highly controversial technology – but that hasn’t stopped governments ploughing huge sums of mone...
20 Nov 202425min
Can London become the AI capital of the world?
Keir Starmer has vowed to make London the AI capital of the world. But is that truly possible? Silicon Valley continues to dominate the rapidly growing industry and with Trump promising to repeal Bide...
19 Nov 202420min
Shout out to my X – Start Your Week with Gavin Esler and Jacob Jarvis
As people flee X, or Twitter for the rest of us, what is Musk up to – and how’s his bromance (sorry) with Trump going? Then in world news – what will be happening at the G20, and how is the incoming U...
18 Nov 202426min
MAGA Bing! How The Sopranos explains Donald Trump
Donald Trump feels like a TV character – and if you’re a Sopranos fan, you might have noticed a similarity with Tony Soprano. Both are imposing egomaniacs, desperate to control their families, get mor...
15 Nov 202431min
Freeports: saviours of trade or political smoke and mirrors? – with Dmitry Grozoubinski
Freeports! They were going to be a huge Brexit benefit (they weren’t). Boris Johnson said we couldn’t have them while we were in the EU (he was lying). Labour was going to announce more in the latest ...
14 Nov 202423min
Why don't men eat fruit? – The strange politics of food
How did the food we eat get so political? Are men really refusing to eat strawberries because they’re too ‘girly’? From avocados to artisan coffee – our taste in food can reveal more than we might rea...
13 Nov 202425min
Will the Chris Kaba verdict change armed policing? – Ex-Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe on a crisis in the Met
When a jury cleared a firearms officer of murdering Black Londoner Chris Kaba, it triggered protests and intense scrutiny of the Met. Should charges ever have been brought? Was the killing a product o...
12 Nov 202434min
