#181 Floating cities, ADHD and £100,000 speeches
What is seasteading? Why are kids with short attention spans being prescribed video games? And what can we learn from a £100,000 speech?
25 Jun 202035min
#180 Hibernation, Instagram MPs and the house of Assad
Are humans on the cusp of being able to hibernate? Has social media given rise to a new type of politics? And has war finally arrived inside the Assad family? Olly Mann, Arion McNicoll, Jessica Hullin...
19 Jun 202037min
#179 Alcohol, furlonteering and swimming in sewage
Why are South Africa’s hospitals overflowing with drink-related casualties? Should furloughed workers be working for free? And why are British beaches still not clean? Olly Mann, Holden Frith, Kari Wi...
11 Jun 202035min
#178 paedophile hunters, cashless China and sad doctors
Why is a convicted paedophile claiming vigilantes violated his rights? Will China have a future without cash? And are UK doctors facing a depression pandemic? Olly Mann, Felicity Capon, James Ashford ...
4 Jun 202034min
#177 Seasonless fashion, sacred land and Saudi Magpies
Why is Gucci renouncing seasons? Why has a 46,000-year-old Aboriginal heritage site been blown up? And who are Newcastle United's prospective new owners? Olly Mann, James Ashford, Jessica Hullinger an...
28 Mai 202035min
Bonus episode: 25 Years of The Week
In a special edition for the 25th anniversary of The Week, current editors Theo Tait and Caroline Law and founding editor Jeremy O’Grady join Olly Mann to talk about how the magazine began - and how i...
26 Mai 202024min
#176 Skin hunger, Taiwan and the University of Zoom
What are the health effects of living without touch? Has coronavirus advanced the cause of Taiwanese independence? And will students buy into virtual education. Olly Mann, Jeremy O’Grady, Holden Frith...
21 Mai 202033min
#175 Razor wire, Pinochet and CGI influencers
Why are the fences around “Fortress Europe” being taken down? Why has Pinochet’s great-niece been named Chile’s women’s minister? And are CGI influencers less fake than the real ones? Olly Mann, Arion...
14 Mai 202035min
