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Florida: The punchline state

Florida: The punchline state

We went to the perennial swing state where Trump won narrowly in 2016. Four years later, is Florida ready to flip again? Will it be an election about Covid and competence, law and order or racial just...

17 Sep 202042min

Inside Evin

Inside Evin

Evin Prison is one of the most secretive places on earth; the heart of Iran's oppression of its own people. We've spent months getting inside its walls through the testimony of people who've been deta...

10 Sep 202046min

Beat police

Beat police

Drill music styles itself as a tough and uncompromising representation of life in poor communities in cities like Chicago and London. Police forces have clamped down on it in the belief that it provok...

3 Sep 202023min

How the world filled a hole - and saved itself

How the world filled a hole - and saved itself

Something which is now almost unimaginable happened between 1974 and 1989. The world spotted a massive problem; the fix required action by consumers, businesses and governments; and they came together...

27 Aug 202025min

Trailblazer

Trailblazer

Michaela Coel's TV drama I May Destroy You has just finished playing on the BBC and HBO. Based partly on her own experience it's an unsettling, sometimes harrowing, examination of sexual assault, cons...

20 Aug 202025min

The slaver who stayed put

The slaver who stayed put

The story of the toppling of Edward Colston's statue in Bristol became a prominent chapter in the global response to the murder of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter protests. Those events were t...

13 Aug 202031min

What the RFK Jr?! From Camelot to conspiracies

What the RFK Jr?! From Camelot to conspiracies

How a member of the Kennedy political dynasty has become the most prolific super-spreader of conspiracies connecting anti-vaxxers, 5G and coronavirus Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more in...

6 Aug 202036min

The hopeful Chancellor: is Rishi Sunak the right man for the job?

The hopeful Chancellor: is Rishi Sunak the right man for the job?

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is diligent and decent, but is he really the right man for the job of saving the British economy? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

30 Jul 202028min

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