Explosion at Kabul Airport: What’s happening in Afghanistan?
The Evening Standard’s defence editor Robert Fox joins us following an explosion and gunfire at an entry gate into Kabul Airport. He tells us how the US and UK have been worried about “yet another thi...
26 Aug 20215min
Why the UK and G7 can’t change Biden’s mind on Afghanistan
A plea from Boris Johnson and other world leader for the US to extend its deadline for withdrawing troops from Afghanistan has been rebuffed by Joe Biden. To explain what’s happening, the Leader podca...
25 Aug 20215min
How Brexit and Covid left McDonald’s without milkshakes, and why Christmas is at risk
As McDonald’s admits its run out of milkshakes across the UK, a group representing the freight industry’s warning Christmas could be hit by serious shortages.The podcast is joined by Natalie Chapman, ...
24 Aug 20217min
Can Extinction Rebellion make the same noise in a post-lockdown world?
Journalist Sam Fishwick’s been talking to members of the Extinction Rebellion campaign group as it returns to London’s streets for a planned two week long protest. He tells us how the group once dismi...
23 Aug 20217min
How I escaped the Taliban
Marzia Babakarkhail is a former Afghan judge who fled Afghanistan when the Taliban targeted her for assassination during their first time in power in 1996.In this edition of the Leader podcast, she te...
20 Aug 20219min
Afghanistan: What was Joe Biden really thinking?
US historian Christopher Phelps, associate professor at Nottingham University, tells us Joe Biden’s “visceral, personal” opinions on Afghanistan have been shaped by his feelings as a father. His son, ...
19 Aug 202111min
How much damage is the Afghanistan crisis causing to Boris Johnson?
Our political correspondent Sophia Sleigh joins the podcast after the Prime Minister was savaged by MPs from all sides of the house during a debate on Afghanistan.MPs were recalled to Parliament from ...
18 Aug 20219min
How to "moderate" the Taliban and why they might not be around for long
Afghanistan and authoritarian regime expert Professor Natasha Lindstaedt joins the podcast to explain why it's important Western countries try to talk to the Taliban, even though attempts to moderate ...
17 Aug 20219min
