Every scary thing Meta knows about you
Data journalist Matilda Davies opened her first Facebook account when she was 11 years old. Years later, she requested all the information the social media behemoth had been collecting on her. What sh...
21 Mar 202424min
The five-year road to banning teenage puberty blockers
The NHS has announced a ban on puberty blockers for children with gender dysphoria. This week, Parliament will debate a bill sponsored by Liz Truss that would make it a criminal offence to prescribe a...
20 Mar 202426min
Boeing, a dead whistleblower, and the company that crashed to earth
The aviation giant, Boeing, is facing intense scrutiny after a series of incidents involving their commercial planes. The company was once a pillar of America's post-WW2 industrial empire - so what’s ...
19 Mar 202430min
Revealed: The hidden crime of sibling sexual abuse
Warning: This episode contains graphic descriptions of sexual abuse. The family member most likely to sexually abuse a child is their brother or sister. For years sexual abuse by siblings has been too...
18 Mar 202439min
What Wagner did next - the rebranding of Putin’s secret weapon
With Russia going to the polls this weekend, and President Putin’s grip on power tighter than ever, any semblance of meaningful opposition has been suppressed or driven out. One notable exception was ...
15 Mar 202428min
How street gangs led Haiti’s descent into anarchy
Haiti’s acting prime minster has resigned, bending to pressure from the US. The move leaves a power vacuum into which has apparently stepped Jimmy ‘Barbecue’ Cherizier. So, with much of the country's ...
14 Mar 202427min
Who owns the moon? AC Grayling on the question that could start war on Earth
When the Odysseus lander touched down on the lunar surface last month, it became the first US presence on the moon in more than fifty years. But unlike the Cold War space race between two global super...
13 Mar 202431min
Kate, that photo, and a PR nightmare
A new photo of the Princess of Wales released after months of social media speculation about her health has further fuelled conspiracy theories. This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support o...
12 Mar 202433min
